The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-11
MI[I7I.zRY SOLE HOPE OF BRITISH BOSSES
British Coal BGrOns or British Miners,
President William Green?

6TlTrSh coal BGrOnS or British Miners,
President William Green?
Public opinion, in Great Britain, might support the
workers in their demand for the redress of just grev
ances whereas it would sody support the government
in it's efforts to maintain the of government
We express the hope that those qualities deIbera
ion and Judgement which have always characterized the
British people in every crisis will themselves
the strike and to avert the dire consequences
the people of the nation threatened
From the statement of President William Green
on the British strike.
William president Federation Of Labor
and the executive council have opportunity if in
forgotten crevc of the magnificent building
A. of in Washington D. c. paid the subscriptions the
trade unionsts of America there enough fighting
traditions of the early American labor bring ringing
call to the wealthy international urging generous
grudgng financial support to the British strike
President Green member of the United
America The British Trade Union Congress general
strike support Great Britain which,
like the United Mine Workers here trade
union
The British miners fighting for the right to live
Last they able to less than so hings $l2
per week.
The mine owners goerpment propose to reduce
this wage by 80 cent But the coal brOns the miners
work hour longer each day. will only
per cent
If the miners living British
workers will down.
The America try to force American
miners the level the other lords
knowing that Britain the chief competitor the
world markets will drive American labor downward
British wage
the British labor movement
drive against and hours in capitalist
nation.
The British labor viii give courage reaction
everywhere
We believe that the membership the American
have forgotten entirely that the eighhour in America
brought about by the determined nationwide action of the
workers against the opposition of the capitalists and their
and that the egthour which trade unions
sign today with the blood the Haymaket martyrs
We do believe that the coal miners America have
gotten their union organized wages raised
series of struggles against the coal
authorities acting agents.
hundreds of miners have been murdered and jailed
The made by the T. NJ w of A. with the coal barOns
sealed with the bood who fought died
that the union might live.
The rank file of American labor knows the importance
British struggle 1t has brought the international aspect
the class closer America than did the Russian reou
ton
What then is the plain duty of the responsible heads of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor?
Is 10 which a mixture of
criticism with tny yelled hints that the British capitalist
entitled the consideration from American labor
British unions which that government trying
special legislation and the of the army
navy?
Every trade union in America has the right demand
President and the executive council of the A F.
straight answer to this question:
Are you British labor this struggle
the side of the British bosses and their
The this question: if it is in the affirmative be
given in only way:
BY call for financial support the utmost for the
soppage of all shipments from Great Britain
local union of the American trade union movement
Every in the world except the American
ing this much at least
President Green the executive council and the heads Of the
international unions decide if they
join with labor of the world with the enemies of labor the world
They other choceeithe they rally the unions
support British strike they their critical
titude and place American labor the
This they must not be allowed to do.