The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 16, 1925, Page 13

The Fight for World Trade Union Unity (Continued from page 2) (b) the establishment of committees based on equal representation for the fight against the high cost of living, against fascism, etc.; (c) the convo- cation of district and industrial con- ferences under the banner of unity; (d) the convening of a congress of the revolutionary trade unions paral- lel to the reformist trade union con- gress and a proposal for the fusion of both congresses on the basis of pro- portional representation according to the number of members represented; (e) no individual fusions with the reformist trade unions, isolated in districts or trades; (f) a fight against the autonomist aims of the anarcho- syndicalists; (g) the fight for the unity of the trade union movement is to be carried on by the G. G. T. U.; and the party is to offer the latter its fullest assistance, The demagogic slogan of the reformists—entrance of the revolutionary unions into the re- f t unions—must be replied to é slogan of unity from below. N the United States the fight must be carried on for the consolidation and strengthening of the Trade Union Heducational League, and for the creation of the necessary press and the fusion of the independent union with the main trade unions. What is necessary here is an especially vig- orous fight against the corrupt bu- reaucracy furthermore, the establish- ment of fractions and revolutionary minorities, and active participation in all elections to the local and central organs, to the conferences and con- gresses. When the bureaucrats expel entire local organizations care must be taken that the organizations do not disintegrate; they must be main- tained intact and must fight for the re-admission of all unionists without exception. Special attention to be paid to the unity of the different races, and where the unions of.the whites admit must be established. Since the work- ers in American never participated in the international trade union move- ment, the international character of the class struggle should be particu- larly emphasized, as well as the ne- cessity for the entry of all inde- pendent unions into the American Federation of Labor and for the crea- tion of a unified trade union inter- national, etc. : ; The sabotage of unity organized by the Second International and the right wing of the Amsterdam Interna- tional can only be broken if we suc- ceed in drawing the masses of work- The _ focal ers into the struggle. point of the fight for unity must be the factories. To this end the fac- tory councils should be . conquered where they exist and committees or commissions for unity created where non-existant. At the same time mixed commissions can be lished for the joint struggle, composed of workers belonging to different unions. On the other hand it is im- portant to establish contact between the factory councils and committees for unity according to district and in- dustry. We must let no conflict, no strike pass without creating a unity organ selected by the working masses. The fight for unity from below in the factories not only does not exclude the simultaneously fight for unity from above, but presupposes it—in the forms corresponding to the specific les of the country in ques- oscow a basic understanding arrived at between the British the British trade unions, affiliated to the Amsterdam Trade Union Federation, form a bloc, nobody in the will be able to prevent estab- enter into negotiations, but in vain. This made necessary a conference of ‘the Russian and British trade unions. This conference, which begins on April 2, must be energetically sup- ported by all Communist parties no matter what its practical results may be. We must realize that the rapprochement of the Soviet and British trade unions is a _ circum- stance of extraoriinary historical im- portance. The move of the British proletariat to the left changes the ra- tio of forces in the struggle between imperialism and Communism. F course, in order to unite the trade union movement, which is now divided along innumerable lines, into a homogenous fighting battalion the slogan: “Convocation of an inter- national unity congress and dissolu- tion of the Amsterdam International and the R. I. L. U. into a unified international” remains in force, The idea of the international unity con- gress. must be spread amongst the masses. The left elements in Amster- dam, who are already beginning to realize that there is no other way out of this condition of split, must be won for this struggle and for the fus- ion of both internationais at this con- gress. The trade union movement in the Near, Middle and Far East has made enormous progress in the last few years. One only need mention the trade union movement in Japan, China, the East Indies, India and Egypt to understand the entire sig- nificance of a union of the trade union movements of the East and West. The trade union movements in* the Near, Middle and Far East are to a con- siderable extent linked up with the R. I. L. U. But there is a number of trade union organizations which be- long to no international. It is neces- sary to bring the trade unions of Japan as well as of the colonial and semi-colonial countries into the united proletarian trade union family. In tries in the united international, the Communist