The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-07
Shoe Strikers Vote
to End Strike When
Their Terms AreMet
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stated without discrimination, until
work is distributed equally and wages
are adjusted to provide increases for
every worker and until the bosses
have entered these terms on paper
and signed their names to an agree
nent with each shop committee re-
spectively."
Biedenkapp pre- sente d to the
strikers the decision of the National
Labor Board in full, analysing every
section of the agreement. ut is not
100 per cent victory" Biedenkapp
declared. But out OF our IA weeks
strike, we have won certain victories
We have signed up rs shops, involv-
ing 5000 workers, under union con-
ditions and we have forced the Ma
tional Labor Board to make certain
concessions on paper which we will
compel the bosses through our or
ganized force and our solidarity to
put into effect"
1--WE accept the decision OF the
National Labor Board but declare
that the wages provided will not fur
nish living wage for the strikers
and that all wage adjustments must
be on the basis of decent standard.
We protest against the decision
which declares that no workers con-
victed of committing violence or de-
Struction Of property shall be rein
stated as 1t opens the doors wide
to framing UP the workers in order
to discriminate against the most ac-
tive union men and deny the right
to work"
Referring to the election ON jan
uary 2, Biedenkapp declared that the
delay was trick intended to break
the solidarity of the workers. 1--WE
go bark to the shops organized and
we will prepare to meet any attempts
to disrupt our ranks from within.
We will vote on January and the
National Labor Board is invited to
be present. But the Board will get
it's answer and after that, we expect
the Board to recognize its own deci-
sion by recognizing the Shoe and
Leather Workers Industrial Union"
The strikers meet tomorrow to elect
their shop committees to meet with
the bosses and they will report back
to the union, the decisions before
any movement to the shops begins.
The National Labor Board deci-
sion, made after weeks of conference
with the N.R.A., after the obvious
tactics of discouraging the strikers
by delays and after injunctions and
arrests had failed to demoralize their
ranks, contains the following terms:
l. The workers are to be rein
stated without discrimination.
2. There shall be equal division
of work with the exception that
where this Is Hardship" the board
grant exemptions. Workers con
victed of the commission Of violence
or the destruction of property" are
not to be reinstated.
3. An election is to be held on
January 2, 1894, each shop under the
Boards supervision 10 select the rep
resentatives Of the workers. Con-
tracts with unicns since the strike,
where the ma ioIity of the strikers
did not return to work, are held in
valid.
4. Wages and hours shall be sub
iect to collective bargaining, after the
elections. Pending this the workers
shall elect their own shop committees
to represent them.
5. Wages shall be increased by 10
per cent over the 45-hour sca,9 prior
to the strike and hours shall be re-
duced to 10.
5. Disputes are to be submitted to
the National Labor Board for final
decision.