The daily worker., 1932-10-26
HUNDREDS A.F.L. LOCALS
JOIN DEMAND FOR REAL .
UNEMPLOYED INSURANCE
COnnected With Resentment of Wage Cut
Hungry MembersAgainst $4,000 aYear Fakers
Huge National Rank and File Conference for
Insurance Is Assured; Cincinnati Nov. %

NEW YORK. - Louis Weinstock,
Secretary of the A. F. L. Committee
for Unemployment Insurance, recent
ly returned from q tour visiting
Cleveland, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Chi
cago, Minneapolis, Cincinnati and
Pittsburgh. He addressed mass meet
ings held under the auspices Of the
A. F. L. unions.
Unemployment among the mem
bers of the American Federation of
Labor Is mounting higher and higher
Members unable TO pay their dues
are suspended from their local uIN0ns
notwithstanding the fact that they
have been members in good stand
ing for many years. There is a gen.
eral revolt against the leadership Of
the international unions.
International officers, general orga-
nizers are receiving $4,000 to S20,-
900 salary while the membership in
the local unions is starving.
1t was called to Weinstock's at
tention that in many cities where
the members go on strike against
wage cuts, the International officers
step in and stop the strike, lower the
wages and wherever the membership
refuses to accept the reduction, the
lical unions charter is lifted, and
scabs are put to work under the pro-
lection of the international office.
For example: Plasterers Local 81 of
Pittsburgh, Pa, membership went out
on strike against wage-cut Of $500
and for rotation of the jobs. Jos.
McIlveen, It'll. Vice-P President of the
Plasterers Union, stepped in and re-
voked their charter, called off the
strike, accepted the wage cut, placed
scabs on the job and took out an
Injunction against the strikers.
Hundreds of Locals Endorse.
Members of the A. F. L. who at
tended the mass meetings promised
their full support to the Cincinnati
conference called by the New Yo.k
A. F. L. Committee for Unemploy
ment Insurance and the other ex-
isting A. F. L. committees for unem-
ployment insurance. Hundreds Of 10
cal unions notified the New York
A. F. L. Committees Office of their
participation in the Cincinnati con-
ference.
The A. F. L. convention is going
to be held in Hotel Netherland, the
ritziest scab hotel in Cincinnati. The
conference of the rank and file will
be held in the A. F. L. Hall, 1918
Walnut ST., Cincinnati, Ohio on Nov.
% and %. This conference will dis
cuss the problem confronting the
membership of the A. F. L. The con-
fe.rn will work out plans for un-
employment insurance, immediate re-
lief, program to fight against sus-
pension and expulsion Of members,
for exempt stamps for the unem-
ployed. cutting salaries of the high
officials, and eliminating as many as
possible.
The New York A. F.. L. Trade Union
Committee for Unemployment In
surance will hold a conference in
New York City on November IL, and
many local unions are expected to
participate.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 25. --
It became known here today that the
Executive Council Of the A. +. L.
with William Green, present. has
been meeting here secretly for the
last five days trying to decide how
they will meet the rising demand of
the rank and file in A. F. L. unions
for unemployment insurance. Opin-
ions of the council members range
from open defiance of the member
ship and no insurance plan allowed
on the floor Of the convention, to a
plan proposed by the executive coun-
Gil which can seem to promise some
thing without actually doing so.