The daily worker., 1925-09-26
STOVE WORKERS
START INTENSE
UNION CAMP PAIGN
Plan to Organize the
Cribben-SextOn Plant

An intensive oganIzatIon campaign
to unionlze every one Of the 600
workers In the crIbben G. Sexton
company plant, at Sacramento Blvd.
and w. Chicago Ave-, was decided
upon at the meeting Of the striking
stove poIlshers and buffers yester-
day.
Representatives of seven or eight
unions met in conference and decided
to carry on house-to-house campaign
to organize every worker in the big
stove plant. Every worker, from the
unskilled laborers that truck the
sand to the molders, to the highest
skilled worker, is to be approached
and organized.
Strikers Standing Firm.
The molders' union delegates were
in conference with the bosses and it
is understood that following the con-
ference with the molders the manage
ment Of the plant may call the rep
resentatives of the strikers to the Of
flee. Little is expected to come out
| of the conference with the bosses.
The strikers stand firm in their de-
mand for recognition Of their union
| and their shop committee.
"You can't leave anything in that
plant overnight. The roof leaks so
damned bad, that we have to make
umbrellas out of a newspaper when
we work on rainy day." one OF the
strikers informed the DAILY WORK.
Err.
IF we leave our stuff over night we
find It soaking wet in the morning.
The company has got us on piece
work. Sometimes, we leave a Job un-
finished when we leave the plant. II
1t rains that night, we've got to do
the work all over again as the raain
has spoiled the job. You can bet
your sweet life that the roof will be
fixed If the union has anything to
say about it,"
Company Feels Effects Of Strike.
The effect of the strike has begun to
be felt by the company. The stove
mounters are being placed on a day
rate basis instead Of piece rate bas-
is There is so little work to do that
the company has had to use this
means of keeping the mounters on
the job.
The Chicago Plating company is
not able to turn out the stoves mead.
/ ed. Some Of the equipment Of the
Crbiben & Sexton company has been
sent to the concern that is turning
out the work Of the shop on strike.
The foreman Of the polishing room
at the stove manufacturing plant has
been fired by the company. The super
intendent accused him Of carving a
union card and not being able to re.
cruit enough scabs to carry on pro-
duction. Yesterday the foreman from
the Edison Appliance Co., the manu-
facturers of Hotpoint" goods. was
called to take charge Of the depart
ment.
Bosses Use New Threat.
The pickets on the line were told
by the superintendent Of the plant
that they return by Friday or lose the
insurance policies which have been
mentioned in a previous article in the
DAILY WORKER.
only two workers applied at the
gate looking for work in the polishing
department. They had been working
at the Crane company for some time
and had been laid off. When the man.
ager told them they were to get 40
cents an hour for strikebreaking thev
walked out of the ofice, telling the
manager to go to hotter place than
the company's furnace room.
The company has not been able IN
coerce the laborers into running the
automatic polisher and with the in.
tensive organization drive planned, in
Is expected that the strike will spread
and tie up the entire plant.