The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
TELLS OF OVER
800 ARRESTS IN
HOSIERY STRIKE
Adjustments Are Only
Boss Schemes
a. q Worker Corregp0ndentl


bulletin, Information Service" pub
lished by the research department of
the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America" there is revealed
as clear story Of treachery of union
officialdom as any that may come to
light. This issue OF the bulletin con-
taius a survey of industrial relations
at the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc,
indianapolis, Ind, and Of the rela-
tions between employers and the Am
erican Federation of Full Fashioned
Hosiery Workers in the Philadelphia
district" which was conducted "joint-
~ by the department of research and
education of the Federal Council of
Churches, and the Social Justice
Commission of the Central Confer
ence of American Rabbis."
Class Collaboration
Under the heading "The Policies
and Methods of the Union" we learn
that the union stands for the elm
ination of waste and the increase of
efficiency; that it will not tolerate
other than a high standard Of work
nanship' that it advocates the maxi
nirm production; that it seeks to adj
Just its wage scale and hours in a
way that is fair both to workers and
10 the manufacturers; that it makes
allowances for the stage Of technical
development of each plant and the
competitive conditions which it faces;
and that it takes into consideration
changing styles, the development of
inventions ard technique, and the ne
eessity for adjustments which are to
the mutual advantage Of piece work
ers ana employers" This is the phil
osophy of class collaboration with a
vengeance 1t would be interesting
to know the exact direction of the
adjustments" that are periodically
made and on whose shoulders the bur-
den falls. Perhaps the answer can be
found by this significant quotation
from the survey: although it 1.-THE
union( has to look out for the well
fare If the rank and file Of it's men,
befs, it calls upon them to make sac
rifices in the interest of extending
harmonious relations" So the cat is
let out Of the bag! Isn't it just too
bad that the bureaucracy of the union
"has to lcok out for the welfare of the
rank and file of it's members!" If it
could inst dispense with that entirely,
It would perhaps call upon the rank
end file members to make even great
er sacrifices - perhaps to work with
out remuneration all in the in
terest Of extending harmonious" re-
lstions TO the fullest extent, Har-
gnony, while the bosses are cutting
wages! Prattling about even extend
ing~the harmonious relations, while
the employers are slashing the living
standard Of the workers; To such
depths sink the labor lieutenants of
capitalism" on the muddy road of
class collaboration.
Nor is this all. The industrial sur
vey continues sit (the union) asserts
its readiness to arbitrate. 1t states
that It is not merely concerned with
compromising conflicting interests,
but prefers to make adjustments
which are to the mutual advantage
IN the employers and the union" And
then, as if to prove that the betray-
ers Of the workers in the unions have
not yet reached limit Of treachery,
he survey states: at 1.-THE union)
declares its belief that there is no
need for fair-mindcd men to resort to
strikes, >-lockouts, victimization of
workers or the use of detective agen-
cies for spying purposes or intimida-
ton"
But yet, now and then, "fair-mind-
cd" men do not follow the advice of
the reactionary officials, and lock out
workers as at Kenosha where $50
Anitters and toppcrs are locked out
by Allen A. or again, "fairminded"
men go on strike as the hosiery work
ers Of Philadelphia are doing at pres
cntl But perhaps, only the union
officials aie "fairmnded ?" Or per-
haps, cringirg l.ckeys of the bosses!
And to pat the finishing touch to their
suhservionce and bootlicking to the
employers we learn according to the
survey: "The officials declare that
the union never has advocated any
commanistic doctrine and that so far
as they know, none of the rank and
file Of the organization have done
So" We are in position TO state
that the officials are badly misin-
1.rned when they state none of the
rank and file" advocate communist
doctrines, as, thanks to the activity
If the Young Workers (Communist)
Eseagus and Workers Party in expos.
ing the trcacherous policy of conduct
jff TIE strike in Kenosha by discon-
tfnuing picketing and refusing to call
uUt The unorganized unskilled and
semi-skilled workers Of Alleh-A Co,
an greater number recognize the
as the real champions of
the workers interests. But one won