The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-09
A Steady Downp our Will Soak" Him

A. F. of L. fascists to help then
organize company unions and begir
an attack on the militant unions"
Formed Too Late.
The industrial union should have
been formed in 1926, at the height
of left-wing organization and influ.
ence in the needle trades, and wher
it was organized should have in.
cluded the mems clothing and white
goods trades. 1t should have pre-.
pared its strikes better and organ.
lied more among the Italian, Negro
and young workers. A wrong orien-
tation of the leadership away from
revolutionary class tactics was re.
sponsible for mistakes since the
union was organized.
Loyestone Group.
The first leadership of the unior
had extremely right wing elements
in it, some of which have since crys-
tallized into a conscious group, part
of worldwide right wing move
ment. This group (Lovestone- Git
low Zimmerman represent it ir
America) campaigns under a slogan
"all into the left wings in the reac-
tionary unions" by which they pro.
pose in effect to liquidate the Mt
VIII.
All of the N.T.W.I.U. strikes
cloak, dress, fur Tin New York;
Boston cloak and dress, Newark fun
rabbit dressers, Philadelphia anG
Pacific coast strikes, showed the
same weakness: failure to properly
prepare for the struggle with agi.
tation and propaganda and mass or
ganizational moves. 1t is true
though, that same of these strikes
were successful or partially success
full: Boston, New York dress
makers, San Francisco and Los
Angeles, etc.
The Zaritsky company unio
(headgear) is falling apart after a
vicious expulsion campaign. A car
and millinery department of the
N.IW.I,U. and organization cam
paign are on the program.
White Goods.
White goods (25,000 workers.
and mems clothing have been badly
neglected. White goods has many
Spanish speaking and young work
ers. A department is now func-
tioning there, and the work must be
pushed.
In mems clothing, Hillman's Anal
gamated Clothing Workers has be-
come company union of a particu-
lerly vicious tyne, with all sorts Of
clever schemes to trick and handicar
! the workers, and assist the bosses
| with efficiency experts slave con
tracts, arbitration" machinery, out
right worsening of conditions, and
money loans to bosses. The N.T.W.
III. will build the industrial union
in this field, on a shop basis, united
front committees of action, and
winning the members outright.
Fake Strike.
The company unions in all branch
es of the trade resort freely to the
use of gangsters, alliance with the
police and Tammany machine in the
courts. The cloak and dressmakers
fake strikes are important tactic:
of the I.L.G.W. 1t succeeded tenn
porarily with the cloak makers fake
strike, and the N.T.W.1.U. defeated
it in the dressmakers' stoppage.
Among the achievement of the
N.T.W.I.U., besides those victories
listed above, is that of carrying or
by leaflets, meetings, open forums
etc. considerable propaganda, TAX.
ing part in August 1, March 6 ant
May Z demonstrations, supporting
the Communist Party campaign pro
gram and that it is reorganizine
itself on a basis of real democracy
the shop delegates system. 1t be
longs to the Trade Union Unity
League and through it to the Rec
International Of Labor Unions, ant
must be more active in the genera
national and world movement Of
revolutionary workers.
Fight Craft Attitude.
Within it's ranks, it has to fight
still against craft psychology an;
tactics, and learn to do more effect
i've mass and class work. The shoJ
must be the basis of the union.
The draft. program contains ;
highly statistical and complete re
view Of the industrial and organ
rational conditions in the needl,
trades, their history and present
situation. The extent and continue
growth of unemployment, due moi
only to new machinery, not only &
the crisis which hits needle trades
as well as other industries, but t.
naturalization, piece work and spec,
up were given much attention.
Line of the Struggle.
Finally. the G.E.B. program
proposes: an theological campaign
more departmentalizing of the ma.
ticnal office Organization, research
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