The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-31
Cleveland Meeting
Adopts United Plan
Against NRA Codes
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aimed merely against the so-called
"red" unions experience both in the
USA and elsewhere has clearly DEM
onstrated that it will swiftly develop
into a fascist attack upon all the
trade union and all dissenting ex-
preston. Hitler began with an at
organizationS but within few
tack upon Communists and left-wing
months had smashed the whole Ger
man trade union movement and out
lawed all political parties except the
Nazis.
Faced with such a dire crisis, the
workers assembled in the Cleveland
Conference have begun the task OF
rallying all their fightingorganization
in solid unity around workers pro-
gram. We call upon all workers and
working class organizations to develop
united struggles around the follow
ing demands:
1. For the preservation and re-
covery Of workers rights, for the
right to strike, to belong to any
union OF the workers own choos-
ing; for free speech, assembly and
press; for abolishing of all dis
elimination against the foreign
born and against women and youth
labor; for the release of all political
prisoners.
2. Immediate and substantial in
creases in wages in all industries
and for all workers.
8. A stubborn fight against all at
tempts to put over any wage re-
auctions under the guise of q mini
mum wage program.
4. For federal system Of social
insurance to be paid by the govern
ment and employers in order to
secure all workers against all in
voluntary unemployment at the
level of their previously established
standard of living.
5. Complete equality for the Ne
groes who are being subjected to
special discrimination under the
administration of the NRA. Com
plete solidarity Of white and Negro
workers.
8. Struggle against relief cuts,
evictions, foreclosures, and all at
tempts to shut off water, gas and
electricity from workers homes.
7. Against forced labor camps
commissary relief plans, and for
payment in cash at full trade union
wage rates on all public work.
We propose the following as meth
DDS for realizing the program:
1. Organize and support strikes
and demonstrations of employed
and unemployed workers. Rally all
forces for struggle against the cam
paign to smash the trade unions
and abolish democratic rights.
2. Initiate and support all efforts
of the workers to organize In shops,
mines, stores and offices, strengthen
the existing class unions and to
build fighting industrial unions to
carry on the class struggle of the
workers, against the bosses and boss
controlled government agencies.
Immediate conferences Of all genu-
inely militant elements in steel,
mining, textile and other industries
to unite the masses for struggle.
3. Agitate and organize in all
unions and other economic organi-
cations for the adoption Of fight
ing policy in line with the program
here set forth and against those
who follow the dangerous and de-
ceitful policy of cooperating har-
monously with the bosses.
4. Intensity the struggle against
autocratic, corrupt, and racketeer-
ing elements in the unions and
against the A. F. Of L. and socialist
off1cialdom which supports or toler-
ates such evils.
5. Build up the mass organixa-
tion Of unemployed workers; bring
them into close cooperation with
the employed workers; promote the
unification Of all mass organixa-
tons Of the unemployed, locally,
state wide and nationally.
8. Organize . broad campaign
for federal social insurance through
conference, demonstrations, meet
ings, collection Of signatures
Workers rouse yourselves, rally
your forces.
Against the Roosevelt New Deal"
OF hunger, wage cuts, starvation and
enslavement.
For the united front Of working
class struggle.
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