The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
FurrierS Prepare
to Win Demands;
Trade Board Meet


NEW YORK.-At the meeting of
the furriers' trade board of the IN
dustrial Union held last week, the
question of the demands to the Fur
Associated Manufacturers was taken
up and the mobilization for struggle
if necessary in order to enforce these
demands. The union today has an
agreement with the Fur Trimming
Association. The union also has con-
troll of large number of shops of
the Fur Associated Manufacturers
with which there is no agreement, at
the present time. The demands are
as follows:
/. Working hours and minimum
scale of the present agreement shall
be strictly enforced.
2. Six months division of work in
stead of three.
8. Workers to be entitled to jobs
and division of work after they work
in shop three weeks instead of
seven as in the present agreement.
4. Unemployment insurance fund
paid by the bosses and administered
by the workers.
5. No contracting or sub contract
ing.
6, Guarantees that the bosses will
not break the points of the agree
ment.
7. Overtime shall be permitted
only for limited number of hours
during the busy season and only in
such shops where there is absolutely
no room for other workers.
8. There shall be no so-called i'm
partial chairman.
9. No discrimination against Ne
gro workers, equal pay for equal work,
and the right of Negro workers to
work at all crafts.
Members to Meet
The membership meeting will be
held on Thursday, 2 p. m. at Irving
Plaza where these demands will be
discussed. On Wednesday there will
be an open forum at 131 w. 18th ST.,
at 2 p. m. to discuss these demands.
Wednesday night, at 7 p. m. there will
be q meeting of the Fur Trade Board,
Fight LAUDER Frame-Up
From a report in the Law Journal
it was learned that the fur bosses
and the Joint Council are once again
on the job to frame up Morris Lau-
Der. The grand jury which a few
months ago had hearing on this
murder frameup against LAUDER, last
Thursday at secret session brought
out an indictment against him. The
action of the grand jury came i'm
mediately after the district attorney
arrested the main witness of the
complainant, Chris Morris and
placed him under $4,000 bail for per-
jury. Chris Morris, who is employed
in shop of the chief of the Greek
bosses association, was used by the
bosses and the racketeer Joint Coun-
Gil as a witness against LAUDER. IN
der the threat of losing the Job, he
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torney and to state that he saw Nor
ris LAUDER assault one of Sam Shores
henchmen.
Exposes Prosecution
AS soon as he realized that his
false testimony is liable to mean life
imprisonment for LAUDER, he went to
the district attorney and told him the
truth. Through this confession the
whole frame up was knocked to
pieces. This accounted for the fact
that the Grand Jury up till last week
did not give out any decision. The
case would surely have been thrown
out Of court if the bosses and the
racketeers had not provided new
false witnesses. The new witness
comes from the same shop. Now
when the bosses through methods of
terror succeeded in getting another
false witness, it was used as an ex-
cuse for the Indictment.
The Industrial union calls on all
workers to assist the Defense Com
mittee in raising funds to carry on
the defense and free Morris LAUDER
from this murder frame-llp.