Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-01-30
THIRTEEN WOMEN
To LEAD FIGHT
FOR HIGHER WAGES

~ ~ Ut y VIZ
SAT- Correspondent. International
Labor New Service.

Labor Nces Settles.
Chicago. Jan s6-- Alss MVlhe
Friedman of New York. general ors
ganlseg 81 the lptsfnalsna, lSdjes'
osment Workers Union. Who res
Gently arrived In Chiraea. aceampan.
lea by l. ether women eIgsnistts.
ami whose purpose is 10 elect com
pleie organization 81 the 1000 per
sens employed In the dtess industry
IN this city. Was greatly enthused
ever the result ol the first meeting
held after her arrival
Schoenbohen's Hall. Milwaukee AM
Ashland Avenues, vas packed With
an interested and enthusiastic er0Wu
of men ami women. large number IT
whom signed carts pledging their
services As volunteer workers In tie
campaign.
ReScms Attack Rs the rtihane
dlSS Friedman vas aslopished AMI
hurt over an unWaffanted attack upon
her ana the l9 girl companions ap.
wearing In the Chicago Tribune the
morning after their arrival in Chicago.
Ms Friedman asked the Chicago cor
u, poudent Of International Labor
News Service what 90 do about H.
aHa Was advised to ask the city editor
Of the Tribune for a retiaetion, hut
Was told that she could not hope for
material results, iuasmueh a. Colonel
Robert L. Mccormick. editor of the
Tribune. was no respectet OF sex OF
axe In his mad scramble after the al
mighty dollar.
Miss Friedman took Tire matter up
with the city editor OF the Tribune
and was treated In a polite and court.
eoas manner and promised that the
mistake would be reetihed. bet
nothing was done about II.
i told the city editor said MI
Friedman, that We We're not seeking
any publicity from his paper aud that
il he could not say anything good n
eur behalf to olease not lie about us. .
Good Sized Fund for Organization
Work.
The international Ladies' Garment
Workers Union has appropriated
S250000 for the organizing campaign
IN Chicago, according "a a statement
made by Miss Friedman to lntetua=
tonal Labor News Service. Vice
President Meyer perlstein is In charge
of the work. with Miss Friedman as
his chief assistant. B. Dolniek, rep.
resenting the Chicago joint Board
also Is an active participant in the
campaign.
Chicago Is a plague spot IN the
dress industry" said Mis- Friedman
and our International union l. deter.
mined that the shameful conditions
existing here shall be wiped out anf
adequate wages and decent WORKING
conditions established
.'The spy and spotter system thai
the Chicago hoESes have organized Il
outrageous. Not satisfied with grind
ing their employees down TO starvation
wages. they have their stool pigeons
to watch them both in the factory and
on the outside. They are followed on
the streets and even 10 the doors OF
their poor homes. The bosses ieat
that their ill-treated employees will
Join the union and that is the reason
fer the spy system.
New York Workers Help in Campaign
"Our members in New York have
signifed their willingness TO 20 the
limit in the way of financial assistance
to their Chicago brothers and sis
ters," continued MIS- Friedman, and
we mean TO stick TO the job until the
bosses see the light and meet US IN
a fair and square manner and sign
an agreement that will abolish the
intolerable conditions now existing.
We are not seeking a fight and we do
not want 10 strike, but there will be a
general strike If he bosses remain
stubborn and refuse to accede to our
Just demands"