The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-20
The Steps Toward World Trade Union Unity.

The Steps Toward World Trade Union Unity
"RegardIess of nationality race political and
religious creeds the working class always INSPIRED
by deahe overthrow of capitalist society," built on
slavery exploitation violence In this struggle of labor
against capital working class win only by mastering
all their forces against the common enemy bound in
ng class in order to save itself from economic ensavenent
u and from the menace of Warranty is imperative
why delegation Of the trade unions of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the mutual confer
with British unions, not only understood the
before showed such firm will for the establish
rnent Of unity in the international labor movement
In these words NJ Tomsky secretary of the Central
Council of the Russian Trade Unions sets forth the objective OF
the for world trade union uniaganst the economic
by capital mperast
For this objective the 100000 trade unlonists OF Britain
Russia united in the for world trade union
unity thru the formation of the Anglo Russian Unity Commit
tee This Anglo Unity Committee has become the or
ganzng center of the movement for world trade union unity
The oadom of of the other trade union in
Guiding the American trade union movement are hostile to this
movement and fight in cooperation with the bosses and their
agencies.
Organzationay convocation
world congress of trade unions establish united
union International and decide for combating
the workers by capitalism
against mperial No preliminary conditions laid
world congress.
working finds itself determine the program
fare against is the right wing leaders Of he
Amsterdam international thought that such world congress
trade unonists would support their policy of cooperation with
the capitalists they would favor the holding of such
they congress trade unonists
really representing the rank and file of the trade unions would
reject their policy they do their utmost to
vent the holding of such a congress
The first meeting of the Anglo Unity Committee
held in April 1925 in London There the unity
ish and Russian trade unons cemented the
for trade union unity joint declaration drawn up
conference which forth necessity unity the
trade union of the world Every nte
worker will admit that the following paragraphs
the root of the question of trade union unand establish
imperative necessity for the achievement of that unity
$50 long the capitalist system there is dan
OF war The mercless struggle for supremacy between
the conflicting vested interests of competing groups
poters will, in the past eventually evoke new crisis
pungng the workers of the world into another disastrous
There is but power that mankind from
being plunged into another universal catastrophe
but power which defend the all countries
against political and economic oppression and tyranny There
is but one which bring freedom welfare happ
power the working class we'll organized properly dis
cipined selfdevoted and determined fight all would
oppose and prevent its complete emancipation"
The meeting of the Anglo Russian Unity Committee held
after the Scarborough meeting of the British
gress constituted the committee the organizing for the
movement for world trade union unity. No a
ton of attempting force the eaconary wing
plainly that they will unity onythat the
trade union movement shall fight the capitalists inter-
national scale Otherwise they fight unity.
The Anglo Russian Unity Committee of mobi
zng the trade unionss of the unitythe
taDhshIng OF single trade combat the
and the growing number of unions that
OF trade union unity and the AngoRusan Unity Committee
SHOWS that the rank and file of the unity and
are moving towards in spite of reactionary all the
agencies Of capitalism
The following partial list unions and mass meetings
OF workers mat have endorsed trade union unity esa
shmen of the Ango-Russan Unity Committee will show to