The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-03
William green
AIDS PASSAIC
TEXTILE BARONS
Refuses to Organize
Striking Workers

WASHINGTON, D. c., April H.
William Green, president Of the Anne
rlcan Federation OF Labor, has again
displayed his role in the American
labor movement as tool of big busI-
ness by his unwarranted attack on the
Passale United Front Committee OF
Textile Workers.
The United Front Committee of
Textile Workers is leading a strike
Of 10000 textile workers demanding
higher wages. shorter hours and bet
ter working conditions. This United
Front Committee seeing that there
were a number Of unions trying to
organize the textile workers in Anne
RIGA sent a letter to the American
Federation of Labor asking them to
take the lead in calling a conference
of all Of the textile workers organ
izations.
This conference was to lay plans for
resisting the vicious attacks Of the
open shop interests. 1t was to lay
plans for the unionization of the en-
tire industry into a powerful union
part Of the American Federation of
Labor.
The strikers made this proposal see
ing the necessity of a strong organ
ization to combat the present trend Of
the textile barons to slash wages.
They saw that the workers OF one
section needed the solid support of
the workers in other sections in or
der to properly maintain working con-
ditions. The vast mass Of workers
are unorganized in the textile indus
try. With a conference Of the type
proposed by the strikers they saw
the building Of stronger and power
ful union.
Green, who spends his days adj
dressing college gatherings and bodies
Of labor bureaucrats and chambers Of
commerce on class collaboration
schemes, flatly refuses to aid the Pas
sale strikers organize the workers in
to union. Green, who spends his
time greeting labor" delegations
financed by the most rabid open shop
interests of Great Britain and known
in the British Isles among the union
lists as the mission of treason" Vi
ciously attacks workers when they
ask him to start an organization drive
among the textile workers.
Green in his letter enthusiastically
points out that the United Textile
Workers takes care Of the textile
workers as far as the, American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor is concerned. He
declares he knows nothing Of the
United Front Committee of Textile
Workers" and as this organization is
not part Of the American Federation
Of Labor that the American Fedora
ton of Labor will not have anything
to do with it.
In ending his letter to workers,
who are on strike to improve their
conditions, he declares that the let
ter of the strikers and the communi.
cation that he is sending to the strik-
ers viii be sent to President Mcmahon
Of the United Textile Workers for
his information"
Little more can be expected from
Green. Green in his official organ, the
American Federationist,. carries an ad-
vertisement of the Botany Worsted
Mills, where most of the merciless at
tacks on the workers were perpe-
trated and of the United Piece Dye
Works Of Lodi, which is also on
strike. Green has taken the money
Of the bosses. He is advertising their
wares. That is why he is averse to
organizing these textile workers.
With Green business is business. He
is well-paid for the lads" Why risk
the loss Of these lads" to organize
the textile workers?
Tho Green has viciously attacked
the textile workers, the textile work
ers should continue to strike and de-
mand better conditions. They should
organize into strong unions. They
should insist on a hearing before the
American Federation Of Labor. Just
as they sent delegations to Washing
ton demanding an investigation Just
SO must they send delegations to
Green demanding that he organize
the unorganized workers.
Whether Green, the tool Of the boss
es wants the workers organized or
not, the textile workers must organ
lie. Local unions turnout the nation
are backing the strike. They want
the American Federation OF Labor to
organize the unorganized. Whether
Green likes It or not unorganized
workers will be organized and these
local unions will see to it that union
demands are fought for and won.
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