The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
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THE Proposed Platform of Recovery"
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers summarizes the sharpened and
more open anti-labor platform first an
nounced by President Roosevelt in his no.
strike speech of Sept. 30
This platform, now submitted to the convention
of the National Industrial Council in New York, is
a complete program for lowering the standards of
living of the workers, saving and increasing the
profits of the employers and robbng the workers
of their elementary rights. In word, this pro-
gram which herads a step toward fascism, calls
for a 'reorganized" N. r. A. which will smash the
rising tide of rehabilitation of the workers and save
the decaying capitalist system
What are some of the proposals of the manu-
facturer5 on how the government shall conduct
itself. These are
~ Outlawing of strikes. Prohibit sympathetic
or general strikes Protect men in their right to
work" in other words, abolish the right to pickett
~ call for an intensified government wage cut
ting drive in the following words; Industrial strife
stimulated by msinterpretation and misrepresenta-
ton Of the respective rights and privileges of
ployes and employers, AID THE THREAT OF
ARBITRARY DETERMINATION OF WAGES
AND HOURS WHICH IGNORE ECONOMIC POS
SIBILITIES, PREVENT RECOVERY"
90 Running throughout the entire program is
the demand for cutting down relief to the unem-
ployed and denial of unemployment and social in
surance. Balance the federal budget" the govern
ment is told "and permit cutting public expenses to
fit reasonable taxes" Relief must not bankrupt
the government Make progress toward prompt
balancing of the budget by rejecting payment Of
the soldiers bonus until due"
"a whole series OF proposals are made, aimed
to smash the real trades unions and establish the
company union as the only bargaining agent"
Refrain from policies which attempt to force men
into labor organizations the manufacturers order.
Encourage local settlements of disputes" That is
encourage company unions and reject the outside"
unions, the real trade union movement The manu-
facturers demand that employer and employee be
free to bargain collectively or individually in such
forms are mutually satisfactory to them without
coercion from any source" The employers must
approve the bargaining agent'-there must be
freedom for the company union, which vests in the
employers the sole right to hire and fire and dictate
wages and working conditions to the workers, do
not deprive individuals and minorities of the right
to bargain for themselves
90 The manufacturers propose to increase
sales taxes which fall on the workers and decrease
taxes on the employers.
This is the program of the manufacturer and the
Federal government-wage cuts, company unions,
outlawing of strikes increased taxes on the workers
cuts in unemployment relief and union smashing.
EOES this program mean that the present N R. A.
has not served the employers, or that the manu-
facturers program is in contradiction to the policies
of the Roosevelt government? Not at all The
present N R. A. has attempted to outlaw strikes
through Labor Boards and compulsory arbitration
which William Green and the A. F. of L. leaders
Helped to set UP The present N. R. A. HIS
strengthened the company unions las made the
minimum wage the maximum wage and has in
tensified speed-up, and through its Labor Boards