The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-02
MEXICAN LABOR
OFFICIALS FIGHT
TEACHERS ISTRIKE
Line Up with Governor
Against Unions
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that has been affiliated less than six
months; (S) the @. r. o. M. will not
give aid and forbids the state fedora
ton Of Puebla to do so. The governor
Of the state had already sent the O. r.
o. M. statement declaring: (1) that
he did not recognize the teachers
union; CD that government employees
cannot organize; (3) that his plan of
economies could give the teachers no
grievance since it was the plan of
Gales and had nothing to do with the
workers; "a that the teachers were
only striking to serve his political
enemies which are also the political
enemies Of the c. r. o. M. The gen
eral secretary of the c. r. o. NJ, far
from repudiating the concept that
government employees cannot organ
ize or strike, answered with the de-
cree aforementioned
General Strike Breaks Out
All thru April the teachers con
tinued negotiating and the workers of
Puebla, in spite Of the government
controlled G. R. o. NJ, continued pre-
pairing a general strike. On the 22nd,
1t broke out. The strike was com
plete. 1t included light, water, trans
port, bread, Notwithstanding.
The schools, of course, also closed.
Troops and police patrolled the
streets. The first bloodshed occurred
on the twenty-fourth, Leonardo Pale
ia, former secretary of the state fede-
ration was killed and various workers
wounded. Other encounters followed.
Police, to protect scabs, fired on
pickets. Several workers were wound
ed but the police were disarmed by
the strikers. One policeman was killed
and another wounded.
Send C. r. o. M. Envoy to Break
Strike
The strike spread steadily thruout
the state and to the neighboring state
Of Tlaxcala. The G. r. o. M sent
Eulalio Martinez to Puebla to pursu-
ade the strikers to betray the teachers
and abandon their strike. (Eulalio
Martinez was the delegate of the c.
R. o. M. to the second congress of
the Red Labor international in
Moscow, where he accepted the con-
ditions of afiliation which he and his
organization repudiated upon his re-
turn. He has since attacked Russia
repeatedly. He has just been chosen
by the government as tabor attache"
to the Mexican Legation in Moscow
in accord with the decision to send
labor attaches to the embassies of
various important countries in repres-
entation of the Gales Tabor" govern
ment.)
Martinez accomplished nothing. The
strike become more complete, news
papermen, chauffeurs, electricians ad
ded to the list of strikers. The gov
eminent modified 5000 troops near
the capital city of the state, the city
of Puebla. President Gales issued
statement attacking the strikers and
ordering the troops to protect scabs.
Eulalio Martinez secured from the
governor Of Puebla promise Of re-
cognizing the teachers union but no
other concessions. This he wanted
the strikers to Except but they reject
ed it. The G. r. o. M. thru the mouth
Of its general secretary then declared
the strike Illegal unconstitutional,
the work of agitators, etc.
Unions Support Teachers
The textile workers of Atlixco sec
onded the strike on the 2Sth first de-
posing their general secretary who OPP
posed it. The workers of other states,
also affiliated with the C. r. o. M. but
also engaged in the textile trade
(Puebla is an important textile cen
teri voted to strike as well but the
leaders of the c. r. o. M. were in
general successful In preventing the
execution Of these decisions. The
strike lasted till the first of May but
the c. r. o. M. gradually isolated 1t
driving the workers in other states
and in other parts Of the state of
Puebla back to work and leaving the
capital Of the same name as a strike
center On the first OF May the feder-
al government greatly augmented the
number of troops there. At the same
time, the governor promised to take
back all teachers and make no re-
prisals for the strike. By Monday,
May 4 the strike was definitely ended.
AS an immediate consequence of the
treachery OF the leaders Of the c. r.
o. NJ, the State Federation of Labor,
thru its executive committee, has
voted to sever It's connections with
the parent body. They will probably
reaffliate shortly.
The general strike is interesting in
that II exposes the socialist govern
ment" Of Gales and in its exposure
to the workers OF Mexico OF the true
nature Of the leaders Of the G. n. o.
M. strikebreakers at the service Of the
federal government and the governors
OF the states, where these are political
friends Of the labor party. Moreover,
II demonstrates palpably the fact that