The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-21
MILIT ANTS HAVE
REAL DRIVE TO
UNIONIzE SHOPS
Are Next Point
Of Attack
Especial 70 The DAILY worker)


NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 19-Gain-
ing momentum as it progresses, the
organization drive of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union to
unionize the cloak and dress indus
try in New York City is now center
ing its attention on the jobbers, who
are the real employers Of the indus
try.
The members Of the Wholesale job
bers' Association which has an agree
ment with the union, does not liye up
to it, giving work to nonunion con-
tractors which the organization COM
mittee Of the union is now making its
next mark of attack to unionize all of
the nonunion contractors who do work
for the Wholesale Jobbers' Associa-
ton.
Fined Five Hundred Dollars.
The claridge Frock company, an in
dependent union jobber. which has
been giving work to scab contractors
in violation of its agreement with the
union, was fined $500 and forced to
allow the amortization of all of the
contractors who do its work.
After days strike, the Jane Ray
Dress company, a nonunion iobber.
who gives work to IS contractors. was
forced to submit to the unions de-
mands that all of its contractors be
unionized. q
This week strikes have been called
against two large jobbers, who are
members of she Wholesale Jobbers'
Association; The International Dress
company who utilizes % contractors
and the Style Garment company who
gives work to over 80 contractors.
The Jobberss Association demanded
that the workers covered by the two
above named jobbers go back to work
before they would negotiate with the
union. The union met this demand
with the counter-demand that the
contractors must be unionized before
the workers return.
Bosses Made to Submit.
This tense situation was added to
by the Jobbers' Association sending
an ultimatum to the union that if by
Tuesday evening, five o'clock, the
workers were not back, their agree
ment with thef union would be can
celled. The union refused to con-
slider this demand and later in the
evening the representatives of the
Jobbers' Association capitulated to
the union, the workers returning to
the contractors shops which will be
unionized.
The Dress Contractors Association,
which consists Of 700 contractors, de-
manded that the union give them "a
hours notice before it calls a strike
in any Of the shops which belong to
its association. The union refused
and relations between the association
and the union have been broken off.
In the past, clerks representing the
Contractors Association had accom-
panied the business agents of the
union when visiting shops affiliated
with the Contractors Association.
The business agents will now visit
them unaccompanied, and when not
admitted, strike will be called.
Ignore Injunction.
The Renter Dress company, which
secured a temporary injunction
against the union last week brot the
question before Supreme Court Judge
Blur, who reserved decision on its
plea for a permanent Injunction. This
lis not discouraging the workers who
are continuing to picket the shop
even tho a horde of police and gang
sters are always on hand to intimi-
date the workers who are showing a
will to victory.