The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
Organize and Strike Against
Wage Cuts!

In the needle industry there is an ever in
creasing readiness among the needle trades
workers to organize and strike against the
needle trades bosses and the leadership of the
A. f. of L.. unions, who are working hand in
hand to company unionze the entire needle
trades industry.
In other words, we can see along the whole
front that hand in hand with the increased
system of naturalization goes an open attack
on the part of our class enemies against the
revolutionary upsurge of the broad masses of
workers. Most characteristic of all this is the
growing of strikes and strike struggles on an
ever larger scale. Yes, there is not single
day in the week which is not accompanied by
series of more less important struggles.
This is not only the case among those workers
who are employed, but the same holds true
with unemployed workers, who are storming
the employment agencies as was the case in
Detroit at the Ford Motor Car Company, and
in the city of Washington among the women
workers demanding ~ork from the government.
Existing Favorable Conditions.
All the above reasons and many others, which
are not mentioned, create the favorable cond-
tions for the central slogan of the TUUL, and
its affiliated organizations-org and strike
against wage cuts. This slogan is nothing, alb
stract. 1t is not slogan which is merely
used for agitational and propaganda purposes,
but is something which must be and can be
put into life and action under the present con-
dtions. Nevertheless, we must emphasize that
in order to carry out this gigantic task it re-
qures the maximum amount of activity in our
trade union work, and it is due to these con-
dtions that the national TUUL bureau to-
gether with the leading committees of our af-
filiated unions. decided that we have reached
stage of development in our movement
we oil
slogan but actually make a serious attempt to
put it into practical operation Therefore,
the campaign for the organization and strike
fund of 100000 is the immediate task of the
hour. This campaign must make it possible
to coordinate this forward movement and to
broaden out through real every day shop or
ganization these strikes which are developing
on an ever larger scale.
Must Be Made Mass Demand.
Organize and strike can and must be made
a mass demand of the workers. The response
bility, therefore, placed upon our TUUL and
affiliated unions becomes much greater and
much more important politically The present
favorable conditions, which are developing, Of
fers our t. U. U. L. the opportunity to become
the leadership of a genuine militant mass
movement within the coming period, that is,
provided we are in position and are capable
OF giving lea iership and presenting to the
workers fighting program, based upon actual
realism and the immediate things which are
necessary for the building up of such move
ment The organization of committees of ac-
ton, the building up of shop committees, the
mobilization of mass rank and file strike COM
mittees, developing of mass picketing against
the bosses program in the industry, as well as
concrete mobilization against the ever in
creasing fascist attacks upon the workers, are
the central and immediate tasks of our or
gan2ations.
Hand in hand Of course must go our work
to defend the program of the unemployed
workers. In fact we must never permit our
selves to be put into a position whereby the
workers get the feeling that either one or the
other is excluded from our general campaign
of activity. The building up of the September
lst demonstration is not only the task of the
unemployed but it is the task of our unions
for the entire working class in the respective
industries. The campaign for unemployed in
sarance is the task of the revolutionary move
ment as whole, because if we give leadership
and organization to the unemployed workers
it will then be possible to unite both employed
and unemployed under the leadership of the
TUUL and its affiliated unions, for a Joint
struggle against the program Of our class enc
mics. All this requires mass initiative and
mass preparation, not in the far distant future
but now--imrledia tey--in order to take adj
vantage of the ever greater opportunities
The organization and strike fund of $780,
600 becomes an immediate necessity. not as an
abstract slogan but as the immediate task in