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J The OWNED RY THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNC Number 691 —• Eight Pages VANCOUVER, B.C., MAY 30, 1959 CHRIS RETIRES A Chair To Relax In After WCB Service Chris Pritchard, a veteran labor man and labor commissioner on the Workmen's Compensation Board for 17 years, will retire in comfort. Comfort, that is, in a floater rocker chair complete with foot rest. The chair was presented to Brother Chris by Vancouver Labour Council delegates this month as the former plumber wound up his long public service. He was given a rousing cheer of thanks by delegates ■—and he in turn thanked the the of officers and delegates of council, business agents local unions and the thousands of rank and file members who he said had given him support during his term on the WCB. Pritchard was first elected to the old Trades and Labor Council in 1929 as a delegate from Plumbers Union Local 170. He was business agent for Local 170 for many years and later became secretary ofthe Building Trades Council. He also was secretary of the Vancouver Trades and Labour 11 1959 LIBRARY 1 itablished 1924 PRITCHARD . . . After 17 years some comfort Council until 1942 when he was appointed to the compensation board. Protest Teacher Hiring Labor Says Summer Bus Jobs Should Go To Unemployed Men B.C. Electric has been strongly criticized for hiring 24 teachers as summer bus drivers at a time when unemployment •ClTiWlItB llif^n. Vancouver Labour Council supported the protest by Street Railway men's division 101. SRU said the company had hired 24 teachers and 16 university students for summer bus work. "The company gave as the reasons for hiring these people that they will be able to get them back for a number of summers and thus cut down oh training costs," SRU said. "Our Union does not control th hiring, but we have informed the company that we believe when so many of our citizens art out of work they should have definitely given priority consideration to hiring unemployed citizens and university students instead of teachers who are employed on a yearly salaried basis. "We want to make it clear that we are not inferring that teachers are paid enough for their very important jobs and therefore do not need extra money over and above their teacher's salary," the SRU protest went on. "But we are most emphatically saying that if we had the control over who is hired for this summer work our unem ployed citizens would be given preference." A B.C. Teachers' Federation official stated that he under- with the at the SRU "did fSdf express opposition to the idea" of hiring some teachers, Labor Endorses Mrs. Henderson ■ T Labor has been urged to support Mrs. Winifred Henderson in the aldermanic by- election in North Vancouver June 11. The executive board of Vancouver Labour Council and the VLC's political education committee has endorsed Mrs. Henderson as labor candidate. "Most certainly the federation expects that its members will not take jobs which could be filled by those who are unemployed." said Stan. Swans, sistant general secretary teachers. He said that some teachers accept summer work but this is the exception rather than the rule. The protest failed to change the company's policy. In The News BOMB TESTS™. CLC Policy Page 3 NEWFOUNDLAND Fight Still On ... Page 2 LOOKING BACK To 1924 Page 5 Coleman Urges Support Your Union Paper' Unions and union members have been urged to subscribe to the Labor Statesman. Public Relations Committee chairman Al Coleman said bulk subscriptions to unions arc arranged at a reasonable price and that all unions should subscribe. He alio urged unions to submit material for publication. nform Immigrants On Jobless Picture Immigrants should be made aware of unemployment conditions before they come to Canada, Vancouver Labour Council said this month. Delegates concurred with a proposal from Local 432 of Carpenters thai the Canadian immigration department should inform prospective immigrants of the job situation before they are signed up to come here. IWA Says Double Crossed' International Woodworkers have accused Labor Minister Lyle Wicks of a "double cross'' in current negotiations for a master contract with cOast lumber operators. IWA said the minister had given earlier assurance that the conciliation offioer's report would be submitted to the union and that the conciliation board step would be waived. Ai statement from the IWA negotiating committee said: "Never again will we trust the word of Lyle Wicks. Not only has he double-crossed the union, but he is trying to drive the IWA into his Bill 43 trap." The dispute will now be heard by a conciliation board. Jim Bury, assistant secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labor, will represent IWA, chairman will be Dean George-ErCnrtis of UBC faculty of law, and Terry Watt, of Management Research (Western) Ltd., is employers' nominee. IWA district president Joe Morris said "we had been led to believe that the report and recomendations of the conciliation officer would be available for submission to the members of the union to accept or reject. "Our plans were laid to finalize issues well before the Continued on Page 8) Labor Seeks Pensioners Tax Relief 'Delete Home Assessment From Deductible Earnings' Labor will seek an amendment to the Old Age Assistance Act to give pensioners relief from rising assessments on homes. B.C. Federation has been asked to press the issue with the government. At present, an old age pensioners' home is considered in computing income — rated at five per cent of the market or assessed value of the home. New Westminster Local 1-357 of International Woodworkers focused attention on the issue this month. The local's resolution declared that many pensioners' homes today are assessed at about $4,000 which would mean a deduction of $200 (five per cent) from the $240 received annually under the Old Age Assistance Act. The resolution won the sup- . pottf- of the- Vancouvjx-JLabour Council after discussion by the legislative committee. "The five per eent section of the regulations should be repealed because it is working a hardship on old age pensioners who pay .municipal taxes, heat, light, repairs and so on, on their homes," the resolution declared. It was pointed out that under the provincial Assessment Equalization Act, property assessments have been boosted in all municipalities. IN I I II I DETAILS: — Settlement of strike of Office Employees at Forsts included these pay boosts, unavailable at last publication time: $2 to $7 a week retroactive to May 1. 1958: $2.50 across the board" on May 1 this year and an additional $2.50 a week May 1. 