The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
PARTY LIFE
Detroit Dist. AFL Fraction
Discusses Work jn Unions
''The Party Should Pay Most Serious attention
To Opposition Work.

union in the struggle against the en-
ployers that members Of the A. F. Of
L. unions should demand that the
union carry through strikes and ths
election Of strike committees at gene
eral meetings of ali striking workers.
Especially does this most serious
strengthening of the work in the A.
F. Of L. apply to the miners, textile
workers, building workers and rail-
road workers. But. it is equally inn
peratiye that we strengthen the OPP
position work in the existing A. F.
Of L. organizations and in every mass
organization where the A. F. Of l..
succeeds in organizing such unions as
the Federal unions in the steel and
automobile industry"
In order to accomplish our tasks,
the A. F. Of L. fraction proposes to
the Party:
ID That once more the obligation
of all Party members to join ths
trade unions be stressed and exc
planned in the lower Party organs.
~ That the situation in auto,
steel, building and transport be thor
oughlv examined in order to give for
this work our best forces, to give
means for this and to show why It
is necessary to organize the workers
in these industries.
(3) To strengthen and extend
Party fraction work in all trade
union organizations, especially In
auio, steel, building and transport.
az To line IN all trade union
fraction work in order to carry out
a unified program and to broaden the
base Of the United Front. This, how
ever, should not lead to sitting the
initiative Of the lower Party union
fractions and shop nuclei.
(5) Closer contact between ths
fractions in the A. F. Of L. and other
reformist unions, especially the M.
E. S. A.
(6) The utilization Of the daily
Worker by the A. F. OF l.. and other
re9orrnist unions, fractions as an Or
9anizer. educator and agitator among
the masses. Social workers corre-
spondence to increase local interest
in local questions and conditions.
% The establishment OF union
and shop papers, both locally and
nationally.
(8) The extension Of the delegate
form Of organization, depending upon
concrele situations
(9) The immediate establishment
Of an independent local A. F. Of L.
opposition center
(l0) The establishment Of better
guidance and understanding between
the District Buro and the reformists
union fractions.
(11) The serious analysis OF the
failure to recruit new Parry members
in the trade unions. especially the A,
F. of L., and the taking Of the neces-
sarv stems to correct this.
(12) The BRINGING forward and de-
velcument of new cadres, especially
in the newer unions.
13) The special problems Of the
youth. Nero and women workers, to
be given the proper a tertion, In
stead of the total neglect which pre-
walls at present.
dN The immediate formation Of
a G. W. A. delegated BODY from all
projects. representing all the workers,
tt FIGHT against discrimination, lev-
offs and he various problems arising
on the projects
15) The understanding that the
fiqht for Unemployment and Social
Insurance is the main central issue
in the A. F. Of L. work.
The A. F. of L. fraction is firmly
convinced that the carrying out Of
these proposals will lead to The
prooer united front actions Of the
workers under our leadership and lay
the foundations for militant and
rnited trade union movement: and
the COMPLETE exposure Of the reform
ist leaders and their bankrupt poll
cies.
In this we are guided by the teach
Tres CT Ienin. who has so successfully
chown Us the way in which to avoid
both opportunism and sectarian iso-
lation.