The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-08
Into EVery A.F.L. Local

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WILLIAM GREEN and the A. F. Of L. Executive
" Council had q hard time concealing their dis
comfiture when delegation Of 40 A F. Of L. members
from the National Convention Against Unemployment,
recently concluded in Washington, put the demand
for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill to them
straight from the shoulder. The delegation was led
by two of the best fighters for the rank and file,
Mosher and wenstock.
This interview should be the beginning Of an In
tensfied drive in every A. F. Of L. local for the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill. Especially is this
important in view Of what the A. F. Of L. executive
Council revealed They admitted the vast majority of
the A. F. of L. members hsrrassed by unemployment
by high dues and racketeering, want unemployment
insurance. The executive council declared they were
studying" the matter. What they are studying is
how to fost the workers the fake bill that Wagner
is proposing with the help of Roosevelt to defeat real
unemployment insurance.
Every local Of the A. F. of L. should put on the
order of the day the passage of resolution to be
sent to the A. F. of L. officials in Washington and
to Congress demanding the passage Of the Workers
Unemployment Bill now before Congress and
known as H. r. B. 1898.
Right in the midst Of these high-salared gentle
who have than bond with the racketeers
in the A. F. Of L. in every city, the delegation flung
wonder Mr.. Green was riled when he was asked how
much he and his fellow strkebreakers got of the
millions the COAL steel and auto trusts spent to break
strikes
THIS brave onslaught should be taken up in every
local in rank and file fight against the racketeers
resulting in the building Of stronger rank and file OPP
positions where these already exist and in establish
ing them where they do not exist. Only in this way
will the racketeers be wiped out and union democracy
and rights won for the members.
Another demand raised by the delegation which
made beads of sweat stand out on Green's forehead
that the A. F. of L. officialdom Immediately with
draw from the National Labor Board. Under the
guise of representing Labor" these gentlemen have
committed the most criminal scab deeds against the
workers through the use of the MIRA. They have
helped foster company unions. They smashed the
steel and coal strike They betrayed the Weirton
Budd, Philadelphia Taxi and Ford workers.
Every local should take up this struggle and de-
mand they get off the National Labor Board-the
most vicious strkebreaking instrument being perfected
by the Roosevelt regime with the help of Mr. Green
and Co.
In the past Mr. Green found it more convenient
not to speak to rank and file delegations. But he
knows the fight growing sharper in the locals
and makes the pass of appearing willing to listen
He must be made to listen That can be done by &C
ton in the local unions.
THE action OF the delegation, and the reception"
OF the A. F. of L. executive council, show that
there the greatest possibilities now of speeding
the work of rank and file opposition groups every
A. F. Of L. local.
1t is the duty Of every militant worker especially
Of every Communist in A. F. Of L. local. to be the
dynamic organizer of such opposition real leader
in the fight for the rights Of the rank and file against
the rackeeering officials and for all the demands and
interests of the union members.
Mobilize for the fight to force through real I'M
employment insurance by demanding the passage Of
H. r. B. 1898.
Wipe out the racketeering through rank and file
organization.
Demand the withdrawal Of the A. F. of L. officials
from the strkebreaking National Labor Board where
they act as labor" front
Organize the struggle against the NRA, to win
higher wages better conditions and real union recog
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