The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-29
Steel Trusts Aim
To Save Company
Union by Pay Rise
Continued from Page y


sell-out and treachery during the
1919 steel strike. In the Otis Steel
plant, employing 5000, the rank and
file of the A. A. are demanding &C
ton. The leaflets issued by the
rank and file and by the S.M.WI,U.
are meeting favorable response by
the workers.
Three hundred workers employed
at the Chandler Price Co., makers
of printing equipment, today joined
the S. M. w. I. U. and received
their charter On Friday the union
committee will present demands for
recognition of the union and a
wage increase of is per cent. If
this is not granted, strike action will
be taken on Saturday.
About 80 workers of the Eber-
hard Co., employing about 300
workers, responded to the call of
the A. F. of L. to a meeting. After
the workers listened to the PROPOSE
lions Of the A. F. of L. leaders, and
following brilliant exposure of the
A. F. of L. by an organizer of the
S. M. w. I. u, the workers asked
the A. F. of L. organizers to leave
the hall. They then took up the
organization of the S. M. w. I. U,
elected temporary officials and
made plans for another meeting.
The workers even used the A. F.
of L. officials receipt books and
cards to sign up the workers into
the S, M. w. I. U. The A. F. of
L. officials also paid the rent of
the hall.
The Eberhard Co. is part of the
National Malleable Co., where the A.
F, of L. also attempted to organize
the workers last Sunday. Only
few workers came to the hall and
these later joined about 80 workers
at a meeting called by the S. NJ. w.
I. U. of the same plant.
Strike At National Waste
One hundred and twenty work
ers are on strike at the National
Waste Material Co., located at 37th
st. and Broadway Ave. They are
organized into the National Textile
Workers Union. They demand rec
ignition of their union, wage boost
from Is cents to 1924 cents and
reduction in working hours from 48
to 36 hours per week.
The 300 workers of the Cleveland
Furniture Co., led by the Furniture
Workers Industrial Union, are now
in their fourth day of the strike.
The company offered a 10 per cent
increase and recognition of the
union-but the workers are stick
ing out for their original demand of
a Is per cent wage increase.
Strike Threat Brings 80 Per Cent
Pay Boost
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March %
Following two days of negotiations
with the Eaton Manufacturing Co,
and threat to strike on Monday.
500 workers gathered at the 1. o.
Q. F. Hall, East 55th st. and Lex
ington Ave, to hear Brother Harris
of the grievance committee report
that the company granted a 30 per
cent increase in wages-15 per cent
to take effect at once and the sec
ond boost of Is per cent to go into
effect on July l.
The entire plant is organized into
the Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union. They won union
recognition and is per cent wage
increase through strike action last
August.
The speech of Frank Rogers, union
organizer, on the present strike
wave met with enthusiastic response
by the workers. He pointed out how
their victory will encourage work
ers of other plants to take action
and join the s. M. w. l. u. An ap-
peal for support and subs for the
"Stel and Metal Worker" resulted
in SO subscriptions at the meeting.
The S. M. W. I. U. has moved
into new and larger quarters. The
new address is the National Build
ing, 14o4 E. Ninth st., Room $40,
Cleveland, Ohio