The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-09
NRA Auto Pact
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Men Vote to Strike
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position forces against misleaders is
gaining ground.
a. W. q. Exposing A. F. of L. Game
The A. w. u is now distributing
leaflets exposing the game Of the
American Federation of Labor
officials and Labor Board. The A.
F. of L. officials are the chief movers
in this game" says the leaflet.
They tell you to place your faith in
the Labor Board whose first official
act barred the building of q union
organization in the shops and whose
second act was the negotiations of
an agreement for the Nash strikers
in Wisconsin completely on the com
pany's terms, which the strikers re-
jected only two weeks ago."
The leaflet warns against the
company maneuver of calling the
strike a lockout and urges strikers
to organize mass picketing and "set
up broad rank and file strike COM
mittee with representative from
every department, including all I'M
ions represented in the strike" The
lesflet ends: THE Auto Workers
Union, which led the successful
motor products strike asst year,
supports your struggle to the fullest.
The Auto Workers Union will fight
side by side with you for united
action, for a solid front against the
company, for hundred percent
victory"
Officials Quash Strike Motion
At meetings Friday night of Hud-
son A. F. of L. local officials sue
ceeded in quashing motion for i'm
mediate strike action and for the
election of a broad rank and file
committee to negotiate with the
company. Instead, officials mar
rowed down the committee to six,
which will not meet with the COM
pany till Wednesday. In voting for
the committee of six, number of
rank and file candidates were put
up, but the machine succeeded in
putting over its slate.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Nc
Grady, now here to help smash the
Motor Products strike, addressed the
Hudson meeting and admitted the
A. F. of L. did not win recognition
in the Washington settlement, but
said workers had achieved gains
nevertheless.
Department strikes at various
plants continue. Two departments
Of metal finishers at Fisher Body
Fleetwood plant stopped work Fri
day and demanded the wage in
crease promised three weeks ago
The company was compelled to
promise ten per cent increase,
retroactive to two weeks ago.
At the Murray Body plant, after
the distribution of the Communist
Party shop paper, the door fnishers
stopped work Thursday and de-
manded an increase.
Hit Ford Speedily
At the Ford plant West, Saunders
stopped lin line and forced the COM
pany to add more men because
they couldn't stand the killing speed.
Lay-offS are growing at the lead
ing plants, though production con-
tinueS to soar due to great intensi-
fication of speed-up The Ford
foundry is almost completely shut
down, with stock piled up all over,
The Fisher Body No. 2 plant in
Flint laid off eight hundred work.
ers several days ago.
Companies are using lay-offs to
keep out militants, and are being
aided in this by A. F. of L. officials.
When Gravis, active member of the
Hudson A. F. Of L. local, was fired
recently for union activity and
asked Greer, president of the local,
to take action, Greer told him there
was no indication he was fired for
union work. At Hudson's as at
other plants, sentiment for strike
action is strong, but here too, mill
tant rank and file leadership is ur-
gently needed to defeat the Official
dom of the A. F. of L.
Messengers Strike
Western Union messengers struck
Friday night, demanding wage in
creases and recognition of an indie
pendent union. The boys, some of
whom have been earning as little
as three dollars week are carrying
on militant picketing. The walkout
is under rank and file leadership,
but confused elements in the strike
committee are moving to bring in
the strikebreaking regional Labor
Board.
The Post Telegraph messengers
are planning to join the strike to-
morrow.