The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-07
EXPOSES
STEEL TRUSTS
SPYING SYSTEM
Workers Are Fired for
N Talking Union
lsy A Neuro steeI W0rker.l

The employees at the East Ycunss-
town plant Of the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company, one Of the Iarg-
est plants In the Youngstown steel
district, work under what the com.
pany calls the Employee Represen-
tatIon Plan" or company union.
No member Of labor union is ellg
ible TO act as a representative. Mem
bershlp In the Workers Party, Indus
trial Workers Of the World, or any
other revolutionary organization, sub
leets any employe to immediate dis
mlssal,
The rules provide that any employe
who feels that an injustice has been
done him can appeal to the president
Of the company and finally to the
secretary of the U, S. department of
labor.
DaVIs Co.'S Supreme Court.
According to this the secretary of
labor is the supreme court" for the
company union. Unionism of all
kinds is prohibited by the rules and
regulations subscribed to by the
workers at this plant and even the
chances of appealing to the open shop
supreme court of the department of
labor are indeed remote when the ap.
pealing party happens to be a mill
tant worker in rebellion against the
iron haeI of canitaEsnn
Five South Slav steel workers who
have been employed by this company
for many years we're recently dis.
missed without any reason given.
Two are members Of the Workers
Party of America while the other
three are sympathizers. They were
simply told by their boss to GO
HOME and STAY THERE.
Bribery System.
In their cases the company union
refused to operate because their
plant representatives in the company
union are Immediately promoted
when elected to represent the work.
srs so they will get out of the way
Of the workers. Straw bosses and
.oremen use the bribery system and
one dismissed steel worker tells how
straw boss on No. threading floor
wanted TO borrow" $4,000 from him
lust because he was discharged
The borrowing" habit is a fixed
part of the daily life of the steel
workers and in most cases the steel
slave must either loan" his boss the
money or face dismissal These are
out few Of the evils resulting from
.his wonderful employees representa-,
ion plan or company union. The
1nly time the workers in my depart
nent hear from their representatives
around election time which takes
place once each year.
81 Fired For Complaining.
Not over per cent of the workers
rote for their representatives and
Fhen they are elected they usually
set a better job. We never have seen
my Of the minutes of their meetings
md their spy system Is so well or.
santzed that once we complain we are
Immediately discharged for some rea.
ION or another. All of my fellow
workers want to be organized into a
zeal union and this we hope to do in
he near future.
Negroes Demand Union.
They feed us a monthly bulletin
With much sop about this and that
yorker along with talks by the man
tgement but once we, as our s. Slay
omrades did, tried to use our heads
i've were discharged upon the spot
Ind the company union STANDS
Back OF 1T.
1t is but weapon in the hands OF
The company to club down the work.
rs and the slaves are fast waking
Up and demanding REAL unionism.
sge negro steel workers are ready at
ny time to organize with our white
srothers and we hope that the move.
Hient started at Gary will come our