1960. ♦ * * NEW FACES — Delegates at this njpnth-a. meetings FLIES TO OTTAWA OTTAWA — Alfred Toone, secretary of Victoria Labour Council was one of three representatives who flew to Ottawa to urge government help for the capital city's shipbuilding industry, "Our shipyards are going downhill and we are trying to do something about it," Toone said. oT~VatooSvSTT5B>our Council included: R. L. LaVigne, Government Employees, Essondale branch; A. Pothom, Marine Workers; Jean Nixon. Office Employees; J. Shaw. Elevator Constructors; A. Ewanchuk and Paul Smith, Retail Wholesale; John Barter. Heat and Frost Insulators; Paul Wellington. Warehousemen; Allan Head. Steelworkers. PARADE — PRE has announced that this year's big parade will be held on Saturday for the first time ever — giving thousands who previously have been unable to attend a chance to see the event. * * * LOOKING—Vancouver area is being surveyed as possible site for two rubber companies, Goodyear Tire. & Rub- Continued on Page m) LOOK! FOR THIS LABEL ON THE TAXICAB WINDOW 2 The Labor Statesman May 30, 1959 MUSIC HATH CHARMS, NO? Loggers Strike Holds Firm, Unions Urged Support Fund Newfoundland loggers are maintaining their picket lines in the struggle to beat vicious antiunion government legislation in their province. Unions in B.C. have been urged, to continue support for the IWA in the Atlantic province and B.C. Federation of Labour has spiked false reports that the strike has folded. Picket lines are still firm and THIS MONTHS CHOICE for union label gal is lovely Marie Smythe. who can claim both musical ability and feminine charms ... as aptly displayed in this picture of the eastern miss. Welfare For (Awon rence Two-day conference on health and welfare services of the Community Che*st and the three levels of government will be held for union members on June 19 and 20. The conference includes a tour of a, number, of agencies. Last year tnis proved a highlight of the program. Vancouver Labour Council Secretary Ted Jamieson said that a request has gone to management to' allow employees chosen to aliend the seminar to do so without loss of pay for the Friday session. Employees will attend, the Saturday session on their own time, j - . **:^fcr.'" . Discussions and talks cover government welfare and health services, family and child care, recreation facilities, rehabilitation, the role of the welfare services committees in local unions. ' A panel including Prof. Wm. T?ijcon of UBC; Howard Napht- ali, executive director of Community Chest in this area; and VLC President Lloyd Whalen will discuss "at what point should government accept responsibility for voluntary services and how should the fchange-over be effected." The seminar, to be held at Vancouver East "Y", 788 Com- 5ACH Imerdal Drive, winds up at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Tours of agencies wil Ibe held on Friday afternoon. Most Tourists Fro* Washington S VICTORIA — Tourists f)om neighboring state of Washing- tain outnumbered all other visitors to B.C.„last yearr^—**** More than: 185.800 Washington cars' crossed the border during 1050 mot* than 64 per cent of the total U.S. entries. California cars numbered 44,- 383, and Oregon 23,788. Education For Jobless Proposed A proposal for education courses for unemployed workers has been handed to the B.C. Federation of Labour. Endorsed in principle by Vancouver Labour Council, the suggestion urges that classes be set up in slack periods of employment to allow workers to improve themselves, learn modern methods of construction or take trade training in other trades. . >. The idea is from United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 452 loggers are still loyal to the areas in Canada and hag j had the widest support of any labor' appeal in years. "But continued effort is essential. Anything les would let the Newfoundland loggers down," the federation said*. • , All IWA members in B.C. have assessed themselves $1 a month for the duration of the^ strike. Local 501 of Longshore-' men have voted the same assess-' ment. IWA At the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co. where the legal strike started Dec. 31, there are still 780 families depending on IWA strike funds for support, the Federation said. The cross-Canada strike and defence fund set up by the Canadian Congress of Labour has urged all Canadian unionists to donate $1. The fund target is $1,000,000. At mid-May, the fund total was nearing the half-way mark —$416,000. The Newfoundland government is continuing the vicious practice of refusing welfare assistance to the families of men who continue to hold IWA cards. In effect, the Newfoundland government is trying to force strikers to sign "yellow dog" contracts before they can get the welfare assistance to which!. , . . , A „ they are entitled as residents of'has been aPP°mted to the staff CLC Names Newf I'd Staff Man OTTAWA—Baxter Fudge of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Newfoundland, the federation declared. This action makes these people depehd on the Newfoundland strike and defence fund.' The resentment felt by Newfoundlanders at the tactics adopted by their government is evident from the more than 10,- Q0Q people who have signed postcards asking members of PLATES WHY MY MORE? After practising Dentistry in this province for over Forty Years, the Dental Association have taken objection to my method of conducting my practise, namely, making guaranteed Dental Plates for only Forty Dollars each __ «_v «_ IXEWElityN Dr. R. Douglas Phone 712 ROBSON ST. 1.4022 C tiranville MU. Vancouver 1, B.C. Wage Boost Marine Men Marine Workers and Boilermakers Local 1 have won three general wage increases of two percent each in a new two-year agreement with Westerrf Bridge and Steel Fabricators, Vancouver. , ■ the Newfoundland house of as- The un|on said the courses sembly to rescind the anti-la- ould be planned as a joint un- bor legislation. Udrtaking by provincial; and fed- Detailed reports of contribu- eral governments and that sub- tions to tne defence fund show sistence allowance be paid that assistance is coming in|ofNewfoi workexs takmg. part in the from «.of the 100 labor coundil Labor for 10 years courses. No Dispute With New Omar Majestic Theatre B.C. Projectionsts Union this month advised that it has no dispute with the present operator, of the Majestic Theatre. Acting secretary Douglas Cal- ladine said the union had a dispute with former operators regarding ^unsettled pay at the time the "theatre had closed but that this in no way involves the present operator who has reopened the city theatre. 1 done... i ; and gone! j 3R J r~ rr C.U.&C means "Credit Union and Co-operative IT ALSO MEANS the highest quality prepaid medical and surgical care group phu\ available in B.C. for you and your family at the lowest possible cost.. 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CLC President Claude Jodoin ' said "this appointment is part of a program to strengthen and ' step-dp the activities of organized labor, .in*- Newfoundland where great' efforts are being made to weaken the structure of the democratic labor movement",.; > y A life-long resident of Newfoundland, Fudge is a member of International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Papermill .: Workers and was vice-president - of Newfoundland Federation of ■ 1 3 The Labor Statesman May 30, 1959 A MAN DIED Congress Explains Policy On Nuclear Bomb Tests This illustration by the Workmen's Compensation Board shows how one of the 208 workers who met death in industrial accidents last year was killed. It was a death by electrocution. The 19-year-old apprentice steel worker was spotting steel with another man. The steel was being moved by a crane working in proximity to lines carrying 12,000 volts. An electrical contact was made with the power lines by the crane boom. One man received a slight shock and was thrown clear. The other man died by electrocution despite immediate application of artificial respiration. BUT RECORD BETTER * Accidents Kill 208 On In 1958 dropped to drive Industrial accidents in B.C safety, education mu£s fpntinue hazards and to