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[The Labour Statesman]
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SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR LOCAL UNIONS TO EACH UNION MEMBER THE POUTICAt/ PARTY OP HIS CHOICE cTATt OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT MAN TRADES A LABOR COUNCIL ... aggggagaBSBig-SB— L-..'-™'mmm ■—__■" _..'"■ - g ™ ■■■ ■ ■ ■■ ■ ■ i _____: Number 623. VANCOUVER, CANADA, NOVEMBER, 1950 Established 1924 BUILD STRONG UNIONS SOCIAL PRIVATE FIRM FAILS TO OBTAIN WAGE INCREASE IN SHIPYARDS Workers Compelled to Strike in Order to Obtain a Decent Increase in Their Wage Scales FACED WITH A CONTINUOUS REFUSAL for wage increases after four and a half months of negotiating, threen hundred and sixty shipyard workers in Greater Vancouver went on strike. The strike was settled 2\]/2 days afterwards, by the employers of the two shipyards offering, and the strikers accepting a fifteen cents per hour wage increase, retroactive to August 1st, and other changes in the agreements. Two Victoria shipyards, whose employees were on the verge 61 striking settled for the same amount. —Forty-three—meetings—were—heh during thc six months of negotiations- After three and a half months of negotiations—mostly with a private firm representing the companies— (Labor Relations Bureau Ltd.)—not a cent in wage increase was offered. During this time the six A. F. of L, unions who were asking for a 15c increase, joined forces with the three CCL. unions who were asking for a 20c increase, and the 20c was established as the new demand along with other changes in the agreement A conciliation officer failed to get any offer from the company representative. A Conciliation Board awarded 6c and this was turned down by the unions and a strike vote was taken. Strike Gets Action The strike vote wbb 93 per cent in favor. The day following the result we asked the company if they were prepared to meet us again. They * agreed to a meeting, but at this meeting the company insisted upon having Mr. McLeod of the Labor Relations i Bureau continue the negotiations, after we, informed the company that we did not wish to meet with this firm any more, in view of the fact that this Arm had. failed to obtain even one cent of an increase in wages. We then put the strike into effect at ndon of that 'day (October 18th). Two days later the companies offered us a 9-cent (package) increase, which we turned down and at the same time we reduced our demand to a 20c package. After several other meetings the companies offered us an lie package which we again turned down and reduced our demand to an 18c package. Victoria In Picture By this time the Victoria unions were getting into the picture, and were taking a strike vote. A dual union, C.C.L. Machinists graup, then- signed an agreement for 8He increase and a group of. un.tfgan.__4, "laborers were'.also signed up by a CCL. man for the same rate. These groups also agreed to eliminate the three statutory holidays. After a favorable strike vote had been taken in Victoria they were offered 13c. Prior to this the Victoria groups had agreed to sign up for the same amount as tne Vancouver unions would sign up for, and a joint negotiation was planned. Having set up an objective of a straight 15c wage increase to which the Victoria union negotiators, at a meeting in Vancouver, had approved, the Victoria unions turned down the 13c. Strike deadlines were being set in Victoria, and knowing that the Vancouver unions were the key to the situation, the companies again called us into a meeting and offered us 14c. They then offered us 14He and this was turned down ,and we told the companies that.if they would offer 15c straight wage increase and better qualifications for three statutory holidays we would recommend acceptance to the strikers. Companira On the Run The companies agreed to let us know by the afternoon of the next day. We pointed out to them, however, that Victoria was scheduled for a walkout by noon the next day, but if they would make the 16c offer in the evening we might prevent the walkout. We pointed out that if Victoria came out on strike, we would not settle for 16c. The companies agreed to give us an answer that evening. The 15c was offered at 7:30 that evening and at a meeting of the committee at 8:30 we arranged to call a mass meeting of the strikers at 2 p.m. the next day and recommend acceptance. We also notified Victoria of the offer and our recommendation, and invited them to be at our mass meeting. Victoria informed us that they would also recommend acceptance if a similar offer was made. The same offer was made to Victoria by the Victoria companies the next day. ' Striken Xccept The mass meeting agreed to approve the recommendation and the men were instructed to return to work the next day or at their convenience. A hearty vote of thanks was given by the strikers to the negotiating committee and the strikers were praised by the committee for the strong showing they had made on the picket lines in the face of the cold and the rain. In attempting to changeTth^qujail fications for statutory holiday pay the committee had obtained an assurance from the companies that they would recommend and accept an agreement which would provide for holiday pay to men who worked five days within a pay period in which the holiday occurred, but that this was to be negotiated further. Before the men had returned to work, however, word was received that the company owners would not agree to the five- day plan. Having this information, the men showed up on the jobs, but the Pacific Drydock men refused to go to work until this matter had been straightened up. The committee again met the companies and, after an all-day session, worked out the following clause which is to be inserted in the agreements. Statutory Holidays "Any employee who works thirteen days in two pay periods, the one previous to the paid holiday and the one in which the paid holiday falls, shall be paid for such holiday at the rate of a day's pay provided that if work is available, and he is required to work, one of the thirteen days shall be the first working day following the holiday." In addition to this clause your committee obtained the following changes in the agreements: A 16c per hour wage increase across the board, retroactive to August 1, 1960. On termination of employment (including discharge) where practicable, employees on the day shift shall be paid off at the end of their normal »fe_rtf:ej^Bloyees-on the second shift shall be paid off at noon of the day following; and employees on the third shift shall be paid off by noon of the day of termination. There shall be an interval of eight hours between stopping and starting time, and no employee shall be required to resume work without such interval having elapsed. On other than ship repair work, the above (Clause 30) conditions shall prevail and men shall be paid at the prevailing field scale rate. Men employed boiler scaling shall be paid time and one-quarter handyman's rate whilst so engaged. New Wage Scale. The journeymen's scale will now range from $1.60 per hour up, with thc laborers' and helpers' scales ranging up from $1.30. The six Metal Trades Council unions and negotiating committee members were: Machinists No. 692. J. McMillan and Dick Osman; Painters' Union No. 138, J. Eaves and Ed. Kennedy; Plumbers' Union No. 170, Frank Carlisle and J. Barton; Sheet Metal Workers No. 280, James Walker and A. McGee; Shipwrights and Joiners No. 606, Jack Evans and Tom Wilson; Operating Engineers No. 115, Herb Flesher and A. W. Scott The three Canadian Congress of Labor Unions were: Marine Workers and Boilermakers Industrial Union No. 1, W. L. White and Wm. Stewart; Electrical Trades Union No. 1, Robt. Adair and Sam. Shannon; Blacksmiths and Helpers Union No. 1, C Cavill. H. W. Watts, secretory of the Metal Trades Council, acted as chairman and spokesman for tbe Joint Committee. Birt Showier Runs Again For Alderman I SECURITY Birt Showier, secretary of the Milk Salesmen & Dairy Employees' Union and' also of the Teamsters' Joint Council, is again a candidate for reelection as alderman in Vancouver. As is well known, he does not act like a good politician. He is not a glad-hander — does not pass out cigars, slap you on the back or any of the other things that are supposed to make a good politician. His actions on the City Council also shows up his idiosyncrasies. One day his reported statements will be given general approval but the next day he'll get a round of condemnation. He has a tendency to lash out and let the chips fall where they may. He is.not the rubber stamp type, hence when he makes a statement, as he is always doing, it either meets with general approval or produces general criticism. Possibly that is why a man of that type has his usefulness on a city council. Dividends Most trade unionists don't own any stock; they never receive any dividends to help them stretch out the money in their pay envelopes. But they can perhaps be excused if they pause,- now .nnd then, to look over the official figures showing how much money people who do own stocks receive in corporate dividends. The United States Department of Commerce reports that in September, the latest month for which figures are available, United States corporations paid out some $1,920,000,000 in dividends. That is an increase of 60 per cent over the dividends paid out in September a year ago. How many people own the stocks upon which these enormous dividends are paid? Here are some more figures, taken from official Government sources: One per cent of the population receives 65 per cent of all dividends paid to individuals. The next four per cent gets 12 per cent At all dividends. All others—96 per cent of the population—gets only 23 per cent of the dividends.