The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-29
SILK STRIKERS
FOR MILITANCy
Symp a thy for Left
) Wing Policies Grows
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support here for rejection of the
militants calls for the adoption of
left wing strike tactics.
A mass meeting of strikers was
held here this morning, and showed
again the uncompromising spirit of
fight which permeates the workers
ranks.
Workers Militant.
Two workers, whose names were
not learned, were arrested yesterday
afternoon as they were picketing one
of the struck silk plants. They in
sisted on their rights to continue
picketing when police ordered them
to dispense. They are to come up
for trial Monday.
Last night, an audience of nearly
200 unorganized dye workers at
tended a meeting at Oakley Hall,
and officially launched local of
dye workers. A unanimous vote was
passed to call out on strike all work
ers in dye plants of this section.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the new National Textile
Workers Union and the local estab-
lished is affiliated with the ma
tional body.
Leaders of the Associated Silk
Workers Union, who are in control
of the silk strike here, have refused
the advice of the new union, that
they issue a strike call to these ex-
plotted workers.
The new union then took indie
pendent steps to call out such a
strike which, it is planned will unite
striking silk workers.
Reid Speaks.
At this meeting James P. Reid,
president of the N. T. w. U. was the
chief speaker. Bill Siroka and Gus
Deak, leading functionaries of the
new union were the other speakers.
The membership meeting at which
discussion over strike tactics will
take place will be within a weeks
time, it was understood.
The statement voted for by the %
members of the strike committee con-
tains the following significant criti-
cisms and proposals among many
others:
Officials Policy Weak.
Fellow Workers:
We, the undersigned members of
the Strike Committee, wish to call
to the attention of the entire Strike
Committee the situation in the strike.
We firmly believe that the policy
pursued by our officials, Hoelscher
and others, is hurting the establish
ment of a strong organization of the
Associated in Paterson and is not
helping to really carry out the de-
mands of the strike. This is due to
their resistance to spreading the
strike, to the lack of real fighting
militancy, to the poor preparations,
and to lack of confidence in the
desire of the workers to really fight
and win their demands. 1t is also
due to tendency to conduct the
strike along the lines of concilia-
tory attitude toward the bosses and
the police.
l. No serious attempt was made
to make general strike.
8. The policy of quick settlements
at the very beginning of the strike
also worked against the develop
ment of the strike by creating a
,"back to the job" psychology.
5. The failure to take action to
organize the dye workers, followed
later by the rejection of the offer
of the National Textile Workers
Union for joint action in the organi-
cation of the dye workers, worked
against the development of the strike
and the Strengthening of the union
organization.
5. To take every step to see that
shop committees are functioning in
protecting the workers in the shop
and maintaining union control there.
13. That the workers be educa-
ted to the need for the building up
of strong national union of all tex
tile workers.