inspire safe working habits. Despite the drop in accidents;> and deaths industrial mishaps took a heavy toll. There were 75.039 accidents during the year compared with 88,189 in 1957. There were 22,- 356 accidents where the workman had to lay off more than three days. Fatalities dropped by 13 yer cent, but still 208 workers met their death. The 1957 toll was 240. during 1958. But for elimination of Canadian Congress of Labor has disagreed with a Vancouver resolution which urged "immediate and unconditional cessation of all nuclear testa by the U.S., Great Britain and Russia. CLC secretary-treasurer Donald MacDonald said the resolution was "disturbing in that it proposed "unconditional cessation of tests. "In other words, we should demand that the nuclear powers ■ign an agreement on cessation of tests without any inspection ! system to make sure that this agreement is observed." he said. "It is the CLC view that this kind of an agreement is not worth anything." Council filed the CLC reply "for infor*-iation". MacDonald pointed out that the CLC executive council last August issued a statement .on nuclear tests calling on the Canadian government to "immediately take the initiative for-the conclusion of an international agreement between the nuclear powers, banning thermo-nuclear tests, based on the technical agreement reached by their scientific experts in Geneva.** He said that no testing has taken place by the three world nations since Nov. 3. 1958. In the Geneva conference discussing cessation of tests, the three powers have reached agreements on certain points and made some progress in the drafting of a treaty to ban nuclear tests. i ^£ "Most important, they have agreed on the principle of inspection.'' he said. "What divides them at present is Russia's insistence that the inspection teams in the territories of the respective states should be composed of a majority of nationals of these states and that each power should have the right to exercise a veto on the need to place such an inspection team in operation." He said Russia so far. has refused to accept the latest solution urging an interim measure while talks continue in efforts to reach a comprehensive agreement for cessation of tots under effective international control. The interim proposal suggested that the powers agree to prohibit tests above the ground up to 30 n>iles. Such tests, which cause the heaviest and most dangerous fall-out could be detected without on-the-spot inspection. Russia favors a proposal that inspection teams should be limited to certain specific agreed-on dates. "The principle of inspection has been accepted and negotiations are continuing," MacDonald said. 'Tor the CLC to come out with a statement turn which would reject the principle of on-the- spot inspection, would obviously not help the situation." V ___ HOLIDAY ma CANCELS THREE COmOL MEETINGS It's"holiday time again and Vancouver Labour Council meetings will follow the summer pattern set in former years. Delegates have agreed to cancel the first meetings— first Tuesday of each month—during the months of June, ■ July and August That means there will be only one meeting in each of the three summer months, on the third Tuesday. Executive has the power to call special meetings of council if considered necessary. Next council meeting is June 16. Victoria Workers Settle For Per Cent Major causes of accidents were: struck by an object, 34.1 per cent; slips, 20.9 per cent; striking an object, 13.4 per cent; falls, 11.2 per cent; overexertion, 7.6 per cent; caught in or between objects, 4.8 per cent; J will get $1.79 harmful substances. 3.4 per cent; industrial diseases, 2.8 per cent; vehicles and transportation, 1.4 per cent; explosions, 14 per cent. Safety pays off. Don't take chances. VICTORIA—Outside workers employed by city of Victoria have won a 9.62 per cent wage increase. The boost averted a threatened strike by the 250 workers. 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"To each union member the political party of tils choice" "Build Strong Unions for Social Security" E. A. JAMIESON, Secretary AL COLEMAN. Chairman, Public Relations Committee Subscription Rates: 11.59 per year; to Unions, Co per copy Vancouver, May 30, 1959 Spiking The Propaganda The outcry that labor is getting "too big" and "too powerful" is the pounding block used by anti-union forces today. Those who would cripple organized trade unions are attempting to impress these phrases on the public mind as something sinister and evil. It's the old game of the "big lie." . . AFL-CIO President George Meany riddled the charges ,, ,_pt a convention of railway clerks this month: "In a demo- . js-cratic nation, workers must play an important part if the ^. jnation is to remain democratic. . & "It is significant that under dictatorships, the first act of the dictator is to clamp down on the trade union movement. This was true of Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and every other dictator of modern times." Those who may be taken in by the propaganda of the anti-labor forces should weigh that statement carefully. You cannot have human freedom in a nation unless the workers are free—if they are not free then there is no freedom for any other group. Government by order in Council is something we can get along without, especially if the type of government we get is exemplified by what was witnessed in Victoria this month. We're not getting into the argument on whether provincial amusement taxes should or should not be levied against the "take" at bingo games held by such organizations as Canadian Legion. But that aside, there is no logic and certainly no evidence of legal fair play in the cabinet's action in passing an order in council which makes three city Legion branches liable for amusement tax retroactive to 1957. This has all the taste of a "sour grapes" action. The government failed to beat the Legion in tussles on this tax issue in the courts. So it in effect says "we'll get„ them" through order in council, in spite of what the courts ruled. Use of retroactive orders- in-council is a dangerous practice. What guarantee has the public that this practice of retroactive taxation will not be extended in other fields? If the government is putting forward a new taxation policy, it should do so on the floor of the legislature, not in the closed halls of a cabinet meeting. In the legislature, the public has its chance to lobby its elected representativees and to have its case argued before the court of public opinion. Cabinet order - in - councils have their place in setting in motion policies which the legislature has approved. But they have no place in deciding issues on which the elected representatives have not had their say. Slander Used To Justify Bad Laws (Following is editorial comment in Canadian Labour Reports on anti-labor legislation in B.C. and Newfoundland). Provincial governments on the East and West coast of Canada have lately attempted to solve the problems of industrial relations in modern society by enacting repressive and restrictive labor legislation. The new anti-labor laws of Newfoundland and British Columbia can be viewed as an attempt to cater to special corporate interests in the provinces, and as an expr sion of the feeling in Ca dian business and manage ment circles that the time had come to get even with the trade union movement; or they can be understood as an attempt