The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-09
Republic Steel Go.
Clippers Win Wage
Increases by Strike
Special to the Daily Worker

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Sept. T.
The clippers of the Bessemer De-
partment of Republic Steel Corpora
ton voted Tuesday to return to work
with a cent per hour increase and
practically all of their other demands
granted, including pay for lost time,
maximum work week of 40 hours in
5 eight-hour days; pay for lost time;
recognition of their committee; re-
hiring of all strikers with no discri-
mination against anyone for union
activity or activity on committees.
In addition the company promised
that as soon as the department goes
back on shift "a hour day basis,
the men can eat lunch on company
time
The Bessemer clippers had no
more than left the mill when they
sent carload of strikers down to the
Center Street bridge to notify the
clippers and burners of the Open
Hearth department that they we're
out. Both the burners and clippers
joined the strike, and they had rep
resentation on the committee which
got the offer from the company
which was accepted by the strike
meeting.
The afternoon turn in the Besse-
mer department struck solid when
the whole first turn picketed the
gate, Many joined the union and
the men voted to build the Steel g.
Metal Workers Industrial Union as
their only guarantee that the prom
Uses made by the company will be
kept.
This is the first successful strike of
steel workers in Youngstown in more
than ten years. 1t came at a time
when the local leaders of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and the
Amalgamated Association of Iron
Steel and Tin Workers were daily
exhorting the workers not to strike
The walkout was greeted by the
workers in the other departments
with broad smiles. From every de-
partment reports have reached the
SMWIU headquarters of workers
saying "That's what we've got to do
A mass meeting called by the union
for the support of the strike in the
German Hall Tuesday night was
turned into Strike Victory meet
ing. A member of the negotiations
committee was chairman. Three
clippers spoke, in addition to Joe
ballet, district secretary of the
SMWIU and H Mack, organizer.
All of the clippers said what we
clippers can do, you workers in the
other departments can do. Join the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union"
One of the committee members, a
member of the National Guard, was
on strike duty down in the East Ohio
coal fields last year. But he recog-
ni2ed, like the others, that organiza-
ton was necessary, and last night in
the German Hall he called for the
building of the SMWIU.
News of the victory has spread like
wildfire. It was known all over
Campbell just a few hours after the
vote. The Sheet and Tube clippers,
who had announced their readiness
to support the actions of the Repub-
lie men, are overjoyed and very much
heartened. The clippers of the Ohio
works of Carnegie Steel, themselves
on the verge of walk-out yesterday
over their own grievances, are call
ing meetings to organize
Workers are coming into the
SMWIU Office and signing cards, say
ing that they want to do like the
clippers did.
News in the Daily Worker Of the
victory of the Republic clippers in
Buffalo, N. Y was great stimulant
to the organizational campaign here.