The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-13

reason they were fired was some
body packed soldering iron or
somebody else and the soldering iron
blew up. So naturally Victor bosses
fired as workers for that. Like
they have habit of firing a whole
department for any little thing.
whether it is their fault or not.
More Firing.
In another instance where they
put young worker on a job, Mr..
Sellers, Mr.. Taylor and the fore
man. They gave him the job on
the belt, taking condensers off one
belt and putting them on the other,
and telling him how to do it.
Bully Young Worker.
For two nights his work was o. k.
All of sudden on the third night
the plug-nose foreman, the same
guy that told him how to do the job
two nights before, came over to him
and said.
Get up off your back" and
swears at him.
So the kid got up and the fore
man takes the chair from him and
kicks it all over the place and
threatens to fire him. Five minutes
later the foreman comes back and
asks the young worker, "What is
your number" He takes the kids
number down, and says you're
TIN ough, you're fired"
Mind, two nights ago three of the
big-shots gave him the chair and
showed him how to do the job and
he was doing it exactly as he was
supposed to.
Brutal Foreman.
In another department dept
Number :. } a young worker spilled
soldering pot over his hand and
burned it very badly. Tuesday
night. He got it burned between
the hours when the doctor and the
nurse change shifts, so neither the
doctor nor the nurse were in be-
tween 10 and II o'clock.
The kid wanted a pass, out TO
see another doctor right away.
But the foreman wanted to save
money for the company so he kept
telling the kid "You don't need
pass out, you can work with that
arm" And he kept telling the
young worker for an hour until
the doctor came in.
In the meantime his burned
hand was paining him so much
that he cried for the whole hour,
wanting to get pass out, but
heard the same old story from the
loyal" foreman.
Ad Stunt.
The company tells us that if we
parade on September 10Th that we
would get paid for it, and give us
a white pair of gloves and a white
hat, to advertise their new model.
So in case the advertisement does
not do the bosses of the RCA-Victor
any good we will all get the walk
ingpapers.
Straight "a Hours.
In order to get a job at Victor's
you got to be in the line at 5 a. m.
So by the time you come to the fell
low that gives you fake application
cards, it is anywhere near IL o'clock.
And then if this fellow likes your
looks he will give you this card
and tell you to step inside, and
there you have to stand in line just
as in the outside line.
Already Inside.
Now that you are inside, but
still you are not sure of a job. By
now it is dinner time and the big
employment guy is out. Then they
tell you to wait around until two
o'clock. At that hour the guy comes
back and by the time you get the
real employment card to fill out it's
about 8 p. m. By the time you fill
that card out they know your his
tory before you are born and after
you're dead.
So it's 6 p. m. now.
Now the Doctor.
By the time the doctor gets
through with you it's about $50
p. m. and most of the workers wait
ing didn't have anything to eat all
this time, you must remember.
So then they tell you after the |
doctor is through with you to go
out and get something to eat be-
cause if you're lucky to get on you
will have to work tonight from 7
.. m. to Z a. m. the next morning.
And that means almost 26 hours
keeping awake.
Workers Must Organize.
AT 5 a. m. that morning you're
all worn out and you have to have
IN extra good pair of eyes to work
n Victor's, anyhow. SO, naturally
you can't stand the strain on your
yes SO long. So Mr.. Sellers came
over to some young worker and
laid to him, "It's 5 o'clock already.
You better go home and get some
leep." That meant the worker was
ired. -R.C.A. WORKER-J.N. !