—The Machinist. Molders' Union Boosts Wages in 17 Plants Wage.increases of 12 and 13 cents have been obtained in 17 plants, Delegate J. L. Tribe, vice-president of the Metal Trades Council, reported to the delegates of the council last Wednesday night. The wage increase affecting sbme 450 men will bring the journeymen's rate up to $1.58 per hour and the helper's rate will boosted to between $1.18 and $1.34 per hour. Lou Herzeg, Business Agent of the Union, states that another five firms have yet to be contacted for a similar wage increase, and he is of the opinion that, having lined up these 17 other firms, the remainder will not be long in getting into line. Upward Revision of Pensions Sidetracked The Supreme Court of Canada has -lael_!^--into—a-cocked hat;—forThe- time being, and maybe indefinitely— the hopes of Canada's wage earners for early upward revision of Canada's Old Age Pension Act payments. Practically nothing was heard on the matter from the politicians who had sidestepped the demand led by organized labor—for better pensions without a means test at a lower age —by pointing to a September Dominion-Provincial „ Conference. Health Minister Paul Martin had said "careful consideration" would be given at the .conference to the pension act revisions proposed by a joint parlia. mentary committee embracing all parties. "Careful" I. Right But a battery of newspaper reporters, who covered the conference, were unable to report any comment on the pension act at all. Then the Supreme" Court said its piece. What the Court said was that, under Canada's constitution, "federal and provincial governments cannot exchange powers assigned to them" by that constitution. In effect, this stymied the efforts of the Dominion Government to trade increased old age pension benefits for certain tax rights now held by the provinces. The September conference was presumably held to clear the way for such an exchange. Then the Supreme Court ruled that such a deal could not be made even if the federal and provincial governments wanted to. And there was already some doubt that not everybody concerned —including Quebec Premier Duplessis—wanted to. Saskatchewan Premier Ted Douglas held out the only ray of hope that was visible in the public press. He said he hoped the provinces would appeal to the Privy Council. Saskatchewan, he said, would be interested in.associating i**r-rf -with sifMi an appeal. Nine other provinces and the fed^ eral government were still to be heard from at press time. FOR HEALTHY GROWTH Vitamin D in some form should be taken every daty, all year 'round, throughout the growing years. Although the sun's rays are a source of Vitamin D, smoke, fog and dust prevent the ultra-violet rays from reaching the skin where they can form vitamin D. This makes it necessary to ensure that vitamin D is added artificially to the child's diet in order that strong, healthy bones and teeth may be developed. PUBLIC STENOGRAPHY SERVICE... AVAILABLE IN LABOR TEMPLE Room 119— MURYL JOSLYN —FA 8936 307 WEST BROADWAY Home T.I.. PA. 5093 KuneoroplU-ur, typing-, oorre.mna.aee, malUnj lists, •p_T«.m._u. brief*, reports, ni»nu_crlpt», ste. Wage Cost On New Car Is $175 Detroit (LPA)—If your auto dealer tries to tell you it is the high wages which make cars cost so much, show him these figures from "Automotive News." The breakdown is on a Chevrolet Fleetline Bpecial four-door sedan, with a delivered price here of $1,460, including dealer delivery, handling charge and federal taxes. Of the $1,460, 7 per cent ($102) is federal excise tax. Of the $1,358 balance, 26 per cent ($340) is the dealer's markup. That leaves $1,018 as ' the manufacturer's wholesale price. Of this, 24.4 per cent ($248) goes for wages and salaries, but only 70 per cent ($175) of the $248 goes to hourly workers, while the company clears $198 on each Chevy. Jack Henderson Up For School Trustee Again Machinists To Vote On Returning to A.F.L. The Executive Council of the International Association of Machinists have voted unanimously to urge the Union's more than 600,000 members to reaffiliate with the American Federation of Labor. The I. A. of M. council directed a membership referendum on reaffilia- tion to be held in January. President A. J. Hayes said that all the differences between the International Association of Machinists and the A. F. of L., which led to the withdrawal of the I. A. of M. in 1945, had been worked out and a verba] understanding reached. Jack Henderson, an old-time member of Operating Engineers' Union, Local No. 882, and getting to be an old-timer on the Vancouver School Board, is standing again for reelection. Jack has often stated that he wished he could get another good labor man on the Board of School Trustees, because sometimes he has to put up a pretty stiff fight to get some of his suggestions approved by the other trustees. There are many things that have to be viewed from a working man's angle at these meetings, and were it not for the fact that Jack is a good fighter as well as a good speaker, there would not be as much progress in the adoption of favorable -working class- ideas as there has been. From year to year the Board of School Trustees have the say in the spending of incomes that have long passed the million dollar mark, hence a labor man on such a board can be of vital interest to labor on all construction, maintenance and instruction. This year's expenditures will pass the nine million dollar mark. Brother Henderson holds down some other jobs in which labor representation is of importance, although he also has to hold down a daily job as an engineer. He is chairman of the Labor-Veterans Relations Committee, an organization that attempts to maintain harmony between labor and veteran groups and in which splendid success has been obtained. He is also secretary of the Vancouver Athletic Association where it is necessary to see that the boys who do the wrestling' and BSiirigget a square deal. His other activities include community associations and continued interest in his union affairs. Social Afternoon by Jubilee Committee The Social Committee of the Children's Jubilee Summer Camp Association is holding a Bazaar and Afternoon Tea on Wednesday, December 6th, from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m., in the Veteran's Community Hall, 47th Ave. and Fraser Street There will be home-cooking, sewing, knitting, novelties, white-elephant, fortune telling and a draw will be held. Everybody welcome. —Mrs. M. Lenfesty. 6REETIN6 CARDS Fred Hume (lets Into *' Civic Politics Again Fred Hume, well known in labor circles for many years, is a candidate for mayor in Vancouver. As an old- time member of the Electrical Workers' Union he continued to keep in the good books of organized labor when he went into business aa an electrical contractor. He has always maintained a union agreement with the union and has become the biggest employer of union electrical workers in this district Nation-wide Increase . For Pulp Industry About 25,000 workers in the vast pulp and paper industry have obtained an interim wage increase amounting on the average to slightly more than five per cent of the rates in force in current contracts. Unions affected include the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters, and the International Union of Operating Engineers. The British Columbia pulp and paper companies agreed to amend the existing contracts to provide a 5 per cent general wage increase amounting in the maximum to not more than 10 cents an hour. These contracts run to June 30, 1961, but may be reopened again before May 1st At that date the weekly hours of work will be reduced from 44 to 42. The Ontario Group of Newsprint, Kraft and Pulp Mills granted an increase of 6 per cent in all cases except the Paper Makers' standard rate. This is raised from $1.05 to $1.11. The new rates became effective on November 1st The Quebec' and New Brunswick Companies have agreed to an increase of 5 per cent to all workers except those covered by the Standard Minimum Wage Schedule. This rate will be increased by 5 cents an hour. 65. O. VC C*Al Sn "That tyrannical boss of my husband's is sick. Hare you any 'Get- Worse'cards?" Civic Employees Battle Opens New Fronts Battling Civic Employees have opened up three more fronts in the anti-communist dual union fight in Vancouver. At a meeting of the new union, Local No. 407, held in the Labor .Temple on Sunday night, officers were elected and an immediate policy set up. In spite of the stiff battle put up by Local No. 28, the new union claims a membership of 400, hence with 1200 members still to be accounted for, a big fight ia still, in the offing. The new union, officially chartered by the T. L. C, elected a slate of officers and approved a three-point policy to wrest authority from those in control of Civic Employees' Union, Local 28, alleged pro-Communist Bargaining Right* Immediate policy of Local. 