The daily worker., 1931-12-18
Fur Conference of 2 Unions
Elects United Leadership
Declares for Broad Organization and Fight
Against Present Evils; Warns Bosses Kauf-
man Bargains Will Be Repudiated

NEW YORK.--The Unity Confer
ence of fur workers, consisting OF
representatives of the Fur Depart
ment of the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union and the elected
Joint Council OF the International
Fur workers, held last night at Web
ster Hall, adopted a definite plan as
The basis for united action to estsb-
lish union conditions in the fur trade,
The Unity Committee will imme-
diately proceed to put into effect this
unity Of action and to mobilize the
fur workers for real struggles at the
expiration of the agreement. The
plan is contained in a resolution
which says:
1--WE Immediately proclaim unity In
the ranks Of al fur workers, regard
less OF their political beliefs, and
union affiliations, on the basis of the
program adopted by the mass meet
ing Of fur workers at Cooper Union.
September II, 1881.
"a United Front Committee Is to
be elected by this mass conference
to carry out in practice all decisions
OF the conference and the program
adopted III Cooper Union.
'"The elected United Front Com
nlittee Will inform the employers as
| sociations and individual employers
that any contracts between the en-
ployers and the Kaufman clique,
which calls itself Joint Council OF
the International Workers Union, af-
fihated with the A. F. Of L. but
which was not elected by, does moi
represent. and is repudiated by the
fur workers, will not be recognized by
the fur workers, members of the
Joint Council and the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union.
'"The only bodies authorized X
confer and negotiate With the en-
ployers about the conditions of tht
fur workers. are either the worker
themselves through the established
shop unity committees, or the repre-
sentatives Of the United Front Com
nittee, of the Joint Council and tht
Needle Trades Workers Industria
Union, and that no agreement vii
be recognized unless approved by tn,
fur workers.
To Take Referendum.
"The elected United Front Commit
tee stands instructed to submit thi
program and all other decisions O
this conference as the basis for unitet
action to a referendum vote to tn,
fur workers, and that all fur workers
regardless of their union affiliations
have the right to participate in thi
referendum vote.
"The elected United Front Com
mittee shall Immediately proceed t,
organize shop unity committees ant
to mobilize all fur workers, regard
less Of their union affiliations TO
struggles for union conditions, uniol
, wages, union control and jobs for tn
unemployed, in accordance with tn
program adopted by the Coope
Union meeting.
THE elected United Front Com
nittee shall issue a call to all tn
, fur workers to unite and organize il
the shops under the leadership O
their elected unity committee for tn
struggles for better working and liv
ing conditions, for active resistanc
against exploitation of the bosses an
their agents. against extortion an
terror Of the company union agents
and rally in support of the activitie
Of the United Front Committee, NOR
ally, financially, so that with unite
ranks to put an end to the bruts
exploitation, speed-up. sub-contract
. ing, wage cuts, piece work, long hou
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