The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-03

The capitalist has as yet the Cooperation" of
the workers both il the south and north. I'M
employment and starvation-and the treachery
of the A. F. of L. officialdom and of the 80
cialist' union leadership have made it unneces-
sary to assist the A F. of l.. officials. In
those places where workers are organized in the
A. F. of L. unions, the officials refuse to sane
ton strikes I These officials lead the demands
of the workers. into the channels of negotiation
and in return for a financial consideration sell
out the demands or the strike if it breaks out
in spite of them. Labor racketeerins is to the
front-to avoid" strikes, prevent strike, "seIl
out" strikes
Since the big miners strike of 1929, which
WAS SOLD OUT BY LEWIS AND HIS GANG
BEFORE IT STARTED there has been no
significant strike of the A. F. of L. workers The
miners strike itself was sabotaged by the fascist
A F. of L. officials, who did not even raise strike
relief. This is in keeping with the conscious,
deliberate policy of the A. F. of L. leadership,
which believes in and practices Cooperation"
with the bosses, which sell-out of the
interests of the workers Hence the injunction
has little meaning at the present time for the
A. F. of L.
In the New York fake strike of the garment
trades not only there NO injunction against
the I. L. G. W. o., but the police acted as agents
of the company union, working hand in hand
with Schessinger. In the furriers, cloakmakers
and shoe makers strikes, the most violent Tam
many police actions and injunctions were ap-
wingers.
Communists Leading Unorsanized Workers
The strikes of the past two years have been
of UNORGANIzED workers-the UNSKILLED
and SEMI SKILLED, whom the A. F. of l.. re-
fuses to organize. In these strikes white and
Negro workers have struggled shoulder to
shoulder against the employers. These work
ers have proven to be the MOST MILITANT of
the working class. Being the most exploited and
most oppressed by low wages-in the tobacco in
dustry as low as So week. textile industry, IS
week-wth long hours, speed-up, stretch out,
savage treatment-men, women and younger
workers PARTICULARLY THE LATTER),
white and Negro, frequently without any
preparation organization have gone into
strikes against wage cuts which have been put
into immediate effect Auto workers in Flint
agricultural workers in California, textile and
dock workers in the South have gone on strike
against the shameful conditions and in correct
working class manner, led by Communists and
the revolutionary unions of the Trade Union
Unity League, have put up mass picket lines
to extend the strike and keep out strikebreakers.
Injuncton-Boss Weapon
The unskilled workers are being shown and
are learning what their own weapons are--MIL-
ITANCY, SOLIDARITY, MASS PICKETING.
Passaic, New Bedford, New York and Boston.
needle trades. Gastona. Imperial Valley. New
Orleans longshoremen-all led by Communists
with MASS picket lines
Inc economic Crisis is Delng unodded on the
shoulders of the workers. The capitalists and
the government know the workers will fight back
One of their most powerful weapons in this fight
against the workers is the INJUNCTION backed
up by armies of police, detectives, stool pigeons
militia, gas and all weapons of war. The arbi-
trary commandment of Judge: Thou
shalt not strike or picket is supposed to ter
rorize the workers. The workers allowed
two or three pickets banners, speaking to
scabs-this is the only right they have-FRE-
QUENTLY ALL PICKETING EVEN STRIKES,
ARE PROHIBITED
Injunction "Misused," s. p. Platform Says
The fascist A. F. of l.. offlcaldom proposes
that the capitalist courts shall issue injunctions
only after full trial in court After the expert
ences which the workers have had in the capt.
talist courts, they have been convinced, without
Communist theorzing, that the courts are pow
erfu capitalist Instruments These courts are
making their decisions and sentences harsher
with the sharper development of the class strug-
gle
The social-fascist Socialists" in their State
platform plead against the misuse" of the in
junction. WHAT is misuse? WHEN is misuse?
1t is the ORDINARY use by the capitalist class
of the courts to prohibit strikes picketng, etc.
1t is of the most POWERFUL WEAPONS
of the capitalist class and one it will not give
up without the most militant struggle.
The Socialist" Party proposes legislation
against the yellow dog contract. This vile con-
tract for holding the workers down, for keeping
them unorganized, will be defeated ONLY by