The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-23
WORKERS PARTY
CALLS A.C.W. TO
UNITED FRONT
Injunctions Fought BY
Labor Party Action

NEW rOhNy august Gi-- ITO WO'N
ers (comunlst) Party Of New York
district, number two, has issued q
statement showing that the Injunction
prohibiting the Amalsamated Cloth
Ing Workers Union from pleketlnG
was Issued by a Judge who ls sup
ported by many New York trade unlor
officials.
The statement calls upon the Anal
gamated members to work for indie
pendent political action OF labor, and
demands united labor ticket in the
coming municipal campaign. 1t also
exposes the fake campaign put on by
the socialists under the name Of ia
Dor fusion ticket"
The statement follows:
The decision Of Supreme Court
Justice Churchill, granting the applica
ton of the International Tailoring
company for an injunction forbidding
picketlng against the officers and
members of the Amalgamated Cloth.
ing Workers Of America, strikes q
stunning political blow against the
clothing workers and more important
still against the entire labor move
ment
Supported by Labor Takers.
Tom Churchill, as he is familiarly
known, is a glaring example of the
handshaking, Compensate, friend OF
labor" type of Tammany Hall poll
tician. The fact that he has been sup
ported by the Central Trades and La
Dor Council has not deferred him from
handing down one of the most sweep
ing and vicious decisions in the his
tory of the local labor movement.
The Central Trades and Labor Coun'
Gil and the other local unions Of the
city cannot safely overlook this omin-
GUS assault upon the rights of labor
by a trusted henchman of Tanimany
Hall. The policy of non-partisan pc
litical action used by the labor bureau
Gratis as an excuse for the support
Of Tammany Hall has proven to be a
means of support of the sworn enc
mics of the labor movement, of whom
injunction Judge Churchill is but ono
example.
g, This suicidal policy must be i'm
mediately repudiated. The answer Of
the trade unionisIs of the city to the
attack of the Tia nmany Hall hireling
of the capitalist class, Justice Church.
ILL., must be the demand put forward
by the Workers Iiarty, the demand fol
a united labor ticket in the coming
election campaign.
This demand for a united labor
ticket must be advocated everywhere
in every local union of the city by al
workers to see and understand that
the workers must have their OWL
ticket in the field in the coming cam
paign and make a real effort to dc
away with the enemies of labor in Tho
courts and in the city and state gov
eminent.
Must Work For Labor Party.
But the decision of Justice Churchill
will be of more far-reaching signifi
canoe to the members of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers itself
Those. who are. directly affected by the
decision in their fight against the In
ternational Tailoring company.
These workers, for the most part
understand the nature of the capital
list courts and have for years beer
staunch advocates of independent po-
litical action on the part of labor
This year, however, the movement to-
ward labor party in this city has re
ceived decided setback owing to the
action Of the socialist party, with the
open support of many prominent
figures in the Amalgamated.
In the face of the critical situation
confronting labor in this city, they
have decided to divide labor's forces
by Setting up labor fusion ticket"
which is nothing more or less than the
ticket of the socialist party.
This socialist ticket has come out OF
a platform which lodges the question
Of court interference in labor disputes
and makes no demand for the aboli.
ton of injunctions against labor.
1t is the duty therefore of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers while
using their mass economic power to
destroy the injunction thru a vigorous
policy of mass violation to demand
in every local union that their organ
- !, Go n
united labor ticket in the coming cleo
ton campaign, bases upon a clear
cut program which shall include a
straightforward demand for the i'm.
mediate abolition Of the use of the
injunctions in labor disputes and the
election of workers candidates in the
coming election campaign.
If Won want To thorouph1v nm.