■ WORKERS WAftNtD

BO.'IO.N I’MONS SAY

OI BRIGGS UlSASTER
.'I All [Link] OFFICE IS

Auto Worlii‘r» t inon Told of the Dan- IN BOSSES- CONTROL

Kei Due to [Link] of Ventilating
Syilem. i ■ i‘i 11 I i i.' i I [Link] ).\

/^w,, ,1,..
;i;.s-i>'\ Ihe-. entl.d Labor Ln
L lyiin rn-(l Mil; .111 Mii;an./,,itiMi, ..on
■:i o} lt...!.,n Ills .[Link] .1 IOinolil
I>;peii jii liMiii i.i' iiie Bin.:;;, I ! .li’. :
ut liv J.. invest|._..it,. il,,. Depart
•Avi IIIK I’Tir.l ,\t [Link] Iiiiii iht r,. w.i-
no veliiM.'.liii" ..y-leni in llie 11,11(^11 >hi,i)s, .men; rii I .di.., ..[Link] lues ol .\l.i,s-.i
I lie i.)ut o .-^[Link]^[Link] III wiap m,111/e ' .liiMi lf I he e\ iiien, [Link] out m
arifl Milton aiomul tlieii nie.e.s. I hin die piibln: [Link] of, the ease of Maiv
(I’d not prevent them from hreathin;; in j I >oiiovan. they fell, .showed elearly
the ilamtermis .fumes. that one of the reasons for dismissing
WHAT A MINER THINKS this faelory inspector from her job was
Our speakers pointed out the. in-
juiy that was being done to their health ' ' A. kmai .ii',.,u Ui Th.- lA.-,l tVui l.. .1 loo-Muiscienlinns attempt to protect,
as well as the dun ter of justi'such a di.s- I .......... 1 ■ , , , the workers of the stale by seeing that
. !■ I -i-i • ^ eoal miner by trade, but ow- employers ob-erved the labor law.s.
a.-.er is tl.d OM ur. I he comptmy d.d ; ip.o .s|[Link] of work I eatne 'to De-
al, m Its P■•«er o ,.u. put U a skUH-ro
stop-to our .: jroit irtut and llanded induH a job here at Ford's. Ford s. Much Evidence
Ihfv
I M > nnratrnetl
.h..-[Link] our om sneak-
speak-: U... H,,, Ji have l .. jumped. out of, ihe . a
frv-in^ When [Link] facts were presented at
i [Link] I.n he poliee they , _____
•!• .1 •............ I iiiu uu'v woiK- die Central............ Labor Union, iiuiny many acte
dele­
11 <irid when [Link] did not ... - .i— j
r: •hr- <h • Ii*-d te-nhw ihe-v imed II-;) tliTrr tiay.v and le^s here* with llu- gates rose to give their
-■*■'1 of :hr boys. I thought the .slav-
||,eir evidence of (h«
rmpioyeij by the [Link]
the
., l-st itTi- ks .t!! up aiiit down
* IV ol jI„. niinrs wa.-^ had enou^'h bill parlment of [Link].
Deparlmenl Labor. 'iheiThey
= ' lei 1.1 pt r \ flit mil
'J t hold a candle alon^rside the ‘ th.; Deparlmcni
Oeparlmeni with an at-
•[Link].' UfMi llie la. loiv,
Mim, .,-ing i.n!ldo/ing l‘»7in^ .»f the bosses
bosse.s *'*‘*^^ <»l ,paiJiiliiy - ddilv towartitoward employers,employ
-‘.e'l . :.,p „v ,0
and -peednig as [Link] under ibis and hostility lowtird workers in all
-•••; V :i r.; 'i-itli.
I 01 I -ysteiii Wlirn I [Link] talked to sirike.s and liiluir disputes.
• [Link] ful
•mie .1 ihe men .ibout joining a union Ofiicers
y i'cers of the Department, it was
[Link] wa-
to .■[Link], : 11- .[Link] this encroachment ''‘‘j'-'f. _ -. lake ....... ereiy opportunity to use
’■ i i--. t I’ .*• ■! .1 \‘eil I ■ fsSr'[Link]..
on ..01 [Link] and more wages that [Link] to protect employer;-
i vve! .1.. .1 K.- k .1! Sllf
...... ; '>'.'l.-d to. 1 am often met with ;iom liv.n; up . to. .....................
labor laws, .. instead „
cif
.»! »-xrts lieb»re the*
tidiculons
.................... ; t ou slaleineni:
can t "You can t Img and safeguarding the work
■ -[Link] • »\ r-r th*‘ . I •iupaiiN .slat I
•niKani/f lord workers' because, they
i f t.‘ put • V rnnlaiin;' ..irm and
P‘-'- have too many foret-^meri Connivance
<.iih«»:iirh fh* <lid n«»l m« tt» the »’X-
pens.- ,,t inillmg m an .[Link].- ^v^lem I.'lineis ,,e I' ‘'’i’ V’*'' . IJnr ,[Link] „„„
...............'[Link] told how the Stale ^ \l-
>1 Mr V tli.a.a* . .1 ... ...
Id........ ml,I [Link] all ol the riangerous 1 e t ; be t "T '‘"""'‘-y of .he en -
fmnes. still, we can say that it was en- [Link].r e in t^dn- rT/- 'r'''"' •^‘ses come up in
tir.d.v rlue to our-efforts that the l^uss then, are fdreignerV “ lion‘of l",'
of life was not many times greater than The o-ani/ed miner ,b i r ‘I Prossed or
ifv.-as. men, w",i:?r ' '•■‘'h ...significant fines even
If the workers had heeded our call and worL , .^^ndi,ion'’'"iT"''’ demanded by law.
a.«l joined the .-Xnto Workers Union ’ few condi ms I, . . [Link] are retained
ilieii we would have been in a position boss is compelled 1 ' '*!■“ ■|'c '-doss over violations and take
.0 b... -_.l.e company ,0 make their mi^es :.s"o.,Sr^ Tr^’r'ci'-’ l!’:" '™P'oy-s inftead of
[■[Link] safe |„r those who di^ the work, shop: lords [Link] r-Htmg inform ition from the workers

: if the mine is working the c.....|.«ny ■ donV'wi,LuTt7op.-""s“ftmTr^^

' MAF^ WORKERS ARE must give the miner at leas, ,wo hours ma, hinerv. or bevu td ,he k "
•Sn'-c^the union uS's tss3r5?-sii!rg±’^’
work tf he presents [Link] f„c work mitted bv '

\t flu '.iwt nii'ftin

... .........A.....
t. III,.II .1 :.u^r numbi‘i of .[Link]
,M applicants ''-”;--'S_^[Link] every ,\l„nd .y —-........
mormng. port. F [Link] ,0 re-
.I'ltpttd.
• - Ihf workeTs M«y:arc* at ‘ mines the boss must show
..1 >t Commitfee Appointed
di/n.g that il is only by!>y joining:"-.........
joining : *»nd
leni sufficirni
reasons lor reasons
bring for .\
firinir
.o,,.,,. ,, r / -------- --

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i.p and pirvont wa^e-culs.
iiipusiiy tne un- .wifb f,.ll
."SiSrir.;
I hr [Link] Irr is Jf xUd und it can
hr paifi a tiullar at a time. The dues
“ fifths! tx '-V?
-lie $l.i ) a inonih. ,tvm prevents me from
I be boss knows the value of organ- advantages to ' ' ----------------
1/1 lion. Do you-
'^Whv'fs b'7ha’''“'"lT'"'’ KBCiDY DIVISION RAISE IN
48 HOURS PAY; 44 HOURS WORK f’’*"' "" « ' ■atd 'w.,rk7“! wmrtl," ^'^‘^^^CTION AT PACKARD’S
;'.t.p of ___ Xr.t solong^
.SX-D.\L', _(F-P)_M,„, workers «'f^'jpJ-ukeT wl.o‘1 a""im sixi^^'a ^ b"’7'X

t r-u:.t i; rrLSr'-vS .t",-, ,'r,

tTcis ...... .... “ •;.« a
^ ^ 'N an open shop. th. „n“li„'’“'o "P

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YOU CAN’T REST A

MINUTE IN THIS SHOP
I HE

LOCAL NO. 127 APPEALS

FOR SACCO AND VANZETTI

Our^n^ the last lay off at Packard’s

all the slower nn?n were canned first
AUTO WORK E R S

On Friday. April [Link] No. 127

NEW S

empinyrd
HUDSON’S

rh,vy ea!n”’" Teiir

i
I
[Link] a resolution appealing to Gov. "'[h 'he pnvsib'.My of makinj
and a speed up system was introduced
Fuller
. of Massachusetts for ail
, -----,—iwi an uiitoti-
uncon- r, r . horn ...............
bonus by . ^pt■edinlT ui>
P-Vi tK iilarly in Dept 11. . The fore­

n
ditinn»]
ditional pardon r\.-«rrt<-«n to »L*.
the >_ _ ___
two I -
working I nr men arf "‘al'ing __ around. 7t. , cn’
men are running up and down walch- class martyrs. Nicola Sacco and Barth- *»" 'I"-
' <ompany ,s replacnv
iOK *‘V'iy man and raising hell for the olomeo Vanzetti. ' men b\ iris ,i> fast as f>o.s-ib!i-.
least thin.4. Oue of the workers here The overwhelminir e\"idencrt tJ* the
-ul .[Link]. on « li.,x while his machine ..........................
case convinces all labor bodies tluouKh
pened‘7r;,nv\“'’ T innocent of more about HUDSON’S
.Xa mi ; ,h crimes charged against them, and
into a rag? both at the worker and the |dhat they were convicted for their
straw foreman because he couldn t see I views and activities in behalf „f the
.1 man resimi; for a minute. I his is an i Labor .Movement
example of the hundred little things!
.over which they rave looking for ex-j .INC
cuses lf> fire men %nd throw the fear of "v<r theuA [Link] anri leg.s ' / („.
caused bv the ehern,, ..sed m tlm UDE
God into their hearts so that they
would speed ub the production for the clinhnaled '’iT'^" •
glory of the Packard .stockholders. b'oefc ■ fK *'i 'tie i vlindei
Mils kind of .bullying tactics can't be
pulled off in a union shop. When we
have a union to protect us the foremen ‘ •I-,. , '
........ -
lime op.-ialor-
IMs vyouhl ii„o!v,. „ arja'g.
jespect>|^tj workers. The Auto Work- ,
ers Union is the organization that holds pen.s. be.,;u..e ihe ,u| has be [Link],^^
ito a
hope for the workers in the auto shops ' <'ff alter ihe op. Mb,,,,. hoished.
Mt.
of Detroit. Jf you want to be protect- , ation
e-.„ ...... ■-•""•"•d and :e in
ed from speed-up and wage cut.s. if ' Ia\BOR BODIES PROTEST an no. [Link] ,,„y ..ffe. pee .......... . |,
you want
jou oam methe loremen
foremen to treat you like i -------- ....... 'ik. rs ,,, 111- Ilud-..u lake-
’floim’ l'i“ '••'"•‘■•'-"n [Link]-,.u : did
•'I'.lor t .anls eot wise )„ lls^selve.
for-
waj.
lou and help us to organize. , manded of - Gov,
-....... .Fuller in resolmions
..e, o. rJ
resolutions 'u';:r'o? 7" 'I”' Auto W„,k,.
\Vo,k.-,;
e or-
A UNION ,M..\N. : unammoudy
... adopted
-- ---------------- [Link] by 1,1C
the .St. LOUIS
Louis , ’’ . " ""I ' he able
i. antral ----- ! I _L. • : P**' 'top („ (||,. were
, - entral I fades and Labor union, cov- s;h„.. ... , ■
i^hicb
teringa [Link] of 100.000 trades [Link] ■”> 'he wa
, unionisl.s. cutting and .sjiee.|;..u up li,„| is •c tCh
OVERHEARD IN THE SHOP I , .___ going on. more
have
- ay. I think we have to work damn I I — * I”' ' niVvv i m .e lour.
hard m the Fisher trim shop for a dollar ! county, Ind., at its ‘ DEMAND
an hour.”
^- - ,'*■, I •regular meeting rijjiii
J- - •••'—••.•K April 1^
12 unanimously
unanimously' OF .SPFcnirr. r
OF SPEEDED WORKERS i day
’‘Ves. I think so loo. (hough it is • ® calling upon the'
:>ry)i
jffect
.rtant
time,
n the

..SE-iSiS'SppSSc
• Why not now>” '
iacep and Vanzetti should be r^- they are f .
njem "
Yu '-’'Pf '
^en
1 the
were
leant
gate
----- * would belong if the other fellows A jol u '
le to
;"Ei. is demanded,
>resi-
the buck and expect others to do what : LOWEST
d on
nien employed
•sure tnai as tong as the trimmers and ' , ' P® »nggs tiljnls [Link] .speed up d to
others workers [Link] unorganized workers to the very limit of hu- hv a 'V ’ “ pany
diere
[Link] they will be trimmed good and ; " ^"durance but pay the lowest pos-i uiesp.T”'',“"d min- been
plenty by the boss. -ihle waee. It ,.,.n i-------- ,i count as a working hour; every
le 20
hs or
new
vacation with
I no-
a dat’;’^
dairV,;."
..11 ‘ -----------
. -- hadAind
w^nt wo,k elsewhOe llienlte-nd '^
want Will rb->ear.
diive thfim ____i. t. ■■■"■"" ^ '« days, per ^ough
■ Remember when they had a dance Briggs. Ihe .Metal Workers un k' k men
every Saturday night'.'" Tk • i . controls ik„ .it which as if
......................
■ni say 1 do! They even -ave au oer^•’'‘''■rls
k workforaslowasiLcents >a
.„.J .L
"d i'ndu's'Jrv "‘'■‘P* and
-"d ship
ship- that
toinobiles away." , | ordrr"^o"m“kC . lo eftacien- I the

roBts
.........1,1.... dem
“I henetits for the vr- rker.s. the
them
»e).
1 re­
[Link] productior in in
------- departments
(tpntimiW on Page 2. Cpl. 3) , __ ime-
i". .1 ,k A.,. wX; “>• '^^ IJOnOET TO JC^lTAHi ale proud
Auto Workers Union—55 Adelaide St. own as an
ly ithrough
I ( At tUa
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UHE AUTO WOR;fP-pQ vr„,o

THE AUTO WORKERS NEWS

1 CopenhaKen produce much more ” nite .k c “ Oopennagen plant sup-
monthly by the United Aiito- : Oa„[Link] workers are optX'o the .^a! a^dVo^nd.'"^''”"
[Link]\ Aircraft and V-^ehidc Work­
ers of America. Local No I’7
ON'!-. c:i;.NT f>[.;R c opy
iub-scripiion Kite- 50,, Per Year

/DANISH WORKERS MAKE

WHY YOU MUST
henry

Hy mu. KC?j.S. Federated Press

FORp HORN- IN
JOIN THE AUTO
;■ 5^ ■
UOPKNI !AGFN_(FP)_Wrhe„ the
Htnry f orrl or«anization entered Co-
penhapf..,, ,| learned the meaning of the
WORKl^S UNION -----------
"w-t'’'’' I r .■ at the com- WHY THE WORKERS MUST
cent or..^"''’ IPer mercy of the bosses. ,\„ organ-
ORGANIZE:
P-mutled' trl:,t^w “p’Tn^ r"^
oersen. .secret ,ry of the Danish .Ma- fjf,e The Union means more wages for
[Link] and .Sn-iith llnion, announces , organization the workers.
'• ■•v.n inr-
When Itn- l.u ioj-y opened, our com-
factory " °'^*"'a pay for
The Union means Better conditions
mittee interviewed
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................... s- ill IX. I *ir:>T<f(
th,- riianagenrent on ;''-'‘me. N„
overtime. No organization means to
'heir labor policy................ ^ for the workers.
w.- neard a vharm- ^otne at any hour of the day or
company wa.4 tro-. nij^ht. \o ornrani'‘»*»:r.v.. ___ • The Union means more of [Link]
things of life for the workers., ^
:f f
: '.''■"7'”' ' "orkinen. and of the i " workers. No The workers must know their int|r-
hi'""no ' Ford and , “"-'‘"'zat'on means to be FIRED at the ests and must organize to protect them.
The United Automobile, Aircraft
-.1 go. it. N^tSar'^™ Sd Xm ^ "X ^‘'>- and Vehrcle Workers of America, Lo­
■t'e pretty cottages since" .AXXn ' more to their cal 127. is now carying on a campaign
i ' families who must make ends to organize the auto workers of De­
l ord discovered that he could „ot i troit. All workers in the industry are
have h,.s [Link] ir, Copenhagen in [Link]-' _____ eligible to join our ^organization. We
of the worker.^ThTtr”,de'’,Li,m ' THE BOSSES OPPOSE meet [Link] Evening at 55 Ade­
laide street. Now is the time for all
organization ^ ,
workers in the industry to get together.
skilled work can only be dime'by’hore' i «•>«• t
Don t hesitate. Cjome down at onfe.
It’ "d mechanics. WagelProfits ,o the boss,
are patd accordingly. $5 a day being! , e
the lowest. S. Long hours and no extra pay for
C openhagen labor discovered that i more profits to the boss.
'^I^ji'mCh.'.r'been X‘’abh'7*Ihn"'day i “P«r>'es by showing
tmdti " “f "'Age.s, but theJ ^ '°"d'Lons of the workers mean
irade unions [Link] r„ consider it. i "’»■'« Profits to the boss.

as rrt:;"!'^!X7^"
a plant i; .Co°pe"n"Iage„ f'-: The b<«ses know
>m°w their InteresU
inter. and
"P ,l^y paying a flat $5.50 for I to protect them,
r.",;,:,..”"':: .‘’■'j' '^‘‘‘leial ,Motor.s com- Organized workers are no lon’>er at

■ g‘ r'l'V^- mvn arl r""*^ ‘“ts ind to demand incre«ses-in

^nployid and 125 ears produced, i means a 44 or 40-hour Keek
the year'bXX |
"Like other employer- F d - w-il| have something
ing to meet the situation pllh^ i health
wages
r»-w
down"., /^I|(
Andersen siiys 'Flrd m the factory; means the'
planks were started in .AnlcC-erR
• and f'sht to present
Present your grievances
gnevances with-
iTr'oo lower W .ges ,,re paid than !' OUl the danger of I_:_
““t thf> being_ r*ini-rv
FIRED- means

Join Today !

