The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-03
FORM new union
Center IN 3-DAY
CLEVELAND meet
Masses Represented in
Huge Convention
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National Miners Union, the National
Textile Workers Union, the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union,
and others form the core at present,
with others to be created soon, and
National Industrial Leagues, work
ing in the old unions where mill
tant minorities exist, and among the
great masses, the 100000 unor-
ganized workers, mostly unskilled,
and hitherto neglected by the "offi-
cial' trade union movement.
1t is these masses, these lowly
paid millions of foreign-born and
native workers, many of them newly
drawn into industrial life from
farms and plantations, that the T.
U. U. c. turns it's most immediate
attention towards. Speaker after
speaker has pointed this out, during
the three decisive days of the Trade
Union Unity Convention.
Program of Class Struggle.
The Trade Union Unity League,
states it's constitution shall include
as members, "all wage workers and
their labor organizations, in indus
try and agriculture, regardless of
race, creed, color, sex, age or craft,
who accept its program of class
struggle"
The constitution provides for a
democratic efficiency, secured by
easy removal of officers, limiting of
officers wages to the average paid
in their industry, Capitalization but
flexibility in the organization, and
frequent meetings of central bodies.
A convention is to be held yearly in
which shall be represented local un-
ions, shop committees and local in
dustrial leagues elected on a broad
basis, one delegate from each fifty
members, national industrial unions
with one delegate from each thou
sand members, national industrial
leagues with five delegates each,
and local, national, state and district
Industrial leagues with three dele
gates each guaranteeing complete
control of the new movement by its
membership.
The national conventions elect a
national committee of Al, represent
ing all industries, and departmental
lied into: organization, financial,
international, Negro, youth and wo-
mems departments. 1t is to meet
twice a year. The executive COM
mittee elected by the national COM
mittee has the same officers as the
national committee and meets twice
a month. The officers, a general
secretary, assistant secretary and
treasurer, national organizer, ma
tional Negro organizer, and editor,
constitute the Bureau of the Nation
al Executive Board and meet weekly.
Stipulations for Unions.
The various national industrial I'M
ions have their own organization
suitable to the form of industry in
which they function, but it is speci-
fled that any industrial union in
the T. U. U. L. must accept the
restrictions in regard to officers
pay, their easy recall if incompetent
and must base its policy on the
class struggle.
Other stipulations upon the in
dustrial unions of the T. U. U. L.
are: democratic Capitalization with
the control in the rank and file of
the union, particularly control of
strikes; majority of all leading COM
mittees to come from the shops
complete equality of Negro workers
special sections for youth and wo-
men workers, and for education;
low initiation fees and dues within
the easy reach of the lowest paid
workers in the industry; universal
free transfer from one union to an
other; building of strike funds and
benefit systems; yearly national
conventions; monthly reports to the
| National Committee of the T. U. U.
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Union Press.
Each union is to publish bulle-
tin, which must be subscribed for
by all it's members, and each must
support the official organ of the 7.
U. U. L., Labor Unity.
The National Industrial Leagues
are to be composed Of shop commit
tees local unions, and groups OF
workers in unorganized industries
local industrial leagues, and sympa-
thetic locals in reactionary unions
National Industrial Leagues are or.
ganized in all industries except
where the national industrial unions
are firmly organized and where ir
addition, the reactionary unions are
absent or very weak.
1t is provided in the constitution