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zrr -ntV pS3tl~KK«J.. fe-i JOEACH , .„ UNION MEMBER THE POLITICAL P*4RTY OF HIS CHOICE awr f/jffinrcb and mwTpnijlD" By TOE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL '"/ SUPPORTED BY SEVENTY-TWO ■■A" ■» UNIONS NUMBER 506. % VANCOUVER, CANADA, FEBRUARY, 1941. Price, 5 Cents sac No Reason For Debate, Says Council Subtle efforts to get officials of the Trades and Labor Council into a debate with W. Stewart, the ex- secretary of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, met with complete failure.-* ' =-=-J-'— , . The matter came up in the form of a motion from a delegate of the United Fishermen's Union, as instructed by his union, which apparently has adopted a policy of consistent attacks upon Trades Council officers, if one is to judge by the statements made in their local paper. The motion was overwhelmingly voted down after about six delegates lent their voice and vote in favor of the motion. These delegates showed conclusively that they refused to deal with the. facts of the case, but attempted to build up a sob story with statements which were deliberately untrue and misleading. These delegates completely ignored the fact that the local union had long been suspended.from the Council and were hot entitled, to assistance from Gvic Employee* To ~r:: Extend Appreciation Civic Employees' Union, Local No; 28, extended recognition to a number of 'tn members who have just been superannuated. The union decided to continue the services of a doctor to members who have had at least five years membership in the union, and it was pointed out that this benefit is of considerable value. For members who had ten years membership in the union, some soul of memento, which? has not yet been decided upon, will be given to therii. In recognizing these members in tnis way the union shows that trades unionism does not stop when a, man stops' work. / - Plasterers' Helpers To - Get Wage Increase The Plastering Contractors' Association has agreed to pay the dollar- a-day wage increase asked by Locai No. 602 in two instalments, .'>0c on March jut and, 50c on May 1st. bringing the wage up to $6 per day after May/1st of this year. This arrangement was accepted by the members of the union at its last Regular meeting, after it had been presented to a committee of the union by the Contractors Association. the Council or ita affiliates; that the strikers were returning to work, and that the backbone of the strike was broken before the President and members of the union, as well as the international .office had asked the Trades Council to step in; that in the final settlement, the members admitted that the Council officers had obtained a better agreement for them than they had ever expected to get, and that W. Stewart had been forced to step out of office as secretary and business agent of th^'union. During the debate on this motion Delegate Gerrard pointed out that if- the issue of the Hotel Vancouver strike is kept olive we are playing into the'hands- of the communists. They cannot live without propaganda so that is why they refuse to condone the council's settlement of a situation that had become a stalemate and fiasco. Delegates who opposed the motion pointed out that a statement.which whs published to the effect that the strike would have been won if the " Council had not "crashed the gate" Was far from the truth. The members of the union who knew that the strike was lost and were going back ',o work, made Dubbel-Wear Uniform Has Union Agreement Th*e Union Label Trades Council reports that assistance has been given to the United Garment Workers' Union in organizing the employees of the Dubbel-Wear Uniform Company and that the linen coats and uniforms manufactured _by the ..company can now be obtained with the union labei- plant being 100 per.cent organized. Taxi Drivers In Organization Drive Taxi Drivers' Union, Local No. 151, reports that they have lowered their initiation fee and launched an organization drive. Over thirty new members have already been signed up and the union expects to have the city 90 per cent organized by the end of their campaign. Have the Miners Soured On Lewis Building Laborers Wage Increase Effective April Further action on the 10 cents per hour wage increase asked for by the Building Laborers, of Local No. 602, effective April 1st, is looked forward to when a report has been made to the' General Contractors' Association, in. connection with a committee which has been to a conference at Ottawa with government officials. The association has agreed to <a. 5 -cent in crease, as a cost of living bonus, but the union still hopes to get the full .10 cents at that daty. ^ Harbottle's Dairy On Non-Union List .The. Milk. Wagon Drivers' Union reports that efforts on their part to organize the employees of that dairy in North Vancouver has again been frustrated. The latest move of this company is to the effect that the management allege* that it has sold out to the Jersey Farms Ltd. This dairy is on the "We Dp Not Patronize" list of the Trades Council." Camp and Mill Workers Support War Effort At the annual meeting of the Camp and Mill Workers' Union, Local No. 31 (Japanese), the membership voted unanimously to support Canada's war effort-and the members also went bn record to do their utmost in purchasing more war savings certificates. The union reports considerable progress during the past year and a great deal of business done favorable to the membership. "18 to the Trades Council to intervene in the case. Council officers finally made a settlement which the members accepted by vote and admitted was better than they expected'and which was more than the Board of Arbitration had awarded. This meeting' was held after a large number of members had signed up'to go to work. During the strike, efforts were made by some delegates to get the Council to "horn i'n," on the strike, but it was pointed out that the union officers did not ask the aid of tbe Council and that attempts to get the Council ana international unions into a mass picketing of the hotel was turned down because of previous experiences with mass picketing, which has cost local unions many thousands ..qf dollars in law suits. It waa pointed out that many'statements in the press from Stewart were untrue; that Stewart led the parade out of the Council meeting, when he had been expelled along with other delegates from the Trades Council; that he had kept his union out of the Trades Council and had lost an ill- timed and badly conducted strike: There were two ways in which the trades union movement could have helped in the strike, it was pointed out, financially or by mass picketing. Was it right to use trades union funds to aupport a union which had not paid its legitimate fees to its own international or local council? Was it common Rense to form a mass picket line in view o(J^e.Jsaocial disaster suffered before iii a similar venture? Local No. 28 has again been accepted as an affiliate of the Trades 'ouncil. since ita reorganization, and a large number of old members are L Hocking back into the union. Flo. A Mien, a former president of the Ha-nion, is financial secretary and ^Au-iness nj-ent. W TURNER'S DAIRY RENEWS W ' AGREEMENT |< The Milk Salesmen's Union reports [ that Turner's Dairy has again signed an agreement with the union, and includes one week's holiday with pay. Under this heading, PM, the progressive New York City tabloid; publishes a story by its Washington correspondent, which says that thousands of members of the United Mine Worker* .of Ameruat^have refused-.*^ forgive John L. Lewis for running out on Roosevelt. Mr. Crawford, who>onee was president of the C.I.O. Newspaper Guild but has since learned a few lessons about Communist skullduggery that last-minute appeal I have disillusioned him to some extent, declares that the results of the U. M. W. election "which have not been-made public and probably never will be, amount to- a repudiation of the union president". According, to persons in a position to know, says Mr..Crawford, fully half the union's members refrained from voting in the election. Since Lewis was unopposed, thejr refusal 'did not affect the result hut must have thrown a scare into the tough guy. U. S. Supreme Court Upholds Wage-Hour Washington, D. C.—The constitutionality of the Federal Wage and Hour Law, last of the major New Deal statutes to face a legal ehal-. lenge, was unanimously sustained by the Supreme Court in an opinion affecting minimum wages for millions of worker*. • The decision sustains wage increases amounting to $100,000,000 annually, the Wages and Hours Division of the Labor Department said. . . i *> It upholds the right of Congress to forbid interstate commerce in .goods produced by child labor, thereby over-turning a twenty-two year old court precedent. The act now calls for a 30-cent minimum hourly wage and a forty- hour week for" firms operating in interstate commerce. U. S. LABOR UNIONS IMMUNE FROM LAW Washington, D. C.