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[The Labour Statesman]
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Public Works jhn clearance end j^rnmenl finance! („ home building 1 Isad a general rtcovery for *« Industries. labor Statesman Jg^l £)wi_gLA_£J2_QBajJt SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS Higher Wages aaa tLasaSaa ib|__i___i ■n*J e-rflfJfTejr I I8JU.3) M tH# VtfJ AftltjftCtM aa________J ____> _____K______A_b ______ eJfBjfJ in •JsTfJTfe. Tt** .MBER 457. VANCOUVER, CANADA, NOVEMBER, 1936. PRICE: 5 CENTS wo Bakeries Sign Union Agreements mrt Action To Enforce Laws loyers are still finding their into court for infractions of lot our labor laws. There has [_stn quite so many during the I two months as there were in ■ previous months, but they take [filte a lot of time in court hm of adjournments asked by liters and their solicitors for ' u reasons. There is not any .., however, that employers of j are noting that the Department [Lsbor is determined to enforce t class of labor legislation and j therefore applying those atand- i ud regulations to their busl- ja, This undoubtedly will benefit icnployers who have to compete lint those who chisel on wages I hours of labor. No employer lid hsve to put up with the un- i competition that enables anker employer to have the advant- i through low wages and long [biome of the cases coming before courts, the Minimum Wage I hss been able to establish the i ruling, that employees who st two -liferent jobs in which il covered by a lower rate of than another, that the different i dull apply to each job accord- to the time worked. Men work- It apartment blocks and office lisp sre sometimes called upon do janitor work and run tho ater, but are only paid the ele- * operators' minimum wage The court ruling haa now . d this. the efforts the Minimum Wage has to go to in order to lores even the minimum wage . goes to show how necessary it to hsve a strong trade union rcnunt where the wage scale can • enforced without having to go to put snd also to maintain a higher Trades Cowd Notes Musicians' Union stated that they had placed Venice Cafe and the La Fonda barbecue on their unfair Hat and asked that the Trades Council place these firms on their Non-Patronage Hat. Referred to Grievance Committee. City the U-I Council was asked to have Drive cars carry third party liability insurance. People getting injured by these cars have no chance of collecting anything from the drivers or the company. Milk Salesmen are trying to get a daylight delivery system on the North Shore. Petitions are being circulated. Union residents are requested to help. Latest report is that petitions are coming in fast. Typographical Union thinks the time is appropriate to remind union members to get the union label on their Christmas cards. Bakers' Union ia making efforts to get legislation prohibiting night work in bakeries. Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union reports Palace Cafe, on Cordova Street, now carrying union house card. Machinists 682 reported Chinese are displacing white mechanics on C. P. R. Empress boats. Taxi Drivers' Union asked the council to request the Provincial Government to reduce the present cost of chauffeurs' license fees. i scale than the government can i expected to put on the statute HO. Employers' organisations ■easily appear quite formidable |ita they lobby the legislator and s has quite a lot to do with keep- l the minimum wage down and |Mri of labor up. Trie job of tha "ted labor movement ia to i this procedure and while we i been able to do thia in the I and semi-skilled trades there Inom for vast improvement in all lav lines, ^Following is a list ot cases which I sppeared in court during the I two months: i te Pay Male Minimum Wage [pension, I H. A. Roberts __ Co., ordered to 'lirrurs. Vista Auto Shop, Burnaby; ■ a '**ii- |Wrfeator Fruit Stand; arrears I Mate to Pay Female Miaimem Wege lllUTl" Caf<,; flne '25i *"*"■ P*ld \ W*l'Theatre; fined 826. g-m Silas; wage arrears 876.60. [****} Vancouver Yacht Club; ar- "•_• 1178. «w Moon Cafe; fined 826; ar- ""• ordered paid. ____"■__ Owl Hamburger; no records; "*» Owl Hamburger; fined 826; "—l 122.40. Hoars of Work Aet Jim •'the,e oases are for failure **** hotice of work hours: Mr Bee Cafe; fined 326. If *•Stewart * Co.» fined 988 JkeM Brothers; fined 826 and I <S_____™' *• Lw-js Brothers; excessive hours; *** 1*5 snd costs. BBS. roo Wing; no records; fined ***** costs. SJB. McLean; fined 326. .Jwijinsl Lunch, Ltd.; costs aad ___u_*V° Pay 376 In one caaa and _K3_> another for overtime. In« ,w***ator Fruit Stand; fined lb! i' _,ilure to keep records end 11" m failure to post notices. This E*** P-eviously stated, also had ■■*» .60 arrears in wages. Grievance Committee recommended that the Girvin Studios be placed on the "We Do Not Patronise" list aa requested by the Painters' Union. Recommendation adopted. Motion Picture Projectionists reported that they are making strong objections to the Attorney-General against agreeing to any changes in working conditions in projection booths, aa ia being asked for by some theatres. . Protest haa been made by the Painters' Union to the Dominion Government against the use of a 3iraying machine on the new Poat (flee building. They contend that if the painting was done by brush- work it would help to re'teve the I actually short of a su| unemployment among palntara. Protest waa made to the Dominion Government againat the pension of such a large sum as 830,000 a year being paid the late chairman ot the Canadian National Railways aa a Fruit, Vegetable Canners Organize Employees of some of the fruit and vegetable canneries in Vancouver have organised and obtained a charter from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. Employees in this c'ass of work have had many ups and downs during tha past few years and have not obtained satisfactory results desired even under tha Minimum Wage Act, hence taey feel that organisation is probably their best method of adjusting the needa of tha trade. __•'■_■__,_. _, _, Organisation work will be carried on quietly until the union is built up strong enough to be recognised by emp'oyera and union agreeseenta obtained. _.„, _ , ... *.. Tha union haa anHllatad with the Trades snd Labor Council and also ordered The Ubor Statesman to he moiled to the homos of all ita membera. , The anion will be known aa Jam, Fruit and Vegetable Canners' Union Local 106. Tha anion meets in Ubor Headquarters; on the first and third Thursday In ths monta. J. M, Coulter of 6686 Bruce Street, ii secretary. AeF.crfLCetfitfM MttUNsmaB.tr 14 Gets Shipping Federation Support The Shipping Federation are still finding ways and means of bucking the organized labor movement. Local 38-126 International Longshoremen's Assoc, have been doing business with coastwise shipping companies, but on the first of October the union was notified by the Kingsley Navigation Company that it did not desire to employ any more of its members. It will be remembered that Tom Maclnnis of radio fame predicted that there was going to be a big strike launched in Vancouver on October 1st by the Longshoremen, Teamsters and others unions. Maybe his paymasters were seeking that strike and the Kingsley episode was to be the starting place. The prediction, of course, was a washout and, judging by recent events, he is going to have a hard job to keep the donations coming in for his meal ticket. The Kingsley Navigation Company haa had one ship loaded during the month, and in this instance they obtained their longshoremen from the company union of the Shipping Federation. The boat was destined for California ports, but the seamen refused to take it out; the company obtained a crew and the Rochel'e left the Fraser River last Monday for San Francisco and Stockton. The company has two boats lying idle and the union thinks that a test case is being made on this one boat. The union has notified its affiliates across the line and are awaiting developments. BttiWInf Trades Are Keeping Busy Most of the building trades are active, according to reports msde to the Building Trades Council on Tuesday evening. Work on tha new Post Office waa not held up by tha shortage of labor, despite newspaper articlea to that effect. Some work was held up through failure of elevator machinery to arrive from tho Eaat, but the elevator constructors are working on it now that it has arrived and are having to work overtime on it. No unions were caught actually short of a supply ot men when they were needed despite the fact that most of the trades have been and atill are fairly busy. Work on the New Westminster bridge is going along steadily and over 200 men are employed on the job now with an expectation of this being gradually increased as certain classes of work la made available. Dinner To Union Sheet Metal Workers A complimentary dinner was given to the union sheet metal workers who built the float which won the grand prise in the Parade of Pro- Sress at the Canada Pacific Exhlbi- on this fall. Tho dinner was given by sheet metal contractors and supply houses in the Hotel Vancouver, Wednesday evening. The float, which was constructed by members of the Sheet Metal Workers Union, Local 280, utilised Monel metal, copper, brass, nickel zinc, stainless steel and galvanized iron. It was built in the shops ot Neon