407 is: -That-authority-be given to the~ executive board to bargain in every department where the union has the majority; 2. That the new local seek affiliation with the local Civic Federation, composed of the police, firemen and city hall staff. -'■■•■"■'.— 3. That application be made for affiliation with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. The four-hour meeting, attended by 141 paid-up members and a score or so other outside workers interested in joining Local 407, elected Sam Lindsay president from a nomination list of three. Lindsay was president of Local 28 until the recent "split" a month ago. Other officers elected were: Bert Whyte, vice-president; Jack Hawthorne, recording secretary; Len Emmery, secretary-treasurer; Tommy Jackson, sergeant-at-arms; and Ted' Sickstrom, Bill Larnick, and Francis Kirkpatrick, trustees. MONTREAL MOLDERS 90th ANNIVERSARY President Percy R. Bengough of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada is expected to be a special guest when Local 21, International Molders and Foundry Workers of North America, celebrates its 90th birthday early in January. Local 21 is one of the oldest locals in Canada of any International or other Union. Congress Provides Organizing Leaflets For New Campaign As part of tbe renewed organizing - drive of the Congress during the coming .months, two new organizational pamphlets have been designed and printed. They are Just off the press. Meeting a demand expressed in recent months and in accord with the decisions taken by the Executive in its post-Convention meeting'in Montreal in September, the two pamphlets tell a well-rounded though simple story of why workers should join a union of The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. One pamphlet is in the form of a contact card with which is combined a statement of the "Platform of Principles" of the Congress and a complete list of the organized workers already affiliated to the Congress. The extensive diversity of the affliated membership of the Congress easily makes it the "Greatest Canadian Family" and as the. pamphlet says, "there is a place for you, your trade, vocation or profession in The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada." The contact card is perforated and thus easily detachable for mailing, leaving the factual information concerning the Congress inthe hands ofthe prospective trade unionist. The other pamphlet if brilliantly attractive and addresses its story in pictures and few words to the unorganized workera—"You Need A Union." "Will you remain OUTSIDE looking in, or come INSIDE •nd go forward with us, for we are making progress through our UNION, says the pamphlet This leaflet will be useful for distribution. Space is left on the back for indicating the time and place of a proposed union or organizational meeting.. Arrangements may be made for obtaining supplies of eother or both of these organizational pamphlets by writing to the General Secretary- Treasurer at the Congress office in Ottawa. , Look For Puis Label on TAXlfr <*« lumps siBvitil TEAMSTERS: UB.l V IT 15 YOIR USUMNCE OF UNION SERVICE 0 -Page. Two THE LABOR STATESMAN November, 1950. This -dvertiirmerpt-ii not pubiUhed-QE- displayed ty the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia "BUILD B.C. PAYROLLS" BABIES LOVE PACIFIC Homogenized for easier digestion, always uniformly good,' Pacific Milk is recommended by doctors for infants' formulas. Increased Vitamin D content makes it a vital food—necessary for building strong healthy bodies. Get Pacific Milk for your baby today. Pacific Milk Vacuum Packed and Homogenized ATTEND YOUR UNION MEETINGS This space donated by Bill Couper 724 Seymour Street THE LABOR STATESMAN > Published third Thursday in each month at Labor Temple, "• -—-± .' 307 West Broadway, Vancouver, B. C. - Authorised as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council Subscription Rates: $1.00 per year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phonet FAirmont 4343 Vancouver, Canada, November, 1950. BALMORAL HOTEL Say: "MEET ME AT THE BALMORAL A Si_.nr.l_- modem—oomfortnbly w furalskea . . . M retnlalag a qnl.t, dl*nia«d MMMM Sat np»-«« It a wtloonu pise* to ma* or meat yonr friends. Mausers: MIKE KOSKI BOB PATTER80N "JOHNNY" McKBNZIB Fhonai Maine 31*8 > 159 East Hastings Street VANCOUVBR, B.C For OOODNESS Sake . , . DAD'S ORKHNAl. Oatmeal Cookies The Most Driiclous Health Biscuit . Ever Made WKea'. tending p.._"HS' overseas don't forget to include some Dad's Cookies. "They Will' be greatly appreciated over there! DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B.C.) LIMITED Ut Kingsway, Vancouver, B.C. NEW FIELD FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE A new field has been opened up, and may almost be' called a racket, for private enterprise, in disputes between organized labor and employers of labor. It seems that several firms have set themselves up as negotiating- enterprises, in which they offer themselves to employers of labor, to carry on the negotiations of employers with the unions involved.in efforts to obtain adjustments to union agreements These firms can prolong the negotiations, draw up voluminous briefs, obstruct peaceful settlements of disputes and in other ways turn such negotiations into a racket, expensive both to organized labor and to employers of labor. One such glaring instance has recently taken place in the ship yards in Vancouver. Shipyard unions asked for wage increases and other changes in their agreements in May of this year. A meeting was held in June with officials of the shipyards. The next meeting however, these officials were out of the picture and the job was taken over by a firm known as Industrial Relations Bureau Ltd. It appears that having found out that negotiations were being carried on, this firm saw a chance to horn in on the matter and were successful in selling the idea to the shipyard companies. Tlw-Uftre^rtTegetiatmg-TomniiUee held iire£tings~with this firm for six weeks, with no company official in sight, and not one cent was offered or any other condition in the proposed agreement approved. A conciliation officer was then called in but after five meetings with the conciliator there was still no offer from this firm. In other words, the unions were dealing with a racket and not with a negotiator. A Conciliation Board was then set up, and this firm continued la represent--tbe company at the Board meetings, and presented a brief of thirty pages, done up in expensive form that must have cost the shipyard companies a nice big sum of money. In the meetings with this Board no effort was made to approve of any wage increase. Hence another month of fruitless negotiations passed. The unions took a strike vote, and this being favorable, one more effort was made to negotiate with the companies. The com panies insisted upon this private firm continuing the negotiations for them, having been successful in opposing the union's requests for changes in the agreement. This was when the union took direct action. The men were taken out of the two yards, and the companies were then confronted with a new situation. The Labor Relations Board then got the companies and the unions together, but we told the Board that we wquldnot give any recognition to the private1 firm, but would walk out of thc meeting if this firm attempted to do the negotiating. We won our point and the company officials offered, a nine- cent wage increase at this first meeting with .them, after four and a half months of negotiating with the private firm. Labor was now in the saddle. It had been made real mad. The peaceful negotiations, which the ICA Act called for had been turned into a farce, a mulligan, by this private firm, so we continued t. turn down every offer of the company until the company met our original demands of fifteen cents, made by the Metal Trades Council on .behalf of its affiliated unions. The demands were met, the private firm had already passed out of the picture with its tail between its legs, and the money which the shipyard companies paid to this private firm and which they lost through the useless actions of the firm, will be long remembered and regretted. NATIONALIZE STEEL, KILL WAR PROFIT^ LONDON— JXE4)."-^Higher-output, gfeater efficiency, removal of profits from rearmament .