The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
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Shop Nuclei Active in May Day Campaign

NEW YORK.-Last week meet
ing was held of the organizers of the
most important nuclei in New York
City. The meeting opened with re-
ports on activities in the May / cam
paign and the general work of the
nuclei. These reports showed the
wonderful possibilities for shop nuclei
work in this country.
SHOP NUCLEUS NO. reported
the distribution Of 1000 leaflets and
200 party papers. Twenty-Five tickets
were sold for the party May 1 meet
ing. Three subscribers were, obtained
for the DAILY WORKER and one of
the active comrades of the nucleus
was one of the chief speakers at the
Union May 1 banquet All the wor-
kers. quit on May 1 as this is in ac-
cordance with the Union rule.
SHOP NUCLEUS NO. reported
the distribution of 14OO leaflets. Two
sympathizers helped in this work.
Twenty-three tickets for the party
mass meeting were sold One sub
scription for the DAILY WORKER
and one for the Workers Monthly
were sold-the latter being sold to
colored worker Although no one had
ever stopped work on May l in this
shop in the last five years this year
due to the propaganda Of the nucleus,
one half of the workers quit work for
a whole day and the other half work
ed only half day.
SHOP NUCLEUS NO. 10 called a
shop meeting on the question of work
ing May 1. This shop had been work
ing on this day for the last three
years. The shop meeting under the
leadership of the nucleus, decided to
quit. When the boss received word
about this decisian he frantically ap-
pealed to the secretary of the union
to hold the workers back. However
the workers of the shop came down in
a body to the union meeting and de-
manded that the entire trade quit on
May l. Although this was not car
ried, and although the secretary or
dered the workers in this shop not
to stop work, when May l came not
one worker reported for duty.
Every comrade in this nucleus is a
subscriber to the DAILY WORKER.
Freheit Ball tickets and DAILY
WORKER subs, have been sold to
number of workers in the shop.
The comrades in the nucleus make
it their business to report at the shop
a half hour before opening time.
During this time they discuss with
workers the current news of the day,
which the workers, who have either
no time or ability to read for them
selves, are very anxious to hear. In
the course of this talk the comrades
show the contrast between the Com
munist and the capitalist press in the
way the news is handled. At first
the workers ridiculed this idea but
now they are genuinely interested and
a large number report early for this
discussion. This of course is a very
interesting beginning of the verbal
newspapers, which are carried on by
word of mouth in many factories in
Russia.
The nucleus is planning an organi- !
cation campaign to organize the fe-
male workers in the shop. More will
be heard from them in the near
future.
SHOP NUCLEUS NO. II distributed |
over 1000 leaflets and newspapers.
Whereas last year only two workers
stayed away on May 1, this year COM
rades induced % workers to quit in
spite of the fact that the shop is I'M
organized. Twenty-six tickets were
sold for the mass meeting run by the
party.
SHOP NUCLEUS NO. is in a shop /
which always worked on May 1. The
shop nucleus decided to bring the
matter of May before the shop meet
ing. After a strenuous debate led
by the comrades in the nucleus, it was
decided that the whole shop should |
quit work. Not only did the nucleus