The daily worker., 1928-10-18
use INSURANCE,
BONUS PLANS TO
keep men DOCILE
Workers Pay Dearly
for Crumbs
(By Worker Correspondent

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For a number of years some news
papers throughout the country
while under the guise Of friend
ship" to the union printer, havt
been engaged in concocting scheme;
ty which they had hoped to breal
the morale Of the union and destroy
what little miEtancy the reaction
ary officials were unable to wirt
out.
The New York Times is one
4some years ago they gave all theil
employees who had been there a Ger.
tain length Of time a paid-up insur-
ance policy besides paying them full
wages during illness. This is al
right on the face of it, but a thing
that can be given can also he taker
sway, and, besides, if a man feels
under OBLIGATION to the donor OF
certain gifts, he is more likely tc
acquiesce in other things that might
accrue to the interest of the firm
This probably is the way some OF
the men on the Times looked at it.
rot realizing the interest behind this
nlagnaniraity.
Boss "Benevolence."
But how does this thing work
A year or so ago, during the great
"hold-up epidemic" the Times de-
cided to pay checks instead of cash
money. A vote of the chapel was
taken and about half accepted checks
while the rest demanded cash money
Two men shortly after fell i'll. The
one who had taken checks was paid
for the time lost during his illness;
the other did not receive a cent
When inquiries were made, the in
'ormation was given that Mr.. Ochs
~eserved the right to pay whomeve1
he saw fit.
The office benefit society was re-
sumed.
1t is safe to say, nevertheless, that
he attempt to break the power OF
5he union has failed. And the work
ors realize that all they get in
''magnanimity" they have produced
which by all laws of right and jus.
tice should belong to them.
Speed-Up Shop.
The Times is regarded as one OF
the speed-up shops. The operator
who does not come up to the expec-
ations or the handman who does
7ot carry pair of roller skates with
him gets little encouragement from
she office.
The Herald Tribune resorts to g
bonus system to keep the slaves
docile. The typographical union
has ruled against the paying OF
bonuses ever since the establishment
IF the time system, but still it eX-
SITS in some form or other. The
one on this paper is somewhat diff
ferent from the system that pre-
walls in Chicago, in that you work
FOR q year before you get you1
)onus. At the end of the fiscal year
! measurement of what you have
lone is made and then a percentage
paid on all over a certain amount
;pecified as an average. This saves
he expense of hiring STRAW bosses.
every er1ploye who has visions OF
ecoming an embryo Rockefeller oil
Morgan works his hardest and pays
With interest for every crumb showed
lis way.
Besides, for a new office, the Her.
Id Tribune building has a ventilat.
ng system which is positively rot
en-. The proof room is in the cen.
er of the composing room, where
be noise puts a strain on the voca
nd auditory organs of the readers
yhich makes it possible for error:
0 happen and "call-downs" or dis.
harges to take place.
Try to Crush Union.
Then the Daily News gives a two
-eeks' vacation to every employe
hey also pay bonus on all the
ine you have worked at the enc
+ the year. This, of course. pro
,uces good will" and, incidentally
peed-up. The Harvester Trust cal
tell afford this as the Daily New
one Of the big paying dissemin
TORS of capitalist misinformation
=, together with the Chicago Tri
rune, owned by the same corpora
on, stands in the first rank of liar
rbout the working class.
The New York publishers hav
mept alive to every new method t
estroy uniorism that has eminate
prom the minds of the most "emin
MT exploiters Of labor. An
Ayherever possible they have bee
yer jealous in their underhan
m1ork in deceiving the members 0
ne working class.