Products; McLennan, MeFeely aV Prior Ltd.; Central Sheet Metal Works and Terminal Sheet Metal Works, and materials were donated by Wilkinson Company, Limited; McLennan, MeFeely & Prior Ltd.; Gordon Belyea A Co. Ltd.; Western Steel Products, Limited; Campbell ft Grill, Ltd.; Terminal Sheet Metal Works; Atlas Sheet Metal Works: Central Sheet Metal Works, and Neon Products of Western Canada, Limited. Speakers at the gathering included Walter Leek, head of the Exhibition Board; Architect G. L. Thornton Sharp, representing the judges; R. J. Lecky of the Building and Construction Industries Exchange; Frank Wilkinson, representing the supply houses; E. Elliott, representing the sheet metal contractors, and D. Macpherson, representing the union. J. T. McDonald of Terminal Sheet Metal Works occupied the chair. PSdeiinenTo •We -J^* Milk Salesmen and Dairy Em- US"1 Union will hold another one RPtplendid dances in the Trianon ■ajwosj at 1313 Granville Street on W. November 20th. *s¥*) Monster Turkey Dance will £,?» » until 1 a.m. end Pete ***x* union orchestra will!supply Rauuic for the light fantastic, ijf_will include old-time dances aa _•* fc ** some of the latest. Tickets IB." cents JStaen's Waehlngtoa, D. C^The -taeeettve Council of tbe Asserlesa rfderattoa of Ubor Iseaed e aetiAeattoa that the nfty-slath aaaael convention of tha Federation wUl -eareae ia tbe Municipal Aadlteriem, Tampa, Fla.. It 10 o'clock, Monday morning. November 16, end eoattaao to see- sion from day to day antU the business of the convention shall nave been completed. N.Y. Garage Strikers Win Increase in Wages New York.—Gen Golden, associate director of the Regional Labor Board here, appointed by Mayor La Guardia aa arbitrator following the recent strike of garage workers, granted immediate wage increases varying from 31 to 6 and 88 a week. Six thousand man who went on strike in Manhattan and 1800 who struck In the Bronx were, affected by the agreement, both aidaa to the controversy having already agreed to accept the arbitration award aa Anal. The award also provided for a closed shop and for no strikes aad lockouts during the life of tho con- tracts based on the award, for no discharges without cause, and for possible farther wage increases next March. Cantor, Cane? A«ong Stars Jtifeg in Strike Hollywood, Cal. —Active perttd. pation ot screen actors in West Coast labor struggles reached e new high when Secretary Kenneth Thorn- eon of tho -kreen Actors'GuUdwaa elected rice-president of the California State Federation of Labor, representing Hollywood locale. Thomson received the biggest ove- tion of the Federatlon'a conventloa when he announced that a urge group of ectora were rakring a fond to aid Selinaa lettuce strikers, Thousand Teamsters m Get Increased Wages Nearly a thouaand men, members of Locals 117, 44 and 174 in Seattle, Washington, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers, will benefit by increased wages, shorter hours and improved working conditions as a result of the negotiations jast completed in Seattle, between representatives of the locals mentioned and employers' representatives, says the Washington State Labor News. The Teamsters' International now has ten local unions in Seattle cover- lag various lines of industry, and victories such as the above are being mentioned in the paper quite regularly now. Winnipeg Cleaners and Dyers' Union Grows For some months past a quiet organization campaign has been carried on among the Cleaners and Dyers in Winnipeg, with the result that they now have a large and enthusiastic local union ot the trade, and wage agreements negotiated and signed covering approximately 160 of the members, while the organisation is rapidly advancing to the point where further agreements can be negotiated. The five or six firms with which agreements have baen signed have had the good sense to avoid all the unnecessary industrial strife so prevalent in soma of tha other industries where employers have acted so stubbornly. Tbe campaign haa been carried on under the aaepicea of tha Trades end Labor Council, tho president having participated ln tha negotiation of tha first agreement signed. Prospects are vary good for making the industry another of the closed shop industries in the city. U.S.Contracts Board Set Up by Miss Perkins Washington, D.C. — The Department of Labor announced the ep- Lead-off contributors ware! Hey. bert Marshall. Gary Coooer. Oele Sondereaard. James and Lucille GU-W& «..««« LionolSU^- er. Edward Arnold. Eddie Canter, Robert Montgomery, Melvyn Dong- lea, Brian Aberne, Humphrey Beg. ort. i. Edward Bromberg. Jean MeS, Fredric March, Florencei Eldridge, MINUS GET HIOHKRWAGE* Central City, et*--t -. rawjted here that after a year's •«<« «*»«* 2600 coal miners of the Muhlenberg nnd Ohio County coal fields are re; ,***-"•x^-^-"^.* ._■ tho ternlng. to ^rfj»<5_4^g* .SfiS figUS>TE?2*>I*b -ton 1 labor Boris Kerlof end '•■••Cagnefc^ Jimmy Cagney, Pet O'Brien, Chea- te,T JsXa Md Jdward Arnold were among those who nuirehed •"»• »nts each ind the Ml* negotiated !»«»*_« ■_2Pfc"__S £__£'. _to*ww!d!_. TI_iTf-*tw2 Union extaSds a. hearty United *lae WoAsrs^^-1^*: ^a^-WSdb-- « Los Angeles to other member, of or- store increasing wages and shorten- ^^^J*^e*e. .• -or to attend thia dance. linghfare. . " reaesiosnwy w«> . peintment bard to of e public contracts aean w administer the Welsh- Healey Act, paaaed by the laat Con- grass, providing labor standards for government contracts estimated to aasount • to nearly $400,000,000 annually. Feuetioae of Boose The Walsh-Healer Act. requires contractors to establish the 40-hour weak, pay not leas than tha prevailing wage rates to be determined by tha Secretary of Labor and provide sanitary plants. In addition, the Aet prohibits tha employment of males under 16 end femalea uador 18 ead pans convict labor. The boerd, operating ia a quasi- jadicial capacity, will pass oa re- qaests for exemptions aad Hoes, overtime rates, n weges. complainta of riolattoaa and ipSear. from rulinge of other gov- ernsaontal agencies. ... fannr a wo_aaa who can spot a blond hen- oa yoar eoet at tea Robertson's Bakery and Cowan-Dodson Agree To Union Conditions Strike at Robertson's Bakery Settled—Men Back to Work on Full Union Terms—Cowan-Dodson's Bakery Signs Agreement with Union on Monday faees, eeoie. a nasi -» #»— ,»-—_, eaat see e pair ef pERSISTENTLY FIGHTING WITH UNBROKEN RANKS for a period of1 six weeks the bakery salesmen and bakers of Robertson's Bakery returned to work Thursday morning with one of the most complete victories ever won in this city. The union agreement which the company has signed is the same as that under which McGavin's has been operating, but in the signing of the agreement the company also conceded other important requests of the unions involved. The men started to join the union two months before the strike started and have been financed by other unions during strike. Union, Local 468, agreement provides for the checkoff, wagea ranging from 327.40 down to 821 for helpers, per week, a 44-hour week with time and a half for overtime, etc., and other features similar to those of the Bakery Salesmen's Union. The committee negotiating the agreement consisted of J. Douglas, T. Henderson and P. S. Donelly assisted by Birt Showier of the Teamsters' Union, and Colin McDonald tor the Bakera' Union. Cowaa-Dodsoa Signs Also While there was no strike at Cowan-Dodson Bakeries, Ltd., (the fourth largest bakery), the publicity given to the other strike had a very sobering effect upon Ex-Alderman Cowan, who felt that it might be a stroke of good business on his part to get an agreement signed with the unions and turn his whole plant into a union firm while he had a favorable opportunity. And so it happens that on Monday of this week, agreements similar to those mentioned above were signed by the firm and the balance of the employees enrolled in the union. Non-union Men Cot Bantu With three firms now operating under union conditions there should not be any excuse for any person to purchase their supplies from any but a union firm. Whife It is quite possible that some other firms will be signed up in the near future, It should be borne in mind that the employees of one particular firm have recently received a bonus, just to offset any tendency of the employees to join a union. It is to be hoped, however, that these employees will not accept the advantages It is quite common knowledge that every inducement was made by the company to get the men back to work, but the ranks remained unbroken during the full six weeks of the strike and now the forty men have returned to work under an agreement which will not only benefit every one of these staunch fighters but will undoubtedly also prove of benefit to the firm. Of course, the men will have to build up their routes again, but we feel sure that the customers who so loyally withdrew their patronage at the request of the strikers will renew their purchases with the firm and forget the bad things published in the propaganda by both aides. In the Bakery Salesmen's agree- ment which was signed the firm agrees to a 100 per cent, union shop; all new employees must join the union within seven days of employment; the firm will deduct (checkoff) all union duea, fines and assessments and turn them over to the union secretary; the firm will pay a minimum