The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-10

work and organize into a shop nu-
cleus where we will not do more
than what we are doing at pre-
sent"
DO NOT TAKE UP
GRIEVANCES
The fact remains - that these
comrades have not sufficient time
to discuss shop matters. They do
not divide the work among them
selves and establish individual re-
sponsibility for certain activities in
the shop. They do not plan care
fully how to bring in the Party
campaign into the shop. They are
not taking up every grievance of
the workers in the shop, and de-
velop daily struggles through which
they could prove themselves the &C
tua1 leaders in the shop.
After short discussion with the
comrades, we more or less Sue
ceeded in convincing them Of the
incorrectness of their arguments,
and we decided to establish a nu-
cleus.
IT did not take long and we could
! hear some of the comrades tell
ing us that "a shop nucleus is a
good thing. Not only does a nu-
cleus strengthen the revolutionary
union, but it becomes the back
bone of the union"
Not only do these comrades have
too few problems in this shop, but
the daily problems keep them all
quite busy. Through digging in
into the troubles of the workers,
our comrades begin to feel more
individual responsibility to these
workers. as Communists, as lead
ers, as part of the vanguard Of
the working class.
NUCLEUS TAKES UP
THE FIGHT
The boss was not asleep. He,
too, saw that the atmosphere got
hotter in the shop. The activities
developed by the nucleus among
the girls begin to bother him. Not
only did the Communists carry on
work, but more Party girls became
also a part of the leadership in
the shop. The boss decided to fire
the most active workers A COM
nittee of workers goes to the boss
to demand their reinstatement. The
boss manoeuvers on the one hand,
afraid of the militancy of the
workers On the other hand, the
workers militancy makes him de-
ter1nined to go thru with his plan.
But the workers of the shop are
behind this struggle, with the ex-
ception of a few professional scabs,
Next morning the boss was sur
prised to see the workers remain
ing outside the shop, refusing to
90 I'D to work. The determine
ton of the workers to fight and
defend their leaders. forced the
bosses to give in, The workers won
their demands.
MODELLING
FOR PARTY CAMPAIGNS
The work of the Communist nu-
cleus brings its fruits. Through
individual talks, through Party lit
erature and papers, the workers are
beginning to be more class-consci-
Gus. The struggles led in the shop
in the forefront of which were the
Communists, convinced the workers
that Communists are practical
people and know how to defend
their interests. The election cam
paign is on. The Communist Par
ty must have its candidates on
the ballot. For this reason, thou
sands of signatures of citizens are
needed to place the Party on the
ballot. The workers respond to the
call of the Communists in the shop
to put their shoulders to the wheel.
Twenty girls come out to help
place their candidates on the bal
lot.
MASS WORK
IN A SMALL SHOP
Can mass work be done in such
a small shop? The work of this
nucleus gives a clear answer to this
question: Many Of these workers
are helping to bring forward the
program of the revolutionary I'M
ions and the Party to hundreds
of other workers. These workers
are trying to convince other work.
ers to vote Communist in the COM
ing elections.
MASS work does not only mean
w demonstrations and street cor
ner meetings. Mass work does not
only mean thousands of leaflets.
According to the 14th Plenum Res
olution Of our Party, real mass
work can only be done through the
establishment Of solid personal con-
tact with the masses of the Aneri-
can workers.
MASS ARRESTS OF WORKERS
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