The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
Field In Final
Move To Betray
NY. Hotel Strike
L OcaI 10 Calls On
Strikers to Stand
Solid and Fight

NEW YORK.-B. J. Field, secre-
tary Of the Amalgamated Hotel and
Restaurant Workers Union. made his
final maneuyer Wednesday to sell
out the great New York hotel strike.
Following a secret meeting with Of
ficials of the Regional N. r. A. Labor
Board Field announced to a meet
ing Of strikers that he didn't bring
home the bacon"
''The only thing to DO" he said.
lis to so back and get your jobs. ="
Finally Field, Kostas, Cladis, Can
non, GitloW and Company have re-
Vealed clearly and Enthusiastically
their true colors. After naneuvering
with the NRA Regional Labor Board
and the hotel bosses, they have
agreed to stampede the workers back
to work under the same slave condi-
tons as before, with no security
whatsoever and facing the most
vicious blacklist.
In order to legalze the betrayal
the so-ealled leaders of the strike
called meeting OF the strike com
mittee and packed it with their
henchmen, who We're not strikers or
hotel or restaurant workers, in order
to carry the majority vote for the
sellout
At Mercy of Bosses
What does this betrayal mean to
the strikers? The answer is given in
a statement issued by the Hotel and
Restaurant Workers Union, Local 1l9
Of the Food Workers Industrial
Union, which says:
ut means that we will be at the
mercy of the bosses, begging for our
Jobs. And the bosses will DO us the
great favor to hire some of us. Is
this what we struck for2 Is this what
we have battled for for three weeks?
OF course not"
Urged TO Continue Strike
Local 119 calls on the workers to
repudiate this betrayal Our ranks
are still solid!" says the statement
Of Local 119.
The strikers are still militant! In
spite OF all the opposition on the
part of the strike leadership the
workers carried through militant
picket lines, mass actions, etc. We
had chance to get a much better
settlement during the first few days
Of strike than is given us now after
three weeks of struggle. Even now,
most Of the hotels are crippled, the
service is not up to standard. The
bosses need us and our work. The
newspaper advertisements and ap-
peals OF the bosses prove this. Any
weaknesses in our ranks are due
only to the actions Of the officials
who right from the start pursued
policy Of not depending ON the
militancy and strength Of the work.
ers, but instead craWled on their
bellies before the NRA and the bosses
begging for mercy, AL attempts to
raise relief and broaden the field
for getting relief was sabotaged by
the leaders. No strike kitchens were
opened. All these things were aimed
right from the beginning to democrat
ize the ranks of the workers and to
cripple the strike.
1--WE can still save the situation,
provided we change the policy in the
strike. We can still prevent the
bosses from discriminating against
and blacklisting many strikers, pro-
vided that we organize immediate
shop meetings and elect committees
Of representatives from each depart
ment. These committees must work
out definite plans Of action around
their respective hotels, Convince
every striker to stick together with
his fellow-striker and prevent the
bosses from discriminating and black
listing. Our slogan must be; every
body goes back to work Or nobody
goes back! Concrete demands for
wage increases, shorter hours, ETC.,
should be worked out in each and
every shop around which the work
ers will be willing to fight"