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VOL. I,
I. NO. 2

PACKARD PROFITS GROW

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JUNE, 1927
__ PRICE: ONE CE;\f

Profits Incre<^ More than lOO')' in T^n:S^P^S''s„‘ir »™ Mcsrmc^s msetinc

Le»s Than Two Years NO. 38 Friday. June I 7th. there will be a,
Although the"^orkers in the Pack- 5rLT!l"\°^ ‘he A6to Workers at
55 [Link] Street. 8 p. m. The speak-
cms anJ k many wage
reiuL^' ^er-
reitter, an orgknizer of the Waitresses
very hmit. the coupon clippers can re-
Union. Sarame Berreitter has done or-
?d Tnd , K TP" P™®P®mu3 yeata Two ^amzrng work for the Clothing Work-
The n *’’* 'company cut ers Railroad, Shop Men. and Miners,
the price of its care $5 30. U is novr
ihe IS now doing wonderful work in
'owest'fn th^ organizing the Waitresses of Detroit.
hmory of the company. For the year
Her extensive experience ifl^he labor
" ■ --a movement insures a very interesting
meeting. All automobile workers are
In spite of its much advertised "safe­ urged to attend.
ly campaigns ’ it is a fact that the com­
pany shows an utter disregard for the
AUTO WORKERS UNION INVITED
wo"rke7 “h '’f'"’ °f the
TO CONFERENCE BY STATE
have been repeated cut and it is only LABOR DEPT.
^rough organization that the company
iTon u ®°'”= <=onsidera- The Auto Workers Union has start- The Auto Workers Union has re­
Imn for the welfare of the workers. ceived an invitation from E. J. Brock,
chairman of the State Department of
""“e? pS'Jf STUDEBAK. f “"38." me‘nle''offi;|°li^3^p-^ .0
ER PLANT AT CLARK AND p'®‘“ informed that the speak-'m bl o,‘2 ^ conference
WEST JEFFERSON ? committing the terrible crime 1 and d^t l a’ '^®‘='™ine
------- - ( of pointing out to their workers the h"f r r" ""7i i" ‘he hand-
I
Ihe SiudebakTl^rporation
Tim Smdebaker Corporation poses! noses iLTJ:[Link],
^ they im-i stages 'used’in du“"'^ explosive sub-
ce. The ! is Processes. It
several thousands of employes. An
aloborate monthly magazine entitled '^°‘‘*cl insist upon main-Vn •n"'^ results of the confer-
,L. ..o. , . . saline entitled taming its rights. Brother Arthur-r7 I fh " ■" '“ue of
d- buted free of charge. It is filled
th pictures of foremen, exciting de-
Lews"^ °fFce staff, and
te^ss'xts £”;rvrf-vlx
news of ball games between the va­
rious departments. Ca.'efully wedged the organization tonlr _______ i '

cri.p little [Link] of open shop

wet v7rv 1 P<=--he°rs; REGULAR QUARTERLY
tha°i”T"‘^^- ‘^c'icately- hinted Ih-,,,,....:?^ "r *’ interested and when,' DIVIDENDS
Ji>at all acco-nts ar- -he [Link] of care- Iheyweremformedlhrpgl^^^^^^ no
police the speakers would back to-
;s“p"iL hJs°n7'^
Directors and officers of the Hud­
day after they cheered son Motor Company were re-elected re­
Innde the .shop, the paradise one cently. At the same time a regular
co'mn ‘o find after reading the representatives of the quarterly dividend of 87 1-2 per cent
company dope-sheet, all vanishes. One Auto Workers Union interviewed Su-,^ was dec ared. The workers of the
u immediately struck by the sight of perintendent of Police Sproat and he
Hudson Motor Co. now suffering from
M many wornen at work. Men are be-
■ epeated cuts m wages and from bad
mg replaced by women ori drill presses, even the Fisher Body Corporation had unitary and health conditions should
athe and even internal grinders. to respect. That d^y and the day after
be overjoyed at such evidence of the
Drubllc.s.s they have to allow the as-
prosperity of the bosses. Just as soon
[Link] foremrn considerable liberty adoressed large groups of workers in
as the workers organize and join the
mn I 'V° d"? ‘heir jobs, as 1 saw him ^ Afit 38. Auto W Workers Union they will be in a
woVkefs P°*hion to lUim their share of this
^ Most production departments are to k J
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 3)
,'SL"k T' S
iW f tr"A‘°
T and promised
‘"eat­ [Link] FORGET TO JOIN THE
isas£=
ing of the^Auto Workers Union.
Auto Workers Union—55 Adelaide St.
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PROTECT YOUR HEALTH BODIES BY BRIGGS CONDITIONS IN THE STUDEBAK-

The worker is selling his labor pow- ER PLANT AT CLARK AND
Hu ih»- ivcfiit I'hf jif (h.- |j.),ly
IS h.s stock in trade, it is his WEST JEFFERSON
Plant «*n Harpur 11111.*. tu« tify.,mf jm-n
w.-ri* Iiiirm-il to death. Twenty iKeih-s v^i-re
selHand farnily As an individual the (Continued from Page 1, Col. I)
reeoverrd. Smtv the ItriKKs utTii ia!>'^e
^Vere
urker can do little to protect himself
dn-i-sh-d. \*M I'Miilmal.-i w»-fe f-eiit [■ * nror.'ei ikptitn the group-work system. The
so he must organize with hiy' fellow work \of the whole department ha*'
'll** iM.-ifst.-i of .\ni‘-riean worKni.u
workers to protect his health. ^ piece prices on it. and is added up and

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I he employer is>;onrerned in prof- I shared out ainons all the men ejch
I's and his own interests so he fights all At the Auto Show;
0 f , r *’ n a grading—
measures that he thinks will cost him iolt glowing light in pillared [Link], witic ■ ’■ «!■ k-—according to the
money. If he makes any effort to pre- music softer stiil. | amount of work he ha.s done. The
ymt accidents it is only in far’ as 1 he soothing blend of paini aiitj ’ ro,-e "v-iity of ibi, system is that no one
-■It will not interfere with pro^Ks.
and golden [Link], j much he Kas coming to him.
It IS up to yhe worker to protect him- 1 he sw-irl of [Link] s silken tide,'sweet i ’ kind of come-back about
seit. and he must first realize th* dan- laughter s [Link] thrill: ■I a.v. I l [Link] jt piece-rates a lit-
ner.s of his work. Breathing poison- IJame and mistress gaihi red lig-re, a ,'' ‘ i i- ’'bOit, and my pay-check [Link]
■ oils fumes, chemicals, dus+s and gases languid hotii to kill. . ■ Tim. If | had been in good wfih
‘i't'-u fl'sea.'ies. In Ohio
- i/./na automobile workers were er- Came thiou;;h the crowd a money king i'"ad'm.'’"'''''' ' ^ better
armned and it was fount! that 5 to 10
per i-erit had tuberculosis, and among
woodworkers, painter.,, etc., ., like
number suffered from lead or turpen­
tine [Link]. Even men who are not
using a dangerous [Link]., are eiidan- He helped her ii'i. ,„f, em- ' rt '"r'i'rl d -d buy-
g’ered if they work on the same floor. I braced each dainty limb. i to' beiii: ownm! 7 >
f or every one of 300 working day,
Oh Dan! .sheciied. 'thiscarfornie -; -After this they work
III the year /7 workers are killed and
[Link] book mu he digs. . i harder• o.,.„
ihan ever, ana
and become company
over AtlOO are [Link] injured
li^s just the thing to set them wild, i '‘.'"d P'lfcuns, spurred on by dreams o.''
1 he-e figured were given out by Secre-
those [Link], women priggs." ' d’vidend.s.
lary oj Labor who reported last July
•A clever salesman [Link] around—hb i “'b bere i.i e-xiremely irregular
that. Ko pe, cent of the 35,000 deaths
job to sell these rigs. : ' “'e first week I worked 5'days the
and [Link] .accidents which occu;
in [Link] each year are preventable. body-"*''' '"Jt'''- ‘b'-.-'!!;:;;! f w^rk the
body s made by Briggs. , ; CM •Moiiday morning and was sent
We must do all,in our power to
change such condTion.s. and the work­ told to co7Tn
ers With organization can take the nec- ------------ i"-.vt day-no .stock. Sooner than com
I 'tmic to work under these wretched and
'ssary st,eps. The united action of all ■0. . :-0,1:0:.,,.,g :,,,hi;oi. I vciom^:;^
• ■rganizations is needed, and the'.Auto
Hikers Union is co-operating with the
■nriw T'i- n 1' ’"t' ’1 ‘""T' unemployed,
‘ik. rs lle ilth Bureau, in the carri- -hew-ml i"' '■t bad.
iiaign to riiake the automobile shops I' <0 ; " “'I /' built Irad
■life tor the workers, join the Union
• ‘-ncl ti« .p your.-tijf.
At the Auto Factory:
-mthiur e. ROHAN.

FORK OVER'!

'•‘n. Hunger .s lash the forei

l-atatK hungers lash the foreman cracks. a-ki„g Govern',VFjfef'",5* **“7''
j they .speed to
o every yell.
veil. ’^etls to exei, t b Massachu-
' twV. c to save these
■\'srdt"
[Link]
-n........... '1 "a ''“"’y*
blood ;!^'-“b
red Ham-.
'■e-i flam- thru
:
, "0 "buiu the workers are con-
[Link] convicted
The worker.,
workers died dleU - ,bondage-
,1. ,lu-ir . ., Reverend .A. U [Link]. ^stor ■
each bk-ick anri b!.i,ied frame
actec , . ■''b-'^Tesbyterian Churcti.
,rca. (Ch'-""'
hrisl the cruel shame! '"■'■'b- PrltN \r""'n‘' 'bt meeting,
ilro l I I "t’vll. president of the Ue-
Si“s;:' ....I" ' a«- 'iiJnisTt'rc. r
Hand over your little mite' every ' ......
.".■lurday
- night to wifle.
...j;.., a'^lie to r' our bonf-, „„r brmhe- ',1 . . (011 , 'u“iic unie.,, every ef-

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rtlef *1,0______ a .t t ■
r»y ^he rent, the butcher, the grocer, j.c r'^"* "> 'hai flimii,.. j,, . - <|as, li'.’i "bow the employing
vue-baker imd aj tlm- resr'Wh^u When 7h7 tim Tally rinveidtlfjfc:;:;]^^^^^ awake to ex^-
t-ets
t «-ts through paying ymi you will .still be ,, ........... mortal ken
i,"''of ‘ thru
sl„.., _ I “ on n....L . . .'^^-■bcr .speaker, were Saralne
.[Link]. 3ou need [Link] nioney u> live. ‘,ath mirks the .„ ore i„ vv„,k r' niH-r of ‘il, viz Ber-
'^[Link] lier-
[Link];iL7;:?LTm;h::T-i::b: - .blood using a golden pen. ^ ^
get belter •ages!

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‘THk'^PEEp'upABOUTSOME BHAIN FOOD?

In 1923 the General Motors Corpor­

ation organized the Managers Securi-1
siene^°'f '=°'"Pany was de-
fhe m l‘i! °f interesting:
the men hol<Vg important managerial ; chain-gi^gl/[Link] wpikers^^^^^^^
pos tions as partners with the stock-' ^[Link] automobile shops, the Ford of
ati
aiion Tk- Motors t^orpor-:
"^'O! iviotors Corpor- ' ------------------' have gone on strike. Within

-nt
cent pr^ried
prefer..^ st::k:z:i7^^i,;^;:;!-you
. e- ca;;;;ii‘Br;;:t:nn;...........
food you can ge*t. Do you fill nolle, tpinetfes. L":iloi: "nd Rir
cash. The .vrvnagers
M^agers .Iccu
Securities cio ^ ;V"’ -’^^ish?. Doyou be-i Ouen shops.. a1 ^n;:o;;n“‘E,in:;"; ruj
i“:r wssir-fat.,'’
hen purchased from. E. I. du don',

equivalent of 843.750 share7of pres

That you I and- Lcvallois. Citroen Vas foice^ro

-ome to the open meet-i Paris District, the cirteVof ,L r'l

S"; vs-r.y
ent General Motors Corporadon ^om ih"g Union every i Paris .-hops, and the Ice- of ih r?
f^o" DheU $33.750.-:fLd! " brain'strike action and lockout. 1-ork was
men, k '"P«V-‘ ."'°"'ad up to such a point that th. Jturi:
Comn^"^^°' 'he Managers Securities ■ : have supp.-essed all passes in or- into
pcr «7prr -f ''s 7, anything but [Link] V° P--"' "-urhers from leaving d \
rCt de \el a'ock to t. . |. de i !3 EMPLOYERS’DESIRE • ^ "> ™t off communica tati)
' a d ,1 k I “1“* ^“"'pany and ----- DESIRE tions with the outbr world. Despite ice
pa.d the balance of $3,000,000 in cash. . (Ker'erated Pre- ) j ‘'’V woikers me gradual- Jhak
It d
I he General .Motors Corporation “voidsnce of the word- trade Moinin^Tke''^'" e fo
. has a contrac t with the Managers Se- j""’atked discussions of labor con- iand af tk ‘^°"";ades on the sidewalks
|lt Wi
curities Company under which it' '"dustrial relati.-ns before i 'ha organization meetings,
he o
asrees to p.,y that company annually I ^^amber of Commerce of the i The S. Tr
1 wei
for each .year from f923 to 1930. bot^ in 15th annual conven-' luruist Committee of the .Vletsl-
[Link]. 3 .uer
per cent of its excess earn
earn- \*ashingtoni D. C. The only i peal to |T°" ‘ r' f°howmg ap- whic
ings over and above 7 per cent on Oc I
inus „ve, ..„d ....... P'T lit man '"ho,
who rnemioned
mentioned The the ipla^^^^^^ “’<= ^"^“an
the net esrmngs of the corporation trace union movemel* deliberately w^as moi
available for dividends ' ' ' an insurance man. Haley Fl.-ke. The "In locking out 10.000 workers -■ hay
-^^,..,.0 n, >L([Link] c Jave! and Gutenberg. ,he directors of houi
gatin. *47^ g3c 030 . c. . lers Christian [Link] his worLrl 'he Citroen .Automobile Corporation y
have planned to break all opposition to a da;
heir vast scheme for wa.,e feductions. lory)
1-et np one [Link],4iu, shops this morn- effec
- equal lo 3.74 per cent of net
. .aiy. anJ T sates at the usual time •orlan
c-arnings of the corporation. , a. a. Rice as-aVtant to the president , ana
and ooey
obey the decisions of your Uniora time
This $13.9^4 84? ,ol taeneral iviotors.
j- j i ''‘^'-uerai .Motors, sounded the 1<kev- end of the Lockout Committee, on the
1 . wKom L...__ • _l ••TW3- • y ror thrpp <-la%ra. -___ i
among eighty men giving each ''one!h’»'h "'^ages cannot he Wher
about $199,060 plus their dividend T ®‘’°‘'''“Pt'"‘lias! increase id the
• were
■racant
has^rdUT- now!i'',d'|’‘'ty 'he coTpiThon'belTeem “the reductions and all those to coTe“ e gate
■ - ,"P'’a'h>3 up the| '"'”hmen and in the .^ans sacrificing 4.000 of your com- -
ana the manufacturer i" one to
use of unexcelled equipment, toge her
ihe more they can cut the wages the [Link] the unusual [Link] avhich has . Refuse to Work
more money there is for them. It is Comecome tnmtKyh ^______ I I
.hr:ur^rgre“afd“;3 iTtorJ vvllm^ f Le- «d
'han doubled the-production per mT ! .:urcomrade^sT'''f T'T "" ed
he automobile industry more than ever Ibis has spelled prosperity for all. but I refuse “TwTk ’ ‘’“‘i npa
hefore to organize, to join the Auto this can continue only so long as there' solidarity wthtL youc 1 the
V. orkeis Union. Only in this wav will s no let-yp in the increase of produc-1 The kT^f^ workers of Dist. 15.
they he aule to prevent such a r'educ- ole i
tion. whether that i.s brought about bv i LonI livi?ke r“I
tmn in -their standard of living' that « n<
new processes or inventions.” K ^^rrtv of\^ r ,5
1 themselves on the verye l iske rernarked tha, since wo^kin»-i Te>” i"'he strug- id n
rnen have become capitalist.s by pur- ‘ ° The Citr i irouj
■chasing small* shares of stock in the i aJln workers are striking e nt)
• Aha! icompanies employing them they are U m n' are demanding ] as
becoming more reasoLble toTa:^ cT^T hoS^^TTo-rsT " ^ It th
An Irishman was telling his friends I'al. Trade unions”, he said, "are i fme, fT fTT,, '' of th d
.of a narrow escape in the war. The recogni-Zing that -peace and prosperitv ^hinVT the ' “ 'l ears-
irishman aaid: The bullet went in me can oe promoted hymnderstanding. by utes oTaM niin-\ profi
chisi and came out me back.” co-operation, by recognition of a. com^ “ '■"’•“lar —- ■ ^ loder
man interest in industry." II th
"But.” said the friend. Vi,
He advised business men to receg : thei
-have gone through your heart and mze this |new attitude of labor, and .—i-efoTe)
killed yoii.'* * ’ iendaTX;i:TcZd Washing- Isome re
heart was in me mouth at the esteem ii
1-mhr” said the Irishman.—Ahibearfar. p' of 'ni';tcorn;:iTn'“‘"he'''’w‘o:!lTLl5^^^
favor. Tf -''nod on the soldiers bonus.” __
em, some
I Houston [Link]. 1 be proix
•wn as ai
1 y througl
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THE AUTO workers NEWS

