The daily worker., 1929-03-22
43 TELLS
or MISRULE OF
zARITSKY GANG
Calls on All to Make
Ready for Convention

Fighting for the unity of the
workers, denouncing the rule
of Zaritsky, and his clique at
the head of their international, as
sailing the misleaders' campaign of
union wrecking. expulsions and
destruction of union conditions, use
Of scabs and police, the militant
Local 43 of the Millinery Workers
Union of the Cloth Hat, Cap and
Millinery Workers International,
has appealed to the masses of the
membership to defeat Zaritsky at
the May convention.
The appeal is addressed to all
members of the International. gives
the facts of the attempt of Zaritsky
to wreck the union, and will be dis
tributed in leaflet form to the rank
and file. This appeal was unani-
mously adopted at meeting of over
600 members of Local 43, held this
week. 1t follows:
Sisters and Brothers:
The convention is near at hand,
and we the cap and millinery work
crs must avail ourselves of this op-
portunity to call the administration
Of our International Union to ac-
count for all its misdeeds and {, is
management of the past two years
On the eve of the convention, thc
Millinery Hand Workers Union Lo-
cal 43, appeals to all of you, Cap
and Millinery workers to give seri-
Gus thought and consideration to our
case. The case of Local 43 is
striking example of the disruptive
policies of our International officers
and reflects the general problems
Of our entire organization.
At the 1927 convention, Zaritsky
professed to be a changed man, that
he has brought his ''heart and mind
in harmony" Two years have
passed and our International can
record nothing but ruin and destruc-
ton. It was quite clear to the dele
gates and the entire membership
that all the gains and the accom-
plishments recorded then by our In
ternational came only from left
wing end progressive locals. The
delegation of Local 43 and the other
left WING delegates were sceptical
o. Zaritsky's promises and warned
the convention against him. The
delegates of these locals, therefore.
voted against Zaritsky as president.
Local As contributed mostly to
these gains, as the official report
of the General Executive Board
sated. from negligible member
snip Of 800, Local 43 increased its
membership to 300o." Immediately
after the convention, Zaritsky en-
barked upon policy of expelling
entire locals and individuals who
dared to vote against him and his
policies Of collaboration with the
bosses. As later events have shown.
naritsky and his lieutenants relied
entirely upon the friendship and CO.
operation of the employers. for the
maintenance of the organization.
They were not only willing but
anxious to secure their friendship
by civirT IN those union standards
which Vc-'0 "r~gcd to be "too bur-
dclccrne - TIE Industry" Their
program Included the checking of
the 200 rapid" organization cam
paign Of the trimmers, with the in
crease in standards that it involved;
the curbing Of the progress made
by the blockers Local AZ. The IN
ternational together with the Of
fici2ldcm Of Local "a checked all eff
forts on the part of the operators
to secure those improvements which
were considered Imperative by the
members. such as; the forty-hou7s
week ard unemployment insurance.
This entire program was to be
crowned by the signing Of "a collcc-
tive agreement with the new asso-
ciaticn Of millinery manufactur. rs
which Was formed with the direct
aid of Zaritsky. The same program
applied to the Cap Makers where
Zaritsky proposed the return to the
44-hour week as a preliminary step
to the introduction Of the piece work
sysetm.
The General Executive Board has
sabotaged and broken the heroic
struggle of the Chicago Cap Max
ers who fought against the intro
duetip.' Of the piece work system.
They Rave destroyed the Chicago
Cap Makers local. They have 6is-
banded Local So, Millinery Trim