The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15

The ominous that has been struck by the
agents of reaction in the needle trade unions struck Boston
in the speech of William Green to the gathering of breaucras
delegates which call itself convention of the
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union In the first
place this aggregation of employees and dupes of Sgman with
sprnng of equally duped followers of the old Sesinger
chnepalmed off Convention of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union--is monumental fraud.
Beaten by the rank and file the Sgman Schesinger Of
fcehoder and oceseeng cques actually feared to admit
the representatives Of the membership of the Union and called
heavy force of Boston police keep the delegates from
entering the hail.
In the pocebarrcadd hall Green told the job gathering
fake Convention that the present ruling bureaucracy of the
American Federation of Labor will destroy trade union which
time under the control of the membership of the
union itself
language employed by making this declaration
will deceive the workers who know the facts Hiding behind
the pent OF calling the rank and Tile OF the Union by non
orabe such reds Bolsheviks and Communists
will alter the that Green declares that the rank and file
the International Ladies Garment Workers Union
other Union of the A. F. of L. will be thrown out body
through the revocation of their charters they undertake
program to resist the encroacnents of the bosses elect
flee other than the agents and of the bosses
which make up the rival gangs of Green's henchmenhe
Sigman gang and the Schesnger gang.
doubt clear cut between Green and
the of the membership of the great L. G. w. AS far
support of the membership the Union ad
m his defeat and the defeat of Sgman well Schesnger in
the struggle to this support He admits that the mil
liant rank and file of the Union gains control in spite of all
do And then he declares he will destroy the Union the
final desperate the BOSSES the climax of his and Sig
mans long record of strikebrealdng
Behind doors barrcaded by police with delegates
outside Green told the fake convention the following
IF in the struggle between trade unons the
step be of
In the face of this criminal declaration against
unionsm and for the destruction of trade
membership of the L. G. w u compelled the of
organized labor take the drastic steps for the rebuilding
and protection of their Union and their standards of life
If Green really thinks the "la STEP will be his action
trying to destroy the Union, he is mistaken.
That militant fighters the international Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Union spite of all that Green Sgman
do will rebuild their Union permit be
soyed and the industry thrown back swamp
than Sgman and Schesnge have put into present
timeis known to every and in the New York
needle trades.
The "last step" will not be Green's STEP
The last step will be the action of and file of the
Union in saving the Union from this Green Sgman
Schesnger The real delegates representing membership
by adopting program eectng National Organ
Union determined drive organization the industry
skill which have made famous the fighting needle
trades workers
All to the front line Militant rank fe you have beaten
Green Sigman, Schesinger Co. winning and
minds of the membershpow beat them friends the
BOSSES in the industry and your brothers sisters from
the slavery of the open shopl