The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-27

to come to the Cooper Union mass
meeting arranged by the Unity Com
nittee Of the Joint Council and the
Industrial Union today, 4 o'clock. At
this meeting the furriers will dis
cuss the situation in the trade, the
question of the mobilization for the
struggle to secure better conditions In
the shops, to repudiate the agree
ment signed by Kaufman and the
bosses, and will discuss all other
plans for unifying the ranks Of the
frrriers to fight for union conditions
and jobs for the unemployed.
In the call to the fur workers the
Unity Committee asks all the work
ers to come with their books, ire
spective of whether they are books OF
the Industrial Union or Of the Joint
Council. Ben Gold, chairman Of the
Unity Committee and Cohen, secre-
tary of the committee, Will report on
the activities carried on by the Unity
Committee since its organization and
further plans OF activities.
Dressmakers Mobilizing For United
Front Shop Conference to Decide
on Strike.
The dress market was alive today
with discussion about the coming
United Front Shop Conference which
will take the final steps TO mobilize
the dressmakers for the strike. At a
meeting of shop chairman and COM
mittees of the Industrial Union shops
last night, the workers discussed the
demands and pledged not only to see
that all shops of the Industrial Union
are represented, but to establish con-
tact with all the open shops in their
buildings so as to make this real
mass conference that will come out
to the final preparations for a mass
strike in the dress industry.
While the ranks of the dressmakers
are being unified under the leader
ship Of the United Front Committee,
the company union agents who are
planning to carry through a fake
strike lockout with the aid of the
bosses and dudley Field Malone, are
going on with their strikebreaking
activities.
The united front action Of the In
dustrial Union in the case of the
Gloria Dress Co., which went down
on strike in sympathy with the work
ers of the International shop, L.
Levine, has shown to the workers
how the Industrial Union is fighting
for the interests Of the workers.
This growing unity in the ranks OF
the workers is driving the Interna-
tional to despair. BY their actions
they are openly showing that they
fear the spreading Of the united front
among the workers over whom they
have organizational control. A spe-
cific illustration Of the strtkebreak-
ing role Of the company union anc
their fear OF the workers is shown II
the developments around the shop o.
the Annette Dress Co., formerly tht
Esta Dress Co. This shop was good
union shop, controlled by the Indus.
trial Union.
Last week the firm locked out III
workers because they refused to &C.
cept a wage cut I'd is now attempt.
ing to make the work in 1nterns.
tional shops. Last week commit
tee of the Annette Dress, consisting
Of the shop committee, Belgar
Schneider and Balls, went up to thu
shop OF Levine, 116 w. 22nd st. The!
informed the workers that their firm
was making the work Of the strikin;
shop.
This shop is an International shop
The workers Of the shop agreed h
have meeting and invited the com
nlittee to attend this meeting. Blus
TEN, manager Of the company uriol
local, refused to meet with the shop
sending in one Of his lieutenants.
When the committee came he re
fused them admission and openly in
structed the workers to go on seab
bing unless the strikers agree to joii