The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-03

Under the leadership OF the ANAL
gamated rank and file committee,
which is conducting struggle
against wage cuts. Speed-up and I'M
employment forced upon the cloth
ing workers by the bosses and the
Amalgamated agencies. a broad rank
and file movement has been organ
lied in almost every local of the AM
algamated, demanding in no doubt
full terms, the organization of a real
strike against any fake Vaccinations
Of the Hillman machine for a stop
page, which mislead the workers and
play into the hands of the bosses,
and that such strike be conducted
by the rank and file under the lead
ership of a broad rank and file strike
committee elected from the shops
and locals and for the demands for
mulated by the rank and file them
selves, including the introduction OF
the 40-hour week, the re-introduc-
ton and extension of week work,
guaranteed minimum wage scales,
recognition Of shop committees in
the shops, to increase the unemploy-
ment insurance fund to 5 per cent
to be controlled by rank and file
committee of clothing workers from
the shops and unemployed and
number of other demands which
would really tend to solve some of
the most burning problems of the
mems clothing workers
Fake Strike Call
In order to distract the attention
of the mems clothing workers from
the real movement Tor real strike
to improve their conditions, the adj
ministration has in a most demago-
gic manner first promised the cloth
ing workers to organize a general
strike and even drafted a set of de-
mands, similar to those of the rank
and file committee. leaving out the
two major demands, the 4O-hour
week. and week work. However, even
these miserable demands were drop
ped one by one by the administra-
ton and a decision for general
strike which was voted upon by all
the workers in all the locals, is now
being dropped by the HiIIman mach
Inc under the gujse Of the mediating
of Mayor Walker to solve the prob
lem in a peaceful manner.
Hillman has resorted to many fake
schemes to fool the mems clothing
workers in New York City into &C
cepting another 3 years OF wage cuts
and speed-up. He at first issued the
fake slogan of strike to secure the
bundles for the city of New York.
When this slogan was successfully
exposed as a fake on the part of
Hillman & Co. to further mislead
the mems clothing workers and to
carry through a fake strike instead
of real strike for conditions. Hill
man then staged a sham battle
against racketeeling, calling to his
aid Mayor Walker, Police Commits
Sioner Mulrooney and agents of the
Federal government.
The Hillman administration did
not stop for a moment even through
out the period Of so-called strike
preparation" to continue with their
wage cut campaign in the shops. And
now while they hold sham confer
ences with the Mayor and police
commissioner, supposedly in the in
teTeSts OF the workers, a cut of 10
per cent is being forced by the buro-
Gratis on the workers of Price & Co.
When the workers refused to accept
the wage cut, Mr. Blumberg, man
ager Of Joint Board, instructed the
shop to send the work out to Jake
Ettinger, contractor, where work is
made on reduced prices. A commit
tee of workers who approached Blu
berg was told to accept or go out
on the streets. Hillman refused COM
R4NbNAS " oCC LllG odIilC
or to do anything for the workers
who suffered the wage cut This is
merely the first indication of what
mems clothing workers may expect
after the present betrayal will go
through
Clothing workers. stop this betrayal
now in the making Organize and
strike every shop against wage cuts
and speed-up Make every strike real
and effective. Refuse to recognize
any agreement made by the buro-
Gratis with the bosses that sells out
your interests. Rally around the
Amalgamated rank and file commit
tee for the organization of a real
struggle in the industry to improve
the conditions Of the workers in our
trade