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Letter to Editor
February 13, 1935
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
A New York worker correspondent denounces the Pechter Brothers of Pechter Baking Company for vacationing in luxury spots like Florida and Europe, enabled by N.R.A.-backed wage cuts and grueling 84-hour weeks for drivers earning $25, with no vacations and a powerless union.
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Slave-Driving Bosses Vacation in Florida
By a Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK. - The Pechter Brothers of the Pechter Baking Company are now spending their winter in Florida. They are stopping in the swankiest hotels. In the summer they go to Europe. Why not?
Business is good for the Pechter Brothers, thanks to the N. R. A. It meant a seven-dollar cut for all their drivers. It meant getting up three in the morning and knocking off at six. It means that these drivers work about eighty-four hours a week for about twenty-five dollars so that the Pechter Brothers may spend their winter in Florida and their summers in Europe.
None of the drivers have ever gotten a day's vacation and some of them have worked there for years. Not one of them can afford to send his family on a vacation.
Oh yes, they have a union, but it hasn't done anything to better their conditions. Pechter Brothers pays the dues for the men. Brown and Shaw of Teamsters' Union Local 136 are the organizers but they "don't know from nuthin'."
By a Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK. - The Pechter Brothers of the Pechter Baking Company are now spending their winter in Florida. They are stopping in the swankiest hotels. In the summer they go to Europe. Why not?
Business is good for the Pechter Brothers, thanks to the N. R. A. It meant a seven-dollar cut for all their drivers. It meant getting up three in the morning and knocking off at six. It means that these drivers work about eighty-four hours a week for about twenty-five dollars so that the Pechter Brothers may spend their winter in Florida and their summers in Europe.
None of the drivers have ever gotten a day's vacation and some of them have worked there for years. Not one of them can afford to send his family on a vacation.
Oh yes, they have a union, but it hasn't done anything to better their conditions. Pechter Brothers pays the dues for the men. Brown and Shaw of Teamsters' Union Local 136 are the organizers but they "don't know from nuthin'."
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Pechter Baking Company
Nra
Worker Exploitation
Long Hours
Low Pay
Teamsters Union
New York Drivers
Florida Vacation
What entities or persons were involved?
A Worker Correspondent
Letter to Editor Details
Author
A Worker Correspondent
Main Argument
the pechter brothers exploit their drivers by enforcing long hours and low pay under the n.r.a., allowing the owners to vacation luxuriously while workers receive no benefits or vacations, and the union fails to improve conditions.
Notable Details
N.R.A. Caused A Seven Dollar Pay Cut
Drivers Work 84 Hours A Week For $25
Union Dues Paid By Employer
Teamsters' Union Local 136 Organizers Brown And Shaw Ineffective