scale of 323 per week for bakery salesmen with 10 per cent, commission on retail cake sales and five per cent, on wholesale sales; six days shall constitute a week's work; 48 hour week or when route is completed; weekly payment of wages; inexperienced new men shall be paid 320 per week for not more than four weeks, after which they shsll receive the minimum scale of the agreement; one week's notice before discharge: disagreements shall be adjusted, it possible, between representatives of the union and the company; If controversy cannot be adjusted it shall be submitted to a Board of Arbitration; agreement shall remain in effect until June 1, 1987, and from year to year thereafter unless notice ot desired changes are given within 30 days prior to expiry date in any one year. The agreement is signed with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stableman and Helpers, Local No. 189, Bakery Salesmen ot Vancouver and New Westminster. Joint Agvooasoot The strike waa settled on a joint basis between tho two unions, the Bakery and Confectionary Workera' gained without at least attempting to £ay their share in the form of dues > the unions whose members made financial sacrifices for a fair wage. Not only did the strikers lose six weeks' pay, but the members ot the unions involved, and other teamsters unions and unions affiliated with the Trades and Labor Council assessed themselves to finance the strike and feed the strikers and their families. Tha least that those who gained financially by this strike cen do is to act like men and help support a union that may even yet ba called upon to help them. Meat Cutters, Packing House Union Gains Recognition Meet Cutters end Packing House Employees' Union, Local No. 96, continues to increase Its membership ia various peeking plants and ia also adding to Its list of anion meet of the Trades and Leber Congress ef tn our lest Issue we outlined the purpose of this organisation. Not only are they going after numbers to swell tho ranks, but they are determined te uplift tbe batcher business from tbe levels et low grade taatfl- cieney, rough-shod workmanship, and the methoda et gross misrepresentation of goods occasioned b» tbe price cutting aad telss practices ta certain parte ot tho city, to e plaae where living wegea will he given end honest trading will ho tha result Now coatee the word as we go to prase that a certain packing Soaae haa agreed te recognise tbe antes ead its officials. Let aa state that thia le a distinct gala aad we ere assured that tho reeerU weregeiaed by "rouad table" methods, vrfthtbe repreeentetive. of the Oovorameat Radio broadcaaterr may spout their scare liners of radicalism and strikes and tie-ups and each money- making rackets to gull certain of the public but trade unionism wiU flourish and win the admiration of tha fair-minded public when they realise that a round table discussion between the union end employer with tbe Government representative present la being resorted to snd fair play being given to both sides. Tha Ave following butcher shops here been added to tho list of 48 already published, .with Anderson's ot 1801 Commercial Drive being removed from the list The oaion Is also subscribing for The Lebor Statesman for ita members. New Maiheli Clinton Meat Merkat, 148 Cllatoa Mlnto Meet Merket, 8088 West *12_r?_teot Meifcet 1191 Deris Bt Kiagsway Meat Merket, MM *»& AWftMs S i 'fa Meat Market, fresse Pate Two THE LABOR STATESMAN The Labor Statesman Published last Thursday la month, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver. B.C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. WATTS, Mea. Ed-tar. Subscription Kates: 11.00 per Year; to Unions, de per member per month. 14 Vancouver, Can., November, 1936 WE ARE CLAD ITS OVER Once again the organised labor movement has had to resort to a strike in order to get decent wages and better working conditions for members within its ranks. The International Labor movement doaa not like to become involved in strikes, because it knows that not only will those directly affected suffer financially, but it knows that tha rest ot tha labor movement becomes a party to the strike and that it has to help finance it. The settlement could have been made peaceably, lust aa the union desired it to bo, but the employer thought that he could battle it out and win. But it employers who think that way would only stop to consider the financial losses they incur in a strike, they wou d not be so eager to get Into a mixup with organised labor. But, of course, there is all the difference in the world with employers. Take, for instance, the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and the Shipping Federation. One is always willing to meet its employees in a round table negotiation while the other prefers to fight it out with its employees every few years. We believe that the B. C. E. R. Co. will concede that it has always found the organised labor movement willing to give and take during these ever-recurring conferences, and that its employees have been just as anxious to avoid a strike ss the company has. Firms, however, that have direct touch with the public ehould never accept the strike weapon unless it is certain that the union is making demands that would not look good in the eyes of the public. The unions know this and try to avoid making demands that would not meet with the support of the general public, hence it seems very poor business for any employer to stand pat until the employees are on strike and then expect public support. It may be quite true that unions do not always win the strikes they are engaged in, but that sometimes is caused by the lack of experience ot those conducting the strike. Old leaden in the labor movement know that uniona ehould be fairly well organised before they launch a strike and they must also try to gauge the support that they can expect from the rest of organized labor. In some cases there is no way of giving moral support to a strike and in such an instance these old-time leaders do not become involved in a strike unless they cannot avoid it. Financial support from other unions is not always a means of winning a strike, because usually the firms stubbornly resist to their last dollar and then get financial support from other employer organisations. Strikes sometimes get out of hand and lead to eruptions that take a long time to heal, but a union cannot always avoid thia because the employer has always got ways and means of getting disturbers into the rsnks of the strikers. In the bakery strike the union refused all outside help and conducted the strike by strikers only, All members of the labor movement are pleaaed at the settlement and we are hoping that other firtna with whom we may attempt to negotiate will think very seriously before they throw down the gauntlet for a battle royal. Economic conditions make it imperative that the organised labor movement must carry on its mission and we are not always in a position to pick and choose as to who will be next. Workers in many lines of busineu want to join the ranks of organised labor and wa never know who will ba next and in what busineu enough employees will organise in an effort to batter their conditions. CO-OPERATION OR COMPETITION At a dinner given in the Hotel Vancouver by the Union Sheet Metal employers and the supply houses to the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, to celebrate the winning of the grand prise for the best float in the Parade ot Progress held in Vancouver, some very outstanding truths were told in the speeches that were delivered. The spirit of co-operation between the employee and the employer tn tha production ot this float waa naturally stressed, and tt waa suggested that such a spirit, if it were enlarged upon, would undoubtedly increase the benefits to all concerned. Tha union representative took the opportunity to point out that many parts of the trade had been lost to tho employers simply because they started to turn certain jobs over to helpers and boya and thereby created a cut-throat competition among themselves, which eventually ended up In them losing that particular work entirely. In other instances, work was patched up in the mad race on jobs obtained by competitive estimates, and thia won was eventually lost to the trade and taken over by some cheapjack line of busineu Lack of organisation among employers in tha trade made it possible for there being a dosan shoes where only one waa necessary, each madlr competing against, the', other for jobs which* wore none tool plentiful. Speakers representing the employers agreed with those re- marks and fait-that tha present sys tem of awarding jobs to tho lowest bidder was a wrong principle, whieh l might et least be discarded by gov- ernmental bodies end by semi-public institutions and organisations. In obtaining jobs on tha basis of low estimating, employen were forced to cut wages, scamp tha work and do I many other unethical things. As an instance of the mad scramble to sou the other fellow something we have produced, one speaker pointed out that a large oil company in the United States haa sold oil to Germany and in payment had received forty million harmonicas, enough to supply every child in the United States with two apiece, hence tho oil company had branched out into tho music busineu in order to further ita