The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-16

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fll consideration Of all the factors
entering into the present situation.
The whole objective O. the struggle,
which has row lasted more than one
year, has been To S5sJ'.sh the union
for the textile workers in Passaic.
This object has been the keynote and
has won the support not only Of the
Passaic textile workers, but of the
entire American labor movement and
Of all friends of labor.
We have been successful in get
ting agreements on the basis OF col
ective bargaining with the two
plants Of the Botany Consolidated
Mills. the Passaic Spinning & Worst
ed Co., and with the Dundee Textile
Co.
The Worst Foe.
With the Forstmann q Huffman
Co. we have faced situation where
we have entered into a struggle with
one Of the most powerful corpora
tions in tie United States. The fOrst-
mann & huffman Co. has always
maintained a company union and has
refused to grant the right Of organ
ization in legitimate unions to its
workers.
Recently, thru the mediation Of the
Hon. W. Darlington CaDell and the
ut. Rev. Thomas J. Herman, the
Forstmann q huffman Co. has is
sued letter TO the workers TO the
effect that there is no objection to
the membership Of their employees in
legitimate outside organizations,
whether religious, social or otherwise,
and that they will re-employ as many
u their former workers as they can
without discrimination on account Of
membership in legitimate outside
unions.
Not a Good Letter.
This letter was considered by the
Forstmann-H Huffman workers and
by our union as not being acceptable,
in that it does nOh recognize the
principle Of collective bargaining,
which is the basis for recognition OF
the union and which is the principle
upon which the American labor
movement is built. The Forstmann-
Huffman workers and our union,
however, accept the Forstmann-Huff-
mann letter as a distinct concession
to the strikers and retreat from the
former anti-union attitude Of the
observation-disclosures Co.
This letter is in effect an agree
ment between the workers of the
Observation-Disclosures Co. and its man.
agement that no workers will be vic
timized on sccoant Of his or her MEM
bership in our union and forms the
basis upon which the Forstmann-
huffman Co. can be unionized. 1t
was with this objective in view that
the Officers of the Passsie local union
of the United Textile Workers adj
vised the Forstmann : HUFFMAN
workers to terminate the strike.
II now becomes our task to organ
ize local Of the United Textile
Workers Of America in the Forst-
mann & Huffmahn Co.'s mill. With
the assistance of the workers, this
work will begin at once, with the un-
Outstanding that neither Mr.. julius
Forstmann nor Mr.. Reinholdt, nor
any others OF the management Of the
mills can now have any objection TO
the organization Of a labor union
composed OF their employees.
Heroic Passaic.
The Doou.f;n esfrilra RaFslh Gil Of its
heroic incidents is now a matter Of
histors in the labor movement Of
America, and is an inspiration to the
workers of the whole textile indus-
try and to the American labor move
ment.
The Passaic strike has achieved
positive results for the textile work.
ers Of Passaic. We started one year
ago TO form union. The union is here
as result OF our struggle. 1t has
been established in struggle and thru
the devotion, determination and solid
arity of the textile workers in fas-
sale. 1t will be maintained and it
will grow until every textile worker
in Passaic carries a union card.
Victory Won.
We have won substantial victory.
The work OF organization must now
go on with more intensity and deter
mination than ever before.
The work of organization in the
textile industry which Passaie has
initiated will go on. The Passaic
strike remains an inspiration to the
unorganized workers in America. The
achievements won thru year Of
struggle will not be lost.
Forward to the work Of organi-
zationl
Every textile worker in Passaic a
union mani
Build the unionl
Join the union!