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—__—_— /* 6/\ ftf jf Support Vnion Buyino *eek - m Labor Statesm^ Sept 7 -12 * OWNED BT TUB VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL Number 694 — Sixteen Pages VANCOUVER POLITICAL EDUCA * * • Gov't Critic ST, 1959 48 Established 1924 TS FINANCIAL BOOST • * • on Jobless Aid LABOR DAY 1959 Across the continent, these happenings and comments this Labor Day, 1959, the sixty-fifth anniversary of the declared holiday saluting workers in Canada and the United States: OTTAWA: CLC President Claude Jodoin commented: "No doubt this Labor Day will bring hollow praise for organized labor from some of those who are exerting their efforts to weakervour movemwitiiPHili^ye^Tlie who preface their remarks with the phrase, 'I believe in trade unions, but . . .'" ■ YORK: More than 100,000 AFL-CIO unionists prepared for the biggest parade ever and the first in 20 years. Said an "organizer. '■'Our march will be an answer to the lies and slanders which have been directed against labor by union-busting forces at home and by freedom-hating forces of the Kremlin around the world." WASHINGTON: Frustration as the anti-labor Land rum- Griff in bill wins House approval. Labor press charges that gags, threats, backdoor deals, patronage and pressure built the majority vote. Said the AFL-CIO executive committee: "The unfair., character of this bill is clearly demonstrated not only by the restrictions placed upon the organization of workers but by the virtual immunity from regulation given employers who engage in corruption and racketeering in labor-management affairs." NEWFOUNDLAND: Labor in St. John's won't celebrate Labor Day this year. The St. John's District Labor Council said: "We don't see anything to ' celebrate. Labor is nothing in Newfoundland, nothing to the premier anyway." But quietly behind the scenes, labor continues r its fight against the Smallwood regime. Committee Presents Plan, Premier Bennett Bristles The Lower Mainland Unemployment Committee this month charged that governments had failed to take adequate steps to i combat unemployment and its ills. The charge came when the committee presented a brief to the provincial cabinet which met at Vancouver city hall. The presentation was con Unit- ally interrupted by Premier] Bennett who took strong excep- j tion to the brief. The brief stated: "We believe 1 that all three levels of govern-' be b-j Miss PHE tille is pretty Anna Finh-son. danghtr-r of Mr. aiuj Mrs. Norman Finlayson. 184 West King Edward. 1 driver Finlayson is a la of Street Rail's Union. (See story IS-) Per Capita Increase Approved meat have not shown enough concern nor taken adequate steps toward the alleviation of unemployment and the accompanying distress. "We are of one opinion and are determined as citizens of this community that immediate and definite steps be taken by our elected representatives." , The brief . . . IN I I III CONSUMERS — Retail Merchants Association is setting; up a consumers council in Vancouver. VLC President Lloyd Whalen has been named a labor representative to the group. * * * SIXTEENTH — B.C. Gov- """*,' tion annual convention social assistancefusing and V q^^. intergovernmental financial re-j Tm lations — all touching on em- and % pJoyment problems Premier Bennett particularly denounced the committee's contention that the provincial government had not taken "adequate action on the unemployment problem " and that the government had "not shown enough concern nor taken adequate steps . . .". He made the remark that present strikes in B.C. were the cause for more unemployment and that now is the time for "haying". This brought a quick rejoiner from Vancouver Labour Council * * * NAMES—Obligated and seated at August meeting of VLC were: F. Pearson, B.C. Govt. Employees, Maple Ridge Branch; B. Smith. Vancouver Policemen's Union; Herb Macauley. Painters; Isaac Dixon. Boilermakers; A. Hellas. Water & Sewer Board Employees; H. J.Anderson. Carpenters 452; G. Porteous, Long, shoremen; R. Love and T. East. Retail Wholesale; G. Spearman, Printing Specialties Union; J. Thomson. Oil Workers; C. H. Savage. J. Frame. A. M. Herd. J. Myers and G. McGannon. Construction Laborers; R. H. Vancouver Labour Council has boosted its per capita dues by one cent per member to bolster funds for political education. Revenue from the per capita boost will be used for municipal .election funds. Affiliated unions will now pay a tax of six cents per member I per month under the amendment to Section 2 of Article 9 of the Council's Constitution and Bylaws. The vote carried by a 154-67 majority. Wyman Trineer. vice-chairman of the council's political education committee argued that the increase was not enough to finance an overall program in the' I Council's Jurisdiction which extends from Vancouver to Hope. In a second finance vote, delegates defeated a notice of motion by 117-86 to give $5,000 to •the B.C. Federation of Labour defence fund set up to fight Bill 43 and to assist local unions in- i volved in legal tussles under the province's new anti-labor Act. But another notice of motion to give $2,500 to the federation I fund will be debated at the next meeting on September 15. President, Lloyd Whalen, that! Larson and L. Richiee*. Brick and "if the government and the em-[Clay Workers; H. Taft. R. Irvine land J. Vitah. Carpenters Local 125 (Cont'd on Page 15) 251. MEMBER TAXICAB LOCAL 151 LOOK! FOR THIS LABEL ON THE TAXICAB WINDOW MB MM _■ _M_M The L^hor Statesman Au-nist, 1959 Public Opinion Turning Against Labor? ANTI-UNION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES -WE MUST FIGHT BACK, TELL OUR STORY By LLOYD WHALEN (President, Vancouver Labour Council) - Labor Day, 1959, will be remembered as a time of serious circumstances for organized labor in Canada and particularly in British Columbia. * . On all sides the traditional opponents of organized labor have campaigned for the purpose of turning public opinion against us. To a dangerous degree they have succeeded. Representatives of management have spoken publicly and in influential places, they have issued "studies" and statements, and have generally carried on a prolonged and effective public relations campaign for the specific purpose «f discrediting organized labor. Our labor bodies, being social institutions, exist at the discretion of society. If social -thinking is turned against a .particular social institution it Is then eliminated or, at best, restricted until it is no longer effective. Thus, restrictive labor laws are created. Organized labor is being accused of being the cause of inflation, unemployment, trade deficits, and a hundred other social ills. We are being accused of being too powerful and of being corrupt. It makes -little difference that these ac cusations have bet'n disproved many times. The fact remains that these social ills do exist and that a powerful campaign is being waged to show the general public that our unions are responsible. The purpose of this campaign is, of course, nothing but an attempt to turn public opinion against labor and thus pave the way for restrictive legislation. With our unions emasculated, management will have a free hand and workers would be at the mercy of their employers for their daily bread. We must change this serious situation. We cannot afford to wait. We must, as union men and women, hold up our heads and proudly tell our story. We must reaffirm mir place as members of a social institution that was founded, struggled and lives for a better society. We have a great and glorious story to tell— Pioneer Labor Men Mounted the Obstacles By E. A. JAMIESON (Sec't., Vancouver Labour Council) Every years since 1894, the first Monday in September has been an official Canadian holiday. Labour Day is celebrated in tribute to the contribution of all Canadian workers, but it is the men and women of organized labor who give the holiday its special meaning. For we union members in British Columbia the past year will not be remembered as one of good fortune, but I am confident that with effort and our traditional solidarity we will overcome our diffi culties. Today we might remember the pioneers of the labor movement who overcame far greater difficulties so that those who toil could have a better life. We of organized labor can be proud of our past and the goals toward which we work. Very few assemblies outside those of labor can boast of such democratic methods and such high ideals. Few organizations have as their prime consideration the aim of a better life for individuals and society in general. I wish you and your families a very happy holiday. Vulliamy & Browned CHARTERED •^ ACCOUNTANTS IS - 515 Granville SI. Phone MUtual 5-8629 Vancouver. B. C. Berts Shell Service Broadway 8c Arbutus GAS — OIL — TIRES BATTERIES—ACCESSOR BATTERIES ACCESSORIES LUBRICATION * REPAIRS * - UNION SHOP RE 3-4712 B. C Federation of Labour Opens Convention Hate on October 5 B.C. Federation of Labour's fourth annual convention will open-in Vancouver on October 5ir *" *%"*•■<! •. Delegates'from all parts of B.C. will attend the sessions in the Mount Pleasant Legion Hall, 2655 Main Street, the convention site for the past two years. The infamous Bill 43 and its" effect on unions in B.C. is expected to be. one of the top issues at the meet. The convention probably will run for a week. CUTLERY Six Percent Wage Boost Negotiated for Linemen A six per cent wage boost in a new two-year contract is the recommended settlement between International Brotherhood of.Electrical Workers and B.C. Electric and line contractors The wage would be paid three per cent in each year of the past. The agreement will be put to a referendum vote of members. It affects about 1,300 linemen employed by BCE, Hume and Rumble and Peterson Electrical Construction. Agreement was reached with- the finest in . . . pocket knives hunting knives, shears, clippers ELECTRIC CLIPPERS, VIBRATORS. SHAVERS B.C. Barber Supply & Sundrys Ltd. 736 RICHARDS VANCOUVER. B.C. out resort to conciliation. Then there was the store advertising bathing suits for the ladies ". . . whether you slink or swim." and we must tell it. _ In the years ahead, your Labour Council intends to step up its efforts toward a better public understanding of labor's role in the community. It is absolutely necessary that we do this—our whole movement is at stake. At the same time I am calling on all union members to increase their personal participation in their own unions. I also call on union members to participate more in the affairs of their communities. The whole of organized labor in Canada has a tremendous job to do in winning back the many friends it has lost and the many neutrals whose thinking has been swayed by management's campaign. If we do not regain public support and sympathy with our cause, the effects may be final. A happy holiday to you all, and then, let's get on with the job. ., Men Who Make The Greenbacks Join With CLC OTTAWA—A union with 10 members in Canada is the latest to affiliate with the CLC. Ii is the International Association of Siderographers with all members employed in Ottawa. -"- | Siderographers reproduce engravings on steel plates for the printing of banknotes, stamps, stock and bond certificates and similar documents. The union is the 104th national and international union in the congress. i done... i j and gone! j ■•»." _*■■_*«■ "j* PAUSING for refreshments. with the traditional cup ef Tea. it English actress Kay Kendall, this month's choke as union label gal. | M*M_M_-_f»M__»<ll II I'll It's not so much that autos are overpowered; trouble lies in the fact that -'90 many drivers are tinder brained. . MUtwol 5-8181 TOWING • 24-HR. SERVICE • FULLY INSURED • RADIO CONTROLLED • BONDED DRIVERS BUSTER'S Auto Towing Service Ltd. 376 E. HASTINGS ST. Exclusive AAA Contract Vancouver tmmmmmmmm, "9 <~ FASHION FIT SEAT COVERS The Home of CARSONS Custom Tailored Seat Covers .. at , ' -y-:",...,;--' BENRICH DISTRIBUTORS LTD. 1115 East Hastings Street (Out of the High Rent District) PHONE MU 2-2544 or (ALL IN h. Puff Set oi Plastic Seat Overs only $19.00 Material Soft Covers from % 14.95 Jjutallation by Qualified Tradesmen, only |S,M 100% UNION "-»• "■'»■■■ .amM.tm'm»m*_ mimr~>'-'>mtP*> C. U. & C. means »», Credit Union and Co-operative" IT ALSO MEANS the highest quality prepaid medical and surgical care group plan available in B.C. for you and your family at the lowest possible cost; As a member of CU. Si C. you are entitle/1 to ■™***~™free* choice iBf^physician,surgeon and specialist-, r—», "' thd you may receive benefits from a wide range of ancillary services including X-rays/ anaesthesia and therapy treatments. For full information on rates and benefits, write or telephone C. U. & C. HEALTH SERVICES SOCIETY 96 East Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. TRinity 0-5711 H«A_TH INSURANCE AT 00»T - THe COOPS RATIVE WAV nrfi'i I I ■ 'i('_if ii' McGavin's Bakery products are barely out of the ovens when they're gone , . . whisked direct to your door, or to t your grocery store.. That's why, .whs* . you buy McGavin's, you get horns-quality baking • •.-.-.