Eighty percent of the Jewish needle workers in Poland who total about 9,000 of all the members of the needle trades labor unions, are totally unemployed, it was reported today at the plenary session of the executive of the needle workers’ union.
Reports giving a gloomy picture of the situation in various towns indicate that many union branches in these towns have been liquidated because their members are unable to pay dues and because many of the members are migrating to other towns in search of any sort of work.
Measures for maintaining the unions and for relieving the growth of unemployment will be considered by a special conference which the executive has decided to call after hearing the reports.
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