The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-10
For General Strike IN the
TWin Cities

THE workers of Minneapolis and st. Paul
L are demanding the calling of a general
strike to force the employers to grant the
demands of the truck drivers who after
one of the most militant struggles IN the
history of the labor movement are being
robbed of the fruits of their struggle The
drivers demand increased wages for all workers. the
right of their union to speak for all workers and
against discrimination.
AS we pointed out, after the settlement OF the
recent strike the leaders of the strike among whom
there we're number of Trotzkyists in leading posts
practically called off the strike when was at us
highest point and on the verge Of gaining tull
victory without any guarantee that the workers
demands would be enforced. Just at the time when
the workers were in control of the market When
the building trades workers had already joined in
sympathy strike when the workers Of the entire
city of Minneapolis were ready to come out in
general strike the A F. of L. leaders and their Trotz-
lcvte allies called off the strike the mere verbal
promise of the bosses that all the workers would be
taken back to work, and by turning over all other
questions to arbitration.
AS we further pointed out the so-called agree
ment practically promised to the bosses that the
workers would not fight for wage increases for one
year.
These leaders explained their settlement of the
strike as a victory" later as partial victory,
and tried to hide their giving up Of the main de-
mands of the workers under the cover of high
sounding phrases such as retreat" partial VIC
tory" and consolidation of the gains"
DUT to the strikers who returned to work with
d out wage increases, with a large number not
being re-hired with the employers refusing even to
consider the right of the union to speak for some
of the workers the real situation became quite clear
They had victory in their hands-victory won on
the picket line only to have it snatched from their
hands by their leaders
The workers are now demanding action. They
insist on going on strike again The organized work
ers and the whole working class of the Twin Cities
are ready to back them up with a general strike
Now the leaders of the truckmen, including the
Trotzkyists, are compelled to maneuver in order to
try to escape the wrath of the rank and file. But
can they be trusted again by the rank and file?
The workers must not allow themselves to be
trapped again in endless negotiations and arbitra-
tions. They must insist on an immediate general
strike in the Twin Cities to enforce their demands
They must make sure that this time at the head
of their strike stand rank and file workers who
be trusted.
The workers in the other trades must not only
come to the support of the truckmen with general
strike but they must at the time bring forward
their own demands for increased wages, for recog-
milton Of their unions
The whole working-class of the country has its
eyes on the Twin Cities. They know that the
workers there will fight nlilitantly Will they now
be able to so organize the struggle that they will
not only defeat the employers in the field of battle
but also be able to reap the fruits of this vctory2
The Communists and all revolutionary workers
in the Twin Cities must BY their active and self
sacrificing work in rousing and organizing the
struggle help to this question in the affirm
ative