• fragrant, fresh,- delicious. — Whatever your pleasure -' | cakes, sweet goods, family leaves or specialty breads - you'll find it's good eating If it's McGavin's. M?Gavin BAKERIES LIMITED Serving western Canada with Jin* bakery product* tinct 1911 WHATEVER THE NEWS.. IT IS IMPORTANT for everyone to know what's going on in the world, and that is why so many people value the unexcelled news- gathering facilities of The Vancouver Sun. For ALL the news from everywhere See It In the SUN Ti» Subscribe Phone MUtual 4-7141 THIS MONTH In Duncan, IWA strikers again donated their labor. King's Daughters Hospital will get 300- man hours volunteered by men from Port Renfrew. Cowichan Lake, Youbou and Honeymoon Bay to clean up the hospital grounds, pile wood and enlarge the parking space. The hospital" board said the work could not have been undertaken for years if IWA men harI>not volunteered. (/^ And in Vancouver; volunteers from Vancouver IWA local agreed to aid the Vancouver Preventorium, a red feather agency. The men offered their time to put a new roof on the Preventorium school. ' * * * Profit notes: net income, which is the nice word for profit, jumped for two giant B. C. firms in reports issued this month. MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd. reported that net income had jumped by $1,800,000 in April, May and June this year, compared with the same period in 1858. The net earnings per share was $1 compared to the 1958 figure of 66 cents. ' • * «• And the B. C. Telephone Company reported that net income jumped by $1,000,000 in the six- month period ending June 30. After providing for preferred dividends, earnings for average ordinary shares wore S1.41 compared so 8 cents last year. * * * In Toronto, the Financial Post reported on the latest move 1or get-tough labor laws in the tTS. Said the Post: "The new get- tough U.S. labor legislation may spread to Canada. That possibility had many Canadian labor- leaders worried this week . . . Many U.S. lawmakers seem bent on passing legislation that could limit the potential power of virtually all unions. /This would Joe bod enough in union eyes. Bat much worse is the apparent enthusiasm in both Canada and the U.S. for such measures . . .". ■Haven't they heard yet of B.C.'s BUI «? THE SECRETS OUT The Labor Statesman August, 195- John Says That Peter Probably Got Idea For Labor Day From George... Confusiri. e • The germ of the idea for Labor Day was probably born in England but credit for the first celebration, the forerunner of today's national holiday in both our country and the U.S., goes to Canada. Peter J. McGuire, founder of the Carpenters Union, has long™*' been considered the "father of Labor Day." But the latest research says that McGuire got his idea for a labor holiday from Canada. That's the claim, at least, made by John W. Buckley, former secretary-treasurer and vice-president Of the old Trades and Labor Congress. Buckley claims that ' the first Labor Day celebration in North America took place' in Toronto in 1872-M.O years before McGuire's suggestion for "a general-holiday, for the laboring classes" resulted in the first U.S. celebration of Labor Day in New York, Sept. 5, 1882. - The idea for a special labor holiday probably originated with George Hewitt of the Toronto Coppers' Union, ac- PETER J. McGUIRE . . . idea from Canada cording to Buckley. Hewitt, an immigrant from Britain, was familiar with the celebration held there originally as a protest against the penal transportation of the "Todpuddle Martyrs" for forming a union. In 1-834, a crowd of 50,000 people had paraded in London, England, as a protest against the sentencing of these union piorF~ _eers. ««™*. -.■- ■ The first labor day committee was formed in Toronto on April 15, 1872, and a picnic and holiday were held jointly in thanksgiving for the recovery from typhoid fever of the then Prince of Wales and also hi protest against the arrest of 24 Toronto printing union leaders fighting for the nine-hour day. The type of celebration held in 1872 continued annually until the end of the deeade when a severe depression led to* the almost complete collapse of trade unions in Canada., On July 22, 1882, between 3,000 and 4,000 workers- paraded through Toronto in a labor celebration. Buckley feelB certain that McGuire got the idea of a Labor Day in the U.S. from that Toronto celebration as he, McGuire, had been invited to be one of the principal speakers but decWrted* because his wife had met with a serious accident. The following September, the New York Labor Day parade was held. In 1888 a convention of the Trades and Labpr Congress passed a resolution in favor of a formal Labor Day celebration, and five years later the TLC convention in Montreal instructed its officers to press for the declaration of a national holiday for labor. The governments of both Canada and the United States passed laws in 1884 formally establishing the Labor Day holiday. ARE YOU ON LIST? Make sure YOUR name is on the municipal voters? Bst. Registration in the municipality where you reside is now open. The list closes on. Sept: IS. " - (TEiis does not include city, of Vancouver where registrations ended August 21.) ••-_'. Ympy&e is irrmarW.itt elec-ton of mayors, reeves; councillors and aldermen. Make certain you are on the voters' hst You may find that arheri elocfion thne comes you are inehgible to oast a ballot beeause your name is not listed. Cbeek now tefore registration closes. ■liOL'Ul"! SSL.-1'.. !' UMi Look For ■a ... i Union Laool CARIBOU BRAND ■. M-ou-KtHre-b*- ■ *■ Look for the Union Label MUtual 4-1381 361 Water St. Vancouver, B.C. HODG.NS WINS VEEP POSITION H. B. Bud Hodgins, representative of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, was elected to the executive of the Vancouver Labour Council this month. He won over two others for Congress Wants Pressure the third vice-president post, after, two- ballots. ; In the first ballot the vote showed: Bob Buchanan, Carpenters Local 452—126; Orville Braaten, Converters Local 433— 64; and Hodgins 90; one spoiled. .As none «PWiVoi,a majority Of the ballot* em**, J&maeeu wo dropped and .-the second vote gave r^i~*tiT" a close 135-134 win over Buchanan. There were two spoiled ballots. In the vote for chairman of the grievance committee, R. Lawrence of New Westminster Street Railwaymen defeated Sam Jenkins of Marine Workers by a 166 to 103 vote with two spoiled ballots. Chris Crombie, Vancouver Newspaper Guild Local 115, and R. G. Greaves., National Association of Marine Engineers, both declined nomination. m> »"» u A matt we know went to a bank where be bad dealt all his life and asked for a loan. Be was turned down cold. Then, he bought a huge catfish, wrapped it carefully, put it in his safe deposit box—and left town for six months. WINNIPEG—The CLC will urge that South Africa be ex- pmimmi _*jw the unless that country cial segregation policy. The CLC executive said the f e d e r a 1 government should "speak up boldly and unequivocally on this issue" at the next Commonwealth conference. Named To CU&C C. P. Paddy Neale of IWA has been appointed to the board of directors of CU & C health services society. Neale, an active member of .TWA 1-217 savings credit union and the Greater Vancouver Co- I operative Association, fills a vacancy following resignation of fired C. Bullman. , Announcement.was made by President Howard Hunter. CU & C provides health -ww- to 1454000 B.C. iWtfWtf mmm^mmmmmpmmuw-mWmm-mmm GOING DiTO 3rd MONTI! . . . the Number 'One Topic of today ... a record-smashing "Why do you do *p much loafing?" he asked the slow-_*oving filling station attendant. ."Watt;" *e . replied. "Soma folks do all their loafin' at one time. i. just do mine as I go afong." __•____■_-_-*»■_-_■«■ m l.i in. mm picture Ttt€ STUDtiO TMEATJtf GranvilhMit Smytho MUtual 3-15*1 AHl -TONM-TrOWED mwm j Phone TRinity 44811 Established 1910 Your Fomiiy Dept. Store 1409 KINGSWAY VANCOUVER 12, B.C. UNION LABEL GOODS MARK HAMILTON U. W. (BILL) HAMILTON \ :■ . ■ Hamilton HUrtuaty XU -": JUNEBAL ADMINISTRATORS FA 5-3311 r * Fraser St. at 38th Ave. Vancouver 15. B.C. i , Aristocratic Restaurants Member Local 28 Your Only Local Union Restaurant Chain ft 11 Locations I ncluding Herrii's Gri 11 & Smorgasbord To Serve You - ALL OVER TOWN ft Look for either of the above Neon signs for good food and service ft Featuring Colonel Sanders recipe for Kentucky Fried ft Catering in or out to all your Union Functions, " : ■7 private parties, wedding receptions, etc. m 'in m ■•■•-; vi sa The Labor Statesman August, 1959 THE LABOR STATESMAN I Published last week of each month at Labor Temple, . • 307 West Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa The Labor Statesman is owned by the Vancouver and District Labour Council and supported by 160 local unions. "To each union member the political party ot tils choice" "Build Strong, Unions for Soolal Security" E. A. JAMIESON, Secretary AL COLEMAN, Chairman, Public Relations Committee ! Subscription Bates: |1.50 per year; to Unions, 6o per copy ..48 Vancouver, B.C. August, 1959 A Story to Tell Many are saying that there is little for labor to celebrate on this year's sixty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Labor Day. The events during the past year—with anti-labor attacks on many 'fronts, with restrictive labor legislation, with the build-up of anti-union feeling—would seem to bear this out. But take a good hard look. * * * It is nothing new for labor to be a favorite target. Trade unions historically have been attacked by the selfish and the greedy; by the political demagogues; by those who preach J racial prejudice; by the profit-hungry corporations; by the many groups which would hide their self-seeking. The trade unionist knows that organized labor in Canada has little to hide and little to be ashamed of—either in its composition or in its behavior. And he does not intend to wilt under the attack for he knows that the charges are malicious and false. * * * Labor has much to be proud of. It has been in the forefront of the battle for human rights. It has spearheaded the drive for fair employment practices and has. led the attack against discrimination against the individual and the group. It has associated itself with other organizations for a bill of tights. It has worked for improved housing and financial security for pur, senior citizens, For betjer schools and educa* tion opportunities tor all. It plays a leading role in community welfare services; for better health protection measures. And the list goes on.and on. What other organization can boast this record? Are these "selfish" motives that must be restricted as the enemies of labor would have us believe? * * * CLC secretary-treasurer Donald MacDonald discussed the current attack on unions this way: "It must be said in all honesty tha# so far as organized labor is concerned—the public attitude is broadly speaking now not one of appreciation nor • of sympathetic understanding, nor even good-natured tolerance. On the contrary, this year is marked by a strong current of anti-labor feeling. " "Some of this (criticism) comes from the usual sources and is to be expected. But, and this is what must cause organized' labor concern, there is misunderstanding on the part of those who normally are'not opposed to labor and who have come to accept it as a, part of the Canadian scene .. ." '• Perhaps people are easily swayed, or they forget quickly the accomplishments of labor throughout the years. Unfortunately, the vicious campaign to blame-labor for inflation, industrial unrest and the public inconvenience it brings — for so many things — at this time overshadows the truth of labor's accomplishments and its goals. Labor has a big public relations job to do. The material Is there to work with. But the story too often goes untold. FROM THIS ANGLE The L-G Betrayal Invest in Security Union Buying Week, this year celebrated Sept. 7 to 12 In our area, has as its goal the promotion of union-made products as opposed to products produced in plants which pay sub-standard wages and which provide poor working benefits. -~r~«jjt auns^ajt making the buyer conscious of union labels, Bhop cards and buttons, the marF*6T%e"5fganized shop. ; = The label Is a powerful weapon in the drive to better the lot of all working people. But it needs public support, and the support of trade unionists which often is lacking. Make it your habit to purchase the union-made product When it is available in competition with the non-union. i You are investing in your own security. "The AFL-CIO is in complete accord with the great majority of the American people in favor of legislation that will help get the crooks without harassing arid* impeding the forward progress of legitimate and decent" labor ..unions. ..^.New- legislation^- should be'aimed at the crooks, not at the decent law-abiding unions and their decent law- abiding members." * * Those were the words of AFL-CIO President George Meany. He spoke them just a few weeks ago. But obviously they fell on too many deaf ears in the U.S. Congress. The big-business-Eisenhower Administration drive for a •'killer" labor "reform" bill reached a climax this month when the House of Representatives voted for the Laund- rum-Griffon bill with stringent anti-picketing, anti-boycott and other anti-labor provisions. The vote was 229 - to 201 after the House beat the labor backed Shelley bill. The L-G bill was the most drastic of all versions of labor-management legislation that were considered. After the vote Meany declared the vote was one "not against corruption but to punish honest labor." There is still one faint hope for a watered-down version. The House and Senate conferees must now work out agreement, as earlier the Senate had approved a labor bill less stringent than the Land- rum-Griffen bill. * * Said Meany: "The conference can — and we hope they will — agree on a bill to get at the crooks and not injure workers united for their common welfare. "Twelve years Of anti-labor propaganda and politicking have paid off for the antiunion forces determined to -maRe^T-a-ff TTaftTgy —'even worse," he said. "That's the fundamental difference between the National Association of Manufacturers' bill now passed and a simple yet effective anti - racketeering measure. "The Senate-House confe- —VIEWPOINT— Big Two Visits rees still can achieve a real anti-corruption measure. "We expect they will not kow-tow to the NAM threats and blandishments. "Our goal has been to get at the crooks. It still is. We will not change." :-. The fight is still on. But the big first round obviously went to those Who have capitalized on anti-labor propaganda, on public resentment built up against labor in general by the actions of a few. * * In New York this month, a new idea in union-management promotion. This one in the ladies' handbag manufacturing industry. Under the terms of a new union agreement, the 124 manufacturers will purchase and use the union label (Leather Goods, Plastic and Novelty Workers) within the next two-and-one-half years. All proceeds from the sale of the label will go into a fund for the promotion of the Industry's products. The fund will be jointly administered by the union and the employer association. ♦ * ♦ Labor fears that concern over "inflation" may actually hold back the growth of industrial countries, were given strong support in Geneva by Dag Hammarskjold, secretary general of the United