The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-16
Union SETTLES
With INSIDE
MANUF ACTURERS
Partial Victory Is Won
BY the |. L. G. w. U.
Especial to The Daily wOrker)


NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-The strike
of the New York cIoakmakers against
Rhe "Inside" manufacturers is settled.
An agreement between the union and
the representatives of the manufac-
turers has been reached, resulting in
b partial victory for the workers. The
agreement signed by the general
chairmen has been ratified by the
shop chairmen, and final settlement
awaits only the referendum of the
membership on Tuesday.
Terms of the agreement provide for
the 40-hour, 5-day working week, a.
substantial increase in wages, and a
Limitation on the sizes of the shops.
Compromise on Hours.
Altho the 4O-hour week is provided,
1t does not go into effect for two
years. The first two years the gar
ment makers will work AZ hours a
week, five days, and thereafter 40
hours. The agreement is for three
years In wages the settlement is a
real victory, the increase won being
greater than the increase recommend
ed by the governors commission. A
raise of from 81 a week to So week
was won, compared to the $3.50 and
So recommended by the commission
Reorganization Commission.
Altho the manufacturers won their
demand for the right of 10 per cent
reorganization each year, which is op-
posed by the union. the union forced
the manufacturers to concede the
right of review on discharging of
workers under this system, and forced
the acceptance of guarantee of 80
weeks work a year.
Jobbers Stride On.
This settlement in no way effects
the strike against the jobbers. There
IS no letup in the struggle against this
branch of the industry, and the fight
is still going on. The jobbers are
the most bitter enemies of the union
and are attempting to bring sweat
shop conditions back into the industry.
Victory for Left Wing.
The settlement with. the manufac-
turers is seen as a victory for the
leadership of the left wing The gains
made are all the mort outstanding be
cause the union not only had to fight
the opposition of the government by
Injunction, attacks of the police, and
4I, g 1,,t oil
the opposition of the right wing.
Right Wing Sabotage.
The right wing, it is pointed out,
maintained a consistent campaign of
the most criminal sabotage to prevent
a successful elimination of the strike
The international, headed by Sigman,
failed to check scabbing on the New
York cloakmakers by workers in Phil
adelphia, Boston, Cleveland and
other cities, which formed a serious
handicap to the strikers.
In joining with the right wing lead
ers of other unions and organizations.
relief work was impeded by the right
wing. This is evidenced by the delay
ing Of a $4,000 donation of the Work
mems Circle, and the small contribu-
tion of the Amalgamated. The Anal.
gamated gave only SGT 500 in the last
few weeks of the strike, when the
furriers' union, with a membership Of
only 1000, contributed 100000.
The attitude of the Daily Forward
ON the strike, which carried on an In
sdious campaign against the leader
ship, is another instance OF the at
tempt of the right wing to cause fall
ure of the struggle.
Need Amalgamation.
Leaders point out that the strike H.
illustrates the need for combining the
forces Of the left wing leadership and
amalgamation OF all of the needle
trades workers into one united union
Relief Still Serious.
The problem OF relief Of the strikers
Is still serious one. The coming
winter has intensified the suffering OF
the workers and their families and
more support from other unions is
needed Even with part OF the strike
settled, there is no prospect that all
of those affected will go back to work
before January, when employment
conditions pick up. .4..
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