The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-17
10000 STRIKING
AGAINST PAY CUT
Many Joining Textile
Mill Committees


was leading the attempt to head off
the strike.
While the policy of the union Off
Gals toward the unorganized strikers
has not as yet been clarified by
public announcement, their recent
declaration of hostility toward the
Textile Mill Committees in which they
publicly rejected the pledge of sup
port rendered by the committees. The
Mill Committees, however, went right
on mobilizing the unorganized work
ers for the struggle.
Disregarding the vicious attack of
the heads of the Textile Council, the
Textile Mill Committees Immediately
responded to the situation and raised
the slogan of "Spread the Strike
throughout New Englandp
Overwhelming Response.
Reports coming in from textile
centers in other states, are already
showing that the response to this slo-
gan will be so overwhelmingly favor
able as to make it almost impossible
for the reactionary leadership OF the
American Federation of T Textile
Operatives and of the United Textile
Workers to choke back huge general
strike wave.
In Fall River the membership of
the union is again raising the demand
for new strike vote. A recent strike
vote there, taken after $4,000 work
ers had been forced to suffer wage
cut of 10 per cent was declared in
sufficient by II votes less than a two
thirds majority. The officialdom,
many of whom are political appointees
to soft state and city jobs, such as
the Council head in Fall River being
the Police Commissioner, are passing
self satisfied resolutions of moral"
support to the New Bedford strikers.
More Wage Slashes.
Rhode Island textile workers,
hitherto the least affected by the gen
eral wage reduction campaign of the
employers, are also beginning to suf-
fer wage slashes. In addition to pay
cut announced by the ]. P. Coats
Company, one of the largest thread
manufacturers in the world, employ
ing 4,000 workers, comes the report
that Rhode Island mill owners gen.
orally are contemplating immediate
wage reductions.
Will Fight Sell-Out.
The Textile Mill Committees in
New Bedford are also preparing the
sentiment Of the strikers for a fight
against any attempt of the union
bureaucrats to put over a sell out. A
basis for believing that the council
heads are considering such a betrayal
! is the fact that Secretary Batty Of
tie Textile Council has already made
statement to the local press in which
he declares that "the actual striking
of the operatives need not necessarily
prejudice the question on negotia-
ton"
Vote to Join Strike.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 16.
Following the action of the $4,000
textile workers who went on strike
against a 10 per cent wage cut here
yesterday, as result of a strike vote
taken recently by the locals of the
American Federation of Textile
Operatives, the membership of the
American Yarn Finishers' Union
voted al their meeting yesterday to
join the strike, despite the fact that
their union is affiliated with The
United Textile Workers Union.
While the mill in which these work
ers are employed posted notices that
hey are not cutting wages, the work
ers declared that recent revision in
the pay schedule is equivalent to a
Is per cent wage reduction.