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

deals Nth the American Federation Of Labor
Union Unity.
The American Federation Of Labor and the Movement
for World Trade Union Unity.
In policy and organizaona forms the American Federation
Of Labor Of the most backward trade union movements
the world Samuel during his long reign president
moulded its policies suit the needs of the American capitalists
This policy is being continued by his successor William Green
Tn estimation of Gompers by Green given in the following
statement his speech the Atlantic City convention of the
federation throws flood ofght the entire outlook bur-
eaucracy: -5e 3as
s He first attracted my attention particular because
against efforts that being
bring about general strike Of all the trades in sympathy
with the American RiIway Union strike In 1894
The L. has 1O7 international Unions affiliated it
composed local unions with total membership Of q
$685. according to the 1926 report. Yeas +, 81
The bitteres preudices Systematically
cu1cated the membership of the various unions The Off
Gals look their union membership something to be
urisdcona quarres periodically the spectacle
of officials fighting to which shall possess certain
tegory of workers is always present.
Not only regarding membership do urisdictona quarres
break out but also regarding the work to be done by certain
unions The Carpenters Union and Sheemetal
Union are continually at others question
of which shall work metal trim doors and windows These
quarres keep the perpetual turmoil breed the
workers the idea that they must fight each other to their
interests
AS matter Of fact the F. of L. unions merely organ
lied the fringe workers of America The really successful
A. F. of L. unions highly skilled
such the various branches of the printing and building
industries, the metal industry,
According there 46142S4 persons
years of ganfuy employed in the United Sites Of
these 310495 workers OF this number of
workers about 100000 only organized The A. F. of L.
unions have nearly 100000 million membs and the Railroad
Broherhoods affiliated with the A. F. of L. have about
of million members Other Independent unions the
food leather and metal Industries have few members and
influential The Industrial Workers of the World has
shrunk shadow of its former than 90
600 members Thus oneghh of the wage earners in this
country are organized today.
OF the basic industries only the building, coal mining
railroads organized to any extent About hamion coal
miners organized outside of the non
At the end Of the world the sixteen unions the railroad
dusy members today they altogether
about In 1922 the railroad shop craft unions had 4OO
900 members today they have 100000.
In the food packing industry only thousand
organized out of the hanon employed In the steel in
dustry there little thirteen thousand members
Amagamated Association of on Steel and Tin Workers
the automobile industry of the hamon workers employed
afew thousand organized in the
pendent Auto Workers Union In the lumber industry few
thousand organized the W. w. the applies
agriculture Out of the threequarters of million
the textile industry about 10000 organized compel
ing unions.
During the world hundreds of thousands of
focked to the unions For instance 100000 textile workers