The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-22
WORKER
Their PAPER
SAY STRIKERS
CGbrGnette Workers
e Holding Firm
sy a workar Correspondent.

~ Work0r correspondent
"Here comes our paper" was the
cry Of the two-score striking cabinet
workers as The DAILY WORKER cor
respondent hove in sight with a
bundle Of yesterdays Issue Of "The
Daily" containing the wrIte-up on their
strike. The men eagerly snatehed the
papers and read the article hunariIy.
That's the stuff" "That's true"
"That's handing it to them" "Good
stuff" were some of the EXPLANATIONS
as the men read their own words,
their own complaints, their own point
of view put into print. f
This is the sixth day Of the strike
at the Cabranette plant which makes
kitchen utensils. All Of the men who
went out are staying out. More than
that they are faithfully coming out
and doing their turn on the picket
line.
The "czar."
The strikers are particularly deter
mined not to stink back to face the
tender mercies of the manager, one
Berger, who is nicknamed THE Car"
because of his dictatorial method of
dealing with the men. Get out this
work or I'll fire you," is his favorite
method of speeding up the men.
George Seeger and "Bnl" Johnson,
both hirelings OF Berger, who, by the
way, is a cousin of Franks, the presi-
dent of Cabranettes, also do their bit
80 orsI- 4v.o a oh 81 frfnf
Both Of these gentlemen are overload
of drinking and it is not an uncom-
mon thing for them to stagger around
the Shop bawling drunken orders at
the men. On Saturday Seeger came
out of the factory while drunk and
attempted to persuade the men to go
back to work. The strikers merely
laughed at him.
~ Employment Sharks.
The Cabranette Corporation, 1t is
learned, is in league with several
down town employment agencies, to
procure men from them regularly in
order to cheat them out of the en-
ployment fee which they pay. It is
worked like this: The worker APP
plies for a job and planks down $40
for the privilege of getting job. The
employment agency sends the men to
the Cabranette Corporation which en-
ploys them for one week aand then
gives them 'the air" The $40 is then
split fifty-fifty. One of the strikers
actually saw the employment agency
turning over some of the money tol
the boss.
Sanitation"
Sanitary conditions at the Cabra-
nette factory are very bad. The floors
are covered with water, or rather
mud. The smell from the toilets is
all over the shop. The boss is too
cheap to hire some one to clean them
up. Oil drips from the pans which
are suspended over the machines. In
winter, the shop is very cold and in
summer the men are not permitted TO
open the windows.
Wages at Low Level.
Not only are the wages at a starv-
alton level, but the bosses cheat the
men at every opportunity. When a
man comes two minutes late he is
dccked for is minutes time. If al
man quits promptly at five he is also
docked, because it is considered that
he got ready to leave ahead of time.
How 1t Started.
The immediate cause of the walk
out was the firing of a worker, Jack
Smith, last Tuesday. Smith left the
shop early that day because doctor
called up and told him that his newly
born child had died. Smith pleaded
with the foreman to be excused but
the latter refused. Thereupon Smith
left without permission. The next
morning when he came to work he
was handed his check and told he
was thru. The men then got together
and walked out with Smith. The strik.
ers are determined that they will force
the car to backwater on this matter.
They will not return unless Smith Is
also taken back.
Few Seabs.
Whatever work the Cabranette Cor
poratiopi Us nov turning out and
there is very little of it because the
few scabs that the company has
picked up do not know how to do the
works. being trucked away by the
Grady teaming company, the drivers
of which belong to Local No. 7O5 OF
the Chicago Transfers Union. the
strikers are going TO bring this mat
ter before the officials OF NE team
sters' union. They are determined TO
nut up q stiff fight to the finish.
TO WORKER CORRESPONDENCE