—.these are the three big advantages British laborites see in public ownership of the nation's steel industry. THOS. H. CLARK PAIIITIKO OOMTBAOTOm PAINTINO. DECORATING AND 8PRATINO Work Qunrentted Phone I AI.m» 1613 SSS* WIIT EIQHTEEMTH 1VI. The Government will\ake over all the outstanding stocks and bonds of 92 iron and steel companies February 16, 1951. The owners will get government bonds paying 3 per cent in terest, in place of the average 5 to 6 per gent they've been receiving. But the government insists this is a square deal, because of the greater security the bondholders will enjoy. Keep It Expanding Laborites insist public ownership is necessary to keep the steel industry expanding to meet the needs of rearmament, the civilian economy and the vast plans for development of the backward areas of the world which labor has put forward. They point out that, before the war, steefowners resisted expansion and modernization. Lately, under the threat of nationalization, the steel makers have been doing better. But, Laborites say, the nation's welfare should not depend on the decisions of a handful of wealthy men. Higher efficiency, too, is a labor objective. The companies are being taken over as they stand, and in the beginning they'll retain their old identities. But, as time goes on, more and more of them will be combined to obtain more efficient operation. Obsolete plants will be junked, snd modern ones built. The small average size of British steel companies is such that the entire 92 turn out only half as pinch as U. S. Steel, and only a little more than Bethlehem. Ana Stall Layoff*! What concerns steel workers is the risk of shutdowns in had times. In 1948 their union, as a contribution to Britain's recovery effort, changed its rules so as to make continuous seven- days-a-week operation of the smelting shops possible. Steel unionists don't want to wake up one day to find thely've worked themselves out of their jobs. In short, they see greater security in public ownership. Churchill and his Tories have threatened to put the industry back into private hands if they win the next election. But they aren't getting much support from the public for their stand. The average Britisher doesn't sense any great threat to his way of life in public ownership for steel. Cutie—"I have broken my glasses. Will I have to be examined ail over again?" Optician—"No, only your eyes." Glasses For $6 In Union Optical Plan New York.—More than 20 locals of the American Federation of Labor are today participating in an optical service whereby the members are receiving glasses and eye examinations at a phenomenally low cost. The service, started more than four years ago. is run on a limited profit basis. The books of the Union Optical Plan, as it is called, are open for inspection by the unions which have agreements with it Just published is a combined report to the A.F.L. locals for the year 1949 which shows that 10,169 unionists participated of whom 9871 were sup plied with glasses. The average unit cost of the glasses was $5.71, which is well under half the citywide average. Heading up this programme as director is the man who first thought of the idea, Bernard J. Englander, a bombardier-navigator in World War II with 50 missions to his credit, who wanted to do something for working people, many of whom are mulcted by fast-talking salesmen who want to sell glasses, and fancy frames. There are two kinds of agreements between unions and the plan. The union can issue identification cards with which members and their families get service at agreed upon rates. The other method calls for the union's welfarar^und meeting the eajWIBBPr'''''"'^(pP*^ ""•"'-* Only union material is used by the plan and all its employees are union members. Victoria Trades and Labor Council Notes Brother Aubry reporting for the Retail Clerks, No. 1518 and 279, stated that an agreement had been concluded with Safeway Stores »at Nanaimo giving a 2c per hour increase and hie per hour Cost of Living bonus retroactive to July 30, 1949. The Hudson's Bay agreement had been concluded, giving a 5 per cent increase across the board and a raise in tbe minimum wage from $22 to $24 per week and other concession- including? provisions for the union representative to collect dues during working hours. Brother Aubry stated that tbe Groceteria in the Bay is now organized 100 per cent, and certification has been applied for. Brother Litster, reporting for the Bakery and Confectionery Workers, stated agreement had been reached with McGavin Bakeries, Weston Bakeries and Canadian Bakeries, giving increases of $3.50 per week for male and $2.00 per week for female employees and janitors. Two new classifications are included in the cake shop—semi and fully automatic cake wrappers. The agreement provides that the employer gives 2 weeks' notice before an employee commences vacation. This agreement brings the Victoria Local on a par with Vancouver. Brother Callan, reporting for the Operating Engineers, stated certification had been granted for the Engi neering-Maintenance men at the Weiler Building and Ritz Hotel. A new agreement for the New Method Laundries had been completed giving lQc per hour increase to Engineers ai|d 12c to FlMmen and Maintenance men. Negotiations at St Joseph's Hospital had finally been completed after several months of bargaining and a threatened strike. Tbe agreement provides for 7c per hour increase to Chief Engineer and 5c per hour to Shift Engineer, Maintenance man and Firemen, retroactive to June 1st and a further 3c increase across the board, retroactive to September 1st. Brother Callan expressed the appreciation of his local to Brother Geo. Wilkinson, Labor Relations Board, for his efforts on numerous occasions in an attempt to avert* a strike at St Joseph's Hospital. Brother Calvert, reporting for the Plasterers, stated a new agreement had been concluded with the Master Plasterers, giving an increase of 12He per hour retroactive to October 1st This brings their hourly rate to $1.75 and time and one-half for work on .swing scaffold. He stated 6 new members had come into the local. Brother Misner, reporting for the Papermakers, stated their local is sponsoring a hockey team and requested that if delegates knew of any hockey players that they contact the union. He pointed out that their membership felt that by taking an active interest in outside matters, it would show the public that they are interested in other things besides strikes, increased wages, etc. Sister Sanders pointed out the de Slorable conditions in the Parker lanufacturing Co. (Victoria Bed £ Mattress "Co.) and asked if anything could be done in this plant Brother Midgley stated he had tried on many occasions to organize these employees but they had finally set up a company onion. It's Easier to Get Social Security Now „ In .addition to -increasing benefits and covering more workers, the new social security amendments in - the United States, made it easier to qualify for benefits. Previously, wage earners had to work approximately half the time from 1937 until they reached 65 or died, with a maximum requirement of 10 years of work. Under the new provisions, effective in September, the requirement has been reduced. Now the wage earner must work only half the time from 1951 until he reaches 65 or dies, with a maximum requirement of 10 years of work and a minimum of about a year and a half. That means that any worker now 65 or- over can qualify for old-age retirement benefits if he has worked a year and a half any time since the social security programme began in 1937. To be exact, the law says wages of $50 must have been paid in at least six calendar quarters after January 1, 1937. Estimates are that aboot half a million retired elderly people will im mediately become eligible for social security benefits under this change. HOW EMBARRASSING! In Copenhagen, a Danish labor paper reported the following unfor-1 irettable experience of a union mem-! ber: "A beautiful young and shapely model st rolled across the stage dur-1 ing a fashion show in a coat and nightgown. The housecoat was hand-: some. Thc model, with a fascinating smile, threw open the housecoat to! display the nightgown to the aud-j ience. There was a gasp and then vigorous applause. She had forgotten ! to don the nightie I" Emotional 111 Health Is Second Greatest Cause for Time Off Montreal (LPA)— Next to the common cold, emotional ill health is the greatest cause for loss of time on the job, according to Dr. H. Graham Ross. In an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Ross said that the major causes for extreme tension are excessive speed demands; excessive noise, vibration and temperature; unexpected increases of work demand; jobs hcyofld or not up to employee's capacity; "deadline" jobs and constant monotonous repetition of the same routine. Poor social relationship with coworkers may also cause workers to become ill. Dr. Ross said, along'with strict rigidity in the matter of job standards, due to supervisory discipline ; necessity for subordinating the individual's interest to the group; inadequate qualifications; insufficient or inadequate supervision—either too little or too much direction. Mother words." Son—"Shakespeare uses them. Mother—"Well, don't play him any more." "Stop using those bad with Now is the time to order you Christmas Cards. Get those bearing the Union Label. ' —Ed Smith. Why not buy Union Hade Prod- ncts and patronize Union Services 'every day. Union Label Corner Electioii'' of Officers for Vancouver Unibn Label Trades Council at Oct 20th regular meeting. Sister Ada Halloran, President of the Council for the past three years, who is also President of International Garment Workers Union, Local 232, declined nomination in order to devoae more time to other duties. The Council had made great progress during her three years of office and her decision was accepted with