own trade. And what ia true of tha sheet metal busineu is also true of every other tnde. There is too much cheap labor; too many Arms trying to produce cheap and shoddy goods; too many Arms looking for a cheaper method ot production instead ot trying to build it up to e respectable aad serviceable busineu. Organised labor la pnpand to assist any trade to get away tram this cheapening of production. It is certain that with proper organisation I and co-operation, that quite e large percentage of any trade can be kept within the confines of busineu whan decent wages can be paid and a reasonable profit made by the firms. SANE POLICY NEEDED The lack ot pohcy upon the part of governments in dealing with the unemployment situation has led to a very regrettable incident so far aa the single men are concerned. The arresting of these young men on Vancouver'a street cornen has been a somewhat pitiable eight and when we notice that they are willingly escorted by the police to .the patrol wagon and to jail, we an inclined to believe that the frequent associations ot these boys to the jails may tend to make future criminals out ot them because of their apparent in difference to being in jail. The farm and the railroad work remedy does not seem to have worked very well, and we fail to see how it could have worked, when we realise that these boys an being asked to go to work on jobs where the lowest of all wages prevail. If these boys are to be shanghaied onto such jobs simply because the low wages have been no enticement to so-called free labor, then the quicker the idea ia eaat overboard the better. Taking these boys from the road work and the camps, where there is still a tremendoua amount of necessary work to be done, and placing them on joba where tree labor should hsve been employed has apparently Intensified the situation. Very good work was being done on the road making joba and this undoubtedly could have been made a very good relief work job if the ?:overnments had only had enough oresight to have made the pay big enough to start the men off on the road to job satisfaction. Enough diversified work could have been made out of road building, land clearing and park making to have taken care of moat of these men, but now we have the very bad example of finding the government providing cheaper labor to cheap labor employers and filling the jails with the boys who cannot get these jobs or who object to becoming vassals to farmers and railroad corporations. It's just about time that the government took atock of ita actions and made a proper effort at providing real jobs or proper austenance to the ever present army of unemployed. War and The Needs For Medics! Service Mrs. Walter Ferguson, who writes delightfully for the Scripps-Howard papers, has been editing her column from a hospital, and she is moved to make this comment: "It is true that only the rich can enjoy hospital can. The rest ot us just worry thnugh. "On the one side we have the countleu patients suffering, dying! on the other an tha multitudes of doctors and dentists without employment, the hordea of trained nurses who lack work. Yet we are not able to bring the two groups together for their mutual benefit Something is decidedly wrong somewhere. "With tha money that waa spent in the last war wa could run all tha hospitals in tha United States for 200 yean". That ia a graphic expose of tha waste of war, but it is also an excellent argument la favor of health insurance in a form which will auure every man and woman decant medical service at a coat that all can meet".—Labor. About the healthiest place n the United States today Is a CiriHan Conservation Corps tamp, according to Major General Robert U. Patterson, surgeon general of the army. Many glowing tributes have been | paid to Director Robert Fechner, U. S. Relief CaMps Have The Lowest Death Rates Union Machinist leader, and hia .— elates, but none haa been more im- Sressive than that of Genenl Petition. In a report to Fechner, the surgeon general disclosed that disease among the young men during the last year bad been kept et a "remarkably low" figure, and that tbe I death rate waa lower than that occurring among man of similar age groups throughout tho United States. "The favorable results obtained in camps", Patterson told Fechner, "have attracted the Interest and co- , operation of tha health authorities In | the surrounding states". The surgeon general's report gave the death rate in tha CCC tor the year aa 1.87 par thousand and tha injury rate at 1.18 per thousand. "These rates", Patterson said, "are much lower than those in ths regular army for tha seme period, which were 8.80 par thousand for sickness and 2.18 per thousand for injury". Thia record waa regarded aa especially significant because many ot the campa an located in isolated regions, far from urban water supplies and sewage system, and have frequently been exposed to communicable diseases. General Patterson called attention to tha improved physical condition ot the boya In tha forest campa, who, he said, had gained an average ot mora than six pounds in weight during the year. Re added: "That tbe outdoor lite, wholesome food, healthful work and regular habits have been physically beneficial la attested not only by tha obviously improved morale, rigor and physique of the enroleu, but is demonstrated concrotely by e record of their early gains in weight which an reflected in the surprisingly small disease end I death rates". Unemployment Dwindles But Permanent Jobless Remain For the seventh consecutive month, unemployment continued to decline during August and reached the lowest point since March, 1988, it was reported recently by the Alexander Hamilton Institute in the United States. So far aa It goes, that's all to the good. Unfortunately, a leu favorable picture waa painted by Harry L. Hopkins, relief chieftain, who warned that a "large standing army ot jobless worken can be expected to continue in thia country for yean to come". He tean machines will continue to displace men. The Institute placed the number of unemployed at the end ot August at 11,42.,. 00, compared with 18,006,000 a year ago and 16,974,000 in 1983. In other words, 6,547,000 persons have been provided with jobs In industry since the New Deal waa launched. Evidently Hopkins had these figures in mind when he wrote a book, "Spending to Save: the Complete Story of Relief", nleasad recently He ia pessimistic about Industry's willingness to co-operate in getting the idle back into joba and contended that this should restrain Big Busineu from criticising relief. Whether the reactionaries Ilka it or not Hopkins insisted, the nation is determined that the needy shall be cared for. He contended a works- program, following the lines of the WPA, is tha only possible solution for those who cannot be absorbed by long-time or large-scale public works. Unemployment Insurance will help, as will other features of the Security Act, but they are not the perfect remedy, Hopkins uid. In vigorous language Hopklna denounced those who would turn the unemployed back to states and local communities. The sad fate ot many unemployable! who have suffered terrifically under this schema in New Jersey and elsewhere should be a warning against its universal adoption, he emphasised. Quebec Unions Help To Get Province-wide Wage Boost Montreal.—Wage increases, ranging from 6 to 18 per cent, have been awarded all worken in the men's and boys' clothing Industry in the province of Quebec, under an arbitration agreement handed down by the impartial chairman of a joint committee for the industry set up under the provisions of the Arcand Act. ' Union employen are represented on the committee through the Associated Clothing Manufacture™ of Quebec and non-union employen through representatives appointed by the Quebec government Organised worken are represented by the Amalgamated Clothing Worken' Union. Practically all factories in tha Montreal district are unionised and the incnaaes in this district become effective November 1. But throughout the rest of the province, where the workers an only partially organised, the increases do not become operative until January 1, 1987. The new wage sgreement will be brought under the Arcand Act which gives it the force of law. It marks the Drat time in Canadian history that all employen and all worken in a trade have combined unanimously fpr the purpose ot stabilisation and co-operation towards prosperity, Unions Guarantee Peace in Industry, Says Bob Tallon Librarieu. Makes Strmg Case For UniMUsn A strong case for unionism bus been made by Miu Margaret Mackintosh, chief librarian In the Department of Labor, In en analysis of "Legislation Concerning Collective Labor Agreements", published in tha "Canadian Bar Review". Declaring that collective bargaining ia affective only when then en strong unions, Miu Mackintosh added: "Where than an no unions, or where they en week end cover only a small part of iadaatry, whatever collective agreements an concluded an likely to neve e relatively alight influence in stabilising labor conditions on e satisfactory level. This has been true in many industries during tha past few yean". DICTATOR MUSSOLINI IMPOSES 80-HR. WEEK FOR WAR GOODS According to despatches from Rome, Premier Mussolini, Fascist dictator, haa* Increased the length et the work week to 80 Man tor a'l employees in a wide range of Industries engaged in the production ef war .materials. He said the order1 was mainly designed to inarseaa the' Oatttat of planta manufacturing sup-, plies for the eir tone aad tbe navy. Ottawa.