The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-13
By JACK CARNEY.

Since the rout of the Irish Labor
Party at the last general election.
the Party has gone from bad to
worse. Within the inner councils
there were hot discussions. The
division within came out in the open
at the recent election of officers
for the Irish senate. The Labor
Party put forward a candidate for
vice-chairmanship, an office carry
ing with it salary of $1,000 per
year. Senators Foran and Duffy.
both members of the Irish Transport
and General Workers Union, voted
openly against the nominee of the
Party. johnson, on his election as
a senator had announced his resigna-
ton as secretary. Following the vote
OF Senators Foran and Duffy, R. J.
2. Mortished, considered the ''intel-
lectuaF" head of the Party, rendered
his resignation.
Previous to this there had been
on foot in Dublin an alleged unity"
movement, which claimed to bring
about the unification OF the work
ers of Ireland into one organization.
Unions that were Irish and were the
result of opposition to British unions
joined with the latter in this alleged
unity move. The new council in
Dublin met and at the second meet
ing the Irish Transport and General
Workers Union withdrew leaving the
situation as it was before the move
was made for unity. The new coun-
Gil sits but carries no weight with
the workers. On important issues
it remains silent and at times brings
itself before the public by deputa-
ton to poor law authorities appeal
ing for a few more shillings extra
relief, while other unions are bait
ling for the development of employ
ment schemes to absorb the grow
ing army of unemployed.
Bevin, English Misleader, Jeered.
The fight in Ireland, along trade
union lines, is one for the organiza-
ton of Irish workers into Irish
unions. Recently Ernest Bevin
visited Dublin. He received such
hostile reception that he retired be-
fore the running fire of Irish trade
unionists. In Belfast there were
more speakers on the platform than
there were workers in the audience.
The reason for this is not far to
seek. The wages of transport work.
ers in England are from 81 to 28-
less than what they are in Ireland.
Ii the Irish transport workers were
organized into the British union a
national agreement would find wages
reduced from Is to 9 shillings Der
day. Where Bevin's union has
gained foothold, as for instance.
in the Dublin tramways, the workers
have had to submit to a reduction
of five shillings per week. Every
worker on the tramways is COM
PEELED by his employer to belong to
Bevin's union.
The strongest British union in
Ireland is the National Union of
Railwaymen. 1t finds itself faced
with the growing strength of the
Workers Union of Ireland. Rationale
cation has reflected itself to large
extent in the railway construction
shops of England. Here the rail-
way workers work for 20 to 25
shillings per week less than the
Irish workers similarly employed,
the result being that members of
British unions in Ireland are dis
missed because members of the same
union in England are doing the same
work cheaper. The result that fol-
lows is the dismissal of Irish work
ers from the railways of Ireland.
The Workers Union Of Ireland has
had to bear the brunt Of the battle
because the dismissals were directed
n the be Ssning against the semi
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