The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29
Fer a United General
Textile Strike!
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steps to mobilize the A. F.. OF L. unions and the
working class as a whole to support the textile
workers.
The entire rank and file Of the textile workers,
especially the local unions and members Of the
United Textile Workers, must at swing into
action to organize and prepare the strike. Green
and MacMahon have shown time and again that
they will not prepare the struggle, but the con-
trary will do all they 10 defeat 1t.
The rank and file textile workers achieve
victory for their demands by at once organizing
their forces from below. The solidarity and unity
Of All textile workers is necessary in order to win
the fight.
The question Of unifying all Of the textile work
ers is now of paramount importance. The National
Textile Workers Unions call for unity (printed in
the Daily Worker of Aug. 80, II carried out, will
greatly strengthen the ranks Of the textile workers
The N.TWU. calls upon all textile unions and upon
the unorganzed workers for united strike COM
rnittee in every MILL to be elected by all Of the
workers in the MILL whether they are in the UTW,
the NTW.U Independent unions, whether
organized Such united front mill strike committees,
representing every department and every worker in
the mills will strengthen the strike organization and
guard against betrsyals.
The National Textile Workers Union has taken
an important further step to achieve this united
front OF all textile workers. The NTWg. has
called a national board meeting to take place
can be taken to unite the textile workers The
call of the NTW,U. for this board meeting declares
that the board will consider further steps whereby
the National Textile Union unite with the
United Textile Workers to achieve one united union
in the textile industry The decisions Of the NTWU.
board should be carried into life by all members of
the N.TwU. and should be accepted by all members
of the UTW. in order to attain solid front
of the textile workers.
The immediate action of the rank and hje can
prevent the A. F. Of L. officials in Washington from
selling out the strike, and from splitting up the
general strike into scattered and isolated local
strikes.
TIE splitting tactics Of the Greens and Germans
will &c impossible If every local union Of the UTW.
takes the initiative to set up at broad rank
and file mill strike committee. with every depart
ment in the mill and all unions and unorganized
workers represented
These united mill strike committees should take
into their own hands the conduct OF the strike and
the negotiations. This will prevent betrayal By the
A F. of L. leaders who are cooperating with
Roosevelt Boards to make settlement which will
be unsatisfactory to the workers.
Textile workers-strike on Sept l. in the face
of any opposition of your leaders, as the San Fran
cisco marine workers did
Organize your broad united front strike
committees Organize mass picket lines for Saturday
morning Sept. l, in front OF every mill in the
United States.
Organize at once local and sectional rank and
file textile conferences, with delegates from all
UTW. local unions, with delegates from all other
textile unions and from the unorganized workers
Bind together in these united front rank and file
conferences the workers and mill strike committees
In every mill which comes out on strike
Do not return to work until your demands are
granted Do not accept either national or local
arbitration" by government boards If they get
you back to work before you win your demands
they will rob you Of every one of your demands
as they did the steel and auto workers Insist that
the united strike committees have charge Of the