The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-23
SHOE STRIKE
SHOWS BEST
UNION POLICY
Fighting Wins; YellOw
Socialists Exposed
BY DAVID ENeEL.

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Shoe Workers. Protective Union Of
Philadelphia has scored ts first vic
tory In the fight against the open shop
when the Culton NAMES shop settled
agreeing to all union conditions.
The fight started four weeks ago
when the union declared strike in
two factories which refused to reeog-
nIxe the union working permits. The
bosses at this time attempted to fire
a number Of union workers and re-
place them with non-unlon men and
establish their absolute right to hire
and fire workers when they pleased
as the first step to establish the open
shop with all its miserable conditions.
The organized shoe workers of Phil
adelphia gathered at their union meet
ing and unanimously decided to go
out on strike in these two shops.
As soon as the strike began two
workers were arrested and one was
beaten up for demanding their pay
from the boss who fired them. They
we're, however, Immediately released
and the boss. was compelled to pay
them off.
scabs Wear Masksl
During the same week the bosses
started to bring scabs into the struck
shops late at night with masks on
their faces so that strikers would not
recognize them. At first with the
help of the police the scabs continued
to work for a while, but our strikers
had some previous experiences and
knew how to handle the situation
with the result that the scabs did not
last more than couple of days TO
the great satisfaction and encourage
ment of all strikers and union men,
During the early days of the strike
a petty boss by the name OF Good
man, who only became boss a few
months ago, went to work in one OF
the struck shops to prove his solidarl-
ty to the bosses. Before going to scab
he told the pickets that he would see
TO 1t that the strikers would starve
on the street, which only gave more
courage to the strikers who replied
InaI MS Qdy Will COuhC JOhs
At the next local meeting it was
unanimously decided to support the
strike by having every union mem
Der who was working pay fve per
cent of his wages to the strike as long
as il lasts. A request was made from
the general Office of the Shoe Work
ers' Protective Union to send a spe-
cial organizer to help to conduct the
strike. Brother De Liberty was sent
here and has helped considerably in
the strike.
Fighting Policy Wins.
With the first victory in their hands
the union is conducting the strike
with renewed energy and the strikers
are showing a spirit that will win
this strike against the open shop with
in very short time.
The Shoe Workers Protective
Union has DEMONSTRATED that sue
cessful fight can be made against the
open shop and this victory will surely
lead them to further aggressive steps
TO organize all the shops In this city.
II is interesting to note here the
attitude OF the labor press towards
this strike. The DAILY WORKER,
the Freiheit and the Jewish Forward
were notified Of the strike and asked
TO give 1t publicity.
Yellow Socialist Paper Exposed.
The DAILY WORKER and the
Freiheit gave ample space to the
news OF the strike but no news OF the
strike could be found in the Forward
tho many of the workers were search
ing for II between the bed room
stories Of millionaire love affairs.
The supporters of the DAILY
WORKER and the Freiheit and men,
bers of the Trade Union Educational
League did not have to use any
lengthy arguments to convince the
strikers and the union members which
Of these are real labor papers and
fight for the cause OF labor.