Nations. He expressed his own concern that the governments of industrially-developed countries might be over-emphasizing price stability at the cost of economic growth. He told the U.N. Economic and Social Council that immediately after World War n that the general climate "was one of expansion and governments and peoples throughout the world were what I might call 'growth-minded.' "More recently the emphasis in much of our thinking seems to have shifted. One cannot say that the change has been dramatic -— quite the contrary. Slowly and imperceptibly the degree of priority attached to the goal of economic growth appears — in some countries, at least — to have diminished and other goals have become more prominent." r While the Eisenhower- Khrushchev exchange visits have been welcomed as a possible break in the cold war in most world circles, there are still doubts being expressed in some quarters. Edward P. Morgan, radio commentator sponsored by the AFL-CIO recently had this to say: "As it looks from the window of Warsaw, the exchange visit is loaded with peril. There appears to be a double- headed danger that in the hot kleig-light glare of world-wide publicity on the Soviet premier's call at Washington, and the president's following mission to Moscow, that the firm Western position might melt, and the surface image of Khrushchev could become mis- leadingly mellow. "The picture may be clearer in the U.S., but in Europe a haze of unanswered questions obscures the reasons for the way the decision was timed and its announcement handled. * * "Surely, however, an overriding reason for inviting Khrushchev to the U.S. at all is to let him see first-hand the productive power of the U.S. "If a chance to compare a Pittsburg steel mill, assuming one is operating, with the ones Nixon saw in Siberia, a Butte - copper mine with the one at Degtyarsk, a Los. Angeles aircraft factory with the ones Nixon didn't see, an opportunity to observe what a relatively free flow of information there is between the government and the public — it all of these can bring home to the crafty ex-miner the actual strength of America, and thus sober the temper Of his reckless attitude, it would be worth a very great gamble, indeed. "As Americans, brace themselves for the explosive Western Hemisphere debut of this cold, cunning Communist politician, it might be useful to relay some of the observations and counsel given me in Moscow recently by a European diplomat. "He would have us learn by heart a basic Soviet tactic so we won't be fooled by it — that is, the manoeuver of taking a preposterous position, making impossible demands, constructing a crisis from extreme threats and pulling slightly away from these absurd postures while at the same time pompously proclaiming that all this demonstrates Soviet reasonableness and willingness to grant concession. "When Khrushchev surfaces and blows like a belligerent whale, we scurry along the beach searching for something we can toss out to pacify him. Instead, my source argues, we should refuse to accommodate Nikita's everywhim. He concedes there may be more than an idle risk of war here, but to refuse to run that risk, he fears, there would never be an end to the Communist erosion of the Western position." ; _._ ; "I have heard there are two periods when fishing is good." "When are they?" asked the correspondent of the angling journal. "Before you get there, and after you leave." The Labor Statesman CROSS-SECTION WAGES AND INFLATION ! Big FAT U.S. Profits Revealed: Corporations' $'s Rocket 75% August, 1859 — Big, big arrows were shooting down the "hard times" kite of corporation profits in the U.S. this month. ' The Wall Street Journal, fat with statistics, revealed, that corporate profits rocketed to a 13-year high for April, May and June, 1959—increasing by an almost unheard-of 75 per cent over the same three months a year ago. The Journal said it was the largest gain for any quarter since late 1946 and early 1947 when the excess profits tax and wartime price controls were junked. Profits during the first three months this year ran a close second to the second quarter skyrocket — 53 per cent above the same period in 1958. The Journal said the heavy gain in profits reflected recovery from the recession and stepped up buying of steel and other items in anticipation of the steel strike. But the paper took note also of the sharp increase in productivity due to automation and technological change. A profit factor of "permanent value," it said, was the- fact that corporations "had their first opportunity to fully test most of the new facilities which were installed in the past few years. . . . Such new facilities,, of course, are almost invariably more efficient and profitable than older ones." Besides the profits spurt in the first quarter of the year, other large increases, for purposes" of comparison, were recorded in the third quarter of More 398. "P " ^^^ JP* "Egad. Cyrus, the secret's out!" 1950 when the increase over 1949 was 53 per cent; and in the third quarter of 1955, when profits jumped 35 per cent over 1954. Only one of the 25 major industry groups in the Journal's report suffered a decline from the second quarter of 1958—aircraft manufacturers. The Journal explained as follows: - *^*J«i. • iJC" The aircraft makers "are in a transition period from maimed aircraft" to " missiles, and that involves heavy research expenditures arid: reduced sales—a condition likely "to last for many more monttis." Textiles, deep in recession in. 1958, mad* an amazing recovery in the second quarter of 1959, with profits increasing 532.2 per cent. But the two biggest contributors to the overall 75.6 percent gain, said the Journal, were auto and steel. The steel firms increased their profits over the preceding year :hy 163.4 percent. Auto firms showed a 300.1 percent increase in profits, with all five big producers solidly in the black. These were some of the major industry groups reporting sizable gains also: Building materials, 73.4 percent; chemicals, 74.7; electrical equipment, 31.3; farm equipment, 80.5; mining and metals, 123.2; railway equipment, 102.6; rubber, 64.5; tools and machinery, 93.7; railroads, 148.9. The smallest gain over a year ago was that of food product companies with earnings only .3 per cent higher than in the 1958 quarter. To Parade In Big City's First in Twenty Years In New York, plans are being readied for the biggest- ever Labor Day parade, the first in-20 years . . . and 77 years after the nation's^first back in 1882: •-•-; More than 100,000 members of AFL-CIO unions are expected to swing up Fifth avenue in the mammoth demonstration which will include ■bands and over 150 floats. Labor, on the counter-offensive, will roll huge floats symbolizing advances in living standards of workers achieved through unioi. efforts; units dramatising industrial advances over the years; and the role of organized labor in national defence. Other floats will express the common aspirations of the labor movement; its dedication to community well-being; its fight oh behalf of civil rights; its healthy influence in the nation's political life; its concern for schools and hospitals. In the words of the formal proclamation by sponsors, New York City Central Labor Council: "Our march will be the answer to the forces of greed The Canadian Construction Association has forecast that the value of''cohs^rue^on ;iff"B.C: this year should, toj $827,000,000.- The prediction included these figures: average number of workers employed in construction in B.C. will be 59,883; total 1&59 wage bill will be $280,000, and construction materials will cost $384,800,000; ' ;,i and intolerance which are busily at work in dark corners of our country seeking to undermine our vast economic progress. "Our march will be an answer to the lies and slanders which have been directed against American labor by union-busting forces here at home and by freedom-hating forces of the Kremlin around the world. "Our march will be an expression of the determination of American workers to keep their country moving forward in paths of progress. We will carry our ■ union banners proudly to proclaim the fact that a strong free labor movement means a strong free America—and a strong free America is the hope of democracy throughout the world." GREETINGS TO ORGANIZED LABOR BRITISH COLUMBIA HOTELS ASSOCIATION —-Representing the Hotel Industry ■■■■•. -,Jfi.*^«tish Columbia 928 HOWE STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. NOW! BX.'s ONLY UNION OPTICAL COMPANY Member of the International Jewelery * Workers' Union Local 42 A.F.L., CJ.O. • ALL OPTICAL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED • BUDGET TERMS, CONTACT LENSES Payments as low as $10 monthly. Your EYE GLASS prescription belongs to you — WHY NOT bring it to the DISPENSING OPTICIANS! Ccfa & ChnsA OPTICIANS G59 HOWE STREET MU 4-3937 are funeral costs tea high? Chapman's will furnish a complete service including limousine, hearse, chapel services with Casavant Pipe - Organ and organist, C-l ftS AA good quality casket V*W»wW The same consideration and service is rendered at $165 as at a $600 funeral. Variety of quality caskets to choose from. These services and costs apply to the Vancouver area. CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME LTD. 802 W. Broadway at Willow, EZ 2141 (day or night) BUFTON'S FLOWER SHOP FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS "We Telegraph Flowers Anywhere in the World" HA 0187 — HA 3432 1875 Commercial Drive Vancouver, B.C. Have your ear serviced at the station of mmMlmmWimmmytmm^f. - W B*W*~'■"•#• specialising in service, courtesy and cleanliness. . 24-rtoui Service Complete Auto Re- pairs — Motor Tun%- Up — Brake He-Line —-Ti**i — Batteries ft Accessories, Etc. CAROLINA TEXACO SERVICE - 615 EAST BROADWAY TRinity 4-0612 VANCOUVER, B.C. AAt. Pleasant Undertaking § Co. Ltd. KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE KINDLINESS — UNDERSTANDING — DEPENDABILITY . LADY ATTENDANT Phone TRinity 6-2161 Darlington, Haskin & Co. (1943) limited ULES — MOSAICS — SLATE ■-- TERRAZZO Phone TRinity 9-1585 525 WEST EIGHTH VANCOUVER. B.C. Broadway Typing 6 Mimeographing Service Two Blocks East of Labor Temple 1782 West Broadway — Office TR 4-8011 Addressing and Mailing Agreements Correspondence Report* Circulars & McBride Ltd. Directors of Funeral Service PHONE RE 1-4151 1905 WEST BROADWAY "CANADA'S. FINEST MORTUARY;' . The Labor Statesman August, 1959 Yes, Boss Mil Just Nave To Mow His Own Lawn, Says Arbitrator RIVER ROUGE, Mich.—A Steelworkers' local here has won an arbitration decision upholding the right of a worker to refuse to mow the boss* lawn. It all started when a supervisor at the Whitehead & Kales plant ordered a member of USWA Local 2341 to go to the home of the company's vice-president and mow the lawn. The union protested. The grievance went to arbitration. Arbitrator Louis A. Stone ruled management's right to direct its work force "is limited to matters concerned with the conduct of the plant." The vice-president, he indicated,, would have to find ''someone else to mow his lawn. Strike At Abbotsford ABBOTSFORD — The United Brick and Clay Workers Local 629 has struck the Clayburn Harbison plant. Employees of the only unionized clay'products plant in B.C. are seeking a 31-cent hourly boost on present basic rate of "$1.66. The average plant Wage is $1.80 an hour. A union spokesman said basic rates for other companies controlled by the same holding company, Ocean Cement and Supplies Ltd., are $2.05 or better.' There are 147 employees involved in the dispute. -Tr *TT *Tr Vancouver and District Labour i Council has donated $50 to aid the striking brick and clay workers and has urged, affiliated unions to donate liberally. Soy, Mister—My dod soys, there's a lot of vacancies in. that non-union plant. Are you one of them?*rr~ BCGE Seek Lifting Of Injunction 1B.C. Government Employees Association will seek lifting of the anti-picketlng injunction granted on an interim basis last March when members went on strike. The injunction was later continued by Mr. Justice Ruttan in Supreme Court. The union said that since no further action has been taken by the Attorney General, it will now seek to have the injunction removed. At the present time this injunction is the only legal restriction to picketing by the Associa- ton. BUI 123,.the.amendment to the Constitution Act, comes into effect only when proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and to date no such reclamation has been made. SUPPORT UNION BUYING WEEK AND LOOK FOR UNION LABELS, SHOP CARDS AND BUTTONS ALL YEAR ROUND OTTAWA — A committee to co-ordinate organization efforts in the white collar field has been established by the CLC. Joe Mac- Kenzie, CLC director of organization, is chairman of the committee. TORONTO—A •forwcaat 'Untt 90 percent of Ontario's'farmers would be looking for other jobs if the present trend to vertical integration continues has been made by a prominent farm union official, Laverne Morley. Mott Electric Limited Electrical Contractors HAstings- 7240 VANCOUVER ~ LAkeview 2-5757 NEW WESTMINSTER • It pays to exercise care— to play safe—at your work. Did you know that in a large section of the building construction industry last year 1,971 workmen were injured with total loss of 109,537 man days and lost wages of $1,- 448,025? Being struck by an object, , slips, striking against objects, ! falls and over-exertion in that order accounted for the bulk . of the accidents. '. These WCB figures include workmen in building construc- I tion, structural carpentry, j masonry, roofing, chimney- I sweeping, reinforced-concrete and cement work, erection and installation of tanks and aerials, installation and removal of boilers, engines, machinery; manufacture and installation of elevators, iron stairs, or ornamental ironwork; well-drilling, excavation work as an industry, dredging (other than hydraulic), handling scrap metal and junk. Remembe r, don't take chances: play it safe. f. f. Moore & Co. Engineers Int. SHELDONS ENGINEERING LTD. BABCOCK-WILCOX & GOLDIE-McCULLOCH LTD. COCHRANE WATER CONDITIONING LTD. DIAMOND SPECIALTY LTD. AIRETOOL MANUFACTURING CO. SPRAY ENGINEERING CO. CUSTODIS CANADIAN CHIMNEY CO. LTD. 612 - 510 W. Hastings St