—Robert J. Tallon, president of Division No. 4, A. F. of L. Railway Employees' Department in his capacity aa vice-chairman of the union management co-operative committee for the motive power and car department of tho Canadian National, Railways, told tha flrst Industrial Relations Confennce at King- stone, Ont, that tha only way to insure lasting harmonious industrial relatione in industry and commerce wea tha fnnk acceptance by management of labor es a partner, through recognition ot uniona of the worken' own eboleo end establish- mant of collective bargaining. This note wee sounded by the Canadian shopmen's leader attar representativss of various industries had eulogised plans In operation in their plants, generally aa a substitute for trade uniona. Caa Re Ne Sesetitoto None of these schemes, noble as may be their motive, said Mr. Tallon, waa a substitute for tho co-operative 6Ian promulgated by tha regular In- ..national trade uniona. Worken en always suspicious of schemes proposed by management and the only way to overcome this wea thnugh co-operation between ropresentsUves of management and the rogalar trade unions, be declared. The conference wu sponsored by Queen's University and the Personnel Associations of Montreal end Toronto. Meny outstanding Industrial leaden wen in attendance end Hon. Clarence D. Howe, minister of transport, represented the Canadian government MOULTON URGES HIGHER WAGES AND LOWER PRICES Chicago, 111.—Reduce prices snd raise wagea. This waa tha advice which Harold Moulton, prealdsnt of ths Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C, gave busineu men in an address baton the Chicago Association of Commerce. He eaid tha application of this programme woeld result la a "rate of economic pro- gnu in the future that would dwarf anything known in tha past". WMla risioning no Immediate possibility of price redactions, he cautioned against ths "natural tendency to advance prices" aa recovery doner I broedei PUERTO RICO'S MODEL TOWN Sen Juan, Puerto Rico—A real move In tbe direction ot wiping oat Sea Jaen's worst slums waa taken ben when tbe Reconstruction Administration received bids for the erection ot e unit ef 80 houses ta a modal town to be named Eleanor Roosevelt /titer the *wife ot tbe President The hoasss an tbe ant of 8000 dwellings te be erected la a nearby sobtob. Hooatag aathorit.ee say tt wltt be the flrstplanned tn Paarto Rice. QiebecHahsRaM Oa Forest Pietacli No new palp end paper mill* will be permitted in Quebec, nor will those now operating be allowed to Increase their capacity until existing mills an in fall operation, according to a week-end announcement by Premier Maurice Duplaaaia. Newsprint end palp manufacturing planta in the province, he said, have been permitted to grew thnugh tbe use of Crown forests at such a rate as to encourage over-production, aad tho intention of the government ia te call a halt te over-extension of Quebec's greet national Iadaatry. Already than an. tee many idle mills, he added. His observations wen made following e conference with repreasnt- ativee of e group et financiers who HtfWK' [Tea cheats Se sMa to mad Sae ss-st M_t -Me 1 whitest seen et w-taarr Mellaf simsbm J Ivory student should aako thia tost, for if yoa oannot road thane linos, you probably need core light. Eye strain vill affeet your progress. Don't risk it for tho aako of a brighter lamp, coating only a fraction of a eont for eurront for a whole avening. * BUTE. LIGHT...BITTER 8I0HT a&dkfityCIN Thii advertiiement it not published or diipleyed by the Liquor Control I or by the Government of Britith Columbia. _r_*--*w_c_r._«___! V.---_3S£--£- This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Uj-* Control Board or by thc Government of British Column-- WHIN YOU WANT riMH—TIIV YE OLDE ENGLISH FISH RESTAURANT es ahn ei *a*Bstm ■ibiiobb WS SILL MOMS FISH THAN ANT MSTAURANT IN CArttM_ COMPUM-LNTS OP ... McGAVIN LIMITED BUTTIrt-KRUST BREAD BAKBRY MRVICB CAP-IB ROAD BUILDING PROOHAM FOB PNOVlNCt OT OUT, A road sought government encouragement for the construction of a mill for the production ef pulp aaad In the manufacture ef rayon. Doctor: ailment." "Madam, waat Is yew Old Lady: "Pales ia my anas se that t can hardly lift them ever my bead; end it'a tbe seme with my available, waa building program ta Bis dens of northern Ontario, 8800.000 haa beea mads , was disclosed recently by Paul Ledae, Ontario minister of Mr. Ledae arid 87 projects weald shortly be launched, Including reeds that have leaf beea dee-ended by mining companies, which will eon- tribute pert of the coat Tbe program la to be aaderteken jointly by the Dominion aad Ontario governments. SPIAKINO OP WANTS Bra. Mack: I'm bothered . little wart that I'd'Uko Is Dr. Jones: the divoree lawyer is three dodn te tbe right NOVA Ki>T1AMM-U M* TO WON* -^n .***}*2m SUNT THS _nU-*ND8 A***! PALACE rARUj IMTWIITHAfnPj. Obb, Te OMl NagBSB *** *TT_-1 .asaataaaa. Bb-.,__1936___ THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three Trades Union Directory "lABOB HEADQUARTERS. 888-881 BEATTY STREET UNIONS AFFILIATED WITH TRADES COUNCIL , Local lit, _g.-re_.ry, Blrt S--. rltrMt. Seymour 7411, *■ *■ TO Rf_Sf_-^r^^rr:^w"5r.*Bft SnSnT-» ****** MO. -••^rawpsasrd Oalsa,. Looal SIS nisi "Manaeer, T. J. Hansen. bS gtrest, geymear 4fS6. Valoa, Looal_.Hl .Been. .-ArZTlOU Weet , Bsyvlew lllt-L. -^a_r_ftpiA*^ftK Hm-y. Local Ml—Roe. ..Miss P. Portman, llll Daw- , Burnaby, B. C. Valoa, Local II*-- . julio-k, ltll •618-Y. TOSb* I West llthi ill, 1441 Baat .WfenJ; nsok wawetR r«i "«_^,^.U%^r«.T..t.2: ■ttTStv^t-eV""*''' *i«P- -_.r_.K0. lit Napier Street, JS Peaking Borne* a*. 'see Valoa, fteealBS—Secretary, Evans, 111 Dawaon Building. ta*w^o b^yl Aa^ma^m^f gffeta^STMotrNlSB-n, John Browne,'III 1: Phone fair. im-L. *tffl_B\*l7*r*7:SMi attrUon Pittas* Vrejeeaealsts, Local ill —Secretary, E. J. Williams, Bos 111, Bay. llll, Bus. Man., Trln. 1701. garaetarel, Oraaauaaal aa« 1 mawwkws, aaeal Bf= .. Agent, J. P. Banklna, 111 St, Seymour 7111. i Pace, r 74lr s. '.,M,-aM3- BUll Wotkets, Local It— ntsry, T. Umesukl, 111 Powell St, 5W IMI. I , Worsen, Jam, Fruit and Veg- l Canners, Union Local No.-106— I iKorllns Secretary, Sarah 1 ', 4407 Nanaimo Street. •*«?,? W«H: ■KBtT-M -ffjapMn In -PlftTMR. a)— — _ Loeal lilt—Business A. Tutton, 111 W. Haatlnga, 'aatsa astti ess Manas lutings, Be. .._., A lay. 7174. Plao-eiees. Looal II — Seoretary, W. Page, ill Beatty at, Bermour Till. TSrKrjlVWSt \*r*im\Tt Street, Karrladale 101-L. m^o\\ilT\T^:yli*tS:' IsU Bassteysee, Local 51—Store- rTTarbuck, SS1T West Eleventh, I Bliott II4-L. *W. WTOS Hlh-'nlU^iH-f _JSSx^Ser*S!6blne, Loeal fl.H-7, saw****1* rorkars' Oalee. Local 111— Manaser. B. H. Morrison. I Street, Seymour till. any j Oeastraeters, Loeal 11—Secre- , a Holmes, ill Beatty Street mi 7411. J_-_8e_re__ry!j. Flynn, 111 Baatty Seymour 74I6. . BtaHoaasy, Looal 111—Secra- J W. King, p. O. Bos llll; . HOl-T. l«r!u^^_ns8sa.Lfa. | Esbsw St; High. 4114-R. hWa^^v^diSirKar' ivss&rr I tern Avenue. f». y-^rf^nrsa-Kia. m Ball, North Vancouver. tasel Track Brlvere' Valoa—Presl aal, II. L. Gibson: Secretary, Blrt Sutler. Meets Second Tueaday, La, -» Headquarters. Local 110—Secretary, 1010 Wilson Avsnue, Sheet Helal Weston, Local IM—Bualneaa Msnager, Dan Macpheraon, 111 Beatty Street, Seymour 7416. Shoot Metal Worteea (BaUreaa) Local "14—Secretary, Oeo. Watson, 1109 ' ' llth. 114—1 Baat enar Street Highland 617-R. **srs».JW5?B.,s!ta^%s: MacDonald, 611 Beatty Bt, Bay. 7416. Journeymen of North America—Secretary, Frank Hall, llll Baat lind; Carlton 141-R. WR--__IS_^rT".i:M#''>«''. llth, Bayview U4I-X. ■***%*. ^u!^«r^«r\$ Prior Street CarBaTBa, Trinity ISU. •^__STffffirft_5. iStJBSS; Straet tea mt avuuuraat Bsspleyeas, Local ll-Setretary, W. Stewart; 611 Baatty Mmt: Seymour 7416. ir-_&i!rue& jr** SBsnsikiis, No. 44—Seoretary, Chaa. Wsllaiark, 1576 Vonablea Straet BBOt aaa aawaaut warBsrs* fatsa «. a. oi o. aaa ».) ftaaai sits— Byilness Agent, N. O. Arseneau, till *«t 71el.; Marpole 5»0. Mat Bslveie, Local 111 — C. Molvor. TI7 W. loth Ave. Ill —Secretary, Catharine eskora, Local 1700—Secretary, leWllaon, 1117 Wait Sixth AR Reports 2,216,000 Re-employed Tbis Yeer Washington, D.C—Aspecislstudy on employment conditions made by the American Federation of Labor shows that 2,216,000 jobless workara were re-employed in private industry between January and August of this year. Tha upswing in employment waa ascribed to an unusual busineu boom during tha summer. Tha figures ware presented to the Executive Council of the American federation of Labor, in session here, by William Green, president of the Federation. "This year busineu started upward in April", the report uid. "During the uptrend which has con tinuod with only minor interruptions, 2,218,000 unemployed found work In industry between January and August, 1988. or nearly twice as many as in 1888''. "By comparing tho summer dull season, from Juno to August, in the Isst three years", the report continued, "the increasing forces ot busineu recovery era clearly shown. "Trade union employment records tall tha uma story. From January to September, 1885, three and one- tenth