The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-24


Of the outgoing administration
to discuss our achievements
and shortcomings, to examine
The activities of individual leaders,
to lay down the perspectives for
struggle during the coming year. On
the basis Of these perspectiyes the
workers elect leaders able to realize
, the tasks. All workers are eligible to
vote and to run for office.
How Our Elections Are Conducted.
Contrary to the procedure in local
"a and all other right wing unions
where the administration is afraid
to account to the members for its
work, cur union holds membership
meetings of the various departments
Of the union.
The leaders of our union bring re-
ports before the workers, inviting
the broadcast criticism on the part
OF the workers. Following the men,
bershjp meetings, the nominees are
popularized not only through the
press but through leaflets. The
names of the nominees who have
accepted for the various Offices are
being sent to the shops and discussed
at shop meetings. Arrangements are
being made for series Of open for
unls i'll every department, where every
worker can freely express his opinion
on the activities of those who have
conducted the union during the past
year and the qualifications of the
candidates that are running for the
various offices. Section meetings are
also being arranged by the various
departments SO as to reach out TO the
proadeSt masses of members.
Definite Gains Recorded.
During the past year. almost all the
departments have carried through
struggles involving thousands of
workers, have gained increases in
wages, shorter hours and in some
branches of the trade, have estab-
Ished an Unemployment insurance
funo,
The strikes conducted by our union
during the past year involved 29, 290
workers. The Increases gained in
wages amounted to tens of thousands
OF dollars s31, 1922 were collected
during the past year in back pay for
workers. We gained more than 5000
new members last year.
These figures deal only with the
lager departments and do not take
into account the numbers of white
seeds workers. bathrooe and other
miscellaneous trades which have not
as yet established proper records.
we have penetrated sections of
WcIA11s that have been unorganized
untH ncW, such as the fur Overs.
dress, knitg1ods, etc. We have orga-
n522d new department: custom tail
ors
These activities were not carried
through without any sacrifices on the
part Of the rnemberS. More than l.
25S aircsts too place. Approximately
leo were convicted Tor strike activity.
~ & time when the Gaformism con
if9sea union is on 8 constant decline.
Our mlioa is gaining thousands OF
members.
The Tasks Ahead.
The immediate tasks confronting
the leaders who will get the conf
aerce OF the workers in the coming
elections is to consolidate the gains
made during the past year, to in
tea3i5y the work Of drawing the
nenl 'c-5 into the various phases OF
ll'on activity We VIII have to I'M
1efossle systematic educational work
90 as to win ideologically those work
els who have recently Joined our
ailk5 to intensity our, work amongst
ne Negro workers and win these
workers by concrete struggles for
hejr interests
among the outstanding tasks at the
present moment, is the situation in
ne, Iln, cloak and dress trades. Be
tcre long, the agreement in the cloak
'aa9 w xplls. It viii be the task
q the Industrial Union to mobilize
nc cloaknlakers to fight. against the
establishment Of the piece work sys-
tenn and to develop the broadest
mass movement for a united front
'tflEe for Week-Work. In the dress
rade, our union has decided tn he
GIN preparations for general strike.
SUCH a general strike can be effective
tnly II ii viii be a strike on a scale
including the Various outlying ser
lions and the members of the Inter
national. The task of the incoming
administration win be to strengthen
the united front that is taking deen
goot amongst the dressn1akers as in
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