THE AUTO WORKERS NEWS ! SHORTER WORK WEEK
LABOR MUST BE ALERT

7
' AN ECONOMIC NEED
fv.,

, J' •Bfc) monthly uy

.......i...[Link] by me
the Miitomo-
Aiitomo- Euftene, Ore.^The five-day week Economic forces are driving this
1- .<■, Aircraft and Vehicle Work­ an economic necesjit^ within ten country to a fi\e-day work week.
ers of Art^erica, Local No. 127. . year.s,
C L cf was predicted by by Frof.
Prof. Gilbert
Gilbert Scientific processes, labor-displacing
V’ .Adelaide St., Detroit. Mich. I of the .School of Economics, University machinery and ma."s production have
Vabscription Kat —50c per year. levolutionized industry. SkilL in an
flte:•J" o7, increasing number of industries, has
The speaker quoted figuref to show ,been ^ ^ replaced
^ ■by studied motion to
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38 OUT OF EVERY 100 WORK '.he increased annual production per teed '®o high-geared
b'gh-geared machines.
machines,
man in basic industries. To prove the organized that
-[Link].y show that 38 out of every value of legitimate trade unions, he P®’’ production means a
100 work. Automobile workers make compared wages in the lumber Indus- -larket,
market, as present wage stand-
op a portion oLthe 38 percent who do try where men have regular trade un- ards -- ---------
make it ’.................................
impossible to buy back
the work. They also make it possible ions and where they are dominated bv [Link] commodities.
or a i-reat number of the 62 per cent [Link] "unions." Practically eveiy basic indust^ is in
to jive Without workii^. ■ nis position, while employers talk of
I his is evidenced by the financial stabilizing production". This is the
»[Link].s of the General .Motors Cor­ DID YOU PUT ALL YOUR DOUGH a test defense for restriction of output.
poration. Eords, Hudson Motors, and INTO DIAMONDS? If IS folly to talk of old hours of
any number of other automobile cor­ work and a bare living wage under the
porations. These statements show a new system.
steady increase in the amount of It mdy be said that displaced work-
v\
money dis;t^ributed among the stock­
holder... . They also show a decrease in
the amount of wages paid in the pro­
m ers can adapt themselves to other call­
ings. This reasoning->is, unsound be­
cause the new revolution is not local.
duction of each automobile. . No calling is escaping the operation of
fhe result is that those belonging to
the iH per cent have reduced earning len [Link] you are just broke, with- rcientilic processes. It includes every
phase of industrial production
liowe, and must work that much long­ out any rocks to gfitler on your manly It is equ .lly futile m ,a|k of workers
er and harder to make a living. It chest! tour wages arc so low you
going back to the land". Farmers are
also means that the 62 per cent are can t even pay for your grub and rent.
s^truggling against low prices, overpro­
getting stronger entrenched in their ,1' s high time you joined the Union. duction. excessive land prices, mort- .
, ly’Jd'oa of idleness. Wa^-es!^'^' Better gages and increased farm tenantry that
I he above condition denotes a pros­ tends to selfdom.
perous . nuntry. When 38 per cent of VVe are in a new period of industrial
me people can produce sufficient to JOIN THE UNION—DO IT NOW! production, but the limit is still before
keep the entire nation, the country is us. Uiscovcries in chemistry and^the
Pte..i.n,,.d to be rolling in luxury. How­ During a rain storm a traveler tried application of hyclro»electric povyer
ever. me .V, per cent who do the pro­ to find shelter in the home of a man both in their infancy, will bring more
ducing [Link] little of the benefits of hving near the road. However, the wondrous changes.
p.o^e:„y a,,d ,|,e 1.,,.,, „{ the luxury. house leaked ,s„ badiy that the travel­ The operalon of these forces makz
h:- l onditioii can be overcome it er asked the owner why he did not a reduction of working hour? and an
wi.i be overcome when the workers shingle the shamv. mcrca,-e m wage standards both cer-
av'.ike :o the possibilities of organiza- The owner rephedi "When the sun ‘-’•in and necessary.-
Inm. the niilomobilc workers can "hmea it don t need it, and when it It IS not vvell for workers'to assume
tietp by^[Link] our Union. The 62 rams . 1. can t do it.’* ^
a fatalistic attitude toward these ques­
pet cent will never help us. We of the I .reXd .Automobile workers hav*., always tions or to hope that their share of
an [Link]. they need it gams in production economies will be
h .tiZ a^d d: ; more next handed them without effort on their
year. Dont be [Link] -the man who part»^
ownt-d the leaking shanty, join the un­ if workers are not alert to silent, re­
ion .NOW and prepare for the days sistless change.s in industry, if they do
Henk-Honk and Ting-Ling , w-hen you wui need a union even more not keep in dose touch with the oper­
••'.11 automobile [Link] .say.s- "Tep' ation of forces that are being chained
■ day there are practically the ' same
to mans will, they will be lured by
number of automobiles In use as tele- WHY SOME MEM^RS STAY ^ panaceas. Then will come evil days to
phones?.
AWAY FROM MEETINGS those who work for wages.
The question we .should like to see
[Link] 1.S [Link] [Link] the more Or As Many Reasons As Heintz Has
gas.—O. L, R. .News.
Pickles — 57 ! ,
see**'® ‘h”"’"'' u"'.'a '"«".*'»'o can
in^iJr Was not feel- he is headyrhe wro'^^^^^^^
A Job to Suit
• Foreman: "Here. „„w, Murphv.
m.J-.i. I.a -ed by and didn't see a ~ ^ '
[Link] hath _6. Had a lodge meet- AUTO WORKERS UNION
Murphy.
itor: Is m
«•! trembling an
all over. ■fill
Foreman: "Well, [Link] a hand l town on [Link], 9. Friend of mine i Every second
I With the sieve." ■aici:, went to see him. 10. Went to a i
-dding. Ho be continued). j
Fridays.
Open Meeting^Every third Friday.

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NEWS PRICE: ONE CENT

■x;.'! WORKERS IN PLANT 18 STRIKE!

Resist Wage Cuts.
OPEN MEETING

Corporation start- FRIDAY, JULY 15-8:00 P.M.

at 55 ADELAIDE ST.
ca« about two months ago. As was
o be expected the company grasped
this opportunity to slash the rams
Cowls were cut from $ 1.00 to 85 cents
upper backs from 90 cents to 75 cent!’
rents L°d "’"■I
cents, and similar
to 20
reductions in other
Come yourself, bring your friends.
The men submitted to these drastic
*?! two months, but finally on WORKERS LURED TO DETROIT
June^th 100 cowl and upper^back BY LYING ADVERTISEMENTS
A BRIGGS^Ri^ WRITK
strike. At the same time
I am one of Pk ■ . Many workers come _
ot those workers whopJisrh^Uf^ advertisements "> in the he.
"f «l 85* pi ™b’"^ •"
S'"; »'.>oLu
Lhey. too. went\on strijS.
Wo'rL‘° n '
rl^t
all for tlf
"t".:
ffo'ni^^Auto
*“^rhJ.e the ^e automoSiis fa° torierof”t.h7s“‘citv.'
chance at thar'ther* '^'”''ters arrive here they find
u^or at there
that
‘'t'y i°i" ‘he out there are
are thousands of workers
bosts'°Tfr*'^’i''‘=‘''‘' '» «<= t''^
After a stesrion of two hours P?anrb. / ■" ‘•'f Avenue of Work.
Plant but 1 suppose its just as bad in

ime . '“"‘^h and it takes some-

J J ■ ' ue men refused thi as
and demanded the old prices. as much to ring m so"""
muir,'"'"''‘“ you can see«hout
how ’8"°«nce of con-
much time we have to eat like a human -pi pert -of the emplovers.
They are part of a concerted, watchful
the f ' ‘he men came to
We are rushfedSo our work so much emX^ eorispiracy by (he organized
.th?nv^ Tk"'°A"’"® *he same em^oying interests to keep wages
-thing. The Auto Workers Union had
^o representatives who held a big rattle traps
-i-w that therfe
«.«icic always
aiwa] is some
A crisis enables employers to pit

P aled to all the workers to support

i?"-"• worlTerl -^t the
workers of another. EmpI - :-„s who
he men who were on strike. Soon af­
terwards the foremen came out and
informed the men that the old wages
.tUtt..*'"™”
One more thing about the hours we
stmiTof weather the
^ojm of an unemployment crisis much

itt th^.^ sohdar- must work. We must often work 12

■‘y ‘he metal finishers had stopped a JOIN THE \UTO
and 14 horns a day with noTfctra time WORKERS
drastic cut in wages for the wh5e fac- UNION.
and The same for Sundays
wonM * ‘hat all the men and hohdays. 1 had to work this Sun-
would join the Union that forced the
bosses to pu.l in their horns. . f.;pXor;r,^;;r^f‘5idjf-; READ THE AUTO WORKERS
[Link] time, f suppose this is a fit news
wav fo k ‘ ‘•'■e « e .
No’^'is
No P’“U‘
8 have taken the lead in calling a
halt to the rnonstrous wage cutting in
lisLnrr j Their re-
sistance showed the bosses that they times the men kick'about not getting
are ready to organize. It is up to every ‘he wages they Were promised. The
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fixruo"”'"T
bxitup.
"s'“- '■'>
Two weeks later the work-

I Tou can expect me to come down.

Bulldozing, terrorizing, foul- Send y°“r contributions to the

mouthed foremen. sidered compromising on a ife-
; I Au‘ o'\^rkers Union, 55 Ade- ot, and wijnta hamr aww*
The workets are helpless. mand for a 20 per cent increase in
laide Areet. Help to organize heirloom in their family *
They don’t b^ng to a Union. the automob. le workers. wages instead of compromising on succeeding generations. ,
the amount ot>Jwage cuts.
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the auto workers union WORKERS IN PLANT 18 STRIKE AUTO WORKERS UNION REPRE.
The Auto Workers Union is an in­ SENTED AT CONFERENCE TO
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dustrial union. It endeavors to organ- REGULATE SPRAY COATING
worker to follow the example of the
'k' ‘he industry. metal finishers. The [Link] didn't
When the workers in any particular At the conference called ' by the
department of the industry have any succeed this time, but you may be sure State Department of Labor and Indus­
grievances they must not only face the that they will try again. The way to

7 that they are working in, but the whole :t permanent o/ganization. Let all au­
lirm and sometimes the organized tomobile ......ooiie workers suVltUrl tiiesc
[Link] suppajri these -slo:
try held June 13th a general discus-
company officials of the department stop them once and for all is to build .sion was had as to the fire hazards and

power of *11 the bosses in the industry gans: Stop the wagc-cu'tsi Stop the 1spraying processes employed.
j^'fh lacquer

■ror reasoh the craft form of or- speed-up!

that reason
or inn ^,7, in Demand pay for all' time ! w'mT"
in the f iriory! JOIN j , ||.-1f™'"'’“f automobile manufactur-
[Link] can not meet the needs ofinvifw, j 1. [Link],, Libor were present as
the uutoniobile worKcrs.
workers. The
I he craft i ' u*f!l as [Link] from the mak­
unions permit the bosses to attack the I ers of the spray machines, the lacquer
workers piecemeal and defeat each I COME ON! STEP ON IT! producers, and others interested in the
group of workers separately. The ma-i
act's reyulalion of the use of these prod-.
C »ne hands, metal finishers, p-ainters, : iici.s.
■stripers, trimmers, and all other work­
I .A conimittce wa.s appointed to draw
ers must joiirhaiids and face the bosses
I up regulations to protect the health of
in a united front. 'Vi'hen any group of
I the workers and,to reduce as faV as pos­
porkers have ;iny Kriovances it must
be the concern of all sible, the lire hazard. .Arthur E. Ro­
it i.s rumored that as soon a.s Fisher han, General Executive Secretary of
\ . The .Auto Workers Union is organ­ I latit 38 gets its new track .system in­
ized along these lines. Each group of the Uqited .-\uio Workers Union was
augurated they are going to hire .some -Pajointed to represent Labor on this
porkers can meet together, discuss
IVhchigan Central .switchmen in order to committee.
heir problems and decide on their de­ avoid congestion on the track.s.
mands. Delegates from each of the I he committee met on June 22 and
various groups can meet together and drafted up a set of rules to be present­
decide on the action to be taken. When THE WORKERS HEALTH CON- ed at a future''conference. These rules
a tiortumftee from such a body goes to will-apply to every^^tablishment en-
FERENCE
the boss It speaks not only in the name ga^ed in the spr;iy coating of manufac-
of a small group of workers of a par­ On June 18 and 19 there was held tured or fabricated articles with paints,
ticular department but in the name of
iicmiar ‘'"y °f Cleveland li.e first .\a- varnishes, lacquers, enamels, stains and
alPthe workers in the factory. Then I^-^bor Health Conference. This Similar surface coatings by means of
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It a slruK^Ie must take place the work-1 marked a big step by the compressed air.
ers can face the bossesbosses'" wok
with "solid i ojganized
organized labor labor movement ______ the .. The rules outline the methods of
to endi au.
ranks. needless sacrifice of workers' lives to construction of the booths or rooms
[Link] automobile workers now real- the God of Profit. .III which the spraying is done, the ven.-
■ >ze the need for organization- For James H. Maurer, president [Link] [Link] of these rooms and booths, the
this reason it is timely that we discuss Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, re­ storage of the products, and the neces-
what kind of organization can answer ported that one worker is killed in the »‘ty for cleanliness.
our rieeds. Many workers can remem- United States every 25 minutes and an- These rules, when acted on by the
conference as a whole, will be publish­
«f 'he other 13 injured every 15 minutes; 35.-
•Aiho Workers Union guarded the in­ UtJO are killed yearly and 2.500,000 ed ,n their entirely'in future issues of •
terests of the workers in the past. What tire injured. According lo U, S. gov­ this paper.
It has done before it will do even better ernment officials the cause for ihi.s an­
in the future, because it has learned nual sacrifice of workers lives is large-
much from experience. ly preventable. WHO WAS EFRCIENT?
Chambers of Commerce publications
rag of the fact that .American miners ■An .employer, noted for his energy
WHY NOT ORGANIZE?
produce three times as mujih coal as do and lack of tolerance for loafing in any
torin, visited his stock room and found
A spray man working in Fisher the miners of England a'nl, Germiny. a boy leaning idly against a packing
I lant -I for 70 cents an hour was I hey do nol .s;;y however’ that four
case, whistling cheerily ;ind with noth­
quite put out because the stripers re- times a.s many miners are killed and in- ing at all on his mind. The bos,
(used to work on a new job at a dollar tn Anierica as in fmgland and sU^Td [Link] stared.
and a half a joh. I his spray man was Germany. What is true of this mdiis- "How much ate you getting a
held up on his work because of these iry IS largely irueof every other
-stripers refusal to work. However, Ihe conference not only [Link] "eek. lic abruptness.
he demanded with characteris-
the stripers stuck logelher and finally the a arming increase of industrial ac­ ' I wclve dollars. "
received three dollars and twenty-five cidents and diseases, but lormiih*ed Here's your twelve. .Now get out.
cents on the job which [Link] originally plans to remedy htus situation. Com- I ou are through."
offered to them at one dollar and fifty imttees wye, elected for the shop As the boy philosophically pocketed
cents. ^trades and mining indusiries which in
Ihe money and departed, the boss
The spray man does not believe in co-operation with the Workers Health l^urned to the chief clerk and demand-
collective action. He gets 70 cents an Bureau would fortnulaje a national pro-
hour. The striper realizes ihe power Kram of safely which the whole labor
■'Since when has that feUow'been
in numbers, he gets from $L50 to movement would be asked to carry With us?
an hour.
"Never, that. 1 know of", was the
Ask me another. Why don't the
_.‘pray man organize? Auto Workers Union meets every response. ' He just brought over a
Friday at TJ AdFLide SFrcct. ^^gazin:: "" """ J--- -Forbes

