The daily worker., 1927-05-31
Bv LOUIS zOOBOCK.

from the reactionary labor leaders
and the general council who betrayed
the greatest general strike the worlC
has ever seen. The minority move.
ment and its supporters have taker
the most active part in all trade
union campaigns. During the gen
eral strike and the miners lockout, il
pursued the right policy, mercilessly
exposing the treachery Of the re.
forrnist leaders, their policy of class
collaboration and industrial peace,
which played so powerful a part in
the preparations for the general
attack on the trade unions.
Right Wing Weakened.
This work done by the minority
movement threatened to destroy anc
indeed has partially destroyed the
authority Of the reformists. It is
therefore no wonder that the latter
have begun open warfare against the
minority movement. The Right lea
ders, coming out against the class
struggle, not less than the govern
ment and the owners, desire to avert
strikes of any sort. The agitation for
industrial peace" openly and shame
lessly carried on by them since the
termination of the general strike is
inseparably bound up with the strug-
gle against the minority movement
founded as it is on the class struggle
The form at present assumed by the
campaign against the minority move
ment is that of policy Of expulsion
and disruption.
Explosions.
The trade union bureaucrats of the
general and municipal workers union
have undertaken the carrying out Of
the Amsterdam tactics of expulsion in
England. AS early as November
1925, they sent out instructions ac-
cording to which members of the
Communist Party and the minority
movement could be elected neither to
responsible posts in the union nor to
it's conferences or congresses.
Despite these instructions, the rank
and file members of the union Showed
their complete confidence in the mill
tants of the minority movement. The
latter were elected in many local
branches to various responsible posts.
In January last the executive Of the
union sent out a new circular to all
branches the contents of which were
directed against the Communists and
the object of which was to achieve
their expulsion from the trade unions.
The circulars declared in the first
place, that membership in the Com
munist Party or adherence to the
minority movement are incompatible
with loyalty to the union; in the
second place, that local branches of
the Union must not join district
trades councils in any way associated
with the minority movement; and
finally, that local branches of the
union shall in no case adhere to the
minority movement or send delegates
to ITS conferences.
Call Conference.
In reply to this, the general work
ers' section of the minority move
ment resolved to call conference Of
representatives of local branches Of
the union of general and municipal
workers in London to draw up plan
Of campaign against such decisions
and to force the union leaders 70
withdraw them.
The London district committee Of
the union, at the head of which are
the most blatant reformists, de-
nounced the minority conference and
threatened to liquidate all local bran
ches sending delegates to it, and to
expel from the union any Of its mem
bers attending the conference.
This order caused indignation
among the rank and file of the
union. The minority movement de-
clared that the conference would be
held, and appealed to all local bran
ches and members Of the union to
embark upon a determined struggle
against the leaders breaking up the
union.
Conference a Success.
The conference was held on the 9Th
of February and, in spite of the
threats and endeavors of the trade
union bureaucrats to break it up, was
most successful 1t was attended by
representatives from q branches-57
delegates, representing over 10000
members. The conference declared
unanimously against the Executives
policy Of disruption and the delegates
undertook to wage campaign
against its decision by all means in
their power.
The trade union bureaucrats were
not slow to carry out their threats.
The London district committee ex-
PEELED of the most important bran
ches from the ranks Of the union.
These branches were deprived of any
sort Of participation in organizational
and administrative work until the
next congress Of the union. Besides
this Is active members were ex-
PEELED from the union, including Com
rade Moody, a member Of the min