The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24
spy ON WORKERS

A typical example Of how condi-
tons are will be mentioned. Feuer
and WeiSsberg shop, 40 West 22nd st,
where I used to work. Weissberg is
a mean gangster and very often helps
the right-wing clique who are in con-
troll in the office, to beat the militant
workers who fight for better condi-
tons. He also spies on them in his
shop and gives information to his
clique who use it for black listing.
There are few workers in this
shop who work under the minimum
scale of wages, that are supposed to
be given. Legal holidays are not paid
for and all overtime whether Satur-
day or Sunday, have been paid on
straight time wages. The workers are
speeded to the limit. The bosses have
a very big appetite for production
and are never satisfied. This is
slave hell-hole
CUT WAGES
How bad wages are, will be shon.
The bosses had the impudence two
weeks ago to take off the wages one
hour for every eight hours on one
day. One hour day free to the boss
is a ten percent reduction.
When the workers protested a.
gainst this reduction the boss told
them they could go to the Union"
if they wanted to, but it would make
no difference to- him, as they could
do nothing about it. This statement
opened the eyes of the workers who
saw a connecting link between the
bosses and the right wing reactionar-
les who know everything what goes
on in the shop.
IN ALL SHOPS
I suppose next January the bosses
OF this shop will ask further reduc-
ton in pay. What is happening in
this shop in regards to wages and
conditions of work is going on more
or less in other shops in the trade.
just before the season started and
it began late the Union" called
stike for what was supposed to main
tain union conditions, forty hour
week, minimum wage of $44, legal no.
lidays paid for and time and half
for overtime
FAKE STRIKE
The members of the Union" know
that these conditions were violated
and is only scrap of paper. In fact
it was a fake strike and a dirty sell
out to the raincoat manufacturers.
While the manager and secretary of
the Union" receive $50 to $40 a week
and expenses the workers make and
earn on the average the year round
about SIS week.
They 60 around in Boston and
elsewhere, sporting and playing cards,
when they are supposed to be organ
izing, spending the money of the wor-
kers. They have accomplished no
thing while they have been in office
and will do nothing as long as they
remain in control.
MULCT MEMBERS
Two weeks after we began working,
after being unemployed very long
time the officials called a meeting
and demanded every body should be
taxed one days pay because the
"Union" was short of money.
When we protested against this and
said that we cannot give any money
now because we have only started to
work, the officials told us that whe-
ther we like it or not we must pay
one days wages. And it was jammed
thru amidst loud protests.
We are paying dues and taxes to
union" for open shop conditions.
In the coming December there will be
an election. The Feingold- Kappa
port Weissberg-Kessler clique must
be thrown out of office. A new ex-
ecutive board and secretary and ma
mayer must be elected on the left
wing ticket.