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^ ° V o R K F. R S
WHAT WAGE CUTS MEAN
THE W<^RKERS
M F M/ g

LOW WAGES AND LONG HOURS

ARE TWIN SISTERS
Wage cuts mean more dividends to Recent Survey Made by Women’s
■i^toom. Dept. 5. The other workers the coupon clippers; more money to
s
Bureau on Conditions in

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. a!*d 1 were promised, if we made good [Link] m luxury and riotous living.
American Industries
to be transferred on days. We work^ It means life
,......... itself to
.. »vo^,j lu me the worifers.
worlfers. It It
ers fell for this stuff, although It IS evident that poor working con­
knew
lew ,t.1 was
w;is their line of bunk
bonk to make hi.^familx, ,V'ss sun- ditions generally accompany low wages
us ta*- •' • ' '
and long hours. Where you find one
rd"''r
yard ■ ^ .nlf: "■
Wa wenr [Link]»L »L_____
went to work the next night
with the understanding that we get 65c
an hour for the next three nights un-

i^tarted to work, we saw that job was

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you will find the others. Like exces­
sive hours, poor working condijibns
are wasters of human energy."
Thus the Women’s Bureau of the
Department of Labor summarizes the
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not as easy as we thought it would be. conditions of women in industry. ruRi
At the same time there was an inspec- I he report declares that the wages TITL
or that just camig. to work nights. He of male workers''should be sufficient to
just wanted to "show off to the fore- ONE OF THE FISHER BOYS enable them to support their families; r I
ROBBING THE MILK FROM thus, removing the . married woihen Jch
and told us that this was no good and from the labor market. The bureau
WORKERS’ BABIES!
that was no good, and not to do it this found that practically everywhere
way and not to do it that way. When If burglars and hold-up men con- women weie receiving an inadequate factu
we asked him how to do a piece of tro led the government they would wage. id ini
work, he answered grumblingly. ' Tm make it highly respectable and wthin Only one state (Rhode Island) out and
the inspector, if I don't like the job. it the liw to rob the people by their par­ of 14 surveyed wits found to have a iputa:
Will come back." His main idha was ticular methods. Burglars and hold-up median wage rate of $ 16 a week, the place
lin 'u° boys men-are not nearly as dangerous as the amount set as a minimum in the state'
and hold up their work. After that bosses who cut wages and exploit men. law of California. Even hcja:, over half (but
women and children to the utmost. If the women receive less than this "irre- ;one
scribbled something to the inspection law and justice were mainly concerned ducible minimum.” •lant
departnient asking them to look over with the interest of humanity it would The proportion of unmarried daugh­ le the
our work with special cilre. That meant seek to curb the greater malefactor ters contributing to family, support was :ces >
that we would have to do the job all who condemns millions of workers to found to be much larger than un­ bs w
over again. The inspector quarreled such poverty as to make life hardly married sons. It was also found that : 90i
With the boys over this, and was forced worth living. the daughter usually contributed her ' »ay n
to go back to day work. entire wage, while the son retained a les t
Op June 21, the foreman came ov?r portion of his earnings for his own use. an h
to the machines at which the boys CITIZENS COMMITTEE— OPEN • In the matter of working hours the Stay
were working and told them not to SHOP! situation IS also very bad. One-fifth of 0(a
lake out a job without asking for it. the employed women work 54 hours histoi
We understood: a lay-off was close at The Citizens Committee is appealing per week or more. In Georgia and he ef
.hand The next night we came in and to manufacturers, business men's or­ Mississippi, both low wage states
mporl
the foreman asked us for our badge ganizations and individuals to contrib­ about one woman out of every four is
ir til
numbers. We asked him what was ute-money to keep Detroit an open compelled to work 60 or more hours
the matter. ut on
shop town They say that the money per week. .It. W1
Oh. said the foreman, "we are IS not to be used for charity, or old
ound
just laying off 20 men. and you happen age pensions, but to keep Detroit an
to be a few of them". open shop town. In other words this
<-itizens Committee is attempting to
AUTO NEWS :»ey w
le vac
Listen, Lester! the g
IS to ORGANIZE into a strong union Secure the backing of busines's'S men. Charity covers a multitude of sins, ly one
and slop these wholesale lay-offs and manufacturers, rfnd organizations of bo do enclosed cars.—W. Va. Moon-
tinngs. employers m a fight against the work- shine.
ers. fat pi
mbed
WHAT CONCLUSION WOULD YOU Their aim is lower wages «nd longer
^hy Willie Went, to Bed ;arted
DRAW? hours. They hope to accomplish this comp
A small boy working diligently on a
object by the open shop method. They
cross-word puzzle in the newspaper, md tf
aje raising large sums of money to looked up and said:
wages in the United States carry on their plan. ad b
average $27 a week. Factories are un­ ^ "Dad, would wife’ be right for a (vhole
organized, as a rule. The average There is but one re|Jy the workers
fbur-letter word meaning 'A dangerous nice 1
weekly wage of union men in the U. S. can make to this effrontery on the part woman ? had
is now. excluding bituminous miners of the Citizens Committee and that is throi
to strtngthen your own battle lines by the a
and others employed in industries .. Gets a Raise
joining together and giving labor a sol­ Jced a:
where unemployment has recently pre­ My husband is so good to his era-
id front. Esjaecially is th-'s hecessar6 in pJoyees.
vailed. $52.12. The federal depart­ the XJutomobne industry. "felt t
ment of labor is authority for both fig> "Is he?" with
The busness man who supports and years
ures, showing that union labor receives "Yis. He came home last night all’
encourages the actions of such ,a cora- le ipro
almost double the wages paid to non­ tired out, poor fellow, and I he ird him
union labor. Draw your own conclu­ I’hea the hands, that feed
murmur in his sleep, 'jim. I’ll raise you
sions.—Cleveland Citizen. him. When workers lose their wages, all
they lose their buying power. ten . And business, is so dull, too.”—
^ otore Lore. ihg ti

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B'uildozi*
----- dozing,
terrorizing, foul-
I befoi
•ome
ssteen
m» SO]
Send your contributions to the ( be pr<
moutRed foremen. sidered compromising on a de­ of. and would hand down as
Aut oWorkers Union, 55 Ade­ mand for a 20 per cept increase in
I The workers' are helpless. laide Street. I|lelp to organize heirloom in their family ithri
They don't belong to amnion. wages instead of compromising on succeeding generations. At
the automob. le workers. the amount of wage cuts. (Continued on Page 2)
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THE AUTO WORKERS NEWS The most persi.,ient arsumcnt' labor
j [Link] meet in advocating
— ••• »[Link]' remedial
ruriieQiai leg-
FOURTEEN NEW FIGHTERS
, i-slaticn is thatyhe -up,eme court will
declare it unconstitutional. By ART SHIELDS, Federated Press
issuecl monthly by the Automo-
/\ 1 .. ^-1 \ ' I* I • Ratinah, N. Y.—Fourteen young
h ie. .Aircraft and Vehicle Work­
trade unionists stepped back into the
ers oi America, Local No. 127

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labor movement at the close of
j5 Adelaide St., Detroit, Mich.
the fifth annual commencement exer-
Subscription Rate----50c per year
°f Brookwood Labor College,
t hey have spent two years at the study
LOYALTY OF MEMBERS of labor problems in the halls and
pleasant rooms of this resident work­
Whatevei gains our organization WITHOUT PAY? ers’ training school in the hills 40 miles
a«»ivu.'>
itakes in the inc matisriiai
indusrtial world, it must north of New York City.
make through the loyalty and activities
of the members. 1 |ere and there it may
be possible to find men who are will­
Ti,
the HELL WITH THEM! "1 he labor movement needs you fire
and ..uu.o
youth",, jonn
mat s what an auto worker said thei°',‘*'e International Brotherhood of
John r. P. esurke,
Burke, president r
ing to help in the struggle for better other day, vkinen wdren the tirm firm [Link] he was'V“‘P’
was*,Sulphite ^uipmie and .raper .Paper Mill Workers
things, byt if the workers tht^nselves work'ng for made him work .....I.
five mm- iIfoln
‘°l‘l ‘be graduating _ ^1_.
class.
**V___ ____ II.
do not lead the way, it is not at all like­ Ilt^u rsfArtin..— .--laL
utes overtime -------- without CAlld
extra pa_y.
pay. 1Five
ivcjf , ’ ''°u^ can
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help in the biggest job be-
—.. ...
ly that even those who sympathize with m J n 11 f
minutes m
may not seem _______
much, t ■
but if I‘be trades .JNcJ _ . *
unions—the .K
organiza-
them, will exert themselves to any -some of the employers had to hit the j 11°" °f,‘be nonunion industries ’I rusti-
great extent to get things for them. We nall as the workers do this last five ^'u^ustry must be organized—the
are organized to give the workers an minutes would seem the longest time'^‘'''' Steel ^”’”* ..... ........ ' ' industry'
Trust, the automobile
Importunity to help themselves through they ever lived. the paper trust."
the instrumentality of collective bar­ five minutes would leem little rea­ Without youth the labor movement
gaining and if they fail to take advan­ son for which to quit a job. yet that’s cannot live ”, said Dean A. J. Muste of
tage of that opportunity to the fullest just what this man did. While he did Brookwood. Youth must be absorbed
e^ent they have no right to complain not realize it. when he told of the rot­ into official positions in the labor
of the conditions that surround them, ten conditions, bonus—with only bones movement, he said. But that was not
■becmse after all if a thing is worth hav­ tor the workers, poor pay, slave driv­ enough. Youth must form a special
ing It is worth a long struggle to acquire ing foremen, etc., the extra five min­ youth organiMtion ifUke trade unions
and he who fails to put forth his best utes was just the straw [Link] broke the to get the training for future leadership
efforts to improve his conditions is not camel s back. that it must have,. There are inspiring
deserving of much sympathy at the However, he wii| soon discover that youth movements in European nations,
hands of others. The way to get the m every shop he goes to be will have to and m America the extreme left wing
best results out of the organization is fcontend with the .--a me rotten condi­ has Its youth organizations; but the
'“T member to participate in its tions. poor pay. cheating bonus and American trade unions,are without
activities and guide its course in the slave driving foremen. The thing to such a recruiting-and-training move­
right directic^. Things in the labor do is what every thinking auto worker ment.
/movement do not just happen. Every must do, namely, organize. .Make de­
forward step is the result o'f the cent conditions in all the shops, join WHY SOME MEMBERS STAY
thoughtfulness and exertion of some hands with the rest of the workers, and
away from union MEET-
member and every member ought to build up the Auto Workers Union.
add something to the sum total of re^ INGS—MORE OF THE 57!
suits achieved. WELFARE SONG
(Continued from last issue)
U. S. SUPREME COURT AGAINST (From United Mine V/orkers Journal) I I. Corns hurt me too bad. wanted
Sing a song of ’’Welfare ’, to give my feet a rest.
LABOR A pocketful of tricks I 2. Couldn t find my due book.
To soothe the weary worker 13. Told the Secretary 1 wouldn’t
Every Constructive Law Passed When he [Link] or kicks. be there.
Declared Unconstitutional If he asks for shorter hours,' 14 Don’t intend to atfend as long
Or for better pay. as Jake is Vice-President.
I he power exercised by federal Little stunts of ’’Welfare’’-'
courts to [Link] upon the constitutionality !^ ‘o° ft«h.
Turps his thoughts [Link]. 6. Don t like the way things -are
of laws enacted by congress and ap­ run.
proved by the president is one of the Sing a song of "Welfare ”,
greatest meniices to measures intended Sound the horn and drum— , ® ‘I’® use. Same [Link] bunch
there all the time.
to remedy evils in our government. Anything to keep the mind
18. Got .something else to do be­
The constitution of the United States ••w/'Come. sides attending meeiings.
does not give this authority to the Welfare" loots your pocket
19. My wife kicks when I go to
courts. It has been assumed by them. ^b‘le you dream and sing. meetings.
The history of the supreme court is re­ Welfare tc/*t our pay check 20. H;id a bad cold.
plete with reactionary opinions. Doesn’t do a thing. 21 Getting my teeth filled.
Its decision in the Dred Scott case 22. Oh, just because.
Sing a song of "Welfare",
brought on the Civil War. In the Ar- 23. Putting down the carpet at
Forty ’leven kinds.
ago case it decided that seamen could home.
Elevate your morals.' ' '
not .leave a ship in safe harbor. It de­ 24. Bothered with rheumatism.
clared invalid tha 10-hour law- fo^ bak­ ... Cultivate your minds.
Kindergartens, nurses, ' ----- 25. Had passes for the show.
ers, the child labor law-, convict labor
law and many other laws passed by Bathtubs, hooks and flowers.
Anything but better [Link] WRITE FOR THE AUTO WORK-
congress in the interest of the people.
Or shorter working hours; ■Iersnews. -----

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AUTO
D D D DETROIT. MICH. Q |~
WORKERS
NEWS PRICE: CHVE CENT

bsued by the United AutomobUe, Aircraft and Vsfude Worker, of Americ. Local No. 127

VOL. I, NO. 4'

AUGUST I. 1927

WAGE CUTS CONTINUE

16 MEN FIRED AT HUDSON’S
FISHER PROFITS SOAR
Prowled Against Reductions in THRU VICIOUS SPEED­ GEMMER MANUFACTURING
Rales in Department 850 ^ UP. LOWERED WAGES CO. SHOWS ITS GRATITUDE

