The Omaha guide., 1933-10-07
FIGHT NRA ATTACKS by
CAMPAIGN FOR J0BLESS
INSURANCE
BY I.AMTER

Ns 0Aa oONA0A xIlSuI-
ance has become the central issue be-
for the working class. Although mil
lions Of workers still suffer from the
illusion that the MIRA will bring back
work and prosperity, the application
OF the codes is showing to the masses
that it was not introduced for this
purpose. The workers in the shops are
finding in their pay envelopes that N.
r.. A. Is fizzle and aims to put
more burdens On the shoulders Of the
workers. The unemployed, looking
forward to employment, find that ia
stead of production increasing and
workers being hired, factories are
closing down and the lines Of the un-
employed are growing.
This, the fifth year Of the crisis,
will be the bitterest that the workers
Of this country have e passed
through. Not only will the number Of
jobless grow, but relief is already be-
ing cut Workers doing relief work
viii be in direct competition with So.
called "freAs wckers whose wages
and conditions will be brought down
to that of~the relief workers. This is
already taking place in various parts
OF the country. The only safeguard
that Z tho unemployed will come
through the winter without further
hardship; the only safeguard that the
workers in the shops working part
time, those fired or laid off because
OF sickness, accident, old age or
maternity, will have, is through Un-
employment and Social Insurance.
The Conference for United Action,
which was held in Cleveland on Aug.
ust 1921, recognized this situation
and put the struggle for the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill into
the center of its program. The con-
ference adopted the following state
ment:
1--WE call upon all unions as well as
all unemployed organizations and the
working masses as a whole every
where to initiate, conduct and sup
port q sustained struggle for the en-
actment of the Workers Unemplsy.
ment and Social Insurance Bill, max
ing this a part. of every local struggle
Steps To Be Taken
ITO this end we propose that:
1. In states where the initiative
referendum is provided for, a for.
NAL referendum shall be Conducted.
2 Where this is not possible we
shall conduct struggles supported by
a signature campaign to force the
state legislatures to enact this bill
pending action by Congress.
8. All city and county govern
ment bodies and all individual mem
bers Of legislative bodies shall be of.
ficially call upon Congress and thu
state legislatures Immediately to en-.
act this Bill"
The Cleveland conference also not.
ed that masses Of workers are being
discharged without any provision fol
their welfare. The workers have nc
savings; MIRA does not guarantee
them jobs They work q few hours, q
Few days-and then are laid off OF
fired. The conference therefore de.
clared:
"This national conference Of trade
unions and unemployed organizations
calls upon all workers bodies to in.
clude provisions for unemployment
relief in all codes drafted under the
NRA or, in where practical, il
agreements with the employers
These provisions should include a dis
missal wage equivalent to one mon
tbs wages to be paid each worker b,
the employer at the time of dischare.
or lay off. and relief payments by thu
employer to continue for the duration
OF unemployment at the rate of-(tc
be determined in each situation.)
"All organizations are called upo1
to work for the immediate amend
ment along these lines of all indus
trial codes already drafted"
Stimulates Activity
These issues face not only the un
employed but also the EMPLOYED
workers. The struggle for the Work.
ers Bill must be stimulated. It is moi
a fight only of or in the interest OF
the unemployed workers. 1t is q
struggle for the security Of the
WHOLE working class.
The Workers Unemployment and
Social Insurance Bill is the ONLY
bill before the people of this country