The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-12

who have pledged to continue aid
to the blacklisted welders.
full efforts to pattern the settle
ment after the A. and P. stores set
Element Of Cleveland, where leaders
of seven A. F. of L. unions agreed
to a no-strike settlement, and
gained nothing for the workers.
The editorial was obviously writ
ten before the workers turned the
tables by their unanimous vote.
The dyers were saved from an
! agreement which was quite gene
rally characterized as worse ohan
the old, chiefly because they had
rank and file workers on the settle
ment committee and decided that
there be no settlement unless they
approve it.
Details of the 81 hours of nego-
tiations which ended o'clock
Friday morning, illustrates the
strikebresking role of the Labor
Relations Board at Washington.
After what almost correspondent
to being third degreed, and in a
sleepless tired condition, at the very
last minute the workers we're sud-
denly faced by DR.. Squires of the
N. R. A. Textile Board, who told
them, 1T is your duty to sell This
contract to your people" He then
started to bulldoze them with
threats that if the contract is not
accepted, the government will step
in, that there may be trouble"
that the National Guard may be
brought in. The two-year contract
proposal was likewise reserved to
be last minute surprise proposal.
The workers on the settlements
committee felt that there was little
use arguing with strikebreakers,
and decided to give the answer when
they get among the workers. Kala-
chi, the representative of Union
City, stated in reporting, II have
nothing to sell you, so I can't do it.
Secret Ballot Ordered
In the meantime the national
officials have issued a statement to
the press that the vote of the work
ers will not interfere with their
plans to order a secret ballot shop
by shop They claim that the 5000
workers who damned the Roseland
Ballroom, and the mass meetings
in Union City, Lodi and New York,
who also rejected the terms, did not
represent the sentiment of the u.s.
600 strikers, and expressed confid-
ence that the workers will vote for
the agreement.
A secret ballot in every shop is
precisely what the employers want,
so that in case certain shops show
a weakness, they could as already
limited, through individual shop
agreements, break the solid front
of the workers. The workers see
this, but there is common agreement
that the same unanimous decision
will result from a secret ballot.
The Communist Party has already
called upon the workers to reject
the agreement in all shop votes.
In the meantime, it is learned
that as soon as the employers heard
Of the sentiment of the workers.
they stated that very likely they
will not give approval claiming
that unless certain unorganized
shops pay 66 cents they cannot
afford It,"
When the Communist Party
learned Of the proposed agreement
immediately leaflet was issued. 1t
was welcomed by the workers and
helped greatly in rallying support
for the rank and file elements in
the union. 1t reads in part as
follows:
Fellow Workers:
Your ranks are today stronger
than ever. Your union is a power
in your hands. You have paralyzed
the entire dye industry. Victory is
near. Your militant fight has
forced the bosses to make some
small concessions in wages and
hours, at the same time trying to
get you back into the shops with
out granting you the demand of
union shop and substantial in
crease in wages. Stick together as
you have done up to now and show
the bosses you are determined to
win, Fight for a 100 per cent union
shop with contract for longer
than one year.
1.-THE open shop, no strike con-
tract in the agreement will prevent
your from using your fight against
the speedup or discrimination to
improve your conditions In the
past year the cost of living has gone
up and prices are still rising. Why
should you tie yourself down to
contract for two years time? The
union must demand the right to
strike when the agreement is not
lived up to.
Every worker on the picket line
on Monday. Keep all dye houses
cI@r~1 7"