The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-31
AVERAGE FROM
S14-S18 A week
IN BIG MILLS
National Textile Work
ers Union Succeeding
CBp a Worker Correspondent

Slavery is now at its worst in Fall
iver, one of the most important
extile centers of the United States.
The workers of Fall River have in
he past few years received many
wage cuts, have had their hours
made longer several times, and the
peed-up has been increased often.
Misleaders and Bosses.
They have been forced to accept
hese cuts and worsening of condi-
lions by the traitors to the working
lass, the American Federation of
Textile Operatives and the United
Textile Workers.
The workers of Fall River are
Composed of Portuguese, Polish,
French-Canadian and English work
rs. For the past twenty-four years
he misleaders and corrupt officials
# the A. F. of L. unions had pre-
5ented the workers from putting up
, strong fight against their slave
onditions.
Unemployment Grows.
In the lower section OF Fall River
'ou can see the miserable conditions
n which the textile slaves live. I'm
Employment is increasing daily.
VERY day there is huge crowd of
aaggard workers looking for en-
toyment at the mill gates.
These workers walk back home
listractedly, knowing they will see
heir starving children crying for
God. Mother are forced to work
eek or two after the child is born,
,rced by poverty.
A Working Mothers Slavery.
A working mother at Fall River
as long and terrible day Of sla-
cry. She must get up at five or
* o'clock in the morning to pre-
are the breakfast for the family,
nd then must prepare the dinner
Or the children who stay at home
II go to school. At a. m. she is
lone with this and eats a scant and
.urried meal; dresses the baby. and
roes out in the cold with the baby
o find some friend to take care of
(. After a day of slavery at the
iill, this mother comes home to
lean the house and get the supper
eady. After supper, she must sew
lothes.
What joy has this woman out of
ife? What happiness has this FAM
~?
Under the capitalist system this
ill always be the lot of the work
ars. This is the typical life of the
Fall River textile worker and his
family.
For twenty-four years no militant
.lnion entered Fall River until the
National Textile Workers Union de-
led the bosses and their police and
,rFanized thousands Of workers.
Slavery at Seaconnit.
The weavers in the Seaconnit
Mills are running 60 looms for SIS
? week. The battery boys, who
slave from 5 p. m. till one in the
morning, receive $1,000 for five
nights Il worked on this job for two
yeeks).
RI The American Printing Co., the
'argest plant in Fall River, the
workers receive on an average from
ST to SIG week. In the majority
Of mills the workers slave SO to 90
hours a week. Some of the workers
"a the American Printing Company
Mills are working up to rs hours a
week.
Strike Against Wage Cut.
On August 6, 1923, the National
Textile Workers Union, formerly the
Textile Mill Committee, called a
stfike against the 10 per cent wage
cut and speed-up. After a great
fight on the part of the strikers and
much police brutality, the strike
was broken by the scab agencies OF
the A1neTlCdH Ttucl dbiou VI 'SASAi~
Operatives and the United Textile
Workers.
The local papers, the church, union
takers, and the mill barons used
every possible means to break the
strike. The strike was lost, but the
workers found out who were their
enemies and who their friends were.
After the strike, the National Tex
tile Union continued to organize sue
cessfully.
Join National Textile Union.
The workers of Fall River are
Joining the National Textile Work
crs Union because they know that
under its leadership the workers viii.
gain a better standard of living. All
the textile workers throughout the
country must join the National Tex
tile Workers Union. Every textile
worker must be reader OF the
Daily Worker.
MANUEL PINY.
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