to suppress the democratic freedoms of Canadian workers. There is no doubt that these legislative developments are a setback to the labor movement in Canada. They will be fought with all the resources and spirit that characterizes a free democratic movement fighting against tyranny. However, all Canadians concerned with issues of human rights should be disturbed about an accompanying development in these provinces. This is the rising use of slander, half lies and hysterical denunciations by responsible provincial government ii officials in the attempt to justify questionable legislative practices. [.'It' The practice of attributing all the evils of society to labor unions has become an all too popular practice in government as well as non-government circles. The anti-labor myths, so dearly cherished by Canadian Chamber of Commerce types, are repeatedly kept alive on editorial pages of small and large circulation newspapers. These issues and their consequences should be of concern to every Canadian interested in maintaining a strong and vital democratic society in Canada. North Shore By-election Competing For Worst Premier' Labor is back on the civic election scene in June Vancouver Labor Council has endorsed Mrs. Winni- fred Henderson in the by-election in North Vancouver City and is urging local unions to lend support. .Union members residing in North Vancouver should take note and help out in the campaign to elect Mrs. Henderson. A resident of North Vancouver since 1935 and mother of six children, she has been an active PTA member and has held several top offices in that organization. Your support and your vote is counted on. New Labor Party (From 1924 Labor Statesman files) "Ninety-six delegates representing local trades unions and working class political parties, were present at an enthusiastic convention held in the Trades Council Hall of the Holden Building for the purpose of organizing a B.C. section of the Canadian Labor Party. "It was adopted that a regular convention of accredited delegates from fully paid up and affiliated bodies would be held May SI and June 1. "Provincial officers elected were: President W. H. Cot- trell; vice-president R. H. Neelands; secretary, F. Hunt; Trustees, William Dunn, Malcolm Sorley and P. Floyd. The anti-union actions of two Canadian Premiers — B.C.'s Bennett and Newfoundland's Smallwood — echoed in far south Miami Beach this month. Claude Jodoin. CLC president, aptly told a convention of International Garment Workers that the two premiers "seem to be competing with one another to see who can be the worst premier in Canada." He finished with: "You know what happened to McCarthy and Hepburn (former premier of Ontario). They just disappeared. Well, I'll predict the same thing will happen to Smallwood and Bennett. The electorate will take care of that." In New York, the big city's million - member labor movement has pledged full financial and picket line support to the strike of 3.000 low-paid hospital workers for union recognition. Workers at six non profit private hospitals took the only*'"path'open-'~tb* them, in the face of the flat refusal of hospital trustees to meet with union representatives or even to participate in a factfinding committee proposed by Mayor Robert Wagner. V *r *Tr In Washington, the Jewelry Workers, under fire from the AFL-CIO executive council, have launched a major cleanup campaign with the election of new top (Officers at their fifteenth triennial convention. The convention adopted a new international consitution and pledged strict adherence to the AFL-CIO codes of ethical practices. The union has been under trusteeship order by the AFL-CIO for 6 months. •rj* »Je •}• Printing Pressmen have a new international constitution the person of Anthony J. De- Andrade. a member of the union since 1917 and a vice- president since 1946. He was named by the union's board of directors to serve pending a referendum of the membership. Former president Thomas Dunwody died on May 2. ■}• •_■• *J» In the far south, a new outburst of anti-union violence broke out with knifing and beating of two staff members of the Textile Workers Union of America. Victims of the latest attack were Frank Barker and Frank Chupka, who were dragged from their motel room by thugs,, slugged repeatedly and then slashed about the face and body. This vicious assault brought to four the number of union representatives brutally beaten, under similar circumstances, in. southern states in the past three months. READERS' FORUM: WHAT'S YOUR VIEW? That Civic Thorn: Local Versus Foreign Purchases Labor has for many years urged the purchase of local products in preference to those from competing countries to aid home employment. The question of local-versus- foreign goods * is continually bobbing up at city hall, and Ewart Orr, United Steel Workers representative in Vancouver, here outlines arguments to support city council's recent ~ decision to^lnry Vancouver -made reinforcing steel instead of cheaper Japanese-made steel: "We think that purchase of local steel assists employment and we want to commend Mayor Alsbury and the four alderman who supported the recent decision to buy Vancouver-made reinforcing steel in preference to foreign offshore steel (in this case Jap anese' even at a 12 per cent price-tag premium. "We regret to say that May- , or Wood of New Westminster does not subscribe to Mayor Alsbury's opinions on this question . . . "Let's look at the situation facing our local steel producer involving approximately 300 .wage earners: *'V*heouvJer-: wages hi this industry average $2.50 per* hour as against 41 cents per hour paid in Japan. "Local steel is made 100% from B.C. and Alberta scrap steel bought locally in competition with Japan which is offering premium prices for our scrap. "Coupled with that is the probability that Japan is subsidizing her steel export trade to get much-needed Canadian dollars. "What is the alternative in the face of this competition? Is it 41 cent wages in B.C.? Certainly not! "Is it development of our own native iron ore to producer cheaper steel? Yes!, that is part of the answer. "Is it to accept the fact that it'is good business to pay a- premium to ourselves for our own products? Yes! Spending $1,626.20 in Vancouver for Vancouver-made steel will stimulate business all the way down the line as the money continues to turn over, creating much needed employment as it circulates . . . . "Don't get us wrong, we are not opposed to foreign trade; we're all for it; but we can import numerous types of heavy steel shapes and plates which we do not make, as well as innumerable high- quality products such as photographic equipment and binoculars, which we can now afford thanks to Japanese manufacture, without destroying our own bread and butter industries. ' "It is mainly in reinforcing, which is the Simplest form of steel production, that qurjtor- .. eigft steel import problem-— lies ... "We are not happy at all about shipping our limited deposits of iron ore to Japan. We would prefer to process it right here in B.C., but Until we do that let us protect what little steel industry we have by spending our own tax money on our. own products to help our own economy whenever possible. "You might ask what assurance has the public that local steel prices are reasonable and competitive? Let us asure you that Edmonton is in direct close competition for B.C. markets. You