The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-10

e~ us NoPieoiiSOAos bAtAsOaiaNS'
'this opening wedge that Hoov
er, with the help of Green, ha
already driven against tn
standard of living of thu
American workers. This dec
laration of sharpening elias
battle says:
I'm the primary steel industry
some companies have inaugurated
reductions in tonnage rates for
certain classes of workers. Cuts
as high as 20 per cent have been
made"
Also More Speed Up.
With these wage-cuts the stee
b. -Ses announce a mass speeding
up of workers. A dispatch iron
Youngstown puts this very sharply
saying:
Such adjustments (wage cuts,
particularly in tonnage piece
rates\ are brought about by rea-
son of the introduction of labor
saving devices and new equip
ment, enabling workers to pro-
duce greater tonnage"
This recalls the lying statement
Of the leading bosses when they
met with Hoover on Nov. 81, wher
the president issued his famous
9tatement in conjunction with VIM
Green and others of the American
Federation of Labor:
"The president was authorized
by the employers who were pres
ent al this mornings conference
to state on their individual behalf
that they will not initiate any
movement for wage reduction"
For this fake promise, which
never was worth the paper it was
writer on, as wage cuts imme-
diately followed the conferences of
the bosses with Hoover and the
takers in the A. F. of L., the of
ficialdom of the American Fedora
ton of Labor promised it would call
no strikes and refrain from initial
ing any movements for higher
wages or to protect the workers in
the event of wage cuts.
The Daily Worker has pointed
out repeatedly that the bosses were
planning to initiate steep wage
cuts all along the line and at the
same time ir.-titute drastic speed
up and naturalization.
The Youngstown cut of 20 per
cent in wages, and the admission by
the bosses that they expect to speed
up the workers, is the beginning of
nationwide wage-cutting drive
the like of which has never before
confronted the American workers.
Party Organizes Shop Nuclei.
The Cleveland District of the
Communist Party has organized
three shop nuclei in the heart of
the youngstown Steel district,
where the 20 per cent wage cuts
have been instituted. An immediate
mobilization of the workers against
this drastic attack by the bosses is
necessary. The Party of working
class is on the spot and plans to
give leadership in the struggle.
While the bosses in the basic in.
dustries proceed with their slash
ing wage-cuts, Green and the execu-
tive council of the A. F. of L. are
lolling in the Florida sun, devising
means of helping the capitalists in
their wage-smashing schemes.
The steel bosses are using the
growing mass of unemployed work
ers as a lever to cut the wages of
the employed toilers. In Youngs-
town steel production dropped as
low as 3S per cent. Thousands of
workers were thrown on the streets.
Some were rehired at the terrific
cut rates.
The process of attempting to
transfer the burdens of the crisis
on the backs of the workers by
lowered wages and intensified speed
up is under way full blast.
Meanwhile, the crisis sharpens
both in the United States and in
its world aspect. While the bosses
announce revivals in the steel indus
try, steel and iron ingot production
is dropping fast--so fast that the
steel bosses who expected decline
express their frank surprise at the
steepness of the slump. At the be-
ginning of the year 1929 there were
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