The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-03

N. Il. w. 1. U. has won victory after
1t has done this in time of in,
tense depression when the old theory
OF trade union work taught that
nothing could be done, except, per-
haps, to hold together part of the
organization for future struggles.
The Fur Strike
Particularly in the fur trades has
the militant NJ T. w. I. U. demon
strated that strikes CAN be won and
conditions improved in time of in
dustrial crisis. The fur workers of
New York come to the Third Con-
vention of their union with record
OF victory against the bosses, and
against McGrady of the A. F. L., and
against the whole misleadership of
the International Fur Workers. It's
victory is so complete in over 300
shops in the strike just finished that
now a whole employers association
recognizes it, and makes an agree
ment with the N. T. w. I. U.
The lessons of these two years of
struggles will be discussed and ap-
piled in this convention, particularly
those OF the united front.
0rganizationaI Forms
But the convention is not merely
on tactics 1t is the highest leading
body Of the union, the direct voice
of the rank and file. Discussions in
every shop and in a whole series of
district conventions are now taking
place, on the question of the or
ganizational structure of the union.
The convention decides that. (The
Daily Worker will be glad, within the
limits of its space, to print discus
sion articles on this matter)
Questions Coming Up
Rose Wortis, national recording
secretary of the union, states that
the convention should build an or
ganizational structure and outline
policies and methods of work that
will insure the following:
Ito Systematically build the
union in the shops. The decision on
this point will have to be based on
the closest examination of the ex-
periences we had throughout the
country in our shop work.
2-The realization of real working
class democracy in the activities and
the conduct Of the union This
problem can be solved only by es-
tablishing forms of organizational
closest to the workers in the shop
and district. Meetings must be or
ganized on a small scale in the dis
trict where the workers are en-
ployed called together promptly with
no unnecessary waste of time to
discuss all problems in simple Ian
guages so that the workers will not
be overawed by high sounding phra-
seology.
3.-To build up shop council bodies
as the real leaders of the union and
help to establish systematic regular
shop meetings where the delegates
can bring their reports and discuss
these reports with the workers of the
respective shops.
Awhile paying the closest atten-
ton to trade problems, not to fail
to bring to the attention of the
workers of the particular trade gem
eral problems of the union so as to
develop the feeling amongst these
workers that these problems are in
terconnected, and their trade prob
lens cannot be solved properly or
their trade organized without at the
same time organized and building
and strengthening the union as a
whole.
$40 establish closer contact be-
tween one trade and another by
joint meetings and modelling Of all
the workers of one trade for the
struggle if another trade.
6.-By establishing and strength
ening the organization department
not merely as a committee to send
out workers to take down shops on
strike but an organization commit
tee that is the nerve center of the
entire union, an organization de-
partment that gives leadership and
guidance to the trade committees and
to the various sub committees, and
all other problems relating to the
life of the organization of the entire
union.
by placing to the forefront in
every organization, the Importance Of
educational activities, this is of i'm
portance now when the most in
significant struggle of the workers is