The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-19

' The strike so completely paralyzed
the trade that Association represent
atives came to the union and asked
for a conference with the strikers
Wednesday. The conference. which
lasted all Wednesday night, was re-
continued YESTERDAY and was still in
session as the Daily Worker goes to
press.
The following important points
have eiready been agreed upon:
!. Week work. 2. The A0-hour
5-dav week. 3. A minimum wage
scale to take effect as follows: $4,000
for first class cutters. S440o for sec
ond class cutters. $41.80 for first
class operators. $500 for second
claes operators. $3.50 fee first class
nailere. $23.n0 for second class nail
n~s $3.50 for first class ftnishers
5000 for second class finishers. 4
A minimum of one unemployed
urorlrer to be taken into each shop
IS. Overtime work to be restricted
even during the season. In shops
where all work pieces are oceupied
(! . hours overtime shs1I be the limit
Wcrl.e~s srall be paid time end p
half for this work 6. Paw for
! leeel HOLIDAYS. 7. Equal division Of
work. 8. No discrimination against
NEGROES. 9. Equal paw for equal
work. 10. No contracting. II. In
thirtv days after the agreement is
ratified by both parties a conference
will be called for the establishment
of an unemployment insurance fund
Mass Meeting Today
A full report of the conference
with the Association Representatives
will be given at mass meeting tc
be held at Cooper Union today at
4:30. Here the workers will discuss
and act on the points of the agree
ment.
5000 Involved
The present strike involves around
/ 5000 fur workers and has not only
won great increases in wages for the
! furriers but has driven the A. F. Of
L. officials completely from the ful
trimming section. Union leaders
declared yesterday that the next bis
fight of the union will be directed
against the shops of the Fur Manu-
| facturers Association.
News of the advances made by the
strikers spread through the fuI
market like wild frie. Workers spur
red on by the news proceeded tt
stop off more shops.
Workers Hail Strike
A
signed by workers in the settled
shops flooded the Office of the un.
ion. The following is typical of the
number of resolutions received:
eve, the workers of Newfield g.
Weiss, $50 w. both ST., on strike
under the leadership of the Fur
Department of the Industrial I'm
ion, enthusiastically accept the set
tlement made for our shop on the
basis Of which we receive increases
ranging from IS to $40 per week.
1.-THE negotiations carried on by
the Industrial Union together with
our shop committee for our de-
mands and the gains won by us
are convincing proof that the In
dustrial Union is fighting in the
interests Of the workers and is
winning substantial gains which
will raise the conditions of the
workers not only in our shop but
in the trade as a whole"
Protest Frame-up
The mass meeting to be held in
Cooper Union will also protest a.
gainst the vicious frame-up against
Morris Larber. militant furrier held
on a trumped up murder charge
Plans for the mass defense of Lar
Der will be worked out at the meet
ing.
Laber was arrested in the ful
market last Friday where he was &C
tive in the strike. A charge of MUIR
der was placed against him Wednss-
day. following the death of a pro-
fessional strike-breaker who is re-
ported to have been injured in the
market last week.