The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02


think their workers are well paid and
contented.
One week ago a worker died from
rupture sustained while at work -Four
more have been ruptured lately. The
girls tire and age quickly because of
their work on the conveyor belt. Their
task is to pick up crackers from hot
pans; they burn their finger tips and
if some blood comes from their
wounds and spoils a few crackers, the
forelady sees to it that the guilty"
girl gets her share of abuse. Part
time work and lay-offs are common,
and as matter of fact very few
workers have a five day week, but the
amount Of work done is larger than
when the week was and half days.
The Sunshine" has the greatest
real speedup in the world; it was
installed in the floor and baking de-
lErtmentS where only men work 1t
comes down from the mixing room
and the foremen receive their instruc-
tons every day as how to adjust"
their speed in accordance with the
production to be achieved. The
machines are adjusted" in the morn
ing and the foremen use large Yale
locks so that the workers cannot re-
duce the speed. This labor- saving
device permits the company to set
the speed at which hundreds of work
ers are compelled to work and it cuts
down production at the cost of their
health and lives.
The ovens are set at 700 degrees,
so imagine the life of the "oven-
men" These are supposed to be en-
titled to 40 minutes relief, but it
never comes; the speed-up is such
that most of the time these workers
have no time to eat their lunch. They
are the last to leave, when time for
dinner comes: they have pans in the
oven, and have to take them out and
see to it that the oven is clean and
ready to take more crackers soon
after the machines start anew.
Not only wage-cuts, overtime with
out pay, ever increasing speed up,
lay-offs, discharges, discrimination
and stool pigeons are the lot of the
Loose Wiles" Workers. The bosses
have established few profitable
rackets which help them pay their
fat dividends. An Insurance scheme
proposed by the bosses Gin the in
terests of you and your dependents"
raised the cost of an old policy, and
the terms of the new policy were at
the mercy of the Company who 're-
served the right to modify any of the
conditions or discontinue the ar
rangements at any time" Of course,
now with mass unemployment it is
very difficult for the Insurance Com
panies to insure individually, but they
get around the trouble by making ar
rangements with the large corpora
tons, employing thousands of work
ers, and by splitting the profits with
the bosses, the insurance companies
secure large. collective contracts. The
bosses on the other hand use the
necessary pressure to force the work
ers to take Voluntary" insurance.
This scheme Of the Sunshine bosses
was busted by the agitation carried
on in the shop by the Sunshine Or
ganization Committee, which is or
ganizing the workers for the struggle
for better conditions.
The laundry racket Is another
means Of coming money out of the
pockets Of the workers. Every one
is assessed 20 cents every week for
the laundry of the uniform.
The worst form of robbery outside
of the miserable wages and very bad
working conditions in the shop, is the
Sunshine Restaurant. Here prices
are 'ritzy." A thin slice Of bread
costs one cent. A small chunck of
butter costs one penny. The food Is
rotten: green ham, stinky stew, meat
balls, fish cakes, plenty of canned
food. Many cases of sickness and of
poisoning are frequently registered.
But what do the bosses care about
the welfare Of the workers, as long
as they grind money out of the sweat
and blood Of the workers they have
nothing to worry about.
But the workers of the Loose Wiles
Biscuit Company started TO organize
and fight back the attacks of the
bosses. They are organizing groups
in every department on the basis of
the immediate grievances: against
speed-up, lay-offs, discharges, wage
cuts, against the insurance, laundry
and restaurant rackets, etc. The
workers know that If they join to-
gether in their own organization, they
will be able to win better conditions;
they know that their only hope of OBJ
tanning victory in their demands is
through building their union! The
Food Workers Industrial Union is
the militant organization of the food
workers.
Workers of the Sunshine: Join the
Sunshine Organization Committee"
defend your rights to a decent hving!
For better conditions In the shop,
Join the Sunshine Organization Com
mittee! Write about your own par
ticular grievancesI Address your APP
plication and your letter to P. o.
Box AL, Station D., New York City.