may not know that Edmonton steel was used in the new Oakridge shopping centre. Selkirk, Manitoba, and soon Regina will keep the local price in line. "Let us suggest that the ; simple .and obvious Immediate: solution to the problem would be in all cases where public money is to be spent by,public tender that Canadian-made material be specified wherever available. "We think that most B.C. taxpayers and voters would gladly endorse that policy if it were adopted by Mayor Alsbury and our city aldermen." ... CROSS-SECTION A JOLTING REMINDER: Formula To Break A Strike 5 The Labor Statesman VANCOUVER 1924 May 30, 1959 The political education department of the CLC this month produced an effective, publication in the continued campaign against the anti-union action of the Smallwood government of New found- land. The four-page pamphlet set out the eight steps of the infamous Mohawk Valley formula—step-by-step plan to break a strike which was drawn up in. 1936 by James Rand Jr., president of Remington Rand—and compared it with the 1959 version, in Newfoundland. The Mohawk formula has not been publicized for some time and in these days of continued employer campaigns against labor, it's well to remember that the National Association of Manufacturers labelled it a model for industrial peace. * * * Here's a look at the formula as a reminder of the camouflage and intrigue practiced to turn the public against labor: 1. When a strike is threat-' ened, label union leaders as "agitators" to discredit them with the public and their own followers. In the plant conduct a forced balloting under the direction of foremen, to ascertain the strength of the union, and to make possible misrepresentation of the strikers as a small minority imposing their will on the ma* jority. . Exert economic pressure through threats to move the plant. Align influential members of the community into a cohesive group opposed to the strike. Include in this group bankers, real estate owners and businessmen. 3. When a strike is called, raise the banner of law and order thereby causing the community to mass legal and police weapons against a wholly imagined violence and to forget that those of its members who are employees have equal rights with other members of the community. 4. Call a "mass meeting" of the citizens to* coordinate public sentiment against j the strike. 5. Bring about the formation of a large armed police force to intimidate the strikers and exert a psychological effect upon its citizens. wft *(• *x* 6. Organize a "back to work" movement, operated by a puppet association of so- called "loyal employees' sec- retely organized by the employer. Then stage an "opening" of the plant gates, and have the "loyal employees" march into the grounds protected by squads of armed police, so as to give to the opening a dramatic and exaggerated quality and thus heighten the demoralizing effect. - 7. Continue the show of police force and the pressure of citizens committees,, both to insure that those employees who have returned will continue to work and to force the remaining strikers to capitulate. 8. Announce that the plant is in full operation and that the strikers were merely a minority attempting to interfere with the "right to work." With this, the campaign is over—the employer has broken the strike! "And now we'll hear from one of our 'loyal employees' who has denounced the labor dispute." Note,,the similarity of the formula to the strike-breaking methods in Newfoundland. It's as if the pages of history had been turned back 23 years without the smallest flinch of social conscience or integrity. Ontario Faces Restrictions The threat of restrictive legislation on organized labor is showing up in Ontario. CLC Labour reports that a select committee on labor relations of the Ontarion legislature has made 51 specific recommendations on the operation and administration of the Ontario Labor Relations Act. ... These recommendations have not been implemented but there is widespread speculation that some or all of the proposed changes will be made if Premier Frost's Conservative government is returned to power at the next election. Doug Hamilton, secretary- treasurer of the Ontario Federation of Labor, has warned that if all the recommendations were written into the law they would "completely hamstring labor in Ontario and set us back many years." The pattern seems familiar. Some of the proposed revisions of the Ontario labor law have received labor's approval but the majority would help bring the internal operations of unions more and more into the legislative field. The bad features include: A ban on strikes in unspecified "essential services." The right to appeal decisions of the Labor Relations Board tp the courts. A bats. ■■■■■ «m jurisdictional strikes. , The exclusion of certain groups, such as nurses and engineers, from coverage by the Act. A requirement that union membership of 75 per-cent, against the present 50 per cent, of a bargaining unit be necessary for automatic certification. No union shop or closed shop unless the bargaining agent hag been certified by the Labor Relations Board. The Board to be final arbiter in jurisdictional disputes. No organization, sympathy or jurisdictional picketing and pickets to be confined solely to members of the bargaining unit of the employer affected. Three r e c o m m en da t ions which the labor movement urged be adopted were to repeal a section under which municipal employees can be excluded from coverage; mandatory dues check-off where the majority of the bargaining unit support it; and a ban on ex parte injunctions. Gov't Workers Have Status Visiting Vancouver this month was Rita Stephens, a member of the Postal Employees Union of Great Britain, a keen union member who came to Canada on a scholarship to study Canadian trade unions for a year. Here are some of her remarks: Civil servants righto to argan- ize and bargain in the UK: "Our union has been recognized by the British government as the bargaining agent for postal, telephone and telegraph workers for ov^r 50 years. In Britain there is no discrimination against civil servants such as you have in British Columbia. We negotiate with the government as the employer in exactly the same fashion as other unions?' "We have a strike clause in our agreement which we can invike if so decided by the membership but we have not yet taken strike action. "This is largely due to the efficiency of the methods we employ to reach a settlement of disputes or agreement on wages and working conditions." Women in trade unions: "I believe that our women members are mare active in trade union affairs than in Canada. In our union we have a substantial female membership who participate in official duties. "Some of the very distinguished leaders in the trade union movement are women. Many of these women represent trade unions on public bodies." Labor's political action: "The members of my union decided by majority vote to affiliate with the British Labour' Party. This affiliation involves our financial support of our dues . . . any individual member who does not wish to support the labor party financially is at liberty to 'contract out' or withdraw ■ that..support.*' •"~»r^..r;:-:..' ""■'.