—'In one of the most important legal decisions in a decade, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that labor unions are immune from prosecution under the anti-trust laws so long as-they do aot combine with non-labor groups. This sweeping decision was a full vindication of the position of the American Federation of Labor and must result in wiping out practically all of the indictments found against unions at the instigation of Assistant Attorney-General Thurman Arnold. How is the lime to • • • Take the Pledge! "I promise to buy only from (inns that display union labels, shop cards or working buttons!" This promise is a pit doc of allegiance to the ideals that inspired the organization of. nage-ear-mrs. Ii i.s concrete evidence that we want Only goods and service* that come from workers who enjoy decent wages and conditions. Take the pledge and obey the pledge .. .-BUY UNION ALWAYS! Barbers Sign Up Shop On Main Street The Barbers' Union has placed a union shop card in the barber shop at 334 Main Street, known as the Fishermen's li.'ii'liei- Shop.—Members of organized labor are requested to note. The barber shop at 120 Kingswav is still on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Trades Council, and reports indicate that the owner is quite upset over the situation he has created. Engineers-Caretakers Get Wage Increase Engineers and Caretakers' Union, Local 882B, reports that they have been able to get a 10 per cent increase in wages, and thanked the President and. Secretary of the Trades Council for the valuable assistance given in obtaining this. The union attempted to get the minimum wage raised $30 per month, but- the various employers' associations and real estate agents' association put in strong opposition, but finally- agreed tu a-10. per cenUraise. The union covers engineers and caretakers in apartment:" COUNCIL COMMITTEE *T REPORTS ON HOTEL VANCOUVER STRIKE Action of Committee Commended by Tracks Council Delegat Union Officials of Local 28 Handled Affair in Questionable Maimer—Appeal to Trades Council Bring* Results . business blocks, The union #111 hold its" Annual Smoker in the Bui raid Hall, Thursday, March 6th. Building Trades Banquet On Tuesday, March 11 The Vancouver, New Westminster and District Building Trades Council will hold its'annual banquet in the Gtorgia Hotel on Tuesday', March llth, commencing at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $1.60 each and, the usual good turnout isexpoeted. The talent will be of the usual high calibre and this banquet is expected to be larger than usual because of the increased membership of the unions and better business conditions. Tickets should be obtained early from officers of local unions or from the Building Trades Council. Tickets are limited owing to accommodation. 'T'HE FOLLOWING REPORToh fhe Hotel Vancouver strike was made by a committee of.the Trades.and Labor Council, and was endorsed by the delegates, and the actions of the committee commended. While it does not go fully into the history of the strike it doesishow how badly the whole affair was managed. „ Members paid ^Tieir dues but the per capita was not paid to Headquarters; the strike vote wa§>onducted undVr questionable conditions; members t3>t^th^strike"CTTnmrttffrAv^re-T<-orlct>ig in the hotel while'it wasbcing- Tririrttextrarrdtitt otherrimofr wltoseTtrefiibers Wert employed in th~€ hotel ^feete-eonsulted^or advised^faptrf'"riie striker which iws launcated af a time'when the strikers would have benefited financially had they remained at work. Secretary Bengough reported that Department of Labor Estimates Lowered The Trades and Labor Council will ask the Federal Government the reasons and what services are involved in the $8,000,000 decrease in the estimates for the Department of Labor. Delegates were of the opinion that the department was handicapped at the present time and a further decrease in financial support would still further reduce the efficiency and usefullness of the Department of Labor, j _ . '.. —' Projectionists Aid Red Cross Fund Every member of the Projectionists' Union is putting forth all be can to make the "Red Cross Benefit Fund" entertainment a big success, said Delegate Gerrard at the Trades Council meeting on Tuesday. The show will be given in the Commodore Cabaret, commencing midnight, Sunday, and will last about three hours- Tickets are $2.50 each. C.I.O. Rubber Locals Returning to A. F.L Akron, Ohio. — A movement on foot in the locals here of tbe United Rubber Workers of America (C.I.O.) following the lead of C. I. O, rubber locals elsewhere is gaining momentum that may bring the entire U. R. W. A. membership back into the A. F. of L. fold. ^ ,, Illegal Divaraion _ Dissatisfaction With"" "Hie" czaristTc conduct of the union by international officers, a suspicion of Communist control and direct charges of illegal diversion of strike benefit funds by international officers, are indicated in a campaign of revolt instituted by a committee composed.of members ot Goodyear; Goodrich Firestone and General locals of the international in this area. Citing the return to A. F. of L. of 31 other locals and campaigning among the membership under the slogan, "Join the Big Parade Back Home of the A. F. of L. Now," the committee calls attention to many instances of flagrant violation of the democratic rights of the rank and file by U. R> W. A. international officers, the diversion of strike funds, exhorbitant per capita charges both from the locals to the international and by the international to the C.I.O. LAUNDRY WORKERS Oakland, Cal.—After considerable difficulty in negotiation, an agreement was signed recently hetween Laundry Workers Union Local - here and the Laundry Owners' Association of Alameda County. MetfliradeTAaOn Defense'Work Policy Long Beach, Cal.—The fourth annual convention of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades Councils was adjourned recently in this harbor city with an address by C. J. Haggerty, president of the California State Federation of Labor, calling for unstinting loyalty to the government without the sacrifice of labor's fundamental and intrinsic rights. Over 200 delegates, representing 175,000 shipyard and aircraft workers, lent their collective voice in a resolution calling for the prevention of strikes which delay or tie up defense projects in the United States and declared themselves in favor of temporary settlements of controversies by local committees during which negotiations the public defense work should be carried out.. Many other resolutions also were considered during the five days the convention convened, having to do with the settlement of disputes among the A. F. of L. unions themselves, such as-adjustment of juris dictional problems concerning the classifications of work each craft ccV^ntTAhe'TocaL aTonly"waifers ohAliIrl ili\ <i v-wt tha Inhfllliniv no nnfniv ... r . ■— . .. . a delegation of the striking waiters had requested the Council Executive to intervene in their strike with the Hotel -Vancouver, as many of theni were already returning to work. We also received a letter from the local, signed by the president, also 'requesting that we do what we could in contacting the management President Jamieson, Brother Cou- per and Secretary Bengough held a very lengthy interview with the manager of the hotel and representatives of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Catering Departments, in an endeavor to get the best settle ment possible under existing conditions. • Strikers Disgusted The situation was, that the men were fed up with the manner in" which the whole affair had. been handled and that many of them were already «ndcavojinB_tn..get.bjack.on, the job. They claimed that while they had paid dues, that,per capita had not been sent into their international headquarters, with the result that none of them were in good standing. Following our suggestion a wire was sent, by the local president, to the international president of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees, requesting that a representative be sent in to investigate the affairs of Local 28 in this respect. The striking waiters contended that they had been assured that on account of the volume of business around Christmas arid New Years, that the company would settle immediately if they struck before Christmas. The strikers also complained that many unemployed members had participated in the strike vote which had been taken by a show of hands. That many of them had lost more than 18 years' seniority, including pension rights. Holes In Picket Line The secretary of the council reported that a strike committee of seven had been appointed by Local 28, three of whom continued to work in the hotel with the knowledge and should do and the labelling as unfair of certain policies of commercial organizations and 'contractors attempting to put organized labor on the spot by hiding behind the petticoats of national defense protection, meanwhile accruing personal profits. ,. The delegates also heard John P. Frey, 71-year-old national president of the Metal Trades division of the A. F. of U, who asserted that the convention was on'the right track in its efforts to gain a uniform structure for wages and working.conditions on the coast. He was scheduled to fly to San Francisco recently to attend a meeting between shipbuilding labor unions and employers on a uniform shipbuilding labor conditions program for the Pacific Coast. The convention elected Anthony BaHertni, business- manager - of -the" San Francisco Machinists, council president; and Mike Stafford, head of the San Francisco Metal Polishers Union, was voted into the post of secretary-treasurer. Before adjourning, the convention selected Tacoma, Washington, a* the 1942 convention city. SPOKANE TEAMSTERS GET INCREASE Spokane, Wash.