The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
RANK And FILE
OF AMALGAMATED
HITS DISRUPTERS
Left Wing Massmeeting
Scores Beckerman

With Manager Abraham Becker
mans agents outside Of the entrance
Of the HILL, but afraid to do anything
to stop the meeting, about 800 mem
hers Of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Of America met at the call
Of the Trade Union Educational
League at Stuyvesant Casino on SAT-
rrday afternoon. and adopted a reso
luton condemning the reactionary
Leadership which does not organize
the clothing workers but fiohts the
nilitants among them instead.
The crowd applauded left wing
speakers: Ben Gitlcw, c. S. thinner
man, Ben Gold. s. Liptzin. L. Nelson
and Philiu Aronberg. It listened to
detailed discussion of the present
difficulties in the union, and partci-
rated in the plans to inaugurate an
energetic drive to organize the indus
try
Score Destructive leadership.
Beckerman's destructive leadership
was scored His expulsion CAMPAIGN
his unfavorable agreement and the
systematic attempt to eliminate from
the shops all progressives, in order
to replace them with his personal fol
lowing, have done great injury to the
'union said the speakers.
Gitlow described Beckerman's VII
ingness TO aid the reactionaries in
other unions. his offer of help to
President Sigman to break up the
Madison Square Garden mass meet
ing, and his boast that as long as he
was manager of the Joint Board no
progressive meetings would be held.
The resolution read and unanimous
" adopted at the meeting states that
1.-THE rule Of Beckerman. is respon-
sbla for the bad conditions in the
industry. Wages have been reduced,
hours Of employment increased. the
speeJ-up system has been developed
.Readjustments are RAPIDLY grant
ed with the result that hundreds of
workers are thrown out of their jobs.
Work cut by union cutters is allowed
To be sewed up in non-union shops
Nc standards as to wages, hours or
conditions are being maintained i'll
the shops. Business agents are al
lowed to make individual agreements, F"
The resolution declares that these
conditions are responsible for the dis
satisfaction of the rank and file, but
that Beckerman's solution of this is
not to remedy the conditions, but tc
institute a reign of terror against the
dissatisfied workers. He also con-
ducts fraudulent elections in the
Amalgamated. and lends terrorists to
other reactionaries, attempting to
break up in this way the Furriers
and the l. L. G. W. unions.
in view of these facts. the resolu-
ton concludes.
Cite Beckerman As Menace.
THAT Beckerman is menace to
the Amalgamated organization of
New York and demands Beckerman,
who has not the support of the mem
hership, be immediately ousted as
manager of the New York organiza-
ton.
"That all the suspended and ex-
PEELED members Of the organization
who were expelled and suspended for
political reasons be reinstated With
full rights
"That all workers who have been
deprived of their pobs for political
reasons immediately be placed back
to work on their old jobs.
THAT no readiustments be permit
ted and equal division Of work en-
forced, and that all work cut by union
cutters be sent to union contracting
shops.
THAT the Amalgamated give full
support to cloak, dressmakers and
furriers in their brave fight to main
tain the unity of their organizations.
Furthermore, this meeting calls
upon the Amalgamated membership
to enroll in the fight not only to GUST
Beckerman. not only to maintain the
unity of the needle trades unions, but
to establish the Amalagmated as a
rank and file organization that will
improve conditions, establish the 40
hour five-day week and pave the way
for one union of all the needle trade
workers in America"