- Sleek New Bus Runs Arthritis, one of the rheumatic group of diseases has afflicted not only prehistoric man but also tne animals that preceded him, it has been discovered by medical scientists who have examined the skeleton remains discovered by archaeologists. (From the Labor Statesman files) "Inauguration of the deluxe motor coach service of the B.C. Rapid Transit Company was marked this month. "The big blue motor coaches between New Westminster and Vancouver have started the new 15 and 20 minute service. There are six coaches constituting the fleet, five of which are Fageols and one a White. The manufacturers of both types have made a special study of motor bus construction and in meeting the requirements of the transit company they have turned out work that represents the lasjt word in this field. "There are numerous mechanical safety devices with which respect they are exclusive. It is practically impossible to turn them over owing to their low centre of gravity. "The fares on the new line will be 35 cents single for adults and 80 cents return while children will ride for 20 cents single and 30 cents return. ♦ * * Lavatory Labor "A delegation from the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council which appeared before the city council on matters pertaining to labor were not given any satisfaction. "The question of contracting the work of attending to the two divisions of public convenience (comfort stations) to one man was dealt with but the council did not. appear to want to make any change. "Twelve hours will be a day's work in these places, which will open af nine in the morning and close at nine in the evening. "That will make the place a nuisance instead of a convenience. The man will have to make all the plumbing and other repairs and employ a woman attendant for the women's department He will be paid $180 a month and will work at least 12 hours a day and have to pay for the woman attendant. ♦ ♦ * Slip of the Lino From Around The Town column: "A prominent member of the Point At Golf Club called at of The Labor other day and in a manner demanded an apology: 1 told your reporter that I was nuking money by raising chicks and it came out in the paper that I was successfully engaged in raising 'checks', he exploded. BUFTONS FLOWER SHOP FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS "We Telegraph Flowers Anywhere in the World" HA 0187 — HA 3432 1675 Commercial Drive Vancouver. B.C. Darlington, Haskin & Co. (1943) LinHed TILES — MOSAICS — SLATE — TEBRAZZO Phone TRinity 9-1565 S2S WEST EIGHTH . VA1IOOTJVER. R.C. »-■— JaMon* Jit SEAT COVERS MKKII1S SCUTS The Home of Canons Custom Tailored Seat Covers AT Benrich Distributors Ltd. 1115 East Hastings Street OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT Phone MU 2-2544 or Coll In A Full Set of PLASTIC SEAT COVERS £4 A AA ONLY *J.5J#WV MATERIAL SEAT COVERS $| 4*95 FROM —». —— — mm* * Installation by Qualified Tradesmen, only $3.00 100% UNION *. MARK HAMILTON U. W. (BILL) HAMILTON * t ■) Hamilton iHertuartf JM FUNERAL ADMINISTRATORS FA 5-3311 Fraser St. at Mth Ave. Vancouver IS. B.C. ■ iMiH^lllKlUDlKK The Lahor May S-5-A 130K AT NtW AMENDMENTS <5f- 253. "It's mc* fhof yooVe ftna'V obfe 1o enjoy your union hoapM'aotion plan* Boss Groups Smear Labor -MacDonald SYDNEY, N.S.—CLC secretary Donald MacDonald said the trade union movement is the target of conscious and deliberate attempts by the Canadian Manufacturers Association and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce "to smear and discredit it in the eyes of the public. "The labor movement in Canada is clean, honest and sincere, the strongest bulwark of democracy." But the large employer groups have been conditioning the public through, mass media of communication to regard labor as an unhealthy influence in society, he said. Insurance No Substitute For Ful| Employment The CLC has set up a national committee to co-ordinate sup. port for the IWA strike and opposition to the Newfoundland legislation and will enlist financial support for this "Newfoundland strike and defence fund.** OTTAWA — Persons covered by unemployment insurance are being burdened with costs which should be shared by the country as a whole, the Canadian Labour Congress told the Commons' Industrial Relations Committee. Dealing with proposed changes in the Unemployment Insurance Act, the CLC said that despite substantial increases in contribution rates there was, for most groups, no change proposed in benefits. The Unemployment Insurance Act is "the most important piece of social security legislation affecting workers as such" and a series of amendments which had been made indicated the need for a thorough review of the Act; the CLC said. The present bill "falls short of giving the Unemployment Insurance Act the stability and integrity which so important a piece of social security legislation requires.'* No amendment to the Act could be considered a satisfactory substitute for full employment. "More than amendments to the Act are needed before a satisfactory solution is found to a high degree of unemployment which has afflicted our country for the last few years and which we regard with considerable apprehension as likely to continue into the forseeable future."' Con- MUhiol 5-8181 TOWING • 24-HR. SERVICE • FULLY INSURED • RADIO CONTROLLED • BONDED DRIVERS . BUSTERS Auto Towing Service Lai. 376 E. HASTINGS ST. Exclusive AAA Contract Vancouver the fund for this purpose was an injustice, imposing on the' ii*-'' sured population alone a burden which should have been shared generally. As to proposed changes the CLC commented: "For most of the insurance classes there is no change in benefit rate in the face of substantial increases in the contribution rates. For the present top insurance class there are relatively small increases in the benefit rates in the face of very substantial increases in the contribution rates. This is in itself unjust." There was also need for a reexamination of the ratio of benefits to earnings. -Insured workers had been moving from lower to higher insurance classes and a compar- of earnings ison should be made in the ratio of benefits to earnings in the top classes, where a drop of about 50 per cent from earnings to benefits was considered too sharp, and which became more serious as unemployment was prolonged and was inadequate to cover non-deferable expenses of the average wage earner. It was pointed out that private sickness insurance plans pay up to 60 per cent of earnings, workmen's compensation had risen in some provinces to 75 per cent, and some employers have agreements to supplement workmen's compensation benefits up to 100 per cent of regular earnings. The CLC suggested that unemployment insurance benefits should be raised to two-thirds Satisfaction was expressed at the intention to extend the maximum period of benefits from 36 to 52 weeks, a change which the CLC and its predecessors had sought since 1955. Comment was also made on the matter of consultation concerning .proposed changes. The Unemployment Insurance Advisory Committee had proposed that contributions by employers, employees and the government be equalled, rather than the present ratio of 50 each for employers and employees and 20 for the government. "The Unemployment Insurance Advisory Committee is convened too infrequently to be able to give the Government and the Commission the views of business and labour on an adequate basis," the memorandum said. "We feel that the unemployment insurance fund has been taxed for expenditures which should have been drawn from other sources." Specific reference was made to seasonable benefits on which a total of $271,000,000 had been spent to Feb. 28, 1959. "If supplementary and seasonal benefits had in fact been paid out of consolidated revenue, the balance of the fund at Feb. 28 would have been over $818,000,000 instead of $547,- 000,000 and the present concern about the state of the fund never have arisen," the CLC continued. It maintained that drawing on nooaeeaeeoeeoeeeeeoeeoooeeeeeeeeoeeeeeeoeec A New Way Of BuyBig Which Would You Prefer to Pay? 