The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-23
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strike struggle fund must be started
immediately"
Gus Deak reported on the wooden
section conference. "Our union
work has been weak in this section"
he said, because of lack of organ
izers. Conditions are very bad.
Speed-up is very great. There is a
company union in some of the mills
which the workers despise.
The concrete recommendations to
the convention by Deak were: O
That the incoming board pay special
attention and immediate steps be
taken to handle the situation in
Bridgeport.
(2) Every effort be made to get
an organizer who will devote his
time to wooden and worsted indus
tries.
Struggle in Cotton.
Nearly all of the Southern dele
gates participated in the cotton in
dustry conference. Peter Hegelias
made the report today.
Typical of the conditions in the
cotton mills is that of a Georgia
delegate: "My wife and l worked to-
gether in the mills and I was MAX
ing ST a week. A few weeks ago an
organizer came from Charlotte and
we got 200 members. The organizer
was called back. We are doing the
best we can. We need three organ
izers, one of them Negro. The
U.T.W. organized 1920 workers.
They were ready to go on strike,
and the misleaders sold them out
and left town!
"They use stop-watches in the
mills for the speed-up system. Fiji
teen dollars was the most I ever
made in a week. The company
wanted to cut expenses so it made
one man do the work of two. They
said: IF you don't want to do it
there are 1000 unemployed who will
be glad to- In the South we have
found we must organize the Negro
and white workers together, as well
as all nationalities. | came here to
represent my local to the convention,
but they want me to come back to
represent the convention to the To-
call"
"The N.T.W. is simply company
union," said Hegelias. at is abso-
lutely necessary to organize mill To-
Gals under local leadership.
Knit Goods.
Joseph Rappaport reported for
the knit goods workers. This is a
big section of the textile industry,
next is since to cotton. 1t is grow
ing, replacing other textiles, and the
industry is prospecting, but the knit
goods workers are as much under
paid as those in the cotton industry.
They suffer as much from the speed
up, from unemployment.
Full fashioned hosiery workers
are organized into U.T.W. The
others are unorganized entirely.
"a field organizer must be put on
the job and an organizational drive
started. Philadelphia and New
York should have a joint campaign
for membership. We must build
shop committees and prepare for the
general strike in New York City,"
Young Workers Ready.
Report on the youth conference
was made by Sophie Velvin:
The conference had 40 delegates,
representing eight states.
"Our slogan must be, "A Youth
Section for Every Mill Local." said
Melvin.
"Some of our union members still
minimize the Importance of the
young workers and think that they
are too young to participate in the
work of the union. Look at the
bosses and you will see that they
do not underestimate the Importance
Of the young workers.
"They build sport organizations,
young workers clubs and schools, to
prevent the young workers from
joining the union, from participating
in the struggles. The bosses know
that the young workers are not too
young to organize, to struggle and
o fight.
"In every fight Of our union we
must put forward special demands
for the young workers and all OF
our union members must be mobil-
lied to fight for these demands"
To Organize Women.
Amy Schechter reported on the
women's conference. "The women