The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11

rs Cnefe are now.
Company Breaks Union.
But the company succeeded in
breaking the union, closing down
their factory for a long time and
telling the men there was no work.
Later they opened and took in nom
union workers. Since that time
when the union was broken up the
workers have lost hope and don't
even think of organizing or joining
the union.
Cut Wages.
The bosses have cut wages from
an average of $40 to the average
of $40 per week now.
At that time the workers started
at z o'clock in the morning and
worked until a to 5 o'clock at night.
The workers are divided into cate
gories of oppression and nationality.
The workers are made to hate each
other on account of different ma
tionality. They don't want to know
that it has nothing to do with the
work. That it makes it better for
the boss when they don't agree with
each other. That's why the bosses
exploit the workers in every move
ment. And here are a few facts:
The boss keeps the workers from
one department two hours longer
while the next department goes home
two hours earlies, so that makes
workers disagree against each other.
Bosses Divide Men.
Further, here is an illustration
how the bosses know how to get rid
of skilled workers and take I'M
skilled laborers in their place. The
boss hires a laborer and has taught
for short time by the skilled
worker, then gives him less wages.
This worker does about the same
work the skilled worker did but
works for lower wages. Then the
skilled worker has nothing to do in
the factory. This is only done on
some floors. Here are more de-
tails: How the bosses know how to
make double speed-up. They show
the workers how holy they are.
On every holiday the bosses give
the workers 2 to 8 days off. Then
in two weeks around the workers
get another couple days off again.
What does that mean? That means
that during the holidays the work
is piled up and after the holidays
the double speed-up begins for long
er hours, more speed-up and less
wages. This is in practice almost
every month.
No Union.
There is no workers union in
our shop. But we have a minis
ter union, so-called Pilsudski's
Committee, which works hand in
hand with the bosses. Even the
bosses allowed this committee to
tack the placards on the gate of
the factory about an excursion for
the purpose of Church. But
does the boss allow the workers
placards on the gates? No be
cause that is used for the work
ers' purposes.
There are group of other work
ers that have lighter work without
speed-up and get higher wages than
others. Those workers do not want
to have anything to do with foreign
workers. But do the workers take
any consideration in this? Not at
4. They do not read workers pa
pers, and do not even think of the
way to better their conditions. But
instead of thinking, they do plenty
of drinking to forget about the mis-
cradle conditions they are living in.
They talk about baseball games, fist
fighters so that they will know who
Ill be the next champion.
But fellow workers, such talks
will never better our conditions in
the shops, the terrible situation
and longer hours, smaller wages,
double speed-up and so on will
teach us. And you bosses don't
forget it either. Without reading
the workers only working class
paper and other language work.
ers' papers. And without joining
the Trade Union Unity League,
we cannot do anything unless we
all join one revolutionary organ
izati0n. Otherwise the bosses will
be crushing the life out of us as
they are doing now.
One of the Workers.