The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-05

| SJrlke TX their demands are not
| granted.
If you wash dishes you break your
back. II you do yard-man's work you
don't know half the time where you
are at, - they drive you so from ons
thing to another until they drive you
crazy.
Any restaurant that does any sort
of business is mad house. In Los
Angeles there are two restaurants,
owned by the same people, which
sport the name Mad House." worked
in both. They merit the name. But
what is true of them is also true of
ell the other restaurants. Those places
which display union cards are the
worst of all.
Because Of the nature of the work
II restaurants, particularly in the
kitchen, foul air-grease and filth
everywhere IL back-breaking, brain
turning slavery long hours rotten
wages and general atmosphere of
crankiness. Any one who works
even short time in a kitchen has his
or her nerves shattered, torn to pieces.
the restaurant slave does not keep his
or her ieh for long. The majority Of
us w6'k fnly when it is absolutely
necessary that is to keep from starv-
ing.
In those two year Of slavery I have
done everything in the kitchen except
being the main chef. Yet | never re-
GREETED when lost job. Whether it
4 is as cook or pot-washer, what's the
difference? They kill you anyway
But | am not an exception. The
mapority Of workers feel the same
way about it. Most of us get sick of
a job before. we even start wort
We know what's in store for us, and
only the direst necessity forces US
to remain at job for more than Sc
veral weeks. Two or three months is
considerable period of time. Six
months is long. much to long.
There is not a group Of workers
who could be got to strike as easily
as the culinary workers Half the time
they are striking anyway They have
so many grievances they could enum-
crate any number you please in their
sleep. =
A determined drive to organize
these so terrible exploited slaves!
A call to battIe
A strike, real strikel How II
would gladden. their starved hearts,
Fisht7 We would fight like hell
What do we care, can things be
worse than they are?
Have we anything to lose?
Only show US how Organize
Leadi
But ii is useless to expect the fake.
to do anything for us. If anyone to
them that the culinary workers wish
TO fight the bosses they would ri
into their little holes and SILVER Wit
fright.
Fight the bosses? That's imp0s
sible. The bosses are organized. Th'
bosses have mpney, they are strong
We are weak. We can only beg them
for fayors. II they are kind enough
they will grantsus little something.
II not we will have to get along as
best we can"
Then what 20 We need the union
for?"
THE union makes us strong!"
"The union makes US strong" But
first we must organize something
that will functbn like a union.
There's a tremendous amount of or.
ganizational woik to be done in Los
Angeles. But % group of workers
need 1t more than the culinary work
ers. The class conscious. intelligent
workers must leh the way, the masses
will follow. kntw them. know their |
temper well. AZ first it may be diff
ficult, but once hey are started they
will push beyons all the other work.
ers.
A Challenge.
The CommuniAs must organize a
nucleus in each |of the local unions. |
COOKS, walters, Mattresses and start |
the necessary woIk.
Never have theculinary workers or.
perienced such htolerable conditions
as they are suneing from now. Now
IS tho time Tor York among them.