The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03
ALL. Chiefs Beat
Drum For Fusion
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Dorothy Bellanca, of the A. G. w
Thus, although the Amalgamated
joint board has not officially en-
dorsed the Republican Party as yet in
the elections, its main leaders, in
Guiding Hillman's personal repreSen-
tative, Blumberg, speaks for the Re-
publican-Fusion candidate LaGuardia
on the same platform with Samuel
Seabury.
IL.GW.U. leaders who support La
Guardia include Salvatore Ninfo, who
supported Tammany last year, and
Luigi Antonini, both vice-presidentS
Of the TL.G,W.U. The meeting was
officially endorsed by Locals 48 and
SO of the I.L.G.W.U. and Locals So
142 and 243 of the Amalgamated.
The fact that these two A. F. OF
L. unions support the capitalist par
ties Is not to be wondered at when
their record Of betrayal, carried out
together with the boss party machine,
is examined. Only one recent ex-
ample, the settlement engineered for
the cloakmakers by the IL.G.W.U.
shows clearly the fact that the Of
ficialdom follow the interests of the
employers in the election campaign
and in the strike settlements. The
cloak manufacturers association, as
late as Oct. %, sent setter signed
by Sam Klein, manager of the in
dustrial council of the cloak manu-
facturers, to all cloak manufacturers,
which boasts of the favorable strike
settlement given them by the I. l..
G. w. U. leaders, who had agreed
with the Tammanyite Whalen and
the manufacturers, to set up an ar
bitration board for the cloak indus
try.
The bosses association says Of this
arbitration board, 1.-THE effectiveness
Of the labor bureau as means for
stabilizing piece rates was clearly
illustrated by the manner in which
the first case submitted to it was
handled. The executive director of
the industrial council (manufac-
turers) officially brought to the bu-
reaus attention an instance in which
the price previously settled by a
member were unquestionably excess
sive. After consideration of the
complaint by the representatives of
the union with the council (firm) :,
and the staff of the labor bureau.
a reduction of $1.15 per garment was
approved"
The I.L.G.W.U. has learned, this
letter goes on to state, that the MIRA.
is not going to bring them prosperity
to the extent of raises in wages,
and that the manufacturers acceded
to higher wages during strikes but
now the labor bureau will cut these
prices down. Last Wednesday the
ILG.WU. leaders called a meeting
and Dubinsky and others berated the
cloakmakers for daring to ask higher
prices.
The IL.G.W.U. and A.C.W. lead
ers, now supporting with their right
hand the Republican LaGuardia,
their left hand Tammany Lehman
and Whalen and throwing mean
while intermittent support to the So
cialist Party, sold out the July and
August strikes of their members and
made agreements through the MIRA.
which, as above. reduce wages, es-
tablish piece work rates, and lower
the living standard of their mem
bers.
The members of the Ama1gamated
and the IL.G.W.U. are learning that
the Gompers-G Green AT. of L. pol
icy of cooperation with all capital
ist parties aids only the manufac-
turers, and is a part of the betrayal,
strike breaking method of strike
settlement. Only the Communist
Farty in the elections, exposing the
MIRA. drive against the workers, and
exposing the A. F.. of L. leaders sup
port of this drive, represents the
interests of the needle trades work
ers.