parties and the trade unions of the mother countries main- tain close contact with those in the colonies. In the course of the past year something has been done in this direction. This task must be followed as before, and we must set ourselves the practical daily task of drawing the labor movement of the Near Mid- dle and Far East into the fight for the united international. The unity of the trade movement is directed against the bourgeoisie and their social-de- mocratic lackeys. The fight for the united front arid for trade union unity will bring the revolutionary workers closer to the workers still in the reformist and other organizations and will transfer our struggle against sociallemocracy to the very depths of the laboring masses. The fight for unity will only then be successful, if the Communist parties ih every coun- try become a mass force to be reck- oned with. To this end’‘it is neces- sary that more and more nuclei and fractions be built up in all existing trade union organizations, that the en- tire opposition within these organiza- tions be united, that we gain every foot of ground from the reformists and that our fight against interna- tional reformism be increased to the utmost, The organizational unity of the trade union movement does not sig- nify an ideological rapprochement or an armistice with the reformists; it signifies the hundredfold intensifi- cation of the fight against reform- ism. T present the international labor movement is going thru a pecu- liar period of quiet and of the consoll- dation of its forces. Of course this is only a conditional quiet, for the in- tensified class struggles are continu- ing, but an immediate struggle for power is not going on. This present stage of the class struggle requires new, more perfect and more modern forms and methods of trade union tac- rt ee ea a Te the slogan of unity, of genuine, sin- necessary that the slogan of unity from below be made our battle cry in the factories and workshops, that committees for proletarian unity be created, that factory councils be fought for, that fractions and nuclei be established in all trade union or- ganizations, that a sincere coalition be entered into with the left elements in the reformist trade unions, that an opposition of the revolutionary min- ority be created and organized, that the Anglo-Russian trade union bloc be Supported to our utmost, that the fight against the Second International and the right wing of the Amsterdam trade union international be intensi- fied, that a fight be carried on for the convocation of an international unity congress, that the trade unions of the Near, Middle and Far Bast be drawn into the fight for unity, and that the Red International of Labor Unions be supported and consolidated. If we do all this the masses will be with us. The more successful our fight for unity will be, the shorter will the per- iod be still separating us from the im- mediate struggle for power. The fight for unity brings us near to the social revolution. That is the historical sig- nificance and the importance of the slogan of the fight for the unity of the international trade union move ment, Comrade Alexander. Chramov, na- tional organizer of the Russian sec- tion of the Workers Party who is touring the United States will be in the Chicago district from May 12 to May 26. He will speak in the cities of this district the following dates: Gary, Ind., Sunday, May 17, at 2 p. m., at 215 W. 18th Ave. East Chicago, Ind., Sunday, May 17, at 6:30 p. m., at the Russian school, 144th and Olcat Ave. Chicago, Ill, Tuesday, May 19, at 1902 W. Division St. Chicago, Il!., Wednesday, May 20, at 3925 So. Kedzie Ave. Chicago, Ill., Thursday, May 21, at 2734 W. 18th St. Pullman, lll., Friday, May 22, at Stanciks’ Hall, 205 E. 115th St. Milwaukee, Wis., Saturday, May 23, at Miller Hall, cor. State and 8th St., 8rd floor. Kenosha, Wis., Sunday, May 24, at 2 p. m., at German-American Home, 665 Grand Ave. : Chicago, Hll., Sunday, May 24, at 7 p. m., at 1902 W. Division St. Chicago, Hil, Monday, May 25, at A John Reed Junior This is a member of the John Reed Pioneer group of Soviet Russia. The youngster is proudly exhibiting the name of the group, John Reed, which they wear on their caps. In the United States, in the city of Chicago, there is also a John Reed Junior group functioning quite suc- cessfully. To celebrate the first an- niversary of their organization the group is giving a surprise party and dance, Saturday eve., May 23, at the Workers’ Home, 1902 W. Division St. There will be an interesting program for children and for adults, They promise something new in entertain- ments, Besides that, there is a sur- prise. Admission for children will be 10 cents and for adults 20 cents. Max Shachtman, editor of the Young Worker, will bring greetings from the Pioneers of Soviet Russia, Music furnished by the Y. W. L. orchestra. Don’t forget the date and place, Saturday, May 23, at 1902 W. Division street, Russian Meetings in Chicago District 1080 W. 14th St. Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday, May 26, at Miller Hall, cor. State and 8th St., 8rd floor. - At the meetings at Pullman, Keno- sha, Milwaukee on May 23, and Chi- cago on May 24, the voices of Lenin, Trotsky, Lunacharsky and others will be heard from phonograph records. 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