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TERMS ARRANGED i j For further information on discounts on many /y more items JUST PHONE TR 4-5113 tetM-OMfftttto People try it...and they nQttmt.iitmi r1"'---y '^Hmiiilfci innnoirnwnn.Bninicinum^uuuutuuuui fife ■litrlisi-tit ii lit pi.fiske. it displaced bj Ike Liquor Coi-tnl loud n by the Govimment il British Colubii. itiitmHiiiiMtniri;.,..,.' , .* The Labor Statesman May 30, 1959 VLC STUDIES JOB TROUBLES OF THE 0VER4S AGE GROUP The problem of the older worker in finding work will be tackled by the VLC's unemployment committee and table officers. Plight of the men over 45 has been pinpointed again by Carpenters Local 452. The union said that these men are being, discriminated against by many employers and have difficulty in obtaining employment Metro Plan Neededti UNION HOSPITAL CAMPBELL RIVER — Hospital Employees Union Local 180 has been certified to bargain for lay staff at the Campbell River and District General Hospital. BILL 43 TESTED VICTORIA — The Victoria Building Trades Council has placed an information placard line on a non-union construction job—and the contractor has taken no action under bill 43. Mine-Mill Union May Seek Re- Entry TORONTO—The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, expelled from the former CCL In Canada on charges of Communist domina* tion, may seek affiliation' with the Canadian Labor Cogress. The Mine Mill executive said a referendum of membership . will be taken on July 21 to decide whether to apply for affiliation. UNION, yOU CAN BC fi»£S//}SNr AND I'LL B£ MEASURC*.'" VLC Urges B.C. Coast Guard Demands for proper protection for ships in trouble on B.C.'s coast have followed the explosion and fire on board the Norweigan freighter "Ferngulf' off Pt Atkinson this month. Vancouver Labour Council has joined with many other organizations in urging the federal government to establish a coast guard service. Two men died from burns suffered in the ship fire. The coast guard bid has been sent to the Canadian Labour Congress, v; - To Stop 'Shanties' The metropolitan area needs sounr}. planning to prevent the growth of "shanty towns", a Vancouver Labour Council representative told a B.C. Adult Education Council conference at UBC this month. The longest living breed of dogs is also the, smallest, states. The Canadian Kennel Club. The Chihuahua, averaging between two and four pounds, has been known to bring down big game while hunting in packs in its native Mexico. Bob Beddome, chairman of VLC's education committee, told the conference: "A sound planning system is needed to have strict regulations on subdivisions. "There is the liklihood of some horrible shanty towns in the. not too distant, future from the looks of some of the current houses which are being thrown together. . "Organized labor favors metropolitan planning," he said. "We believe that' such planning would improve the economy in all municipalities by not requiring duplication in all departments, thus ultimately reducing the tax mill rate." ' i ii" :(:'■■■>■ . He mentioned services which require proper planning as water, sewage, fire protection, roadways and hqspital facilities, w Committee Checks Into Post Holiday Legislation committee of Vancouver Labor. Council is seeking further information before enp dorsing a request that civic authorities declare a holiday for postal employees On the first Monday in August. The committee wants Jhe Postal Employees Association fo.: -furnish specific . information about similar holidays in Toronto. Hamilton, Montreal and Lethbridge. all the warnings that are given, people still try to light fires by pouring coal oil into a stove that has already had a match applied. A stubborn fire can often be kindled if thin nits of'stick are dipped into coal oil and mixed with kindling before the match is applied. 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Reuben Soderstrom, president of state AFL-CIO, said "we have no desire to protect illegal activities but this bill would have little effect on so-called racket picketing. It would do away with legal, peaceful organizational picketing. "We intend to fight any attempt to deprive organized labor of its legitimate rights and recognized devices of union activity." Baking soda Is not merely a useful household commodity but in case of fire it is an excellent fire extinguisher. A handful thrown onto a pan of burning fat, or into the stove when a chimney takes fire, will help to control the flames. 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 To Subscribe Phone MUtual 4,7141 WmmWmmmmtmmmmm NOW! 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"The regrettable result of the minister's action in this instance is that he has changed an atmosphere of possible settlement into one of probable open conflict that might easily have been avoided. "If serious trouble follows in the wake of his action the minister must accept the onus for such results." IWA this weekend called a special convention which lifted its "no contract—no work" deadline for June 16 but negotiators were empowered to take drastic action if necessary to prevent further delays in bargaining for a new contract. Mother, hearing a lound bane- ing and pounding on the porch where small Johnnie was playing, called out, "What are you doing?" "Nothing," answered Johnnie. "What are you doing it with?" demanded mother. A small voice replied: "With a hammer." "It looks like rain." "Not herein B.C." "Look at those clouds up there!" "They don't mean a thing. They're just empties coming back from California." Tourist: "What kind of pie is this—aople or peach?" Waitress: "What does it taste like?" Tourist: "Glue." Waitress: "Well, then it is peach. The apple tastes like putty." 3 The Labor Statesman May 39, 1959 IN BRIEF (Continued from page 1> ber, and Firestone Tire and Rubber. Location would mean jobs for 600 and factories worth about $15,000,000. •-£ *T* »t* ANSWER—The big "?" mark on property next to the Teamsters' building en East Broadway will later reveal a new drive-in restaurant have leased the property, to the new eatery. ■» *♦ * STUDY—Labor's recommendation that night traffic courts be set up in Vancouver is being studied by the police commission. A similar bid last year "was turned down. * * * - In Trail, Firefighters Local 941 new agreement with the interior city provides a four per cent wage increase, a service bonus plan and increase in lif* insurance benefits. •Js m\* •}• WHY THE CUTS — Labor has protested the arbitrary cuts of evening bus service in Vancouver by the B.C. Electric. The question: the transit firm recently won a fare boost based on service without any cutback. Comedian Sam Levenson. talking about spoiled teenagers, says Teamsters | that 'when ■ a child runs away from home today, he announces to mother and pop: "I'm running away from home. Call me a cab." Vulliamy & Brownell CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 15 - 515 Granville St. Phone MUtual 5-8629 Vancouver, B.C. Mt. Pleasant Undertaking Co. Ltd. KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE KINDLINESS |r- UNDERSTANDING — DEPENDABILITY LADY ATTENDANT Phone -TRinity 6-2161 ^| 1*1"| CD V **■** finest in . . . pocket knives hunting knives, shears, clippers ELECTRIC CLIPPERS. VIBRATORS. SHAVERS B.C. Barber Supply & Sundrys Ltd. 736 RICHARDS VANCOUVER, B.C. for the a: BEST UNION GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAMS _? -■*-■ , and THE BEST SERVICE CoJlAldt The CANADA LIFE I SWumrmmea V cm flamy B. J. McCOMB, Regional Group Manager ( BRITISH COLUMBIA TRADE UNION DIRECTORY AMAIGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND B. W., Local 211—Representative, Geo. Johnston, 203 Labor Temple: TR 6-37.'15. AtTOMOTIVE LODGE No. 1857, I. A. of M.