The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-05
The Reorganization Of the Unions
In the Socialist Soviet Republics

ward the proletarian dictatorship at
that period, from playing FREEDOM
inant part in the trade union, we
adopted the line of concentrating
the trade unions, of organizing alb
solu ely all the workers of every in
dustry into one trade union in Or
der that the leadership of the
trade union be in the hands of the
proletarian element. This was our
line until the working class began
to increase rapidly. When we APP
preached the realization of the
First Five-Year Plan, when we
drew huge masses into the ranks
of the proletariat, when during the
First Five-Year Plan we were able
to politically assimilate all the Of
flee employees in the trade unions,
when the resistance found among
the office employees and technical
intelligentsia in The first period OF
the October Revolution was crushed
politically and organizationally and
the bulk of the engineering and
technical workers began to con-
scientiously serve the october Rev
olution, when the proletarian
masses in our trade unions began
to grow rapidly-then the question
rose of the first dividing up of the
large trade unions. Proletrrian lead
ership was ensured at that time,
because huge working class masses
appeared in our industry, in our
country, and these new, fresh work
ers became assimilated in our trade
unions to such an extent that 1t
was politically possible already to
divide the trade unions. The prob
lem of the division of the trade
unions into smaller sections cannot
be separated from the general polit-
ical tasks, confronting the working
class, from the problem of increas-
ing proletarian cadres, from the
problems of the political education
of the masses, from how we sue
ceeded in forging not only the Of
flee employees and engineering and
technical workers in the prole-
tartan fire, but also the millions OF
new workers who came to industry
from the village. Comrade SILVER
nix quoted figures showing that the
number of workers and employees
increased from 10,500,000 in 1929 to
%, 100000 in 1884. This means that
within a period of only five years
the working class of our country
doubled in number.
yUHERE did we get these huge
w masses from? Children of the
petty bourgeois and of the en-
ployees, as well as an enormous
number of peasants who came from
the village, poured into our class,
into our industry. The basic prole-
tartan cadres of our trade union
movement assimilated this huge
mass politically. The tremendous
political influence exercised by our
Party enabled our Soviet trade
union movement to give political
leadership to these huge masses OF
people that poured into our Soviet
trade union movement.
Thus, a large number of pre-
requisites were needed for this re-
organization. Reorganization can
not be carried through overnight, il
cannot be completed in one day.
great growth of our industry ano
the huge accumulation of the pro-
letarian forces in our nationa,
economy were necessary. 1t was
necessary to complete the restora.
ton period and to pass over to tht
reconstruction period. 1t was neces.
sary not only to outline clear pro.
spects but also practical ways fol-
the building up of a classics so.
ciety IN order to be able to start tht
reorganization of our trade union.
in accordance with the new task!
| confronting the working class O.