The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06

tools, Halkett and his henchme
ell, is arousing a storm of
protest and action among the
rank and file of the workers.
The fact that among the
bosses who gave orders to Hal
kett are some of the largest general
building contractors in the United
States shows that the treacherous
New Yok sell-out is only the begin
ming OF a general attack on all
building and construction workers in
this country. The bosses and the
racketeering oficialdom OF the build
ing trades unions are most brutally
using the starvation conditions due
TO the terrific unemployment among
the building trades workers to force
through their plans of a coming
series of wage-cuts, more unbear-
able speed-up than ever before, a
smashing of all union standards to
force the building trades workers to
accept slavery and starvation on an
unprecedented scale.
AS result of the pressure from the
membership the leaders of twenty
New York local unionc, chiefly of the
trowel trades, have been forced to
repudiate the wage-cut agreement
signed by Halkett without consulting
the membership.
Elevator Workers
The officials of the Elevator Con-
srruction Union also have been COM
PEELED by the growing protest of the
rank and file to make a threat of
strike by the 10000 elevator construc-
ton workers in this country and
Canada, in which, however, they are
playing the same game as the New
York Building Trades Council in an
effort to keep control of the rebelious
membership.
Tnter-local conferences to take ac-
tien on these conditions of increasing
misery have already taken place
among the painters and carpenters
local unions in New York. Eight
painters local unions and six car
fenters locals took part in these two
conferences, which were initiated by
the rank and file over the heads and
against the strenuous opposition the
takers of the district councils Of
thess trades.
Can fer Strike Action
The Building and Construction
Workers Industrial League calls on
al workers in the building trades to
unite with the rank and file of the
Wsvator Constructors and the other
unions that have repudiated the
wage-cut agreement for a united
front struggle against the hetraying
ofhclaldon1 and the bosses. The
League urges the calling of mass
meetings in all trades, such as are
being called by the conferences of
the carpenters and painters, as
means of n1obilizlng the building
trades workers for strike under rank
and file leadership.
The League further urges that
great Importance of setting up Job
and shop committees of the rank and
file. drawing in all workers the IN
organized as well as the organized,
and calls on all building trades
workers to build on this basis oppo-
sition movements in the unions for
the purpose of fighting against all
wage-cuts, and uniting all building
trades workers in the struggle for
Unemployment Insurance and Imme-
date Relief, and for throwing out
the traitoreus, racketeering Official
dom and setting up of rank and file
leadership and policies Of militant
struggle for maintenance of condi-
tons
The B. e. c. w. L L. urges all
building trades workers to take action
on these lines as the only way to
effectively prepare for militant strike
struggle against the present and
corning attacks OF the bosses and
the betrayals by the labor takers.