(By Mail). On June 29th the Cleveland.—Fisher Body Ohio Afler^ Working Twenty Yews.
Deckers in Dept. 850 of the trim Company of Cleveland is owned Employees Reap Wch
and detail shop of the Hudson- almost body and soul by the Gen­ > Reward ^
Ltsex Motor Car Co. stated that eral Motors Corporation. There
if the percentage were not over are 100,000 shares of slock, 99,-
OPEN MEETING —AUG. 19 ^ The Gemmer Manufacturing
185, that they would walk out if 500 of which are owned by the ' 8:00 P.M. •lo., which recently moved into a
the other gangs would be behind General .Motors Cor.a. new [Link] ht [Link] and ,Mt.
55 ADELAIDE ST.
thern. It was agreed that at 12:30 [Link] Body wishes to exchange t-'liott, had formerly a reputation
Wednesday noon the walk-out the stock for other stock, and has SPEAKER: A. E. GOETZ of being a fairly easy place in
would occur. 1 hree men were made an offer to the minority which to work. But. as Shake-
caught before the signal was giv­ holders o£^stock amounting to 500 Subject: “Workers in the Auto • ycare might have said (but did
en and fired. .share,'. i he.^e men refuse to Industry.’’ not), them-days are-gone for­
When 12:30 came and the change their s ock. and make the ever. boon after the plant was
line wai shut off. instead of the follownig declaration: The slock [Link] o; the old-timers remem­ opened, wage cu s became the or­
'll.' men of the department of Fisher Body originally was ber [Link] .'peaker. He has done der of the day. [Link] prices were
tva;1; ng off only 16 men were valued ■?> $5—in 1919. It ncjw -c-rnstderable work for the Auto cut all around^so that jobs which
!C.:mr enough to sick. Inere lias a L .ok value of $235—and ! Workers Union. Be sure to at-
good for 90c to.
we.-c a fc-w of the old men who last year alone each share earned I tend th s nreeiing. Bring your
$125. V' co" pay more
fi'd a'tur<:d us that they would , friends' .ban bOc now. Day rates have
stick .o the finish that .aroved to I he wages at Fisher Body have been cut from 70c to 45c an hour.
be -.ockers. These stickers went been reduced in the past year— DODGES Workeis Forced to Stay
to the [Link] and had the and at the prc,sent'time, the men On Wednesday. July 20 (a day
leaders named, hoping thereby to are goirig through a speeding-up .Sever, sanders were fired be-
process that is unparalleled in the caui.e trey wanted to know what thr.. should go down in history),
gel better jobs for themselves.
notices were posted to the effect
Mr. E. B. Oberman, one of the ■ h [Link] sof the company. In ad­ they we e getting for their work.
that there wopld be an important
officials, is the cause of the walk­ dition the scale in some depart­ Like other automobile factories
ments has been reduced from 35 announcement at quitting time,
out. He reduced the rates of De- there is a bonus system that and everybody should wait on the
[Link] 185 to the lowest in the to 60 per cent. would take a Philadelphia lawyer vacant lot next to the plant. When
shop. He would never listen to There is no wonder, therefore, to figure out.
that the Fisher Body earns such the men rang out, they found the
our complaints, but would say— it is not to be wondered at that
high profits—more than 50 per front doors locked, so they were
If you dmC't like it ring out your the company can report a net in­
cent. It comes out of the sweat come for the three months end­ forced to go around on the vacant
ca"d. That s all 1 have to say.**
lot. There was a man at the gate
When the walk-out took place of the workers. ing June 30th ofj$4.939,074. Af­ who would not permit any one to
the General Superintendent gave ter making allovvaitces for interest, leave.
a talk to the men. When he .said, AUTO WORKERS CAMPAIGN federal taxes and ' payments of
Soon Hammond, the fat presi­
**lf you are not .sat sfied with 185 [Link] dividends the balance dent of the company, climbed on
pe. cent bonus. there*s the desk, The Union can report progress -iva!jL)e •fox common stock is
in their campaign to organize-the $2.000,SW“. This is materially a litMe platform and started to '
get your .slips,** it seemed that
■peak. He said that .he company
every one would walk out. How- auto workers. Enthusiast c meet­ hent j i/u.w.n- than :he company
ings are being held in front of made in the preceding quarter, was 20 yesrs old today, and there
'ever, when he told them that
various shops. The workers are when only $79,723 was earned were some men who had been
every one that wanted to work I 2
responding. Many of them have for fhe common stock, with the firm during th s whole 20
months in the year should go back
years. Now they had a nice new
to work, they just flew back to already joined u.a. All of them Thos^workers suffering from shop to work in. and he had no­
their jobs. sympathize with our efforts. periodic wage cuts and speeding- ticed whenever he went through
The sixteen men were fired, of The only hindrance to broad­ up should rejoice with the stock­
the factory, how happy the men '
course, but they sacrificed them­ ening and strengthening the cam­ holders at the fine showing of the
paign is lack of funds. The mem­ company. were and how they worked as if.
selves for the other men. Their
bers of the Union are helping the - ' / they meant business. He felt that
wages were increased and more
campaign along as much as they WAGE CUTS IN FISHER BODY the men who had been with the
help was given to them.
poss bly can. For that reason all company a full score of years__
PLANT NO. 21 whose labor had made the (profits
those workers who sympathize
CONDITIONS IN BRIGGS were now sunk in a modern
with the efforts of the Auto Work­ The trirnmers report that top factory (equipped with all the
HARPER AVENUE PLANT ers Union, who want not only to
jobs were cut from $12 to $10.
see the campaign continued, but latest devices for speeding them
A night shift of 10 hours with who want to see more shop meet­ After protesting against it the men up even more than ever before),
15 minutes for lunch. accepted a compromise from the richly deserved a handsome re-
ings held and more literature dis- company of only a $1 cut. If the
Hot as Hell! No ice -.vaterl [Link] arfc asked to cc^ribute as men had been organized they ward as a token of the esteem in
Speed Utife Wage cuts. much as possible for this purpose. which the bosses held them, some­
. Bulldozing, terrorizing, foul- Send your contributions to the would be more likely have con­ thing they would always be proud
mouthed foremen. , sidered compromising on a de-,
Aut oWorkers Union, 55( Ade­ mand for a 20 per cent increase in of. and would hand down as an
The workers are helpless. laide Street. Help to organize wages instead of compromising on heirloom in their family (through
They don*t belong to a Union. ' the [Link] workers. * succeeding generations. At this
the amount of wage cuts. (Continued on Page 2)
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-f^ THE INDUSTRIAL UNION ognizes that all the workers have
SAME VICIOUS SPEED-UP
iiionirnt wlirn every one thought SYSTEM
[Link] common interests that can
lie [Link] goin,; to hanri tl^em titles be best protected and advanced
In lnnil-.”n>'- Irnliies nr some slock By ARTIILR E. ROHAN, (From a Chevrolet Worker)
byi one common organization. It
n, In' I (Uiipiiny ihcir labors had Gen. Exec. Sec'y ,A friend of mine showed me a
is the place for all auto workers
[Link] In build, he pulled out of An industrial union takes in copy o flhe .Auto Workers News
to join hands and unite their
hi.s piu kel a h..ndful of key rlnss every man or woman working in and I think lha; you have the
strength. Only to the extent that
and presented them to the a given industry. it is a very light idea. I am workmg at the
those •.tlready in the organization
»yMk. rs, who were simply over- simple form of organization and Chevrolet plant at Holbrook and
receive hel.r can the conditioiis of
w ih re^tnnishment at such has none of the compheations of [Link] and [Link] there are
thy workers be .mproved. Those
uii^’ind nf lioerailty. ^ a group of craft organizations just as bad as the ones reported
in'tlic o^g^^ization are ready
Mnsi of the old-timers have lost more or less united in.o what is from other shops. .■
are you 7 Nowsdays hey seem to be able
ri line*-r or two around the sl\6p. termed a council, as for example
Ml they h ive enough to remember die Builciirig Trades Council. to get ail the help they want and
.seeiies of their toil."%nyway. .Mso. Following the same line ot rea­ they ate picking mostly younger
■ I is rlnuiitlul wlwlher they have soning [Link] by advocates of coun- fellows who are better able to
teiped such benefits from the i cils lor certain crafts that work stand the gaff. They also require
(mi .. Ilf their toil that they need together, rl is leadriy seen that the tiuil [Link] new man sign a slip
i.i.n y keys to i;[Link] their ai t:uniu-1 rurus;::al union goes one step fur­ [Link] to withdraw SlU
lateri [Link]-s, I ..isl bu> not ] ther ami removes all questions of a nioiilh iiom his pay for tne sav­
hsist. tin; [Link] should be j [Link]. and different dues ing,. lund I hosc who refuse get
1 ninlileliiletl fnl their ihnuijhifirl- I and iriiliaiion tees. 1 here is one ii.i jobs. ,
m ss [Link] die slot kholders for - general ollice covering the entire l.i.o,,rcii tie hired at 50c per
haviiiL! rhe ten runny lake place industry anci one set ol ollicers in­ hmir. .pii. luclion wdrkers at 65c
on the men's lime rather tli in the stead of a dozen. Besides be ng [Link] .[Link] workers get all of 75c
cornpany''s. more economical it is also more mi hou.. They promise you a
erlective. An individual who does not bq- [Link] raise after you're there a
YOU CAN HELP ORGANIZE During the world war it was lieve in Unions. cuu;:!e of months but you seldom
THE AUTO WORKERS found necessary for the Allies to get it. They pul you off wi.h one
[Link] after another and if you
[Link] 127 lots been condnilinit
iollow the leadership of one man.
Marshal Foch. in direiaing the
ford a smsoDEL „ kick tu-j much you get the can.
an oapini/ini; [Link]'.'n .ind has whole campaign. Of course he New men are ususily placed
belli a miriiber of suet [Link] meet­ had many os,sistanls and special- The big business trick of firing nlongsidix,di,e old men and they
ings in front of the .shops. 1 his i-ls under him. but there was no a man and then rehiring him at a usualy hire to speed up to the
[Link] must he followeil up by the pulling one way by one army and reduced rate, though dear to [Link] '.o ke'ep liji with-the more
v/tiikers iiisitle the shups to Viet siiil another way by the army -ol Henry Ford and other Detro t experienced men. .A record is
real ifsuhi. When you it lurrr ;u another country. ttlolor magnates, does not go m kept of [Link] of pieces pro-
lire [Link]. talk of the met lrn., and I-or till! general good and wel- die city-owned public lighting ([Link] I [Link] day. If a man feels
of the [Link] for I ikmil action. far.r of the workers in the aulomo- plant of Detroit. i I, .il ms machine breaks down
■Vi ht rr ent iieli interest [Link] been [Link] j„(juslry .hey must be otgan- 1'his was demonstrated when ; the [Link] gel.s after him and the
etroiisrti iintl out liu'w many work- •zci! into a solid, coinpact oigan- the .superintendent was [Link] ; .-.owfst ones are either fired im-
ei.s would a lerfd a spetial meel- r/.alii'ii. Onljr in this way can they by the city council to retain all | i.i'e-iialely or else are lh<? ^ first
ini; lor the shtiii or de; iirlmi iil in pre-cm a united lionl in the bat­ ,he siaiionary flrenten at the old ( toe. I-I O when wolk gets slack,
[Link] you work. 1 his iriforma- tle lo improve working and living rate of I ' -j cents .in hour. I ie | i. maiii'./.enien. uses the
1 urr should be eiveri to one of the conditions. had discharged them when the i ii'ci-ic:.: ihei!,., to p !e more work
.ortianicers or the seeretary'. or Ill he auto inciustry - skiii is switch was [Link] from the old . I r. ,.,e men. Recently in a de-
[Link]'io the local oflicc as soon practically ehnl nated and the j ,he new one, expliinng; pai n-cift of 24 men U) were laid
as iHistilde. workers find themselves workmg i hoped lo take i ojf. lire slowdown listed only
If there are any patliiular viriev- side by side with others doing (hem on again at a lower scale, j a week, hut although the work
aiite.s. notify the iirvl lui/ers whfil [Link] [Link] on the .-ame T hey are members of the Interna- j picked up the laid off men were
■ihey come .iiourid. or send the in- piodiict. Every one of these tional Brothe-hood of stationary ! no .taiit ! hack and now the 14
fm^[Link] rn by mail. .Also renlind workers are concerned with Firemen and Oilers. i men are duirig the work formerly
the other workers that these jiriev- wages, hours, speeding up and the Council members elected bv la- done liy 24,
ames could be overcome if they uncertainly of steady employ­ bor voles reminded the superin­ ''[Link] oihe'r cases could be told
had •*. unoin- ' ment. They must all contend tendent 'oTt the previously record­ how the [Link] are continually
■ Hemember—to build up a ull- with the same hazards to health ed poKcy of the council not to cut •sciicniiiig to get more work put of
iou of the auto workcr.s more is and life. They are all in the very wages. the ill' 11. hut what's the use. Al-
needed than merely wishes. 1 his same boat. m ...I . il the workers tan tell you
is your battle, so do your share. The industrial form of organ­ the e liiing.s. Vt hy they doin't jo n
CENTRAL BOD.Y OF
1 .el every one [I'u'. tlre.r shoulders ization mikes it possible to carry till T-iiioii i.s beyond me. As for
PONTIAC ELECTS
to the wheel. on organization work more ef­ me. i am g'ling to be down next
fectively and^with less expense. week mil join up and see if I can t
There is no ciinlusion, no problem Labor Is Warned To Stay Away, |
GLORY! . ' As There Is'* Surplus of |
aeip [Link] improve some of these
ot uniting varidus groups of work­ •.oti .ii ...mil lion.s -[Link] will never
ers with different cunstitiit ons \ Labe in That City j
There are over 6.000 ex-service i.e dmw aw.:y with [Link] the auto
jiien in lunatic asylums today, few •ind ditterent agreements with the work' join a [Link] and put up a
bosses. An injuiV to one is an The annual election of the
<d whom will ever [Link] them. Pontiic Central l-ahor Union was ligi.:
There are 4.000 men .suffering injury to all. The protection of the
workeis in every plant, and eve^ held Wednesday. July I 3, at the
[Link] from epilepsy as a result of Labor Temple. 44''. North .'^agi- WORKERS DEFRAUDED;
their war sefviee; ')Z.^lOO men department must be made the
concern oT every worker in the in­ naw street, and the follow ng THiclR WAGES NOT PAID
:_were' discharged from the forces were elected for the coming year:
w ih tuhereulosis; over 20.000 of dustry. - ;
In the auto industry there is an President, Jack Gray; vice presU —\&shjti!Ttpn—Defrauding work­
Them have since died. dent; Guy Warner; secretary- ers through the failure of employ­
Therr* is a small army of men industrial union known as the
treasurer, Herbert Enfield. There ers i<> [Link] prom sed wages is
with spinal injuries who will never .Auto Workers Un on. It has
is at present a surplus nf labor in wide-oread, reports the United
iigain leave iheir beds, nor will fought many ibaltles for the auto­
mobile workirs. It is practically Pontiac, and all workers are no­ Slates Bureau of Labor Statistics.
soiiie 2.000 nieii ever see daylight 1 he [Link] is intentional in many
the only, organization that has tified that employment is at a
again. very low ebb, despite advertise­ case.s.
Tlow many of you. who read done s6. and with the support in
ever greater numbers of the auto ments to the contrary, and those •Slate labor offices, though in
these words, know or remember
contemplating going lo Pontiac [Link] instances without specific
that then* are even now 9.000- workers it will ^ontinue to do so. authority lo do so, are trying to
It is an organization that is mod­ for a job will do well to g ve that
Hicli still in hospital, quite apart
ern. the only kind that can meet city a wide berth as the dullook is ass St workers in collectirig unpaid
from eases of insanity, as a result
the organized efforts of the em­ not very promising, and, at pres­ wages. 'The amount collected in
of injuries received dui^g the ent, things seem to be setting
ployers. This organization bars sixteen states last year totaled
war>—E. Roffe Thompson, ui
neither creed or color; but rec- worse instead of better. $1,216,000.
John Bull (London),
 THE AUTO WORKERS NEWS

