The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-19
By SAM WISEMAN.
(Secretary. Hotel, Restaurant and Cafeteria
Workers Union).

(secretary Hotel Restaurant and Cafeteria
Workers Union)
WORKERS in the food industry are facing
" changing situation at the present time
In this industry there are over 200 crafts,
ranging from the lowest paid unskilled to
highest skilled workers, with over two million
workers in the country. For years the great
mass of workers in the food industry have
been suffering under the pressure of the bosses
intense exploitation, nnserably low wages, in
tense speed-up, mechanizing of the industry,
and mass unemployment of which great part
is permanent army of unemployed.
There is continuous consolidation of the CAPT
talists into some of the greatest monopolistic
combinations, from the packing section of the
industry (Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson, etc.,
the large bakers General, ContinentaD, sugar
refineries "a and P's factories) with ten thou
sand workers, milk and dairy products (Na-
tional Dairy Bordens), hotel combinations
down through the chain store cafeterias, etc.
Facing this situation, the workers in the in
dustry have only $4,000 organized, mainly in
the fascist, boss-controlled company unions of
the American Federation of Labor with about
5000 in the Amalgamated Food Workers, MAIN
" concentrated in New York. These organiza-
tions, built on craft lines, mainly of the higher
skilled workers in the industry controlled by
these reactionary agents of the bosses, not only
refuse to organize the unorganized or defend
the interests of the workers, even of that small
group under their control, but are actually the
tools of the bosses in suppressing every at
tempt of the workers to develop a struggle.
OF late, the terror within the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor food locals, has become more
intense.
D@s-e A War Industry.
In war, this is one of the basic industries.
The bosses realize that it is necessary for
them to suppress and smash every expression
of willingness to struggle on the part Of the
workers, and every form of organization of
the. working class, not only for the purpose
of war, but also to make possible a still sharper
naturalization.
The developing resistance on the part of
the workers against this onslaught by the capt.
talist class is evident throughout the country.
Packing house workers who have wonderful
traditions of struggle in the past, are express
ing great discomfort and demand for organ
ization.
The workers in the organized section of the
food industry of New York are in open revolt.
In the A. F. of L. local 500 of the bakers,
moss revots are taking place. The Amalga-
mated Food Workers leadership, Burkhardt
and Gundt connected with Lore the renegade,
Music the fake progressive mask of the A. F.
of L., Hillman the fascist leader of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers, the socialist party,
and the Lovestone renegades from the Commu-
mist Party, are attempting to stop the develop
ing militancy of. the workers in the food in
dustry.
In the Amalgamated the majority of the
workers voted through a referendum to affil-
late to the Trade Union Unity League, with
its militant program Of class struggle