—Drivers employed by the Carstena Packing Company nave received wage increases of 13H cents per hour under the provisions of a new contract signed with the company by Teamsters' Union No. 680, Secretary A. J. Ruhl reported. The drivers are now receiving 82 ' - cents an hour. Previously! they received 69 cent*. - Local 21354, Insurance Agents, announces the signing of a contract with the Life Insurance. Company of Virginia for its members employed by the company in the District of Columbia. The contract includes a 10 per cent increase in first year ordinary commissions, a five-day week and vacations with pay. and bus boys were out. This resulted in their own members being forced to go through a picket line as were rqembers of unions affiliated with this council, such as the Musicians, Beverage Dispensers, Engineers and Maintainance men of other trades, many of whom are covered by their own arrangements and none of whom were consulted prior to the putting on of a 'picket line which at times was made up of all and sundry— mostly ' °A»Jn3^feSf?*r4B4«W|S$^??a' which -tareHK^33tr'4Jk»Eco"Whiiia-iefl'' with tms council. The secretary pointed out that all. through the dispute at the hotel, efforts had been riiade by the officers of Local 28 to get the dual unions favorably into the minds of the members of Local 28. Efforts were made to get the iniiojiJrepxeae8tative.ori.lhe.-Arbitra- tion Board from the C. I. O., and later another representative from the union'interviewed the minister of labor in Victoria with an All-Canadian C. I. O. delegation. Unfavorable for Negotiations On interviewing the company we found the position for negotiation anything but favorable as many were already applying for reinstatement, and the position of the company was that as this was a slack time of the year anyway, they had all the men required with those they already had and those they had rehired. • We' endeavored to get an understanding that all would return in a body. On this we were not successful, the company claiming that under normal conditions they have a layoff at this time of the year. We finally reached the following as a basis of settlement: Basis of Settlement . ... That j»ll the^raen fefiiiired hv *bc company be allowed to return to work in a body instead of applying individually. That the company rehire as many possible by- getting rid of those. , brought in from outside points as early and completely 'as possible. That the men return to work not later than 12 noon, Thursday, January 23rd, 1941. That there be no discrimination for being members of a union. That the rate of wage* to the, waiters be increased to 33 cents per hour straight shifts and 35 cents per hour for broken shifts. ,'TThis being an increase of 2 cents per hotfr above the unanimous decision of the Arbitration Board). That the strike be called off and picketing cease. That no publicity be given to the wage increase that we had requested and agreed to by the company. That both sides agree to the following statement, as the only publicity to-be given to the press: "The Executive Officers of the Vancouver Hotel Company, Limited, announced today that at an interview with representatives of the Trades and Labor Council yesterday, who had intervened at the request of the. Waiters affected, an amicable adjustment, of the strike, satisfactory to all concerned; has been reached and the dispute has been terminated." Union Accepts Proposals ■ These proposals your committee submitted to Local 28, Hotel and - Restaurant Employees, at a specially called meeting, and the Local voted to accept. This report was made to the regular meeting of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council at the regular meeting, February 4th, 1941, "On motion the report of the committee was ac cepted, the action endorsed, and the committee complimented. Also that a full repo.ct.be sent to affiliated unions." , :,_t_v—HBBCY KBgNOOrJOII, Secretary. Labor Co-operation In Industrial Program San Bernardino, Cal.—Alive to the fact that industrial expansion of any city or community depends equally upon organized labor and business interests, San Bernardino, for the first time in its history has invited members of labor to ait with its committee organized to formulate a campaign to attract business and industry to the-city. Union labor members met with business and industrial -representatives last week at a committee meeting to find ways and means to assist in the raising of funds for the new program of industrial expansion. At the meeting, labor, as is its way whenever invited to participate in any civic or charitable venture, pledged full financial and moral support to the industrial program. The Industrial Committee represents four civic organizations, They are the Chamber" of Commerce,- Argonaut Club, Real ■ ' Contractors Associ Important Shipbuilding Conference Under Way San Francisco, Cal.—More than 100 representatives of- industry, labor and the. Government are gathered here in the sky room of the Whitcomb Hotel in the most important confer ence held in America in over two decades. j . Stabilisation Program ■ The men are engaged in conference on the defense shipbuilding stabilization program and out of the conference is expected to come the first all-around program of co-opera tive, effort for speed-up and no work- stoppage program. stoppage activity ia up awl tlie sh ipbuilding Participating in the deliberations are more than a score of American Federation of Labor unions engaged in the shipbuilding crafts, representatives of 16 West Coast shipbuilding firms and observers from five depart- of.GovernmenL -<-£>.* ,- 1 aaj*aoa*i-r-7 . ► * Page Two "" THE LABOR STATESMAN February, 1941 Wholesome and delicious One of the World's reallyrfmc brers COAST BREWERIES LTD Vancouver ■ New Westminster - Victoria. .41-6 his ailveriisemenl is not published or dii |ila>cd. hv fhe Liquor Control Board or by- the Government ol British Columbia. This advertisement Is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia Classified Ads. . 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Phonal Seymour 0*7* Vancouver HELP THIS VICTORY Those of you who heard Ernest Bevin, British Minister of Labor, last Sunday, will feel mighty proudufce be members of the Trades Union movement, in whose ranks are auch outstanding leaders. With the inclusion of Ernest Bevin and many other British Trades Union officers in every important administrative post, there seems to be no possibility of a British defeat by the German hordes or any other gang of fanatics.,' Despite the extremely chaotic condition confronting Britain, because of the threat of invasion and attacks on other nations by the Axis powers, there can be greater confidence in a British victory today, if one will consider the tremendous strides being nmile in production of war materials in Great Britain, herreolonies and in the United States. Ernest Bevin is' now chairman of a new Production Executive and this executive has authority over all resources of manpower, plant capacity and manufacturing materials, and all the' British unions composed of skilled workers are actively co-operating with this Production Executive. The broadcast made by Ernest Bevin was in support of Canada's War Savings Certificate campaign, and we feel that members of organized labor can still dig down a little deeper-in order to assist -in the vic- tury which muni be attained for the struggling- musses of Britain. A victory for them will assure us that Canada will not be overrun by the sa'telites of dictaators. It will assure us of a greater measure of economic freedom and justice, which the British Trades Union movement intends to put into operation during the war and after the close of the war, and which undoubtedly will give us in Canada the incentive to do likewise. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION Members of organized* labor in British Columbia feel that there is still plenty of room for improvement in employment conditions in 'the province, especially in war work. While there may be many factors in preventing large orders for war material from being manufactured in British Columbia, especially the transportation] question, it seems that there are still plenty of facilities available for the, pny|uc,tion of war supplies, in which transportation does not cut'a big figure; We have mentioned shipbuilding before and it is still a mystery why huge shipbuilding orders can be given to American firms on the Pacific Coast by the British government, in which the building of huge shipyards are involved, while shipyards in British Columbia spend a few dollars on extensions to provide for the building of half a dozen ships. It may be true that unemployment is decreasing in this province, but there are still plenty of men working part time who could be employed on a full time basis, if more orders for war material, which is supposed to be so greatly needed, were placed in British Columbia. Workmen are being laid off in large batches every once in a while on war work here and this does not create a very good condition in the minds of the men, when they read of the need . for greater effort in the manufacture and construction dfwar- materials and machines. There seems to be a need for greater co-ordination of the war effort at Ottawa and a little more realization that British Columbia has just as great facilities for industrial expansion as there are in Eastern Canada. British Govt. To Print Chaplin Speech London, Eng.