BY THE EDifOR . BRIGliS ROBS EMPLOYES ‘‘INDIVIDUALIST’ — OR OR­ eral Motors and Ford’s may be,
GANIZATION they can not prevent *it. A year
The editor wishes to thank all j^vas hired at Br ggs (Meldrum ago a worker iif the Ford plant at
those workers who have contrib­ Plant) as a Duco polisher. The By PETE ZASTAWNEY Copenhagen. Denmark, accident­
uted articles to the Auto Work­ job paid 45c an hour and a bonus ly upset some paint on a car body.
Wage cu.s are the order of the
ers News. The workers are now which would amount to 65c an He was immediately laid off, but
day. A^d when many workers
.sending >n so much news of shop hour. The first day 1 worked 12 feel ihat'they have reached the within an hour every worker in
conditions that we have been hours on the lines that travel at a the plant quit work demanding his
limit in speed ng up, they are
compelled to enlarge <lhe paper. good s.:^ccd all day. Believe me reinstatement. The great Ford
again lashed into greater produc­
It is still not as largp as we would it is no joke to work on that line tion than ever. This is the pros­ .Motor Co. complied with this de­
like to it' It is still neces­ with a fellow like Taylor the fore­ pect, now facing the auto workers. mand at once and the men re­
sary to cui some of the articles man yelling at the men all day to What is to be done? This turned to work. This incident
short. Wf can not pnnt ever3C- step on it. After three days questioners now being asked by demonstrates the power of organ­
work on that job 1 was laid off ization.
thin^ we rece ve in this issue. To many workers'hi auto indus­
those workers who do not see apd told to come back ih three try. Somne. the more intell gent The bosses believe in organiza-
their articles in print and 50 those efays to get my p^y. When i and courageous, say organize. t on for themselves. The Michi­
who find their articles shortened went to get my pay 1 found that Others, incapable of much think­ gan Manufacturers Association is
we offer our aoology. I* is only they only paid me for stra ght ing and whose manhood has been nothing but a union of :he bosses.
the limitations of space that com­ hme. I went to I lanney, the chief sapped by the inhuman condi- Ihe^' kfiow*wh'at they want and
timekeeper, and there 1 was told [Link] of tneir labor, act as though aie organized to get it. Against
pel us to do this, if your contri­
that they, have discontinued pay- convinced hat the only thing to^ lias union of the bosses the work­
bution is not in th s issue it will
in- the bonus and that 1 was not do is to be more servile. They ers must have' A union of their
be in the next.
While on ihc subject it would the first one not to get it. 1 often will o'ften outdo the inhuman rate c'vn. a union of all ihe workers
wondered why there was such a ot speed set by the bosses. They in the iftdustry. That union si the
be in order to offer a few sug-
big turnover in labor and why the are continually trying to prove .^uto Workers Union.
;iesliqns to our contributors. The
automobile workers are more and men there were always complain­ that there is no limit to the abuse
more looking upon this paper as ing. 1 can see it all now when the auto workers will stand for. SHOOT RUNAWAY SCABS !
their mouthpiece. They a;e now they have flunkeys like Taylor or Theirs is a Judas role and they
looking for news of what is going Hanney to look after the interests permit themselves to be used as a t’.tzhenry. Pa.— (FP,)—Ter­
on :n the various factories. You of Briggs. I am sure that if the iool against their fellow workers. rorist methods are employed by
are the one to give this informa­ men joined into one big union I"or five cents more per hour than the Pittsburgh Coal Co. to keep its
tion. Send in to us as soon as they would not be able to put this the rest of the v/orkers. they some-- Negro strikebreakers frt^m run­
possible til news of wage cuts, kind of stuff over on us. times work at the head or the foot ning away and quitting their jobs,
speeding up. bad conditions, o’’- of the line, speeding up to the it is learned from seven of the
FROM ONE OF THE MANY.
noxiuus fort-m»'n (cheir names), very limit of their endurance and men who rnana^C^ to [Link] the
and any thing else of interest to force all the other workers on the ^company's gunmen. Low wages
"the workers in the auto industry. line to do likewise. True they and harsh treatment are the cause
Try to have your articles in ten can not last long, they s cken and of the utirest. the ysay, among the
days before the f rst of the month perhaps even die but unfortunate­ I'itzhenry scab rniners.
—never mind how poorly you ly for the rest of the workers :his Coal and iron police, in the pay
may write, it's the facts that are process doesn’t take place fast of the company, beat up the non­
essential. enough. union sl.^ wiih clubs and bars until
Not all the w’orkers who insist the Negroes rushed their attaclr-
on acting as individuals are of the ers, resulting in a shooting affray
PROFITS OF THE G. M. C.
judas type. Some feel that they in which several workers were
are capable of fighting their own killed and more wounded. Details
General Motors Corp. To Unite battles. They are not concerned were suppressed by the company
Wi^Jj Steel Trust, is Report A Brig,:2S foreman inspired by about their fellow workers at all,. officials who gave orders that no
moonshine! That is just the -altitude the bosses one, not, even other workers in
In the *^ily pr^s of July 27 like. All the workers as indiv.d- the Fitzhenry mine, could ap­
Is,a statement opTne net earnings BRIGGS HAMTRAMCK SHOP uals are at their mercy. If a lone proach the scene of the killings.
of the General Motors Corp. for worker is courageous enough to
ihc first six months of 1927. The The cond tions in the Pitts­
The Workers Are Exploited stick up for his rights, he is fortu­ burgh Coal Co.’s mines are worse
amount1 29.250.207, an in­ nate if he is not immediately than the traditional Negro hells in
crease of $27,550,253 over the By Petty Bosses
fired. If one or even a few go to the south before the war, the Ne­
same period for last year. ihe boss with caps in hand and groes told The Federated Press:
Mow much of an increase for Workers of the Briggs Ham-
tramck Plant report that many trembling as ;f were commit­ Miners are not allowed to talk
the same period can you report, ting a criminal act, beg the boss with one another and all are un­
workers curry favor with the fore­
Mr. Auto Worker—or is it a de­ for a redress of grievances, they der rifle guard to prevent escape.
crease? It is certain, however, men by bringing them a bottle of
hooch every now and then. Some are all met with sharp fanguage
that all auto workers can report and abuse. They depart likfr
an increase of jipeed-up and phys­ workers who have refused to in­
dulge in this petty form of graft whipped curs with their tails be­ BROPHY CHEERS STRIKERS
ical exh^.u^lion if not in wages. tween their 1'
have been made to feel the dis­
It is further reported that under It is a dilferent proposition Dillonville, O.—^Addressing a
the leadership of Pierre du Pont, pleasure of the forerrt^n and have
even been fired. • when the- workers are c||ganized. large audience of striking miners'
of gun powder and Duco fame, Then, When a comm ttee goes to and their families at the annual
who dominates General Motors, see the boss, they know that they picnic of the Cooperative Store
that the G. M. ‘C. is to combine [Link] have the support of all the work­ Society, John Brophy, former
with the Steel Trust. ers behind them. They go armed chairman of the nationadization
■His employes should follow his The wheels, flying like fiery steeds wi.h facts ^that can only be ac­ research committee of the Un ted
.example and comb ne—that is» Stopped only for two minutes quired through organized effort. Mine Workers, urged the workers
organize to preserve their-own in­ When his body., crushed and They face the boss as men who to hold their lines steadfastly in
terests—in their own organization breathless. know their rights and -who the present struggle. Urging them
^-^he Auto Workers Union of Fell down on the concrete floor have the courage tb fight for to bear in mind [Link]. goal of public
America. From the top of the [Link] belt. them. ' The employers niust now ownership and -democratic man­
change their tactics. Now they agement of the coal industry, to
TILE SETTERS GAIN And now when two sturdy work­ act polite, they are willing to ne­ which the union has been pledged
* FIVE - DAY WEEK ing men, putting (his bleeding gotiate, con:»pTomise or arbitrate. at three conventions, he told them
bodyion a blue stKteher, sadly Organization is the greatest that their hope of achieving this
UnderUhe new agreement the take It out, ^ weapon at the workers’ disposal. end depended on maintaining the
Tile Setters *nd Painters of At­ The fat-headed boss brings in a Whatever rights the workers now
lantic City. N. j..,will work a five- new lad, enjoy have been won through
day week and receive^^ wage in­ Who since three days waiting struggle. The workers in the
at the door of the factory for auto industry will be orgaanized. WRITE FOR THE AUTO
crease. The Tile SSTTcts make
$65 a week at $ 13 a day full time^ a job. No matter how powerful the Gen­ WORKERS NEWS.
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THAI VICIOUS SPEED

Local No 12 7 all the success they SYSTEM
By BtiRT deserve. 1 am. sincerely yours.
Industrial UnionisJh differs According to the U. S. Depart-
.A BOOSTER FOR ORGAN-
from simple craft unionism in GANiZED LABOR 150.000 factoor
'h,it the various crafts engaged in (Editors Note: Thanks to you. , ® been cl minated durinsr
one industry are organized in one the because of th^
tbe past year becaus;" the
Brother, for this letter of encour-
apeed-up system, f, has created,

7
Lnion instead of six or seven ac­ a„omem You are the kind of a
therefore, considerable unemploy­
reasons for the 5 . DAY cording to the different crafts. worker that gets hardened and
ment during this widely heralded
• WEEK According to the old eiaft form, more determined than ever when
of organization the Trimi^A' prosperity.
defeated. With workers like you
would be m one union. Painters Tbe jobs that have been dis-
joining our organization nothing
In discussing (the logic of the continued were filled by unorgan- •
[Link]-^y week. Solon De Leon, and perhaps Sanders and Polish­
Amo* ■«d workers, if they don't ot-
ers in another. Woodworkers in Auto W "t
WorkersT,
Union. 1 “P
agree
erudue student of labor and so- stiH another, and so- on.
J^iological questions says:
The .Auto Workers’ Union how­
Wth you about being organLd hopLw
■■ight. The tragic result of the
Prominent among the reasons ever IS organized on another ba­ shopinen s struggle was due to the
lor the five-day week is the nerv­ sis. In our Union we have de­ dinner pail epic
ous pressure of modern work and fact rhat the rest of the railroad
partments of the various crafts workers were practically scabbing
me For years pubic health engaged in the Auto Industry and By BILL LLOYD
on them, engineers, firqmen. and
workers and vitpl statisticians they all have representation on brakemen. and other^ workers n, *»«''« always sed
have been pointii.g out that our our Lxeculive Board. What that continumg to work while you that Chinese millions all wuz
■gures for increased length of means to us in times of struggle were fighting a life and dvith dead because they didn't use
lie are more apparent than real, can easily be seen from the fol­ their fists, but wuz the world's
t IS 'rue that the average expec­ lowing example: In June. 1922. ri"^h?"^ "organized prize pacifists.
nght means to belong to an in­
tation of life from boyhood is be­ he hcderaled Railroad Shop dustrial unon whefe the strug­ They sed as how we'd be like
ing increased, due to the tremen- t^rafls were driven into a national gle of one group of workers be- Lhinks a goofy weak-kneed lotta
oons advantages in overcoin ng ■strike by the bru.a! and unprece­ ^nks if workers didn't go in sum-
hirth accidents and the diseases dented .vage cuts the employers ■ner to training camps and hear
ol the early years. Hut much «eri forcing uyon them. They tne drummer.
nio'c significint for the c,resent were om lor over five months The Chinese must of read our
run [Link] is the fact that once' a When a . o nproin se was reached JJapers a-judging from -their re­
rnaii or woman has reached mid- on a ce-:am number of roads. The cent capers. .Now, [Link]. just
' h: h.e, the process of breaking les, oiaj.e,,, va-re out for about a '
down now takes place at an ear- hrait.*"1-f®'i *’at<f-bpiled
.strike Wis declared i heathen Chinks can be. And
[Link] avera :e age than before." a-.. ..lany of the unions involved ' workers, stuff it in your noodle.
R"spite from the [Link] : h .ve been pretty bad.y broken lip i
[Link] ten.,on ..Sicl, w‘e I ‘ms strike i
CoJie f-
■''' werhm;. wd! compel I y- [Link] detenteSimply i
.|horlen n;r of worki::g week. I h ■ .m-e .1 tncir form „t orgamz.i ’
J'UI tjiere IS } et [Link] powerlui ' CH ANGING METHODS
........l“ck of one Union ir in !
'.■..Min l.)e Leon slres-es. namely: I •■e raiPood intimyry. Had all
Anotner rea.::m ;„r ;he five ' raiiroacicr.s stuuk at th,. same
day week is the tendency it would I ' nn d.s ,o oe able to paralyze
haye to ,c,|,„.e die number of to- “'•'“is at once instead of fl .VOU have a bit of neivs
i of'om^MliniX^uV^^ io
'ally imemployed and to distrib- ' [Link] montns or more cl strike__ -SEND if l.\!
>"<■ walk more ev,-nly. .Avertiging ' there would not [Link] been more ' S “f ‘I’" community.
'J'- a joke that will amuse. '
Itnml years with bad. from 10 to • ban five weeks. in.-:ead of de- itch'"’*.'r‘'"“'^‘' Engineering
([Link] union, one of the
l-i per cent of American workers 4 t il I—X'ictoty! ■[Link] IT l.\!
are eontinually out „f a job. In •A story that is true.
An incident that is new. change^d its old craft ideology and ‘
tin- worst ye.„s the wave of unem­
A BOOSTER "' want to hear from you now admits any male over 16 em-
ployment [Link] [Link],()()() of.
Ployed in the engineering" t-
our a6,0(10.000 wage-earners, or SENDlThN!
Gentlemen: [Link] been un-
one in s x. feJnked with the high­ no difference wha, you
mpoyed for the past two
er product,C iv already noted, has
months, l am not ablr at this time
gone a ,.ist ng decline in the num-
o r. mil rOc .-o as to help along
I debs radio STATION
hur of workers engaged. [Link]
■bis [Link] paper, but you can count i REALITY
nearing
the enormmis binsiness booms of on me to boo.^t it. | was at the Sp,D It'TN'! ■
. ‘1'“^ * at no time .since I ludson Lmploymen: Office this I unionists,
'-dicals and liberals .may be tun-
Hcfio:,*'''* manu- I morning and bought one iof your
' ■ , r‘r'’r imperiyand after ,e:d3i:
.JIM V 1 . I2 PER CENT CONTROL -n.. in on tne Debs broadcasting
- mo 1. had in that year, | i, ,o [Link] within afew [Link] at the
... bribe
o. ,..r truth
irutn in in every ry "[Link].
6S PER CENT OF wealth
* [Link] of laiibor Davis hi."'- I- [Link]:,liy [Link] letter t
i...#— from a I^gs hL' neh^ *250,000 sought by
s«-lf rieclircd lh:u the [Link] ■ •■[Link]., | worked at the same Do txvo per cent of the people in U * "fmorml radio fund is
•source of unemployment in the ih s country control 65 per n .V ght and a powerful eastern
plant lliree;years ago and the
coiiiilry is the over development
o industry. fh.. fact is.' he says
"r ter has told the truth in each
case, but not only is this true oL
cent of „s wealth? A table r^
teh"asrd.“" of ‘•-"S
"lal our [Link] machinery Briggs but of other places as well
cannot run 500 days in the year 1 ana^^ going to attend your meet- SWISS WORKERS PROTEST
without producing a .stock so big mg Lriday night and 1 am going
that It cannot' all be sold in this 'o tell my friends about it. Boston.—-The Swiss Union of
country iior n any and all other _ 1 worked three years on the Workers. 153.000 strong oetL
countries .
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Why not distribute more -eas to free Sacco and VanzetH.
Railroad and in 1922 was called
equitably the burden ol labor and Then comes the Southern Pacific
cl' ° Railway
_____ _
• of business? Is there no name "to mate l''^/=nn,ylvan'a Rail- WANT FIVE-DAY WEEK
Pmdnc- the figb.:^but if we had been or- mad and the American Telephone
rion and dollar chasing? pnized better we would have Portland. Ore. _ Bricklayers
been victorious. It cost me my suspended work to enforce a five-
% ——— ay week and raise wages $1.00
job. but it^ didn't make me lose
JOIN THE AUTOWORKERS hMrt for organUed labor, but to
win we must hi organized right,
/ r-ardon the stationery on which
curitics being $1.500.000,000..
ei^^ew™^
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AUT0=2 NEWS
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V T lTk ^ ~~ \ -tf : . SEPTEMBER 1927

MURRAY WORKERS ORGANIZE]

