The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
Win 20 Dress Shop
Strikes Last Week
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has offered a small increase in the
prices, which was defeated over
whelmingly by the strikers The
strikers at a special meeting decided
not to make any settlements unless
more money is given to them and
that the union is recognized.
The dressmakers unity committee
anticipates more work in the trade
the coming week, and has made
preparations to extend the drive On
larger scale. In addition to the
strikes conducted in the main Man
haitian section, the DressnakerS
Unity Committee is conducting
number of strikes in the outlying
sections, such as Brooklyn. Harlem,
Long Island, etc. Among the settle
ments made this week, three shops
were in Brooklyn, The Dressmakers
are called upon not to wait with their
complaints and to bring them into
the office of the industrial union, 131
West 18th Street, or the Unity Com
mittee headquarters, 14O West Seth
Street.
The dressmakers Unity Committee
is also calling a meeting of the dress
makers working for the jobber
Arthur Cohen for Tuesday right
after work, at 40 West 36th Street.
According to the press announcement
the International has made an agree
ment with this jobber whereby the
workers will be forced to Join the
International and pay $40 and SIS
each. This will mean to throw the
workers into a fight against each
other, because the Industrial Union
controls some shops as well as the
International. The Dressrnakers
Unity Committee calls upon the
workers to unite their ranks and to
fight jointly against the splitting tao
tics of the international and for i'm
proved conditions.
Dressmakers are called upon to
picket the following important strik-
ing shops: Maimen and Sanger, q
West oath Street; Milly Dress, 268
West 36th Street; Bernice Dress, %
West 25th Street: Kenmore Dress, 118
West 22nd Street; Gee Bee Dress,
252 West 9th Street; Neway Dress.
236 West 26th Street; Bina Frock, 81
West 28th Street; Fashionette Dress,
48 West 9th Street; May Dress, 118
West 22nd Street; Loretta Dress, I54
West 22nd Street; Needleman Dress.
40 West 9th Street; Doris, 118 West
18th Street; Beilcose, l14-2O West
26th Street; Mendelson Dress, 213
West 35th Street.
Youth on Strike
In the list of very important
strikes, not dress strikes, comes first
that in the Best Coat and Apron
Co., 305 East 43rd Street. This strike
like that of the big Mailman and
Sanger shop above, involves large
numbers of young workers, fighting
absolutely miserable conditions and
wage cuts.
At the shop delegates conference
Gold reported tlat the negotiations
with the large Fur Manufacturers
Association were broken off last week
on three points Of vital importance
to the fur workers: equal division of
work to be extended for six months.
unemployment insurance paid for by
the employers and administered by
the workers (r1lany fur aye shop con-
tracts have been obtained already
with this point WON and the oues-
ton of an impartial chairman. which
the fur workers don't want because
experience has proved that such
arbitration machinery is always
against the interests of the workers.
and the chairman never impartial.
but always for the employers.