The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-31
5000 Buffalo CWA
Workers Strike for
CWA Jobs, Relief
500 March in Scranton /;
Plan Countrywide
C.W.A. Strike

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Thursday, and marched to McKin-
ley Square under the leadership of
the Relief Workers Protective As
ISOLATION.
The demonstrating workers pro-
tested against the Roosevelt G. W.
A. tlrings, demanding continuation
and extension Of c. W. A to provide
Jobs for all unemployed workers;
guaranteed minimum wages Of SIS
week, union rates to apply; and
the enactment of the Workers IN
employment and Social Insurance
Bill Oh. r. 1899.
The call for the strike was issued
by the Relief Workers Protective
Association. The workers downed
their tools and marched in orderly
groups from the jobs to Mckinley
Square, in some cases a distance of
several miles. AS the workers con-
verged on the square, they shouted
greetings to those workers who had
arrived before them. With great
enthusiasm, they greeted the pro-
gram of the r. w. P. A., and pro-
ceeded to elect committees to pre-
sent their demands. kilograms
were sent to Roosevelt and to Con-
gresS demanding continuation of G.
w. A. and the enactment of the
workers bill H. r. 1898.
1000 Join @. w. A. Union
More than 1000 workers joined
the Relief Workers Protective AS
ISOLATION, and took hundreds of
cards to the projects to sign up
their fellow workers and to organ
ize project committees.
Plan Strike In Scranton
SCRANTON, Pa. - Five hundred
G. W. A. workers, under the lead
ership of the Unemployment Coun-
ellis, marched on the Scranton G..
w. A. headquarters Thursday, de-
handing continuation and enlarge
ment of the C. w. A. to provide jobs
for all unemployed workers, at a
guaranteed minimum wage of SIS a
week, union wages to apply. Unless
the demands are granted, the work.
ers plan to strike against the 80
cents an hour rate in effect on the
P. w. A. jobs.
The workers represented IN the
march include North Scranton,
South Scranton, Old Forge, Taylor,
Throop, Dickson and ELEPHANT.
The G. W. A. authorities were
forced to wire the workers demands
to the state G. W. A. headquarters
at Harrisburgh.
Minneapolis Mass Meet Tuesday
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-Five hun
dred C,WA, workers jamrned the
Metal Workers Hall at a mass meet
ing Thursday night to plan q CITY,
wide struggle against C.W.A. layoffs.
and to formulate demands for i'm
mediate cash relief to all unem-
ployed workers.
The workers at the mass meeting
voted unanimously to call demon
stration before the Welfare Board
at its regular meeting on Tuesday
morning. A workers committee,
representing workers on is C.WA.
projects, was elected to present the
workers demands before the relief
and C.W.A. officials.
Anderson, Ind, Demonstration
ANDERSON, Ind-C.. WA. work.
ers here demonstrated at the Fed
eral Relief Bureau on Saturday.
March Is, to demand continuation
of C,W.A. The 300 workers voted
to hold another mass meeting on
March %.
The Delmo-R eny local Of the
Auto Workers Union sent repre-
sentative to appeal to the C.WA.
and unemployed for unity,
Superior, Wis, Workers Demand
@. w. A.
SUPERIOR, Wis.-Supported by
hundreds OF workers, a delegation
OF working class women presented
the demands OF the C.W.A. and
Iobless workers for C.w.A. jobs and
the enactment of the Workers I'm
employment Insurance Bill. The
local City Council was forced to go
on record endorsing the bill and de-
manding continuation of C.W.A.
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Oshkosh Workers Demonstrate
OSHKOSH, Wis.-Despite bitter
cold weather, 200 workers demon
strated here on March "a against
Roosevelt stopping of C.W.A., many
of the C.W.A. projects closing down
completely. The workers demanded
the continuation of eva, and
that the City Council endorse the
Workers Bill, HR 1898.
Demonstrate in Stamford Today
STANFORD, Conn. = Elaborate
preparations are being made here
for mass demonstration and
march Of the Stamford unemployed
and C.W.A. workers on Saturday,
March 81, at 10 a. m.
The march, which will precede the
mass meeting, will converge on the
Town Hall from two sections of the
city.
The workers demand continuation
and extension Of G. w. A. to in
clude Jobs for all unemployed work
ers, and the immediate enactment
OF the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill. An elected commit
tee OF workers will also present the
grievances Of the workers on the
jobs.
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