The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

unity OF the workers, Negro and
white, native and foreign born, male
and female, young and old, because
only through the lxafteti strength
OF the workers car they beat back
the attacks OF the capitals. Like
wise, the T. U. U. L. unions stand
for low dues and limitations SO that
all workers can join the unions, as
against the high dues and initia-
tons in the A. r. L. unions which
keep the mass Of the low paid work
ers out Of the unions and provide
fat salaries for the officials. SINH
liarly, the T. U. q. L. unions stand
for real democracy in the unions
for the control Of the union by the
rank and file.
NO POLITICS IN
THE UNIONS"
The A. F. L. leaders preach no
politics in the unions for the pur-
pose Of keeping the workers chained
10 the capitalist parties. They are
always bringing capitalist politics
into the unions under the guise of
no politics" Under the false flag
Of punish your enemies and reward
your friends" they try to keep the
workers away from real working
class politics. This again flows from
the very fundamental policies of the
organization. The A. r. L. leaders
stand for capitalism and they there
fore wish to keep the workers
chained to the old boss parties. On
the other hand, the T. U. U. L.
unions unmaSk this neutrality" in
the unions and call upon the work
ers to support that party and those
policies that represent their inter-
ests. Clearly only the Communist
Party is such an organization. But
this does not mean that the Com
munist Party dominates the T. u.
q. L. unions. The Communist Party
works in the T. U. U. L. unions
through its members, just like it
works in all workers organizations,
including the A. F. L. unions.
Through its members it makes pro-
posals, puts forward its program, ex-
plains its position to the workers,
and leaves it to the majority of the
workers to decide Economically On
all questions.
THE FIGHT FOR THE
UNITY OF THE WORKERS
Our differences are not with the
workers inside the A. F. L. unions.
but with the official policies and
top leaders. The T. q. q. L. unions
did not arise out of the fact that
We no longer wished to carry on
work to win the workers in the A.
F. L. for the class struggle program.
They arose out of the mass expul-
sions Of hundreds of thousands,
through the refusal OF the A. F. L.
leaders to organize the unorganized
workers, etc. There are today hun
dreds Of thousands Of workers or
gained into unions outside of the
A. F. L. unions. These are Or
ganized into the T. U. U. L. unions,
into militant independent unions, as
well as independent unions con-
trolled by leaders no different than
the Greenwich leadership of the
A. F. L.
We, the militant trade unionists,
do not surrender the millions of
workers organized in the A. F. L.
unions. We continue to fight to
win them for the program and
policies Of the class struggle. We
stand for the united front in &C
ton of the workers of the A. F. l.,
r. o. U. L. and independent unions,
together with the unorganized. We
believe that through the policy of
building militant oppositions in the
A. F. L. and other reformist trade
unions, by strengthening the r. q.
U. L. unions; by close collaboration
with the independent class unions,
by constantly working for the unity
in action Of these workers in all
unions, by Systematically exposing
the ruinous policies of the false
leaders will we be able to unite the
workers in one industry after an
other-and in time to organize the
overwhelming. majority of the or
AIMED workers into one powerful
nited militant trade union move
Hnent,