The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-09
CALL is ISSUED
BY EDUCATIONAL
LEAGUE LEADERS
New Offensive to Start
Against Bureaucrats

largest needle trades unions as
starting point from which to renew
their offensive against the reaction
airy policies of the national leadership
Of these two organizations. the Ma
tional Committee VI the needle trades
section of the Trade Union Educa-
ticnaI League has issued a statement
which follows IN part:
To All Needle Trades Workers!
I'm the beginning of Nav, two con-
ventions of the most important unions
in the needle trades will take place,
that of the Ama]gamated Clothing
Workers end the international Ladies
Garment Workers, These conventions
are events of great Importance not
only to the workers in the particular
unions. but to all thp needle trades
workers. The National Committee of
The Needle Trade Section, T. U. E. L..
desires to call the attention Of the
needle trades workers to the present
situation prevailing in the unions and
=, to propose q program for the solu-
ton of the difficult problems con-
fronting the thousands of workers.
Struggle for Workers.
"The past two years have been
wears of great struggle for the needle
trades workers. They have been years
during which the workers, under the
left wing leadership, have carried thru
some of the most militant and spec
tacular strikes, such as the strikes of
The fur workers and the cloakmakers.
which in srite Of the sabotage and
sharaoful betravals on the part of the
reactionarv officials have registered
i----,,,-.-~nt gains for the workers, viz,
The 40-hour week. increases in wages,
md other important concessions. The
strikes Of the cloakmakers and the
F,lr~iers have shown that the needle
trades workers, under proper leader
shin. are ready TO fight for the I'M
s rjrcvement of conditions, They have
demonstrated that thru the mass mo-
bilizstion of the workers the injunc-
zion menace can be reduced to impo-
tence.
"The needle trades workers have
thru their militancy repudiated the
policy of class collaboration, thus paw
ing the way for the militant strug-
yies of the workers in the other needle
trades. It is for this reason that the
bureaucracy in conjunction with the
hose IS and oil the reactionary f2rces
of the country have launched vicious
attaot on the needle trades unions,
Al 2 tho yUO1slyoTc
and converting the organizations into
virtual comrauy unions.
"What is the situation today? What
are the problems confronting the two
conventions which are TO take place
this coming May?
T. L. G. w. Ua Convention.
an the International Ladies Gar
nent Workers Union the internal
war. launched by the bureaucracy six
teen months ago. is still on. This
civil war has been characterized by
the most shameful treachery and be-
travals on the part Of the reaction
arv bureaucracy. In every center the
Union has been weakened, the mem
hership decreased and Union stan
dards undermined Thousands Of
workers are subjected to the mos
miserable conditions of slavery Ions
hours. low wages ard sweat shop con
ditions.
AmaIgamated Convention.
"The Amalgamated Clothing Work
crs. which at ono time was the van
guard of the needle trades unions be
cause of its militaucy, has now beef
reduced to a stronghold Of reactiou
The militancy which characterized tn
early days of TIE Amalgamated ha
been definitely abandoned in favor o
class collaboration pclicy through
which the employers are enabled t.
introduce the speed-up system, stan
dards Of production, piece-work, re
organizations, etc. Internally the. or
ganization is dominated by a mos
ruthless and reactionary machin
which rules with an iron hand Thi
reactionary class collaboration polio
toward the employers is accompanie
by a ruthless war against the militan
elements who comprise the backbon
of the organization and who resen
the slave driving in the shops.
"The breakdown Of union condition
in the international Ladies' Carmen
Workers, the Furriers' Union and tn
Amalgamated has also affected tn
conditions of the cap and milliner
workers. The reactionary officialdor
IL maneuvering with the employers t
give up the 40-hour week and rees
tablish piece-work. To carry throug
this policy of surrender to the EN-
ployers the bureaucracy of the ca
and millinery workers has DECIDED