The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-09
TUUL ANNOUNCES
ITS Conventions
To Build Up League
Industrially

"A whole series of district conven-
ventions Of the Trade Union Unity
League to solidify, organize and fill
out the league construction in the
various big industrial localities is
announced from its national office,
2 West 18th st.
The conventions are: Chicago,
Jan. IL; Seattle, Jan. Hip; Detroit,
Jan. IS; Minnesota, Jan. 10; New
York, Jan. 1926; Philadelphia, Jan.
%; Boston, Jan. 20; Southern Dis
trict, Jan. 1929; San Francisco,
Feb. 1-2; New Haven, Feb. 2; Buff
falo, Feb. 8-9.
Assistant Secretary Schmies of
the T. U. U. L. in a statement is
sued through Labor Unity, official
publication of the League, outlines
the tasks of these conventions as
follows:
1.-Out of these district conven-
tions we must build our revolution
airy trade union centers in the dis
tricts which must take up the most
elementary problems of the work
ers, lead and develop them into
broad struggle against our class
enemies.
"2.-The development of class
consciousness and a broader class
solidarity of the workers under the
leadership of the T. U. U. l.. as the
American section of the Red Inter-
national of Labor Unions, must be
one of the main tasks Of that, dis
trict convention.
Increased Struggle.
"3.-Our general perspective must
be: Increased struggle of the work
ers in order to fight the united front
of the social fascists, the bosses, the
government and the bureaucrats of
the A. F. of L. and their fascist
methods.
"4.-These district conventions
must bring out a program of action
for militant struggle against the in
creased system of naturalization
(speed-up, low wages, frightening
of hours, etc., the program must be
based upon the most exploited sec
ton of the workers. Special en-
phasis must u laid upon the strug-
gle for every unity between the
Negro and white workers. Women
workers and youth must be drawn
into our direct TULL movemen.
"5.-The district conventions must
take up seriously the launching of a
campaign among the unemployed
workers connecting it up with our
campaign to organize the morgan
lied. The campaign among the un-
employed workers must be made one
Of the major tasks of our district
conventions as par of our fight
against capitalist naturalization.
"6.-The establishment of a per-
manent district T. U. U. l.. head
quarters as we'll as the proper sys-
tenn of dues payment, initiation fee
and per capita tax; the building up
of literature department in all
our industrial centers in order to
supply our. membership with the
necessary and most up to date in
formation on all vital problems of
the revolutionary Trade Union
movement.
THE building up of our official
organ, Labor Unity, without which
our movement will not be in a posi-
ton to grow and give leadership
and guidance to the everyday prob
lens of the workers in the indus
tries, is a major task. Therefore
the election Of live militant workers
as agents for the building up of our
official organ is of immediate neces-
sity. All shop committees, all I. U.
U. l.. groups, all local unions, must
establish Labor Unity agents.
Fight opportunism
"8.-The fight against opportun-
ism in our ranks is of vital import
ance for the building up of our
movement. We must expose oppor-
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