regret by the delegates, whose respect and support she had gained by her sincere hard work given at all times to the advance and promotion of the Union Label and all it stands for. Her loyalty will remain long" in the minds of her fellow delegates. The new officers elected were: President, George Johnson, Meat Cutters & Butcher Workers' Local 212; vice-president, Dave Wade, Retail Grocery & Food Clearks Local 1518; secretary-treasurer, Edward Smith, Painters & Decorators Local 138 (for his 12th term); sergeant- at-arms, R. Annala, Hotel & Restaurant Employees' Local 28; trustees. Reg. Lenfesty, Teamsters Lo- Cal 31; Mrs. E. Armstrong, Garment Workers Local 232, and J. Hinke, Photo Engravers Local 54. President Halloran installed the new officers into their respective offices. It was reported that the Beverage Dispensers Local 676 had moved into their own building at 440 W. Pender St. They are the only local in Canada to have their own headquarters. The Hotel & Restaurant Em ployees Union has taken offices in the new quarters. -Keep-up^the-gotroV work, 676. Reports of1 the Congress conven tion were given by Trustee Len festy and Secretary Smith. Members of the Union Label Committee of the Congress were received with great interest. To further promote the education of the membership of the Vancouver Locals and create full,attendance to the meetings, various International Union Officers have been contacted for the loan of films they had showing their members in training to produce the finished products of their various Crafts. These films give us some knowledge of the skill and ability needed to keep pace with the present day requirements in industry. The Retail Grocery & Food Clerks Union is in the process of making a film. In choosing those to take part in this film, six ladies and six men from locals in six divisions in the North West were selected and two men and women chosen to lie sent to Hollywood for a week. Vice-president Wade reported that Miss M. Marino, a member of this local, employed by the Safeway Store at Broadway and Cambie St., had the honor to be selected as one to take part in this film and will soon be on her way to Hollywood. Good luck and God speed, Miss Marino. Your "Council, in planning its winter activities hope to include the showing of films at every meeting or every other meeting, and in order to gain desired results a full attendance of delegates is essential. Affiliated locals please note; ours is •a sincere effort and inorder to make greater progress it is necessary you have delegates that attend. Please co-operate by seeing that delegates temporarily working out of the city are replaced by an alternate?' Atiy local that recently elected delegates please notify Secretary Ed. Smith. Thank you! > Meetings are held in Hall 6, Labor Temple every third Friday in each month at 8 p.m. Address all communications to Box 6, 307 W. Hinail- way, Vancouver. Qp-So Casl Sn>Mmrrt\ "We can't give our employees a raise because we must spend thousands to tell the public why-we can't give our employees a raiser' Ontario's Civil Servants Affiliate The Civil Service Association of Ontario in its recent balloting on the question of affiliation to The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada voted overwhelmingly in favor of such action. The vote as reported showed that the members voting favored affiliation by two to one. A meeting of the Executive of the Civil Service Association will take place later this month in Toronto to consider the result of the ballot and what action should be taken as a __esult_ One very noticeable result of the taking of the vote- on affiliation to the Congress has been the change in attitude of the Government of Ontario in its relations with its own employees. Several items of disagreement have been cleared away. —T. L. C. News. A.F.L. Electricians Get $150 Monthly Pensions New York (LPA)—A $150 monthly employer-paid pension plan has been won by Local 3 here of the A.F.L. Electrical Workers in agreement with the New York • Electrical Contractors' Association. The plan, covering 8500 electricians, was authorized by a pension committee of the joint union-contractor board. Every phase of the pension programme will be financed by the contractors. The welfare plan, also employer-paid, includes hospitalization for the workers and their families, surgical costs, disability and life insurance, free dental treatment, a convalescent home on Long Island, anil .scholar ships to Columbia and Cornell Universities for children of Local 3 members. Phone i FAIr. E773 Thompson 8C Company Warm Air Heating General Sheet Metal Work Furnaces and Repairs OU Main St, Vancouver, & C. RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Manufacturers of Leader Sawdust Burners It. D. McDougall, Prop. ' Patterns and Models of Every Description -—.• .Gearing -.--PiwpeaSHr* All Work Guaranteed Estimates Given 114 West 5th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Phone: FA. 8371 RAY'S PATTERN WORKS Mt. Pleasant Undertaking Co. Ltd, KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE Kindliness — Understanding — Dependability Lady Attendant _— —— Phones: FAirmont 0058 and 0059 YALE HOTEL 1300 GRANVILLE STREET Fully Licensed Refreshments Served John Corlctt, Prop. AUSTIN HOTEL Licensed Premises — Good Service 1221 GRANVILLE ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. THE STRAND HOTEL iro« rirrr v.ami 624 Hastings Street West (near Granville) THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL IN THE CITY FULLY LICENSED — POLITE SERVICE -V*-*"- November, 1950. THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three Trades Union Directory LABOR TEMPLE, 307 BROADWAY WEST Amalgamated Heat Cutter* end B. W., Local 313—Representative, Geo. John- «ton, 203 Labor Temple; FA »477. Auto Workera' Union, Lodge No. ISS7, I. A. of at.—Buaineaa Agent, Gordon Webb, 111 Labor Temple; FA 8617. Bakery Salesmen, Local IBS), I. B. T. O. and H.— Bunln.Bn Agent, E. Holmea, «06 Labor Temple; FA. 1714. Bakers' Union, Local 468 — Buslnesa A ..-pit, Melvln Kemmla, No. S. Labor Temple, 807 W. Broadway; FA 4S2». Barbara — International Journeymen of America, Bo.. )30 — Secretary, C. E. Herrett, 115 Libor Temple; FA 8782. Beverage Dlepemers and Onllnary Work. era, Wo. 838— Secretary, J. Dye, 1241 Clinton St.; DExter 21SI-F. Beverage Dispensers and Onllnary Work. i. No. 676—Bualneaa Manager. F. w II Waat Haatlnga St.; MA. 4*41. era Mill! Blaekamltha* Union, Local 151 — Secretary, P. Mltcball, 1701 Dublin St., New Weatreinater- ■ ~ ^~ Boiiermaiere' Union, Bo. 36» — Business Agent. Jamea Downle, 621 Beatty St; TAtlow 1047. BoUennakere' Union, Looal IM—SecreUry. P. Moore, Box 422, New Westminster, B- C. Bookblnden' Union, Local 105—Recording Secretary, F. Milne, 077 Brough ton St.; TAtlow 4021. Brick li Ctay Worker*' Union, Bo, 138— Secretary, E. F. Ayllng, Ctayburn, B. C. Bricklayers' Union, Local No. l—L. j'ail- gett, Br., 3393 W. Jiat; KErr. 6201-R. Claybur ."".—LVa Bnlldlng Laborers' Union, Local B02 — Secretary. L. J. Millman, J07 Weat Broadway. Phone FAIr. 8122. —*s***toWjS*a*wttf IDSoxTtNaw Weat- mlnater) No. 1070 — Secretary, T. forter, ISO* Sixth St.; pbone N.W. I17I-B. ■aUdta* Material aad Ftul Trnok Drivers' Union, Local SIS—Bualneaa Agent. H Bonnell, 101 Labor Temple; phone Building Bervlce Employees, U.-al SM -Bnalaaaa Agent, r. Pander St.; Phona MArine li'ot. jrbrew. Ill fr. Building- Trades Council — Secretary, Lou C. It. Souter, 102 Labor Temple; phone FA 4343. Carpentera' Union, Ho. ISO—Recording Secretary, H. P. Hamilton; Fin. Sec., J. G. Smith: Business Agents: J. Stevenson and R. E. Guthrie. Labor Tem plei FAirmont 2218. Oarjuntare' Union (Chilliwack), Bo. 1843 — Seeretary. J. E. Towea, Box. 481, Chilliwack, B.C. Carpentera' Union (Courtenay), No. 1638 R.R. No. 1, Rec. Sec, C. Iveraon, Courtenay, B. C. Carpentera, Local 1851 (Haw Weatmln- **">—Business Agent, Robt Groves, _,. ' .,'5_. .J"?.--New Westmlnstei. Phone N.W. 1556Y. Carpentera (Nanaimo), Local No. 527 _ Secretary, John Oddson, 253 Nlcol St., Nanaimo, B. C. ■;. w Oanjaltty Union Ho. Slatr6rTsLXo.nl) Alb.™" B^C 8tUbb' °°X ""' Por' Cement I-lnl.her* 80S)—Bualneaa villa, 10< Labor (Seotlon of Looal No. Agent. W. J. Iiasker- Templa; FA 1122. ««7 Hall Employee*, Local 59— Bualneaa Agent. W M Black. 118 Labor Temple; FAirmont 1221. ' Olrto Employees' Union (Burnaby), Ho. 83—Secretary. J. p. Simpson, 955 llth Ave.. New Westminster. Olvlo Bmployees' Union, Looal 88—Bualnesa Agent. Donald Guise. .9 West _HaaUng.St^ Phone PAclflc 4641 PTO*tH__."SS« ^^f'1 740, Room J, 440 West Pender Street W. Mo- )P»-rmont. Secretary. PAclflc 7931. lerola): Telegraphers' Union. C.P.R f.lalon Np. I—W. Py*. Box 422, V_nV Knitwear Local Ho. 387. I.L.G.W.—Secretary, Mrs. A. Marshall, 119 Weat Tender Street. Union Certification Construction and General Labourers Union, Local 1093, A.P.L., for ;the Employees <5f G. H. Wheaton, employed as labourers ""and compressor operators at Victoria. Kamloops Municipal Employees l««>ers (Hew Weatmlnater) Local Ho. 358—Secretary, Wllf. Wails, 1752 Edmonds St.; New West. 2303-R3. ''•__*•*!.. Bnl0"' »oeai 807 — Secreury, M. Flnlayson. 