The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-28
DIV a Worker Correspondent

(Hy a worker correspondent
NEW YORK-A treacherous act
was carried through against the 200
workers employed at the Daitch Dali
ry Co. by the racketeering officials
of the A. F. of L. Local 1888, Grocery
and Dairy Clerks Union. These rack
eteers had declared a strike against
the firm. To be sure, the interests of
the workers were of no concern to
the labor takers, for no demands were
made on the company, nor did the
200 workers participate in the fake
strike. The officials are most of them
Socialists.
The company gagged the situation
clearly that it had to do with a
bunch of grafters who were ready
to make a sellout of the conditions
Of the workers for a good price. Sub
sequent events proved it to be so.
For no sooner did the company enter
into secret negotiations with the
racketeers than the socialist" pick
cts were taken away from the stores.
Here are the details Of the agree
ment concluded between the COM
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u No strike" is to be called for a
period Of one year. y Only two
workers in each store are to take out
union" books. (Daitch Dairy has
about 40 Stores) - The manager and
assistant manager will get a so-called
union" protection. a. The workers
of those stores employing 3, 4, and
clerks will be ignored by the
union" altogether. 81 The racketeerS
have no right to remove or send in
a new worker in any of the stores,
but the company is allowed to hire
and fire at will even the union men.
The clause of arbitration will be no
safeguard for the fired worker. For
the fired worker is Immediately re-
placed by another man pending the
decision of the arbitrator And should
the decision of the arbitrator be ia
vorable to the fired worker the COM
pany can't be compelled to abide by
the decision and reinstate the work
er, since the labor takers agreed not
to strike.
The racketeer officials also con-
scented not to send any of the unem-
ployed for a days work in the 40
stores run by the company, The 200
workers employed by the company
must not be sent to do picket duty
in other stores.
Only On Paper
According to the agreement" the
workers are supposed to work only
lo,,t t. ~,
that this will remain on paper only.
The manager of the store can't help
working full days. The assistant
manager will also have to come in
every day for fear of his job. Need
less to say, the other workers re-
ceiving no protection whatsoever will
surely have to stick it out every day
in the week. And SO the entire crew
will continue working SO hours a
week.
The agreement provides that the
manager is to receive $35 a week But
he has been getting that much right
along anyhow. The agreement also
specifies $25 a week for the assist
ant managers. But the company pays
them only $40, $18 and SIS and less.
Whom is the company to be afraid
Of? The younger helpers get only
$40 week each. Besides, the COM
pany has the privilege of hiring and
firing the latter ones. 1t is fact
that in some stores the $30-a week
assistant managers were all fired, the
racketeers having agreed to $25 a
week for them.
The two union men in each store
are to pay only $3.50 each for
union books, instead of $50 as the
racketeerS originally demanded. The
labor takers also conceded the point
that the taxes of Daitch workers
must not exceed the sum of $12 a
year, and dues will be So month.
But even the $3.50 the workers re-
fused to pay. The racketeers resort
to a terror policy using gangsters to