The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-05
BY DoMENICK FLAIANI.


THE increasing misery of the workers in the Bor-
ough OF Brooklyn is becoming more evident
with the continuation of lay-offs and wage-cuts
which the workers are forced to under the pres
ent depression of decaying capitalism. The ter
rifle speed-up prevailing in all establishments, is
grinding the very life and energy of the workers
The starvation cases which are being daily re-
ported by the Boro Hall Unemployed Branch, to-
gether with the evictions of hundreds of working
class families brings to the attention of the entire
working class of New York and especially in the
BOROUGH of Brooklyn that only through organized
mass struggle can the workers put a stop to the
prevailing situation, and thus force the city gov
ernment to give immediate relief to the working
class families suffering of want, cold and hunger
and stop the bosses police in the shops to cut the
wages of the workers The miserable conditions
existing in some of the shops cannot escape our
attention.
The workers employed in the Kayser Hosiery
Mill have been suffering one wage cut after an
other in the last year. Young workers especially
are forced to work at terrific speed up with
miserable wage Of $40 per week. The bosses of
the Kayser Mil arc not satisfied with the enorn-
Gus profits they are making out of the sweat and
blood of the workers in the mill, are planning
another wage cut to be enforced on May First
This time the cut will affect most of the week
WORK SeCtlOn OIL the mill. Inc BOSSES Ill kdySeT
are using a wise scheme of cutting wages first
to one section of workers and then to the others
The piece workers while not affected with this
cut directly they will, unless they organize and
fight back the wage cuts be forced to accept an
other wage cut after the bosses will force the
week-work workers to accept the proposed one.
Today the workers in the Kayser mill are sent
home almost every day by the bosses. While the
speed-up is increasing more and more.
The workers in the Kahn and Feldman Textile
Mill are not better off then those of Kayser. The
spy system in the mill is keen one which is
being utilized to terrorize the workers in at
tempt to prevent them from organizing. Due
to the use of chemicals in the Kahn and Field
man Mill very large percentage of workers are
usually finding their whole body and especially
their hands infected. The doctor of the company
however is trying TO deny the fact that the in
fected workers were victims of the chemicals used
in the mill
The clothing workers especially those who 10
day are under the CONTROL of the Himan fascist
Analgamated Union are suffering one wage cut
after another The bosses of the VIM p Gold
man DIETER known as the CsCG) are proposing
10 cut the wages Of the workers to 40 per cent
Mr.. Hillnan, Blumberg and the lesser takers OF
Ne Amalgamated are doing their best to see to
y that VIM. P. Goldman should be able to put
shops while the workers have been forced to in
crease the quality of work to 100 percent during
the last year, the. workers have suffered wage
cut of IS percent. Hillman has instituted the
dastardly check-of system thus far in the pants
and sack-coat shops and within the coming week
proposes to introduce the check off system in the
oyercoat and waist shops. These same conditions
and in many cases worse prevail in practically
all shops and mills in the Borough of Brooklyn
Against these miserable conditions we are wit
Messing the rising of the workers who today un-
der the leadership of the revolutionary unions OF
the Trade Union Unity League are organizing
for struggle Under the leadership of the Unem-
ployed Council, the unemployed workers every
where are organizing their forces to force Mr.
Hesterberg the Borough president to give inlmedi-
ate relief TO the starving families of the jobless
Workers everywhere are uniting their forces
for bitter struggles The strike against the high
cost of living which has been conducted in Mid
due Village, which has forced the butchers to cut
down the price Of meat in many cases from 40
cents pound TO 26 cents is indicative that more
and more struggles win be organized in this d.
, rrction. The activities of the tenants for the
preparation OF rent strikes in Williamsburgh and
4 ether parts Of the Borough point the ray 10
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