The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-06
Can a Strike at Ford'S Be
Successful?
OUR JOBS IF WE STRIKE .
. BY MAX SALZmAN.

OUR JOBS II WE STRIFE"
This argument would be correct
If no activities we're carried on
among the unemployed. But the
unemployed can be organized IN
support Of the strike by uniting the
struggle of the employed and un-
employed in the interest Of both.
There we're unemployed in Warren,
Ohio, but the steel workers won the
strike. The same Is true of the
Briggs Waterloo and Motor Pro-
ducts strike, where unemployed
workers refused TO scab when sent
by the City Employment Agency.
BY supporting the demands Of
the unemployed for relief from the
Ford Co. and for Unemployment
Insurance, the unemployed can be
won to act in solidarity with the
workers in the shops. BY support
ing the preparations for the next
Ford Hunger March and preparing
Joint actions, unity will be estab-
lished between employed and I'M
employed that will be a decisive
factor in any struggle which de-
Yelops
I'VE arc told the workers Will not
w unite. That is not true. The
Briggs Waterloo strike and the
Motor Products strike can prove
that. We have seen unorganized
workers brought together. The i'm
portant thing is that the workers
come together TO talk over their
problems. A worker knows a worker
next to him. He learns TO know
who can be trusted and who can
not He calls together the workers
he has confidence in TO talk about
the wage-cut. He does not ask If
the worker is Republican, De
mocrat, Socialist or Communist.
He does not raise the question Of
religion to divide the workers into
Catholics, Protestants and other
groups. All workers who want to
stop the wage-cut or want 10 take
action against grievances in their
department are invited.
These workers after discussing
their problems and deciding on
what action to take, can list other
workers they know, call them to
meetings and in this way increase
the number Of workers in organized
groups Those workers who are
ready for the Auto Workers Union
can be brought in. Others can work
together with the union members
in the fight against Ford
THE FORD SERVICE SYSTEM
WILL PREVENT ORGANIZATION
This point is raised because we
have not tried to work out methods
of defeating the service system.
The service system is not all
powerful. 1t has created the idea
that it is. We can find ways Of de-
feating it. The main point is to
gain the confidence of workers who
you work with-then call together
workers you know and can trust.
Then have workers call additional
meetings Of workers. These meet
ingS can be prepared with caution.
At the same time, we must expose
every Ford Spy-every stool pigeon.
we .Sdi 4l4lu way VI FOThlIlg care
fully and at the same time build
up organization.
THE discussion of the question OF
i strike comes as a result Of the
rising movement among the Ford
workers, whose conditions are driv-
ing them to take the only possible
action that can put a stop to the
Wage-cutS - mass strike. Every
where we go, the Ford workers are
talking about doing something
Every worker must be prepared to
take the lead. Start calling meet
ings. Organize Anti Wage Cut
Committees in each department,
BY decisive action we can crystal
ize the sentiment OF the Ford work
ers for struggle, into organization
that will make such a struggle
possible.
A strike against Ford can be sue.
ceSsful. It needs careful prepare
ton. 1t needs courage, determine
ton, and the will to sacrifice, to
build up organization, unite the
struggles of the employed and I'm
employed, and to drive forward
against the brutal Ford system Of
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