The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-11
MINE UNIONISTS
REVOLT AGAINST
RULE OF MOYER
Demand a Convention
and No Assessment
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Especial TO The Daily Worker)
BUTTE, Montana (By MaiD AT
the regular meeting of Butte Engin-
GERS Union, No. SO, held July IA, the
following preamble and resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, President Meyer and ex-
ecutive board has submitted a ques-
ton to the membership of assessing
themselves 81 for the purpose Of hold
in convention in September next,
and
Whereas, the constitution Of the In
ternational Union of Mines, Mill and
Smelter Workers, Section One of Arti-
Gle Two, reads plainly that conYen-
tions will be held ia the first week of
the month of August, and there are no
provisions in said constitution giving
the general officers power to set aside
the law, eYade their plain duty and
attempt by asking the membership to
vote an assessment, knowing full well
such an unpopular thing as an assess
ment would defeat all attempts to
hold convention, and thus evade a
proper and much needed investigation
as to how the said officers have per-
formed their several duties and ex-
pended the funds Of our international
since the holding Of the last conven-
ton some six years ago; and,
Why the Assessment?
Whereas, the quarterly reports, such
few as have been sent out by the gen
eral office, indicate and show that
Locals No. 16, SO, lit, in Montana
alone have sent something like $4,000
yearly, or for the past two years be-
tween thirty-five and forty thousand
and with the added thousands of dol
lars from other locals paid into our
general Office, furnishing a treasury
easily in excess of sixty thousand dol
lars or more, and with only two men
and two women In the Denver Office
as the permanent overhead expenses,
we fail to see the necessity for an as
sessment to meet regular indebted
ness such as a convention, provided by
law is, certainly it cannot be some
thing unexpected, or the creation Of
an emergency Indebtedness, such as
an assessment must be levied to sat
isfy, the investigating by a commit
tee, reporting to convention of the
condition of our financial affairs in the
Denver office will appeal to everyone
as the most important business con-
fronting our organization: and,
Demand Meyer Comply With
Union Law.
Whereas. the general official duty
is to at once notify all locals that the
biennial convention will convene in
Denver on the date fixed by the con-
stitution for the performance of their
duties. Therefore be it
Resolved, that Butte Stationary En-.
gineers' Union No. SO, l. U. of M. and
S. W., herewith protests the action of
the officials of our international organ
ization to evade their plain duty as
laid down by the constitution, by the
subterfuge of passing the buck" to
the membership in the form of 50
assessment instead Of calling a con-
vention to meet in August next, and
Local No. SO refuses to participate in
this unlawful procedure, and con-
dennis the failure of the general Of
ficials to comply with the laws an at
tempt on their part to perpetuate
themselves in their offices, and thus
avoid a proper investigation Of how
they have performed their duties since
the holding Of the last convention;
and be It further
Want Convention at Once.
Resolved, that Local No. SO demands
that our general officers call the sew
enth biennial convention to convene
in Denver on the date set for same by
the constitution, so that said conven-
ton can by proper investigation de-
termine the condition of the financial
and other affairs of the organization.