The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-28
How to Fight Blacklisting

DEEP feelings of resentment and strug-
IL gle against Germans sell-out of the
textile strike are driving forward the re-
strike movement against discrimination
blacklistings and wage cuts.
In Easton, Pa, in Paterson, in the
South and New England, the textile
workers are beginning to see how Germans break
ing of the strike and Roosevelts appointment of
new Textile Board is bringing them the worst
type of oppression, and proongation of the mis-
cradle conditions against which they fought
b@evely.
What can the textile workers expect from Roose-
velt's Textile Labor Relations Board? In the STEEL
auto and marine industry similar boards worked
hand in glove with the employers, aided by the
A. F. of L. top leaders. They helped the company
unions They worked to fasten on the workers the
oppressive MIRA codes. Thousands Of workers were
fred for belonging to trade unions
Roosevelt is following the old tricks of Hoover
On every issue, Hoover used to appoint commits
sion. Now Roosevelt appoints boards The main
aim of the board is to drag and drag the dis
cussions to permit the employers to weed out mill
tant workers. to strengthen the fight against the
trade unions-and above all, to preserve the basic
existing rotten conditions in the industry in order
to defeat the just demands of the textile workers
III determinations, black-listings yellow dog con-
tracts and attempts to smash the union? Easton
and Reading have shown the way The workers
at the Bancroft Mill in Reading voted unanimously
to remain out on strike against determinations
They sent kilograms of protest to German. They
are voicing their protest to the Textile Board
Textile workers! To fight against discrimination
there must be a re-strike movement involving not
only those out now but every worker in those
mills where the employers black listing strikers
In Easton, Pa, where the National Textile Work
erS Union formed united front with the United
Textile Workers, a militant strike conducted
Look what these workers did and what they gained!
Instead Of obeying Germans orders to go back to
work Monday morning, the workers met at huge
mass meetings Rank and file committees were
elected in each shop The workers marched to the
mills and demanded of each employer recognition of
the shop committee, back-lsting, and an end to
the wage cuts All the demands were granted by
the militant united front fight of the rank and
file.
In Paterson against the wishes of the leaders
the black-ISted workers elected a rank and file
committee Of IS to lead a re-strike movement
against discrimination, and rallying all workers.
forces against the blacklist.
More than that In every local of the U.TW.
the fight must be taken up to GUST the rotten
treacherous leaders who took part in the sell-out
There be no effective struggle now unless the
fight is directed against these labor leutenans of
the employers in the ranks of the UTW. To fight
discrimination, rank and file grievance committees
should be elected in every mill. These committees
should take up the fight for reinstatement should
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and his gang cannot be trusted They will not do
it. They were interested only in stopping the strug-
gle before it gained victory. They now want to
clamp down on the rank and file fight against the
sell-out, against discrimination These leaders and
all who aid them must go! They must be driven
from the U.TW.; out of the ranks of the labor
movements
militant rank and file leadership must be
elected to conduct the fight against discrimination
against all grievances for the workers demands and
to make such betrayals impossible