The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-15
Local % Funds Used
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Over Scab Officials

Left Wing group which stated IN
part.
DO not listen To the insidiOus
propaganda carried on By some
elements within the union. These
people under the cloak Of high
sounding phrases, call Themselves
the Lett wing Group" and IN
practice carry on . campaign IN
tended 10 demoral1ze oar ranks,
which, indeed. amounts 70 a cam
paign for the reduction Of wages.
In this effort they reveal them
selves as the best allies OF the
bosses"
Flat Price Scheme
This Is the kind OF fight Zim-
norman is carrying on TO main
tain the conditions in the shops"
The bosses feeling that the workers
won't take any bluffs this time,
demanded that some kind of scheme
must be worked out to stem their
militancy and eagerness to hold on
to the conditions they have won.
The scheme was FLAT PRICES.
whereby the workers cannot de-
mand pay for the Workmanship IN
the garment but have TO take .
fixed price, according to the selling
price Of the garment. Zimmerman
hailed this plan while the dress
makers protested against IL. This
was not sufficient.
Complaints Ignored
Hundreds Of minimun wage com.
plants we're brought IN. In the
agreement the iobbers are to guar
antee these minimums, but very few
were ever adjusted and here again
the responsibility was shifted. This
complaints were sent to the impair
tial chairman and we're never an
swered.
Workers were told by the Love.
stonite business agents that they
cannot stop working at any time
but that they must leave everything
to the impartial chairman.
Zimmerman saw that the Left
Wing gained influence among the
dressmakers at the section meetings.
The Left Wing elected officers. He
had to do something about it. His
grievance board then started to
call in workers on charges, not be-
cause of bad union behavior, but
because the workers differed with
zimmerman's policies. Some work
ers who complained against a bust
ness agent were fined, others who
exposed his policies we're suspended
from the union.
Examples Of Betrayal
When Local 9 administration was
framed up by the Dubinsky clique
for fighting for union conditions
and against class collaboration, the
whole Left Wing executive board
was not permitted to run in the
elections, and the Zimmerman clique
supported the splitting tactics. With
a record such as this Zimmerman
wants to be reelected to office
again.
This so-called progressive Love-
stonite group, uses the union office
and its treasury to elect themselves
to office. The business agents who
are paid officers, and are supposed
to adjust complaints Of workers
came to the shops and with threats
bulldozed the workers to vote for
the Zimmerman clique.
In one shop the Bell Day Dress,
102 E. 18th St., the business agent,
Rabinowitz told the workers that
they must come to vote for the
Zimmerman group, threatening
them with a 50 fine if they don't.
On March %, when the dress
makers VIII have to elect an
executive board and other officers
they should answer Zimmerman
by votis a. for the Left Wing can
didates, against intimidations and
prosecutions, for fight to uphold
the conditions won; tor denloc-
racy in the union; that the unen-
ployed be exempt IRON paying
dues; Tor unemployed insurance
paid by the bosses; for a 80 hour
week; and for fight for limita-
ton of contractors.