The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-20
CALL CLEANERS
TO FIGHT Takers
IN THE UNION
Militant Group Issues
Appeal

ganization with whom the union had
an agreement Though even this
agreement was never carried out),
has been broken up, so that the
agreement now is no more than a
scrap of paper. But that does not
mean that the bosses have been
weakened and that they will fight
as individuals only. They have i'm
mediately organized borough coun-
ellis which are being organized into
a National Bosses Association. Eel
low-workers, it is easy to see that
they are preparing themselves to
break the union and do away with
union conditions.
"The clique that is dominating the
Dyers and Cleaners Union is doing
nothing TO maintain the union stand
ard. Instead they help the bosses
to break down union conditions.
They allow the bosses to do away
with time and a half for overtime.
They allow the bosses to fill their
shops with non. union help who re-
ceive half the wages of union men.
They allow the bosses to send away
union men and hire in their place
cheap ncn-union labor. This they
do because the bosses willingly lend
them a hand in terrorizing and de-
rriving # living all union men
who dared to protest against the
graft and corruption of the gang,
who have set themselves like para
sites on the union and have slapped
II of its energy, vitality and fight
ing power.
"Fellow-workers, the pres sent
agreement would have expired by
the end of March, anyway, and how
does the gang intend to get new
agreement or to maintain control
over the shops? The union will
have to fight many bosses councils
and many large individual employ
ers. Is there any union man who
still believes that the gang that has
worked hand in glove with the
bosses to deprive militant union
men of q living, that has allowed
the bosses to have their own way
in the shops, the gang that has re-
duced union meetings to farce, so
that only the trusted henchmen at
tend them-is there union man
who still believes that this gang is
capable of fighting the bosses?
What then will happen?
workers, the gang of
union sluggers, one of whom has al
ready been convicted by even a cap
italist court, two of whom still are
to be tried, is preparing to plumber
- WV, as long IS it will be pos
sible to get anything, and then
leave the members without union
or a wreck that is worse than no
union. AS evidence Of this we have
the fact that this gang is not salts
fled with the three dollars a month
dues that the members pay, the
highest dues, perhaps of any union,
and the graft that they get from
the bosses for letting them break
down union conditions, but now they
are forcing the members to pay
compulsory donation of five dol
lars, promising to take care in their
own way of those who refuse to
pay.
"What is likely to happen is that
the gang will get a paper agreement
with those bosses and for this they
will give them a free hand to deal
with their workers as they please.
Fellow-workers, are you satisfied
with conditions in the shops now?
You can we'll imagine that an agree
ment which depends only on the good
will of the bosses viii leave you in
a much worse condition than you
are now in.
workers, there is only one
way to help yourself out of this
crisis. Let the rank and file take
matters into their own hands. Pro-
tect your fellow-workers who pro-
test against the on-wrecking
] methods Of the gang. Go to union
meetings and demand the reinstate-
ment of all the expelled militant
members Of the union. Demand an
account of everything. Refuse to
nay money to the gang that will use
4 it for their own purposes. Build
shop committees and protect your
conditions. Form a united front