The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-13
Organizational Problems
BY ARNE swABECK.

requiring personal descriptions and
finger prints, while spies appear in
the shops to help get the goods on
the workers. The whole system in
the United States often extends to
embrace the local governmental insti-
buttons in smaller cities where big
factories are located, While such con-
ditions point to the need of caution of
shop nuclei work, it will also particu-
larly tax the ability of the members
to expose this system and generally
the Fight will enter directly into the
field of political struggles.
6.-BOsses' Welfare Associations.
Such associations appear in many
forms and are but the first steps to-
ward company unions. Sometimes
they may have a sport character, So
cial, or beneficial character. They
are, however, always means of the
bosses organized by them with espe-
cially fitted agents put in charge to
help tie the workers to the factory
wheel. With this follows generally
stock selling schemes to make tAs
workers believe they are part owners
of the plant and thus reader accept
whatever conditions are imposed.
Otherwise the workers obtain little or
no additional material gain for them
selves, but it helps to divide their
forces. An exposure of such hideous
schemes is necessary to show the
workers that real improvements can
be gained only by united class eff
forts and not by false illusions Of
generosity Of the bosses.
Joint Works Committees and
Company Unions.
Despite its name, Joint Works Com
mittees supposedly representing both
workers and bosses wherever such
committees exist, they are merely in
struments in the hands of the bosses.
Sometimes the members supposedly
representing the workers are elected
by them and other times hand picked
by the bosses. The final decision al
ways rests with the management and
the committees thus serve as a shield
to make the workers believe they
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Company unions are, of course, out
right tools of the bosses and organ
lied particularly to prevent real
working class organization in the
shop. Secondly, they are organized
to help keep the workers conditions
down and maintain a low rate of
wages. In either event, it is neces-
sary to both work from within and
from without to expose these schemes
and replace them with real workers
shop committees and real labor
unions.
During elections of workers dele
gates to so-called Joint Works Com
mittees our shop nuclei should bring
forward their own progressive candi-
dates together with program CORE
spending with the needs of the work.
ers in the shop. The program, of
course, cannot be realized by these
committees, but it helps to expose
them and lay the basis for real shop
committees. AS for company
unions, past history has proven that
when a few live wires get busy in
side they can make contact with the
workers there and change the efforts
of the bosses into real trade union or
ganization.
8.--Workers' Shop Quantities.
Being close to the rank and file
workers, shop committees will easily
become responsive to their needs and
become real instruments in their
struggles for better conditions. Crea-
ton of shop committees are one of
our real tasks. The most important
issues in the shop should be put for
ward as the basis of propaganda for
election of shop committees. In or
ganized shops, it should be done with
the assistance of the unions. In I'M
organized shops, these committees
will become the most effective or
/ ganization instruments. Shop COM
mittees are composed of delegates
elected by the workers only; and gen.
orally certain number from each de-
partment in the industrial plant. At
least this should be the basis of our
propaganda to be particularly put
forward when wage cuts are threat
ened or other encroachments in work
ing conditions are made by the
bosses.
While at certain periods the pos
sibilities to establish shop commit
tees may not be so very good, it
should nevertheless be propagated at
every opportunity. Naturally many
difficulties will arise in attempting to
put this into effect, but we must learn
how to overcome such difficulties.
9.-Strikes.
Our shop nuclei members must
ways participate in and be in
front ranks Of every strike. If
in organized plants, the activi
naturally concentrated thror
unions. With unorganized T
difficulties become great.
Strikes within inorganic
are, however, very common
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