The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12
LEFT WINGLEA
BOSTON STRIKE
OF MAKERS
Workers Stand Behind
Militant in Fight
Especial to The Daily w0rker)

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 7.-(By MaiD
The capmakers of Boston are en-
gagged in a militant struggle against
the cap manufacturers. Capmakers'
Local No of Boston is under left
wing leadership and is well-known for
being an organization, in the front
ranks of the labor movement. In
response to a call of the union, the
workers responded 1000. Every as
ISOLATION shop struck leaving few
small independent shops still work
ing. In spite of a terrific snow storm
which enveloped Boston the workers
were on the picket line every morn
ing.
The cap manufacturers of Boston
are seeking to nullify the previous
agreement which was made a year
ago, under which the workers secured
go unemployment insurance, 10 holt
days year, and security from the
employers against any violation Of the
L agreement. Turnout the year the
bosses waged a guerilla warfare in
order to break this agreement. Now
they are determined to succeed once
and for all They have raised large
defense fund, with the cooperation
of other manufacturers in the needle
industry. The workers have determln-
ed not to yield an inch from their
previous conditions. On the contrary,
they are demanding more strict adj
herence to the provisions of the previ-
GUS agreement as to the bonding of
employers and the equal division of
work.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
strikers held on Thursday, Feb. 4,
Bert Miller, district organizer of the
Workers (Communist) Party was in
troduced as a speaker. Miller assured
the strikers of the full support of
the Workers (Communist) Party in
the struggle-placing the party press
and it's speakers at the strikers dis
posal. The strikers were particularly
enthusiastic about the publicity given
them by the Freiheit, while the For
wards had not even mentioned them.
The speaker pointed out the methods
being used by the needle trades bosses
against the workers. In many cases
they used the right wing officials
Such schemes as the Nash agreement
brought direct and profitable returns
for the manufacturers. Where a I'M
ion is under left wing leadership, the
manufacturers are fofved to wage a
direct struggle against the union, Of
ten with the open connivance of the
right wing. Miller pointed out the
necessity for close and cordial rela-
lions among the workers in all sec
tons of the needle industry. This
is not only a struggle of the cap
makers" he said, sit is a struggle
which affects the entire needle in
dustry and you must work for unity
of the workers in the industry if you
would be victorious in your struggle
against the organized manufacturers"
1t was further pointed out that as
the employers would use the courts
and injunctions against the workers
in the course of the strike it was
imperative that the workers think
seriously of the question of the for
nation of a labor party which would
fight for the interests of labor against
injunctions and interference of the
government in labor disputes. Objec-
tons were raised by the right wing
elements to the remarks of the
speaker, his praise of the Freiheit,
and the Workers (Communist) Party
as an ally in the struggle, but these
objections we're howled down by the
rank and file.