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April 17, 1934
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
In Detroit, striking tool and die makers in the Mechanics Educational Society meet to discuss extending their strike amid manufacturers retracting demands. Mathew Smith warns of compulsory arbitration via NRA's Section 7-A, seen as enabling company unions to break strikes.
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Tool and Die Makers Meet to Discuss Extending Strike
BOSSES ARE BOLDER
Smith Looks to NRA as Way of Ditching Strike
(Special to the Daily Worker.)
DETROIT. April 16.-The striking tool and die makers, organized in the Mechanics Educational Society, will meet tonight in meetings to discuss ways and means how to consolidate and extend their strike. Local manufacturers who previously announced their willingness to grant the demands of the strikers are now backing out. They are taking comfort in the open announcement of the A. F. of L. leaders following the Pontiac secret conference outlawing strike struggles for higher wages and shorter hours.
The main demands of the striking men are: 20 per cent increase in wages, the 36-hour week, and union recognition. The strike involves 84 shops which have refused to grant the demands of the strikers.
The danger of compulsory arbitration lurked from a statement made by Mathew Smith, general secretary of the Mechanics Educational Society. In a statement published in today's local press, Smith stated that "the issue has translated itself into the matter of our fundamental right to organize under the N.R.A. All the power and resources of this Society will be used to insure that the rights given us under Section 7-A are not taken away."
Smith endorses Section 7-A, which now is openly admitted that the "right to organize" is the right to force company unions upon the workers. It is this, now infamous, Section 7-A of the N.R.A. which was used by the auto manufacturers to develop company unions and break the recent threatened general strike in the auto industry.
To endorse Section 7-A, particularly now while the tool and die makers are out on strike, opens the door for arbitration by the Automobile Labor Board, which was created by the manufacturers to deceive the workers and to break the strike struggles for better conditions. Many a worker will begin to ask why Smith made his statement just at the very moment when Green and Collins endorsed all actions of the Automobile Labor Board and outlawed strikes in the auto industry.
BOSSES ARE BOLDER
Smith Looks to NRA as Way of Ditching Strike
(Special to the Daily Worker.)
DETROIT. April 16.-The striking tool and die makers, organized in the Mechanics Educational Society, will meet tonight in meetings to discuss ways and means how to consolidate and extend their strike. Local manufacturers who previously announced their willingness to grant the demands of the strikers are now backing out. They are taking comfort in the open announcement of the A. F. of L. leaders following the Pontiac secret conference outlawing strike struggles for higher wages and shorter hours.
The main demands of the striking men are: 20 per cent increase in wages, the 36-hour week, and union recognition. The strike involves 84 shops which have refused to grant the demands of the strikers.
The danger of compulsory arbitration lurked from a statement made by Mathew Smith, general secretary of the Mechanics Educational Society. In a statement published in today's local press, Smith stated that "the issue has translated itself into the matter of our fundamental right to organize under the N.R.A. All the power and resources of this Society will be used to insure that the rights given us under Section 7-A are not taken away."
Smith endorses Section 7-A, which now is openly admitted that the "right to organize" is the right to force company unions upon the workers. It is this, now infamous, Section 7-A of the N.R.A. which was used by the auto manufacturers to develop company unions and break the recent threatened general strike in the auto industry.
To endorse Section 7-A, particularly now while the tool and die makers are out on strike, opens the door for arbitration by the Automobile Labor Board, which was created by the manufacturers to deceive the workers and to break the strike struggles for better conditions. Many a worker will begin to ask why Smith made his statement just at the very moment when Green and Collins endorsed all actions of the Automobile Labor Board and outlawed strikes in the auto industry.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Justice
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Tool Die Makers
Strike Extension
Nra Section 7 A
Union Recognition
Company Unions
Auto Industry
Mechanics Educational Society
What entities or persons were involved?
Mathew Smith
Green
Collins
Where did it happen?
Detroit
Story Details
Key Persons
Mathew Smith
Green
Collins
Location
Detroit
Event Date
April 16
Story Details
Striking tool and die makers meet to extend strike as manufacturers back out, citing AFL leaders' outlawing of strikes. Mathew Smith endorses NRA Section 7-A for organization rights, but it's criticized for enabling company unions and arbitration to break strikes.