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VOL. No. PANAMA, JULY 4, 1946 Cents 10. 000 Workers Plunge Into Battle METAL TRADES COUNSEL DECLARES WAR though anverter attempts to store ON UNITED PUBLIC WORKER OF AMERICA What We Represent HIS EXCELENCY Union Received With Innauguration to Opened Hands By be Held in the Zone Employee TRANSLATION OF THE PRESIDENT MESSAGE Panama Gymnasium The 4th of July is a date The inauguration of the July 2, 1946 that will be well remembered will take place at the by the employees on the Canal The Canal Zone Workers Union, a workers orgaNational Gymnasium on July Zone, since this marks the ini4th, at 9:30 tiation of a new and power.
nization evidently based on understanding, solidarity The guest of honor at this full union, something yet to be and mutual aid, has my full support in its stubborn de meeting will be His Excelseen in the Republic of Patermination to uphold the rights of its members within lency President Jimenez, head.
nama the norms of justice and good understanding.
ing an impressive list of guest speakers. All these important After many years of sufferIn its task, which is both just and in order, this or personages, have manifested a ing under the yoke of reactionary bosses in the various ganization may also expect the whole hearted coopergreat interest in this. labor divisions and departments that ation of my Government in bringing about the disapmovement which has as one if its prime objectives, the aboliti govern the safe operation of pearance of racial discrimination that has no possible on of the gold and silver rolls.
the Panama Canal, that sector justification or reasonable explanation in a true de The Canal Zone Workers of employees designated as mocracy. Silver Employees has finally Union invites the entire population of Panama and the Cadecided to organize in a solid nal Zone to attend this inaublock and launch out toward Enrique Jimenez. gural meeting the betterment of the workers in general. This fight is a long The invites the Don ENRIQUE JIMENEZ and hard one and will need Racial discrimination has no entire population of Panama and the Canal Zone to attend the cooperation of every employee as well as that of all reasonable explication.
this inaugural meeting.
other progressive sectors in the Canal Zone as well as in the Republic of Panama.
JOIN We cannot deny the fact alTHE nize labor were made in the past, they failed miserably.
We must learn from the mis In the June 7th, 1946 issue, chell, was sued for slander and takes made in the past and of Government Standard of lying attacks againts the avoid these pitfalls, outstand ficial news paper of the and had to pay ten thousand ing of which was the inability of no less than 14 columns dollars to the in a of the various rationalities to of vile slander has been hurled decision handed down by the Highlights of Our Constitution cooperate. We are, all of us, at the newly formed United Supreme Court of United Sta ARTICLEII. OBJECTS Panamanians, West Indians, Public Workers of America. tes. The Govt. Standard nev. 1) To bring about the effective organization of the workSalvadorians etc. suffering the er mentioned that. The Govt. ing men and women of the Canal Zone regardless of RACE, same bad conditions and inAlthough the of Standard never mentioned a CREED, COLOR, or NATIONAL ORIGIN, and to unite them justices on the same jobs be has had no part in the recent recent incident in Atlantic City for common action into a labor union for their mutual aid and it as laborers, food handlers, fight for the 1842 cents hourly either. In pure jealousy, the protection.
clerks and so on all the way raise, they accept with no gra. of decided to organi 2) To extend the benefits of collective bargaining and to down the line. Hence the ne titude this increase in their ze the South The o. secure for the workers means to establish peaceful relations cessity for organizing all, work weekly pay checks. Instead has been engaged in this murd with their employers (The United States Government) by ers regardless of race, color, they hurl epithets in honey crous task for many years forming a labor union capable of dealing with modern agcreed or national origin for covered poison coated attacks. and now that the battle is begi gregates of the Government in the interest of the Work.
the common good.
fighting Union without diseri ning to bear fruit. the ers of the Canal Zone.
3) To maintain determined adherence to obligations and The fact that this Union was mination as to race, color, cre cerned with the Southern Ne responsibilities under collective bargaining and wage agneeable to inscribe 3000 members ed or national origin (see gro and is also beginning to or ments.
in the first six weeks of its constitution. We also know ganize the South. conven. 4) To secure legislation safeguarding the economic secexistence and 7000 more in the the of is a decadent, tion was called in Atlantic Ci urity and social welfare the Workers of the Canal Zone, to next three serves as proof of dying organization filled with ty but when twenty five Negro protect and extend our democratic institutions and civil rights the necessity of such a Union. hate prejudice and highly dis delegates entered the audito and liberties and thus to perpetuate and realize the cherished They have realized tha this criminatory tactics. To prove rium the ushers herded then traditions of democracy.
fight is not for one individual this they ally themselves with all into a corner of the audibut for the working the most reactionary groups in torium in typical Jim Crow joined in one solid block. This America such as the Hearst fashion. No, the Govt. Standis but the beginning of whats Press and Scripps. Howard ard says nothing about this to come.
Chain, both of which are anti but confuses their membership Negro. anti labor monopolies with red baiting the United PuIn the issue of June 7th. the blic Workers of America. In Govt. Standard reprints no this they directly follow the less than editorials from this reactionary lines of Hearst and In a gesture of solidarity side organization, which is vicious group and 14 columns Scripps Howard newspapers, and a united labor front, printed elsewhere in this issue of red baiting. One of the writ.
Committee of the Executive of ACTION. Let it be known Coronels Woodruff ers for Hearst, Walter Win. Turn to Page 2) Board of the Atlantic labor that from July 4th. 1946, we Union, headed by President are all to be khówn as the and Barco of Corozal Rojas, arrived Monday, June CANAL ZONE WORKERS 26, 1946 and in a two hour UNION. Details of Remove Gold Panama, July 2, 1946. meeting with President Arauz merger of these large groups Editor in Chief, Action a represeritative of the. will be revealed at a later date. the decided to join forDear Brother: ces with the Canal Zone WorkBeing the first president of the Canal Zone Work.
ers Union (Pacific side. Due GIVE THE FULL NAME OF The democratic manifesta.
to the fact that the 0: ers Union, take great pleasure in commending you, tion of the good neighbor poCharter is in the name of the THE FOLLOWING TRADE UNIONS licy has finally been translatthe first editor of Action, for the splendid and tedious it was decided to ed by the two galland Amer. task you are performing in the interest of the under use a common name and adopt ican Army Officers in remov. privileged workers of the Canal Zone.
the Constitution of the Pacific ing the stigma of gold and We wasted our youth working as individual but silver signs throughout the two are now united as a single man for the purpose of deU. A, Army Posts under the Com5.
mands of Col. Woodroff and manding our rights as honest and hardworking men.
Col Barco. We believe that this Announcing hereby beg that God help us in maintaining our progressive act will be follow Union and that our newspaper be like a flag of victory ed by other commanding of in the eyes of the world. Because of its privileged poTune in on ficers in the near future, and Name the president of we, the Canal Zone Workers sition, Panama is the mirror and the heart of the world.
the RADIO MIRAMAR Union take this opportunity to Fraternally yours, 10. Name the president of the O, hail them. At long last the word Silver and its stigma from 7:45 to 8:00. 11. Name the president of of inferiority is gradually and Francisco Arauz the surely being removed from the 12. Name the president of President, TULIA AMINTA CAJAR Canal Zone and its blot on American Democracy.
13. Which largest Unions have necently amalgamated?
masses Atlantic Labor Union Mergers with Pacific the Silver signs BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTOT. CASTILLERO