MU 4-8391 - 8392 H. D. IAYFIELD & CO. Acoustic - Flooring - Insulation Distributors and Approved Contractors JOHNS-MANVILLE MATERIALS 1225 Homer St Vancouver 3, B.C. MUtual 4-1471 BRITISH COLUMBIA BRIDGE k DREDGING _ CO., LIMITED - GENERALCONTRACTORS Reclamation Work Hydraulic Dredging Clamshell Dredging 1500 W. Georgia Telephone: MU 3-71*1 Vancouver 5f BX. ITS LUCKY 1 ■-* ■ •■ V-202 This advertitermmt is not published of displayed by Hm Liquor ■•»' Control Soard or by the Government of British Cokwnbto. .. • ':■• •■■ The Labor Statesman August 1959 LIFE BEHIND IRON CURTAIN * < .' ■ . . Hungarian Tells Of Working Conditions Hungary today: $1 for a day's work; six- day week, no overtime; jail sentence for bootleg coffee. Where 'saboteur' is the government's favorite word. This report is by Hungarian refugee Viimos Gacs. •p *-{* *T* Counting your blessings is not bragging. And let's not have any "red herring" tags thrown as we relate a comparison of working conditions in North America with those in an Iron Curtain country, a simple straightforward story told by a man who should know. He is Viimos Gacs, a Hungarian refugee who is now a SPECIAL STATESMAN REPORT supermarket employee — and a member of Retail Clerks union;—in Moses Lake, Washington, just south of us. Gacs became a union member in March this year and he counts his blessings and the contributions made by free trade unions in this story: "Hungary behind the Iron Curtain is a place where you can't call your soul your own. The Government controls everything. "All farmers sell their crops to the government at the price the government designates. Then the government resells to the people at the price they want to set. "To illustrate comparison in prices and wages in Hungary, and your own North America, I will give you a listing of some things and you will see for yourself. "In Hungary, 30 Foraint is equal to one dollar here. Our pay for one day's work is 30 Foraint or $1. In Hungary we have to work two weeks to earn what you earn in one day. . . . We have an eight- hour day and work six days a week. No overtime is paid. Everyone from 18 to 60, male or female, has to register with the government, and the government in turn places you for work. "wnen we start in on the job, we sign a pledge with the government, which says that we donate one-quarter of our wages to the government for rebuilding Hungary. Dpn't try NOT signing it. So our dollar a day is cut into before we start. * * * "Now for what it costs us to exist, if that is what you want to call it. ' To buy a chicken that weighs one kilo (which is about 2 1/5 pounds) costs us one day's pay or 30 Foraint. "Pork prices are about the highest in the meat field. Tou must pay 35 Foraint for one kilo. Bacon is 50 Foraint for one kilo and a second grade of ham costs 30 Foraint for one kilo. "Beef is more reasonable. For one kilo you pay 15 Foraint, and fish is cheap. You can get it from 7 to 15 Foraint for one kilo, and you can also catch some. So beef and fish is our main diet. "Coffee is something you don't get very often, and then if you do and get caught, you g« through the third degree, so that the source of Supply can be stopped.. If you refuse to divulge where you obtained it, you are presented with a jail sentence. For instance, coffee (which is rationed), ground and filled with a horrible blend, costs you 300 Foraint, and you can have .one kilo a month. Whole coffee, which is really coffee, and if you want to take the chance, costs you one whole month of pay, and the consequences if caught. "Tea is out of reach, too. So, if there is no coffee, and no tea, and the milk the government sells you at 3 Foraint a quart is nothing but watered skim milk, we resorted to burning sugar in a pot, pouring boiling water over it, and drinking that with our meals. We did find a leaf on a plant that when brewed makes a fine tea, and it grows abundantly in Hungary, so- we use that also. "Clothing is something you treat with care. A suit sets you back 1,200 Foraint, or 40 days work. You could pay more, if you could afford it, but if you can afford too much, you are then investigated. The investigation is always in favor of the government, and you lose money and your free time, because you are labelled, saboteur, and jailed. Saboteur.is their favorite word. "If you are under 18 and going to school, and refuse to donate your summer vacation to work for the government you are labelled saboteur and jailed. If you refuse any work they assign you, if you are over 18, the result is the same. Too much money ana" t/v* much land all ends the ^ar* are only for the ottir cials. Others use bicycles or little motor scooters. "Thi Russian people know- that the Iron Curtain should go, but what can tftey do when they have nothing, and can do nothing? We tried, got all the weapons we could, and organized the best we could with restrictions — ai0 you know the results." CONCRETE DRAIN TILE CHIMNEY BLOCKS CHIMNEY. POTS FOUNDATION PIERS FLAG STONES I FOU* pre I FLAC &_■_■_■ Telephone: MUtual 1-1823 Williams Concrete fA H. S. Williams, Manager MANUFACTURERS OF :; CONCRETE PRODUCTS Burnaby Plant: 6585 Aubrey CTprew 8-1550 1025 Baas Pender MU. 1-1823 Vancouver. B.C. AFL-CIO CLC Vancouver Typographical Union No. 228 CHARTERED FEBRUARY % 1188 Affiliated with Vancouver & District Labour Council, Vancouver Allied Printing Trades Council and Union Label Trades Council A SUBORDINATE UNION OF THE International Typographical Union Affiliated with* AFL-CIO and CLC For nearly 68 years- the ITU has taken care of its members in sickness; for more than 50 years it has provided retirement pensions for members; for nearly 70 years it has provided mortuary benefits to assure proper burial; and for more than ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN YEARS it has been in the forefront of all -anion in seeking: • WAGES — to provide adequate wages for an improved standard ef living in keeping with the best in community levels. • SHORTER HOURS AND • JOB SECURITY — by a WORK-WEEK — to improve the health and well- being ot "S memoers. complete training and retraining program to adapt its members to technological changes in our branch of the industry. Gordon Campbell Limited Makers of MEN'S FINE CLOTHING SUITS - UNIFORMS - OVERCOATS 78 East 2nd Ave. X Vancouver, B.C. WILKINSON COMPANY LIMITED • Vancouver - Mroontoi^-Colgofy- 48 Years Ago... In 1311, an agreement made between the International Printing Pressmen & Assistants Union, the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, the International Stereotypers and Electraiypara Union, fee International Photo- Engravers Union and the International *r^pographical Union, created an association known as the IrTI-ERNATIONAL ALLIED PRINTING TRADES ASSOCIATION In accordance wife tins' agreement, fee local unions in Vancouver foraned the ^ Vancouver Allied Priating Traits CoantH This local council grants to printing finna which nuwt the terms of He LAP-TAk. Licence, fee privilege of using fee Allied Printing Trades Council Union Label FOR A GUARANTEED 180% UNION JOB the ONLY union label which guarantees feat ALL work *me on a job has been done by fee members of fee respective anions of fee Vancouver Allied Printing Trades Council. Vancouver Typogra 517 EAST BROADWAY Union TR 84818 pwn -K-m The Labor Statesman August 31, 1858 LABOR BAYME$SAGE By HON. MICHAEL STAHR. Minister of Labour On behalf of the Government of Canada I extend my best wishes to all working people throughout the country in honor of whom this national holiday has been established. We are all happy that Labour Day 1959 sees our Canadian economy in a substantially improved position over that of a year ago. Employment has expanded steadily this year and by June had reached an all-time record level. This has resulted from a . broadly-based expansion of business activity which has developed during the past twelve months. I have no doubt that this expansion will continue to favourably affect .the standard of liv- ■ ine and employ merit prospects j of Canadian workers for some time to come. While prosperity benefits most of us it does not automatically solve the serious problems which ..several groups of workers face . in securing suitable employment. Among these are the physically handicapped, the older worker, those laid off in cold weather from seasonal industries and those who suffer discrimination because of their race, creed, | color or national Origin. Buoyant employment conditions should help us meet these problems store effectively and thus call tor a greater effort in solving them. Today we are living in a world of changing technology and in- - creasing competition, which pre- ; rents a growing challenge for -- Canadians to meet. One of- our -objectives, must iJio -She strengthening of Canada's resources of skilled and professional manpower. The Government of Canada is providing financial s support both for higher education and for vocational training in co-operation with the provinces. The important relationships between J changing technology and man- j power are being studied by the ; Department of Labour so that Canada will - be better able to meet her manpower needs in a changing world. T Tf" "Tr* At the same time we must always keep before us our responsibilities to the rest of the world. j Although economic conditions for most Canadians are good, same cannot be said for large numbers of Workers around the world. There is much poverty, lack of food, poor shelter and inadequate schooling in ' many -<TAKE GABB Of YOUH UNION and it wil Hake care of you. Attend your union meetings regularly. *ft .*f* 9p These days the average motorist has more fins on his car than in his wallet. V * *P Just about the time you think you can make both ends meet, somebody moves the ends. It was during the Nazi regima in Czechoslovakia that a seedy character crept up to the counter of a store. "The Gestapo il after me!" he whispered to tha man behind the counter. "Please hide me!" • , The storekeeper scowled, then pointed to a sign on the wall; "Positively no Czechs cached here." • i Fast Repairs with Economy ir Safety Soles Shoe Service fa ■■ Est 1904 148 East Broadway . . . .- C J. Oliver Limited GENERAL CONTACTORS I! k Phone: MUtual 4424? 660 Howe St. Vancouver, B.C. Freshness Guaranteed REACH FOR. : • -\~:,- SUNBEAM BREAD! —-*\~ ENERGY PACKED HON. MICHAEL STARR countries. In many ways Canada is making a direct contribution to the improvement of these conditions but we- cannot afford to rejax our efforts in this direction ... '"£ ■''.'■'.. We in Canada .' can look back over these advances with satisfaction but there is no room for smugness. There are many problems calling for the attention of organized labour, employer* and governments at all levels in Canada. For Insurance Advice of Any Kind SEE PARSONS BROWN LTD. INSURANCE ADVISERS Telephone: MUtual 4-0311 535 Homer Street Vancouver, B.C. Sijjurdson Millwork Co. Ltd. .. ■.•'■. .*'' :• ■ • • . :;. ' Phone: RE 8-5161 1275 W. Sixth Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Ii MHf liMltll illit iitlijkH it <ii,lijinj IIIU|iif Ciitui lu\i if I; tki fiiiinitit ii frith I (ilmbit. LABOR STATESMAN VANCOUVER, B.C., AUGUST 31, 1959 ;, NOT. A PACK OF cigarets but a*w»-ty-». life puiacrwi... l'[ - 3W inches fcy 2%inches — is what this pretty model• ; ' holds in her left hand. The small preserver, like the union Sf2tiQiiiA%%#&mm^^ S&&nd0ront Page V/tit Settleritent -.; briveca^uld pf*& workers' at . Pepsi .Cola'• plant;in Vancouver; imade-mBstanfti-HVgainS, include •in#; a. paj? boast, in anew; two- year contract.whieb.ended a-two- ^week. strike oft. AttguSt"•■!*-■ .■".; • John'-Brown, secretary of Teamsters Local 351, Miscellaneous • Workers;".' Whoiesaie* ah4 ■the.i:^cojnp'a^.,;^n^.an'y. -driswnii; rou|e;, aver-right drivers to re* ceive full expense for meals and! hotel instead of arbitrary figure set by the company. Plant workers: Work week cut from '.jML to WHours, 30-cent ^ hourly incrsiase over two years Retail DillWerjjr Drivers,. anai(2o cents* this year, id eentis j Helpers'Uhiens said the. new set- n^xt year), lfr-cent hourly pre- ^iiex^^00uA^-)^y:.:rrt._^."r:^tmvrjfo fo.r finer machine GENERAL Ti|Mss; f I operator, swen-ieht hourly shift On sales or deliveries made by. . Sj >;Fi*-B^Mni©a^r' shopy' ,,iny?roye-. ment in welfare plan, pension iplan, $75 .retroactive pay to-each femployee-v//.■■ '■': .t ■ ;~'_, •■',> X \i6rh»*psi 'increasedcwertime ratesv lunch period cut to one •hajf hour, reducing work day; •iijcreased statutory holidaypay? \ $2'.50 weekly increase . in. - bask ^sa-try-" .aJSJ'-^ne^cle■i.^av08we.in>•,. : creese- :in;S(»n-»1tsl*n^*?^i»«^ i. guaranteed Wage; $ 3$ week in- ', crease in*1 vending machine driv- )j erg guarantee; credit.. for full; B commisions; immediately taking * o*i(er a. route /even.' It -0*%' fOr a ;day)s; credit and.full commission differential. Credit Unions Increasing )•", MA^ISON^ y Wis.^—The credit t^|tm yeaEbOo*' Ifets 4,53&^redtt unions in Canada. , .,- : , ' ''Other totals are. United .'States, J»,i«8; South Amerjba; 247; Europe, 13,000; Australia, 115; South Pacific Islands, 246: Asia,. 590; Caribbean Islands, 516; and Central America, 319. • Government Action Urged To Speed More Housing Local Committee Puts Program To B.C. Cabinet A special committee studying unemployment problems ;his month urged stepped up federal, provincial and municipal activity in housing. The brief urged a more realistic look at costs in consideration of loans under the National Housing Act and more initiative at all levels to spirit building of low-rental and low-cost housing under the Act. Small Drop In Jobless Canada's' employment level jumped again in July but there was only 3 small drop in the number of unemployed. Figures from the*department of; labor and- dominion Bureau of Statistics showed employment level jumped 153,000 to 6,206,- 000. Two-thirds;^ thief:, increase came from seasonal expansion In agriculture'. ^ With a larger number of students and; other Workers entering the labor market this year than for the past several years, however, manyxof the additional idbs "we're- filled by these new rntrants and, as a result, the drop in unemployment in Canada ■..•(wot'.; siig1it« ':.-[.''