The daily worker., 1925-05-02

rupt those locals that favor and are
ready to strike for these demands and
against the governors commission.
AS long as the corruption and the
dictatorship of the officials did not
directly concern the conditions of the
shops, there may have been indiffer-
ence by some members, but now that
it goes for our most vital economic
interests there must be but one single
unified front of all the rank and file
against this traitorous policy of class
collaboration OF our international Off
cials. If they will not fight for these
demands, the membership must find
ways to rally for the struggle, and
stand pat on this issue. We urge the
members therefore to force our Off
cials to insist upon the following de-
mands:
What Are These Demands?
1. The basic agreement should be
between the union and these jobbers
and manufacturers and should hold
them fully responsible for all condi-
tions in the contracting shops. The
contractor not to be recognized as the
employer, but merely as intermediary
agent (straw boss).
2. In order to enforce the agree
ment all contracting shops working
for one and the same capitalist should
be considered a unit and the workers
of these shops should hold joint shop
meetings and elect joint shop com
mittee and in case Of stoppage or
strike all should act together the same
as in inside shops.
8. That those jobbers and manufac-
turers who have an agreement with
the union should not be allowed to
supply new contracting shops with
work and that the number of existing
contracting shocs should be reduced
as rapidly as possible so as to allow
the remaining shops to grow in size,
until the big shop again prevails in
the industry.
4. An increase on the scale Of wages
of 20 per cent.
5. Forty full weeks of employment
for the year guaranteed.
s. Forty-hour week.
Z. Unemployment insurance fund,
paid by the bosses only and admins
tered by the union.
These are in essence the demands
of the officials themselves as ex-
pressed on various occasions in the
official organ OK the union, the Jus
tice. We urge the members to insist
that the officials stand pat and fight
for these demands, and for this pur-
pose we propose as follows:
1. That the union does not submit
to the decision of the governors COM
mission and prepares for a strike.
2. In order to have the full conf
dence and raise the morale of the
membership strike committee be
directly elected by the members of
the locals on a proportional basis and
that the negotiations and conduct Of
the strike be under the leadership of
this rank and file strike committee.
1 3. That shop committees be imme-
diately elected in every shop in order
to draw the mass of the membership
into the various activities in prepara-
tion for the strike.
4. The reinstatement of expelled
and suspended members.
Fellow workers: In order to fight
for these demands we need UNITY
and strong fighting union. At this
time, when good morale and fighting
spirit are most necessary, the men,
bership of the union must stand on
guard against any attempt to break or
Idemoralize our ranks.
Do not wait or rely upon the deci-
sion Of the governors commission
This decision, which the bosses and
reactionary union officials will attempt
to force upon you. will mean only
more misery and oppression for the
rank and file.
Down with the governors commits
sionl
Down with class collaboration
Prepare for the strike!
With working class greetings,
The National Committee Of the
Needle Trades Section, 7. u. &. l..