The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31

the mightiest form of organization to
be the centralized organization close
ly bound with the working masses and
having its basis in production, that
is in the workshops and factories
Our party is starting out to make this
the laboratory for mass work of the
party-we are beginning to reorganize
the party on the shop nuclei basis
The starting for mass work among
women should also be in the factory
and shop. Our shop nuclei where
ever organized, should have an organ
izer for work among women. Our trade
union groups must have a comrade
responsible for work among women
to get the women into the left wing
in the trade unions. etc. Women
workers committees may be organic
cd in the shops and factories. Where
there are existing shop committees,
the women must be organized into
such committees and NO separate COM
mittee must be organized. An this
work must be carried on in coIlabora-
ton with the general party women's
departments having jurisdiction. Some
Of the slogans for work among the
women in the shops and factories may
be: Equal wages for equal work in
every branch of industry; abolition of
piece work; employment Of women in
all branches Of industry except where
it is detrimental to their health: aboli-
ton OF night work and overtime; pro.
lection for women workers, mothers
and infants; working wages to be paid
in full during absence because Of
confinement; against dismissal during
pregnancy and nursing; against. the
dismissal Of married women, etc.
Work among the housewives. The
housewife. is an important factor in
the class struggle. The housewives
are not in the trade unions, nor are
they organized politically. The CO.
operative is the organization capable
of comprising these masses of wo-
men of the worlingclass, it viii also
bring the women in the factories and
shops into organization with the
housewives. The cooperative move
ment will draw the proletarian women
into the whirlpool of political and
economic activity. Il is the task of
the party to direct the proletsrian
women, to make it their endeavor to
make the co-operativss a weapon for
the interests of the working class.
The psrty should stand for carrying
out initiative proceeding from the wo-
men organized in co-operatives and
aiming at q Communication of daily
life. AS for instance, the establish
ment Of dining halls, kindergartens
nurseries, etc. We shall work for. the
realization of the active participation
CT the co-operatives ia class warfare
by means of opening of dining halls
for strikers, unemployed, provision for
their wives and children, etc. Our
women comrades in Coney Island are
preparing to carry on work of this
sind. Care must be taken that this
lind of work is not given a humani
arian character. As fSr instance. the
eedlng OF the unemployed must be
iealt with in relation to the general
question Of unemployment.
Fight for Everyday Needs.
The party will not limit its work to
the factory and the home. We must
carry on propaganda by written word
and by personal contact. The party
must take the initiative in raising
slogans on burning issues that will ap
peal to the working women. Mass
meetings must be arranged for. on
'hese issues. Local councils may be