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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Cuban railroad workers affiliated with the Pan-American Federation of Labor appealed to AFL president William Green against Cuban government violence during their strike, triggered by canceled labor agreement due to rate reductions. Mediation failed, leading to the strike a month later.
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Workers Appeal for Help to Win Strike
(Special to The Daily Worker)
WASHINGTON, June 11.-Railroad workers of Cuba, whose organization affiliated some months ago with the Pan-American Federation of Labor of which William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, is the head, have cabled Green a protest against violent acts by the Cuban government officials against their striking members.
The Cuban railroads concelled an agreement with their employes, on the ground that rates had been cut. The union proposed mediation by the government. This failed, and a month later the strike was called. Government forces have tried to break the strike by terrorism.
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Cuba
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June 11
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government forces have tried to break the strike by terrorism.
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Railroad workers of Cuba, affiliated with the Pan-American Federation of Labor headed by William Green, cabled a protest against violent acts by Cuban government officials against their striking members. The Cuban railroads canceled an agreement with their employees on the ground that rates had been cut. The union proposed mediation by the government, which failed, and a month later the strike was called.