The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
SHIPLACOFF men
READY TO STEAL
ELECTION AGAIN
Tools Force Workers to
Vote for Nisleaders


"Electing" Shiplacoff's Gang.
Shiplacoff, landing himself to the
skies because of the great major
ity" of votes he received in the last
elections, is simply throwing sand in
the eyes of the workers. 1t is a
we'll known fact that the FL, ction-
Objection Committee does the vot-
ing. These tools of the clique
stand by every voter and give him
orders on how to vote. For a worker
to question this conduct Of the COM
mittee is to endanger his job, to
say the least. The ballot is taken
away and the ''boys" add another
vote to Shiplacoff's great "major-
ity." Despite all this terrorism
there were at the last election a few
hundred workers, who did defy this
terrorism, and cast their vote for
the left wing candidates
Now, the administration is pre-.
par'l.g itself to perfC rm the second
act Of the yearly election comedy by
placing its twn tools on the various
section committees. Agsin the ma
chine is Tightening its screws
against the membership.
The administration knows full
well that it could not hold on to
power in face of strong resistance
on the part of the left wing Sec
ton committees to the administra-
tons company union tactics.
1t was precisely for this reason
shat the administration ousted the
Pocketbook Makers section commit
tee in 1926. Shiplacoff felt the
growing influence of this commit
tee among the Pocketbook Makers
and Helpers, and what is more he
knows that with such committees in
office he will be forced ITO produce
the goods" will be forced to
see that the interests of the work
ers are protected-that the agree
ment with the manufacturers does
not remain a scrap of paper-an
impossible task for "soeialist"
manager.
Wages Forced Down.
The dual system of piece work
and week work in the same shop has
not been checked with the result
that in one and the same shop half
of the pocketbook makers are work
ing and the other half starving. The
pocketbook makers committee: has
done nothing to check the vigorous
movement of the bosses to declas-
sify the pocketbook makers work
ing on bag work. The manufactur-
ers in their refusal to recognize
these workers as classified mechan-
les, taking advantage of the fact
that the agreement does not def
nitely specify the work they do as
being mechanics work, are forcing
down the wages even below the
minimum scale.
The union is about to enter into
negotiations with the employers for
a new agreement. A leadership
hated and discredited by the men,
bership for its incompetence, that
has been working hand in glove with
the employers against the workers,
can only conclude in a complete sell
out of the very basic conditions OF
the workers.
Right Wing Sell-Out To Bosses.
Is it Morris White that the lead
ership expects to fight for the main
tenance of union conditions in his
shop, when day by day they give
him all the necessary aid and COM
fort in discharging workers for the
flimsiest excuse? Or is the MaxiS
shop, the new up-to-date hell hole
where Goldman, the secretary-treas-
urer, makes his daily round and
does not consider it a days WORK
until he exchanges condolences with
the boss how to make production in
his plant more efficient la Morris
White? The 600 workers employed
in the above shops constitute the
yery backbone Of the organization
With this mass of workers forced
against the wall land they are not
the only ones, but typical OF the
trade) by the bosses with the helr
of the union officials, the entire or
ganization becomes but a name thai
can brighten cockroach boss
When such a union leadership
speaks of conferences with the
bosses they have in mind not tc
fight against the bosses but betray'
al of the interests of the workers
y Propose Employment Bureau.
The proposition of the Progress,
sive Group for the establishment OF
an employment bureau which is tc
consist of five members represent
ing each section would be death
blow to the despotism and back-door
methods with which the employment
office is managed at present. Hun
dreds of workers prefer to swallow
the lowest insults of their bosses
and foremen, to shut their eyes to
the miserable conditions prevailing
in the shops rather than leave their
Jobs, knowing that they will be
forced to walk the streets fol-
monfs before they can expect the
least consideration of the employ
ment clerk. One readily sees that
this plays into the hands Of the
bosses. In fact it is scheme for
the bosses advantage only. Evil
IDENTIFY the employers do not expect
such favors for nothing.
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