The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-05
FURRIERS WILL
REBUILD UNION
FOR MEMBERSHIP
Adopt Sacco-V anzetti
Protest Resolution

Meeting to protest the breaking
down of union conditions in the fur
riers' industry and the continued sell
ing out of hard won gains by the
American Federation Of Labor off
Gals, 5000 furriers pledged their
loyalty to the Joint Board in it's fight
to rebuild the FRrriers' Union in a
crowded meeting at Cooper Union
last night
Nothing but the united fighting
ranks of the fur workers can save
the union from utter destruction"
said Ben Gold, Joint Board manager.
CAT present there is no Union left,
either in the right wing or in the
left wing. The reactionary forces Of
the American Federation of Labor
has broken the union and there is
danger that if the fight continues
it can never be rebuilt"
Worse Than 1924.
Gold declared that conditions in the
Furriers' Union were "worse than in
1924" "There is absolute chaos in
the trade. Manufacturing is being
done under .non-union conditions, and
any worker who fails to realize this
is blind" he said.
The fight to rebuild the union to
its former power as an instrument for
the workers has received great inn
petus in the last few days, from re-
quests of many workers who deserted
the Joint Board to, be reinstated, Gold
said. 'SThe Joint Board is receiving
letters every day from workers who
now realize their plight and want to
come back and help to a'ebuild the
real union," he said. eff anybody
thinks that the Joint Board is no Ion
ger fighting, they should see the
daily shop meetings to which work
ers come with the greatest enthus-
iasm.
Hopeless Out of Town.
In reviewing the out of town situa-
ton, Gold saw great reason for hope
fitness. almost every local outside
of New York has elected a left wing
administration, and even where the
reactionary administrations have not
been dislodged, the rank and file is
progressive" he pointed out. "The
rights can no longer deny that they
have sold out to the bosses, and they
can no longer conceal the fights fo1
the spoils that are going on within
their ranks. In spite of the bad con
ditions, I am confident that we car
retrieve all that has been lost. In,
Joint Board is recognizing its ma
chinery and beginning the active
work of rebuilding. I am ready t.
step aside if this leads to peace, bu'
as l insisted at the peace conference
the union must be returned to the
workers and union conditions brought
back to the shops. The Joint Board
extends it's hands in welcome to al
workers and urges them to join ir
unifying the furriers."
Weisbord Speaks.
Albert Weisbord, leader of the Pas
sale strike, spoke to the furriers fol
the first time since the victory meet.
ing after the 1926 strike. He took
occasion to point out the relation OF
the turner's, whom he termed "the
needle point in the side of the Amer.
lean bosses," to Sacco and Vanzetti
"who now symbolic the fighting
proletariat.
"The forces that are about to muir.
der Sacco and Nanzetti are the same
enemies that you are fighting" he
declared. "They are the same forces
that are working to destroy the
unions, to set up the open shop, tt
defeat child labor legislation--the3
are the labor haters of America.
Same Enemies.
"'They are the same forces that arc
attempting to destroy your union, BY
forcing upon you a Woll-McGrady
union. McGrady is the bridge to leac
the workers to worse conditions.
"The gains that you won by the
heroic struggle of 1926 are being lost
to you by the treachery of these la