—Yes, when the poets and the artists, the preachers, the novelists and the playwrights failed —it was left to Charlie Chaplin, a mere mime, to express the thoughts of Democracy! The Ministry of Information has sought permission to reproduce from "The Great Dictator" the passionate speech in which Charlie, at the end, pleads for a better world, one in which ordinary men and women can enjoy,, in freedom, the bounties of the earth. The plan is to print millions of copies of-the- speeeh h» --pamphlet form. I trust that this means that the lesson of Chaplin—"The good earth is rich and can provide for everyone" —will soon become the Government's official policy. "I have been preaching that all my life", said Clem-Attlee, when he saw the film. Memorial Token As tribute To Golightly 1 A surprise was given td Sir Walter Citrine at the conclusion of a public meeting in Hamilton, Ont., when the chairman, J. F. Cauley, treasurer of Hamilton District Trades and Labor Council, recalled, that Walter Go lightly, a fraternal' delegate to the Canadian Trades and Labor Convention, had lost his life when the. City of. Benares was torpedoed. Mr. Go- lightly had displayed great heroism in trying to save children from-the stricken vessel. As a tribute to his memory Sir Walter was asked to take back with him to the family in England a solid silver salver with a record of the circumstances engraved upon it and an acknowledgment from the Canadian labor body of their devotion to his name. In accepting thesalyer^.Sir. Walter, stated that the BrftfsTi Trades Union Congress had. made provisions for the family of Mr. Golightly. •PEG TRADES COUNCIL WANT CONFERENCE RECONVENED At the Winnipeg Trades Council meeting a resolution urging the re convening of the Dominion-Provincial Conference held recently in Ottawa was passed unanimously. The resolution was addressed to President Tom Moore of-the Trades Congress and requested him td interview the Prime Minister on the matter. It stressed the need of discussing the report "intelligently in the inter ests of the Canadian people as a whole, and not as a section or province", in order that the Federal government could successfully prosecute the war. ' . CONGRESS CHARTERS NEW UNIONS During (he month of December, the membership df the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada was considerably augmented through the chartering of f out new Federal Unions. These included the follewing grdups: Civic Empldyecs at Fdrt Arthur and atFdrt Frances,. Ont. j Hoot and Shoe Re- pnirers at Winnipeg, Man., and Hlure and Office Employees at Timmins, Ontario. SHIPOWNERS URGED TO SIGN WITH UNION Ottawa, Feb. 6.—All shipowners on the Great Lakes ar|d St. Lawrence should increase wages and sign Up with the unien. That's the substance of Ore report of a board of concilia- tion made public recently, by Hen. Norman McLarty, labor minister. The board found that the owners df 155 ships have signed agreements accepting union cdnditidns. Owners df 50 ships persist in holding out, and they are urged to get into line. GARIBALDI'S CURSE A noted Italian patriot, Garibaldi, in one of his pro-British orations, said: "If ever England . . . should be so circumstanced as to require the help of an ally, cursed be that Italian who would ndt step forward with me in her defence". Since nething but calamity and defeat face the Italian troops in Africa and Greece, Garibaldi's curse seems td be working. New Housing Unit For N. Z. Workers Auckland, N. Z.-^Carrying out the aim of tbe Labor government to provide, at a reasonable rental, comfortable homes, fitted with all possible labor-saving devices, the State Housing Department is justly proud of its first big block of State-built flats or apartments. One block was erected in Wellingtdn at a cost of approximately $300,000. . It will provide 50 homes or flats with special communal amenities. These homes stand on two acres. The buildings, which are never permitted to exceed three stories, are placed round a communal space laid out in lawns and gardens. The Labor government expects to complete its 10,000 houses in the middle of March. '" The homes are built primarily for the. working people and rents range from lis. per week for.a small flat in a four-house unit to 80s. for a six- room detached house. 1732,630.42 TO 37 UNIONS Cleveland, Ohio—Thirty-seven A. F. of L. unions here made wage gains totaling $732,630.42 so far in 1940, according to Ohio A. F. of L. organization director Coleman Claherty. Total returns of all unions in Ohid represented by the A. F. ef L. in collective bargaining will show a gain of over $3,000,000 during the year, Claherty said. " • BUILDING LABORERS GET WAGE BOOST San Francisco, Cal. — Improved working conditions and a wage increase were granted Laborers' Union Local 261 here in a new agreement signed with Associated General and Construction Contractors. Agreements call for wage increase of 30 cents, bringing daily wage scale to $6.80. Between 2500 and 3000 men are concerned. BACK FOR VENGEANCE "When I was a little child," the sergeant sweetly addressed his men at the end of an exhaustive hour of drill, "I had a set of wooden soldiers. "There was a poor boy in the neighborhood, and after I had been to Sunday school one day listening to a stirring talk on the duties of charity. I was soft enough to give them to him. Then I wanted them back and cried, but my mother said: " "Don't cry, Bertie, some day you will get your wooden soldiers back.' "And believe me, you lop-sided, mutton-headed, goofua-brained set of certified rolling -pins, that day has come I" Patronize Our Advertisers! PLASTERERS' WAGES LOW IN BRITISH COLUMBIA A tabulation of wages paid to lathers and plasterer* in over 50 of the principal cities of the Northwest, covering Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, . Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Alaska and British Columbia, shows a great difference between British Columbia and United States wage scales. The wages in most of these places range around $1.50 per hour and rise to $2 per hour in Butte, Mont., for plasterers, with a similar scale averaging $1.60 per hour for lathers, rising to $1.62H in Butte, Mont. The wage* in Vancouver, B. C, are tabulated as 87He for plasterers and f 1.12H for lathers. The plasterers in Vancouver have an independent union, all the others are international unions. This information was published in the February edition of the "Northwest Plastering Industries", an employers' trade paper. -, - . L jl SPLITTING HEADACHES take a severe toll in nervous tension—usually indicate eyestrain. Have you checked your lighting lately? Adequate, correct lighting, especially for reading, will eliminate headaches caused by eyestrain. Good-bye headaches, with BETTER LIGHT FOR BETTER SIGHT! There is more fun in life when yoii have a telephone B. C. TELEPHONE CO. A. F. OF L. ORGANIZES FORD PRODUCTION WORKERS Washington, D. C.—Culminating a long but quietly conducted organizing campaign, the American Federation of Labor' announced that a majority of the production workers at the Lin coin and River Rouge plants of the Ford Motor Company have been organized into two Federal labor unions chartered by the A. F. of L. About 80,000 workers are employed in the two plants. MACHINISTS SIGN BIG VULTEE PLANT Wage increases averaging 25 per cent for employeea of the Vultee Aircraft plant in Nashville, Tenn., were won by the International. Association of Machinists in a contract signed with the management recently. The pact followed a month of peaceful negotiations and was described by Fred D. Laudemann, I. A. M. vice-president, as "one of the best" in the airplane industry. Over 1000 workers are now covered, but by next July the plant's force will ri*e to 6000. Pay rates run to as high as $1.25 an hour and will be further increased if prevailing scales in comparable industries within a 750-mile radius go abpve thai. BUILDING LABORERS RAISE WAGE SCALE Kalispell, Mont.