The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-23
Bv JOSEPH JACK

growing at the rate Of 1000 to 1900
new members each month.
The TUUL has 68 shop groups IN
plants of more than TOO members.
These plants total $4,000 employed
workers exclusive of the Needle
Trades mad 80 opposition groups in
class collaboration unions which have
A membership Of about $4,000. Thus,
including New Jersey, the apart OF
the TUUL has direct organized con-
tact with about $4,000 workers in
New York City and vicinity, while
its theological influence is even wider.
Upward Development
The TUUL in New York district
is distinctly in upward development
not only ideologically but organiza-
tionally as we'll, and our problems
are ones Of growth. The TUUL has
In the last six months led about 1000
workers in strikes against wage cuts
and for wage increases. The workers
defeated the wage cut in most Of the
strikes led by us and in the well or
ganized ones got wage increases and
shop committee or union recognition.
About SIS per cent Of the strikes we're
won, the rest were lost. 1t will be
seen from this that in the majority
OF the strikes we we're either victor
ious or partially successful. We are
becoming more proficient in leading
workers in action.
The Main Recent Activities
The last six months activities we're
marked by: ID Spreading and more
successful operation of our factory
groups (2) Building up OF opposition
groups in class collaboration unions.
60 Drive to eliminate burocratic
practices and organizational chaos in
the inner workings of our unions. a.
Beginning of activities to attract the
unemployed in the class collaboration
unions and in industry generally. 60
Crystallization of united front from
below tactics in practice in number
of industries.
Another characteristic of the last
six months activities is the growth of
our young organizations in the metal
and transport industries as well as
the growth of the shoe workers union
based not as in the past upon the
small shops but on the contrary upon
the large plants.
Coming Struggles
The perspective for 1882 is one OF
many more strikes than in the year
kone by. The wage cut offensive of
the bosses is now hitting also the Or
ganized labor aristocracy where wage
cuts of 10 to 80 per cent are demand
ed by the bosses even before the ex-
piration of the collective agreements
AS to the llnorganized which in this
district are about 80 per cent Of the
total Of the working class, they have
in most cases already received the
third wage cut amounting altogether
to 80 to 10 per cent Of their pros
perity" times wages and will in the
course Of the year undoubtedly re-
ceive a fourth one which will leave
the average wage of seni-skilled and
unskiIled at the low level of $40 to
SIC per week, while that Of the skilled
will vary between $40 to $45 per week
for full weeks work. Accompany
ing the wage reductions is further
nitensification of speed-up, part time
work, elimination of extra pay for
overtime, and in some trades among
the unorganized frightening Of the
working day as well.
In the first six months of the year
we have already about 5000 workers
out on strike under our leadership in
this district.
Dictatorship by Injunction
These strikes particularly those in
food mad metal show the enormous
obstacles the bourgeoisie is deter
mined to interpose and now in the
economic struggle, be that struggle
ever so small. The police protection
TO struck plants is something extra
ordinary. There are more police than
scabs and wherever there there is a
little bit OF fighting the place looks
like war camp inside of five min
utes with ali the police armament
in readiness from tear gas to machine
guns.
Particularly vicious has been the
use of court injunctions against us
which are obtained by the bosses with
extraordinary rapidity and Of
sweeping character prohibiting all
movement or organization from to q.
There are three types of injunctions
we have to deal with In this district:
l.. Injunction taken by small boss
covering the place struck.
2. Blanket injunction taken out by
a corporation, trust or bosses asso-
citation covering all shops or plants
under its jurisdiction, irrespective
whether the workers in many of them
are or are not on strike.
3. Blanket, permanent Injunction
taken out by the ALL. or socialist"
controlled union in agreement with
the bosses, prohibiting us from strik-
ing any Of the shops in the whole
trade whether organized or not, mo-
nopoly Of organization being claimed
by the ALL. union. Qn this kind
of trade whenever we succeed to or
ganize shop, the boss signs up with
the American Federation Of Labor,