The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-21
National Com mite e
Speaks for 1,200
Local Unions

the COnfllbLee. Inc COIIlIIlII66, LSdu-
ed by Weinstock was elected from
the A. r. of l.. convention hall. "The
program calls for the organization by
the A. F. of l.. of a general struggle
on a nation wide scale for the Work
ers Unemployment and Social InSur-
ance Bill, and for its incorporation in
all codes, and the initiation of united
front conferences for the adoption OF
the BILL" Weinstock stated. The pro-
gram should be discussed and acted
on in all local unions, he said.
The rank and file of the A. F. of
L. demands revision of all codes up
wards monthly to meet rising living
i costs; special provisions in all codes
to decrease the inhuman speed-up
system now practiced on workers;
the enforcement by all effective
methods of the unrestricted rights to
organize, strike and picket, for free
speech, and assemblage for workers,
and against compulsory arbitration
and injunctions.
1.-THE A. F. of L. Trade Union Com
mittee for Unemployment Insurance
and Relief calls on the A. F. of L..
as its national policy to carry out
mass violations by the A. F. of L..
and its affiliated unions, of injunc-
lions which are against these ele-
mentary rights of the workers." said
Weinstock.
The statement of the Unemploy-
ment committee calls for the imme-
date withdrawal of all A. F. of L..
officials from all MIRA. boards and
committees, since the actions of the
A. F. of l.. officials as labor repre-
sentatives are detrimental to labor
and serve the interests of the en-
ployers, as proven in their actions
| in signing such codes as coal, auto,
etc." The program also calls for 'the
Reputation of all anti-strike agree
ments, such as the supplement to the
coal code, and struggle against all
attempts to make this a policy for
United States labor"
Weinstock stated that 1.-THE A. F.
of L. Committee for Unemployment
Insurance and Relief demands a
fight against all forms of company
unionism, both open and concealed,
4 and the formation of united COM
mittees of action representing all
groups of workers, against company
unionism and against company spy
and private police systems. We de-
mand the elimination from all union
constitutions and bylaws of all Sec
lions discriminating against Negro
workers, and the condemnation and
removal of all open and covered re-
strictions upon the right of the
Negro workers to hold official posi-
lions in the union. We demand the
incorporation into all codes of a spe-
cial section assuring equality for
Negro workers in the right to jobs
and for the same wages and hours
of labor"
These demands, which Weinstock
declared the only means Of building
and strengthening the American la
Dor movement, include: special pro-
| lection in all codes for young work
ers, elimination of all child labor;
| against forced labor of all kinds in
Guiding reforestation, ETC., and union
wages on all relief and public work;
drastic lowering of union dues and
reinstatement of all those expelled
from the A. F. of l.. because unem-
ployed or because they differed on
policy with the leaders; reduction Of
all officials salaries; genuine trade
union democracy and full rights of
minorities; and fight to wipe out
racketeering and gangsterism in the
unions.
Weinstock, summarizing these de-
mands, said, "Such a policy alone
can enable the unions to lead the
millions of American workers in VIC
torius struggle against the drive on
their wages and working conditions
and the attempts to legalize in this
country, under the N.R.A., a coolie
standard OF living, and to hamstring
the unions and make them ineffec-
tive by incorporating them into the
machinery of the employers and the
government"
The Committee calls for the unity
Of all the workers, no matter what
union they are in, or whether un-
organized, in the struggle for these
demands. On the question of the
MIRA, Weinstock stated, 1.-THE Ma
tional Recovery Act is the central
part of the plan of the Roosevelt
administration and the banking and
employing interests it represents, to
solve the crisis at the expense of the
industrial workers and in all Sec
tons Of the toiling population. The
basic purpose of the MIRA. Is to
legalize and place the full power Of
the government back of the work
sharing, starvation sharing plan,
evolved by Walter Teagle of the
Standard OIL Co., and William
Green; to lower the standard Of liv-
ing OF the working class under guise
Of shortening hours and increasing
wages. The MIRA. substitutes this
illusory scheme for the one method
that would surely alleviate to some
extent the present destitute condi-
ton of millions of jobless workers
and their dependents - compulsory
federal insurance for all workers at
the cost Of the employers and the
government
Weinstock showed that the MIRA.
since 1t began operations, has tried
to choke off strike struggles, institute
ed terror against the workers, raised
the cost Of living and increased
speed-up. The union burocrats, he
said, have since increased their ter
rorization against rank and file mil
itants inside the A. r. of T.