per cent, of the membership went back to work; in 1988, six and one-tenth par cant. "Tha building gains are especially striking. In 1986, 26 par cent, of the building trades membera found work (January to September), compared to IB par cent, last year. Gains this year have also baen greater In printing and metal trades". The report emphasised, however, the millions of jobless who still have to rely on the Federal Government or local governments for their living. Tho latest figures (May, 1986), show 1,670,000 on relief rolls. In the week ending September 6, the Government provided 8,864,000 with emergency jobs on ita works programme. Anaconda Copper Signs With Fourteen Unions The agreement finalised on September 20 between the Anaconda er Mining Company and the Jing and Metal Trades Departments of the American Federation of Labor runs for two years and automatically renews itself from year to year unless notice ie given by either party not less than 45 days before September 20 in any year after 1937 that changes are desired. Wage rates, hours of labor and working condltiona are covered by the agreement for all building trades and metal trades mechanics and helpers who are members of unions and are employed in the crafts subject to the jurisdiction of the uniona belonging to tho two departments who are employed by the compsny at Butte, Anaconda Great Falls, Montana. The agreement covers the crafts subject to the jurisdiction of 14 national and international unions, The company agrees to employ only members in good standing of the unions affiliated with either or both of the departments in ita plants at Butte, Anaconda and Great Falls. Vila Better*, Local No. I—Secrotar.. w. ^iKnVWlS Trinity. HUhlan. 1II0-L. •'KTfirW.iRsadir Seymour llll. Local MS—Store- III Beatty Bt, Hm-FIVE MORE DRAW FORTY DOLLAR PENSIONS -eother 65 members of tha Inter- aftrasl Brotherhood of Electrical •Men were authorised to receive ****** by the Executive Council at ■ regular semi-annual meeting, held swuhuigton in September. Firefighters' Charter Is Revoked The International Association of Fire Fighters has revoked tha char- tar of Vancouver Local No. 18 and haa iuued another charter to a group of the members. Tha following letter was received by the Trades and Labor Council, from the International office, which explains the reasons tor the action. The letter says: This will advise yoa that President F. W. Baer, Secretary George J. Richardson, Vice-President Albert Higgin, of the International Association of Fire Fighters, have bean la Vancouver aa a result of an action taken at the recent convention of the International Association ot Fire Fighters. At thia convention tho membera of tho Vancouver Local 18 who voted to strike ware suspended until such time es the above mentioned officen had the opportunity to go to Vancouver and investigate tha situation to the best interests of all concerned. The above officers arrived in Vancouver on Monday evening, October 12th, and started negotiations relative to bringing about the uttlement ot the matter. A meeting was held on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock with representatives ot the Vancouver Local, namely, E. A. Young, G. Hansen, P. F. Enright. Accompanying them was their attorney, Mr. Grant. It waa the desire of the International officers that a meeting be called of all of tho members who were suspended by convention action, in order that the International officers could have the opportunity to tell the members the reason the action was taken by the convention. The committee representing . the Local were not willing to permit the meeting being called except on the condition that the International officen wou'd admit that the International association delegates in the convention had no right to suspend the members of the Vancouver SEND CONRATULATIONS BY "LONG DISTANCE" When congratulations are in order and tha person to be congratulated is in another town, call by long-distance telephone. The spoken word carries a warmness and sincerity that no written or printed message can convey. Whatever the occasion—birth, wedding or anniveriary —tend your congratulations by long-distance telephone. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. ■i ! All thou memben an placed upon the honor rolls ot the organisation and will receive 840 per month for tho rest ot their lives. Each applicant for a pension must bei atleast of j^liferjr. Oaa oi the organ!* 66 yean, of age and rtttat.hava aaa i ,Bg a\onns of tho women's organ 80 yean' continuous membenhip in llat_0B wit «equti ply for equal tha Brotherhood. help". FIRST WOMEN'S UNION The Daughters of St. Crispin, made up of women workers in tbe shoe industry, waa the fint national trade organisation of women worken in this country. It was instituted by the Knights of St. Crispin, an organisation whieh was brought about by the introduction of machinery in the shoe making trade, and which undertook to regulate the um One of the organis- ■gan- iqual S^ylE^OBcgy vMieouvsrs but TtAiM lata*,. Tee sssalu end st_***»» owe l£t_!_J-3 5." • • • e fc-»*«r < Cal.mb.ai mmt ***^'J*"\^fiSSL COAST S_.IWI_.IH I--*'"* 0 VAHOOUVSB »jrietO__A e ttewwm-eifnaa lliasKldi'siliioaa*** '■ .cs "*n . AOI AND PURITY • •UARANTtlft *9 ' $10,000.00 iOND __sw/»_«-»-»W_es»y_»-*- Tkii sdverdsemaat b aot paUisejd or d-ef*sy-d% «• Cleveland Street Car Men Wm Pay Increase Cleveland, Ohio—More than 8000 memben of Division 868 of the Amalgamated Association ot Street and Electric Railway Employees ot America who are. employees of the Cleveland Railway Company received a 6-cent per hour wage increase, one week's vacation with pay and improvements in working conditions in tha ncently concluded arbitration award. The wage Increase waa made retroactive to May 1. The wage rates ordered by the arbitration board are aa follows: The wages of trainmen retroactive to May 1, 1986, and effective to January 1, 1988, ahall be: For the fint three months of service, 67 cents per hour; next nine months of service, 70 cents per hour; thereafter, 72 cents per hour. The wages of one-man operaton (collecting farea) retroactive to May 1, 1936, and effective to January 1, 1988, ahall be: For the fint three months of service, 74 centa per hour; next nine months ot service, 77 centa per hour; thereafter, 79 Local, and that if the International officen would come to the meeting .. __ ,__ with an olive branch and a flag of centi per hour, truce and confine their remark* only to the acta of the International and U.._a__J________M D-__.•_»__■ the reesons that the delegate from IlttlCnCSOn MSIflsS the British Columbia Provincial Aa-, ej A EI C-___________ sociation of Fire Fighten waa not i FrOU ATL LXeCUUVC seated, they then would call a meeting of the Local with the undemanding that the memben of the Local were all in good standing aa far es the International was concerned. The International officen would not agree to this proposal, aa they were anxious and willing to speak before any group with no conditions attached to either their remarks or the remarks of the memben of the Local. Oa Thursday evening the of the Vancouver department were notified through group talking that there would be a meeting at the Labor Temple on Friday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. At the aame time the Executive Committee advised the suspended officen of Local 18 that the Charter ot Local 18 was being revoked as of October 16, 1936. Following this, orden ware sent over group talking by the representatives of Local 18 that members were not to attend the meetings that had been called by the International officen. Upon the arrival of International officen at the meeting scheduled to take place there were large numben of firemen picketing the Labor Temple in order that they may observe whether or not then wen any mam- ben of the department attended this moating. The same situation existed at the evening meeting so that there was very few of the memben of the department who had the courage to go through tha picket Unas In order that they could attend tha meeting. Every pouible effort to bring about tho settlement of the matter to the boat interests of the labor movement has been made. With such a situation facing tha Executive officen then waa no other course left but to revoke tha charter issued to City Fire Fighten Union No. 18, therefore this will advise you officially that tha Charter of Local 18 haa bean revoked. Thia will also advise you that a naw charter haa beea issued to memben ot the department who an loyal to the labor movement and the International association. Tho loyal eroap will ba eligible for membenhip ot your Trades Council. You will bo advised officially aa to who the delegates ot the new organisation will be, therefore we weald appreciate aay support which yoar council mar be able to give to the memben of the aewly formed Local, aad we went te assure yea that it will always be their desire to cooperate ia every way possible to strengthen the labor movement ia the city of Vancouver end elsewhere. Youn fraternally, GEORGE J. RICHARDSON, Treasurer. SlwniH-t-./| i J. RICHA1 Secretary-' Teachers Try Strike TsU^tbSasbkkewaa Teachen ol Eetevaa ead Carndeff school Inspectorates, ia Saskatche- waa'a hard-hit drouth area, recently threatened to Walk oat of OM schoolhouaea oa strike ii ell them ere aot paid by calling for the strike ae a laat resort wee passed by convention hel<f In ii of salary owing l April SO, 1837. The reoolBttoa van with oaly two dissenting votes, while animoaa approval. Specific Tastsacss ot lag la SKhy bsssmsats ef e echoobouaoa aad Of taachtaf Hv. schools through the whore the temperateee eever roes ovor 86 above, wen proaeod hot ore the Bsjevaa mil-lag-, •'Dat wife ef adae", "ie*so laay dat aha deae BssWaip dT STEEL STRIKERS WIN Sterling, III.