The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-22
Painters Local Exposes
A.F.L. Support of Scab
Social Security Bill''
Local 499, A. +. OIL, In
dorses Workers Jobless
Insurance Bill

NEW YORK. - German Painters
and Decorators Union, Local No. 499,
A. F. Of L., has declared its inten-
ton Of continuing the fight for the
passage Of the Workers Unemploy
ment Bill, and condemns both the
company reserve plan" now being
advocated by the New York State
Federation Of Labor and the so
called Social Security Bill. This
declarstiou If the Local 400 is con-
tanned L. Gil official letter to Samuel
J. OBrien. organizer Of Typograph-
ical Union NO. 6, who Is campaigning
for the strkebreaking Social Security
Bill"
The letter Of the Painters Union
Local 499, exposes the Social Security
Bill being pushed by OBrien and
other A. F. Of L. officials.
No Benefits for Strikers
The letter to o'Brien, indorsed as
the official position of the painters
local at the meeting Of Jan. 10, states
Although we agree with your argu-
ments against the State Federation
| Of Labor Bill, biased on the infamous
Wisconsin PLAN we cannot agree
with you on the Social Security Bill.
In our opinion the Social Security
Bill is Just as dangerous to the trade
unions and to the working people as
a whole as the company reserve
/ plan. No organized labor body
could support such a bill without
fear that it will be detrimental to
the interests of the working people"
The Painters local resolution points
to the strikebreaking clause adyo-
Gated in the Social Security Bill
which states that mo benefits shall
be payable to any enploye who has
lost his employment by reason Of q
strike or lockout in the establish
ment in which he was employed, so
long as such strike or lockout con-
tinues."
This paragraph in the Social Sc
curity Bill, the Painters local union
says, means the sitting Of any
strike movement on the part Of the
workers, in case they are confronted
I with wage cuts or if they go out on
I strike for better conditions. This
paragraph would punish the workers
even for lockouts caused by the en-
ployers."
Benefits Too Meagre
! Local Union 400 also condemns
the paragraph in the Social Security
| Bill which states, Gan employee who
has lost his employment through
misconduct or who has voluntarily left
his employment without Just cause,
shall not receive benefits"
This clause, the painters local
points out, chains the worker TO his
employer Other weakness in the bill
which are pointed out include the
clause that workers occupied IL
| industries where there is not en-
ployment for the whole year, are en-
titled to benefits only for the sea-
sons when work Is available. This
means that the building trades
worker would be entitled to benefit
only for the period Of his seasonal
work"
''If the bill is adopted, it would not
go into effect before 1885, and What
should the workers do between now
and 1895" the painters local asks Of
! OBrien. The bill calls for rs weeks
insurance, which divides the bene-
fits into half. This means that dur
ing So weeks Of unemployment, the
benefit will amount to IS and not
$40 week. The painters local points
out that the maximum insurance al
lowed in the Social Security Bill Is
thus entirely too low.
Endorses Workers Bill
The Painters Local No. 499 then
re-iterates its Endorsement of the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill and its provisions and declares,
Local 499 was among the first to
fight for the establishment of fed
eral system of unemployment insur-
ance, and is going to remain in the
front ranks in this fight for a genuine
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill"
OBrien, organizer of Typograph-
ical Union No. 6, in writing the
painters asking for endorsement Of
the scab Security Bill, said, I'VE be-
ieve that adequate protection is
found in such bill as the Social
| Security Bill"