Red International of Labor Unions
During economic conflicts special attention should be paid to protecting the interests of the young workers and drawing them into active work. In working out the demands, it is absolutely necessary to include special points regarding the labor of young workers, and during elections of committees, young workers must be drawn in on an equal footing with adult workers. Young workers can play a decisive role on the picket line, in defense corps, in the establishing of contacts, in checking up the execution of decisions made by the leading bodies, in the distribution of strike committee leaflets, etc., etc. A determined battle must be waged against the social-democratic tradition of considering young workers as a category undeserving of any attention.
The adherents of the Profintern must remember that the activization of the whole movement depends to a great extent upon its ability to draw masses of young workers into the struggle.
It would be desirable to create youth commissions on all strike committees for special work among the youth, in order to draw all the young workers and students into a well knit strike front.
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