The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-22
fisher BODY
STRIKE TIES
Up The WORKS
Workers in Detroit Are
Solid Against Cuts
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now been elected for every de-
partment and are effectively
functioning together. The COM
littees are receiving the enthu-
siastic and united support of the
strikers.
Superintendent Barefoot told
the men that he would never go
after them again. From now
on you got to come to us" he
told them. About $3.50 the next
morning he was out again look
ing for the committee.
THE Fisher boys are coming down
to speak to you fellows" he told the
committee, land you want to have
good boys on the committee to see
him or else you'll get nothing. Don't
put any radicals or smart guys on the
committee and don't try and get smart
or sassy becahse you can't get away
with it, with the Fisher boys"
Barefoot Hotfoots 1t In Reverse.
Barefoot repeated that over and
over again His anxiety lest the strik-
ers injure their cause by any indis-
Greet statement to the Fisher boys"
left the men cold. It must be that
these Fisher boys" are not used to
talking 10 workingmen who have the
gumption to talk back and who have
their own opinions on matters per-
tanning to their conditions and wages.
Barefoot proceeded to advise the
committee how to organize them
selves. He told them to get three
trimmers, three sanders, three spray
ers and three metal panelers. How
about the spot polishers?" the COM
mittee demanded. Jaw, to hell with
the spot polishers," said Barefoot.
I'VE can break in all the spot polish
ers we want in a couple of hours"
If this was an attempt to break the
solidarity of the strikers it fell fiat.
A committee was promptly formed
to go and wait upon the Fisher boys"
and they had long wait. After be-
ing kept waiting for more than two
hours they we're finally admitted to
the august presence Of the Fisher
boys" and few Of the other COM
pany officials.
Try Soft soaping Leaders.
The members of the committee and
especially the leaders we're patted on
the back blythe bosses and told what
fine level-headed lot they were, but
when this failed Of its obvious pur-
pose the management cut the non
sense and got down to business.
They confronted the committee first
with a lot of figures about average
pay. According to the management
the average pay of all men in the
plant was 90 cents per hour and they
even had the gall to tell the commit
tee that the average for the higher
priced men was S1.07. However, these
figures were so obviously false and
ridiculous that the committee had
no difficulty in refuting them. It was
clearly a case Of figures don't lie, but
liars will figure.
Nothing Doing"
The committee then proceeded to
lay the demands of the men before
arguments, as we'll as continuous in
terruptions from the company officials
whenever the committee tried to argue
their case, they were finally told
''that the men could come back and
try II all over again at the reduced
wage rates" In short, there was moth
ing doing.
While the committee was in con-
ference, the men were out on a sand
lot being addressed by number of
speakers from the Auto Workers
Union, among whom was William
Logan, general president of the union
When the speakers got thru the com
mittee returned and reported that
there was nothing doing except at the
conditions stated above and recon-
mended that the strike be continued
until the demands were granted and
the wage cuts removed The strikers
voted unanimously for this recon-
mendation with great enthusiasm.
War to the Knife.
The strike is now assuming broader
proportions. 1t is no longer depart
ihoAtdA SbAtho anu Inc men WIN dEo
determined that all the rest including
the cushion makers and mill hands
come out also and make the strike
100 per cent at plant IS. The com
mittee is on the job and will see to
it that the men at the other Fisher
plants win refuse to do any work from
plant Is.
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