The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-11
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ley to cover the door ags4aO
80 far so good, felfers:. Now the
first thing we must do is. elect a
spokesman. Otherwise we, DON'T know
who should speak up, or what to say"
How about you" proposed Stanley.
Slim answered that he. was willing
but as he was known up on the bridge
for a radical it would be wiser to
have another one or two, so they
wouldn't think it was one-man af-
fair. A.
How many more do you need? I'm
game for one" called Stanley.
80 am l." spoke up Eddie, seriously.
"Wait a minute" called Gunnar.
II started this and I wante to be in
on the finish. How about me and
Slim and the kid here?"o wc
Stanley agreed as well asfhe other
men. Just then T .1tz knocked on the
door. Stanley let him in.,s-e.
"Bos'n up there taking Spthe mate.
Geez, he looked madI What's up?"
The men told him in few words.
listen Fritz" said Slinay I'VE don't
know where this is going to end but
we're determined to fghtv1t rout. In
case anything happens-yol1 go and
tell the firemen, and the men in your
department too. Get them to- strike
to refuse to do another lick" of work
until we're cleared, savvy2sP
Fritz promised
U1,,;& ~ nrroi in ND
keep your ears and eyes open. And
tell the others, so they'll be prepared
Stanley peeked out to see if the
coast was clear, and let Fritz out.
Slim turned to the men:
Anybody got any more questionsP"
Nobody answered, and Slim had
Stanley open the door. Everybody
resumed his position. Gunnar got
under the sheets again, StatYley made
himself comfortable in his btthk, Slim
rolled a cigarette. Suddenly q thought
struck Stanley: ,;a,
Suppose they offer to pay us if we
turn tor" 80.
This was a new one; nobody had
thought of it. ,,t
Nav" said Gunnar, ,@they won't
do that" u.s
"You can't TELL" insisted. Stanley
.'.they got to have all that, dunnage
cleaned out before they start loading
paper, and we're due in .Rauno early
tomorrow morning"
DUT Gunnar insisted: Nav, they'll
ID put the Cadets to work or some
thing, but they wouldn't offer to pay
u.s."
The Professor spoke UP: STANLEY
makes a good point there. Let's be
prepared anyhow. Should We work
If they offer to pay us?"
mol" Slim was emphatic. "We
don't work on Sundays. Besides,
cleaning holds is work for 'slforemen,
not U.s."
After a second Stanley reflected
aloud: ST don't know. could use a
couple of extra dollars. 7 got to buy
an overcoat for winter =. - :.
"And I need fare back home to
Ohio" suggested the Polack,. who ap-
pealed to Lag: "What do you say?"
what the hell, if they pay over
time I'd be willing"
ME too," chimed in the little Finn.
Gunnar smiled to Slim: Cooks like
the majority are against US"
Slim smiled. alright men. I'll abide
by majority decision. How much shall
we ask for?"
zone dollar an hour" demanded
Gunnar.
you're crazy, man." called Lag,
"they'd never pay that in a million
years"
"well, to hell With them then. This
Is Sunday"
"I,n tell you what" suggested
Stanley, ''how about 60 cents an
hour?"
That's all right" agreed the Po-
lack, quickly. -
"Sixty cents an hour or.ttnIs back"
Stanley amended himself ..s~
wait a minute" called-Hlim. He
threw a glance out the alleyway.
We've got to decide this quickly. 1
propose that we demand sdotible time
for overtime, and that's one dollar an
hour. TO hell with time back. We got
plenty of back time coming as it Is,
that We'll never get"
Stanley doubted that they would
get dollar an hour. Gunnar' argued
that every union man got PAID double
for Sunday work. Further argued
Gunnar: when we don't work day
they log us two for one, don't they?
Well, then, this time we got them
where the hair is short, and we'll
demand two for one, too!n1as
What you demand and what you'll
get are two different = athings!"
warned the Professor.
'T don't know" said Siif1. 1--WE
worked on tankers and taafiers on
the West Coast where we g6t a dol
lar an hour for overtime."rrs
At this, there were no further ar
guments. 80 >
"All right" summed up Gunnar. IT
make a motion that we demand a
dollar an hour for working. today, or
we don't turn to. ANY objections?"
AGAIN Slim spoke up: "Iastlll main
"A tain that cleaning holds Is the
work OF shoremen, but if the ma
jority is for Gunnar's motion, I am,
too. But I want to add an amend
ment, which is, that whether we get
that doubletime or not, wee must get
day of in port tomorrow"
For a second everything was quiet,
the men were surprised at such de-
mand. Then Stanley called tfBravo!"
Lag was worried. 'Whata the hell's
this all about? How can we make
such a demand?" 80
Stanley sprang out of his. bunk.
Didn't they make us work this morn
ng? We want that time back"
Eddie added his mustard 1--WE got