The daily worker., 1934-12-25
AUTO union
M { M BERS
Join AT. |.
Tool and Dye Makers
Are Urged to Join
the ME. S.A.

DETROIT, Dec. 24.-In line with
its recent decision to urge all pro-
duction worker to vote for the A. F
OF L. and for tool and dye makers
for the Mechanics Educational So
ciety in the Cadillac elections, the
Auto Workers Union has called up
on all its members to join these
two unions as step towards a
strong industrial organization in the
auto industry.
In statement the union has de-
clared that it leaves the field as an
organization, but pointing to its
history of leadership in struggles
which has resulted in many substan-
tial gains for the workers in the in
dustry, the union declares, I'VE are
confident that the fighting tradi-
tions and principles of the Auto
Workers Union will live on in the
activities of the rank and file in
these unions"
The statement has pointed out
that the new attacks of the auto
mobile manufacturers make espe-
cially necessary a solid front against
the company unions.
The statement follows in full:
Conditions Worse
l. The conditions against which
the automobile workers were pre-
pared to go out on a general strike
last Spring instead of becoming
better have become worse. The
Roosevelt government, with the full
support of the top leaders of the
A. F. of L., prevented the general
strike, established an agreement in
Washington which ditched the wage
demands, strengthened the open
shop INERT clause" and the COM
pany unions
The Auto Labor Board has con-
sistently carried out the policies of
the employers and even now is
carrying through fraudulent elec-
tions aimed to generally establish
the company union works councils
as the sole representatives of labor
in collective bargaining. Under the
smoke screen of these democratic
elections" and investigation OF
conditions by Roosevelt" coupled
with such demagogic phrases as
guaranteeing stability in the in
dustry and job security through the
spreading of employment" IAN an
nual wage for auto workers." ETC.,
the auto manufacturers have started
a new fierce attack against the
workers living standard. Money
wages are being cut; real wages are
declining; the speedup is being in
tensified; the permanent army OF
jobless auto workers is being in
creased; the industrial spy system
and company unionism is being
strengthened and discrimination
continues unabated.
2. The intense competitive Strug-
gle for markets between the auto
manufacturers makes them all the
more united in their attack against
labor. There is complete unity IN
the ranks of the employers on the
question of reducing the cost OF
producing automobiles at the ex-
pense of the workers. In face OF
this situation the need of one solid
mass union for the auto industry is
greater today than ever before. The
Auto Workers Union was founded in
the hope of building up such a
union.
The Auto Workers Union was
once a part of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. But when the A
F. Of L. top leaders tried to break
up our organization into number
of separate craft unions the mem
bership decided to withdraw from
the A. F. of L. and to form an In
dependent industrial union,
Led Many Struggles
For many years the Auto Workers
Union led militant struggles in the
automobile industry. Substantial,
gains were made by the workers in