resent a ten per cent ........ ■ ^ ^ ---------------
CUT IN WAGES.
^■^CCC and VANZETTI ARE
[Link]—LABOR MOURNS
'Murray
In spite of \protests from all.
possible step that will enable them SS ADELAIDE STREET—8 P M
to resist further wage cuts. Notices zctti have been [Link]. Labor
were given by the company of an
approximate wage cut of ten per
cent all the way down the line. ^1 1 charged againat
‘hem. Labor is even more firmly
The cut affected painters, trim­ Judge Murphy has gained an convinced that they have been
mers assembhrs, welders, metal enviable [Link]. Those who
timshers and practically every de­ hive had the opportunity of rham'-''^ because they were
-champions of the working chn.
partment of the factory. James hearing him have always been
^ox. a bull-dozing foreman was rewarded with a stirring ad­ ers. 'Cfj, j to organize the work­
let go because he was receiving dress. They attest to his pop­ 'heir murder, the masters hop. to-
too much money. ularity.
cow labor into submission. For
^ As soon as the Auto Workers His sincerity of purpose, his many years to come the employ­
Lnion heard of this; speakers knowledge of the economic ers hope that workers will „ot
were sent down to the factory at conditions faced by the auto­ dare to deinand more of the goo<i
ij^" meeting mobile workers, his ability to
was held in front of the shop. Sev- impart that knowledge to his wi'nff "’..‘•jl® and that they;
"ill be satisfied with whatever the-
era men joined the union imme­ listeners, are facts which ought masters choose to give'them.
diately. Others promised to at­ to lead-every automobile work­ Nearly two thousand years ago
tend a special meeting arranged er to prepare to attend this
meeting. a martyr was crucified between
by the union. A hall was hired
in front off the shop and the in ° ‘he early morn­
Judge Murphy as a Jiidge of ing hours of August 2?rd, 1927
. workers from Murray's came right the Recorder s Court has come
after worjc. The meeting was in close contact with economic iTth «*«‘r°euted
with one thief. Sacco and Van-
spirited and nearly every man conditions under which the zet.i have done for the electric
i “P- Several workers live. He has studied =~~ -~
hundred more Murray workers at- cro^s
t^ded a meeting at the union j provement,' b!irhas1iia*de s°o"I:a "^f 7 Sacco and Vanzetti have not
^dquarters at 55 Adelaide St.
I workers a method by which iheyA^n mrkfsuAh im^rovelm.''^^ died m vain. Though dead, their
Most of tne workers have signed
spirit will ever be an inspiration
an application. Novy the work of UITr^C/-»1kr ___ to new endeavors. The worker,
getting every other worker into HUDSON MOTOR CO LAYS
GENERAL ORGANIZER will build a fitting monument to
the_union is going quietly on. OFF THOUSANDS OF
ROHAN LEAVING FOR Iheir memory, a monument not of
Do not think for one moment V/ORKERS stone or metal which is inadequate
that these cuts were due to any MILWAUKEE, WIS. by-far: but a monument of living
financial distress of the company. Employes Worked Too Hard — men and wotnen. They died that
.According to their own report Must Now Walk the Streets. Auto Workers AsMor Organizer
labor might be free. An ever
The auto workers of Milwau- growing labor movement throiwh.
$571,041 for the [Link] six months Holding good to their past rep­
of the current year. The union kee are waking-^p.
---- ..a.g , nere was
TTiere
utation the Hudson Motor Com­ ment tha. can perpetuate their
also has information that another pany has again laid off thousands IRnce a strong local of the .Auto
impending wage cut has been de­ of their employes, who must now- Workers Union in this city. Then d^dT Vanzetti are
layed because of the courageous the workers had something to say
stand of the few hundred men
walk the bricks trying to find em-
ployment. about hours and conditions. Now
Sthe;d1edr-‘'’'
that have already joined the un­ For weeks there was specula­ many of th^ old-timers realize
ion. • what it means to the workers FLINT WAGES BELOW THOSE
tion on the part of the workers as IN DETROIT
Now is the time for every work­ to who would be among the first when a union loses its power.
er in the Murray Plants to join to get It. Now there are thous­ '^2'^ ^ey are returning to the lo­ Reports of workers in the Flint
the union and instead of talking ands hid off and thousands more cal. They all feel that the time is
of wage cuts there will be talk of are wondering when their turn ri^pe for organization not only in ^derably lower than the wages in
increases, into the union. Down Wilj come. the repair shops but in the Nash th'I™*'j finishers report
with wage cuts. Down with the and beaman plants also. that sedan doors which pay 22c
Through speed-up methods, in Detroit only pay 14c in Flint.
speed-ups I Let's go! It may interest some of the
•smilar to thoscAused by Mr. Ford,
thfr company h^ been able to Nash workers to know that any
\_ show enormous profits during the man investing $10,000 in 100 and $2.00 for certain classes of
Members of- the Chicago sym- previous six months. It was also
phony orchestra are on-strike for able to get far Ertpugh ahead on 1 Laborer,
more mo.^y. Evidently the first production to cut down the work­ have had their wages cut from
note ih the wage scale is dough. b5c per hour to 40c per hour. All
ing force to a fractiorf. Practic-
—El Paso Times. ^ he speed-up methods now beiiw
K uniimiuU on Paso 'J, Col. [Link] WORKERS used in Detroit are used in FI^
m an aggravated form.
 THE AUTO WORKERS NEWS

WAGES IN DqDGTPLANT GREETINGS, FELLOW-

WORKERS:
In the metal finishing depart-
crient most workers can earn From now on you will have the
around $6 per day if they work pleasure of reading the latest
like horses. A few workers, by news and doings of the world
•hein« in good with the foreman, served to you in condensed form,
^at is by buying him drinks and sort of abbreviated like a bob­
<nirrying favor in other ways, are cat’s tail, and we hope with the
given jobs that enable them to same sweet disposition possessed

1 make $9 a day. Day work only

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by the rest of his anatomy.
^ays 45 cents an hour. This is our second attempt at
colymmg. Our first kept life in
OLD TIMERS RALLY another paper for four months.
iJi (Some mean souls claim four
September ! 6 is the date set niontlw was more than any paper
•for a general get-together of old- could stand). However, as this
lime members of Local 12 7, some Autq manufacturers discuss next wage cut.
sheet fills a definite need of the
of whom have been much pleased .\uto Workers of Detroit, we feel
with the efforts being put forth NEW SHE-TQWN BUDD BODY CO. SLASHES sure that if this Coiyumnist does
and the resulla being obtained by WAGES not suit the readers, some other
Local 127. They too realize that Because women can do the one will and the paper will carry
conditions were better when they semi-skilled work of running on to victory for the workers.
Metal finishers report wage
were all in 127 and fighting side punch presses and drills in the au­
cutting all along the line. Work
Iby wide to maintain high wages. to factories, men are being laid off Righ\ off the reel, we want to
on Packard No. 8 which us6d to
Some of these old time mem­ to join the mob of unemployed say that this will be a co-opera­
pay $ 18 now pays only $ 12. New
bers asked th§it we have an Old- Detroit workers. Women are be­ tive colyum. We want sugges­
men are being hired for 60 and 70
limers Rally. Those who have ing given the jobs because the tions and news of a snappy, short,
cents an hour to do work that paid
been aipproached on the matter prevailing wage for them is 20c wiid-cat style. Things that have
90 cents an hour. Men are en­
were much enthused over the idea. to 30c an Hour lower for the same
couraged to turn the work out the silky fur outside and a nice
Ilie sentiment of all was fairly work. Detroit is beiginning to take
fast by the promise of being given sharp claw that rips and rends the
• expressed by one Old-Timer who on the aspects of a "she-town" in
a couple of hours day work. enemy and all his works.
sard; “Gee. it will be great to which the woman works out and
The first thing you can do is
weel some of those fellows whom the man looks a^ter the kids.
-send in a name for the colyum.
•we worked with and fought along Unable to find work to main­ HUDSON MOTOR LAYS OFF
We can t decide on one and need
side of when Local 127 was a real tain his wife and children a work­ THOUSANDS OF WORKERS help. A pair of beautiful silver
ipower in Detroit." He further er writes how he was compelled
mounted antique corn plasters will
said: "If we could just get these to consent to having her look for ((’ontiiHiiMl from Pago I, Col. L’l be awarded for the best sugges­
•o^d'timers to jump into the har­ work. He writes:
ally the only work that will be tions. Send yours at once.
dness it would not take long to pull "She was ‘luckier’ than 1 was.
She got a job running a drill press done in the factory for some time
127 back up where it belongs."
for 30c an hour. She could do will be assembly on chassis. TTe Detroit Free Press of Aug.
The above shows the attitude of
with whom the commit­ the work as well as I could so the Rumor had it that single men 25th has .1 front page article about
tee has talked. I he committee is Concern hired her because sh^ was would be the first to go, but nev­ a battle between wives of Ohio
'sure there will be a large number '•heaper. If she had refused some ertheless many of those laid off coal strikers and police. The
of the old members at the meel- other woman would have taken it. were men with large families to women were fighting for their
So 1 stay home and .send the kids support, while some of the single very bread and buttpr [Link] the
Mig so they have secured as prin­
cipal .speaker for that evening, to school to learn all about this men were transferred to other de- scabs and bosse.s. The police led
great land of the free." partment.s. In spreading this ru­ by Sheriff Hardesty, whose name
Judgt? Frank Murphy of the Re-
corder'> C'oiirt. What an Auto Workers Union mor the company hoped to be should lie remembered and treas­
.A mnnber (»f the old members t'.in do for the 400,000 men and seen in the liyht of philanihropist. ured by a!! who love scabs and
bave heard Jiulge Murphy before women in the auto industry is Advertise in South fer Labor other %e:n>in. charged the women
•:ind ol' esmrse they will warn to shown by a comparison with the While the comp iny was laying and u.-ctl ilu-ir night sticks freely.
union level of hours and wages in off here, ao'[Link] [Link] and is Ih-: is another brilliant exam-
hear him again. 1 hose who have
the' United States. .[Link]. the even now goinu on in the South- Plv ')! t'-.if .-Xmeri'ean chivalry and
n<»t heard him shoulil not miss
ihis oppoftunily. j aulo average of 72c per hour the-* \ (experience ni wcuncn. for which
I host- who et>me to this meet- | union average $1.15. and ^.unnecessary) for the i ludson .Mo- i " e ..re j’j-t y becoming famous
rng will be [Link] >urprised j against the auto average of .. 50 tor Car vo. Some of ;he ie« ent ; [Link] the world. The dif-
when they see tin* progress 127 is ! hours .a week the union avcfage is airivals at the Jefferson Plant | fe-tno- beiw.;-n a scab and a
have stated lUi^t they came to De- 1
waking, h will biing l>ack ple as- | 45. I his picture of relatively fair ^c..b-.:.Tf!,.r }< [Link] smuil and the
Iroit because of advertising seen j -attf r ; . f i,- lh<-worst.
rint memories and revive their j wage.s should be considered with
hopr }t»i ihf Jutun* t>f the automo­ :he sharply fluctuating employ­ in their own home town. This ad- I
bile' woikers of Dclioil. ment in the industry. i'hal a [Link] was not under the direct '
woirker averages $36.67 a ^week supervision of the Hudson ofii- j , iht' Sla f where
ft is impossible lor the commil- ’■1-.V ht-.m-i. r„cliish and
iee to leai ii all the old timers so by no means indicates |lhat his ciais tyt was undoubtedly spun- i
sored by them. I hese men com- j w„m> to be ibe home
■ rbey ask that . each worker .;ass [Link] wage will be 50 time.s that
Uk' Wold ,ilong. If there is not amount. Instead we Iiav6 the ins from the South have'beon';™-J
ill uhi-timer work’ni; wid; >».u ask shutdov^n of 1927 with irhs of ployed at mu, h lower wases. rhan ! Canny
those whose jobsethey liarl taken. k .1.. .,ii' ( (. .iwboy and now
:iiioth».» vyorker. thousands of workers thrown out •h,y propose -i'[Link]
Asik every Aiilo Worker you of work. Seasonal employment' y Recent Arrivals Also Walking
new..rksrs Iwmemm. They ought '
meet if he is going to the Old- is great, too. although many big the Streets
'■ -'Id Hup her Thayer" for vice
I iniers Rally. I'riday. .September Detroit firms are keeping their la­ Detroit s .army , of unemployed I pre.s,,,,.,;, jp
16, at Klei'trie.d Workers [Link]. 55 bor forces together by reducing is being [Link] auumenled. i '■>t'' a .,;ra:rr!,i [Link] ticket.
Adelaide Street. the work >veek in off seasons to Many of those now walking the j
live. four, and three days. streets have speiit their Iasi ,;enl i , . •'a>:t-o .'inrl Va
anzetti are dead.
Surprise to ceme to Detroit and work for : 1 h« y
Hudson's. Mrrny, even after paU! ! ihev
.Nervous passetv.'Mr f’m aerial UNION MEN WIN
mg the employment offire hare -Sa,. ,, \ .n.,.Mi
'axi, about 5,00t^ lee:| up):
I ‘W-what Hce v-you 1 laughing at.
■1 driver/
GTeveland. — Having won an
agreement guaranteeing them
only worked a few we.-ks beforr- i the w .-k,.,, '
hems laid tdf with, scant op,stdl'i^i^l for
‘

^ Driver: "At the superintendent tunr.y of finding workj-lsewhr re , ;h<- [Link] otburse lie wifi sUy
ayveek, 200 union steam-
and his [Link]. 'Ilicy’Il be looking shovel operators in Cleveland re­ Strange it i.s, that [Link] of the i t« enough
all over the [Link] for me, and turned to Kvork after a 10-day
ru'vei <lream of j/oking up here." strike. ;:^r^‘tr-Tir^^ -
^^ey b: r
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 the auto workers news
WORKER SICK TWO WEEKS
WORKERS USED UP IN TIME IT-TAKES FOR BOSSES’ AUTO
IS DISCHARGED
STCXIKS TO YIELD FORTUNE
A worker being too sick to go
notified the plant to that By LELAND OLDS has received $182,500 in cash.
A Brires workers receives his His entire gain to date on an in­
pay envelope. affect. He was in the hospital for
two weeks and when he kame out vestment of about $1,131,500.
The bitter contrast between If we imagine a rich man who
he went back to the Hudson- what multimillionaires get and purchased 100 shares in each of
A MODERN “SIMON LEGREE'
Essex plant to get his old job what workers get out of indus­ these companies in the days when
back. At first they refused to trialism is reflected in the latest their original stock was to be had
' (By Mail)
take him back at all, but finally announcement of the General at par, we have an original invest­

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Charlie the foreman of Lines I
and I, sixth floor Fisher Body No. after considerable discussipn they Motors Corp, When this Morgan- ment of only $21,000, surely a
agreed to take him back jfs a new DuPont giant carries out the pro­ small amount for a rich man to
18 trim shop, needs only a whip
man with a reduction of 7 ceMst posed 2-for-l stplrtup of its com- risk in a new industry. But today
to be. recognized, as the modern
an hour. Soon afterwards the su­ stock, one share bought for he would hold 37500 shares of
Simon Legree . ( During my two
perintendent passing by and see­ $100 prior to 1917 will have General Motors, 5000 shares of
years iJ working under him I have
ing this man at work exclaimed blossomed into 371/. shares with Nash, and 12.000 shares of Hud­
never heard him address me or
angrily, "didn't I tell you that you a market value August I of more son, with a combined market val­
any other man in a friendly spirit.
can no longer work here!" That than $4,000. Meanwhile the ue of about $1,752,500. and
When he wants something done worker is now walking the bricks.
he stands about 308 feet away original workers who toiled for a would have received $364,432 in
Another worker writes that Mr, subsistence w^e are on the scrap cash dividends.
from a person and yells at him as
^tt^^tland, foreman of Dept. No. heap or fast approaching that nat-
if he were a dbg. When a party 840, has written the following no­ This wealthy man who started
comes nearer in ojder to under­ Ural end of the machine ^lave. with $21,000 invested in three
tice on the board: Slock Go Up 5 Workere Go to
stand what is wanted this is what Notice: Any employee who moior stock now would have a
he is likely to hear: "Whata the does not work steadily will be dis­ ■Pieces cash dividend income from this
hells the maata wid ya, asleep, or The history of General Motors source alone of more than $81,-
charged. Telephone calls will not
Mill not sober from last night?” save you. McFarland.” J^"“non stock is complicated. 000 a year or nearly 400 per cent,
There is lots of'olher choice lang­ When the present Delaware cor­ on his investment. Auto work­
uage but L is simply not fit to poration took over the original ers who invested their lives in the
print. INDUSTRIAL SLAVERY
(Received by mail from one N>w Jersey company in 1917 it industry at the same time that this
One might think that this sort who knows from experience). issued to the stock holders five rich man invested his dollars are
“Ct'on only takes place when Lincoln’s ’’Emancipation Proc­ shares for each share held. In now being paid off, burned out
Charlie isn't feeling well when he lamation ’ came as a culmination 1920 stock holders received 10 by the j grind for which they re­
wakes up on the wrong side of of years of political controversy. shares for each share then held., ceived an average of less than
the bed or something, but that The subject of human slavery giving the holder of the originaTr^'''"® “ y®"'
isn t so. It is quite normal for brought into prominence such share in the New Jersey corpor­
him to act so. 1 have never seen men as Webster, Calhoun, and ation 50 shares. In 1924 the out­ HUDSON HIT^
him acting differently. It is bad Clay. standing stock was reduced, own-,
enough that the men must work The great document issued by ers receiving one share in ex­ The other day during one of
like horses all day long without Lincoln says that it is not right change for each four shares held the noon hour meetings at the
being obliged to listen to his that one man should own another, at the time. In 1926 a 50 per Hudson plant, an individual, evi­
growling, cursing and foul lang- no matter what his color, creed, cent stock dividend increased the dently in the employ of the com- «
tiage,all day long. nationality. The American shares representing one original pany, tried to interrupt the speak­
If these facts are publisher' in people put their stamp of approv­ share to -1854. These had a mar- er. The crowd did not take very
your paper the trimmers on Lines al on the ideas embodied therein. ket value of $226 apiece August kindly to his remarks, whatever
I and 2 will surely appreciate it. Today a new type of slavery I, 1927. The latest split-up will they were, and more than one ap-
Flease do not think that I made has developed in our socalled land bring the shares representing each '? c core hit the car in which he
up any of this. I swear to God of the free and home of the original share to 371,^. ‘ was driving.
that every word in this letter is brave. I refer to industrial or eco­ A rich man who put $10,000 Perhaps Ihe aforesaid party is a
the trull). Yours truly, nomic slavery. Any one who has into the original stock has profitr well paid official of the company,
0.\i: OF THE SLAVES. witnessed the colored workers ed mightily. The 100 shares he or he may have been one of their
-(Editor s .Note: There are other •toiling and sweating in the foun­ bought have become 3750 shares cheap, poorly paid "dicks" or a
things in this letter about which dries of pur modern automobile with a market value of about stool-pigeon. However, the work­
I vvould like to speak of with the factories has a right to wonder $417,500, giving him a profit of ers expressed their opinion of his
writer. I would appreciate it if whether the lot of the negro has more than $400,000. In addition actions, and he may be a little
you will di>op in to see me this materially changed for the better. .•'^is investor has received between wiser next time.
f-riday night at the office, 55 Ade­ In the days of slavery he worked n9l7 and 1927 cash dividends Dirty Oil
laide Street.) in the open. It was to the ad­ totaling $71,732, bringing his en­ • In one of the departments of
vantage of the masters that he be tire gain to date to about $480,- the Hudson company where oil
SPEEDING UP AT HUDSON'S fed and clothed and sheltered 000. His nexr>ear's dividends, is used on the tools cutting down
properly. Today the negro set- even if there are no extras, will metal, the workers complain of
In the Essex Depariment 56, liemenls are places of poverty bring him an income of $18,750 the poisonous oil that the com­
block line the rnsn must work a and squalor. from this one corporation. pany uses. Many are poisoned
10-hour night .shift. They are now The conditions of the rest of Naaff and Hudson Gains from the oil that is used over and
turning out 800 pieces for the the workers are not much H(eUer. over again.
N'jmc wages that they were getting All of them are in the same grip This is an old story in motor The oil is cheap in the first
finance. A $10,000 investment
for 500 to 600. The men in of industgal slavery. place, and it being^sed and rer
in 100 shares of Nash Motors Co. used until it is rotten may save
Gang G have had the same ex­ ^X'hiIe the manufacturers are in 1916 has now grown to 5000
perience. 1 he cap setters have spending their summers in Venice company some dollars, but very
-shares with a market value of likely at the cost of some work- ■
increased production from 60 an or Paris sipping expensive wines,
about $375,000. in the interim ers health. It will be interesting
hour to 66. then to 72 and soon the slaves who make these luxur­
the owner has received $1 10,200
afterwards to 80. ies possible are so worn out when in cash dividends. His entire gain to have some tests made of the oil,
Conveyors are not properly the week ends that they spend and perhaps some law might be
to date amounts to $485,000.
guarded. A few months ago a Sunday at home. passed that would prohibit its
Hudson Motor stock dividends use. The next thing is the en­
block fell from off the conveyor is there not a Webster or Lin­ include 900 per cent in 1910,
on a man’s foot and crippled him coln to come to the aid of the forcement of such laws, and it is
about 90 per cent in 1913, 500 generally agreed that a strong un­
for life. .Nothing has been done dowrl-trodden masses of indus­
per cent in 1922, 10 per cent in ion is the best means of protec­
to remedy the situation. j trial blave.s? Must they always *^24, and 20 per cent in 1926. tion.
A. There is no consideration for endure-^such conditions as exist in
sanitary conditions. There are no Detroit today? We need another
This gives the original investor in
Organization for the protection
100 shares of $ 10 par stock in of automobile workers has been
washing facilities. Some men Emancipation Proclamation that
1909 approximately 12,000 sadly lacking in the past, but it is
wlish their hands in the toilet will mafte men free not only in
shares today with a total market encouraging to note the response
bowls. There is a fan in the toilet body, but economically, socially,
value of about $960,000. a prof- the Auto Workers Union is get­
but it does not ru^ and mentally. it of 1^50,000. In addition he ting in its organization drive.
 in JFHE auto workers news
AUTO WORKERS NEWS TO SACCO AND VANZETn
Philip A. Raymond. Editor S- O. L. tonished as they witnessed thii
Issued monthly by the Auto- 1 Hy a r.-lii-l of .•\nK:[Link]\n di-.-cnni) thing with their own eyes. "It
Dntroit. Mich. Subscription A hungry man — without won't go far", said the wise ones.
My people sent you there to rot money. - '
mobile. .Aircraft and Vehicle and die. But the Clermont slowly gathered
A large family — without a power until it was going at a good
.Workers of America. Local My people framed the laws you bread earner.
No. 127. 55 Adelaide Street. suffer by. clip and finally steamed around a

