The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-18
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against the starvation program of
capitalist classification and national
ization this conference" says the pro-
gram, calls upon the miners to fight
for the following general demands,
and in addition We urge the workers
to formulate and fight for local pro-
grams of demands" The general de-
mands are:
General increase in wages. A.
Unemployment insurance, paid for
by the government and bosses, and
immediate relief for all unemployed
nlS.,ers
The six-hour day without reduction
in pay.
Establishment OF check weighmen
and union conditions.
Recognition OF mine committees
elected by all the workers
Abolition of company towns, COM
pany stores, evictions and payment
in script.
Abolition of the sp3ed-up.
Protec ion Of the health and safety
of workers.
Abolition of the eheck-off.
The right to rganize, strike and
ticket.
No discrimination against Negro
foreign-forn and young workers. (The
conference voted an amendment to
the program to expand the descrip-
ton of discrimination against Ne
grtes and to make q special section
on the fight against such attempts
to use racial lines to devide the
workers.. .-.--
Unconditional release of all workers
arrested in connection with strike and
union activities.
Withdrawal of armed forces from
the striking areas.
Abolition of the labor injunction
A national collective agreement for
the whole coal industry. (The con-
ference particularly pointed out that
while we fight for national agree
ment, the fight begins on the basis
of local or district struggles, and
spreads. Settlements on less than
national scale can not be avoided in
the beginning).
The program p,3vides for setting
up of a Miners Unity Committee of
Action, to lead and unite all the pres
ent and future struggles on nation
al scale, and to spread the organiza-
ton according to the following out
line:
The spreading and strengthening
of the present strikes in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Illinois
and Kentucky.
2. The initiation of new strikes
upon the basis OF partial demands
to be formulated locally, these strikes
to be conducted by broad rank and
file strike committees.
3. The development of local and
district relief committees to support
the existing strikes.
T. The systematic organization of
locals of the National Miners Union.
5, The building of minority groups
in the UMWA and in the West Vir-
GINA Mine Workers Union Crank
Keeny's union).
g. The establishment of unemploy-
ed councils in the various mining
centers.
T. The linking together of all these
organizations into local Miners
Unity Committees Of Action.
6. The organization of broad mine
committees on the basis of local de-
mands.
8. The organization Of hunger
marches of unemployed and employed
miners in all sections of the mining
industry.
10. The holding at once of whole
series of local and district confer
ences and mass meetings to popular
ize the program of this national con-
ference and to organize the miners
for struggle in support of it.
The Miners Unity Committee of
Action will set up branches on dis
trict and sub-district and local scale,
to which affiliate the locals of the
NAU, synnpathizing locals of the u.
M. w. and other rank and file groups,
including unemployed councils and
groups of unemployed workers.
Miners, unite and fight" the pro-
gram ends, ut is high time to put a
stop to the starvation of ourselves
and our families. Fight for the right
to liveI Fight for milk for our. babies
Fight against starvation and slavery!"
The conference had a total of 685
delegates, representing seven states
Arkansas, Alabama, Illinois, Ken
lucky. West Virginia two districts)
and Pennsylvania western, central
and Anthracite DISTRICTS and Ohio
eastern and Hooking Valley fields)
The delegations represented 27O
mines, total of 35,279 miners work.
ing and 45,491 striking. There were
5S3 delegates who belong to the Ma
tional Miners Union, 65 delegates who
belong to the UMWA, and "a dele
gates from other groups.
There were Al registered women
delegates, with others unregistered In
attendance; 161 Negro delegates, and
167 miners under IS years of age.
The conference was organized, by
unanimous vote in each case, with
Frank Borich as chairman, with a
vice chairman from each district