The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
4. TRADE UNION WORK.
The Capitalist Offensive.

~ The capitalist offensive industry being intensified
and unked mning textile metal sho OIL rubber clothing etc
The speed up being constantly widely dracay applied
Unemployment heavily upon the workers An intensified cam
class Illusions is developing Fierce attacks b
the employers fully supported by the
ing OF the u NJ W. A. attacks the unions mining
textile needle ndustries).
Under this capitalist discomfort spreads among
% especially among the great of unorganized
STRUGGLES all sections the mining ndusry strikes in the textile
industry New Bedford Paterson etc shoe industry
LYNN; rubber industry Mass N j.; auto industry (Fnt)
steel industry (Canton With sharpening the industrial
within the coming months bringing fresh upon
the workers standards the and widen
ing of the workers discomfort their strug
giles.
The F. of and cannot organize and lead the
dsconented The A. F. of leaders the
main obstacles for the unorganized The old
trade unions degenerate and crumbe employers
offensive The recent convention of the F. L. the
nary IN its history marked fresh stage the company
aton of the trade unions Registering the Miners
IN ana an actual decline membership despite cam
IL surrendered more than ever to American Imperialism
OF the governments complete
unorganzed and by intenficaon the against wing
In this the Socialist trade union
old trade unions continue their decline.
The situation characterized by growing among the
workers and total failure the old ystaze and lead
this discomfort demonstrates the laid down
for trade union work by the penum E. G. c. and
then by the 4h WordCongrss Pronen that our nam
0rentation must be based organizing semi
Ct u E. h led by the Communists that for it's accomplish
menu we must establish new unions in the unorganzed and semi
organized industries without however, slacenng work exist
ing mass trade unions The launching the the mining
class struggle.
THE RIGHT LINE OF THE c. E. c. TRADE UNION WORK
The c. e. C. majority follows right wing trade union
work. Because its persistent underesmaton of the
the workers and their willingness struggle fails
opportunities organize and lead
this right wing line itself by agrees
sve the building of the b) the stre
gle in tn old unions
In Tn mining industry most
answer Lewis proposal by
campaign to win the the w. A. and for
the N M u to dceadershp struggle the best
possible local settlements The G. ignored miners i'm
mediate economic struggle and allowed the
TALLY reconsodate its thereby
union vastly difficult Other wrong tendencies
wre (a practical abandonment of mining struggle
n face OF present difficulties CD Party building campaign
c substitution of Party fractions for committees d a
organization (e) failure build unions on de
paying basiendency nger of loose
organization, f) facionalism
Serious shortening and mistakes building new textile
union a) totp' acl of Parv buldiru
Boston District in New England le cen a &
to go into the New Bedford strike without organization M failure
to build mill committees during strike grip on masses,
(c insufficient preparation for SHELTER atbe
ing Of deegates instead of securing delegation on the basi &c
campaign to build mill committees (d factionasm in Selection
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