The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22

Thus Cudahy'S Omaha plant, TO
Club" During the winter season box
for the edification of the slaves with
programs. The arena is located at IL
pressed with the regard the company
has for their entertainment and wei
fare"
During the summer months base
ball games between various depart
ments will replace the prize-fghting
exhibitions. The packers have learned
that union loyalty" can be replaced
with department loyalty" So Cuda-
hy's pork butchers, for example, will
meet Cudahys mechanics on the
diamond with the slaves from each
department roofing for their respec-
tive warriors.
Armour Uses Sky Pilots.
Armour's Omaha plant has gone in
pretty strongly for 'howling leagues"
but since 1t is obvious that not all the
! slaves can bowl, that always-ready
servant of capitalism, the sky pilot,
has been rushed into the breach. In
this particular instance the Reverend
Brown" delivers his regular sermon.
Like all good, sincere christians the
reverend appeals to his hearers to be
honest and industrious, which is an
other way of telling the workers to be
loyal wage slaves and put their faith
in god" rather than in the might of
organized labor.
Dold Teaches "co-operation"
Dolds Omaha plant has its fifty
fifty club" to emphasize the idea of
partnership" between employer and
employee The latest stunt of This
particular company union aggregation
is a cooperative grocery and meat
market at which Dold's slaves can
buy their foodstuffs at wholesale
prices. In this respect the Dold Pack
ing company is going a step farther
than the Big Five.
"Why should we pay profits to small
grocers and butchers, when we can
sell to the men at no cost to ourselves
and keep them satisfied" is the way
the Dold company reasons.
Dold's company union (ffty-ffty
club numbers among its officers
workers formerly active in the
Butcher Workmen's Union and promi-
nent in the 1922 strike. Packing
house leaders can be bought cheaply,
but such company union traitors in
the various plants are being exposed
by militants of the Workers Party
and Trade Union Educational League
who alone know how to combat such
class collaboration prisoners.
Swift's For "WeIfare"
Swift and company has its 'Sem.
ployes' welfare and benefit associa-
ton" This is a form of group insur-
ance administered by the company in
much the same manner as are the
company unions in the other plants.
Swift's Omaha plant looks after the
welfare of it's slaves in more ways
than one, as will be related in future
articles.
Against organization and class sol
idarity the packers have modified
preachers, prize fighters, religious
and national antagonisms, company
unions, cooperative stores, moving
pictures, wage increases, insurance,
social clubs, baseball and bowling
teams, among the schemes to keep
their 100000 wage slaves divided and
satisfied.
Working in close tho perhaps I'M
conscious cooperation with them are
the bootlegging and gambling dens
such as thrive in all meat packing
centers.
NoTE:-Packingho workers
in the various centers are urged
to write Of their experiences to the
r. U. E. L. page Of the DAILY
WORKER, particularly on such
questions as:
Is the 42K2 cent scale for common
labor adhered to?
Is there any sentiment for organ
ization?
Are such schemes as described
above, company unions, etc, used In
your district?
Do religious and national antaeon-
ism keep the workers divided? Are
they used openly by the packers?
Or any other problems or ex-
perience which will throw further