—The Hod Carriers and Laborers' Union, Local 911 of thi* city, voted recently to raise the wage scale of common labor from 66 to 7f> eents per hour un-a five-day week basis. The Winner A very slim fellow named Hall Won a prize at a fancy-dres* ball. He explained with a grin; "I'm so terribly thin, That I've entered aa nothing at all." LOOK FOR THE UNION EMBLEM CLOTHES FOR THE WORKING MAN AT WORKING MEN'S PRICES! ARM Y& NAVY DEPARTMENT STORE 23 Hastings West For GOODNESS SAKE— DAD'S ORIGINAL Cookies OATMEAL COCONUT BUTTER KRISP CHOC'O'NUT For every occasion. DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B. C) LIMITED - Vancouver, B.C. CELLULOID BUTTONS BADGES RUBBER STAMPS INK* PAD* STENCILS MACHINES BRASS SIGNS BRONZE TABLETS STEEL STAMPS UlaihinG Ueoice&o: LET US SOLVE YOUR MARKING PROBLEMS 432 W.Pender TRin.2821 PICCADILLY CdFFEE SHOP . . . Oparatad by a mambar of Local M. 100 par can* Union. Granville 8C Smythe DENTIST DP n n LLFWfLLYH ' Kuouclas • SEY- 5577 COR.MCHAriDS I HASTINOS SEA rOODS AU HOOD TOB YOU ... aa* roam ilka thraa a* THE^ONLY"FISH Thoj ara Alwaya'Tr.ah I , 00 EA«T HASTIHOB at CABB.AI.I. iOO par east Valoa Hon.. ■'-■aaassajjf:*' u*mmmmmM \i; February, IjWJL •*''■ ■THE LAJpDR STATESMAN. • Page Three X Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529531 BEATTY STREET Aeronautical (I. A. X.), Lodge 756 — Secretary. A. F. Buck, iti East 2Jrd; FAlr. M17-Y. Bakery Salesman, Loeal 189, I. B. T. C. and H.—Heeretary. Ulrt Showier, 631 Beatty Street, Tlllnlty 1937. ■ Baker.' Union, Local 468 — Bualnoas Agent, J. Humphreys, 1* Eaat Haat- Ing-s St Phone Trinity 101?. Barbara — International Journeymen of America, Local 120 — Secreury, C. a Herrett, 631 Beatty St; SEy. 3349. B. 0. Seainen'a Union — Secretary. H. Murphy, 340 Gamble St.; TRIn. 2261. Beverage IHewtBa***' Trajan, LoMl «7« —BDatnaaa Manager, W. O. Couper. .107 W._Pender; MArine 4048. j Blacksmith.' Union, local loi - - s. •.,..- tary, O. H. Davis,- 1166 West Eighth ''Avenue. ... Boilermaker.' Union, Local 194—Secretary, B, Featheratone, 306 Shelly Bid*. Bookbinders' Union, local 105—Recording Secretary, Flora MacDonald, 2326 E. 40th Avenue. Brewery Workers* Union, Local 300 — Secretary, Ed. Sims, 334* Price St Bricklayers' Ur Dagnall, 40df Ion, Local No. 1—W. Perry St Brick aa* Clay Workers' Union, are, 18* r^«creta.ry, T. E. Holtabaum, Abbots- ford, B. C. Bridge, Structural, Ornamental ■ aad Beinforced Ironworkers, Local »7— BunlneBa Agent, Robt McDonald. Ml JleattyJM.; SBy. 7416. j " Bnlldlng Laborers'ana Plasterers' Help- «' Union,' Local 602—Secretary, W. , , .,., ,,. i. James, 460 East 46th Avenue: FHas. 1610-R. - - Phone Building Trade. • Council-- Secretary, J. MaeDonnld, 539 Ur-alty St.: PhoneH- TBlnlty 4335 and SEymour 7874 Camp aad Mill Workers, Local Jl — H«C.rh,llIln^dy'2Ti,U,n6,Uk,■ ** P<""" St" Carpenters,Local Union 463—Secretary I. flteveaion, g|«, Baatty <t| tr; 4335. "fP*^*^' *j00*1 1W1 JN*w W**'unln. 5f?r).7"S,?.cre&ry'J!!- J- Barrett. 8342 Neville.St, New Weatminater. °^»a»»« (Henaimo), LoeaTTJo: 627— 0,?"»Ji .fatahers, local 77*—SecreUry, A. Wilson. Office phone: Trln. 4336- rooldance phone: Fair. 4041-T. Olty Hall Employees, Local 69—8ecre- mJ:l.7t'?}":k' 89n W"" Eleventh. Elliott 944-1.. . Olvio Employees' V .Ion (Burnaby), Bo. AjrS«r<!taO;' J' !!r°ver, 3812 Myrtle Ave., Now Weatminater. Olvlo Employe..'Union, Local SS—Business Agent W. J. Scrlbblna, 1*6 Baat Pender: Phone Douglas 66*1. ?f„n,^,„'a4, »7a-House Workers, Local No. 132—Secretary, Fred Pratt 2166 West 45th; Phone &Err. 1693-L Electrical Workera' Union, Local an— Huslneea Manager, Jack Rosa. Ml Beatty St., Seymour 1610. Elevator Constructor*, Local 82—Secre- SU Uts""- 6" BoaUy 8trMt' Engineer., Holatlng and Portable, Local 115—Secretary. J. Flynn, 631 Beatty , Straet; .Trinity 4836. . »«"«y Engin.era, Stationary, Local 88t—Business Asrent J. Flynn, 631 Beatty St.. Trinity 4836. ■"SK"*,?'' »OB»o» *»d Ce*etttars,Toeai '"—Secretary, J. L. Enefer, 626 Baat 46th Ave. Film Exohange Employees, Looal B-71 jggjMr; a.o.^Ilaiop,'2649 Charlee Plre Plfhtere, Olty, Local 818—Secretary, Chas. A. Watson, 1626 a nth. *lJf»*1f1,Ur"' *•* Weetmlaeter, Local 266—Secretary, v. Inaley, No. 1 Fire Hall, New Weatmlnslar. lire Ttsfhutn (Boxnaby), Looal II|>£. ■JewSgTF, Wi,l[ji Pandora. Pnrnltnr. Worken, Wo. loss, TJT. bToFo. —Secretary, Walter Loch, lit* Baat Eleventh; Hl»h. M07-L. General Truok Driver.' Union, Local 31 —Secretary, Blrt Showier, 531 Beatty Street; Phone TRIn, 1937. *»»»"» •"S^ Wo?"?' Loc*' "♦—International Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhang- era, Decorators of America. SecreUry. Norman J. Bajua, 4066 Waat 89th •*?*• Workera' international Union. k'^?l..No' 10<—Secretary O. Derrick 3»06 Manor St. New Westminster ""I*1 J"4 *•■*•■**»* Bmployeee, Local Street ' ' ™2 Se>"nour ••SfS* Wo****** Union—SecreUry, O. Farrlngton. 877 Eaat Eighth Avenue; Phone, FAlr. 0177-L. " Ladlea' Oarm.nt Workers' International Union, Loeal 276—Secretary, n Jackson, 119 W. Pender; High. 3223-L Lather.' Union, Local. 207 — Secretary, M. Q; Flnlayaon. 116 W. Hastings; Phone SEy. 0795-L. '." Laundry Workers' International Union, Local 233 (New Weatrainsterl—Secretary, Thelma Brownley. 1113 Fifth Ave., New Westminster. >v Lithographers, No. 44—Secretary, D. V. Robinson, 3129 Renfrew. . Machinists, Local 693—Business Agent <!. Sangster, Room 803, 581 Beatty St; Phone SEy. 7496. • Kaohlnlata, Local 181—Secretary, 3. H Wallace, 8271 West 16th; BAy. 12*3-L. Machlnl.u' Lodge, No. 151—Secretary, H. Walah, 1143 Douglas Hoad, New Westminster. Mailers' Union, No. 70 — Secreury. H Fader. 2725 Eton Street Maintenance of Way Employee., Local 31—Secretary, R. McLure, 426* Victoria Drive. •at, Cutters' and Packing Houn Em- floyeea' Union, Local 95 — Secretary, '. T. Christie, 531 Beatty Street Meat Cutters' union, looal »4—Secretary, S. S. Hughes, 127 Gray Street New Westminster. - * • ■ Metal Tradea Council—D. Macpherson. Secretary, 531 Beatty Street; phone SEymour M7»; — Milk Salesmen aad Dairy Employees, ' Local 464 — Business Manager, Blrt Showier, 531 Beatty Street, TRIn. 1937. Holders' Union, Local 281-rSecretary, John Browne, 638 W. Broadway. Sulu 1: Phone Fair. 5673-U Motion Mature Projectionists, Looal 34*. BuBlneaa Manager, J. R. Foster. Secretary, J. II- Leslie, P.O. Box 346, Phone MArlne 3048. Musicians' Union, Looal 146 — Buelneaa Manager, E. A. Jamleson, Suite 81 553 Granville St; Phone TRIn. 2210. faint Maker., Looal 566 (P. D. Si P. of A.) —Secretary,, ail Noran, 3463 Garden Dr. Painters, Local 138—Business Manager, T. QlddeoB.631 Beatty St., SEy. 74*5; Res.: FAI/.-#674-B..- Pile Driver, and Wooden Brldgemen, Local 2404—Buslneaa Agent, J. Mc- GUiTIa, 144 W H.atlna-a: %Er 7874 Plumber, and Steamflttera (Ballroad)— Local 571—Secreury, T. H. Poulton. 726 Second St., New Weatminater. Plumbers and Steamflttera, Local 170— Secretary. G, *Prltchard, 529 Beatty St.; MAr. 3819. Homer KErr. 106-L. Photo Engraver., Local 64—Joseph A. Hlnke, 3776 W. 36th; KErr. 2654-L. Printing Pressmen aad Aaalstanta' Union Bo. 69—Secretary, Thos. 8. Eaart 1807 East 38th; FRas. 0841-F. Pnraera and Chief Stewards, Local 130 —Secretary. H. M. Crompton, 6*4* Elm Street. .railway Carmen, Local No. 58—Secre- tary, S. Shearer, 3651 Eaat Pender. B.tall Clerks' International, Local 279— Secreury, D. Maxwell, Room 404, 16 Hastings St E.; Phone TRIn. 0067 Bluet Metal Workera, Local 8*0—Business Manager, Dan Macpherson, 621 Beatty Street. Seymour 7195. Sheet atetal Workers (Ballroad) Local 314—Secretary. Geo. Watson. 1*09 East 19th. Shingle Weaver.' Looal aTo. MM — Secretary, H. Hamper, 1630 Osier St Sign and Pictorial Painter*, Local 726— Secretary, W. o. Clarkaon. 6802 Larch; KErr. 0296-Y. ' - Stenographers, Typists and B01 Local 18177—Secretary J. M. Suther- * land, 529 Beatty St; Phone SEy. 7495. street Railway Employees, Division 101 —Bualness Agent, R. Gervln. Lee Building, 176 E. Broadway; FAlr. 4262. Taxi Driven, Local 161 — Secretary, C. Mclvor. 737 W. 20th Ave. Textile Worker.' Local nTo. 10—Secretary, Mrs. N. Bell. 4337 Cade Street New Westminster. i.atrlcal Stage Employeea, Looal 118— Secretary, Walter BtalreTP.'O.Box 711. Tile Setters, Local 'Nb."i—Secretary. W. Hamm, 2646 Trjnlty, Highland 3130-L. Typographical Union, Local 321—Secretary, Harry Neelands. 631 Beatty St.. Seymour 6231. union Label Tradea Council, Vancouver and District—Secretary. Bd. Smith, S3* Beatty St; SBy. 74*5; —— United Oarm.nt Worken' Union, 1(4)—Secretary, S. E. Cropper. 1*34 B. Twentieth Avenue. United Pl.h.rm.n'a Union of B. O., Local No. 44—Secreury, Geo. Miller, P.O. Box 1*4. Upholsterer.' International Union, Local 306—SecreUry, D. Oaralde. 531 Beatty St; residence phone High. 1693-M. A. B. HARRON J. A. HARRON North Vancouver; Phone N. V. 134 66 Tenth Ave. B.; Phone Fair. 134 fljarnm BroB. ffitmtt?b FUNERAL DIRECTORS 16 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 184 Unwn-Mad^ CORNETT BROS. I BAST XABTia-OB BTRBBT FLOR8HBIM '— SLATER Men', and Youth's Pender Shoe Renew 520 W. P.nd.r at (Union Shop) Pint Clan Kepairing while you wait Shoe* made to order. Louie Hanouso B. T. Bog en For REAL VALUE vi.it the Bond Clothes ${W$?$f Ui W. Halting* St MAr. 1842 Suits - Topc«pats Tailored to measure and ready-made for Ladies and- Gentlemen by Union craftsmen - t' ■ ■ '> ■ Please introduce Mr. Union Label to Mr. Buying Public. tofsii **** PHONE MAIIRE 1474 FOR FREE DELIVERY CAPtLANO BREWINO CO. ItlX. VANCOUVER This advertisement is not publish. ,■. . displayed by the Liquor Control Boaru , by tlie Government or' British Columbia ssasaaaaBBBrasassaasBBBassiaaaBBaaaasiaBa* All Construction Job Placement Is Union Long Beach, Cal.