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A baby—without a mother. bend in the river and disappeared
Kate—50c per year. And 1. who share them country
and their name. y An exploited worker—without from view.
a union.
FACTS ON INDUSTRIAL I bow my bend in silence an'd lit A group of organizers came
shame. \ Sure o’ Luck!
UNIONISM around to the shop at noon. They
And yei my scornful heart is made speeches. The men listened.
By fJLKT .stirred to song. LINE UP IN THE UNION OR They were told to get organized.
Why Aulo Worker-, particular­ .\ Tebe) s world is always young LINE UP NEAR THE SOUP 1 hey were told to join the Auto
ly need an [Link] Union rath­ and strong. KITCHEN Workeis Union. They were told
er than an old .simple Crafts Un­ How, in God's name, shall we that only in this way would they
ion can be seen by a brief anal­ lose faith today < I have heard many fellow-s ,say be able to stop wage-cuts, speed-
ysis of the /.-onditions of their With men like you to forge a that the Murray Body Co. was a ups, longer hours and the tyranny
Work, hor example: Woodwork­ rebel's way? pretty fair place to work, so nat­ of petty bosses. Many believed.
ers build the body; painters paint urally 1 tried until 1 succeeded in Many thought it over and talked
it; Sanders sand it; and every one GREETINGS, FELLOW- getting a job there. After work­ about it afterwards in the shop.
of the other various operations WORKERS ing there a few months I found But, there were some wise ones.
have to add their contribution to that the Murray Body was just as Aw go on", they said, “it can't
the finished product. U'ohrimitMl from I*age . (’ol. 4) bad as the other shops and even be done. The men won't stick
Now let us suppose that instead together. If they were all like us.
last frame-ups. America special­ worse. The pushers'around Briggs etc. But they ain’t."
of one Industrial Union for all. we
izes in frame-ups against labor hav_e nothing on the pushers here
would have about a [Link] a dozen leaders. wha make you promises of your "It can't be donel " That's what
unions, one for each operation. the wise ones said.
Don't feel sorry for those who just dues and just before pay day
I hen the boss would have a cinch
have been butchered or rot in you are rewarded with a Ijttle no­
He would [Link] cut . the trimmer.,.
jail. Organize and fight so that tice in the form of a deduction COMPETITION AMONG THE
I hey would strike, but bein-.. only
■such things cannot be. Only when slip, to the effect that you wiiL- foremen at PACKARD
a small "roup they would be un-
we organize and fight as one, will not be paid for jobs as promised.
able to put up much of a battle, In order to make 80c an hour
frtime-ups against workers stop. (By .Mail)
or even to picket properly since for nine hours, a team of four pol­
It would be difficult to distinguish ishers must polish 31 Dodges: - That some foremen and their
Those who innocently believe
between the other crafts at work A sprayer must spray 60 jobs; assistants are trying to cut each
and scabs going in to take the jobs [Link] newspapers print news should
^ the striking trimmers. Of course
ley would lose their strike and
hfier the trimmers were prnnerly
-.-d. the boss could g
read the Free Press
Aug. 24th in which they most
conclusively prove that they print
pnly that which they believe will
editorial of A spot Sander must turn out 48 others throat is demonstrated by
jobs:
polisher must turn out
what happened in Depts. SGS
and SGA (rough inspection). A
/2 jobs; and the funny part of it man named Raymond is the fore­
IS that l-he production at the time man and Joe Van is his assistant.
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the painters. .After the painters keep the w-orkers in ignorance. of writing i.s only 40 a day. There At about the time Raymond
are finished to a shade most suit­ Any one who followed the Sacco- are a number of men doing such went on a vacation I took sick and
Vanzetd case for the last seven
able to the [Link]'er's benevolent

with the a.\ on the woodworkers, only gave it space when

work as clean trim, clean hard­ had to stay away while being
taste, he could calmly proceed years, knows that the Capitalist ware, clean windows, and [Link]- treated by the doctor. When 1
Press returned to work 1 found that Van
w
m
making from
pch group would fight its own forced to. The Free Press admits $3.50 to $4.50 a day. These and had discharged me, thereby re-
It was forced to 'feature' the case
battle only, and in effect, all the many others are the conditions of ciucing the number of inspectors
other groups would assist the boss —because of the big public inter- ' 27' fourth floor, and 1 have to two. Seven men used to do
es; tlmt .-rad been worked up."
in- defeating the group on strike, talked to men from other de­ the work they now [Link] bf
Tlyt fact that actually hundreds
thus in the end causing the com­ partments and the same evils ex­ omy two. These two men are ex
bined defeat and consequent of millions of workers were inter­ ist a(ll over the shop. pseted to get all the work out and
ested in the murder of two of
wage [Link] ail the workers ih
their leaders and that this interest "■l ‘ke present, time they are Van gets the credit for doing the
tho sliop.
talking about putting us on a bo­ work cheaper .and with less men
Moral: Crafl division in the auto forced some of the prostitute nus which is another name for a than Raymond was able to do
industry speils wage cuts, speed­ press to print something of the high tone cut. Everybody hates Van because he
up, and defeat. Industrial Union­ [Link] (in most cases lies) peeves is double-faced.
the Free Press and they ate per­ Of course Wfe-can quit, but w-e
ism aionc brings victory. kndw that the .same cocktail Sornetimes whole car loads of
fectly tight in feeling sore. The material comes in and must be
will be served wherever we go. so
Free Press and sheets like it *e inspected immedialelv. So the
DO YOU KNOW —
not/printed for workers, except our only salvation is in an organ­ men must work like Hell because
That Lnion bricklayers gel with the object of mentally'poi­ ization ^at can do a little dictat­
$!.<»> per hi>ur while non-union soning them, and workers Should ing to »e boss once in a while. they arc short a man and must
■machinists ^et as low as 70c? let s ^1 get lined up before *he wovk hard cnoug.S lo make up for
learn that when they want news
That bricklayers before they about things that concern them boss lines us up at the soup kitch­ It. Of course the men themselves
are to blame for letflng the com­
'yvre orgini/e^ received no more ^ey must read their own papers. en this winter.
pany get away with it.
than machinists and in many cases Only by accident does anything
This also shows how the Pack­
even less because iheir work was that would help workers get into IT CAN'T BE DONE
consiilcred less .skilled ? ard company treats a worker
their verminous columns. when he gets sick. If we were or­
That Lniun ^uisicians get $75 In spite of the fact that mil­ On the banks of the Hudson sat
ganized they wouldn't dare to
for a 42-hour week while -non­ lions of people are interested in a crowd of onlookers. They weie treat us like this.
union Auto Workers are luckv if certain events, it is not new-s if it watching a queer contraption out
they get $40 for a 5()-hour week? [Link] injure the continued [Link] on the river. It was supposed to Hereafter when Henry Ford
(••\iul the iiuisiciaiis g-t a 20-niin* of the profit system that gives be a bolt running by steam
U.'e [Link] c\ery hour, tug; how uses the editorial '‘we’’, he ought
pen irnstitutes and their organs a pow’er. The man on it, Robert
to see that one of him knows what
much i._st do you get. Mr. Auto meanU of living on the backs of Fulton, had been tinkering around
Worker?) ^ the other one of him is doing. —
It for several hours. He was ob-
\ [Link] Organized worker., in .d!
the w-Vn-kers.
viously quite crazy because no
Wichita Elagle.
Keep your eyes on Detroit pa
lines earn iiioie. money and bait- j P'-rs and see how many articles boat could go by itself, without
Another thing-we admire about
better [Link] than ihur. unor- ' ■lie .... printed
in> ■ about ■ your union or sails. It had never been done be­ Col. Lindbergh is that he doesn’t
ganized ? fore; it was unheird of. "it can't
the roten coifriilions in your shop. seem to have been cured of any­
Do you know that. .Mr. Uno-.-- i be done. She'll never start," .said
W. [Link]. (he wise ones. thing j^t in the patent medicine
ganized Auto WojHker? '
ads.—Ohio State Journal.
Well if you do—what are you ' Never the less the Clermont
\^'RITF. FOR THE .AUTO slarted-slowly to move up stream.
goihg to do about it?
\^ORKERS NEWS. Auto Workers Union meets
1 he people were amazed and as-
every Friday at 55 Adelaide St.
 AUT
D D n PETBon-. MICH, n n r
1^.WORKERS
NEWS DD PRICE; WE CENT I~1 f~l

Demand Return of
w
organizer of the AUTO

Ten Per Cent

Wage Cut /^ter completing four years at
Detroit College of Law, Lester
The workers on the Paige and L. Johnson, General Organizer
Hudson-E^x lines at the Briggs for the Auto Workers Union, has
Meldrum Plant just received an- been admitted by Circuit Judge
DeWitt H. Merriam to the prac­
Iney had been getting from 49 to [Link] of law in the state of Michi­
56 cents per hour and a bonus
Which brought their pay up to 70 Brother Johnson has been a
and 80 cents per hour. tnember of Local 127 for the past
When the new rate went into eight years and has been officially
effect the workers found that the connected with the organization When the Auto Workers Organize
cut actually amounted to about during most of that time. He was
30 per cent. The 10 per cent cut Mcretary-treasurer of the Auto
the workers wljo have been ap­
on each job made it impossible to Workers Temple Association for SPEED-UPS AND WAGE-CUTS
proached. Every worker seems
make any bonus at all in spite of IN MILWAUKEE AND
to realize that the conditions in
the fact that they turned out RACINE ALSO
the automobile shops of Flint can
more work than ever before. All
never be made better unless the
they could make was their day Arthur E. Rohan
workers themselves have somT
rate and the workers found that Working conditions in the Nash
way of working together for that
their pay for two weeks would be purpose. plants in Milwaukee and Rapine.’
from 30 to 35 dollars less than Wis. are about the same as in De­
before the cut. The Auto Workers Union was troit. It is said that the Seaman
asked to send an organizer to Flint
This was the last of a whole Body Corp. in Milwaukee is con-
to assist the workers there in form­
series of wage cuts they had re­ trolled by the Nash Co., and it is
ing a union. As a result of this like all others.
ceived this summer. They didn't
request a number of secret meet­
know where the company would The past year has seen many
ings have been held at which Gen­
stop. They were desperate. 200 wage cuts and continual speed-
eral Organizer L. L. Johnson has
men from the Trim and Final As­ ups. Every now and then some
sembly line walked off the job pointed out the necessity of each
department walks out in an unor­
worker doing his part in the up­
and came, down to the hall of the ganized effort to prevent a cut.
building of the local union in Flint.
Auto -\Ubrkers Union. The next As It might be expected they are
morning they were down on the He also pointed out the need for
for the most part unsuccessful.__
picket line: At this time of writ­ secrecy among the members dur­
but once in a while they succeed
ing the initial-, period of the or­
ing the ranks of strikers Kave in­ m preventing the full force of the
ganizing campaign. cut.
creased to 500. Many more will
be out by the time the paper goes These secret meetings beceune
Like most automobile shops,
to press. larger with each succeeding meet­
work is uncertain. Sometimes they
ing until there were more -than
The bonus system has always LESTER L. JOHNSON are going full blast and the men
been difficult for the workers to enough members to form a local
work many hours overtime, but as
figure out. It is made purposely union. These members then re­
they get no time and a half for
so to cover up the shortages in the a number of years during which quested a charter from the-United overtime no one seems to know
pay envelopes which occur fre­ time that association pulled itself Automobile. Aircraft and Vehicle
what is the regular number of
quently. through many crises. Worl«rs of America. Hhis request
working hours. 1 have asked many
.Most of the 'men have joined The organization will have the was Jkanted and the Flint organ­
men when they weiit home, and
the union and they are in this services of Brother Johnson in ization will be known as Flint Lo­ not one could give a certain hour
completing the present'organiza­ cal No. II.
time to stick. They mean to build for quitting time.
up an organization of the automo­ tion campaign, after which he ex­ The campaign in Flint will be
Every man talked to agrees
bile workers that will be on the pects to establish a law practice carried on in a careful thoughtful
that conditions are getting steadily
job all the time to protect their here in the city of Detroit. manner. The secret meetings will
' orse, and all seem to agree that
interests. The workers of the continue, with an occasional open
something should be done about
Briggs Meldrum Plant have led FLINT AUTOMOBILE meeting at which all the workers
it. However, many are afraid of
the way. All auto workers must W'ill be invited. These members
WORKERS ORGANIZE who are coming to the secret the employer. The employer rec­
had: them up. Their fight is your
fight. The time has come when meetings are doing a lot of work ognizes that organization is all
The automobile workers in and putting forth a great deal of right for himself, and he very like­
the workers must call a halt to [Link] been carrying on a
effort to build the local up to a ly would admit that the worker
further wAge cuts and greater quiet or,ganizing cantaign for the
speedingjmp. point where we can make better had a right to organization if he
aast two months. nie workers conditions in Flint. The workers had the guts to demand his right
have been active in bringing can give support by attending the as an American.
JOIN The auto workers about an organization in Flint and The employer thinks that by
UNION. open meetings whenever they are
have met a responsive'chord in firing a man he can keep organi-
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