Montana labor news., 1934-02-15
EASTERN LABOR
NOTES

NEW YORk-(FP) - Seventeen
million unemployed is the estimate of
the Labor Research Ashland H.
900, 900 unemployed means strong I'M
ions of workers on relief projects.
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That these unions are more than
mere agencies for demonstration and
protest was indicated when on CWA
projects Charleston, w. Va, and
Brooklyn, N. Y, workers used the
strike to gain their demands.
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In Charleston, the West Virginia
Unemployed League called a strike to
force the removal of an anti-labor
CWA administrator. They also charg-
ed political favoritism. They return
ed to work the next day when Wash
ington began an Investigation into
their charges.
In Brooklyn, $50 workers on one
job struck when their foreman was
replaced by a slave driver. Police
broke up their picket lines but the
men are sticking by their demand for
a decent foreman.
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When 40 millinery workers at
Bridgeport Conn.,, struck for union
recognition and a 20 per cent wage
raise, they were assured by the So
cialist mayor there that the cops
would not protect the scabs.
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The NRA may whitewash Henry
Ford but the fact remains that many
workers who struck are still out in
the cold. Although the strike was
officially called off, strikers who have
been unable to return to their jobs
have formed themselves into the Ford
Workers Protective Assn. Against
Discrimination and will apply to Ger-
johnson for a r%eopening of the case,
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A threatened strike of New York's
taxi-drivers was postponed after
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia announced
that he would order a census taker
among the drivers to get their reac.
ton to the &c tax being collected OF
each fare. This tax, which the court
held illegal, has been confiscated by
the fleet operators.
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Nearly 500 iron molders at Rome
Ca. entered the eighth week of theil
strike for recognition of the init
Molders' Union with the full force o.
the Southern Foundrymen's Assn
aligned against them. The men havl
succeeded in completely stopping pro
duction in four out of the five ROM
stove factories. They have appealed
to the Natl. Labor Board.
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The strike of Atlanta, Ga, electric
al workers during 1881 which wa.
broken by the bosses was called t.
mind when the Init. Brotherhood 0
Electrical Workers signed an agree
ment with the Georgia Power Co. tina
allowed the workers freedom to or
ganize.
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The hotel and restaurant strikers il
New York City entered their secont
ain 1876 per cent-France, 25.2 pc,
cent.
$5O,OOO-U. s., II per cent-Brit
ain, 1876 per cent-France, 25.2 pc.
$1OO, OOO-U. s., 80 per cent-Brit
ain, 48 per cent-France, 81 per cent
Unless there is a big change in tn,
White House, in Congress, or in pres
sure from the country. there will b.
little social legislation enacted at thil
session. Roosevelt is anxious to hav'
Congress clear out Of Washington
The intellectual level of Congress il
so low that most of its members ar
glad to leave the tremendous problem.
involved in capitalist crisis to some
one else, while they worry about pat
ronage. And the country seems NOR
interested in CWA and PWA than il
unemployment insurance, the 30-hou.
week or amendment Of Section z o
the recovery act. 1t is time for tn,
unions and other social agencies II
raise the alarm.