The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-12
ANTI-INJUNCTION
MOVE STARTED BY
new YORK UNIONS
Smith to Be Held to
Legislature Speech
BY SYLVAN A. PoLLAck.

Central Trades and Labor Council
n Beethoven Hall, united in a three
fold move tosstop granting Of injunc.
lions to bosses in labor disputes, to
eliminate company unions, and to
boycott so-called Tabor" judges who
double-crossed the Tammany Hall la
Dor leaders, who endorsed them at
the last election.
Shea Initiated Action.
This action on three important la
Dor problems resulted from the pass
age Of resolution presented by P.
j. Shea, organizer Of the Street Car
mems Union here, protesting the is.
suing of an Injunction by Supreme
Jourt Justice Delehanty. Shea's
lnion was enjoined, together with all
IS sympathizers, from organizing the
raction employees on the INTERIOR.
ough Rapid Transit and the Brooklyn
Manhattan Transit systems, now
members of company unions.
Demand Federation Action.
The resolution demanded that the
legislative committee of the N. Y.
State Federation Of Labor immedi-
ately confer with Governor Smith
and draft bill to be presented to the
legislature that will place on the
statute books the paragraph in his
annual message that referred to the
injustice done to workers by indis.
criminate handing out of injunctions
by prejudiced judges. Thru this
resolution, labor leaders hope to pin
the governor down to legislation on
this retreat from his former stand on
injunctions, his action in enjoining
thru subordinate Tammany Judge,
the recent strike of the New York
cloakmakers being still fresh in the
memories of the unionists.
| Venetski Supports Resolution.
In speech that won the sustained
applause of all 1the delegates, Emma
Yenetski, delegate from Local %, of
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union, endorsed the resoIu-
ton, and pointed out that she had Of
fered similar one seven weeks ago.
Seven weeks ago. she said, 81
presented a resolution which was
adopted, demanding that this body
petition the State Federation to call
delegate conference of all local I'M
ions in the state 10 plan ways and
means of carrying on an aggressive
campaign against injunctions and
company unions. This conference was
never called.
81 predicted then that such injunc-
| ions would be issued against other
workers. This last one Is the most
drastic of ALL" Delegate Yenetski con-
lcluded.
Frayne Urges Boycott.
Urging the friends of labor 10 boy
colt the judges, endorsed by labor
leaders in the last election, who have
since issued injunctions against work
ers, Hugh Frayne, general organizer
of the New York State Federation Of
Labor, added his endorsement to the
resolution in a speech that outlined
the program OF the State Federation
on these issues.
New .sIgman Ally.
Ike Cohn, delegate from the United
Garment Workers Union, revealed his
union as a new ally to the Sigman
forces in their fight against the left
wing and the Communists in the /.
L. G. w. U. He inquired II COM
munication had been received notify
ing the Central Trades that delegates
from four locals of that union were
not entitled to seats, having been ex-
PEELED by the International.
| Secretary Coughhn, in reply, stated
that no such communication had been
received. Thereupon Cohn. in a cha
grined manner, sat down and the
meeting proceeded.
Enemies United.
This completes the united front
against progressive unionists by
bringing together Abraham Becker
man of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers, and Thomas Rickert of the
United Garment Workers, ordinarily
arch-enemies.
Asks About Workers School.
In the minutes of the executive
committee, read by Secretary Cough
lin, mention was made of a communal.
cation received from the American De.
Tense Society, requesting the council
10 furnish information about the
Workers School
When Coughlin said he filed the let.
ter, not being able to comply with the
society's request, Abraham Lefko
WITT, delegate OF the Teachers Union
Jumped to his feet demanding to know
why he had not been consulted on ths
matter, being the chairman of the
councils committee on education.