The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-17
NEEDLE union
IN CONFERENCE
CALL TO TOILERS
Worker Organizations
to Send Delegates

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with the aim Of smashing the class
unions. The struggle between the
workers and the bosses is becoming
sharper from day to day. In every
part of the U. S. A, under the lead
ership of the militant labor move
ment and the new industrial unions,
the workers in ever larger numbers
are beginning to revolt against the
speed-up system, the low wages,
long hours and miserable conditions.
In these struggles the workers
have to contend with not only the
brutal force of the bosses and their
capitalist government, but also with
the treacherous bureaucracy of the
American Federation of Labor,
which is working hand in hand with
the bosses in order to break the mill
tant spirit Of the workers and de-
stroy their class unions.
"The most intense and bitter
phase of these struggles of the
workers under the leadership of the
militant unions against the COM
bined front of the bosses, the state
authorities and the reactionary bu-
reaucrats, has been manifested in
the needle trades. In this industry
the workers have been the target of
the most vicious and concentrated
attack of all enemies of the work.
ing class for the past few years.
Needle Workers Fight.
despite these attacks the needle
trades workers have stood their
ground and under the leadership of
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union, which was organized
one year ago, have carried through
successful struggles, gaining consid-
cradle improvements in the condi-
lions of the workers. The Industrial
Union today stands out as real
menace to the naturalization
schemes of the bosses and all their
allies, and it is for this reason that
the enemies are mobilizing all their
forces in an effort to break the
union and bring about the complete
company unionization of the needle
industry.
"Those latest attacks are being
carried on with the aid of Cover
nor's Commissions under the fake
slogan of "stabilizing" the industry.
In July, 1929, the Schlesinger COM
pany union, together with the boss
es, carried through fake strike in
the cloak trade, which resulted in
even more miserable and degrading
conditions for the workers. Now
the company union is planning to
perpetrate the same act of treach-
cry against the dressmakers.
while the company union is
planning conspiracies to enslave the
workers, the Industrial Union has
already launched an organization
drive amongst the unorganized
workers, which it aims to develop
on mass scale to reach out to
every open shop in the industry.
The class-conscious and militant
needle trades workers are giving
their enthusiastic support to the IN
dustrial Union and are more deter
mined than ever to strengthen and
fortify their union and bring the
thousands of unorganized workers
into its ranks.
All Should Aid.
"This struggle of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union
is not struggle of the needle work.
ers alone, but is struggle of grave
concern to the entire labor move
ment. The company unionization of
the needle trades, where the work
ers have been organized for many
years, would be a great blow to the
entire labor movement. The defeat
of the conspiracies against the
needle workers would, on the other
hand, deal a severe blow to the
treacherous bureaucrats and the
bosses in all other industries. The
needle trades workers must have the
fullest support and cooperation
from all the militant workers in our
present struggle.
eve are therefore arranging a
special conference of all labor and
sympathetic organizations for Sat
urday, December 20, 2 p. M, at Irv-
ing Plaza, 18th st. and Irving Pl.,
where we will propose measures to
enlist the support of the New York
labor movement in our struggle.
"This conference is of the utmost
Importance, and it is the duty of
every real workers organization to
Immediately place on the order of
business the question Of electing at
least three delegates to the confer
encew