The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-03
ORGANIZATION METHODS


We have stressed on various occa-
sions the necessity Of in every union
and league having committee that
will occupy itself especially with or
ganizing and agitating the unem-
ployed. Thus far even these elemen-
tary methods of beginning to organ
ize this work has been fulfilled only
in the organizations mentioned above.
Only in a few has there been the
development OF mass Unemployed
Councils or branches in the indus
thy.
1t is necessary that this beginning
of organization be carried out every
where without exception. These COM
mittees should develop Systematically
activity to register the unemployed
members of their unions, as well as
non-union members, and find forms
to actiyize them to obtain relief for
those in need of it. Whenever neceS-
sary to get in touch with the neigh
borhood council in the territory
where the worker lives, this should
be done for common action,
1t is important in each case, how
ever, to bring into this activity the
greatest number of workers Of the
industry itself. The same procedure
can be adopted especially in connec-
ton with the activities for rent
strikes. In order to carry on the
Unions unemployed activity effective
ly, it may be necessary to make ar
rangements for the feeding Of a Ger
tain number of those active which
can be done through the activity It.
self and with the aid Of the union.
United Front
The Committee set up by the in
itiative of the Union for unemploy-
ed work should from the very be-
ginning pursue a united front tactic,
that is, recruit into the Unemployed
Council or branch in that particular
trade all workers irrespective Of af-
filiation, organized or unorganized
Although working closely with the
leadership of the union or oppoSi-
ton it shall appear before the work.
ers as an independent organization,
fighting for the interests OF the un-
employed, irrespective Of any politi-
cal grouping or affiliation. When
this committee work reaches the
stage in its activity OF having con-
siderable masses, 1t should form an
Unemployed Council.
While conducting the activities
among the unemployed, we must not
lose sight Of the fact that the trade
unions are the basic organizations Of
the workers and Systematically re-
cruit workers that are drawn into
struggle from the unemployed activ-
tiles into the Red Trade Unions and
Oppositions.
Those members of the unions or
oppositions who became active in the
neighborhood struggles, shall be or
ganized into the Red Trade Union
Fractions inside the Unemployed
Council. The same in the Unem-
ployed Councils in the different in
dustries as these become mass organ
izations, thus guaranteeing the unity
of the organized and unorganized
workers and the leading role of the
Red Trade Unions and Oppositions
in the struggle of the employed and
unemployed workers.
ACTIVITIES IN THE
A. r. OF L. UNIONS
In the reactionary unions the pur-
pose of this activity is in the first
place to get immediate relief and to
free the unemployed of all financial
obligations to the union as far as
dues payments, assessments, ETC., are
concerned, and to combat the treach-
erous policies Of the ALL. official
dom. For this purpose it is essential