The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-14
!, The Red international of Labor Unions and
World Trade Union UNITY

the treacherous reormistc leadership of because
leadership responsible for the split in the trade union
of the world AS long ago November 1922 the R.
L. IT, its Second World Congress- expressed its viewpoint
the necessity of union unity thesis in which the follow
ing paragraph is contained
''if the workers will not attacking capitalism
by the united 'front.' they will not only suffer new defeats not
only greater misery and slavery will await the but they
will their organizations and remain completely
This serves to prove slogan world
daboica plot the of the R. L. the
Communist International but that this policy and this slogan
the fundamental conception of the R. L. u to the
role of the revolutionary trade unions and adheens of the
With the growth of the revolutionary mnorties the
unions affiliated with Amsterdam the proved
they willing smash the trade unions rather than
into the revolutionary leadership The
splitting the by the reformS has been
carried France and that the trade union
movement cleft in twain in order that the reforms could
positions leadership These desperate
the socademocrac leadership in order
tain their position of close alliance with the capitalists that they
maintained turnout the period the world
these labor leaders has been correctly stated time and again by
the R L. U as that of the last bulwark of capitalism.
The capitalist offensive upon the standard living ami the
organizations of the working class beginning 1920 found its
greatest allies In the leaders OF Amsterdam since they saboaged
effort of the organized workers defend themselves against
international capitalist upon working
that the r. EI U. issued the slogan unity
trade union order successfully this
tack OF the capitalists upon the standard OF living and the trade
unions of the working class.
At the Third World Congress of the R. L. IT, July 1924 the
following appears in resolution regarding the question of inter
national trade union unity:
Never for moment stopping its determined fight
against all manifestations reformism within the intena-
tona labor movement merciessly revealing all
do not understand yet the role of reformsm brake
the struggle of the proearat emancipation Third
Congress- in the interests of united leadership srug-
gle of the workers against the offensive capital
and fascist reaction considers the pressing task
its activity to develop widespread campaign among
working masses in favor of the unity of the
labor union movement"
From that time the R. L. allowed this uues-
ton merely to be question of resolutions Vienna
Congress OF the Amsterdam International
cation led by A A Purcell raised question admttance
the Russian trade unions inc the the
central Council OF the Russian telegraphed
Vienna an offer of negotiations split
ona trade union At the Congress usual
KIND OF hpocrcal resolution passed the
BRUSH delegation This resolution admitted the
entry OF the Russian trade unions Interna
ona but had reservations which said
on the basis OF the existing statutes the
tona and that the dignity of the Amsterdam
should be observed"
AT the Sixth AnRussian Union Congress there was
present delegation representing the Council of the British
Union Congress AT this congress- reamed their
congress the British delegation the Central Council
of the Russian trade unions resulted
by the ARusan Trade Union Congress calling formation
of Anglo Russian Unity Committee which would
closer alliance between the trade unions
Britain and also for the unity the world trade union
The significance of this step lies In the the
British trade unions form the basis of the
ional and the Russian trade unions
o. and such the aorous leadership the
only fight against the convocaon congress
of the trade union movement at the of split with
British trade unionsin other words, split main
support In the European labor movement