The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-16
The U, S. Steel Wage
Cut and the Tasks
of the M. W. |. L.
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April shattered any remaining illu-
SionS that the iron and steel workers
may have had regarding the posi-
bility of that reformist union taking
up and leading the fight of the mill
men. The convention, which sat in
session for nine days while the papers
of the country we're full of open
statements announcing the impending
wage-cut, did not so much as put
forward one proposal or motion for
action against the new slash in wages.
The fighting program of the Metal
Workers Industrial League is the sole
hope of the steel workers and they
are rapidly rallying to the banners OF
the new union that is spreading
throughout the industry. The res
ponse of the thousands of workers in
McKeespo1t to the call and leadership
of our union to smash the terror
and establish the right of free speech
and assemblage was an indication OF
the growing confidence of the workers
in our union. The increase in mem
bership from 10 members in one of
the hug mills in the youngstown
district to 113 within few weeks
after the rtlmors of the approaching
wage-cut, is another indication. The
open struggle at the gates of the Be
public mill of hundreds of part-time
workers around the demands Of our
leaflets calling for struggle against
Job discrimination which resulted in
winning the demand, and series OF
other events in recent weeks must be
a sharp signal to our union that the
workers are ready to accept our
union and its program.
M. w. l. L. Must Come to Front
The M. w, 1. L. especially in the
Pittsburgh, Chicago and Youngstown
districts must Immediately come to
the front in this new wage-cut period,
must organize and lead intensive
daily struggles against the wage-cut,
linking UP as an integral part of the
campaign, the struggle for immediate
relief for part-time and unemployed
workers, and the struggle for more
days work each week. HNass dem
onstrationS must be organized at
once IN the important steel centers,
such as Pittsburgh, McKeesport,
Steubenville, Johnstown, Baltimore,
youngstown, Gary, Indiana Harbor
and South Chicago, rallying thous-
andS of employed and unemployed
steel workers for struggle against the
wage-cut and for immediate relief at
the expense of mill owners, the city.
state and government.
The National Buro of the MWIL
at its last meetin gemphasized the
Importance of the activity among
the part-time and unemployed steel
and general metal workers in the
fight against the wage-cut and the
campaign for the National Conven-
ton TO form the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union which will
be held in Pittsburgh on July 20, 80,
81 Although the slogan Organize
and Strike against the Wage Cut"
must be kept in the center of all our
daily activity, necessity for our union
giving immediate leadership to the
struggles of the part-time and unem-
ployed workers for relief. against
eviction ETC., is imperative. Care
must be taken, that our mill branches
and local leading committees do not
make the mistake of putting the en-
tire stress of the campaign solely on
the wage-cue, neglecting the de-
mands of the part-time and unem-
ployed workers. There can be no
successful rallying of thousands of