4141 Dumfries St.; FA. 0171-T. CCF. Issues Civic Election Programme Newcomers to Vancouver may be confused by the statement of the Non-Partisan Association that the candidates of the Co-operative Com- laundry Workara, Ho. 883 — Buslnesa Agent. J. H. Irving, 112 Labor Temple; FAirmont 9612. f Lumber and Sawmill Workers, U. B. C, Local Ho. 2888 — Secretary, Hugh Wood. 101 Labor Temple; FA. 1712. Machinists, Ho. 188 — Secretary, Ward. 319 East 17th Avenue. A B. Machinists, local 888—Business Agent Alf. Dyer, 11) Labor Temple; phone FA 1517, Machinists A If. Lodge, Ho. Lord. No. * New Westmlnater. 151—Secretary, 3, 605 llth Avenue, Mailers' Union, Ho. 70—Secretary, D. R. Durno, 3624 West 14th Avenue. Vancouver. Malntenance-of-Way Employeea, Local 31—Secretary, G. R. Mills, -Copper Creek, via Savona, B. C. **»rtn. Engineers, National AssooUtlon of, conncU Ho. 7—Secretary. H. B. Mc Kfe, 319 Weat Pender Street Phone: PAclflc 8649. Mlllworkera (Sash, Door and Fixture) Local No. 1928—Socretary Stanley Haylock, 3224 Norfolk St., Burnaby. Phono c-o FAirmont 9712. Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees, Ji0-21.1 i64 ZT Secretary, Birt Showier, 200 Labor Temple; FA 1718. -rAgsnirLouT.T__r.eg. 101 Labor Ten- pie; FAirmont 9712. Motion Picture Froj.otionists, Looal 348, Business Manager. T. E. Foley; Secretary, Frank M. Smith, P.O.Box 345; Phone MArlne. 3043. ^'"• •■>«* "»• Musicians' Union, Local 140 —Buslnesa Manager, Geo. E. Leach, Suit* 61, 5(1 Granville SL PAclflc 7842. Office Employeea' Int Union, Local Ho. 15—Secretary, E. D. King, 307 W. Broadway; FAirmont 8714. Painters Looal 138—Bualneaa Manager, FA 9771VM' I17 L*b0r T,mDl,; Bn0M P _# fc_____a_!* ¥******* *•*•»*• j"**! ?°-,„1B_!0-=_<,CI'et«ry. I* J- Prlbyl, 150 E. 49 th. Phone FRaser 8211. rnpar Makers' International Brotherhood, (Ocean rails) Local Ho. 380 — Secretary, w. P. Martin, Ooean Falls. loops. International Union of Ooperat- ing Engineers, Local 115, A.P.L., for employees of West Coast Salvage and Contracting Co. Ltd., employed as operators, firemen, and deckhands on floating derricks and shovel operators and oilers in B.C. United Association of Journeymen .and Apprentices of Plumbing <and Pipe fitting industry of United States and Canada, Local 170, A.P.L., for employees of Pollis Plumbing and Heating Co.; Neal & Bolton Ltd.; Charles Crawford Limited employed as journeymen plumbers, steamfitters, oil burner mechanics, pipe welders, and pipefitters in B.C., except those employed in Victoria and Prince Rupert. .- B. C. Auto Workers Lodge 1857, A.P.L., for employees of Mainland Transfer Co. Ltd., employed in the repair and maintenance of Motor vehicles at Vancouver. Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 280, A.F.L., for employees of Carter Sheet Metal Co.; United Heating and Sheet Metal; Wallace Neon Ltd.; Jacob- Molders' Union, loom 880—-BuslneosTSim-E°ofin8-CorT-A__»»son-_mJwpipe~ Association, Local 310, T.L.C., for I monwealth Federation (CCF) should employees of The Corporation of the \ be opposed. The argument is worth- Village of North , Kamloops, em-1 less when it is understood that the ployed as outside employees at 16] CCF is part of a great labor and MacKenzie Avenue, North Kam- socialist movement. While that move *■>!*.??'_-■ *& »«•*•*»•••. Local He. 418 (New Weatmlnater) — Secre. _*ry' J?,len Q»nton, 227 Itb Streat. New Weatmlnster. Patternmakers, Local Ho. I860—Secre- _?ry' _E;. Westmoreland, 4295 Dunbar Street. Vancouver. Hie Drivers aad Wooden Brldgaatan. focai 3404-Bualnese Agent STAIUm. 193 E. Haatlnga St., PAclflc 404? Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 170— Business Agent. Frank Carlisle. 101 Labor Temple: FA. 1781. 'koto B las, 6' 1670M. -J*?,T»r*' Z>oo*l 84—H. J. Math- las, 676. Balsam. Phona Kerrlsdale "ft"*?..*™' -v*i°St *** 778 —Secreury. H- West 1419 West llrd, BAy. 8111-li. Plumbers and Plpeflttera (BaUroad) — Local 671—Secretary, Lloyd Elslck. 1877 Haro Street. Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Ualoa. Mo..,,•. _T Secreury. Thoa. S. Hsart 6407 Commercial, FRaaer 1348. ft »t*tlU*ijr Workers, Local Ho. 88 Sacra- land, 1046 Brldgepon R^lu iX^ electrical Workers' Union, Local 213Z Business Manager, r.enrse Oe. m PAclflc 7181-2. Dunsmuir St ■%_w^_fi_ffi_r__!' *™<" Sa^ii-rT- Si I chan. 41 .v.,«,_£__e MacKlchan, 46.13 Elmwood" J^««in8^s_t.K02ni.A wtSSSriiVi. *'*^&??^tli*a^'™™**a. Hoe*. . iBrigy0,or" z»"°' »<• ■« mVS!S*'Z'vSS.n (Jta-onaaT 6~inMla~i). Soc_l Ho. 88a_itu»i„.„ MiEnSrft -14-18. tocal Ho. Berger. ill a Haatlnga." Ste. MArlne 1141. Film Bxohaaga Dm)|i|m, t*y*sa MmJ. £__?«"* Geo. fliafop. '2649 Ch.V.« ^a&^nttti^m *^. ra___«w** .. Local 383- Lochdale P. O., B. C. *tra righters, -Set Haw Westminster, Looal --■y. F. Olur-- "- '■ - Hall. New Weatmlnster. JHramen and Oilers, load ho 134— 1248 *%_?ii_S__ „,Tnlo>'' *•■ *• ot 0. J., local _8801 Eaat 18th Ave.; DExter 1411-L. "J,1?,^"!! Wo'*«r«, U.bTo.^ Local Ho -a13h7rfn',T""-y' ^ ""'' ««» « Pnrnlture ft MU1 Workara (Haw v__«. «i»««). io«i KjBwsffiysK if. r i ,". B" N,. 1 New Wostmln- "■vr. Phone c-o KAtrmont 9712. •flit™ ni V*— Worker*', Local H» 15S7-_Sc,-r,;.ry. A. Allen. 5215 CulTo- den Street. Vancouver. ti,;. *__8_____J__ (°onvan»*«) Ualoa, looal 433-SecreUry, F. Macklnnon Business Agent O. Braaten, 129 W. Pender. TAtlow 1841. mup, •ulphlte and Paper Miu Workers^ Int. Olf. Reps.: H. L. Hansen, s. O. t.reen, 440 AVost Pender. Room 9. TAtlow 3858. Pursers and Chief atewarda, local 130 —Secretary, R. Stover, 1461 Woodland Rail ailway Carman (Port Mann), lodge ",0V aso—Secretary, W. Jackson, 12.6 13th Street, New Westmlnater. Hallway and Bteamahlp Clerks, No. Ill Ht?e°eCtr* r' S6M Trluu""' Hallway and steamship Clerks, No. 888 "jhar - •- —Secretary, A. Padgh St., DExter 1275-L. 6011 Payne Bafrlgeratlon Workera. Ho. 818, U. __, J. 6 ■; TA_:Se,t:re,ar>r' L- a wlnti*. 117 West 40th, Vancouver; FRa*. 4401. HertUlent Ploorlayera (SecUon of local No. 1541) — Secretary, C. Bressler. 2624 Franklin St., FA. 9712. No 1518 — Secretary. D. A. Wad*. 201 Labor Tempi*; FA 1141. Seoondary Sohool TeaoUers' Association —Secretary, Wm. Alsbury, 1104 Eaat Sixth, HAstlngs 2072-R s.eet Metal Hnttri, looal 880—Bualnesa Manager, Jamea Walker. 117 Labor Tempi*; FA 7111. Sheet Metal Worker* (BaUroad), Local 314—Secreury, T. Owen, 910 Kast llth Avenue, Vancouver. Shinglers' and Hoofer*' Union, No. S848 ife^^»«2_-?*!Pmet Bhln*; 1* Weaver*' Union, Local Ho. 8S88 —Secretarv. Alex Low, 1184 West 71rd 098. r' V*ncouv'"'- phon« LAngara SbipwrighU, Boatballders, Joiners and aV^"*i ^?'"u *0- "" - ppSuSB •as Workers' Union, local Ho. 885 — ph?nriia,n. sst"" w- ^w Oranite Cutter*' Union—Secretary. R. B. ■Swun.nn. iU Ea»t 2tth Avenue. ■oapltal Employ*..' Union. No. 180 — !,u:,l'"»» Agent. W. M. Black, HI Labor Temple: FAirmont 1211. 10th; FA. 2O07-L. *°*«I »nd H*atanrant Employ..., local SS—Buaiaea* Agent. D. p. Morrison, no vr.si Pender; Phone PAclflc 7933. international Ladles' Oarment Worker*, Local. 27(V and 387--Bunlness Agent. Anne XtarVfnnn. 119 West Pender phone TA. 5514; Home, HA. 6916-M. International Longshoremen's Association. Local No. 38 183 — Mer'retarr. James Harwood. 2049 Kitchener St.. HAstlngs 31..4-M. *J*"»°«'_»rs, Local 87— Buslnus Agent. FA -1111° r T,mB1»: »Bon« Ironworkers" (Shopmen)' Union, local Ho. 178—Secretary, V. E. Steers, 569 West 19th Avenue. , Jsw.lry Workers' Union, No. 48—Secre- "rr. W. Routlev. 144 Weet Hastings Bt. DUxt«r 1411)1. Aft*r I, FR. 1774 Shorrworker*' looal of th* V. W B VP.^T_,J5*" ■*„«•""• A1« Oor- 111 B. .Cordova; Phon* TAt 1366. don. S.sfar.rs' Int Union *f North Am.rloa —Secretary, D. Bremner, 616 Hamilton 8t; PAclflc 7814. Sign and Pictorial Painter*, looal Secretary, J. Middleton, 5881 D St.; phone, GLen. 1226-T Dundas and Manufacturing Co. Ltd.; Empire Roofing Company, employed as journeymen sheet metal workers and roofers and helpers at Vancouver. Chilliwack School District No. 33 Employees Assn., Local 21, T.L.C, for employees of Chilliwack School District No. 33, employed as engineers, assistant engineers, janitors, building maintenance employees and grounds maintenance employees at School District No. 33, Chilliwack. Prince George Civic Employees Federal Union, Local 399, T.L.C. for employees of the City of Prince George- employed as outside workers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 230, A.F.L., for employees of Victoria Electronics Ltd., employed as inside wiremen at 1000 Fort St, Victoria. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 510, A.F.L., for employees of Northern British Columbia Power Co. Ltd., employed as shift engineers, oilers, firemen, maintenance men and .ash and coal handlers at Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyard. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 918',' A.F.L., for employees of Messrs. Hubert Monday and Edwin Monday, employed as engineers and maintenance men at the Ritz Hotel, 710 Fort St., Victoria. