The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23
ARTICLE, vi.
BY WILLIAM F. dunno.

l
a wing leadership and capitalist
spokesman join in preaching is our old
enemy, Identity Of interest Of labor
and capital" now put forward as
'worker-employer cooperation" or in
a still fairer guise as "union-manage-
ment cooperation"
In the December issue Of the Amer
lean Federationist, an editorial by
President William Green entitled,
Company Unions" lin which the head
of the trade union movement puts for.
ward reasons why capitalists should
deal with the trade unions rather than
form company unions) makes the fol
lowing statements:
Under various systems of union
management cooperation, workers
have felt a responsibility and a part
nership In the industry which has
stimulated intellectual effort AND
5RoT SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS
TO THE INDUSTRY. Prevention Of
waste, saving of materials, better
production methods, EVEN INVEN-
TONS OF MACHINERY TO IN
CREASE EFFICIENCY have been
part of the workers. contribution.
THEY HAVE GONE OUT TO
THEIR COMMUNITIES TO So
LIclT TRADE FOR THEIR EN-
PLoYER. Local union meetings
have become discussion FORUMS
FOR PLANT PROBLEMS, produe-
ing practical suggestions that are
carried into the shops for practical
demonstration. National officers
have contributed expert advice and
direction. UNIONS WITH BANK
ING SYSTEMS HAVE GIVEN
FINANCIAL HELP TO EN-
PLoYERS IN DIFFICULT TIMES.
THE WORKERS DEMANDS UNI
DER THIS SYSTEM OF COOPER
ALTON HAVE BEEN RESTRAIN
ED by better understanding Of the
facts of production. =. The in
dlVldua effort of the most enIiuhten-
high production impetus as the
collective efforts of management and
unions. Emphasis mine.)
HERE we have an almost perfectly
complete description Of the work
er-employ er-union-managem coop
Grafton" paradise. 1t requires no COM
ment except to say that it is 100 per
cent proof OF the Communist charge
that the policy of the present trade
union leadership has as its object the
transformation of unions into eff
cheney agencies" of the capitalists.
urge every worker in the United
States, whether he be a member OF a
trade union or not, to get a copy of
the December issue of the American
Federationist and read carefully the
two editorials from which l have
quoted in these articles. I am sure
that they win stimulate thought. In
telligent trade unionists especially will
be delighted to know that they are
paying President Green $12,50O per
year-with princely expense account
thrown into put over a policy that
makes local unions discussion forums
for plant problems" We are sure Also
that as a Christmas present to the
members of the American labor move
ment the knowledge that "the workers
demands under this system Of CO.
operation have been restrained" will
evoke gladstone encomiums of this
kind of labor leadership.
TN their Grass frankness the state
l ments of President Green are a ter
rible tribute to the process of degener-
alton which is taking place in the Ia
Dor movement under the control of
such labor agents of American i'm
perialism.
Is it any wonder that the labor
aristocracy is becoming utterly shame
less? For instance, can anyone familiar
with the labor movement in the pre-
war period imagine such a statement
as the following appearing in the local