The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-23
RED UNIONS MEET
FOR STRUGGLES
Lays Plan for Intense
Activity
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Chicago unemployment convention,
with over 1900 delegates attending
these are the outstanding signs
of increased rehabilitation and the
willingness on the part of the work
ers to develop a counter-offensive
against the wage-cuts and speed-up
program of the BOSSES"
Takes Up Fisher Strike.
Schmies took up the strike of the
Fisher Body plant in Flint, Michi-
gan. "The Flint strike presents to
ous entire T.U.U.L. movement one
of the most outstanding lessons. The
united front policy from below, the
establishment of independent leader
ship based upon action committees,
building up of shop committees and
broad rank and file strike commit
tees, which must consist primarily
of unskiiled and semi-skilled work
ers, in order to draw into the leader
ship the most militant sections of
the working class"
A resolution adopted contains as
its principal Keynote "Oreanize aud
Strike Against Wage Cuts!w Special
emphasis in the report and resolu--
tons, as well as in the discussion,
was laid upon development of new
cadres in the T.U.U.L. by drawing
in young workers who have shown
their readiness and have actively
participated in the struggle of the
T.U.UL.
The resolution adopted pointed
OF the growing crisis of WORT
capitalism, and the rapid rise of
socialist construction under the
Five Year Plan in the Soviet Union.
1t pointed out the rapid war prep
arations, of the bosses against the
workers fatherland, as well az
against each other in the struggle
for world markets, growing out of
the sharpening imperialist antagon-
isms.
Fight Against War Danger.
"In the struggle against imper-
ialist war preparation" reads tho
resolution, "the revolutionary unions
have tremendous task to perform,
especially in our struggle against
tn fascist and social-fascist leader
ship of the A. F. of L. who are act
ing as the open agent of the bosses
tc militarize the rank and file mem
bership in the old unions behind the
wa" policy of the bosses. and its gov
eminent. 1t must be the task of
the T.U.U.L. to intensity our ac-
tivities within the A. F. of L. unions
through the application of the united
front policy from below, in accord
,ance with the line Of the Red Inter-
national of Labor Unions, by build
ing up anti-imperialist war commit
tees, composed of T.U.U.L. men,
bers and rank and file members in
the A. F. of l.. unions. All this
must be based upon the policy of
open struggle against the A. F. of
L. officialdom."
The preparations for August LIST
were taken up at length. Shop or
ganization was made the outstand-
ing and immediate task for all sec
tons of the T.U.U.L. From the
shops to the anti-war demonstra.
lions on August First" must be
made into living reality.
Release Unemployed Delegation
"The national T.U.U.L. executive
board must Immediately make the
necessary preparation to build up
the unemployed movement" the res.
olution goes on, "and around it a
campaign for the immediate release
of the New York unemployed dele
CATION, William 2. Foster, national
secretary of the T.U.U.L., Robert
Minor, /. Amter, and H. Raymond;
and for the T.U.U.L. membership
recruiting drive"
1t was pointed out that the en-
tire T.U.U.L. must be modified for
these emergent tasks.
Report on Jobless Convention,
VIM. F. Dunno reported on the
Chicago unemployment convention.
Comrade Dunno reported that in
spite of the shortage of time for
holding the. convention, and the
many shortcomings in the prepara-
ton for the convention, that it was
an achievement for the T.U.UL.
and the various unions and leagues,
being the third important step in