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 882, A.F.L., for cm- ployees of Jersey Farms Ltd., cm- ployed as engineers and firemen in the employers' plant at 2256 W. Broadway, Vancouver. United Bro. Corpenters and Joiners of America. Local 1696, A.F.L., for employees of C,-J. Oliver Limited employed as carpenters at Penticton. . Beverage Dispensers and Culinary Workers Union, Local 835, A.K.L., for employees of Empress Hotel (Chilliwack) 1949 Ltd., employed as bartenders, waiters, .glass-washers, hosts, and porters in the beer- parlour at Empress Hotel. International Hod Carriers, Building & General Labourers Union, Local 602 and Local 1070, A.F.L., for employees of E. R. Taylor Construction Co. Ltd., employed in the New Westminster District west of the Fraser River and North of the North Arm of the Fraser Rivers; and in the City of Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the Municipalities of Burnaby, North Vancouver and West Vancouver. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 918, A.F.L., for the employees of Ker * Stephenson Ltd., employed as engineer-maintenance men at Weiler Building, Victoria. Canada Year Book Available To Unions The 1960 edition of The Canada Year Book, authorized by the Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Trade and Commerce, is a publication of the Dominion Bureau of Statisticse, Department of Trade and Commerce. Special, articles include The Influence of the R.C.M P. in the Building of Canada, The Iron-Ore Resources of the Quebec-Labrador Region; Titanium in Quebec; The Royal Commission on Prices. Articles are available in reprint form. Each year a number of articles from thc Canada Year Book are made available in reprint form. These are chosen for their special interest and on the basis of the demand that exists for, them. A list of reprints is given in the Year Book together with their prices, which range from 10 to 25 cents a copy. Applications for copies of these articles should he made to the Dominion Statistician. The Canada Year Book (cloth- Str*et Hallway Employe.*, Plviston 101 "ouml edition) is sold by the King's — Business Agent. A. Jennings, street I Printer, Ottawa, at $2.0Q___. .copy. 'iiHt!5.5*.-Vp_*M^^ order, postal note .or accepted cheque payable to thc Receiver General of Canada. By special concession of the Minis, tcr of Trade and Commerce, a limited number of paper-bound copies has been set aside for ministers of religion, bona fide students and school teachers, who may obtain copies at thc nominal price of $1.00 each. Applications, . with . remittances, for paper-hound copies must be forwarded to the Dominion-Statistician, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa. vayin.n's Union, Ho. 134 — Rusiness Agent. K. M. Armstrong, 16 Lome Street. New Westminster. *«» »rlv*r*. Local 181 — Secretary. C. 1...wit. 904 Lahnr Temple: FA. 1711. Teacher*' Association, Haw Weatmlnater —Secretary. \V K. Nsvard, 1614 Lon- , pton. New Weatmlnster. Torrano Mechanic*, Ho. 4 —Secretary, O. R. Chanpell. 4841 East Hasting* St; GLen I'HS-.M. Textile Worker*' looal. Ho. 18—Secretary, A. J. Laity, 80 East Second Ave. Theatrical Stag* Hmploy***, Local lis— Secretnry. Walter Blake. P.O. Box 711 TUe «.«.r.. Local No. 1— lUci-tarr, W. Richard*. Planaantald* P. o.. B C Til* Setter*' Helpers, Local HoTts — Secretary, K. 3. Kennedy, 671 Rupert Street Bachelor Uncle—"Baby six weeks old, you say. Talk yet?" 1 Proud l.-iiii.-p-—"Oh no, not yet." Bachelor uncle—"Boy, eh?" ment has a long-range viewpoint, its policies are also applicable to municipal matters. Its general attitude may be summed up in the following short paragraph. ' The CCF reaffirms that no permanent solution of our economic problems can be found short of social ownership. Co-operative effort must displace the old concept of private enterprise. The CCF recognizes that its" programme necessitates local as well as provincial and national action. It believes that the problems of municipalities are the local aspects of provincial and national administration. The CCF Civic programme for the 1950 election is, in simplified form, as follows: 1. A vote-far every citizen. 2. Housing and community planning. 3. New sources of revenue. 4. More efficient administration. 5. Publicly-owned B. C Electric. 6. Better school services. 7. More public libraries. 8. Parks and community centres. __9______i__ntow4i_trai-4c-aTrdTaiH[Ingr 10. Modern sewage and garbage disposal. 11. Provincial-municipal fire insurance. 12. Extended metropolitan services. In asking voter support for its candidates we would draw to your attention that while the N.P.A. denies municipal politics, the recent public exposures of that organization as a Conservative-Liberal alliance has done much to remove the mask. Politics determine N.P.A. conduct, in spite of denials. The electors must decide which are the better policies and ignore the tomfoolery. (Signed) Arthur J. Turner, M.L.A., CCF Civic Election Campaign Mgr. 12c FOR TRUCK DRIVERS WITH 6c RETROACTIVE Local 938, Truck Drivers' Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, covering more than 3,000 employees of firms, having membership in the Automotive Transport Association, in Ontario, has accepted a 12-cent an hour increase with 6 cents an hour retroactive to July 1st. This increase will affect all except dock loaders and mileage-rated drivers. ___ Bits of Humor Little Bobby—"I found a horseshoe this morning." Mother—"Do you know what that means?" Little Bobby—"Yes, it means that some horse is running around in his stocking feet." * » * A veteran, looking for his first job after being discharged, finds the foreman and says: "I'm looking for a job but I can't stand dust, heat and heavy work." Foreman: "There's only one job like that around here and I've got it." * * * He: "I just got a letter front my wife. She ran off with my best friend." Him: "That's awful. Was he rich and handsome?" He: "Dunno. I never met him." * * - • "If you kiss me, I'll call a member of my family," she warned., So he kissed her." "Bro-therl" she whispered. * * *. "Pop, what does it mean when it says a man attends a convention as a delegate-at-large ? " "That means his wife wasn't along." * * * "Just what good have you done to humanity?" asked the judge, before passing sentence on the pickpocket. "Well," replied the confirmed criminal, "I've kept three or four detectives working regularly." —Longest wurd In the linglish lan^ guage: "And now a word from our sponsor. The following firms are on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council: BARBER SHOPS: Hotel Vancouver Barber. BAKERIES: Home Bakery, North Vancouver. BONE AND MEAL RENDERING: Gordon Young, Ltd. BEVERAGES: Canada Dry Ginger Ale. DRY CLEANERS: Valet.or Cleaners. METAL BUTTONS-RUBBER STAMPS: The Geo. H. Hewett Co. Ltd. ORCHESTRAS: Gordon Topham's Tophatters. PAINTERS: H. V. Tournier (Chill- iwack). SIGN PAINTERS: Victor David Neon Signs; David Decorators Ltd.; Ghas. David; David Hall Sign Co. Ltd. TYPEWRITERS: Remington Rand Ltd.; Underwood Elliott Fisher Ltd. Chorines Take Beating In London, England, British theatrical unions confronted a problem that no other democratic nation has experienced before. There -is a sjij_rtag____of chnrua—girlg—and—the- shortage, according to- union leaders, is due to the fact that "factory jobs pay more and the work is easier." Som. are born lucky -smart people save Today is a good time to start a savings account THE ROYA1BANK OF CANADA You can bank on the "Royal" 4 steps to your Dream House and a.. COMPLETE HOME LAUNDRY The first step is to make sure of your hot water supply. There's never any waiting — and always plenty of hot water on tap — when you have a modern automatic storage water heater. A modern electric washer makes laundering easy — you just press a button — and get faster, cleaner washing. Your electric ironcr lets you sit conv fortably while you iron — and you finish in half the time. GREATEST BLESSING When you have a gas or electric dryer, you can launder rain or shine, day or night. HOME SEE YOUR DEALER OR V^ PLUMBER. He can tell you exactly what type and size of automatic heater will give you the hot water service your home requires. He is qualified to advise you on installation details and can arrange easy terms. Ask him today for this information. Truck Drlr-ra' Ualoa, Local Mo. 81 — Hiiiiln-»« Agent, Rtg. I.onfuatj. 101 Labor Tempi*; KA. 1714. Typographical Ualoa, Local 880—Secretary. Harry .Neelands, 21J I>a_or Tem- ple; FA. lloi. Unite, oarment Workan' Ualoa, J»o. 838—^Secretary. Mlsa Klleen Sclieelar. 132! Beach Avenue. United Garment Worker*' Union. Bo ISO—Secretary. Walter W. Shaw, Ills West 6th Avenue. United Piehermen and Allied Worker*- Ualoa — Secretary. Wm. Rirby. Ill Kaat Cordova: TAtlow tltt. University of Britl.h Columbia la- ployeee' Union, »0.118—W. T. Erwood, ' .6f.4 Wast nth Avenue. Pag. Four THE LABOR STATESMAN November, 19S0. Vancouver's Only Union Funeral Home HAROLD EDWARDS LTD. THE FUNERAL HOME OP SERVICE HEATHER CHAPEL 704 W. Broadway at Heather FAirmont 0528 ,-.