The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-03
Kalamazoo
Federation
Acts for Bill
IA Philadelphia Locals
Join Demand for
Its Enactment

JAN FIHSA1NC1OOOs OCbs Wv ll4c
the issue Of a genuine nemploy-
ment insurance bill is being pressed
to the fore at the 54th national con-
vention of the A. F. of L., now in
session here, new endorsements Of
the Workers Unemployment and
Social Insurance Bill are pouring in
to convention headquarters, to sup
plement the 2,400 earlier endorse
ments by A. F. of L. locals and cen
trial labor bodies which back up the
demand Of the rank and file repre-
Sentatives that the convention go
on record for its endorsement.
The Kalamazoo Federation of
Labor, affiliated with the A. F. of
L., has endorsed the Workers I'M
employment Insurance Bill and for
warded copy of the resolution to
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor,
urging him to give wide publicity
to the demand Of the A. F. of L.
workers for genuine unemployment
insurance.
A score Of A. F. Of L. locals have
endorsed the Workers Bill in the
past week, according to rec
ords of the endorsement received by
the A. F. Of L. Rank and File Com
mittee for Unemployment Insur-
ance. Fourteen of these locals, all
in Philadelphia, are: Westinghouse
Federal Local 1892, Midvale Steel
Federal Union, Joint Board of the
Cloak and Shirt Makers Union,
Terrazzo Helpers Local 81, Jour-
neymen BARRIERS International
Union 2, Shirt Makers Local of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
Fruit Clerks Union 1853, Interna-
tional Union of Operating Engi-
neers' Local 506-506A, United Tex
tile Workers Local 2030, Brass
Bobbin Winders' Local 1859, Dyers
and Mercerizers Local TOP, Interna-
tional Moulders' Local, Stone Ma
sons Union, and International
Union Of Operating Engineers 1856.
The International Hold Carriers
and the Building and Common La
borers' Union, Local 81, Of North
Bergen, N. j., and the Locomotive
Firemen's Lodge 10 of Jersey City,
and the Bartenders' Union Local
4S5, of Spokane, Wash, have also
endorsed the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill.
The Workers Bill, which was in
itiated by the Communist Party
and is incorporated in the election
platform of the Communist Party,
has been endorsed by thousands of
A. F. of L. local unions, State Fed
era ions of Labor, Central Labor
Unions and six State Federations
of Labor. Thousands Of other
working class groups of veterans,
youth, mass and fraternal organiza-
tons have also backed the Workers
Bill.
The Workers Bill provides for the
payment of average local wages to
all workers who are unemployed
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whether unemployment is caused by
sickness, old age, maternity, strike,
lockout, or any other reason.
Only the Communist Party has
backed the bill in its election cam
paign in addition to leading it's
fight for its enactment through the
daily struggles of the working class.
Jeanette, Pa, Central Union Acts
JEANETTE, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE
meeting Of the Central Labor Union
on Sept. 10 passed all of the reso-
lutions sent out by the A. F. of L.
Rank and File Committee for I'm
employment Insurance and Relief.
Among the resolutions we're those
on unemploy ment insurance, on
federal locsl unions, for wage in
creases, for solidarity actions, to
eliminate racketeering from the
unions, on exempting the unern-
ployed from paying dues, for in
dustrial unionism based on the class
struggle, against the use of gunner,
against terror and the injunctions,
and for the right of trade unionists
to belong to any political party.