■'■..;'"■■'" The number without-jobs and seeking work was. estimated at 228.tWtt.lri = J-aly, compared to 234,00m inJ June and -»1,000 in jwy, l&SiSV" 'v'■",■-■" .•"o. The brief, prepared by tne Lower Mainland Unemployment Committee, a rep resentatlver group of community organizations including Vancouver Labour Council, told the provincial cabinet .this month: i "We intend to promote housi ing construction both to meet an urgent accommodation need for senior citizens and low income families, and to provide employment. "Discussion on housing brings to light the fact that most average family, incomes in Canada are below those of the" average borrowers on small homes from CMHC. ' , "<5ur resolutions call for municipal action under Section 36 of CHraOPODY INTRODUCED is-^^v:r*:^.'.; ,, . Chiropr^cMca^^a, a .relatively *eceijt fp-awoi Seatmant for, ac- .j&daits'to toeT^ok $(<JESnowl- !&&jj$*-iv waar1n)j^n%ce]#,in;. 1-89& J^Dc. T>.; bTi^phel;';.^! Dav|n- eral authority, and 25 per cent by the provincial authority. Municipal governments must initiate action under Section 36. "Municipal action is called for too, under Section 16 of N.H.A. Municipalities are urged to make land available to "limited dividend" housing companies a* their contribution of 10 per cent of the capital cost as required by the Act. The Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation , is urged to encourage large housing developers to undertake projects in. mis area. "The fe d e r a 1 government through CMHC is urged to make loan assessments on the basis of the higher of cost or market value, and that agency loans be theNational Housing Act, This,; reinsu1j*ted wltti rent controls section of the Act proyWte for tor newTapartmeirta. That^ federal and provincial participa-iHC ma^T&i&bie'jor^S tion.in the acauteitmn and de-;mort^a^ parttcuiarlylor mkt velopment of land for housing LOTv, b^t aparto»ettf Ww, so , Purposes and for the*°™trj^;^^^ tion of housing pr^e^te fox sa^t^^^< ^d«^i :'jo>liKit,; or rent. The capital cost and[the through CMltc; give greatai «* profits or losses thereon shall be ! shared 73 per cent by the fed-1 ■>.•"■:* (ContZd on P*4% IB) ■—$ ''.Vl^''fmK'S'" ' " :—i '''.<■•'"■ —;'t'-i—* 1—4^—i -^-<" * '"'>, WlW^AILS TOHALT ANTI-UNION BILL . WASHI3SrGTC?N-^ ^ie hew Landrum-Griffin bill approved by die UiSi Hquse of Bepreseri- tatiyes js'a mijor victory for anttujnion,^ces, ■", ',■■'-. President George Meany of tne AFL-CIO. h-nmediately condemned the; bill as One which did not. aim at ridding corruption, but one which "punishes honest labotrc*"; i'■;'.-;■•:.; ■ - The bill Molt: penalize legitimate ' practices: oi legitimate unions, he said, outlining some of its provisions: . U will subject a union presiding- officer--to 'a 4wa-year jail sentence merely for blocking a disorderly, person from disrupting a meetihg; - . It will require even the smallest local union, without paid officers, to file a burdensome amount of red-tape reports; It will force, union members against their will and against their basic principles to handle "struck" goods; -, It will prohibit any union from advertising- to the' public that an employer is unfair to labor, pays substandard wag|s. or operates a sweatshop, despite U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have held that a union has not only a right but a duty to speak out against such abuses;? It will make it virtually impossible for the average; decent union to function effectively. President Meany said the AFL-CIO-backed Shelley bill* Which was defeated had stronger provisions against "thievery and racketeering." The Shelley bill rec-uired. full Eejjotting of ejtpeflditures for unftmiusting actiytties and the hiring of labor spiei "which the Landrum-Griffin »n> does ««*. ' -..-.*» S "Ihtotheij words, the.Shelley .bill was aimed at getting rid of crooks instead of getting rid of unions," Meany declared. UNION BUYING WEEK ' (UNION BUYING WEEK BEGINS LABOUR DAY) StPTBIIIBUll 7th to 12th\ Labour Day Greetings To All Affiliated Unions YOU CAN HELP THE UNION LABEL COUNCIL PROMOTE THE GOODS AND SERVICES TOU > PRODUCE BY AFFILIATING WITH THE COUNCIL QIM OFFICE IS AS CLOSE AS YOUR PHONE CALL TR IM21 or TR 4-3748 W West Broadway JOSEPHINE ^JALLOCK^ Secretary-Treasurer Western Vice^PresiderS-"-"'"-' ■".■-■--■-■-""— Union Label Department, Ottawa VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL IN ATTACKING UNIONS People Quickly Forget Labors Achievements Labor Day, 1959. Not for many decades has organized labor been under such heavy attack. Trade unions, unionists and their leaders have become the target of attack — with a growing list of evils being laid at the workingman's feet. In his Labor Day message, CLC President Claude Jodoin points to the many achievements pf the labor movement in fields outside of collective bargaining. Attempts to weaken organized labor are hitting at the standard of life of all Canadians, he said. ; BY CLAUDE JQDOIN It is traditional on this, labor's holiday, for people to look back on the accomplishments of organized labor and to recall some of the achievements that have been attained through workers banding together in their common interest. It is particularly timely that We should do that this year because, despite their achievements —and there are many—the organizations which have made this possible are under attack as never before in Canada. - No doubt this Labor Day will bring hollow praise for organized labor from some of those who are exerting their efforts to weaken our movement. These are the people who preface their remarks with the phrase, "I believe in trade unions but—." Certainly no one associated with the trade union movement would pretend for a moment that it is perfect in every particular. It is essentially a human organization and as such it can be expected to suffer from human frailties. It is equally true that those closely associated with organized labor are most anxious and are exerting great efforts to overcome these weaknesses. But there are others, and it is 10 The Labor Statesman August, 1959 International Jewelry Workers Union LOCAL 42 ... with offices at 339 West Pender, MU. 4-1613. has the jurisdiction over the Jewelry. Engraving, Optical. Pressed Metal. Watchmaking and Allied Trades in Vancouver, Victoria, and th* Lower Mainland. ... President, Frank Popowich. 1705 Napier St.. HA. 2465R. and E. J. Billings. 3681 Monmouth St., HE. 3-3859. can answer any enquiries regarding Union made jewelry. __________________________«_________________—- I Vancouver Mailers Union No. 70 INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION W. E. CAMPBELL President H. E. BIGGAR Vice-President S. LEPPER Secretary SERVICING DAILY NEWSPAPERS & COMMERCIAL PUBUCATIONS WITH COMPLETE UNION MAILING SERVICE AFFILIATED WITH —• NORTHWEST PRINTING TRADES CONFERENCE NORTHWEST MAILERS CONFERENCE ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL ... fraternal Greetings LABOUR DAY, 1950 Office Employees International Union LOCAL 378 R,* N. RENNIE, President Serving over 1600 white collar workers 049 Hornby St. Vancouver 1, B.C. Phone MU. 3-6134 United Steelworkers of America ML 5688, 33 E. BROADWAY, VANCOUVER 10, B.C. (Formerly Vancouver Enamel Workers Federal Union No. 201 CLC) MEMBERS EMPLOYED BY ALLIANCE WARE LTD. president—J. ZALESKY Vice-President—P. OWSANSKI Recording Secretary—E. L. SUMMERS Financial Secretary—WM. GIESBRECHT 4 CLAUDE JODOIN surely significant that they are largely those who stand to gain from a weakened labor movement, who would impose restrictions which'would seriously interfere with the right of workers to make a free choice of their organization and bargain collectively in the truest sense of the words. The significance of these efforts to weaken-organized labor goes considerably beyond the ranks of trade unions. Those who would undermine trade unions are threatening the standard of life enjoyed by every-Canadian. Wages ahd working conditions are to a very large degree determined by collective bargaining. The benefits won in contracts negotiated between employers and employees under union conditions are usually extended, to some degree, to those who do not enjoy)the benefits of collective bargaining. Economic Situation Didn't Deteriorate Organized labor has always been in the forefront of the struggle for shorter hours and the leisure which is generally enjoyed today is to a very large extent the fruit of collective bargaining. Organized labor is in the forefront of the struggle for better wages. Recently we have been bitterly criticized for this. All sorts of dire. predictions were made about the effects on the Canadian economy should labor continue to press for and win wage increases. Such increases were won in a number of very important-negotiations, affecting many thousands of people; and those who were loudest in their criticism and most pessimistic in their predictions-, are now proclaiming the improvements in the economic situation since the recession. Continually Active For All People But it is not only in the matter of hours and wages that Canadians as a whole have a stake in labor's future. Labor's activities have by no means been limited to this field; great efforts have been expended and much has been aocomplisheh in the legislative fields, and particularly in forms of social legislation. (Continued on page 10) REQUEST the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union Label On Your Printing Requirements THE LABEL THAT GUARANTEES PROGRESSIVE CRAFTSMANSHIP In All Methods M Printing Assisting Us in Our Effort as an Affiliated Union to the -Trades & Labour Council, Union Label League, B.C. Federation of Labor, Allied Printing Trades Council, to Advance the Standard of Living of the People of British Columbia. OFFICERS: President—R. A. SCOTT Recording Secretary—L. AINSWORTH Executive: J. SCOTT, W. ANDERSON and OFFICERS Secretary-Treasurer—ALEX MILNE Phone: ALma 3506-L CONGRATULATIONS TO "THE STATESMAN" LABOR'S FREE PRESS Essondale Branch BX. Gov't Employees Assn • NOW AN AFFILIATE OF THE VANCOUVER LABOR COUNCIL - MUSICIANS'MUTUAL PROTECTIVE UNION LOCAL No. 145 Suite 315—402 W. Pender St.. Vancouver 3. MU. 4-1564 ORGANIZED 1901 Honorary President, Wm. Pilling President, Richard A. Douglas Vice-President, Sam Peebles General Secretary and Business Manager, John D. Townsend Executive Board Members, Fred W. Duck. Clifford W. Evens, Douglas Parker, Robert Raid . LOCAL UNION No. 138 BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS DECORATORS AND PAPERHANGERS Members Employed on Construction and Shipyard Work Over 125 Signed Agreements covering all leading Painting Contractors in the city, and also with. construction and shipbuilding firms. Organized in Vancouver 1894; operating continually for 65 yean. Z&jlHiamiOimwJr^ Vice-President .-—s. _____-..._._J. FRADLEY Recording Secretary :_„ _W. E. EATON- Financial Secretary ...—,._—_.H. MACAULAY Treasurer ..... A. %. ROWLAND Warden __... I__„__:..J. RENNIE Conductor ...... —..... A. BRENNAN Trustees C. IZZARP, J. McARTHUR, P. WIEBE Assistant Business Agent .. J. FRADLEY Office: 337 W. Broadway Phone: TRinity §4033 Experts Sof Wage Boosts Not To Blame ,. Union-won wage boosts are NOT the chief culprit behind the inflationary price rises of recent years. That's the conclusion of a recent panel of labor-management - government economic experts in Washington.. - One of the panel members was Padraic Frucht, an economist from none other than the giant U.S. Chamber of Commerce. • • He said: "I don't think that wage pressures are necessarily the culprit . . . there Is not substantial, significant, solid evidence that union wage pressures have been major causes for increasing prices." This frank admission contrasts more than a little with the usual frantic campaign waged by most management spokesmen trying to sell their "blame labor" propaganda to the general public. Others in the frank discussion included Democratic Senator Estes TKefauver, and two . labor economists—Nat Gold- inger and Samuel Jacobs. Kefauver and Jacobs made a further significant point. Citing the steel industry which his Senate group has closely studied, Kefauver declared: "The general pattern , is that the price increase per : ton of steel have been between, two and ZVz times the amount to be justified by the increase Javwages." A bit different from public advertising, by the steel industry declaring that inflation can be blamed mostly on "rising labor costs without a substantial increase in the nation's productive efficiency." The fact is that in steel, labor costs have lagged sharply behind prices and behind spectacular increase in productivity of the steel industry. Jacobs of the United Auto Workers made the same point on auto prices. "According to testimony before the Senate committee, for each dollar of the wage increase by Ford and General Motors, the amount of the price increase ran four or five dollars." It's Up To You To Keep Your Union Democratic , If you want your union to do a good job for you and to be democratic, remember that you must do your part by bring a REAL trade unionist all the Mm*. On* of the moat valuable contributions you and your fellow members can make is by regular at At your local anion. Boar in mind that onion meetings are very important and if s your duty to be present. Don't miss the meetings if you want your union to be effective and democratic. Beverage Dispensers' Union The Labor Statesman — August, 1958 i* LOCAL No. 676 Organized 100 Per Cent, Office: 440 West Pender St Telephones: MU 3-4948 MU 3-3923 Every Licensed Beer Parlor in Vancouver, including Veterans, and all Clubs, Cocktail Lounges in Standard Commercial Hotels Employ Members of local 676. President. J. H. GALLOWAY Secretary-Business Agent. R. BEDDOME Assistant Business Agent. H. COURSON UNITED GARMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 190 President, CAMILLE STEVENSON Recording Secretary, MRS. BARBARA ROBINSON Financial Secretary, KAY FILGIANO TAILORED-TO-MEASURE SUITS MILITARY AND CIVIL UNIFORMS B.C. MADE GARMENTS OF QUALFTY* Manufactured by Local 190 at GORDON CAMPBELL LTD. __-____-->-— AC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION 2090 West Fourth Av*.. Vancouver 9. B.C. Phone REgent 1-5391 Affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress, the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council Representing Employees of the B.C. Provincial Government THE BC. