The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-03
The T.U.U.L. and It's Tasks
Among the Employed and
Unemployed
Bx A. MAGENKNECHT.

I'VE have reviewed numerous leaflets issued Tor
w the mobilization of our city hunger marches,
demonstrations, etc. We have reviewed numer-
Gus programs for work issued by district T. u.
u L. secretaries We note an outstanding weak
ness which must be corrected at once.
Our propaganda, agitation, demonstrations,
day to day activities in the unemployed work is
isolatng itself from the t. U. U. L. and its pro-
gram, from the demands of the employed work.
ers. from organizing unions of the t. U. U. L.
and striking against wage cuts and speed-up,
from cur demand for the shorter work-day. etc.
l. The city campaign committees for unem-
ployment insurance Qocal united front confer
ences) are not the organizers of the unemployed
councils demonstrations or relief struggles. The
city campaign committees were organized to Sc
cure broad basis for our drive for signatures
for our Unemployment Insurance Bill, to secure
finances for our unemployment work, to place us
in touch with additional masses of workers and
their organization into unemployed councils and
into the T. U. u. L., for the spreading of Labor
Unity. The city campaign committees are CO.
operating bodies and we go into the organiza-
lions affiliated with these local united front
conferences to win workers for the T. U. U. L..
and our Unemployed Councils.
2. The T. U. U. L. organizes the Unemployed
Councils and organizes the employed workers
into the It. U. u. L. The Unemployed Councils
of the T. U. U. L. lead all struggles for unem-
ployment relief. From the Unemployed Coun-
ellis we recruit members for the T. U. U. L. The
program and tasks of the T. U. u. L. must Seep
deeply into the Unemployed Councils, into the
ranks of all unemployed workers. The demands
and struggles of the unemployed workers must
reach all employed workers in the mines, mills
and shops in form that will indicate that the
unemployed workers call for the organization of
the employed workers into the T. u u L.. call
for strikes against wage cuts and speed-up. for
the shorter work day.
3. The fight for unemployment insurance and
\ immediate relief for the unemployed all hunger
marches, demonstrations, struggles against evic-
tions. ETC.. must be in the name of and led by
the Unemployed Councils of the r. u u L., not
by the united front conference we have organ
lied in the various cities The objective must
be to bring about common struggles of employed
and unemployed workers for the partial demands
Of the employed and immediate relief for the
unemployed under the leadership of the T. u
u L. In all our tasks, struggles demonstrations,
ETC., Labor Unity must be brought forward as
the weekly organ of all employed and unem-
ployed workers.
4. A tendency exists ON the part of some of
our district T. u u L. organizations to not only
give organization Of workers into the T. u u L.
and strikes against wage cuts second place, but
to forget about the T. U. u. L. and its program
altogether and engage only in demonstrations for
unemployment relief for the unemployed and
secondly, to eliminate the It. u. u L, and its
Unemployed Councils and allow the united front
conferences to take over all activities in the I'M
employed work This attitude should be cor
rected at once in line with the policy noted
above.