The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-20


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1923 by 80 industrial and 81 per cent for
dustrla members The percentage of the whole
929 on January 1924 The important the % unions
are the rawaymen with 100000 membership the
rather less the metal workers. teachers workers with.
100000 each sanitary food supply miners andwokers
70 per cent and is decreasing
Trade Union Organization
Enrolment may collective Individual and from it are
excluded village and home craft workers <ustarn members
Oh craft unions Ae business managers landowners etc.
The Russian Trade Union Movement today organized
the ARussian Central Council Of Trade Unions ARCTU)
which contains representatives Central Trade
Union Committees and is elected by the ARussan
under Provincial Trade Union Councils
der the direction Of nine regional bureaux the remainder
The horizontal organization InterTrade Union
Provincial Council and at the head the A-Russan
Trade Unions tsfss
Trades Union Congress
The ARussan Congress of Trade Unions one
delegate for each 10000 members provincial
delegate for 5000 members two delegates for $4,000 and
three for 25O0 elected provincial conferences
es with less than 5000 are grouped and elect delegate
10000 Only subscribing members may vote
Trade Union Finance
In the absence any published sheets of the I'M
ons t. Is deu to get clear idea Of how they stand more
they seem most wanted Thus since the ARCTU
Forest Workers for organizing expenses
bes to make the subscriptions of provincial branches
vnca Councils and yet another Of 1900 support
their organ the Agricultural Laborer" (Batrak).
The turning of the educational enterprises
unions to the State is not completes much adult education being
retained by the unions described in the subsequent
aeae WIN IT, IN respect OF h subsidies as there described
allows the unions to undertake expenditures which only in
directly educational
is clear that long the continue to do
much work the State they co-operatives
example large grants educational work from
the cooperatves which themselves subsidized by
The financial position of the unions improving
In January 1923, the R. T. u half Central
Executive Committees deficit January 1924 only
ellis in deficit reduced from 60 to Is and though
half the deficit Con
rbuons beginning, however be better paid especially
where individual payment has been rentroduced In 1929
y about go cent of the contributions being padn
1924 about 20 cent The normal subscription which
per cent Of the wage received by the Factory Committees
10 cent the nterUnon Provincial Council and up
to 25 cent to the Central Executive of the union
Trade Union Status
defined in the Labor Code unusual
The legal function the unions defined representation
and (b) protection of the workers.
Trade Union Activities
(a) Restriction of Actvites-Under War Communism
funds but under the New Policy the unions suddenly
found themselves obliged their Their difficult
heavy deficits budgets Committees
penditue times the in local
heavy expenditure partly due the efforts of the unions
what remains to them of their political and education
Want of money put stop most
of the useful educational work of the unions Their primary
schools first then the technical schools in
cases and occasionally erates
most this work was transferred to the educational a
although this work being yearly cut down for
money still heavy ougongs salaries and
the of 1922 provincial Trade Union
be reduced by hreequarters and central Off
onehird But salaries still constitute large
part expenditure respects economies been
that Of the scheme for linking up the Trade
all Russia only the central organization remains
intact The Councils survive, but the 504 district
offices reduced while the local secrariats have al
most disappeared organization the Is depart
ments reduced s. and the 26S officials of whom
So reduced to 215 Of whom SO
Communists ,sc (To be continued in next issue