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Domestic News
March 20, 1929
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
Members of Ladies Tailors Local 38 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union boycotted what progressives called fake elections, resulting in low turnout of 159 voters, with only 109 supporting machine leader Draizen despite threats and transportation provided by officials.
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BOYCOTT FAKE
TAILOR POLLS
Threats Fail to Force
Membership to Vote
Despite all attempts to force the union membership to participate in the fake elections, the right wing was compelled to admit they were a farce by publishing figures which showed that only 159 members of Ladies Tailors Local 38 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union came to the polls. The progressives in the union illegally ruled off the ballot had issued the slogan, "Boycott the fake elections."
What further demonstrates the bankruptcy of the tyrannical clique controlling the organization is the fact that 35 of those who did come to vote had marked "no" on the ballot where the right wing names were printed without contenders. while 15 ballots were altogether blank. The vote for the machine leader, Draizen, was therefore 109.
This despite the fact that officials of the union had visited the shops and after threatening five dollar fines for non-participation even went so far as to provide autos for various shop crews to come down and vote.
TAILOR POLLS
Threats Fail to Force
Membership to Vote
Despite all attempts to force the union membership to participate in the fake elections, the right wing was compelled to admit they were a farce by publishing figures which showed that only 159 members of Ladies Tailors Local 38 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union came to the polls. The progressives in the union illegally ruled off the ballot had issued the slogan, "Boycott the fake elections."
What further demonstrates the bankruptcy of the tyrannical clique controlling the organization is the fact that 35 of those who did come to vote had marked "no" on the ballot where the right wing names were printed without contenders. while 15 ballots were altogether blank. The vote for the machine leader, Draizen, was therefore 109.
This despite the fact that officials of the union had visited the shops and after threatening five dollar fines for non-participation even went so far as to provide autos for various shop crews to come down and vote.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Union Boycott
Fake Elections
Ladies Tailors Local 38
Ilgwu
Progressives
Right Wing
Draizen
What entities or persons were involved?
Draizen
Domestic News Details
Key Persons
Draizen
Outcome
only 159 members voted; 35 marked 'no', 15 blank, 109 for draizen.
Event Details
Progressives called for boycott of fake union elections in Ladies Tailors Local 38 of ILGWU; right-wing officials threatened $5 fines and provided transportation but turnout was low, exposing the farce.