£- DRUGS REXALL THE OWL DRUG CO, LTD. (a cajsadiab co-cpamy) lnd operated by a vancouvbb Always Ready to Serve Labor (A CAJSADIAB COKJPABY) OWNED AND OPBKATBD BY A VANCOUVBR CITIZEN >BAceo~ -CiKNDT THE BIG <0 FAMILY STORE 1409 KINGSWAY Try Us for Values _ Established in 1911 Phone: FAirmont 6276 Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works We Specialise in Hard Chromium and Heavy Industrial Plating Chrome. Nickel, Copper, Electro Tinning, Polishing, tic. 436 East 5th Ave., cor. Guelph and 5th Ave., Vancouver G. W. RIBCHESTER 8c SON LTD. Automobile Commercial Bodies and Repairs 1253 HOWE STREET MArine 0827 METROPOLE HOTEL vancouvehs roeulab family hotel — ununmm paeiok — 320 Abbott Street (Opposite Woodward's Stores) J.. C. (BLACKIE) BENGERT, PROPRIETOR ANGELUS HOTEL Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B. C. Phones: MA. 2435-36-37 Gus Anderson and A. Harrison, Proprietors GEORGE'S CAFE Yukon and Broadway — Clo»e to New Labor Temple Home Cooked Meals and Pastries — Reasonable Prices MUSIC AND DANCING EMBASSY BALLROOM 1024 Davie Street Uodern Dancing Every Night Joe Micefi and his Orchestra COMai__E__IS_OI: COMMERCIAL HOTEL Phon.: PAcific 0442 Mil. Srbclc - John C«r - Sfen V.lj.cic Fully Lic.rp.de NEWLY RENOVATED THROUGHOUT _ MODERN AND FIREPROOF 340 CAMBIE STREET VANCOUVER. I.C. $amm JBrosf. limtteb FUNERAL DIRECTORS *nto«WAT aad noTAi. pax, ■umwABT aStiTase} PAcific 3855 kes., MArine 3766 EARL SYKES, Florist FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS 56 East Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. RICHMOND TRANSFER DAS_Y TUTOR niTIO-Z.XTLV ISLAND, MA I3UJTD. STEVESTOH * UOKT AND HEAVT HAUI.INO noni ___st_p_f • «887 488 ALEXANDER Rim UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA MILLWORK NOTES Union Label is now being placed on the products of Aristocratic Plywoods Ltd. Local No. 1928 has the agreement in this 100 per cent union shop. This firm does good work and is building a fine reputation in the trade. - ' Tru-fit Millwork Ltd. suffered a complete wipe-out by a fire on October 31, 1950. The loss was estimated at $500,000 and caused over 100 persons to be unemployed.-The majority of these men working at Tru-fit Mill- work were members of Local No. 2534, New Westminster. Every member who called at the office in the Labor Temple, Vancouver, was acquainted with another job within a day or two of notifying the union he was wanting work. It is good news to learn that the company is now rebuilding and the new plant will be bigger and finer than ever and should be in production by Christmas, By GEO. R. BENGOUGH LOCAL No. 2802 SHINGLE WEAVERS The attendance at the meetings on the first Saturday of each month has picked up so well that the local is now meeting in a larger hall at the Labor Temple. The membership is showing good interest and the attendance is increasingly accordingly. We believe a lot of credit goes to President Tom Dumma for the way he handles, the gavel and his untiring work on behalf of the various committees. Members are now coming in all the way from Mission City to attend and help build the Shingle Weavers' Union. Delegates Tom Dumma, Alex Low and Ted Hern reported on their attending the Washington-Oregon District Council of Shingle Weavers' Conference in Seattle. The delegates made a good interesting report. Shaw Brothers, out Sapperton way, are close to a 100 per cent union shop. Local No. 2534 has initiated new members from this shop regularly this last while and the members should make the objective of 100 per cent very shortly. Bell-Craft of Vancouver have moved to new quarters. They were located at 1650 We_t First Avenue, and are now at 2235 West Eleventh Avenue. Still one or two working at Bell-Craft not in Local No. 1928. Could be a 100 per cent union shop with a little more hard work on the part of the members. Local No. 1928 and Local No. 2534 had their two executives get together one evening and work out a proposed Millwork agreement for the new year. Any members not acquainted with what the new proposed contract will contain are advised to get to the meetings and see if the proposed agreement meets with their approval. Greenall Brothers, out by Gilley Avenue, have, the green light on another large housing project. This will provide considerable work for the shop men, too. They are all members of. either No. 2534 or No. 1928, and the Benchmen are members of No. 1251. Sounds like another union shop. Local No. 2534 has presented a combined Furniture and Millwork agreement to West-Min Woodworks to take care of occasions when the employees are asked to leave furniture making, and go on'making counter and caDinet work. Local No. 2534 is making an effort this year to bring, their Millwork agreements in line with Local No. 1928 in regard to expiry date and are having good success so far. CHILLIWACK CARPENTERS LOCAL No. 1843 Business Agent Earl Reid reports that the work being carried by Bennett & White at the Army Camp, Sardis, B. C, is fair to Local No. 1843. AH-earpepters are members of the United" Brotherhood and we learn that the sub-contract for the gyproc was let to J. Wallis of Abbotsford, who has promised to employ members of the United Brotherhood for this work. We understand that there is a good possibility of Local No. 1843 becoming affiliated with the District Council of Carpenters. This will then complete the affiliation, for the District Council of Carpenters and should prove beneficial for all the carpenters on the Lower Mainland. SHINGLERS LOCAL No. 2346 President Wm. Harris reports that their members are not getting the support on the jobs that they should from the other trades. Shinglers Local No. 2346 is not a big local but they are a part of the United Brotherhood, and every carpenter should make it a point to see to it that the shingler is in the union. Carpenters are urged to ask the shingler on your job—whether he is laying patent or cedar shingles—if he is a member of the union; and if he is not, report it to your Shop Steward or Business Agent. Help the Shinglers to maintain their union. LOCAL No. 2968, LUMBER AND SAWMILL Last regular meeting saw a good turn-out of members with consider, able contesting for the various offices of the union. Every office was contested by three or more nominations, and at one ballot the meeting had five nominations to select from. The result of the balloting was as follows: President: Frank McLear. -. Vice-President: Pat Titus. sP?l_#w--*eM,M7! Financial Secretary: Hugh Wood. Warden: Robt. Lawrence. Conductor: Joe Redmond. Trustees: Norman Widdowson, M. McLear, Ada Duthie. Financial Secretary Hugh Wood gave a good report and the local is in a good position today. Building Wages Move Up Fraction Hourly union wage scales in seven selected building trades in 18 major cities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnedosa; Ohio and Wisconsin advanced an average of 1 cent during the 3-month period ending April 3, 1950, according to the quarterly report released by Adolph O. Berger, director of the 'Chicago Regional Office of the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor tSatistics. On April 3, 1950, union wage scales for bricklayers averaged $2.57; carpenters, $2.34; electricians, $2.48; painters, $2.25; plumbers, $2.48; plasterers, $2.55; and building laborers, $163 for an over-all average of $2.27 as compared with $2.26 on January 3, 1950. Wage negotiations were in progress in a number of the cities at the time this report was prepared. Kitchen Sink Beef— Kansas City.—The kitchen sink is the cause of a jurisdictional dispute which has tied up construction of Twin Oaks, the city's largest apartment house project. The question is Who should carry the sinks into the building? Both the A.F.L. plumbers' and construction workers' unions claim the work. The plumbers have thrown a picketline around the building and other crafts have refused to cross the line. Dawson: HITS AUTO DEVICES Washington.—False and misleading claims for their gadgets were called down by a federal trade commission examiner against the E. G. Sales and Manufacturing Co. The company makes gadgets to be associated with an auto's ignition, and claims that they boost performance, make engines last longer, give more mileage, etc. False, says the FTC, despite some fancy names for the devices: E. G. Supercharger,. S. ^G.- Super-Ignition- itor, and K. G. Super-Ignitioner. The FTC told E. G. Sales to stop it GYPSUM WORKERS WIN PENSIONS Buffalo, N. Y.—The National Gypsum Co. said that it had reached an agreement with an AFL Union on $100 monthly pensions for workers at three of its nine plants, those at York and Bellefonte, Pa., and Portsmouth.. N. H. Negotiations affecting other plants are continuing with the union, the United Cement, Lime & Gypsum Workers International Union. A lady who fell down the stairs and broke her leg was finally having thc cast removed. "Will it be all right for me to walk on my leg now?" she asked the doctor. "Perfectly all right," he reassured her, "Even up and down stairs?" "Certainly." "Oh, I'm so glad," she exclaimed. "It was tough on me goinfe outside and climbing up and down the drainpipe all the time." Little Willie, he's a brat, Broke an egg in daddy's hat And he laughed in fiendish glee, When daddy said, "The yolk's on me." Friend: "Don't you hate to be as old as 96, Uncle Joe?" Uncle Joe: "Heck, no, bub—if I wasn't this old I'd be dead." Customer: "Gracious, can you •make a 'ivin^iuning pianos w»y-*u.t in this backwoods?" Tuner: "Oh, sure—in slack times I tighten wire fences." "So you don't believe Smith's widow is as sorry as she i.ts on." "Well, when I gave her the $.50,000 insurance cheque, she stopped crying and said she'd cheerfully give $5000 of it to have him back." tfc favour .f/fc. 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