The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24

the packers to grant in wages and the hour day
large Chicago today shop conditions
prevail packing The membership the A. Of
unions in 1920 numbered 5OOOOO today is less than g.
100000 In 1920 the independent unions had 100000 members
today they have much less than that
responsible for the in union
ship
L. The severe economic crisis of 920-21 which threw mill
lions of workers out of work. s44
2. capitalists government agencies:
economic crisis launched offensive on the workers In
this offensive the capitalists reduced heightened hours
labor and smashed unions.
8. The unions having policy cooperation
of class struggle led by ten fifteen and twenty-five thousand
dred craft DIVISIONS unable to lead theworkers in the
struggle NAV
The great mass of workers absolutely anorganzed were
used as weapon against the organized workers
The 100000 unemployed being unorganized
reservoir of strike breakers used by the capitalists in the
This offensive capitalists Organized plan
ned and carried out with military precision The railroad shop
1922
picked out by the capitalists and defeated The unions of
ne Tnnns aues reaneu at WORK as ene DOSES Knew tne
would sweeping injunction was secured by Atty Gen Daugh-
erty against the shopmen which practically prohibited them
striking Hundreds of strikers arrested for violations the
nuncton others were framed up Scabs were employed to
break the strike The result terrific defeat for the hopmen
from which they have not yet recovered
factor that assured the victory of the capitalists this
struggle the trade union ocaldom The ocadom of the
running trades unions prevented the workers striking along with
other workers The ofcaldom of the United
Workers saeguarded the operators by keeping
ofcadom whole opposed fighting back capitalist
offensive and aided the defeat of the workers preaching
cuts etc. a.sy
existence of millions of unorganzed workers aided the capital
lists Craft after craft defeated by the bosses while the other
craft unions the industry continued work and aided the
bosses to smash their fellow workers.
AS whole the capitalists succeeded in defeating the workers
Skilled workers treated gently than Others keeping
with the capitalist policy of brbng certain sections the
workers in the printing industry received no WAGE cuts the run
ming trades the railroads only IL per while
unsed workers received cuts two and three times that
During this period the capitalist Snt openly acted
the executive of the capitalist class against the The
Daugherty injunction against shopmen Ardngs order
the state governors to troops Incorporation of the
coal mines in 1922 examples the woe Cannot afford
forget.
The postwar offensive capitalists Of the s. on
standard of living of the workers this county
smell the effects of the policy by the trade union
ment of this country policy summed up in single
phrase Class cooperation This policy upon
nat tere an identity OF interests between capital and labor
that the workers and capitalists partners Mn industry that
they both share in the wealth produced they cooper
ate with each other for their mutual benefit sHs
The facts of everyday life this be false The bosses
seek to increase their profits by cutting enghenng the
hours OF labor or speeding up the workers The workers
the other hand seek to better their conditions by raising
shortening the hours of labor and resisting the introduction
speeup systems On every point the interests of the workers
and capitalists opposed One only gain the
OF the other Therefore all talk of cooperation between them
is false.
Yet this the official policy the A. F. of L. This is preach
ed by thousands of union officials in all
country out OF this policy comes the idea Of compulsory
braton as in the International Typographical Unon because
OF this policy trade union leaders compromise with
and refuse to use the maximum strength of the organized work
ers to secure their demands shown in the
mnous miners while the anthracite miners strike
pull out the maintenance who protecting the mine
ers property while the strike is
This policy of class cooperation responsible weak
of the trade unions and the defeats
only successful policy for the
The interests Of the workers and capitalists opposed
point They enemies and the class as
between capitalist nations In this country
war has been bloody From Homestead to West Virginia the CAPT
taists have used violence against the workers
capitalists method
cooperation and support those labor leaders who practice it
they do not believe but all methods subdue
he NJ fhQ lQhOr che
The A. f. of L. offcialdom does merely content itself
with preaching class corporation They practice
that they rapidly turning the aduncts
capitalists The unions being turned into instruments
keep the workers in subsection the
and Ohio Pan labor banks life insurance schemes grouT