The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-04
PROGRAM FOR STRUGGLE
AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT
AND BUILDING OF T.U.U.L.

larly functioning organizations based on in.
dividual dues paying membership i
IL. A small nominal initiation fee shall be
charged. Unemployed union or League men,
bers shall be exempted from paying dues in
the union upon presentation of COOL standing
membership book in the unemployed council.
All members of unemployed councils who are
ready to join the union or League, shall be
taken in without any initiation fee, and shall
be exempt from paying dues until such time
as they obtain employment.
IL. Unemployed councils shall elect executive
committees and officers. Union shop delegates
councils and executives shall attach represent
tatives on the council executives. Councils
shall elect delegates to union shop. delegates
councils or League executives.
10. Where more than one council exists in
a city, city executive shall be organized COM
posed of delegates from industrial councils,
rank and file delegates from A F of L unions,
and TUUL local councils. The city executive
shall affiliate with the local council of the
TUUL and shall have regular delegates to
the TUUL local council or executive.
IA. The immediate program of action for
the building of mass unemployed councils by
the unions and industrial leagues, should re-
volve around the TUUL recruiting drive, and
the July Fourth national unemployed conven-
ton in Chicago. The million masses of I'M
employed offer the most fertile field for mass
recruiting into the revolutionary unions, and
for mass struggle against capitalism and its
social fascist and fascist agents.
The new unions industrial Leagues, and
TUUL executives must particularly guard
against turning the unemployed councils into
forums for general agitation. Great care
should be taken to stress and bring to the
forefront at all times the immediate demands
based upon local conditions and the situation
in each industry
In preparation for a mass national unem-
ployed convention on July Fourth, and with the
end of the TUUL membership recruiting drive
on June 18th short time off, the entire TUUL
must at be modified for these urgent
tasks. Concrete tasks must be assigned every
member of the TUUL. Mass unemployed coun-
ellis should be set up without delay by the
unions and Leagues. A series of local actions
in every industrial center must be carefully
planned and initiated at once. Shop gate meet
lngs, the setting up of shop committees in
door mass meetings, mass distribution of leaf
lets, demonstrations against lay-offs at large
shops, demonstrations against evictions of the
unemployed, meetings and demonstrations at
employment agencies, at local government
councils for concrete relief and shelter for the
unemployed out of city funds, systemati. pen
etration of A of L unions, setting up of the
basic united front committees from below,
mainly in shops, local hunger marches, and
campaigns to raise funds at shops, unions and
workers organizations, and campaigns for the
release of the unemployed delegation, must
mark the activities of every union and indus
trial league. These activities must be ex-
pressed in the organization of councils, and
linked closely with the TUUL membership
drive. The delegations to the National Con-
vention must represent actual mass organiza-
ton of employed and unemployed.
Demands
]. Work or Wages: The government shall
guarantee every worker, regardless of race
sex, age or creed job at the usual rate of
pay, or if unemployed, insurance compensa-
ton equal to full wages. All workers partial
ly employed shall receive compensation suffi-
cent to bring their income up to the amount
of full wages. This unemployed insurance
shall be administered by committees elected d.
rectly by workers, working in the shops, and
the unemployed through their councils.
z. Emergency Unemployment Relief: Until
the unemployment insurance is operative, the
government shall make an emergency appro-
priation for emergency relief equal to the in
surance of full wages, to be administered as
In point /. The funds to come out of govern
ment: city, state treasures, and raised by
tax on all profits, inheritances, by reduction of
salaries of high officials, removal of tax ex-
emptiop enjoyed by churches, ETC.
3. No Work. No Rent: Housing of Unem-
ployed: Public buildings shall be thrown open
and accommodations made for the emergency
housing of the unemployed. The sum of -
shall be Immediately appropriated as an ini-
tial sum for building workers dwellings, which
shall be rented by the city to the workers,
preference being given to the unemployed,
without discrimination against or segregation
of Negroes. All evictions of unemployed for
non-payment of rent shall be prohibited
4. Seven Hour Day, Five Day Week: The
hour day, five day week shall be established
for all workers, without reduction in wages.
No overtime work shall be allowed A general
law for the hour day, five day week, shall
be proposed to the state legislature.
5. Free Employment Agencies: Free employ
ment agencies shall be established under con-
troll of workers committees, and unemployed
councils.
6. The six hour day, five day week, and two
fifteen minute rest periods for young workers
z. No night work for wor en- and young
workers.
8. Free lunches in schools, and government
maintenance of children of unemployed
9. Abolition of child labor.
10. Against the speed-up.
IL. Equal pay for equal work for women and
young workers
IL. For the right to organize, strike and
picket.
10. Against police terror against strikers
organization activities and unemployed demon
strations. se
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