The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-09
Organizational Problems
By ARNE swABECK
By ARNE swABECK.


every instance of severe exploitation
because Of the workers being unor-
ganized. Concrete demands should
be formulated as the slogans for or
ganization. Demands, however, which
meet their needs and appear suffi-
GENTLY reasonable to make possible
the convincing Of the workers that
they can be obtained through strug-
gle. Such would be the very simple
ones relating to wages, hours, and
working conditions. Next the actual
steps should be taken first to pre-
pare the workers to become fit ma
terial for organization. We should
endeavor to get the existing unions
interested in helping to organize, but
at the same time fight against the
system pursued by many unions Of
organizing certain crafts only. After
that our units should proceed, when
conditions become ripe, to set up the
necessary organization machinery by
forming committees in the shops rep
resenting the various departments
and all Of the crafts. The question
of a possible strike must always be
considered in connection with any
campaign for organization Of the I'M
organized workers in the shops.
Naturally the work Of shop nuclei
are Of a different nature within
light industries and heavy industries
and particularly is this true with
regards to our campaign for organ
ization Of the unorganized. Within
the light industries it is often neces-
sary to work on the basis of the
marked craft divisions existing and
directly through the trade unions. In
the heavy industries on the other
hand which is practically entirely I'M
organized it is hardly possible to do
effective organization work except on
an industrial basis. Within organ
lied industries generally speaking our
campaigns also take a different char
acter as our work there is to a great
extent carried on through the unions,
Our slogan for a Labor Party can
be made an effective one in the shops
and should be connected with all the
struggles obtaining. Many expert
ences can be used to expose the deal
given to the workers by the capital
ist parties. During election cam
paigns in particular the needs of the
workers in the shops should be made
the issues of the campaign and indie
pendent political action by the work
ers proposed. For the actual estab-
lishment of a Labor Party, the unions
must become the main organizational
basis. The Labor Ticket and labor
demands can always be emphasized
and when such can be put forward,
support of the workers in the shops
secured.
The campaign for protection of
foreign born workers has a direct
bearing on the conditions of the
working class as a whole and can
arouse widespread support. The anti
alien bills are bills against the work
ers and if enacted win become a
blacklist system Of the employers and
their government and should be so
emphasized In the shops national
and racial determinations also exist.
The only effective means Of combat
is complete class solidarity and that
is the basis of our campaign.
Our campaigns for our Party press
is a constant one and should be
brought into the shops. To get the
full benefit of this campaign, shop
nuclei should always have regular
correspondence to Party papers. A
reporter should be selected for that
purpose, but other comrades should
supply the material and when the
stories appear, the Party paper
should be sold in front Of the shop.
In this manner the Party press be-
comes the mouth-piece and the cham
pion of the workers in the shop and
becomes an integral part Of all our
activities.
In all Of our campaigns, wherever
possible, factory gate meetings should
be arranged during noon-hour adj
dressed by Party Speakers with Par
ty literature to be at hand. It is, of
course, preferable that these meet
ing take up concretely the issues Of
the workers in the particular shop.
ITO be continued).
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