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' ASSN. Extends Labor Day Greetings to its Affiliates in the Labor Movement United Brotherhood of Carpenter £ Joiners of America (Vancouver Local No. 452) LADIES' AUXILIARY No. 741 President — ETHEL JOHNSON Vice-President — B. BOYD Recording Secretary — HAZEL BECK Financial Secretary — ELIZA CABOTT Warden — M. GRAHAM Conductor — J. BIRD MEETS THIRD WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH International Union of Elevator Constructors LOCAL No. 82 President A. M. DAVIS Vice-President, W. MARTIN Rec. Sec'y, H. C. MacKICHAN Business Rep.: H. C. MacKICHAN Financial Sec'y., K MABBUTT Firms Employing Oar Members: Otis Elevator Co. Ltd. W. Arm Machine Works Vurnbull Elevator Co. J. at E. Matt Ltd. Gorby Bros. Elevator Co. Ltd. Victoria Elevator Co. Ltd. Peterson & Cowan Elevator Co. Affiliated with Vancouver & District Labour Council Vancouver Building Trades Council ■ ,.»>* .^^:*ERVE*rHE,MJrTION.>;.^v|l^ TWENTY-FOUR! HOURS A DAY Building Service Employees INTERNATIONAL UNION Local 244 BUILDING SERVICE CENTER 603 W. Hastings St. Telephone MU 5-9452 President, Ed Deffna Vice-Pres.. Margaret Williamson Secretary Business Manager, Beit Morley Business Agent, Tom Hyde Organizer, Vic Galbraitb COMPLEMENTS OF United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry: LOCAL UNION No, 179 Local Officers: President NORMAN G. UPHILL Vice-President „...,. AL W. STURLA Treasurer ...*—_ ~~~ T. C. ATHERTON Recording -Secretary JAMES R. BARTON Business Manager J. BUSS ST. ELOI Assistant .Business Managers: JAMES R. BARTON - JOHN L. FISHER Office: Labor Temple, 397 West Broadway Phonos: TR 9-1428 - TR 9-1429 Ml* Drivers, Bridge Wharf 6c Dock Builders 6c Divers LOCAL UNION 2404—Vancouver and Vicinity Chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & ] Joiners of America " Phone TR 4-7817 • Rm. 116, 307 W. Broadway Pros.. E. Peladeau • Vice-Pres., E. A. Hallock - Rec. Secy., W. |j McLellan • Fin. Secy, and Bus. Agent., 8. C. Allan, MEMBERS EMPLOYED BY Northern Construction Co. 3. H. Todd Construction Co. Fraser River Pile Driving Co. ■-—JS9dy#?Lmm < Contraction Cw Commonwealth Cbiwtractton'Cor" Vancouver Pile Driving Co. R. Bumstead North Western Dredging Co. Wm. Greenlees Construction Co. T. H. Bell Construction Co> '» Bindley White Contracting Co. Victoria Pile Driving Co. B.C. Bridge A Dredging Co. V Pacific Pile Drivttig Co., Vletorifli Pf-rlnl Pacific Ltd. Dobbson Bros., Vancouver -, Harbor Construction, Nanaimo "■Saymomi Concrete J*He Co, MeCaffery Construction Co. McDonald's Construction Co., Victoria. BC. * Cameron Construction Co. Poote-Raymond Co. Emtl Anderson Co. Franki Pile Co. Manhlx State Co. Baynes Manning Co. C. J. Oliver - -COHT-P FROM PAGE 10 JODOIN Since their very formation trade unions have been actively Striving for better conditions for all people. The records of our movement tell the story of the struggle for better pensions, better widow's allowances, hospital and health Insurance, unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, and other such legislation. It is surely significant that some employer. organizations, which would now impose all sorts of restrictions to weaken labor, have been missing from the leadership in these efforts'in Canada. i Time and again, in fact, employer-organizations have been .. among the bitterest opponents of such measures.: The significance of this is surely clear — those who would weaken labor would also weaken the social structure which has brought a better life to so many Canadians. This is at stake in the struggle now going on and this will be part of the price Canadians will have to pay if the opponents of labor gain ground. Great strides have been made in this direction; but the governments which have introduced legislation of this type have acted with great hesitation, and only after evidence of public support has become abundantly clear. Labor is proud of the role it has played in rallying that support. Some are now saying that organized labor has become too big. The fact is that trade union members number less than a third of the potential membership. We look forward to expanded organization so that we may speak with a louder voice to attain a better life for the people of our country, and so that we can come closer to balancing the strength of the giant corporations that control to such a great extent the economy of-our country'. Pressed For Jobless Action During the past year we have once again suffered the ravages of unemployment. We have continually pressed for action in two particular fields—combatting seasonal unemployment and planning to meet the effects of automation. Here, as with social legislation, the response has been, to say the least, slow. The Canadian Labor Congress has repeatedly taken the position that there is far too much readiness to accept seasonal unemployment as inevitable. Surely in this age, when such tremendous strides Are being made in so many fields demanding keen intellect, it is not too much to think that means can be devised of reducing the tremendous wastage and suffering that -come from idle hands during the winter months. Across Canada many others are experiencing the idleness that comes when the.methods of production are changed, through automation or some other method. An. increase can be expected in this trend and here too the Canadian Labour Congress has repeatedly advanced suggestions for plans to meet these conditions; but here too there has been great hesitancy. labor's Role In Drop (n Fatalities OTTAWA — Industrial accidents in Canada claimed 244 lives in the first three months this year. The total was down from 342 killed in the, last three months of last year. .By major industries, the largest number of fatalities, 42, was in construction: 21 in highways and bridges, 15 in buildings and six in other construction. Mining killed 37, transportation industry 37, logging 33, fishing and trapping 17. paign of political education in an effort to inform members of our organization concerning public issues. The decision they reached as a result of this information is, in the best traditions of democracy, their affair and theirs alone. There is not the slightest doubt that whatever decision is reached by the delegates to the Montreal convention next April, it will protect fully the right of every individual to exercise the ballot which is his personal possession, as he wishes; anything less would be a violation of the democratic basis on which our union movement has been built. The threat to such freedom comes rather from those outside the labour movement who would interfere with workers discussing and acting upon their political convictions. 12 The Labor Statesman: August, 1959 BRIEF TO P.M. B.C. Needs More Gov't Shipbuilding Shipyard unions have joined with the city and yard operators in urging more federal shipbuilding contracts for B.C. _.■ __ >- The group were to present a brief to Prime Minister Diefenbaker while he attended the Canadian Bar Association meeting here. It is understood that the brief will stress that B.C. does not get its full share of naval ship contracts allocated to builders by the federal government. Other points will be: Ships mat government departments will use on the B.C. coast should be built in B.C. yards; shipbuilders here should have a part in filling an order the government will allocate for the West Indies Federation. Spokesman said the government will be told that B.C. yards need government contracts to stay in business, and that maintenance of shipbuilding capacity here has been considered as essential to Canadian security. U.S. Vice Admiral Rickover says if the Russians were to announce they were planning to send a man to hell, the U.S. would try to send one there first. If they did, there doubtless would be no volunteer candidate for the trip, but many thousands of nominations. The prisoners in a jail were rioting and barricading themselves in a cell block. Said a smart-Aleck visitor, to the warden: "Offer them time an a half," Seattle Clerks Boost Store Rate By Twenty Cents SEATTLE—Retail Clerks International Local 1105 of Seattle and King County have won a 10-cent hourly boost for journeymen in both years of a new two- year contract. The journeyman's rate on April 1 went to $90.50, next April goes to $94.50; A new classification of senior journeyman has been established; and one senior journeyman must be employed by each store with -100 man hours of work a week, with an additional senior for each additional 200 man hours. Senior journeyman pay is $92.50 and rate jumps to $99 next year. ■*>•■■. r:i PRINTING - For Every Purpose Phone MUtual 1-5S36 DUNSMUIR PRINTING CO. 310 NELSON ST. VANCOUVER, B.C. BX DISTRICT TELEGRAPH Co. Ltd. Serving British Columbia for Over 60 Years Central Station: MU 3-4141 General Office: MU. 2-2266 355 Burrord Street Vancouver, B.C. Look for these labels this summer... Political Field A great deal is being said of labor's role in the political field. Some are suggesting that organized labor has no place in politics or public affairs. Surely this is the business of everybody. It is simply good, citizenship.to take ) an interest in the affairs of our nation, and that is exactly what organized labor is doing. } The Canadian Labor Congress lias conducted *an-; active; cam- ^••'<*>*mimmmmmm _ 1 " JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' & HAIRDRESSERS' UNION LOCAL 120 SAVE SERVED SINCE AUGUST 28, 1899 A. E. JOHNSON Pres. E. HODGINS Recorder LEN CONDY ...Vice-Pres. DON EDWARDS Guide A. COLEMAN : .. ...... Secretary-Treasurer LOOK FOR OUR UNION SHOP CARDS Hospital Employees7 Union LOCAL 180 (N.U.P.E.) - (C.L.C.) Affiliated with the Vancouver & District Labour Council B.C. Federation of Labour Pres., J. FLEMING Financial Sec'y. ALEX PATERSON Secretary-Business Manager, W. M. BLACK Office: 335 W. Broadway Phone: TR 6-5822 Vancouver General Hospital __-... Vancouver, B.C. Grace Hospital Vancouver, B.C. North Vancouver General Hospital ..North Vancouver, B.C. Burnaby General Hospital ..Burnaby, B.C. Royal Columbian Hospital . -.New Westminster, B.C. St. Mary's Hospital New Westminster, B.C. Powell River General Hospital Powell River, B.C. Chilliwack General Hospital ._._•_ Chilliwack, B.C. Valleyhaven Hospital ■ ..Chilliwack, B.C. Nanaimo General Hospital — Nanaimo, B.C. King's Daughters' Hospital LJ. ....Duncan, B.C. Ladysmith General Hospital Ladysmith, B.C. Queen Alexandra Solarium ._" .•.-.^...-.Victoria, B.C. West Coast General Hospital JT_..Port Alberni, B.C. Royal Inland'Hospital __!._--"--'_„:-:__ Kamloops, B.C. Vernon Jubilee Hospital :__ Vernon, B.C. Kelowna General Hospital „ ..Kelowna, B.C. Penticton Hospital , „»___Penticton, B.C. Kootenay Lake General Hospital .......Nelson, B.C. Prince George & District Hospital Prince George, B.C. Langley. Memorial Hospital Langley, B.C. St. Eugene Hospital .... .. Cranbrook, B.C. Mater Misericordiae Hospital -...Rossland, B.C. Trail-Tadanac Hospital ........L. Trail, B.C. St. Martin's Hospital „ :._„..Oliver, B.C. Fernie Memorial Hospital .. Fernie, B.C. Kimberley & District General Hospital ...Kimberley, B.C. G. R. Baker Memorial Hospital — — Quesnel, B.C. White Rock & District Hospital — White Rock, B.C. Matsqui, Sumas. Abbotsford Gen. Hospital..Abbotsford, B.C. Creston Valley Hospital ...Creston, B.C. Arrow Lakes Hospital _ Nakusp, B.C. Maple Ridge Hospital ... .. Haney, B.C. Mission Memorial ospital •_.__ ^.Mission City, B.C. Ocean Falls General Hospital ....Ocean Falls, B.C. Campbell River & Dist. Gen. Hospital..Campbell River, B.C. St. Paul's Hospital .... ^r-- ..Vancouver, B.C. Fraser Canyon Hospital .r. _.._.^——-Hope, B.C. Nicola Valley General Hospital Merritt, B.C. LOCAL UNION 213 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS CHARTERED NOVEMBER 6 1901 I I I \ United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Local 1251 732 Royal Avenue New Westminster, B.C. Phone LA 1-0525 President ;... O. T. Norman Vice-President .... C. Brownjohn Rec. Secretary .... F. Reckenberg Fin. Seoretary C. Johnson Treasurer F. Hartley ii Conductor ;. R. Irvine U Warden E. Nelson I Trustees: F. Hamilton, J. Vitall ■ E. Nelson Business Agents R. West i K. McDermid Fraternal Greetings I 1959 The Labor Statesman August, 1959 13 Marble Polishers Union LOCAL 179 E. H. HARTLEY, Fin. Sec. ... 3841 East 22nd Avenue | Vancouver 12, B.C. President—A. D. MacDonald Vice-President—F. Allison Recording Sec'y—J. P. Milner Treasurer—E. A. Knight Business Manager & Financial Sec'y—J. G. Cody Executive Board Members J. Harnett, D. Caverley, H. Harris, J. Kapalka, J. Cowie. B. Margolese Assistant Business Managers R. McCulloch (Line Contractors & Utilities), A. Goy (Wiremen- Winders), John Morrison (Radio-Television-Electronics) L. Henwood (Gas-Manufacturing) Examining Board: H. Stubbins, B. Kells, V. Shorting, Sr. Apprentice fc Education Chairman—E. A. Knight .. Delf^ates to Councils Vancouver & District Lt&& Cv-tihcil: A. D. MacDonald. B. A, Knight, F. Hogan, T. McGibbon, J. Slingerland, R. Augustine, A. Abercrombie, M. Belmas, W. Black, A. O'Keeffe, x, R. McCulloch Building Trades Council; A. D. MacDonald, J. G. Cody, A. Goy, R. McCulloch, J. Morrison, L. Henwood, G. Sharpe Moral Trades: E. Dennis, J. Daykin, A. Goy BRICKLAYERS & MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 1, B.C. also TERRAZZO WORKERS UNION Corresponding Secretary*& Business Agent C. Ingham ......TR 4-4038 .. President' • ¥?,/-:,i»s L. Padgett .._._AR. »-0037 Financial Secretary T. B. Fleming ...LA 2-7882 Treasurer D. Frasar ...HE 3-8817 Recording Secretary J. Geddes ...TR 6-2582 Build with- Brick and Pave with Terrazzo for a job that will last a lifetime. Vancouver £ District Laundry and Drycleanmg Salesmen's local 334, CLC Affiliated with Vancouver & District Labour Council and B.C. Federation of Labour Pres., J. Currie „_i_ _ Sec. Treas,, J. A. Currie Rec. Sec, E. Maiheson Representing Driver-Salesman of: BERNARD LAUNDRY SERVICES NELSONS LAUNDRIES LTD. SWAN BROS. LOCAL No. 212 Amalgamated Meat Cotters & Butcher Workmen OF NORTH AMERICA, AF. of L.