Financial Statement - Washington Secretary of State
Financial Statement - Washington Secretary of State
Financial Statement - Washington Secretary of State
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EPORT AN D MI NUTES OF T HE GENE RAL<br />
EX E CUTIVE BOA RD SESSIO N FROM<br />
A UG. 14 T O A U G. 30<br />
Chiea~ . JIlinoi s, Au~. 30, 19 19.<br />
'Worke n :<br />
T he ne wly installed Ge ne ral E xecutive Boa rd<br />
sends greetings to al l the member ship, both in an d<br />
out <strong>of</strong> jai ls, lind to t he wo rking cl3.S8 in general.<br />
As to the gener al condi tion <strong>of</strong> our ort:"a nizat ioo.<br />
we lir e pl"'B..\Ied to report that , d""Pit e the pen e<br />
cution <strong>of</strong> our mem bers by t he hire lings <strong>of</strong> the plu-"<br />
to crscy, we are growing at a most eneourag-mg<br />
I rat e. The wor kers are awake ning to th e dangers<br />
tha t lie a head and are turning to Ind ust r ial Un ionism<br />
as a solution <strong>of</strong> all economic a nd socia l ills an d<br />
inequalities.<br />
The re-or gr mieed ::'IIa r ine T ransport Wor ker s' Industrial<br />
Uni on No. 8 is expertencme a spl endid in .<br />
crease in mem ben hip on both t he Atlantic a nd Pacific<br />
coasts, and along the Great Uikes, an d is in<br />
active an d sym pa t hetic to uch with T ra ns por t Wor k<br />
e rs <strong>of</strong> t he oth er Mar iti me motion s <strong>of</strong> t he w or ld.<br />
AgTicultural Workers' I nd ust r ial U nion No. 40 0<br />
is in til e midst <strong>of</strong> a n enormous drive f or member <br />
ship. With hu nd reds <strong>of</strong> del...gates in the field, they<br />
are -tn aki ng good on their slogan, " Come on, 400 !"<br />
and confidently expect an incr ease <strong>of</strong> 10,000 by<br />
Seph>mber .1,.<br />
Co nst ruction Worker s' Ind ustrial Union No. 57 3<br />
is growing s to:>adily in all parts <strong>of</strong> the country, and<br />
will com me nce a co ncentrated d rive in t he middle<br />
"tates in Se ptember . From now on n pr inted bulletin<br />
w ill be issued by t his union every week, which<br />
is ex pected to be II model in eve ry wily.<br />
Met al and Machinery Wo rkers' Indust r ial Union<br />
No. 30 0 is ha ving better success than was antiej.<br />
pete d, a nd cond it ions are now so sha ping themselves<br />
that the pr ospects <strong>of</strong> this union are mo re<br />
th a n encouraging. It should have a ,-ast in cr ease<br />
in m embership during t he coming Fall and Wint er ,<br />
Railroad Workers' I ndustri al Union No. 600 is<br />
inc r easing steadily. One great Ilign <strong>of</strong> increasing<br />
int erest among t he Railroad Wor ker s ill the fact<br />
that on ma ny roads only the migrat or}' wo rker with<br />
a Wobbly card is able to get by.<br />
H ot el, Rl"!taurnnt a nd Domestic Worke rs I ndustrial<br />
Uni on No. 1,100 forges st eadily ahead, preparing<br />
0. e wa y f or d i ~ni fying a servic-e that eve n<br />
the workers have hereto for e re~ard e d as menial.<br />
E very wor ker can help stren~h...n this union by<br />
demanding that the waiters and others wear the<br />
H. R. e D. W. I. huttons.<br />
In t he Lumber and Mining Ind ust ri es <strong>of</strong> tile<br />
Northwest we find L. W. I. U. No. 500 and M. M.<br />
W. I. U. No. 8 00 going strong. ThiS"is very eneouraging<br />
when we consider that this section h ll.8<br />
been un der the Iron H eel mor e than a ny other.<br />
Other sections are stirring etec, a nd both Lumber<br />
'Worken a nd Metal Miners have mo r e calls foc organizen<br />
. than t hey are a ble to supply.<br />
The T extile Wo rken ' I nd ustrial Union No. 1,000<br />
is prOgTef;Sing, and reeently began publishing the<br />
Textile Worker at Paterson, N . J .<br />
T he other unions are growinj!; aceocding to the<br />
vij!;or <strong>of</strong>.t he ir me mb ership Rnd the lipread <strong>of</strong> kn owl.<br />
ed j!;e emong- the workers in their indust r ies.<br />
Now, Fell ow WOR O" , ou r present g ro wth is ..<br />
positive demcnstratlon that we ca nn ot he d Clltroyed<br />
all an organization . We may receive setba cks, but<br />
the principles <strong>of</strong> Ind ustrial Unionism sr e immortal.<br />
T he wo rking world is now awakening to class con-