The daily worker., 1929-01-14
BEGIN drive TO
UNI0NIzE SOUTH
Textile Union Issues
Call to Workers

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 13.-
Firing the first gun in the organi-
cation drive that the National Tex
til Workers Union has instituted in
the southern textile centers,. the
Charlotte Locals of the union re-
Gently issued a call to unionization
there and distributed it in leaflet
form to thousands of the exploited
mill workers.
Decisions of the convention of the
N. T. w. U. and the more detailed
plans adopted later by the National
Executive Council at their recent
meeting in New York, was no mere
mouthing of words the news of the
campaigns beginnings show.
According to the reports already
handed in, the union organizers
there are making remarkable head
way in organizing committees in the
mills, who are Immediately consti-
tuted into a bona fide local of the
new union.
The call in appealing to the work.
ers declares:
ITO All Textile Workers of Charlotte
"Fellow Workers:
wake up, our working conditions
are rotten. Our wages are very
low. Our working hours are much
too long. The speeding and doubling
up of work is sapping our strength.
We live only to pile up big profits
for the bosses, he (the boss) lives in
a good comfortable clean home with
pleasant surroundings. We live in
dumps.
eve can better our conditions.
How?
"Only by becoming organized. By
joining a union that will put up a
good militant fight for US.
what union will do this? Is it
the United Textile Workers Union,
No! Absolutely not. We have tried
this union before and found the
leaders agents of the bosses. These
leaders led US into a strike before
we were properly prepared so that
the bosses could find out who were
the best fighters amongst us. These
leaders cleared out after. Some of
the leaders were crooked.
We Want.
"a union that will fight the bosses.
"a union that has honest and
tried leaders.
"a union that all the workers in
mill can belong to-an industrial
union.
"To belong to a union that is or
ganizing all the 1,0S5,000 textile
workers in this country.
"a union that will unite all textile
workers-South, North, East, West.
"Is there such union? Yes. 1t
is called the National Textile Work
ers Union of America. The Ma
tional Textile Workers Union has
nothing to do with the United Textile
Workers Union-with it's boss-paid
leadership. The National Textile
Workers Union just carried on six
months strike in New Bedford,
Massachusetts and is carrying the
fight for better standard of living
to every city and town in this
country.
"This union stands ready to or
ganize us. Let's bet a part of it.
But in order to become organized we
first must trust each other. The
manufacturers (the bosses) are or
ganized in the Manufacturers Asso-
citation to beat us. We will, we must,
show these bosses that we can stick
together and fight together, under
proper leadership, beat them and
compel them to raise our wages and
lessen the hours of work. We have
workers. Be ready to join the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union.
"The National Textile Workers
Union fights for-Higher Wages;
DO Hour Five Day Week; Equal Pay
For Equal Work For Women and
Young Workers.
"The National Textile Workers
Union fights against--Wage Cuts;
Long Hours; Child Labor; Un-
sanitary conditions.
Stand Ready.
Zone Industry--One Union; One
Mill--One Local."
Subscribe to the National Textile
Worker"-the unions mouthpiece,
80 cents year. Address--National
Textile Workers Union. 104 Fifth
Ave-, Room 1907, New York City.