—A 10 par cent, wan Incnaaa, recognition of tho Amalgamated Association of Steal Workers, and return of all atriken without discrimination has ended the walk-out of Northwestern Berb Wire Compsny employaea hare, it waa announced by Robert Pilkington, mediator from the United States Buraaa of Conciliation. INTL HARVESTER BUILDS COTTON PICKING MACHINE Clarkedala, Miss.—It was learned that within a few miles of the Cotton Hill plantation, when teste ot the Rast Brethan' cotton picker have baen under way, the International Harvester Company is working on its own cotton picking machine. The labor-dlsplacer wu tasted oa a plantation three miles seat of Clerksdelo. It resembles an army teak, being mounted on Ha own tractor, Instead of being pulled ea a separate unit aa ia tho Rust machine. 10 PER CENT. WAGjMM WON BY BROOM MAKERS ONION Chicago.—Following a strike el about two weeks, Broom end Whisk Makers' Local Union No. 89 gained a 10 per coat restoration ol ea original 16 per eaat. pay cut which had beea exacted by employers daring the period el "hard times". TroaMeat Niyork el the local uaioa, ia announcing tha settlement, stated Oat the mea returned to work when the 10 per coat taereaaa wee greeted aad agreed to by the union -BUILD B.C.PAYROLLSr Washington, D.C —William L. Hutcheson, in a letter to President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, tendered his resignation aa tenth vice-president of the A. F. of L. The resignation was apparently brought about because of the storm of protest which came from organised labor because of Hutcheson's active support ot Governor Landon, republican candidate for president of the United States. The Executive Council haa appointed Edward Flora, president of the Hotel and Restaurant Employeer International Alliance and Bartend ers International League of America, as vice-president. Rubber Union Boosts Membership 10 Times Akron, O.—A membenhip increase of over 1000 per cent in tho last ten months was reported by President S. H. Dalrymple to the United Rubber Worken of America at the union'a fint convention since it waa organised aa an International. .The union'a membership is now iroaching 40,000, according to Irymple, and represents about one-third ot the total number employed in the industry. Twenty-eight agreements have baen won, five rubber planta are 100 per cent organised, and 11 new locale have been chartered since tha international waa formed. The record includes 16 strikes, with none of them lost A tee ears seen «_-_» a aaa. Ckla le Ike mete ef Ms. X, wko la Oe yieeato ef hsaltk. x* speaks ta klgkes* scales e« VoetSa ______ A apleaSie lose, aa ale Pacific Milk inaSlsliS ef floats* 100 per cent. Britith Columbia Owned and Controlled XLAxt At aaeoreroBD tj , i a , Demand"' DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES A Health Cookie Simply Dolleieasl DAD'S COOKIE COMPANY (B.C.) LIMITED 488 Klngswey, Vaaeoever, B. C Demaad VAN BROS.' Pure Apple Cider LIONS OINOER ALE or ORANGE KIST TJie only Union Soft Drink rirra In Vancouver! _-k-meil__fk.se leu Venn at. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH SecreUry Trades * tabor Council Phones: Set. 74I--SI.I Union-Made Shoes ,• Classified Ads. VMS. "^OS^-r^ff^^^PACT Rlekmoad, CeL—Beet-leal Workers' Local No. 808 reached ea agreement with the Contra Costa Coeaty eoatrecton, eeovtdlog for e wage stole oe pehftc work et 61_66 aa hoar, aeToct-vo SeBtosnor 1* Pfjs*B e&'rtff WJ?18 H ea* eetTB% ettee-jtet irial'^ri_^wy.5« Swa* Rubber Union Wms (Inmberiind Strike Cumberland, Md.—A victory par- la tea Mocks long celebrated settlo- ...... el the 8-day strike ol the United Rubber Worksrs against tbe " " -" " ». e ment .moan KaUy-Springfiald Tire Comp subsidiary ot Goodyear Rubber Compaay. Tho striken unanimously rattled the agreement which provides for recognition ol collective bargaining, return el ell employoea to we* without discrimination aad wen increase* to be announced witaia 88 fta pleat, employing soma 1780 workers, was completely tied ep for the duntion ot tho strike. BRITISH UNIONS REJECT OO-MMINtST UNITED FRONT Plymouth, Bag.—The dilijatw te the Brltjah Tnies Uaioa Congress here decisively defeated a erapatal for aa alliance ef Blttiah later wtS thi Cemmeaiat party ta a Pep alar Sir Walter Cttrtee, geaecel secretary of the Ciegrsea, Isaieaisd the n Zi\k****la Page For THE LABOR STATESMAN Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 GIISON'S DAIRY PRODUCE CO. (vVkoeNflo Only) Seymour 7SSI VALLEY DAIRY. UMITED leyview U3 ROYAL DAIRY, UMITED Felrmont 1214 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY; Highland 2121 STEVE'S DAIRY; leyview 21*2 TWIGG ISLAND DAIRY Seymour 2177 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. New Wes.mlf_r.ec I44e North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN The above companies deserve your patronage UNION TAXI COMPANIES Yellow Cabs; Sey. 7131 Packard Cabs; Sey. 7131 Terminal City Limousines Seymour 7131 Star Taxi Company Seymour 9151 NEON DISPLAY WALBURN NION LTD. 0 New York Trackers Wageharoase U. S. Minimum Wage Opponent Goes Broke New York The United States Supreme Court ended New York's minimum wage law last June—and now public opinion has ended the business career of Joseph Tipaldo, the laundry owner who brought the caae which ended in the court declaring the law "unconstitutional". Tipaldo'a plight parallels that ot the four Schnenchter brothers, Brooklyn poultry dealers, who enjoyed monetary "fame" for their successful effort in having the Supreme Court kill the NRA. The Scnnechters' business went broke soon after the decision and the four brothers, when last heard of, looking for jobs. Tipaldo is now in the same position. His business, one which he had operated for 12 yean, ia gone and he is looking for a job. His resistance to the New York law (which required a 112.40 weekly minimum wage for women) was backed by the New York State Hotel Association and other employen' organlzationa. They paid most of the $65,000 it coat to have tho law declared invalid. Naw York, N. Y.—Tho agreement of the Merchant Truckmen's Bureau of New York to grant tha International Brotherhood of Teamsten and Chan-faun' Union han a 10 per cent increase in wages aad other eon- cessions averted a threatened strike of 16,000 truck driven which had been impending for three weeks. A vote by the union Axing a date tor tho strike was hold up at the request of Mayor La Guardia, who urged tha representatives of tho employen and truckers to resume negotiations in the endeavor to find a way out of the impasse. Employer and union npnsenta- tives Ant met with tha Mayor at the City Hall and then held conferences there daily until the settlement was reached. The Teamsten' Brotherhood was represented by its full committee of 40 memben and the Truckmen's Bureau by ita full wage scale committee ot 20 memben. While certain details covering working conditions remained to bo worked out, the conferees announced that the agreement provided for a 50 cent increase in the dally wage ot truck driven, from $7.50 to $8, making the weekly wage $48. The week will include five 8-hour days and a 7-hour day on Saturday. Overtime will be paid for at the. rate of time and a half baaed on the increased wage. Million Jobs Found During Past Year Washington, D. C—Although the jobless army in the United States still numben more than eleven million, the decrease of 5,600,000 in the unemployed since the depression low of 1933 and a decrease of 1,000,000 during the past year is evidence ot tangible progress for the worken, according to the Labor Day Message for 1936 issued by Frances Perkina, Secretary of Labor. In addition, Miss Perkins pointed out, there have been definite legislative achievements to prevent sweatshop employers from securing government contracts and curbing interference with picketing by interstate transportation of strike-breakers. United Church To : Study Labor Laws Standing committees on industrial relatione to study typical industries and labor laws are to be set up by the several conferencea of the United Church of Canada—the largest Protestant denomination in Canada. This was decided upon at the seventh general council meeting as substitute for the committee's report, which recommended that the church declare tor "collective bargaining" between representatives of employen and workers, "free from the other's control". It was announced that the committee favored restoration of relations between the management of tbe church'a printing plant in Toronto and the standard international printing trade unions. Plant on Unfair Uat The plant has been operated upon a non-union basis since 1921. The Church declared that our economic system, with all its benefits, haa. "still much that is impersonal and inhumane". It also approved the following resolution: "That the United Church assert the responsibility of society as a whole for