The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-02
WORKERS STRIKE
Il CAFETERIAS
Turn Lockout Into
Fight Against Cut

NEW YORK-A strike and pick
citing are being conducted against IL
Brooklyn cafeteriss by members Of
Cooks and Countermens Local 325.
From the outset, when the employers
declared a lockout which the mem
bers of Local 325 turned into the
strike, these workers had the support
of Local 2. But yesterday, as three
more establishments declared a lock-
out, members of Local became di-
rectly involved.
Members of 325 are now conducting
active picketing, carrying signs with
members of Local 2 assembled on
corners, but not taking active part
In the picketing through orders of
Che union officials.
The workers are fighting the ef-
forts of the employers to put thru
a wage cut ranging from S. to $40
a week, and to impose unlimited
hours of work. In this fight the
workers found ranged against them
the employers associations and also
officials of their locals, we'll as the
chairman of the Hebrew Trades
limestone.
Treachery of Officials
Already after the first attack by
the employers who cut wages and
discharged one man in each place,
at meetings of Locals . and 325, Mike
Wolf, Business agent of Local 2, Bur-
son, business agent Of 325 and Fem
stone tried to put over the bosses
wage cutting drive.
The meeting took place last Thurs
day, Local 2 in the afternoon and
325 meeting in the evening. At the
Local meeting Wolf urged that the
workers work with the employers as
one unit and tried to show the ad-
vantageS of such cooperation"
Wolf, however. was quickly exposed
by speakers for the rank and file
who showed that cooperation" with
the employers meant wage cuts and
elimination of union conditions which
the employers had already begun.
Members of Local 325 were present
as the meeting of Local 2 was going
on. Local unanimously rejected
VOLTS proposals.
In the evening, Burson tried to put
over VOLTS treacherous scheme in
Local 325. But the membership
thoroughly understood the entire
scheme, and attacked Burson's pro-
posal. 1t was at this point that Fine
stone came TO Burson's assistance and
tried by clever demagogy to fool the
membership
Forced to Leave
But the indignation of the union
members was SO great that they were
preparing to exclude these officials
from the meeting. Before this took
place, however, both of them decided
to leave. The members of 1875 unani-
naously decided to answer the boss
attack with the strike which is now
going on.
The strike is now being conducted
against the following Adjustments
On Pitkin Ave, Hoffman, Parkway,
.Sokol and Pitkin. On Suffer Ave,
Leviathan, Globe, Rutland and Road.
On Graham Ave, Canton.
The most INSCRIPTIONS methods,
fuliy rlvaling the methods OF the a.
r. of L. officials are being used by
the employers against the strikers. In
addition to hired sluggers used to in
tin1idate the strikers, the employers
have signs carried in front of the
cafeterias reading, I'VE favor Union
Men Al the same time, the WIN
dows are plastereds up with streamers
reading, Eat Today at Half Price.
We Favor Union Help"
Strike Synpathizers and all work
ers are warned not to place any Gre
dence in these declarations to give
full support to the strikers who are
fighting the most outrageous and u-
scrupulous attack by the employers.
Further and more complete details
leading up to the strike, as well as
news Of the strike itself will appear
each day in the Daily Worker.