The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-25
Directves to the Kentucky Rank and File Miners on
How to Organize and Conduct the Strike

of every phase of strike machinery
90 The entire preparation of the strike must
result in the strengthening of the union poll
ticaly and organizationaly. 1t must be under
stood that the NJ M u is the backbone of the
strike and the unemployed movement as well
as of the whole strike machinery The imme-
date task of the union is to popularize the
strike demands. to expose the campaign of the
coal operators and the government and to take
initiative to build the united front movement
to check up the work of various strike prepara-
ton apparatus mass campaign must be de-
veoped to recruit new members in the union.
by activizing every member of the union.
Organization of the Strike Machinery
Cd On the date of the strike mass meeting
must be held in every mine and broad rank
and file strike committee elected. The strike
preparation committees shall prepare the list
of the most active miners to be elected on the
local strike committee. The local strike COM
mittee must Immediately undertake to register
every striker and assign them to do special work
such as relief, defense, picketing education, etc
The necessity of real discipline must be en-
phasized at all meetings and must be expressed
in the active work of all strikers
co The local strike committee shall take
charge of all committees established in the
course of strike preparation, such as defense
committee, relief committee, ETC., strengthen
these committees ar see to it that they func-
ton properlv The local strike 1nittee is to
establish Women's Committee, Negro Commit
tee and the Youth Committee to carry on the
work among these categories Of the yorkers The
entire work must be condr ID by the Buro of
the STRIKE committee which shall consist Of the
chairman, secretary and the heads of various
committees
90 The first task in the strike is to con-
solidate and to spread the strike in the Ken
lucky field. 1t is the task Of each strike COM
mittee to give necessary help to the mines where
the help is necessary.
"a Picket lines must be organized in front Of
every mine involving men, women and children
and especially Negroes. To strengthen the con-
nections with the railroad workers we shall or
ganize picketing at the railroad stations and
yards Mass marches and demonstrations of
the strikers and unemployed must be organized
throughout the strike area.
% The locel strike committees shall see to
it that dances. affairs, sports and other social
activities are organized regularly. The Negro
workers must be involved in all of these social
affairs Negro workers must be brought into
the leadership of the strike committees.
90 The local strike committee shall elect
permanent representatives to the Central Strike
Committee and to the respective Section Strike
Committees.
Cd AS soon as the strike begins each local
strike committee shall send detailed report to
the Central Strike Committee. Permanent sys-
tenn of courier must be established to carry out
special directives. In each mine a system Of
couriers shall be established
Presentation Of Demands to Coal Operators
~ The demands adopted by the union con-
vention must be presented by the strike COM
mittee and the N. M U. Immediately to the coal
operators. In the letter to the coal operators
attached to the demands the following demands
must be emphasized: (a) wage scale, (b) recog-
milton of the N M. U. and the mine committee,
Co union checkweighmen, CD unemployment Of
all blacklisted miners, (e) withdrawal OF all
armed forces from the field and the withdrawal
Of charges against the arrested miners 20 I'M
mediate relief for the unemployed. Letter must
also emphasize that there shall be no discrin-
nation against the Negro miners IN any form
specifying concretey the forms Of discrimina-
tion to be eliminated These win be indicated
further. Day for negotiations must be proposed
TO the coal operators
Spreading the Strike.
ID The main strategy after the strike starts
must be to consolidate and spread the strike In
Kentucy and ON this basis 10 spread the stries
INTO ottse acuyhnn coal AesdR
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