The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-20
i NITED DRESS
STRIKE FRONT
SPREADS IN N. Y.
Ten More Shops Join
Strike; Hold 2 United
Front Demonstrations

NEW YORK.-T7he mobilization
for a united front dress strike is
spreading throughout the entire dress
market. Hundreds of workers, OPP
pressed by the unbearable conditions
in the dress trade, are beginning 10
see way out of the open-shop con-
ditions and are responding In ever
greater numbers to the united front
movement.
Since the drive has started be-
tween 1900 and 1900 workers have
come down on strike and more than
700 have already returned to work
under improved conditions. The
strike movement is spreading to
many sections of the unorganized
workers. who have not been con-
nected with any union until now.
Must Spread Strike.
The spreading of this strike move
ment is the best answer that the
dressmakers can give to the terror
istic methods and fake strike con-
spiracies of the company union
agents and their allies, the Love
Stoneites, who, driven to despair by
the developing movement for unity
in the ranks of the workers, are at
tempting to terrorize the workers
The dressmakers who have gone
through the experience Of the COM
pany union fake strikes are deter
mined to fight back any attempts to
institute a reign of terror Many of
the company union gorilla commit
tees were bodily thrown out of the
dress shops where they came up to
| terrorize the workers.
Two Mass Meets.
The United Front Committee car
ried through two splendid open-air
meetings on seth st. and 4oth St,
! where the policy of the united front
in action was explained to the work
ers.
A real demonstration of solidarity
and united front action was shown
today in the instance of the Gloria
Dress Co. The workers Of this shop,
which is an industrial Union shop,
learned yesterday that their boss
took in work from an International
shop where the workers had been
striking against a lockout. They
Immediately reported this matter to
the United Front Committee and In
dustrial Union and the Industrial
Union declared the shop on strike.
This morning q committee OF the
Gloria Dress Co. went to meet com
n1ittee Of workers of the l.. Levine
| shop, the striking International
shop, an dproposed joint meeting
and q joint strike committee to carry
on the strike until the firm has been
forced to give in to the demands Of
the workers.
The workers OF the international
shop saw in this act Of solidarity a
real demonstration Of the effective
ness Of the united front, which
showed very definitely that while the
company union agents and the Love
stoneites are carrying on their strike
breaking activities, the Industrial
Union and the United Front Com
mittee are exerting all efforts TO
unite the workers and support every
struggle of the workers for union
conditions, no matter under what
name these strikes are being con-
! Quoted.
The United Front Committee calls
on all workers to join in the strike
movement. A special complaint de-
| partment has been opened UP at the
office of the Industrial Union, 1871 w.
18th st. Workers OF open shops are
called upon to bring in their COM
plants TO the office Of the union.
A meeting of all active dressmak-
ers of 37th and 38th SITS. has been
arranged by the United Front Com
mittee for tonight, Wednesday, right
after work, at So W. 37th st. A sim
liar meeting Of active workers OF 35th
and Both SITS. will take place at the
headquarters Of the Unemployed
Council, 422 Seventh Ave.
All active workers of these four
blocks are called upon to come to
their respective meetings and also
to report on the picket line at the
shops in their locality in support OF
the strikers.