-C.I.O., Urges YOU to Only 100 par cant Union markets are entitled to display this shop card ... PATRONIZE NO OTHER Always Look For This Shop Card THIS IJ10 CERTIFY. ti_ i_ mm iMa » «__ It ■in mm ■'«■ « >~ _mn.mii mm «M» _) Hl»» 1MiiI_ii * W_» lillilll.A. K «■ L TMh*m mjmmmm » » _> _kWMS» < m\ Whan You Buy Meats Buy Your Mast Supplies where the * m Union Market card is displayed PATRONIZE NO OTHER By displaying the Union Market Card, meat markets or departments are indicating that all persons employed in the market or department are members of the AFL-CIO Amalgamated Meat Cutters' Union A LIST OF STORES DISPLAYING THE UNION MARKET CARD WILL BE PUBLISHED IN FUTURE EDITIONS OF THE LABOR STATESMAN The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of LOCAL No. 452 Sixty-nine Years Continuous Operation Members Employed at Union Rates by All the Large Building said Construction Contractors in Greater Vancouver - « • OFFICE: LABOR TEMPLE 307 WEST BROADWAY - ROOM 100 Phones: TR 1-2720 - TR 6-1212 Business Agents: R. Buchanan, H. Lovttes, L. Robson Financial Secretary & Office Manager: P. J. Deplissey I f : I Affiliated with The Vancouvar District Labour Council Vancouver Building Trades Council Provincial Council of Carpenters District Council of Carpenters •unci! Canadian Postal employees Association VANCOUVER BRANCH Office: Room 108 — 332 Homer St., Vancouver Mailing Address:: Post Office Box 2411, Vancouvar 3. B.C. President W. KAY General Secretary Treasurer O, N. JOHNSON LOCAL AFFILIATIONS Vancouver Distrial Labour Council, Vancouver; New WistWllftSter District Council — Civil Service Federation of Canada. NATIONAL AFFILIATIONS Canadian Labour Congress; Civil Service Federation of Canada; Postal Workers Brotherhood of Canada; Postal, Telephone, Telegraph International National Office ** 88 Argyle Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario National President General Secretary (national) DAN CROSS FRED W. WH1TEHOUSE THE VOICE OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES -.» Tfee L»bor Statesman August, 1959 IDEA \ttn IH BY UHITED OmHKM. ■*««** HEMBJR M*<W8MltlHHh.»>l<WW ftM,*-*- THE UNION LABEL IS YOUR BEST INSURANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTS Price-Fixers Blamed For Labor Unrest The government and big employers are responsible for labor unrest in B.C., Pat, O'Neal, secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labour has charged. He said present industrial unrest was largely due to Bill 43 which was an invitation to big management to take unions out on strike. . . "This served several purposes -JjJ "My wife thinks she should have a dish-washing machine," said Browne to his companion. "You're lucky. Mine thinks she married one." Hardware Union Seeks 35-Hour Work Week A conciliation officer is sitting in on current talks affecting 600 employees in three major hardware firms. Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union is seeking a 35rhour week with no cut in take-home pay and a 12 per cent pay boost. Sick leave and seniority also are in dispute. Firms affected are Gordon and Belyea, Marshall Wells (B.C.). and McLennan, McFeely and Prior. for the big employers who are the people calling the shots," he WESTERN STAMP WORKS RUBBER STAMPS and MARKING SUPPLIES Phone: TRinity 4-8108 346 WEST BROADWAY VANCOUVER 10, B.C. Aristocratic Plywoods Ltd. ir MILLWORK i . ' " - « r . •.■..•■ ■■ . •fc KAISER ALUMINUM SHADE SCREEN .. ft KAISER ALUMINUM DIAMOND RIB ROOFING AND SHEATING 6848 Jubilee Burnaby 1 HEmlock 3-7343 mjmmmm mfm^*rmmmmm*m COMPLIMENTS OF The British Columbia Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. "They help to eliminate the small operator and leave the field clear for the big boys to gouge the public for the last penny." • • He said that for some time the public has been brainwashed by industrialists on the need lor restrictive labor legislation. "We are told that labor's demands are exhorbitant and are forcing prices upwards. "In reality, however, it would appear that statements of this type are made to take the heat off the real culprits responsible for gouging the public for the last possible cent the traffic will bear. We. refer, of course, to the price fixers." O'Neal listed companies investigated and convicted under the Combines Act in the last Seven years: 49 In the paper: manufacturing field; 11 in electrical wire and came; 12 in asphalt and tar roofing and related products; 12 in rubber goods, tires and tubes, accessories and repair materials, rubber footwear, heels and soles, vulcanized rubber clothing; three in bread making; 12 in transmission and conveyor equipment and one in manufacture of matches. "It is interesting to note that although price fixing has been practiced by many of these companies for a considerable number of years, the fines. Imposed represent, in some instances, less than 5/160 of one percent of one year's profits. . -, ;.'. _ - ... £ H. Ingham & Co. Ltd. MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS Office Phone: MUtual 1-4714 • 615 W. Hastings Vancouver, B.C. 850 Sentinel Drive. West Vancouver Rat. Phone: WA 2-1196 COMPLIMENTS OF . . . Dawson & Hall Ltd. ENGINEERS and CONTRACTORS Phone: HAstings 2800 775 dork Drive Vancouver, B.C. C*tj*>? -. . INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. of Canada Limited 1296 Station Street MOTOR TRUCKS - FARM MACHINERY INDUSTRIAL POWER MUtual 1-5521 Vancouver 4, BfC, " "1l'.lli>ll.''l''l* ■' THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT BRICKLAYERS. MASONS & TERRAZZO WORKERS. LOCAL 1; BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES. LOCAL 244; CARPENTERS LOCALS 4SZ — 1251 — 1853; CEMENT MASONS LOCAL 919. OJP. & C.M.I.A.; CLUB. CABARET. CONSTRUCTION CAMP, CULINARY & SERVICE EMPLOYEES, Local 740; iELECa-RICAL- WORKERS, Local 213; EEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS. LOCAL 82; OPERATING ENGINEERS. Local 115: FLOOMJMNBM. LOCAL 1-*1» GLAZIERS * GLASSWORKERS. LOCAL 1527; HEAT fe FROST INSULATORS 8c ASBESTOS -WORKERS, LOCAL 118; BRIDGE. STRUCTURAL & ORNAMENTAL IRONWORKERS, LOCAL 87; SHOPMEN'S. LOCAL 712; CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL LABOURERS, LOCAL 602; WOODS, WIRE & METAL LATHERS, LOCALS 207 fe 356; INTL. ASSN. OF MARBLE POLISHERS. LOCAL 179; MILLWORKERS, LOCALS 2534—1928; PAINTERS. LOCAL 138; PILE DRIVERS, LOCAL 2404; PLASTERERS. LOCAL 779, o;p. St C.M.I.A.: PLUMBING fe PIPEFIT- TING, LOCAL 170; REFRIGERATION WORKERS, LUCAL.™,&16;_.,SJBE ET METAL WORKERS, LOCAL 280; SIGN fe PICTORIAL PAINTERS, LOCAL 726; TILESETTERS, LOCAL 3; TILE S£T- TEHS HELPERS, LOCAL 78; GENERAL TrWk drivers, local ai; Building MATERIAL, CONSTRUCTION AND FUEL TRUCK DRIVERS. LOCAL LOCAL 2li; TUNNEL fc ROCK WORKERS, LOCAL 168; INT'L. ASSN. OF MACHINISTS, LOCAL 692. Building and Construction Trades Council Chartered by the Building fc Construction Trades Dept. AFL-CIO Composed of 30 Affiliated Locals Holding Agreements with General Contractors Association Road Builders and Heavy .Construction Association and 260 Independent Contractors throughout B.C. MEETS SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS IN LABOR TEMPLE'.':■.- COUNCIL OFFICERS , President, J. R, St. ELOI (Plumbers) Secretary & Business Agent, H. TAFT (Carpenters) Vice-President, J. FRAME (Laborers) » Warden, M. HADLEY (Borfermakers) Trustees: V. STEERS aronworkers). D. CHAPMAN (Machinists), A. McGEE (SheeV-Metal). ;#?*''•>' ^OAR-D OF BUSINESS AGENTS MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. Phone TRinity 9-1210 Office: Room 110, Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway - i ii iwiiw-w-a— ■ rr«ij ■ '•• Asp'rl ■■■ ■mmrn^ C .9 a a "Would you cash my scab pay* check and bring me a couple af eye-openers? V Meat Talks CHICAGCv-The meat industry's drive toward greater efficiency and mechanization has left a jobless trail of tens of thousands of workers. The problem is expected to be a main subject of negotiations between two AFL-CIO unions— United Packinghous Workers and Amalgamated Meat Cutters —and the packing industry since the trend has paralleled three- year contracts which terminate Aug. 31. The work force in basic meat packing has fallen 18 percent since 1956, a drop representing an estimated 30,000 jobs and both unions pin the change to the movement of the big packers away from the traditional centres into the livestock areas, primarily to save transportation costs. It's cheaper to ship dressed beef. Governments Criticized For Inaction on Jobless (Continued from page 1) ployers would put a little more hay into the* pockets of the workers they then oould afford to make hay." VLC secretary E. A. 'Teddy* Jamieson attempted to cool the premier's attitude to the presentation, pointing out that the committee was formed to try. to solve the unemployment problem alone and that the brief was not to be considered as a personal criticism of the premier or his government. But Mr. Bennett appeared to disregard this. The brief urged: • Unemployment insurance benefits or an equivalent benefit for all people requiring gainful employment. ("This is not to infer that all 'unplaced applicants^ on the lists of the NES should receive these benefits, but rather that all who actually require benefits are supplied.") • A royal commission investigation of the effects of technological change and automation on employment in Canada. ("Is the age of automation approaching faster than governments realize and do automation and technological change not seriously accentuate current cyclical arid seasonal unemployment problems?") • Social assistance allowances are entirely Inadequate and should be boosted; that allowances be paid to all unemployed- employable persons who are not Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Dye House Workers' INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL No. 292 . AFFILIATEP WITH B.C. FederationJof Labour Canadian Labor Congress Vancouver & District Labour Council Union Label Trades Council President: DOROTHY KELLY Vice-President:' JOHN A. COtoPER Business Agent, Secretary-Treasurer: CATHERINE BROWNE Assistant Business Agent, Organizer: COLIN FLEMING Sergeant-at-Arms: MARGARET BROWNE Executive: Maud Wright, Doris Chega, Marge Henderson, '"■; Nancy-Hutton '. •*■; Trustees: Elsie Schierman, Helen Kurucz, Maud Wright Labour Council: Doris Chega, Maud Wright, Catherine Browne, Margaret Browne, Dorothy Kelly, Colin Fleming Publicity Committee: Catherine Browne Union Label Trades Council: Catherine Browne. / Suite No. 1, 224 East Broadway Phones: TR 6-4543 - TR 4-0939 UNION LAUNDRIES and DRY CLEANERS Aone Towel & Linen Supply, 882 Howe Street Bernard Laundry Services, 130 West 5th Avenue Canadian Linen Company, 1200 Richards Street Craft Cleaners, 612 Kingsway Fairview Cleaners, 706 W. Broadway Nelson's Laundry & Dry Cleaners Ltd., 2300 Cambie St., 5 West 4th Ave. (and branch stores)) Peerless Laundry & Dry Cleaners Ltd., 1698 West 3rd Aye. Royal City Laundry & Dry Cleaners Ltd., 814 Royal Ave.,. New Westminster. Shaughnessy Heights French Cleaners Ltd., 2928 Granville St Sanitary Cleaners (and branch stores), 401 E. 12th Ave. Swan Brothers Ltd. (and branch stores), 401 E. 12th Ave. Sterling Laundry Ltd., 1460 W. 7th Ave. Valley Laundry & Dry Cleaners Ltd., 9 Mary St., Chilliwack CONSTRUCTION and GENERAL LABORERS' UNION LOCAL No. 602 OFFICERS: ' ,p President: J: FRAMED Vice-President: J. DESAUfcNIER Secretary-Treasurer: C. H. SAVAGE Business Agents: P. BEDORE - A. JONES - F. STROHMAIER eligible for unemployment insurance; streamlined administration procedure between UIC and social assistance so that there will be no lag between expiry of unemployment insurance and start of social assistance; return to comprehensive form of medical care for social assistance cases; that the provincial government declare a moratorium on debts of the unemployed. • Measures to promote housing construction (see separate story on page 9) including accommodation urgent for senior citizens and low-income families. The brief said that most average family incomes in Canada are below those of the aver- The Labor Statesman August, 1959 15 age borrowers on small homes from Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. ("The committee firmly believes, that the provision of low-cost and low-rental housing is an urgent necessity and further, that housing construction is a great stimulus to employment.") • A thorough review of intergovernmental financial relations should be carried out, similar to the study of the Rowell-Sirois Commission of 1940. ("There is concern over the plight of our municipalities and over the state of finances allotted for all levels of education. It is felt that more remedial action for local unemployment problems could be undertaken if municipal finances were adequate.") Flanders Installations Ltd. GENERAL MACHINERY AND PIPE INSTALLATIONS STEEL ERECTION . HAstings 7207 1352 POWELL STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. THE ONE AND ONLY - Labour Gazette Published by the Dominion Deportment of Labour, the Labour Gazette fcthe only publication in Canada that provides complete coverage of Canadian labour news. It is published monthly in both English and French editions. It contains timely and reliable information on current labour trends ond events. ft gives to all matters of Labour interest full, readable and lively coverage. Its duty and its aim is to pe accurate, factual, authoritative and impartial. Rates In Outside Canada Canada Annual Subscription . $2.00 $4.00 Single copy .........^.. .25 , .50 Bound volume■ .. 5.00 7.00 Group subscriptions (5 or more) :.__^_^ _—-:-- 100 -—i <«m DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF HON. MICHAEL STARR, Minister A H. BROWN, Deputy Minister _>-w,-'--^--.~i^^->. -•■ — . ■ 16 The Labor Statesman August, 1959 Anna Finlayson is Queen of Beauties This year's toast of British Columbia's beauty queens is truly a union label queen. She is Anna Finlayson, daughter of transit operator Norm Finlayson and Mrs. Finlayson of 184 West King Edward. The 18-year-old beauty was* ,- „ . j-j—— : chosen Miss PNfe in this year's waymen's Union, Div. 101, since p „ _--— r?~~- • Mayor Proclaims Union Buying Week contest at the Pacific National Exhibition,, winning over 27 other contestants. She was earlier named Miss Kingcrest and went on to win the Miss Vancouver title and entry into the final contest against girls from all parts of the province. Norm Finlayson has been an active member of the Street Rail- New Westminster local of Street. Railwaymen's Union has been certified to bargain for employees of Mairs Transport, South Burnaby. 