The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
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coed so rapidly in the early days 81
the industrial unions. And It was q
struggle in itself to keep up the few
industrial union papers that did ex-
list. But a paper like the Goal Dig
ger" served the function OF q hun
dred organizers. It went to coal
fields into which organizers could
not be sent, due TO financial rea-
sons, or could not penetrate due 10
terror.
When the complete history OF the
great strikes In the mine industry
is told some day, the part played by
the Goal Digger" and later the
Mine Worker" viii In retrospect
be seen as large one. Although
it played such an important role in
the development of such strikes as
the 1881 struggle Of 10000 Penn
Ohio-West Virginia miners; the
Kentucky strike and others, the
fighting miners paper did not ap-
pear during these struggles and has
been practically nOn-eMstent ever
since. And to no small degree the
comparatively small part played by
the National Miners Union IN the
more recent nina struggles has
been due to this.
MARINE WORKERS
VOICE"
Another OF the earlier revolution
airy union papers was that Of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union,
the Marine Workers Voice" This
paper has appeared regularly for
the most part; even In the days
when the union was league It did
so. 1t Is a unique. It goes to every
corner of the world. It can be
found on board most any ship. It
not only serves the American Eea-
men In their struggles, but brings to
the workers Of Latin America the
solidarity of the American workers
In the fight against American i'm
perialism; to the German workers
in the fight against fascksm. It
was one Of the main factors in the
lightning series Of strikes, still 60
ing on, aboard the Munson Line
boats. Its chief shortening Is that
it, like the union itself, Is based
mainly on the seamen, and only to
q small degree on the longshore-
men.
It ID far cry from these early
days OF the trade union press, with
TWO or three papers, to the present
day, with revolutionary union pa
.perS In the steel and metal. marine.
needle. packing house. lumber, fish
cry, furniture. auto, food, office, and
some Of the smaller industries; with
a Railroad Unity News; with rev.
olutionary trade union opposition
paper like the Chicago Milkman,
and the coming Rank and File Fed
erationist.
Such papers rs the Packing
House Workers Voice, the Furniture
Worker, the Voice of Action fish
ernen and cannery workers in Sc
attle) were born out OF the recent
strike struggles led by the unions
putting them out. Due to the strug-
giles it led in Mckees Rocks, AM
bridge, Indiana Harbor, and Buff
falo, the Steel and Metal Workers
Industrial Union Is able to publish
the steel and Metal Worker regu-
larry. It is a serious shcrtcoming
OF the N.M.U. and the National
Textile Workers Union that these
organizations have published no is
sues Of their papers In the past
year, in the midst OF some OF the
greatest struggles in these indus
tries, such as in Paterson, Western
Pennsylvania, Utah and New Mex
leo.
This may be news to many in
the revolutionary movement - but
there is also central organ Of the
revolutionary unions It is Labor
Unity, the 32-page monthly maya
zine Of the Trade Union Unity
League. It has kept going since the
early days of the Trade Union Ed
ucational League. In the past few
months its circulation has more
than tripled. aara