The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-29
SHOP NUCLEUS
GETS WELCOME
IN PITTSBURGH
Fertile Field Among the
Westinghouse Workers
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The first article on the front page,
tersely Analysing the cunning attempts
made by the management to institute
new wage cuts in the most painless
manner, Immediately attracted the at
tention of the workers. Said one OF
them: Eyes, that is precisely what
they are doing, but I'll say If they cut
my wages any further there will be
nothing left"
Workers Treasure Every Copy.
Others gathered eagerly around the
distributors, asking for a few extra
copies, If they could be spared, which
they intended to give to their fellow
workers who were inside the plant.
One asked for two extra copies and
when being handed a few said,
please don't waste, it is too good for
that, want no more than can take
care Of" Another worker asked for
twelve copies saying he knew that
many workers inside whom he wanted
TO read the paper.
Wide distribution was made that
same day among these workers of a
circular announcing an exhibition by
the Westinghouse Technical Night
School. But after the whistle blew
and the workers hda returned to
their benches, the street was practic-
ally Uttered with these latter circu-
lars while one Office employee, who
came out, had to search long and
wide before he could find one copy Of
the shop nucleus factory paper thrown
aside which he picked up, carefully
brushed of, and placed in his pocket.
PROFESSIONALLY the workers recog-
nized in that paper not only an ex-
preston of their own sentiment to-
wards the grievous conditions obtain
ing in the plant but also guidance and
a helper in their struggles. They
recognized that as their own paper.
Short and snappy Articles.
It contained articles, short and
snappy, exposing the dope peddled by
the factory management of mutual re-
lations and common interests of
capital and labor, by reiterating some
Of the practical experiences of the
workers whenever they had attempted
to improve their own material well
being.
1t exposed the so-called joint confer
ence committees, composed jointly of
workers and the management, as a
tool in the hands Of the bosses to help
keep the workers contented despite
the wage cuts, the speed-up system
and the driving foremen.
It introduced the Workers Party as
the only party fighting for the inter-
ests of the working class. All given
in simple terms written by class con-
scious workers, members of the
Workers (Communist) Party, who toll
alongside of the other workers in the
factory, understand their grievances,
feel with them the intensity Of the
capitalist exploitation and are ready
70 help give leadership to their strug-
giles for a better day.
Past Struggles.
In 1914 the Westinghouse workers
attempted to organize into a union
and went on strike when the company
discharged their elected committee
men. In 1916 the machinists put on
a drive for the eight-hour day and set
May first as the date for striking to
enforce this demand. A new indie
pendent union arose just prior OF the
strike, seemingly created to break
down the force of the drive.
The company thru these expert
ences learned an important lesson. It