—A. F. of L. offfc cials revealed recently that the proposed construction of airplane plants and manufacturing parts centres assembly houses for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation in this city will be built "exclusivelyiby 100 per cen{ A. F.. of L. union »bor. This statement was released immediately after Douglas officials declared that' contracts exceeding $100,000,000 for airplane parts between the. Douglaa Aircraft and mid- western and eastern, automotive .and aircraft firms l)ad been arranged. The construction work has been contracted for by the Los Angeles firm of P. W. Walker Company who are also handling many, other projects in Southern California exclusively with A. F. of L. labor.'——— At the same time officials of the Los Angeles Building and Construction Trades Council announced that at the present all of the main government construction project* now being contemplated here or in process of completion are being handled by 100 percent union labor throughout ■ 1 . - .; This includes the erection of the government hospital at Santa Barbara,; ..military. .camps__at...San Luis Obisbo, Paso Robles and San Pedro Miguel, the Naval Housing Project at'San Diego and the March Field Anti-Aircraft Firing Centre at.Riverside as well as all road construction jobs in Southern California. The—-Building and Construction Trades Council have virtually all construction job organization placement potentially in Southern California. Bakery Drivers Win Strike With Big Bakery Eos Angeles, Cal.—The strike. of the Bakery Drivers Local 276 against the Raulli Baking Company abruptly terminated recently^ with the. jan^. nouhcemenlty^eau Silverton, sec retary-treasurer of the local, that an agreement had been reached between union representatives and company officials. Ueual Agreement According to Silverton, the agreement is the usual standard cracker and macaroni contract and will affect approximately 80 to 100 people both inside and outside the plant! Specifically, Silverton said that there would be about 80 workers inside the plant signed up and 12 to 15 outside who would , be taken into Local 276. The standard agreement calls for a $34.00 per week minimum salary for a 40-hour week with time and a half for overtime for all drivers. Warehousemen will receive $30.00 a week plus time and a half after 40 hours, and all employees will be paid on a weekly basis. FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM San Francisco, Cal.—Another boost for bay area industry and consequently for labor was forecast recently with the announcement of a proposed huge new defense construction program amounting to more than $15,000,000. New construction in the bay area will mean expansion in the electrical, steel and building trades. The metal and building trades unions will benefit to a huge extent through the employment boost accrued through the new expenditures. VARIETY ARTISTS MAY STRIKE San Francisco, Cal.—At a meeting of 250 performers, all members t>? the San Francisco local of the American tStfliff* of Variety Artists, the actors' Union' a strike was voted against numerous night club owners and agents in the San Francisco region who have refused to sign the union's new code of fair practice. The principal issue involved is with theagentr who have refused to accede to the union's demand that the minimum salaries be not subject to the usual 10 per cent commission. In addition, the union had refused to deal with the agents' association, which represents a number of the agents. SOUND TECHNICIANS SEEK NEW AGREEMENT Hollywood, Cal.—Officials of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, A. F. of L, recently presented the Motion Picture Producers with a new agreement formulated by the Sound Technicians Local 695 asking for jurisdiction in the sound field, salary adjustments, security of jobs and improved working conditions. Nine other I. A. of T. S. E. locals in the studios are holding up request for negotiations with representatives of the Studio Producers until the out-, come of .Local 695's present negotiations. WHOLESALE GROCERY DRIVERS GET NEW DEAL Aberdeen, Wash.—Wholesale grocery drivers here have received shorter hours and more pay through negotiations just concluded in their behalf by Teamsters Union No. 699. The work week has been reduced from 44 to 40 hours and the drivers have received an increase of 50 cento per day and a week's annual vacation with pay. The terms of the contract are retroactive to December 1. The -driver* are now receiving $6.50 per day. AIRCRAFT LODGE IN SOUTHERN CALIF. L«s Anceles. Cal.—Establishment of a District Lodge of all A. F. of L. workers engaged in aircraft manufacturing in the Southern California area is underway here. Plans for the organization, which will embrace about 15,000 union workers, were announced by E. L. Lynch, international representative of the Machinists Union. He said plans for organization of the local group, had been approved by the Grand Lodge and has the support of all A. F. of I.. unions and councils in Southern California. ' Washington Unions Make Good Progress Charles C. Hughes, Seattle representative of the western headquarters, American Federation of Labor, attending the N. L. R. B. hearing on the I. L. A. claims for bargaining rights in the Paget Sound ports> brings -enthusiastic accounts of three union activities in the northern area. Aluminum Workers Forty members were initiated recently by the Aluminum Workers Local 22422, which was organized only three months ago. Hughes re- ported enrollment of about 95 per cent' of the aluminum employees in the local. The only non-members are employees taken on during the last 15 days. < The Aluminum Council, formed for the purposes of negotiating, has filed its case with the^N. L-'BTBrfo act" as bargaining agent and is how preparing an agreement to present in behalf of all employees at the Vancouver, Wash., plant. It is estimated that as the plant increases its output the 1 peak of the employment enrollment Will be about 1000 men. . Cannery Workers .Seven locals of the Washington State Council of Cannery Workers are preparing to negotiate for slight increases and some betterment of working conditions, .in their 1941 agreement, according to Hughes. About 18,000 cannery workers are represented by the council. Telegrapher. Negotiations have been 'Started in Seattle between the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Commercial Telegraphers Union Local 40 for the latter to act as bargaining agency after a company audit. The Seattle local has filed with the N. L R. B. for recognition. Employees in every Western Union office in west- em Washington "are now members of Local 40- "Wm the War At Home" "Buy War Savings. Clnrtifiratfla anrl win the war abroad; Buy Union made goods and win the war at home" is the slogan of the Union_Label Trades Council. Your dollar spent on union products is another shot at cheap sweated labor, unfair competitive enemies of fair employers. Fall into line next pay-day; denirr'nti union made goods. Following is another list of manufacturers of Union-made products in Canada. Cut it out and pass it on. Products in Glaaa Anglo Glass Co., Toronto, Ont ' Glover Makers Leather Products, Winnipeg.. Western Glove Works, Winnipeg. Machinist.' Prodncta Capital Wire Cloth and Manufacturing Co., Ottawa. Stove and Foundry Companiea Clare Brothers, Preston, Ont.; trade names: Hecla, Jewel, Standard Hillburn. Empire Stove Co., Owen Sound. Enamel Heating and Products Co.. Amherst aud Sackivlle, N. S.~ " Enterprise Foundry Co., Sackville, N. B.; trade name: Enterprise. Findlay Brothers, Carlton Place, Ont.; trade names: Sterling, Iron Duke, Faovrite. Guelph Stoe Co., Guelph, Ont; trade name: Acme. Gurney Stove Co., Montreal, Que. Stewart Stoe Co., Woodstock, Ont. Western Foundry Co., Wingham, Ont.; trade name: Huron. Pottery Products Canadian Potteries, St. Johns, P.Q. Paper Maker. Abitibi Power and Paper Co,,- Iroquois Falls, Satilt Ste. Marie, Espan- oi-.i, SturgeaaP. Falls, Ont; Beaupre, Quebec. -.