The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-19

tiyities of the militant unions, the
BOSSES with the help of the socialist
and ALL. bureaucracy, once more
undertook vicious campaign of in
functions. In New York City and
throughout the country, the direct in
reference and vicious use of the ma
chinery of the government, in the
smashing of strikes, has developed to
an unprecedented degree.
Injunctions against strikes have
been issued for the last fifty years,
but never have they been SO wide
spread, so vicious, arrogant and dras-
tic as these inju2ctions are now ap-
piled to the revolutionary unions.
Blanket injunctions are issued pro-
hibiting TUUL unions to organize
workers in given industry The
AFL and socialist bureaucracy have
become the most outSpoken champ
ions of injunctions as is the case in
food and lately in the needle in
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1t goes without saying that the
policy Of the TUUL unions is to mob
ilize the workers to violate and smash
every injunction by mass picketing.
AS soon as the workers undertake the
struggle against injunctions, the no.
toriouS Section 900 Of the Penal Code
Of the State of New York is immed-
lately invoked
Section 500 declares: "WiIfuu dis
obedience to the lawful process or
other mandate of a court is mis-
demeanor." Mass arrests take place,
workers are given no opportunity to
answer charges against them, our
lawyers are not given the right to
cross examination. The court becomes
the prosecutor, judge and attorney.
No jury, no indictment, no pleading.
no trial, and the workers are found
guilty of contempt of court" and
are immediately fined and impris-
oned.
During last year 1900 food workers
we're arrested in the struggle against
injunctions and 1000 we're convicted.
In the cafeteria workers strike 1900
we're arrested, $50 were given jail SEN
fences totalling 1900 days in jail
Four hundred additional arrests were
made under Section 600 resulting In
240 convictions and total of 1900
days in Jail for our militant workers.
In the last general strike of shoe
workers there were 700 arrests and
800 convictions.
Scores of Injunctions
Immediately after the Furniture
Workers Industrial Union was FORM
ed, few months ago, and strike
struggles developed in Brooklyn, the
newly organized union was right away
faced with score of injunctions AS
these lines are written, one of the
most vicious injunctions was issued
against the Metal Workers Industrial
League and the Trade Union Unity
Council, in connection with the strike
OF the Durable Tool Co., has been
issued. The Food Workers Industrial
Union gets new injunctions every day.
In the present strike of the fish work.
ers, So bosses signed an injunction
against the union.
United Front of Reaction
The bosses together with the New
York Chamber of Commerce and the
American Federation of Labor buro-
crazy are trying through injunctions,
to outlaw and declare illegal the
Trade Union Unity League unions.
These enemies of the working class
are actually putting into affect the
recent statement of the Secretary of
Labor, Doak, when he publicly de-
clared that the Trade Union Unity
League is an "outlawed organization. ="
Unless the menace of injunctions
is checked by determined action, 1t
will still further spread and act as
break on the workers. The very
elementary rights of the workers, that
have been won as a result of many
years of struggle and sacrifice are
now challenged by the bosses.
In these glorious United States
cradle Of liberty, champion Of demo-
cracy, land Of the free and home of
the brave" the right to strike, the
right to picket is being wiped out
The bosses class is going to the
limit to accomplish this task. Wasn't
Steve Katovis murdered on the picket
line. Aren't there dozens of militant
member of T.U.U.L. unions now serv-
ing long jail sentences?
Must Broaden the Fighting Front
Workers Of one shop, trade or even
industry alone cannot fight against
the injunction menace. 1t must be
a class fight. Unfortunately this has
not as yet been recognized, even by
our own unions and leagues. For
months the Food Workers Industrial
Union is battling injunctions, putting
up a militant fight. What help did
they get from the rest OF the work
ers? How much help did the Fur
nttire Workers Union get when they
were faced with injunctdons? And
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