The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-11
Strike Strategy

imply that the Negro worker will sit back
and wait; it is joint struggle.
The revolutionary unions and leagues must
lead the economic struggle of all the workers
whether white or colored, and their tasks Is
to expose the capitalist practice of using the
white worker against the Negro and vice versa,
in order to divide the workers that they
will fight each other instead of pointly fight
ing their common enemy, the employer
In order to carry out this work effectively,
Negro departments should be set up in all
Unions and Leagues to take up the special
problems confronting the Negro workers, not
a department made up of Negroes, but conf
posed of both Negro and white workers. who
while carrying on the general work of the
union will give special attention to work among
Negroes.
! In the preparation for and during strike
struggles special attention should be paid to
the young workers. drawing them into active
work on the basis of special demands for the
young workers. Naturalization, speed-up has
drawn the young worker into playing an i'm
portant role in all industries and in many in
dustries the young worker is the largest
category.
The revolutionary unions and leagues must
remember that the activization of the whole
movement to a great extent depends upon its
ers into the struggle. ruthless struggle
must be carried on against the A.. F. of L. and
socialist party tradition of considering the
young worker as stumbling block in the path
of the adult and undeserving of any attention.
Young workers play an important part and
determining role on the picket line, in the
defense corps, etc. The enthusiasm and fight
ing spirit of any strike depends upon the
ability of the movement to draw the young
worker into all strike committees, into the
leading committees of the unions and leagues.
There is still strong underestimation within
our own ranks of the Importance of the youth
movement.
For example in the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union many leading comrades have
still to be convinced that there is a youth
problem in the marine industry and very few
unions and leagues have really made start
to build youth sections.
The Bosses Are Conscious.
The capitalist class is very conscious of the
importance of the youth, setting up all kinds
Of organizations to detract the youth away
from the class struggles into support of the
program of the bosses. The Citizens Military
Training Camps, sports organizations, young
republican and democratic clubs, Y.M.C.A.'s
and Y.W.C.A's are but a few of the traps
set by the bourgeoise to draw the youth on
to the employers side Of the battle line.
To ignore the youth or to merely give lip
service to the building of youth sections and
youth demands is playing the bosses game.
The very life Of the movement depends upon
the extent to which the youth are drawn in
and to the extent that they as young workers
take hold of the movement.
The very inexperience of the youth make
them an easy prey for the scheming bour-
geoisie, but once the revolutionary unions set
the youth in motion, there is no task too hard
or difficult for them to accomplish. They are
audacious and daring and very soon they
learn TO understand and use the experiences