-. • ~. Anglo Canadian Paper Co., Quebec. Alliance Paper Mills, Merritton, Ont Beaver Wood Fibre Co., Thorold, Ontario. Best Yeast Co. Ltd., Ottawa. Canadian Vegetable Parchment Co. Merritton, OritT"" "*^ Continental Paper Products, Ottawa. Dryden Paper Co., Dryden, Ont. E. B. Eddy Co., Hull, Que. Fort Frances Pulp and Paper Co- Fort Frances, Ont. '' Fraser Companies, Edmunston, N.B. Great Lakes Paper Co., Fort William, Ont. Interlake Tissue Mills, Merritton, Ontario. , ' Manitoba Paper Co. Ltd., Pine Falls, Man. Mersey Paper Co., Liverpool, N. S. Pacific Mills, Ocean Falls, B. C. Powell River Co. Ltd., Powell River, B. C. • Price Bros., Kenogami, Que. Provincial Paper Ltd., Port Arthur and Thorold, Ont. Quebec North Shore Co., Comeau Bay, Que. Restigouche Co., AtholviUe, N. B. Smith Howard Co. Mills, Cornwall, Ontario. Spruce Falls Power and Paper Co. St. Lawrence Paper Mills, Three Rivera. Qu*-\. ' " Thunder Bay paper Co., Port Arthur, Ont; I DAIRY INDUSTRY IS ' WELL ORGANIZED The dairy industry from Bakers- field, Cat., north to the Oregon line, with the exception of the northern coast area which is not wholly organized, presents a vigorously healthy picture of economic stability brought about through a master contract between the operators and the Dairy Division of Chauffeur*, Teamsters and Helper* Union Local 386, of Modesto, jurisdictional group for this area. r . Nineteen very" large "condensaries and processing plants are signed to the full union contract in this area. These plants employ up to 600 men and women in their peak season, with every worker a member of the Teamsters Union and all under contract. Contract is working to the mutual benefit of both employers and employees as .is attested by the smooth operation of the plants in the field of labor relation*. Teamster's Joint Council No.36 The following companies have signed agreements with Local Unions of the International Brotherhood, of Teamsters, etc, located In Vancouver, New Westminster, North and West Vancouver and Nanaimo. .. General Cartage and UNION DAIRIES Furniture Moving \\ Aetna Cartage Co. Ltd. ..j— majlu. out*-—-— Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd. VANCOUVER Associated Dairies, Ltd. r-Alrmont 1000 B. C. and 0538 District Telegraph Delivery Co. Ltd. SEymonr 91B4 Burke & Wood Ltd. SEymonr 1691 Burrard Cartage Co. Ltd. HIg-hland 1238 Broadway Messenger Service TBlnlty 5467 Bryce Cartage and Storage Co. ■aymoar TalS - Campbell's Storage Ltd. MArin. 4441 Comet Delivery ft Cartage Co. 8Eymour 1839 Crone Storage Co. Ltd. BUruu 1321 Crown Cartage Co.* MArin. 4121 Consolidated Freight Lines B?C. Rapid Transit Ltd. * Fraser Valley Freight Lines Chapman'* Motor Cartage Ltd. -■ : aBymonr 7331 Empress Dairy Ltd. TBlnlty 0344 tiilison's Dairy Produce* Ltd. . (Wholesale Only) MArlne 0643 (ilenburti Dairy HIg-hland 6110 -" Valley Dairy, Limited BAyview 0883 <- Royal Dairy, Limited F Alrmont 1000 . ' ^Jjirnet'* Dairy Lt*. (Independent) PAlrmont 8800 Vancouver Height* Dairy Olenburn 0189 Stove'* Dairy BAyview 2192 Twlgg Island Dairy (Ind.pend.nt) PAlrmont 5282 Richmond Milk Producers, Ltd. HIg-hland 0063 7 • .'. National Dairies Ltd. HIg-hland 0309 Eagle Time Delivery System MArlne 8111 _ .._.. Fraaer Transfer J aBymonr (907 =c w. NEW WESTMINSTER Associated Dairies, Ltd. ' Hew Weatminater 1448 lussell rAlmiunt 2060 NQRTH VANCOUVER Ideal Messengers MArlne 4373 Howard Morris Transfer Co. MArlne 7010 Johnston National Storage Co. TBlnlty 1301 Junior Moving Ltd. PAlrmont 0739 King's Motor Cartage Ltd. TBlnlty 0313 Mainland tranafer Co. Ltd. aBymonr 3830 Merchants C«ftage Co. Ltd. MArlne 3371 - Associated Dajrte.f'Ltd. NOrth 199 Turner's Dairy Ltd. NOrth 871 Twigg Island Dairy WEst 486 Olenburn Dairy HIg-hland 6110 Collect UNION-MADE BREAD, CAKES National Transfer Co. MArlne 4937 North West Messenger Service BBymonr 9341 —r~- Ryan'a Messengers Phone I MArlne 3331 Service Messenger Co. Ltd. TBlnlty 3491 Snappy Service Tranafer MArine 9907 300 Transfer ■ > Phone: PAlrmont 030* Terminal Cartage Ltd. aBymonr 6844 Wells Cartage Ltd. Highland 4801 White Transport Co. TBlnlty 0619 FUEL Coal, Wood, Fuel OU Leslie Coal Company BBymonr 6431 Sawdust • Huchanan & Reid PBaeer 0589-B Wholesale Warehouses MacDonald* Consolidated Ltd. McQavin'o Ltd. BAyview 4674 "CwYn-Dbdiion Bakeries Ltd. PAlrmont 0638 < Robertson's Bakerlea Ltd. UExter 1919 Canadian Bakerlea Ltd. PAlrmont 0044 Brown Bros. Bakerlea Highland 0084 Mother Hubbard Bakery Ltd. BAyview 3067 NEW WESTMINSTER McGavin'a Ltd. Phone N.w. 9704 Canadian Bakerlea Ltd. New Westminster 14 NANAIMO. It. C. Canadian Bakerlea Ltd. McOavin's Ltd. .. Wilson's Scotch Baker* UNION TAXIS Yel/ow Cabs BBymonr 7141 Star Cabs Limited MArlne 9191 Terminal City Cab* BBymonr 7131 We-ask your patronage of any of these companies, as we believe that industrial progress can best be made by supporting companies that give; their employees the right of collective bargaining, which means fair wages and working conditions. OFFICE: Room* 316-7 Labor Headquarter*, 529 Beatty Street Vancouver, B.C. Telephone*: SEymour 7495 TRinity J9J7 RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" W* Make a sp.clal Effort to Oe* Oooda Oat by rir.t Mall After Beo.lpt of Your Ord.r. OOBBBB OOBBOTA ABB ""»'"■ TABOOUTBB, B. O. Economy Sausage Co. "THE SAUSAGE THAT MABB UTTU PXOB FAMOUS" FOR SA1.K EVERYWHERE ■- TRY SOHB ____. -AH BAST PENDER STREET PHONE: Highland 0511 Patronize Our Advertiters! CITRUS STRIKE AT ONTARIO TERMINATED Ontario, Cal.—The strike of the Citrus By-Products Union, A. F. of L., members against the Exchange Orange Products Company, a subsidiary of the California Fruit Grower* Exchange, was settled recently, with a victory for the A. F. of L. workers. According to Sam Ming, \. F. of L. organizer, the men will receive more than the workers are presently getting at the Corona plant of the company which. has hitherto been looked upon as a model wage structure for union workers; vacations with pay and exemption* from the wage and hour tow rulings of from 12 hours to nine hours and all time after that to be paid for at the rate of time and a half. , . —<—— V- PLENTY -T*— Man: "Did you fish with flies?" Friend (back from a camping trip): "Fish with them? We fished with them, camped with them, ate with them, and slept with them", MILK DRIVERS ON DAYLIGHT TIME San Mateo, Cal.—"Out with the milkman" will not have the same meaning when the San Mateo County milk wagon drivers institute a 7 a.m. starting time.. The drivers' request for a later starting time to eliminate health and traffic hazards has been granted by the county's Milk Dealers Association-, it waa announced recently. 30,000 UNION MACriWffOTff*)"*' IN FOUR AIRCRAFT PLANTS A. F. of L. Machinists have established harmonious relations with four Pacific Coast aircraft plants employing about 30,000 workers: at the Boeing plant in Seattle, the Ham-' mond plant iri San Francisco, tlr*\ Lockheed in Burbank and the Consolidated in San Diego, ONE ADVANTAGE "I see you raise hog* down here almost exclusively. Do they pay better than corn and potatoes?" . "Wal, they don't suh, but hogs don't need no hoeln'." ■ rgspSkis?k%tiSswMS0slps»t9>%ul~ ■ .,-a»r Page Four '-" THE ! LABOR I STATESMAN S February, 1941 DRUGS REXAIX The Owl Drug Co. Ltd. (A CANADIAN COKPAHY) OWNED AND OPERATED BY A VANCOUVER, CITIZEN ALWAYS READY TO SERVE LABOR TOBACCO CANDY MaDQUARTTERS for ... IMPORTED TOBACCOS, CIGARETTES, CIGARS, -*T~ PIPES and SMOKERS' SUNDRIES Come and See Our Stock—largest in Canada E. A. MORRIS LIMITED 435 Weat Hastings Street •■'■.-.., * 533 Granville Street HARVEY L LOGGERS, MINERS, CRUISERS and PROSPECTORS. Quick Service for Repairs Established 1897 58 Cordova Street West Happy Time Social Club - #50 Cash* Prizes t I—.-EVERY TUESDAY . $50.00 EVERY THURSDAY $30.00 EVERY SATURDAY WHIST DRIVE—play starts 8:15 DANCING—9 p.m. „'-..-..'.„ Erotofsafiar Qrfahft<itm-- - . .** Embassy Ballroonf^Dayie aTT^ni^ YOUR FUEL DEALER TUB ARROW KIRK COAL COMPANY LTD. TELEPHONE: PAlrmont 5151-51*3. . Nanaimo-Wellington Comox, McLeod River and ______ Tulameen Valley Coals MONEY TO LOAN ON MODERN HOMES F.asy Terms ol Repayment Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation H G. Forson, Manager 432 Richards Street TRinity 1381 ANNUAL REPORT r $bu&1ffl its seventy years of practical service, the Sun Life of Canada has paid { benefits totalling $1,389,808,553. . ON EACH WORKING DAY OF 1940, policyholders and beneficiaries received $336,000, or a total for the year of $94,173,482. Of this amount, no less than 73% was paid to living policyholders, ■ •• - and the balance to the .dependants of policyholders.who died. - *: "1 $169,508,809 of New Assurances were issuer! during the year Increasing the total of assurance protection ——to the amount of $2,963.708,831... The Number of Policies now in force (including Group Certificates) exceeds one million, two hundred thousand. . . . Total Assets now stand at $950,794,366, the highest in the history of the Company. For eotnplotm Annum! Rrp.nl apply tot SUN LIFE ^CANADA Building Trades Get ' \ Two-year Contract Oakland, Cal.—No strikes, no lockouts., no jurisdictional disputes, was the basic theme of the two-year pact put into effect recently between the Alameda County Building anil Construction Trades Council and tbe Building Industry Advisory Board of the Eastbay. -> . - - , The agreement signed ' by' the council and the board members at a special meeting directly affects a total of 22,000 building mechanics represented .by 4% A. F. of I., craft unions and some 2000 East Bay contractors. Harmonious Co-operation It represents the benefits derived through co-operation and harmonious negotiation between employer and labor organizations. '_*, - The "first agreement between the advisory board and the trades council, signed September 24, (938, was one of the first of its type in the nation. Under its terms, wages, hours and working conditions are standard, ized for a two-year period. Any disputes between craftsmen and employers are settled .by a special arbitration board. Under this pact; the council and board members pointed out, there were no stoppages of work during the two years it was in effect.'