To All Fellow Workers

Industrial Unionist, Volume 1, Issue 16, 15 November 1913, Page 4

To All Fellow Workers

SOUTH OF AUCKLAND

JUST NOW YOUR FELLOW WORKERS IN AUCKLAND HAVE GOT THE EMPLOYERS DESPERATE. THE MOST REMARKABLE SOLIDARITY HAS DEVELOPED HERE. NO MATTER WHAT THE DAILY PAPERS SAY THE WORKERS HERE ARE WINNING, AND THEY HAVE NOT BROKEN RANKS, BUT STAND SOLID AS ONE MAN.

WE ARE LOOKING TO YOU WHO HAVE NOT YET STRUCK. WE KNOW THAT NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO HIT, AND HIT HARD. IF THE STRIKE IS NOT MADE COMPLETE AND NATIONAL OUR LOCAL SOLIDARITY WILL BE OF LESS AVAIL. WITH THE CO-OPERA-TION OF THE ENTIRE WORKING CLASS OF NEW ZEALAND A COMPLETE VICTORY CAN BE BROUGHT ABOUT. WITH A THOROUGH AND COMPLETE NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE A STAGGERING BLOW CAN BE STRUCK AT TYRANNY, VICTIMISATION, AND INTIMIDATION. WITH A COMPLETE STOPPAGE SOUTH OF AUCKLAND YOU CAN JUST CATCH THE EMPLOYING CLASS ON THE REBOUND, AS THEY ARE DUMFOUNDED AND DAZED WITH THE UNEXPECTED BLOW STRUCK AT AUCKLAND. EVERY MAN AT WORK NOW, ESPECIALLY IF HE BELONG TO A BASIC INDUSTRY, IS WEAKENING THE POSITION OF THOSE ON STRIKE.

WE APPEAL TO YOU TO STRIKE AND STAND SOLID NOW. IF WE GO DOWN YOU SUFFER WITH US. IF WE WIN YOU ENJOY THE RESULT OF VICTORY. IF YOU DON’T TAKE ACTION YOU ARE HELPING THE MASTERS TO WIN. WE CALL ON YOU TO STRIKE. STRIKE! AND STRIKE AS ONE MAN! THEY DARE NOT ATTEMPT TO PENALISE US. NOW IS THE TIME. STRIKE NOW, STAND SOLID, AND LABOUR WILL SURELY WIN!