The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-03
WORK OR WAGES.
FIGHT OF Entire.
WORKING CLASS
Communist Party Is
sues Statement
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10 prevent the revolutionary or
CARNATIONS of the working class,
the Communist Party and the
Trade Union Unity League, from
organizing and leading the struggle
of the unemployed, the bosses ini-
tiated wave of terror throughout
the country, killing and failing the
militant fighters of the working
class.
To mislead the workers and break
their determined resistance the
bosses enlisted the support of the
fascist American Federation of La
Dor leadership, who work hand in
glove with the police and the I'M
derworld in killing workers, break
ing up workers demonstrations and
raiiroading the best fighters to Jail.
The bosses spend billions of dollars
to build new battleships, but not a
cent is given to the unemployed to
feed themselves and their starving
families.
This wave of terror and suppress
sion will not stop the struggle of
the workers, under the leadership
of the Communist Party and the
Trade Union Unity League, to
fight for work or wages. The
American workers must resist this
combined attack of the bosses, they
must organize and prepare to strike
against wage cuts, to fight for full
social insurance.
Only by the mass action of the
workers will we defeat the attack
of the bosses, their government,
and the fascist American Fedora
ton of Labor. Only because of the
mass action of over a million work
ers on March 9Th was the unem-
ployment question brought to the
attention of the entire world. Only
by broader mass actions and better
mass organization can the workers
enforce the demands for uRemploy-
ment insurance.
The main task of the unemployed
convention in Chicago is to organ
ize for the struggle against unem-
ployment and for social insurance,
The lack of organization, the alb
sence of functioning unemployed
councils, are precisely the greatest
weakness in the unemployment
struggle. This convention must
take the most energetic measures to
organize the unemployed into coun-
ellis, to establish committees of ac-
ton consisting of both employed
and unemployed workers, in the
struggle against unemployment.
The unemployment movement
must be consolidated organizations
ally, must be provided with leader
ship and a fighting program. Work.
ers still employed on their jobs
must be drawn into the struggle;
special steps must be taken to Or
ganize the rank and file of the
American Federation of Labor to
fight against their reactionary fas-
cist leadership and against unem-
pl0yment.
We must follow up the heroic
struggles of the American workers
on March 9Th with organization.
building of unemployed councils,
committees of action, organizing
demonstrations and building the
revolutionary trade unions.
The struggle against unempioy-
ment must involve every American
worker, must penetrate into every
shop, factory and mine. As next
step in this campaign the conven-
ton should make Labor Day, the
first Monday in September, as a
national day of struggle against
unemployment. 1t should use Labor
Day as a continuation of the strug-
gle begun on March 9Th, as day
of mobilization of millions of
American employed and unem-
ployed to fight for social insurance,
and to defeat the combined attack
of the bosses, the government and
the corrupt American Federation
of Labor.
Fight for social insurance!
Demand work or wages!
Resist the terror of the bosses!
Expose the treachery of the
American Federation of Labor!
Fight against bosses wars!
Rally to the defense of the So
Wet Union!
Fight for full social and political
equality for the Negro workers!
Demand the release of the New
York Unemployed Delegation!
Demand the release of all pris-
oners of the March 9Th movement!
Build Councils of Unemployed!
Build the Trade Union Unity
League!
Join the Communist Party!