1928. He is well known in local Scottish organizations ELECTED — E. A- Tuson has been elected president-of Street Railwaymen's Union, Div. 101. He succeeds Stan Wilcox who resigned. -£ if. if. DEAD—Silby Barrett, 75, retired assistant to president of District 50, United Mine Workers, and former vice-president of the old CCL, died August 9 at his home in Willowdale, Ont., after a long illness. STERLING LAUNDRY LTD. 100 PER CENT UNION Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning .- . -.. . . *. o n nr «.■; 1460 West 7th Ave.. Vancouver, B.C. RE 8-7191 "The Union Label Trades Council is this year holding its tenth annual Union Buying Week campaign from Sept. 7 to 12 inclusive. All trades unions in this area are supporting the campaign. "Objective of the weak is to encourage the buying of merchandise produced by union labor. By displaying in stores, by radio and press advertising, and various other methods, the Union Label Trades Council will endeavor to publicise the advantages to the public of buying union label goods, "At the request of the Union Label Trades Council, and in conformity with the established practice of Vancouver mayors over the yean. I proclaim the week of Sept. 7 to 12 as Union Buying Week." (Signed) A. T. ALSBURY Mayor. SALMON ARM—Amalgamated Meat Cuters have organized meat department employees of Shuswap Consumer's Co-op. Government bargaining certification has been awarded. HOUSING (Cont'd from Page 9) sistance to municipalities in making fully serviced land available for housing construction. "The provincial government is urged to make substantial areas of the University Endowment Lands available for housing, taking care to provide for potential land buyers from the lower income groups. "The committee firmly believes that the provision of low cost and low rental housing is an urgent necessity and further, that housing construction is a great stimulus to employment." W.J. Heads Boot Factory Ltd. Makers of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers, Miners, Cruisers, Surveyors, etc.. Our Shoes are Hand-Made — You'll be Satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver 4, B.C. Dental Plates WHY PAY MORE: $40 each The Dental Association has forbidden Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas (Old Doc) from, announcing publicly that he is willing and able to provide too quality. guaranteed dental plates at only $40 per plate. Dr. R. L Douglas 712 Robson St.. Vancouver 1 B.C. {Corner of Granville) Phone: MUtual 1-4022 HARRON BROS. LIMITED FUNERAL DIRECTORS "British Columbia's Finest Funeral Service" CHAPEL OF CHIMES 55 E. 10th Ave. TR. 6-8877 Vancouver ROYAL OAK CHAPEL HE. 1-5577 5152 Kingsway, Burnaby RICHMOND TRANSFER DAILY FREIGHT SERVICE — LULU ISLAND, SEA ISLAND, STEVESTON. LIGHT AND HEAVY HAULING Phone MUtnal 1-2101-2 425 Alexander Street DISTINCTIVE ... Jumeral £eri>ice S. BOWELL & SONS LTD. Phone LA 2-1671 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B. C. Cloverdale, B. C, Phone Cloverdale 3-7331 BRITISH COLUMBIA TRADE UNION DIRECTORY AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS ANT) B. W., Local 212—Representative, Geo. Johnston, 203 labor Temple: TR 6-5786. ' AUTOMOTIVE I.ODGE No. 1857. I. A, of M.—Business Agents, Jack Chapman, Brian Tro<hlen. Room 17, 2414 Main, TR. 6-4.104-5. Bakery and confectionery WORKERS, Local 468—Secretary, Melvin J. Kemmis, 337 W. Broadway: TR 4-9530. BAKERY SALESMEN, Local 189, ... I, B. T. C. and W.—Business Agent, " A. Wylie, 490 E. Broadway. TR. .43411. . - . _^. ■-—: : >—'—• —— Barbers — international journeymen of america, no. 120—109 Labor Temple; TR. 60641. 3ecy. Allan Coleman.' - - BC ELECTRIC OFFICE EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION — Business Manager Bill Swanson, 949 Hornby; phone MU.-3-4134. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' UNION, No. 676—Business Manager, Robt. G. Beddome, 44»W. Pender St.; MU. 3-3923 and MU. 3-4»48. CEMENT MASONS, Local 919, O.P. & C.M.—517 E. Broadway, TR 2-2122 Acting Business Agent, W. E. Mc- Mynn. CIVIC EMPLOYERS UNION, Local 407—R. Coello,, President, 2567 East Fifth, HA. 6910R. CLUB CABARET. CONSTRUCTION CAMP CULINARY AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES, Local 740—Business Agent, Archie Johnston,' 402 W. Pender; MU. 6-9828. DENTAL TECHNICIANS, Local No. 1543—Secretary George Hygh, 4007 Dunbar. BREWERY WORKERS UNION, Local 300 — Secretary, Jaenue R. Perry, 66 West 45th Ttvenue. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS (New Westminster) local 835—Business Agent, Ed. O. Carlson, 59 Alexander, New Westminster; phone LA. 2-7410. BOILERMAKERS, IRON 8HIP- BUILDERS, BLACKSMITHS, DROP FORGERS AND HELPERS, Local 359—Financial Secretary, M. H. Hadley, 111 Dunsmuir; MU. 4-1047. BRICKLAYERS & MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local No. 1— Secretary Cyril T. Ingham, 4286 Balhan, Vancouver:. TR. 4-0438. BUILDING MATERIAL & FUEL, TRUCK DRIVERS'. UNION, Local 213—BuHlneBS 'Agents A. Medley, Win. Bowe, J. Bell and E. M. Law- son; Secretary, J, Whlteford, 490 E. Broadway, TR. 4-3411. BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL, Local 244 — Business Agent and'Secretary, Ben A. R. Morley, Room 216, 603 W. Hastings; MU. 5-9462. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL—Secretary, Harold Taft, 110 Labor Temple, TR. 9-1210. CARPENTERS' UNION, No. 452— • ■Business Agents R. Buchanan, H. Lov(VB»i L. Robson; Flnanctal Secretary, P. J. Depllssy, Labor Temple; TR. 4-2720 or TR. 6-1212. CARPENTERS (New Westminster) Local 1215—Business Agents,, Ray .West and K. McDermid, office 732 Royal Ave., New Westminster; phone LA. 1-0525. DISTILLERY WORKERS UNION Local 69—Financial Secretary and Business Agent, Russell A. Cyr, 1890 2nd St., New Westminster, IjA. ■ 2-5011. ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION Local 213—Business Manager, J. Cody, 111 Dunsmuir Street, MU. 1-7381-2. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, Local 28—Sec., A. E. Morgan. Room 406, 402 W. Pender. INTERNATIONAL A S S O CIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS. AND ASBESTOS WORKERS —Room 8, 307 West Broadway, Phone TR 6-6814. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' *« GARMENT WORKERS, Locals 276 and 287—Business Agent, Anrie Marshall, 119 W. .Pender; MU. 4-5514; hour?, HA. 5961M. INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, Local 1-217—President. Syfl Thompson: Secretary. S. M. Hodgson, No. t, 46 Kingsway: TR. 4-0274. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS,. Local 82—Sec, H. C. MacKIohan, 3756 Elmwood St., Burnaby; HE. 4-7(61. ENGINEERS. HOISTING AND PORTABLE, Local 116—Business Agent, A. W. Scott, 6804 Fraser; FA. 7-6395. ENGINEERS, SCHOOL AND CARETAKERS, Local 963—Secretary, G. J. SchulU, 2825 West Thirteenth; RE. 1-3000. ' . ENGINEERS' UNION (Stationary Operating), Local No. 882—Business Agent, Harry Berger, Room 8, 2414 Main: TR. 6-2429. FIRE FIGHTERS (Burnaby), Local 323—Secretary-Treasurer, VI. Brown, 570 Rosewood, South Burnaby, FIRE FIGHTERS, Vancouver Local 18—President, Hector Wright, 4149 Marguerite; RE. 8-4146. Secty., Frank Bain, 4559 Belmont; AL. 0616Y. FLOORLAYERS' UNION, U.B. of C.J., Local No. 1541—Room No. 108, Labor Temple. Business Agent, Bruce Robson, 3238 E. 29th; HE. 1-0702. GLAZIERS AND G1.ASSWORKERS, Local 1527—Recording Secretary, A. Allen; Business Agent, John Leeson, Room 2(10, 307 West Broadway, phbne TR 4-7535. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (BO—E. P. O'Connor, Gen. Sec; A. C.-Bennett, Ass't. Gen. Sec; 2090 West,4th; REgent .1,5361-62-63. SARPENTERH' UNION (Courtenay), No. 1638—President Irwin Guten- tiolm: Sec. and Business Agent, -Lorne Paisley; Box 515, Courtenaiy. GRAIN WORKERS UNION, Local 333 — Recording Secretary, Garry Dewai, 2116 Duiidas. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, No. 180—Business Manager, W. M. Black, 336 W. Broadway; TR. 6-5822. IRONWORKERS SHOPMEN'S, Local Union 712—Business Agent, Benjamin D. Parry, 111 Dunsmuir, MU 1-0729. OFFICE EMLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 15—Room 1, 337 West Broadway; TR 4=-3515. Pat Landsley. Business Agent and - Secretary-Treasurer. OIL. CHEMICAL & ATOMIC WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 16-601. President, F. G. Geddes: Financial Corresponding Secretary, R. D. Marshall. 4737 E. Hastings, North Burnaby; CY. 8-394*. PAINTERS UNION. Local 138 -* Fin. Sec. and Business Agent, Herb Macaulay: ass't. Business Agent, Jack Fraaiey; Rec. Sec, W. Eaton. 337 W. Broailway: TR 6-6033. PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS, Local 1550—Secretary, C. Erickson, c/o Room 200. 307 West Broadway. IRONWORKERS, Local 97 — Pres. Robt-. Knox; . Vlce-pres. Victor Morell: Fin. Sec. T. McGrath: Bus. Agent. Norman lvUlis.ni. Ill _punsmutr, MU. 1-0729, JBWELERY WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL. Loc**-42 Office, 339 West Pender, MU. 4-1613; President. Frank Popowich, 1705 Napier. HA. 2465R. ;.'-'■ * LABORERS CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL. Local 602—Secretary, C. H. Savage, Room 204, 307 W. Broadway: TR 4-9233. PATTERNMAKERS' ASSOCIATION —Secretary, E. Westmoreland, 4504 Mountain Highway,, North Vancouver; YU. 8-8966. PILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRIDGEMEN. Local 2404—Business Agent, S. Allen, Room 116, 307 West Broadway; TR 4-7817. PLASTERERS' U.NION, No. 77» — Secretary. W. E. McMjnn. 517 East Broadway. TR 2-2122. • 'LUMBERS A PIPEFITTERS. Local 170— Bus. Mgr., J. R. St. Etol; Asst. Bus. Mgrs., James Barton and J. L Fisher, 115 Labor Temple; TR 9-1428. LAUNDRY WORKERS. No. 2j2 — Business Agent, Mrs. Catherine Browne, 49U E. Broadway; TR 6-4543 LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SALESMEN, Local 334 — J. A. Currie. Secretary-treasurer. — 2861 West Third. RE 8-9649. M A C H I N ISTS. I NTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Lodge 692—Business representatives, D. H. Chapman and R. F, Esplln, Room 17, 2414 Main; TR 4-0513, TR. 6-7035. MARINE WORKERS & BOILER- MA KERB-INDUSTRIAL UNION, Local 1—president, S. Jenkins; Secretary, W. Stewart, 339 W. Pender St.; MU. 1-9481. MILK SALESDRtVERS & DAIRY EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 464— No. 107, 490 E. Broadway; Sect., Ben McCrone; Business Representatives, Sam Brown, Mike Rees; TR 4-3411. MOLDERS' UNION, Local 281—Business Agent, M. Bjornson, 118 Labor Temple; TR 6-5920. MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS, Local 348—President A. E. McManus: Seel., E. StanWay Scan- Ion: Business Agent. L. Walker, 1356 Seymour; Ml'. 4-7024. MUSICIANS' UNION, Local 145 — Business -Manager, 408 W. Pender, Room 315; MU. 4-1564. PRINCE GEORGE AND DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL—Room 17, 1331 4th Ave., Prince George; phone 191L2. " PRINTING FRESSMEN, Local 69— Sec. A. Milne, 4049 West 30th; AL. 3506L. PULP AND SULPHITE (Converters) UNION, Local 433—Business Agent,*D. Braaten, 525 W. Pender, Suite X; MU. 3-8284. PULP AND SULPHITE WORKERS, Local 312, Ocean Falls, B.C.—Secretary, George Meldrum, Drawer 190, Ocean Falls, B.C. SHEET METAL WORKERS, Local 280—Bus. Manager. Alex McGee, 207 Labor Temple: TR 4-8020. SHINGLE WEAVERS" UNION. Local No. .2802 — Secretary, Arthur Slusaivhuk. 127 East 44th, FA. 7-6887. SHIPWRIGHTS. BOATBUTLDERS. JOINERS AND CAULKERS, Local No. 506 —Business Agent. J. T. Best, Room 402-3, The Shelley Building. US W. Pender; MU 4-3?W. SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS, , Local 726—Sec, J. A. Middle ton, 6339 Kitchener, N. Burnaby: Bus. ' A sent. Jerm Leeson. 'Room- 200, 307 West Broadway. TR 4-7535. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION. Dtv. 101—Business Agent. C. Stewart, Street. Rly. Bldg., 125 E. 8th; TR 4-2010. STREET RAIYWAYMEN'S UNION. No. 134—Bus. Agent, R C. Lawrence, Room 22. 774 Columbia, .New Westminster. Phone LA. 1-7330. TAXI DRIVERS. Local 1S4—Secretary. C. Gower. 490 E. Broadway; TR. 4-S411. THEATRE EMPLOYEES. Local B-7S —Secretary, Mrs. F. Foster. Ste. 1. 4608 Main; TR 9-5453. Business Agent. D. Calladine. 6693 Laburnum, JVM. 1-0078. TILE SETTERS. Local No. 3—Recording Secretary, D. P. Ewan, - 58S1 Berwick, R Burnaby. TRICK DRIVERS' UNION. Local No. 31—S. B. Whitelock and A. J. Barnes: Secretary, R. A. Lenfesiy, 490 E. Broadway; TR 4-341L TUNNEL & ROCK WORKERS, Local 168—337 W. Broadway, Secretary. H. Croft: phone TR 8-3211. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, Local 226—Secretary, P. Campbell. *1» Labor Temple: TR 6-6810. PULP & SULPHITE WORKERS, Local 708, Watson Island — Secretary A. Macphee. P.O. Box 294, Prince Rupert, B.C. PULP, SULPHITE AND PAPER- MILL WORKERS—International office, 315-316 Crown Bldg. H. L. Hansen, International rep., MU. 4-3858. REFRIGERATION WORKERS UNION,'Local 516—Sec. L R. Win- tie, 137 W, 40th; FA 7-4409, FA 7-8511. . , -• . • , RETAIL GROCERY AND FOOD CLERKS, Local No. 1518—Sec. W. W. Wells, 337 West Broadway; TR. 6-3348. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES- FEDERAL UNION (Burnaby), Local 379--Secretary. G. J. McCrae, 3309 Lane, S. Burnaby. SEAFARERS' INTERNA TIONAL UNION—Seoretary, Norman Cunningham, 298 Main; MU. .1-3468. UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL —Secretary, Mrs. A. E. Hallock, day phone TR 4-0827; evenings TR 4-3748. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS' UNION. No. 232—Secretary, Elsie Hawrylechko, 1846 Nelson, MU. 1-4802. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS, Local 190—Recording Secretary, Kay Filgiano, 255 East 11th. V N,I T E D STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, Local 568s^Sec. Wm. Giesbrecht, 2384 West Broadway. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA EMPLOYEES' UNION, LWSal 116—Secretary,' A. Leathern, Sit East 8th St., North Vancouver. WATER AND SEWER BOARD EMPLOYEES, Lical 393—Secretary, R. Skinner, 671 W. 22nd Ave TR 6-9041 WOOD. WIRE & METAL LATHERS Local 207—Pres. R. Buttle, Sec, O. A. Garrison; Organizer. A. H. Burton, Office, Room 200, 307 West Broadway. TR. 6-1223. \
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