The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-26

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stimulate the workers to fight
against their exploiters. This shame
full policy, ruinous to the unions,
reached its high point in the expulsion
of 10000 workers in the New York
needle trades, the splitting of their
unions, and the betrayal of their
strikes.
Must Stop Defeats.
The general result of all these
wrong policies Of the trade union
leadership is the present weak and
emasculated state Of the labor move
ment. The employers plans to ex-
plot the workers to the limit and
break up their organizations succeed.
The past years have recorded defeat
after defeat for the unions. The
many millions Of workers in the basic
and key industries remain morgan
led Even in a period of prosperity
the trade union leadership has been
unable, because unwilling, to unite
them. Even the existing unions are
being undermined The whole struc-
ture of railroad unionism has been
shattered The miners union is be-
ing gradually torn to pieces. The
needle trades organizations have been
split by traitorous leaders. AS
political factor the trade union move
ment amounts to practically nothing.
Failure of Bureaucracy.
The class collaboration policy Of
the bureaucracy has proved itself ut
terly unable to develop an effective
movement for the workers. 1t simply
means more. and more yielding before
the onslaughts of the employers. The
A. T. of L. becomes less and less
capable Of defending the interests Of
the workers, less and less factor in
their lives. The Los Angeles con-
vention registers one more year of
failure by the bureaucracy. The
whole labor movement is plunged in
to the deepest crisis in its career.
A Program of Action.
Drastic remedial measures are re-
quired at once. The labor movement
must be renovated from top to bot
tom. The program Of the Trade
Union Educational League points the
way to the development of militant
and progressive labor movement. The
alternative to this program is con-
tinued defeat for the unions and the
development of a still deeper crisis
than the present one. Summarized,
the general Trade Union Educational
League policy proposes:
Build the Unions.
(a) Organize the unorganized
masses, including the unskilled,
Negroes, women, and youth.
(b) Amalgamate the craft unions
into Industrial unions.
lei Cleanse the unions of their
present corrupt and reactionary
leadership
I'D Establish union democracy and
reduce extravagant official salar-
les.
Form Labor Party.
ta) Break the poisonous alliance
OF the union leaders with capitalist
politicians and organize the work
ers into g party of their own.
(b) Develop a legislative program
based on the burning demands of
the workers and make this the CEN
ter of election campaigns.
3.-Against Glass Collaboration.
(a) Initiate an aggressive policy
against wage cuts, for wage in
crcases, and to shorten the work
uay.
~ Discard the B. & o. Plan and
all similar "union-management CO.
operation" schemes of speeding the
workers in industry.
(c) Reject trade union capitalism
and separate the labor banks and
other financial institutions from
the unions.
4.-Against Imperialism and the War
Danger.
(a) Expose the predatory role of
American Imperialism, combat all
forms of militarism, and arouse the
\ workers to the growing war
danger.
(b) Defend the Chinese and Rus
sian revolutions against the attacks
of world capitalism.
(c) Affiliate with the workers of
other countries for joint defense of
our common interests and to es-
tablish world trade union unity. -
The Trade Union Educational
League program leads the way to the
building Of powerful working class
industrial and political movement. 1t
covers the most vital needs of the la
Dor movement. 1t provides the means
for turning the present disastrous
rout Of the organized workers into
a victorious offensive. Storm clouds
are approaching; signs of an in
dustrial depression multiply. The
unions, weak as they are, with their
present reactionary leadership, are in
increasing danger. The alternative
to the Trade Union Educational
League program is for them to go
from one disastrous defeat to an
other.
For Labor Party.
The Trade Union Educational