The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-22
Thru Courtesy OF the
International Pub
fishers Co.

Novgorod their right to raty and revise
agreements. aoo'
The Trade Unions conclusion Of
collective agreements and about 50 cent OF
of transport workers. 9S cent Even farm work
ers now being brought under them Agreements must be
registered with Commssarat Labor
register provisions contrary to the Labor Code and other cg
laon though is still in dispute whether unregistered prov
sons be enforced The duration of fixed
by the Comnssarat Of Labor and the ARussian Council OF
Trade Unions
Breach Of Agreements
Under the Code Unions pecuniar
lily responsible for breaches of agreement But under regua
lions of the Labor employing enterprises
so LIABLE and is to be noted that the of these
agreements somewhat different from that of similar
mens elsewhere In capitalist countries they the result OF
conflict between the economic at the moment of Capt.
tai side and Labor the other In Russia they
agreement between the Trade Union and the Stteas to how
much of the profits can be distributed as dividend to the
worker and how much and
Disputes ' esse
Under "War Communism and Labor CONSUMPTION there
could disputes either wages cond
lions of work The Trade Unions functions in this
theoretically merely disciplinary though their informal
Cancellation committees did matter of fact settle disputes
by negotiation But everything be doneunder
something had be done about dsageemens The Trade
Union could no longer be both party and Judge So in January
1922 Cancellation Committees representing equally employers
employed up only with disputes within
factory This followed in July by Cancellation Chambers
Arbitration There has been and still is much
@ confusion between the powers of these Courts and
those the Cancellation Committees of the Trade Union and
their superior the Committees OF the Commissarat OF
Labor The Trade Unions fought hard for their right to settle
disputes in defiance of resolutions of the Fifth Trade Union
Congress September 1929 the Labor Code November
1929 But the Government the less finally abolished the
COmmsSariat of Labor
Labor Courts for disputes on individual agreements Neverhe
less the unions still encroach the Courts The report to the
Sixth Congress pantvey reproaches the especially
the tanners ana chemists Ior such ndeeu even
apart from such entertainments the work of the unions in set
ting disputes by negotiation seems to be increasing Thus 70
per industrial disputes 1923 settled amcaby
by the remainder going to the Courts Concla
ton Chambers.
The new Labor Code disputes legal
athat into individual disputes arising from contracts
general disputes arising from collective greemens ndi-
C SP }p M during 199s central awards were given
they in the workers favor Local awards decided
5 cent of the workers involved compromised for
20 per and favored wholly 45 Disputes dmin
again in 1924 Disputes caused i'll
portion of 56 cent by differences in negotiations revision
agreements Interpretation and application of the
agreements 1876 per While 252 per cent nvol
ing only 40 per cent of the workers. caused by differences
Threequaers of those disputes
concerned with rates of and regulation ofpayment
Strikes
The right to strike industrial system based
private capital protection against the exploitation
of the worker by the wealthy The right to strike maintained
against per the 100000 workers involved in
of 40 per cent they compromises and in 10
in But since all industry is either conducted closely
by the community the strike has changed its func
The worker enjoys all profits from the Industry after
proper provision for reequpmen reserves ec e no longer
strikes protect himself the community from exploitation
by private interests but only protest against
nismanagecu malpractice, such delay in wage pay
meats, etc.
(a) In State Enterprises-The official and Trade Union
attitude strikes is that under Soviet system strikes cut
should its correction Consequently there gcrc during
only IL strikes involving 1O26 workers III Government
torpscs Strikes GEniGed in 1928,
compared 1922 IL per cent III number by1
These strikes mainly ds,ays wage pnsI:iens
Strikes with growing frequency to bfenE ov against The
policy of the unions. M4
(b) In Private Factories. Tie policy Nits Icenr TO
strikes private establishments la down blythe Fifth Con
gress Of Trade UnonS that hey ncpt1 be to" c;
stanty resortca TO- ad The unions seem o tho yhoc .; 10 se
been moderate When there has been strike II has ge'TaSy
in private enterprises increased in 1928 to 13 iayviag 900
workers from % involving 1880 in 1922 Their duration also