such measures of social control as will provide tor all the opportunity of economic security, creative work and sufficient leisure", shl Double Membership With a larger poaee-time member Ip and with mon employen undei ...ion agreements than aver before in its history, tha International Association of Machinists held ita 19th convention September 21 ia Milwaukee. It waa neat to tho largest convention ever held by the organisation. Credential for 868 delegates were received. Thia number has baen exceeded only one before — at the Rochester, N. Y., war-time convention when hundreds of thousands ot man and women ware employed temporarily in machine shops engaged in making munitions. Moaabarahip Doubled In the face ot widespread unemployment, such ss never before existed, and in spite of a systematic campaign by employen' associations to crush out labor unions, the International Association of Machinists has practically doubled its membership since the Atlanta convention. Since 1928 the organisation has initiated or reinstated 112,000 memben. The last two years alone show a net increase of more than 60,000 in the paid-up membenhip of the I, A. of M. More Union A its sea tots More than just the organization of men haa been accomplished, however. The records of the Machinists' grand lodge show that the organize tion now haa more union agreements with employers than at any period in its history and with employen in more industries than any other labor organiution in America. In the last two yean alone, 1600 new agreements were reported to the grand lodge. All of them contained increases in wage ratea and improved working conditions for the workers involved. The great majority of them established the 40-hour week. °ffl East .__,_._... , . New York, N. Y.—Officials ot tha and with mon employen under f International Longshoremen's Association and the New York Shipping Association signed e now agnemant, effective October 1 and lasting one year, providing tor the continuance of the 44-hour work weak, with wagea of $1 an hour for tho regular week end $1.60 an hour for overtime. Under the expiring agnemant they wen paid 86 centa an hour and $1.35 for overtime. The contract represents a — promise, the union having oi demanded a 40-hour week tion to tho pay increase. Tha sgreement also coven wagea ot freight checkers employed on the plan and holding membenhip In the Longshoremen's Association. They will receive $7.75 a day, an incnasa of 50 cents over the old contract, and $1.50 an hour for all overtime in excess of the 44-hour week. Joseph P. Ryan, president of the Longshoremen's Aaaociation, expressed satisfaction with the new contract Although it affects only the port of New York, ita completion was said to mean almost automatic settlement of the longshoremen's wage demands in all Atlantic Coaat porta, it being the custom tor other Atlantic ports to follow the action of the New York shipping interests. Mr. Ryan said that about 40,000 men would be affected. A. J. McCarthy, vice-president of the Internstional Mercantile Marine Company and president of the New York Shipping Association, of which the deep-water lines in New York are memben, also expressed satisfaction with the new contnct, which he described as "another act in our record of 21 years of peaceable negotiations with the longshoremen" Minneapolis Jewelry Workers Win Strike VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, UMITED SPECIALS rmsii_ii-i_tm*_-»T_ji_imMT,««_1,^; Vanea Toilet Tlsstie; per roll — -M Camphorated OH, 4-ot. ... "~ Oxo Cubei -*8 »na •*» Eucalyptus Oil (Uncut Austr_|___j~" Gillette Blades. Ws. and gold Plated Gillette Raaor; both for JO Vanex suit Kxtract with Cot" i Liver Oil, 1-lb __ Fountain Syringe, complete with Dr. Reld's Syrup of Fiss ... "~_J Dlocol (couth ..dative) .... ~"]£ Dr. Chase's Kidney and Liver Pllla **> Extract of Lemon, Almonds or Conde Caatile Boap Bars, la ....... .14 Liquid Petrolatum (highest Beldllta Powdera (8 ln box) ,M Palmollve Soap; S for _ a, Vanex Milk ot Maineela, ll-oa.. M Noxsema; 15a for __._ ^ ********** OXB *}&JB&X**^^ "- * Compromise Settlement In Ship Fare Case After two "accidente" at a which cost the lives of 172 penons, the Ward Line is offering to com- Eromise with the families of tha Hied for a lump sum of nearly $1,260,000. It is poor payment for the passengen and seamen lost—but It is considerably more expensive than union wages for seamen would have been; and in the Morro Castle case, at least, a crew of competent seamen would have saved the shl. with no loss of life, almost withou instruction from their officers. Teamster Locals Down ! Coast Growing Fast Teamsters' Local 813, Tacoma, has hit the 1000 mark, having reported on 1040 memben last month. The Tacoma local haa been ahooting at thia mark for a good many yean, and has flna'ly passed it. Teamsters' Local 174, Seattle, broke a record last month, too, re- {torting 2788 memben, which puts hem right up with Local 86, San Francisco, which has always claimed the largest membenhip on tha coast, if the; ' Bay State Brewery Workers Land Agreements in 6 Plants Cincinnati, Ohio.—The International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers of America reports the signing of new agreements with four breweries and two yeast planta, all recording substantial gaina for the workers affected. Breweries at Clarksburg. W. Vo., Buffalo, N. Y., Lancaster, Pa., and Port Huron, Mich., all met the terms of the local unions in these respective communities. In San Francisco, agreements were reached with the Peerless Yeaat Company and the Standard Brands, Inc., plant, while the plant of the Standard Bnnda of California, at Sumner, Wash., also signed with the local there. The International now reports a membenhip of 100,008. Washington Plasterers Receive $1.75 Per Hour Washington, D. C—Plasterers and Cement Finishers, Local Union No. 96, recently concluded an agreement with the local plastering contracton' association, providing for an increaae in wagea of 25 centa an hour, thus restoring a cut accepted during the depression, and bringing the rate to $1.76 an hour. Business Agent James Buckley re Sorts 98 per cent of the employen egan paying the new rate aa arranged, Auguat 15, although some trouble waa experienced with two out-of-town contracton, resulting in strikes of short duration on two construction jobs. Plasterers here work six houn a day, five days a week. Minneapolis, Minn, two weeks' strike - Following involving 200 worken in the trade, Local No. 14, international Jewelry Worken' Union, secured an agreement from eight jewelry firms here granting a 7tt per cent, wage Increase, fixing minimum pay rates, and establishing other union conditions. Before the agreement wagea ranged from 41 cents to 63 cents per hour. The new minimum rates range from 50 cents an hour for helpen to 85 cents for first-class polishen, all-around engraven and platinum work, with the provision that wages above the minimum shall be based on the worken' ability. In addition to increased wage rates the contract provides that 40 hours shall constitute a week's work with time and one-third for overtime except stock work. During December all overtime work will draw time and one-third pay. TRflUEL BUREAU mi1) 11 iimiiiin niiiii iiiiiii ii ii ( PACIFIC STAGES A. B. HARRON North Vancouver; Phone N. V. 114 J. A. HARRON •I Tenth Ave. E.; Phone Fair. IK iarrmi Bro*. Cimttrb FUNERAl DIRECTORS 66 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 114 RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" i Botes Oat by Wist Mali alter attest taboo waa, b.s. largest mennwraup on tne coast, ley have not already passed the City organisation.—Washington e Labor News. IDLE SMASH FREIGHT CARS Montreal.—A crowd of nearly 100 unemployed men, armed with pickaxes and crowban, demolished 17 freight can, for use aa firewood in Iberville yard baton the polios dispelled them. Four of tho arrested ones pleaded guilty to charges of trespassing. Strike Fund Union donationa since last issue: Butchers' Local 95 860.00 Bakera' meeting collection.... 28.00 Electrical Workers 60.00 City Hall Employeea 10.00 Painten' Local 138 6.00 Plumben, 170 10.00 Projectionists 100.00 Bakera' collection 12.00 Engineers' Local 963 10.00 Bakers' Union 60.00 Railway Carmen, Port Mana 10.00 Sheet Motel Worken, 314.... 8.60 Bookbinden 10.00 Street Railwaymen 60.00 Local 161, Taxi Driven 76.00 Lithographan 10.00 Machinists, 692 10.00 Railway Carman, 68 6.00 Barbers' Union 10.00 Milk Driven' Union 800.00 (Second donation) Truck Driven' Union 100.00 (Second donation) UNION BAKERIES THESE FIRMS HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIONS TO PAY UNION WAGES AND PROVIDE UNION WORKING CONDITIONS No other firms should be given the patronage of working class families a-^M^mat^: TWO adrvertleetner.t is not pu_>ll--ie<J« dUplcryed^ ^ Uquor ( 'tht ao*MRineni ol British Oohinb-a otbr •e 4 GET YOU FRIENDS TO CHANGE TO EITHER OF THESE FIRMS: THI SALESMAN WRAM THE UNION WOftKINO BUTTON I McGavin Umited Bayview 720 Cowan-Dodson Bakeries Ltd. Fairmont 636 \ Robertson's Bakeries Ltd. Highland 2171; Carleton 6 THE ABOVE COMPANIES ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ?miT*Z*aht\l*mma^ e o ___________________ .......,. ,,^_j__i--i-;-_k;ia---._-yffi t^jfiifiir"'" ■•■ "•■■'"''
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