The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15


In the present situation the organization
and the leading of the unemployed becomes one
of the fundamental tasks. A broad unem-
ployed movement on national scale shall be
organized, guided and led by the TUUL Con-
crete demands shah be framed, such as ade
quate unemployment insurance, old age PEN,
sons sick and accident insurance, ETC., to be
paid for by the employers and the state and
administered by the workers. Demands of
character to Immediately relieve the distress
of the unemployed are especially to be fought
for in the industries and localities employing
these workers. Direct struggle shall be made
for lowering of rents, against the mass dis
charges, against evictions of unemployed, for
full wages for the part time employed, etc.
These demands are to be fought through mass
struggles. The fight of the unemployed must
be linked up with that of the employed and
the masses drawn into the revolutionary
unions. The TUUL has seriously neglected the
unemployment issue.
CO The Politicalization of the Economic
Struggles and Strike Strategy. sa 81
With the growing economic crisis in the
USA, the consequent intensification of the
class struggle, and with the united front Of
the state, the employers and the social fas-
cist trade union bureaucracy against the work
ers, the economic struggles between capital
and labor inevitably assume deeply political
character. Out of the many partial econ
omic strikes in defense of the working condi-
tons and living standards of the proletariat,
the revolutionary trade unions in America will,
by following the general principles of our
revolutionary strike strategy and tactics (see
SHassburg Conference decisions) and by skill
fully combining economic and political de
mands be able to bring the American working
c1o he ~
strikes. The TUUL must be more alert to
link up its struggles with the struggles of the
international proletariat against the Young
Plan, and against the war danger, for the
defense of the Soviet Union, etc. The TUUL.
must especially give active aid to the revolu-
tionary movement of Latin America, the
Philippines, and establish contacts with the
young trade union movement in the Caribbean,
especially in Haiti the Virgin Islands, ETC., in
their struggle against American imperialism.
1t must establish closer connections with the
RILU, with the ICP&As.
(D) The Transformation of the Revolutionary
Unions Into Mass Organizations.
In order to achieve independent leadership
of the masses and to build the revolutionary
unions into powerful organizations it is neces-
sary that the TUUL shall develop effective
organizational methods The approach to the
unorganized masses must be through initiatory
League groups and factory committees. The
central task of the TUUL at the present time
is to broaden out our unions, drawing into
them the largest possible masses of morgan
lied, to organize new unions in those indus
tries where there are as yet no class unions
in existence, utilizing the economic struggles
and every mass movement for extending the
influence of the TUUL among the masses and
L.. H. fnaz g. Al -
tions. In the development of strike move
ments, whether among the unorganized work
ers or those united in our own unions, or those
in the social fascist organizations, the TUUL
shall follow the policy of setting up elected
rank and file Strike Committees and Commit
tees of Action on broad scale, gaining the
leadership of the masses and drawing them
into the struggle. This work shall be based
on the principle of the united front from
below. ='ss s'~ :
The revolutionary unions must become more
centralized and more firmly organized. The
loose locals, poor dues collecting systems,
weak leading committees, etc., are incompat-
BILE with strong fighting organizations. There
shall be a better consolidation of the reyo-
lutionary unions with the national committee
of the TUUL and Strengthening of the lat
ters national departments. The question of
building up Labor Unity as the central organ
of the revolutionary trade union movement
must be seriously taken up by all national and
local organizations of the TUUL. sThere must
be closer coordination between the TUUL
unions and the respective ICPA'ss!.s ,tl-
Re strike funds: The TUUL the revolution
airy unions and the national industrial COM
mittees affiliated to the TUUL must in order
to conduct the various strike movements with
greater success, take immediate steps to create
appropriate Strike Funds. The Strike Funds
shall be made up of regularly appertioned
amounts of dues and of collections and con-
tributions instituted among the widest, sec
tons of the workers on the eve of and during
strikes. Special collections must be organized
during strikes. The collection and distribu-
: ton of these funds must be organized by and
centralized in the hands of the TUUL and the
corresponding revolutionary unions.,
Capitalist naturalization draws the women
and young workers into industry. There are
entire industries employing only women and
youth These, as well as the Negroes, are the
most exploited sections of the working class.
The TUUL shall therefore strengthen its work
among the women and young workers in in
dustry, draw them into the revolutionary
unions and carry out the special decisions Of
the Sixth Session relating to women and youth
The experience of the TUUL unions already
shows the urgent necessity for training new
cadres Of union functionaries who are to be
recruited from the workers most active, dur
ing economic struggles. Schools, circles and
courses shall be organized Special atten-
ton should be paid to the drawing of Negro
u,.l .v%o kLN