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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Members of Waiters and Waitresses Union Local 1 in New York call a mass protest meeting at Stuyvesant Casino to address failure to enforce agreements, wage cuts, long hours, and suspensions of unemployed workers for dues and criticism. Invited speakers include Ben Gold, Norman Thomas, and Roger Baldwin to plan reinstatement campaign.
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Mass Meeting to
Enforce Demands
NEW YORK.-A mass protest
meeting of the members of Waiters
and Waitresses Union Local 1, is
called by the rank and file group for
today at 3:30 p.m. at Stuyvesant
Casino, 142 Second Ave.
The failure of the union officials
to enforce the agreement between the
organization and the bosses will be
taken up. Wage cuts and long hours
have been imposed on them. Large
numbers of unemployed workers
were suspended from the organiza-
tion for inability to pay dues and
for their criticism of the union of-
ficials.
At the mass meeting to which Ben
Gold, Norman Thomas, Roger Bald-
win, of the American Civil Liberties
Union and others have been invited,
plans will be laid to organize an in-
tense campaign to reinstate the vic-
timized workers and to restore their
rights and privileges.
Representatives of the United He-
brew Trades, the Joint Board and
the secretary of Local 1, have been
invited to the meeting to explain why
President Flore's decision to reinstate
the suspended members has not been
carried out.
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New York
Event Date
Today At 3:30 P.M.
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A mass protest meeting of Waiters and Waitresses Union Local 1 members, called by the rank and file group at Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Second Ave., to address union officials' failure to enforce agreements, imposed wage cuts and long hours, and suspensions of unemployed workers for inability to pay dues and criticism. Invited speakers include Ben Gold, Norman Thomas, Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union, and others to plan a campaign for reinstating victimized workers and restoring rights. Representatives of United Hebrew Trades, Joint Board, and Local 1 secretary invited to explain non-implementation of President Flore's reinstatement decision.