Facing the Facts
With PHILIP PEJJtL
Ia it$ dmparole tdnti to cat ia
80 American Federation of Labor ia
the fcMTixxfcator, Ub» CJO *wpw
employing more jeopfeabls met bode
than *Tjv>r<"g or
Building Trades Employers Associa
UonofNpwYork Cite with Up hat in
his hapd pad begged the employers for
for a net on the head.
The CIO, he mid, will supply work
ers for construction Jobe InNesr York
City at P 1» day, instead of the $11
to $14 a day rates preypiling for A
F. of L skilled union workers.
Thp Cip workers, Denny Lewis fur
tbeir promised, will pot to eight hours
a day; instead of the six or seven hour
day uifMtod bv the A- F. of L. Budd
ing Trades unions.
Hwe pt tost toe C1Q ip publicly ex
posed aa a scab organisation willing
to sell the workers down *he river!
Here at b|at comas the shameless
public confession that the CIO is will
mg to destroy wage and hour stand
ards, bait up by organized
- - , . labor
through Wag years of struggle and
s&riSL&.'fcfe.
Labor!
What happened to all those lofty
spouted by ClQ propagandists
about organising the unorganised in
the face of such distardly treachery
to
BEARING GIFTS
oyers didn’t fall
'er. They are
Naturally
for this phony __
hard-headed enough to beware of the
Greeks bearing gifts. Accordi:
X&
the New Ywk Times
ling to
of the
CIO conforms with the_ _
the employers listened to Leeds “with
“ hut thpy Mktf pp
him.
Furthermore, the New York Times
says, e spokeemsn lor the employers
explained that the “weakness of Mr.
locals in the city, representing a small.
nvmfaMr of workers, and that until
such time as the CIO eras sue to en
list a more impressive membership of
^sirr&rcsr&s;
largely academic."
We call that a wise prsdistloa. Pic
ture little Penny going around Now,
to go to work for less pay sad longer
hours. We can just about imagine
the reception be Will get. M«y we ad
vise Denny that a scab is rather un
popular among union man who have
been brought up under American
Federation of Labor traditions?
But don’t blame poor little Denny.
He’s just carrying put orders from
the big boss, his brother. Denny may
be the one to take the punishment, but
John L. Lewis is the guilty party. He
dea with i
has become so blind
rage at his failure to make a
the solid ranks of the A. F. of
a dent in
L. mem
bership that he is willing to go to any
is. He has shown
lengths now in revenge._
now that he is ready and willing to be
tray the workers just to satisfy his
own personal ambition.
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