. Both sides hailed the first stabilization contract as a great "forward step as ■ well as a "boon to construction activity in the metropolitan Oakland area. Nation-wide . attention, was given to the pact and, according, to the officials, .resulting in similar moves for better co-operation between labor and employer throughout the country. . . The stabilization agreement does not interfere with the contracts of the individual unions, excepting in that it sets forth effective expiration dates for contracts. ' Emphasizing the advantages' of such a contract, the officers pointed out that invested capital in building construction operations in the metro politan Oakland area approximates $75,000,000. The payroll'at present is about $1,5(10,000. it was stated. Phoenix Millworkers „ Strike Is Settled Phoenix, Ariz.—The strike of the members of the Millmen, Cabinet Makers and Lumber Handlers Union of Phoenix and Tucson with the Southwestern Sash and Door Company, the Arizona Sash and Door Company, the Shumway Materials and Supply Company and the Tucson branches of the first two concerns came to an end recently after one month's duration when employers agreed to terms of a union contract calling for pay raises of approximately 20 per cent, time and one-half for all work over eight hours in one day or over 40 hours in any work week, guarantee of seniority rights, seven full pay holidays a year and complete union shop; The full co-operation of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters, the Carpenters District Council and the Building Trades Council was extended to the fullest extent in assisting the workers on strike.' Electricians Get Huge Back-pay Melon Phoenix, Arizona.—At a meeting recently of over l-in union members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local B-266 a juicy slice of the f78j,000 melon representing back pay due !lu- A. F. of I., men under the Wage and Hour Act from the Salt River Valley Users Association was cut for each worker. Average $200 V These slices, accorning to Richard Minne, legal counsel who represented, the local in pressing its claims, were checks arying in amounts from $100 to $700 and averaging approximately $200 each. Movie Supply House Signs Full Union Pact Hollywood, Cal. — Aubrey Blair, Hollywood A. F. of L. representative, announced the signing of a. 100 per cent union- contract between the A. F. of I., .and the Cinema Mercantile Company which supplies Hollywood studios with all furnishings and properties used on a majority of movie sets. Blair, stating that negotiations were still under way with Cinema Properties. Cinema Mercantile and Cinema Properties Companies, the largest concerns of their kind in the world, were serving an industry 100 per cent unionized without their own employees belonging to a .union. These two concerns supply state fairs, conventions ami practically all the sets of the major and independent studios in the motion picture industry. ' Industry-wide Pact In Preserve Factories Los Angeles, Cal.—Officials of the Western Warehouse Council in Southern California announced the sign ing of an industry-wide contract covering the entire preserving industry of this area. Single Exception A. C. Fortey, Western Warehouse official, announced that with but a' xceptfbn all the jams, jellies and peanut butter products manufactured in the Southern California area are 100 percent union manufactured, Th* nine companies covering the entire field in Southern California have signed the agreement. The contract signed calls for a 40-. hour week, seven holidays a year with full pay, vacations with pay to employees of a year's standing and a wage increase in the lower brac^i.-|s of five cents an hour, ranging'iipwmvli to 75 *enta "*n-'**ur in the top1 brackets and stipulating a salary of from $40 to $45 a week Jfor. head cooks'. . ■ VICIOUS LEAFLETS AT CITRINE'S WINNIPEG MEETING Only one incident cast a shadow on Sir, Walter Citrine's visit so far as Winnipeg was concerned and that was the stupid and vicious leaflets that had been distributed at the Auditorium prior to the meeting. in which Sir Walter Citrine was denounced as a bogus representative of English and European trade unionists. So indignant did the executive feel about the matter that they determined to ask for and got the Council's permission to expel any delegate who was in any way associated with or responsible for this trick.—Manitoba Commonwealth. WAR CHEST FOR LUMBER WORKERS Seattle, Wash.—Final details will be worked out in the near future for the successful raising and maintenance of a war chest of half a million dollars as a strike -fund for the Oregon-Washjartpj Council jif er and Sawmill Workers, A. F. of L., as the last convention of the council voted to establish such a fund and left the details to tH'e executive board. Probable method of raising the money will be through an assessment of 25 cents per month per member. New Technique In - Building of Ships Richmond, Cal.—-A radical departure from the usual shipbuilding technique may be pursued by the shortly-to-be-constructed Todd Shipbuilding .Yards here, which ..were signed under a contract guaranteeing that all work will be done by A. F. of L. craftsmen. Thirty ships to be built for Great Britain will probably be constructed in the British manner—with keels put together in vast holes beneath the level of the sea instead of on land as .is normally done in thia country. Started as a wartime1 measure in England, where air raid danger prevented the builders from laying the keels above ground, the "hole in the ground" method proved to be more practical, and less costly, than the usual method. One shipyard in Portland, Maine, is already using this system, and the Todd yard in this city will probably be the second to adopt it. Eliminate Cranes Use of the hflle - in - the - ground method will eliminate the necessity for giant cranes, as plates can be put in place by small cranes around the edges of the pit. Safety for workmen- will ™be "increased; it is believed.. The navy has shown a definite interest in the new shipbuilding development, and is watching its proposed use in the Todd yard very"clo8ely", according to reports. TV ATTENTION UNION MEN Order your next suit or coat from a Vancouver, firm that is 100 percent Union Your clothes tailored on the premises by SKILLED UNION TAILORS from 'jne imported materials, styled and cut to fit -you perfectly. 2-days Service if Required POPULAR PRICES You will be satisfied! * Kecent __•»»' ,. -. - j* 324 West Hastings Street OPENING NEW YARD ... SPECIALS! LUMBER AND DOORS TO CLEAR AT THE ALBION LUMBER CO. PHONE BXy. 6010 — or call at 1461 WEST FIFTH AVENUE (Old Hanbury MifSiteJ JARfiF STOCK I HMBEB-^1 IIMC.I Kr, PI YWODH, INStthAfn BOARD AND fteefiN&S Edward Roberson, F.B.O.A. PHONE: MArlne 2014 985 aiMVIlU ST, REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST OPTICAL. REPAIRS AT REASONABLE CHARGES. Hours: 9 A.m. to 5130 p.m. or by Appointment. Vancouver, B. C. | rCullZC Will Canada now calls on me . . .'to join in a great , National Savings Plan... necessary to win the war and vital to my ' own safety. -that the gallant men of the Army, Navy- and Air Force... now on the fighting front... need me on the financial front/^Ffaey need munitions, material and equipment... and only by my money which represents the production of war materials can this support be secured./Theyaremy proteaors.They call on me to be their provider. this will require hard work and many dollars. ■\ 4500 Fruit Pickers Strike In California Oxnard (Ventura County), Cal.— The strike of the Agricultural and Citrus Workers Union Local 22342, A. F. of 1... recently spread from the Seaboard Lemon Association, the Oxnard Citrus Association and the Satkoy- Lemon Association to the Ranchn ,Scspi. the Fillmore Citrus Association ami; according to reports, to tile Ventura Avenue Citrus Association, placing at approximately 4500 the number of pickers and packers who have walked out of their jobs in the above named plants. Deplorable Conditions The strike commenced recenHly when 1500 pickers refused to work the trees because of sub-standard wages, long hours and deplorable conditions, and were supported in their strike activities by over 900 packers who refused to go through the pickers' picket line*. * -that — Illfll only by hard work and frugal living ... by LENDING all I can to Canada ... can I do my part to help to win the war and establish our future'security. ■P.bl.ihrd W Sariagi I I ICQCC- that I will forego the purchase of unnecessary articles ... however small the cost... no matter how well I am able to pay for them... which take labourcand materials away from the great task of providing goods needed to win the war. —Ulal NOW . .. starting this month ... I will put a definite part of my income aside in War Savings Certificates. I will have it deducted regularly... each week... each month ... either from my pay envelope or from my savings account, by arrangement with my employer or my bank manager." (Signed by) cS^&aj2€i6^ ctf€aHCv6l Patronize Our Advertisersf '"i. ' « mimwwiiiw
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