The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-14
RIGHT WINGERS
SUSPEND 5 MOST
MILITANT LOCALS
Members VIII Resist;
Shop Conference Soon

A tally Of the votes in all the
locals of the Amalgamated Food
Workers shows the majority of the
membership voting to affiliate the
entire organization with the Trade
Union Unity League. The vote was
on a referendum of the membership,
ordered by the last convention OF
The union.
The reactionaries in the union, un-
der the leadership of General Sec
retary Burkhardt and the Loreites,
fear-stricken by thi display Of mill
fancy by the workers, and intent on
keeping the control in their hands,
are trying to discount the vote and
break the will of the membership.
At the last executive board quorum
they suspended five left-wing locals
of the union, under the false pre-
text that the per capita tax had not
been paid. These locals are the life
of the organization, and enroll in
their ranks more than 40 per cent
Of the membership.
Militant Left Wing.
The struggle in the A.F.W. has
been developing for some time.
There is a contradiction within the
organization between the locals I'M
der the leadership of the left wing,
which follow the line Of militant
struggle, and show a courageous ex-
ample to all workers in their fight
on the picket lines, and those locals
led by the reactionaries, the Lore
ties, which are becoming stagnant
and stale.
At the last convention this strug-
gle played prominent part in the
proceedings. The majority of the
convention decided to send the ques-
ton of affiliation to a referendum
vote. The membership has decided
to affiliate to the revolutionary
trade union center, the Trade Union
Unity League. This decision on the
part of the membership must be
greeted by every revolutionist as
step forward by the workers in the
food industry and which makes pos
sible the organization of the hun
dreds of thousands of workers IN
the industry.
Follow Sigman.
BY suspending the five locals the
reactionaries are following in the
steps of John Lewis, Sigman and
Green, of the ALL, and are laying
a basis for perpetuating themselves
in office in the coming election to
be held very shortly.
The membership of the union
must be on guard and demand that
its decision be carried out. A most
energetic struggle on the part OF
every sincere class-conscious worker
will smash this attempt on the part
of these so-called leaders" not to
larry out the decision of the mem
hers
Shop Conference Coming.
The Trade Union Unity League,
Food Workers Section, in greeting
his decision of the membership OF
the A.F.W., points out that the
struggles of the food workers in the
A.F.W., the A. F. Of L. and Of the
unorganized workers must be con-
solidated in a force which will be
able to better the conditions of the
workers in the industry. Prepare
tions are being made for broad
mass-shop conference of A,F.Wo
A. F. of L. and unorganized shops
to discuss and decide on the prob
lens facing the food workers. In
the near future a large mass meet
ing of food workers Of all sections
will be called.
Every worker must watch for the
developments and participate in the
struggle fighting for a policy that
will enable the workers to organize
the hundreds of thousands of work
ers in the industry into a strong
Industrial Union of food workers.