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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Opposition to union organizing in southern textiles leads to charges against 23 Gastonia strikers in North Carolina. New York unions plan support campaign with meetings, street speeches, and volunteers for Labor Day peak.
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Other activities in New York for the Gastonia campaign are: a meeting of chairladies tonight at headquarters at 4 W. 37th St. of local 43, of the Millinery Workers; street meetings in the industrial sections at noon every day, including the following speakers: Harriet Silverman, Isidor Cohen and Sidney Bloomfield; volunteers are asked to apply every day by phone or personally in room 221, 80 E. 11th St., New York City, the district office of the W. I. R. for collection activities.
At a meeting Friday, the needle trades, upholsterers, milliners, shoe workers, textile workers, Amalgamated Clothing workers, food workers and bakers made plans for the campaign. The peak of the activities are planned for Labor Day week end. All funds on the opening of the ten day campaign
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North Carolina, New York City
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Labor Day Weekend
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Southern textile bosses and North Carolina attempt to send 23 strikers and organizers to the electric chair to smash the National Textile Workers Union. New York activities for Gastonia campaign include meetings of chairladies, daily street meetings with speakers, volunteer applications, and planning by various trades for a ten-day campaign peaking on Labor Day weekend.