The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-26
G. THE CONDITIONS WHICH NECESSITATE THE FORMATION
TRADE UNIONS

G. THE CONDITIONS WHICH NECESSITATE THE FORMATION
TRADE UNIONS.
rormsm, open fusion
of the trade union eform apparatus bourgeois State
brought sharply the the question of tactics
with the reformist trade The X Penum of the E. c.
policy sociaascs trade union bureau
cacy policy splitting the Expulsion of
Communists and members of revolution opposition from refOrmt
trade unions rever etc., must account lead to raxa
ton efforts for the winning of the trade union rank and
file especially this lead call the workers to
leave the reformst trade unions On the notrary this work must
AFRAID of dffiuties of the cbcanev underband dealings insults
and prosecutions the the leaders ho being Opponiss
and in most either directly or indirectly
work where the are" enn nfanle Sickness of Lesm
chapter entitled "shOud Revotiona work ReactiOnay Trade
Unions).
rising and the growing crisis
brought forth the dangerous ten
dncy refusing to work the reormst trade unions At the
time this rising tide the labor movement has brought forth
the problem establishing under certain
dtions, revolutionary trade unions.
g. former tendency upon conception
of the problem of the unoganized confronting the trade unions
by capturing by winning
and file the membership cia creation of TRANSITIONAL forms
of organization leading trade unns These tendencies
directly contradictory the repeated decisions of the Comnen
the the refomst which intended
to split the trade union and which takes the form of
work within the rform trade unions in countries where there are
independent trade unions justify relaxation
efforts capture the trade union the artificial
unions period the
with the policy not of quitting the eform trade unions of ar
fciay creating trade unions but of carrying fight for
winning the majority of the working class in the unions
we'll organizations based wider COMMITTEES of
action factory councls) which the the
ona trade union movement but do in their own special way
At the time it would be harmful and opporunistc
illusion to believe that under the present circumstances capture
the refomst trade union apparatus if the membership Of the
trade unions be side Yet this by signifies that
the Communists and revolutionary opposition has be inactive when
aoe union leaders are oelhg elected W he tn struggle
for usng all the and capitalist agents from the unions
bd S0a e VIuf f ] the uS le of tb
with this the struggle against the descriptive
policy of the trade union The struggle
against the refoms policy of industrial peace for unitv the
unions The dsruptive work of the reomst has
object the weakening of the strength of the workers
in the struggle political the
isolation of the Communists and revolutionary opposition from the
organized Therefore of the main tasks is to mobilize the
trade bureaucracy At the time
to decisive struggle against form of capuaton
Cauano before the trade union would only dis
credit, but also destroy the revolutionary opposition.
expulsion of replied
by active of the work and STRENGTHENING of these bodies
accompanied by struggle for their reinstatement under
rayng expelled other
trade unions When individual revolutionary workers expelled
against the dsrupve policy of the reformst The struggle for the
winning over the workers who are still under rorms influence to
the side of the revolutionary opposition.
The struggle against the descriptive policy Of the trade union
such countries
zaon of the expelled and members the revolutionary
for democracy the unions against reforms for the
elimination of the reform trade union bureaucracy The fusion
of the refomst trade apparatus with
the hand the influence of the
Parties among
other only the possibilities of the against
fomst dictatorship but also necessary mobilize
for challenging the trade union statues and for rupture with
the legalism of the reformist trade unions.
At the time the revolutionary opposition allow
the dispersion the growing number mmebers the revolutionary
opposition expelled unions Therefore,
active connection between the revolutionary opposition
expelled members of the opposition necessary
lead the formation of for instance
lectng special membership the expelled
leading to trade unions
be Continued)