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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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In Scranton, Pa., drivers, butchers, and meat cutters at Armour, Swift, Cudahy, and Wilson packinghouses continue their strike started April 1, refusing to work open shop. AFL-affiliated unions are criticized for not providing militant support against packers' refusal to recognize them.
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SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 11. - Drivers, butchers and meat cutters at the "Big Four" packing houses of Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Wilson are still holding solid in their strike which started on April 1.
The "Big Four" packers here emboldened by the fact that the American Federation of Labor has never cared about trying to organize the unorganized workers inside the packinghouses, announce that they will no longer recognize the Drivers and Chauffeurs Union, or the Butchers and Meat Cutters, both A. F. of L. organizations. A strike of these workers resulted.
On April 1, the bosses advised the union officials that the men could continue to work in the packing plants of the "Big Four" provided they tore up their union cards and worked without a union. The men displayed militancy in refusing to work open shop, and struck. The union fakers have rewarded them by failing to conduct a militant fight for the men.
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Scranton, Pa.
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Started On April 1
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workers still holding solid in strike; unions failing to conduct militant fight
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Drivers, butchers and meat cutters at the "Big Four" packing houses of Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Wilson are striking since April 1 after packers announced they will no longer recognize the Drivers and Chauffeurs Union or the Butchers and Meat Cutters. Bosses advised workers to tear up union cards and work open shop, but men refused and struck. AFL criticized for lack of support.