The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-01
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members of the Central Labor Union
OF Los Angeles that is now expressing
itself. Recently the labor council
urged all local unions to join in de-
monstrations for Sacco and Vanzetti
and when the unions started to do
so, had the orders cancelled at the
18th hour, Levin said.
Unions Gain Membership.
According to Levin the Electrical
and Machinists' Unions are gaining
membership in Los Angeles. The
building trades of Hollywood, the
world moving picture center has ap-
pointed a special committee to con
tinue the organization work. Even
the actors and actresses are planning
to become union members by Joining
the Equity Association. This is their
answer to the producers threat to cut
their salaries
The most unorganized workers in
the state, who are also poorly paid
are the fruit pickers. Recently in the
peach district 5000 workers who
went there in response to a call were
left stranded due to a disagreement
between the packers and the fruit
growers.
Work As Slaves.
In the Imperial Valley many Mexi-
can workers are brot into the state
by special privileges and are then
kept under virtual peonage. They
work for unusually low wages at
fruit packing, cotton picking and
farming.
Recently the unorganized lumber
workers were given a 50 slash in
wages. These highly exploited work
ers are mostly in the Sugar Pine and
Red Wood sections of the state.
In Oakland there has been formed
a conference to work for the repeal
of the state criminal syndicalist law.
twenty unions are represented in |
this organization. The Building
Trades Council of Oakland is support
ing this move.
Tells of Frisco.
Ernest Ettlinger also from Califor-
MIA told of the labor movement in San
Francisco. He told how six year ago
the open shop drive was started
against the building thrades unions,
and of the general strike of 1921,
The strike of the 1000 carpenters /
that started in April of last year and
ended in defeat this january was
also referred to. After their defeat
the rank and file decided to get rid
OF the reactionary machine within the
union that was responsible for their
defeat. According to Elltinger, the
largest carpenters local in San Fran
cisco is supporting wholeheartedly
this rank and file movement.
For Joint Agreement.
In the painters union the progress
Sives are advocating a Joint agree
nent between all building trades
unions and the bosses, all of them to
expire at the same time. They are
also propogating the five day week.
every building trades union in Los
Angeles is being visited to gain their
support for the struggle. Arrange
ments for large labor day parade in
Los Angeles are now being prepared
Conditions in Oregon.
Delegate Sulo w. Syvanen of the
Finnish Communist Daily Toveri, AS
toria, Oregon, recited the conditions
in the state of Oregon.
According to Syvenean the largest
salmon fishing center in the world is
located in Astoria. The fishermen
here have organized themselves into
a federal union affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor. 1t is
known as the Columbia Fishermen's
Protective Association and has more
han 1000 members. The carpenters
lnion in the same city is dominated