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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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In Brooklyn, B. & M. cleaners and dyers hold firm in their strike against deceptive tactics by bosses and A.F.L. affiliates like Effra and Weintraub, who use fake settlement letters. Strikers, supported by unions, condemn the moves and unite for better conditions as of March 6, 1933.
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Second week of the strike in the B and M finds the cleaner and dyer strikers solid, determined to win, and encouraged by the support given to them by workers' organizations of Brooklyn and elsewhere. The strikers are redoubling their efforts in order to successfully conclude the strike.
The bosses with the aid of Effra, of the Drivers Union and Weintraub and Co. of the Scab Agency of the A. F. of L. Insiders Local are trying a new trick to break the strike. Letters delivered by the drivers to the tailors say that the B and M has settled with Weintraub.
The employers sent out a letter stating (that the workers now employed by them are members of your union meaning the union that is supplying scabs. The strikers, however, are not fooled by these maneuvers of the bosses, drivers officials and Weintraub clique. They want to have the say of the kind of a union they want to belong to, and no racketeer, no matter what label he works under will trap them.
A membership meeting held last night, March 6, 1933, condemned the action of Effrat, Weintraub and their followers and decided to strengthen the morale of the workers in the shops for real unity in action against anyone who will try to undermine the conditions of the workers.
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Brooklyn
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March 6, 1933
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Cleaners and dyers at B. & M. remain solid in their second week of striking, supported by workers' organizations. Bosses, aided by Effra of the Drivers Union and Weintraub of the A.F.L. scab agency, attempt to break the strike with deceptive letters claiming settlement. Strikers reject these tactics and affirm their right to choose their union. A meeting condemns the actions and resolves to strengthen unity.