The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-14
Pamphlet on
Insurance and
Role of A.F.L.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
AND THE A. F. OF L. The Fight
Of the Rank and File in the Am
erican Federation Of Labor for
Unemployment Insurance and
Relief.
Issued by the New York A. +. OF
L. Trade Union Committee for I'm
employment Insurance and Relief.
Price cents.
"All these concentrated attacks
by these labor chiefs on the I'M
employment insurance movement
did not, of course. stop the suf-
fer1ng of the workers in this coun-
try. Consequently, the sentiment
for government unemployment in
surance continued to grow and
grow especially among American
Federation of Labor members.
"a flood of letters and resolu-
tons beat against Green and the
officials of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. They decided to
shift their ground little, and to
present some makeshift unemploy-
ment insurance plan in order to
confuse the issue and defeat real
unemployment insurance. Hence
the decision of July %, 1882"
With these words, the excellent
new pamphlet, Unemployment In
Surance and the A. F. of L., issued
by the New York A. F. of l.. Trade
Union Committee for Unemploy-
ment Insurance and Relief, cor
rectly sums up the change of front
exhibited by william Green and
his officials toward the whole ques-
| ton of unemployment insurance
And now with the publication of
the pamphlet, comes word that
Green has appointed a committee
to draft an unemployment insur-
ance bill. to be offered - not, of
course, to the Federal government
for any possibility of immediate
action, but to the various state
legislatures for endless haggling
and delay.
TIMELY BOOKLET
No booklet could be more timely
or more important for the working
| class than this statement on the
fight of the rank and file in the
American Federation of Labor for
unemployment insurance and relief
Formed in New York City on Janu-
airy 81, 1882, at a conference re-
/ presenting 10 A. F. of L. unions,
! the Committee has for the past
10 months organized vigorously
and wisely the struggle of workers
in the A. F. of L. to secure unem-
| ployment insurance and relief.
Now with the coming conference
in Cincinnati, on Nov. % and %,
! it becomes of increasing import
arlce that every member of every
local union and labor organization
should participate in the fight for
unemployment insurance and re-
lief. The Committee asks all A.
F. of l.. local unions and affiliated
organizations to elect rank and file
delegates to the conference which
will be held in Cincinnati stimuli
ta1leously with the A. F. of L. con-
vention. This conference will elect
large delegation which will pre-
sent the demands of the rank and
file members of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor before the con-
vention.
1t is proposed that the workers
in this delegation present the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill and demand that the Amer
lean Federation of Labor go on
record favoring this bill, and carry
on a campaign for its adoption by
the United States Congress.
SPREAD PAMPHLET
The best preparation for this
Cincinnati conference and the i'm
portant work to be done there is
to spread this pamphlet, Unem-
! ployment Insurance and the A. +.
of L., by the million over the Uni
ted States. The first pamphlet is
sued by the committee was sold
out to the last copy, and an even
wider distribution is planned for
| this one.
Call upon your local union to or
der this pamphlet so that every
member of your organization shall
real it and participate in the fight
for unemployment insurance and
immediate relief. The material in
the pamphlet ana its presentation
have been carefully prepared, with
the help of the Labor Research As
ISOLATION, and it is one that you
can give to every member of your
union, whatever his present polit-
ical views, and be sure of his in
tereSt and attention. The price of
the pamphlet for organizations is
50 per hundred copies.
Order from the New York Amer
lean Federation of Labor Trade
Union Committee for UnempIoy-
ment Insurance and Relief, at 1893
Broadway. Room 1896, New York
City.
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