—Business Agents, Jack Chapman. Brian Trodden. Room 17, 2414 Main, TR. 6-4104-5. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS, Local 468—Secretary, Melvin J. Kemmis, 397 W. Broadway: TR 4-9520. BAKERY SALESMEN, Local 189, I. B. T. C. and W.—Business Agent, A. Wylle, 490 E. Broadway. TR. 43411. BARBERS — INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYMEN OF AMERICA. No. 120—109 Labor Temple; TR. 80641. Secy. Allan Coleman. B.C. ELECTRIC OFFICE EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION — Business Manager Bill Swanson, 949. Toraby; phone MU. 3-6124. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' UNION, No. 676—Business Manager, Robt. G. Beddome, 440 W. Pender St; MU. 3-3923 and MU. 3-4948. BREWERY WORKERS UNION, Local 300—Secretary, J. S. Peden, 256 East 22nd Ave., phone TR. 4-5994 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 ft MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local No. 1— Secretary Cyril T. Ingham, 4286 Balkan, Vancouver: TR. 4-0438. BUILDING MATERIAL ft FUEL, TRUCK DRIVERS' UNION, Local 213—Business Agents A. Medley, Wm. Bowe, J. Bel] and E. M. Law- son: Secretary, J. Whiteford, 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. 5-9452. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL—Secretary, Harold Taft, 110 Labor T*Wple,TR. 8-1210. CARPENTERS' UNION, No. 482— Business Agent* R. Buchanan, H. Lomes, L. Robson; Financial Secretary, P. J. Depllssy, Labor Temple; TR. 4-2720 or TR. 6-1212, CARPENTERS .(New Westminster) Local 1215—Business Agents,, Ray West and K. McDermld, office 732 Royal Ave., New Westminster; phone LA. 1-0525. CARPENTERS' UNION (Courtenay), No. 1638—John Hansen, Pres.; Rob- aHamilton, Bee.; Box 516, Court- CEMENT MASONS. Local 919, O.P. & CM.—Office, Room 101. 119 West Pender, Dispatcher, MU. 4-6814. Acting Business Agent, W. E. Mc- Mynn. CIVIC EMPLOYEES 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. 5-9828. DENTAL TECHNICIANS. Local No. 1543—Secretary George Hygh, 4007 Dunbar. DISTILLERY WORKERS UNION Local 69—Financial Secretary- and Business Agent, Russell A. Cvr. 1890 2nd St., New Westminster, LA. 2-5011. ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION Local 213—Business Manager, J. Cody. HI Dunsmuir Street, MU. 1-7381-2. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS. Local 82—Sec, H. C. MacKichan, 375S Elmwood St., Burnaby; HE. 4-7651. ENGINEERS, HOISTING AND PORTABLE Local 115—Business Agent, A. W. Scott, 5804 Fraser; FA. 7-6395. ENGINEERS, SCHOOL AND CARETAKERS. Local 963—Secretary, G. J. Schultz, 2825 Weat Thirteenth; RE. 1-3000. ENGINEERS' UNION (Stationary Operating), Local No. 882—Business Agent, Harry Berger, Room 8. 2414 Main: TR. 6-2429. FIRE FIOHTER8 (Burnaby), Local 323—Secretary-Treasurer, H. D. Anderson, 38 N. Fell Ave., phone CY. 8-8624. FIRE FIGHTERS, Vancouver Local 18—President, Hector Wright, 4149 Marguerite: RE. 8-4146. Secty., Frank Bain, 4559 Belmont; AL. 0516Y. FLOORLAYERS' UNION. U.B. of C.J.. Local No. 1641—Room No. 108, Labor Temple. Business Agent, Bruce Robson. 3238 E. 29th; HE. 1-0702. GLAZIERS AND GLA8SWORKER8. Local 1527—Recording Secretary, A. Allen; Business Agent, John.Lee- Sar, Gen. Sec, A. C Bennett. Asst. pot., 2090 West 4th; RE. 1-5361-62- TR. 4-7535. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE8' ASSOCIATION (B.O—E. P. O'Connor, Gen. Sec; 2090 West 4th; RE. 1-6261-62-63. GRAIN WORKERS UNION, Local 333—Recording Secretary, Gordon H. Greeley, 1580 Charland, New Westminster. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, No. 180—Business Manager, W. M. Black, 335 W. Broadway; TR. 6-5822. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES. Local 28—Sec, A. E. Morgan, Boom 406, 402 W. Pender. INTERNATIONAL A S S O CIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS. AND ASBESTOS WORKERS • —1356 Seymour; MU. 1-7615. OFFICE EMLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION. Local 16—Room 1, 337 West Broadway; TR 4-3616. Pat Landsley. Business Agent and Secretary-Treasurer. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS. Locals 276 and 287—Business Agent, Anne Marshall. 119 W. Pender; MU. 4-6514; home. HA. 5961M. INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA. Local 1-217—President, Syd Thompsin; Secretary. S. M. Hodgson, No. 6, 46 Kingsway; TR. 4-0274. IRONWORKERS SHOPMEN'S. Local Union 712—Business Agent, V. E. Steers. 222 W. Broadway: TR 4-6611. IRONWORKERS. Local 87 — Pres. Robt. Knox; Vice-pres. Victor Morel]; Fin. Sec. Geo. Sinclair: Bus. Agent. Norman Kddhwm, 222 W. Broadway; Tfi. 4-8232. JEWELERY WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL, Local 42 Office. 339 West Pender, MU. 4-1613; President, Frank Popowich, 1706 Napier. HA. 2465R; Organiser. Chas. Crate. 124 West 20th St., North Vancouver; YU. 7-6989. LABORERS CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL Local 602—Secretary, C. H. Savage, Room 204, 307 W. Broadway; TR 4-9233. LAUNDRY WORKERS, No. 292 — Business Agent, Mrs. Cathrine Browne, 490 E. roadway; TR 6-4543 LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SALESMEN, Local 384 — J. A. Cvrrie. Secretary-treasurer. — 2861 W,_t Third. RE 8-9649. 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. 8-3940. PAINTER8 UNION. Local 138—Business Agent, John Hines; Ass't Business Agent, Herb Macaulay; 337 W. Broadway: TR 6-6033. PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS, Local 1550—Secretary, C. Erickson, c/o Room 200. 307 West Broadway. PATTERNMAKERS' ASSOCIATION —Secretary. E Westmoreland. 4664 Mountain Highway,, North Vancouver: YU. 8-8966. PILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRIDGEMEN. Local 2404—Business Agent S. Allen. Room 105, 307 Weat Broadway; TR 4-7817. PLASTERERS' UNION. No. 779 — Secretary. W. E. McMynn, Boom 202. 490 East Broadway. PLUMBERS * PIPEFITTERS, Local 170—Bus. Mgr.. J. R. St. Eloi; Asst. Bus. Mars., James Barton and J. L. Fisher, 115 Labor Temple; TR 3-1428. SHEET METAL WORKERS, Local 280—Bus. Manager, Alex McGee, 207 Labor Temple; TR 4-8020. SHINGLE WEAVERS' UNION, Local No. 2802—Secretary, J. E. Hird. 1624 W. 65th; AM, 1-9162. SHIPWRIGHTS, BOATBUILDERS, JOINERS AND CAULKERS, Local No. 506—Business Agent •!■ T- Best. Room 402-3, The Shelley Building. 119 W. Pender; MU. 4-3725. SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS, Local 726—Sec, J. A. Middleton, 6339 Kitchener, N. Burnaby; Bus. Agent, John Leeson, 2465 East 46th Ave.: HE 1-2051. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION, Dlv. 101—Business Agent C. Stewart. Street Rly. Bldg., 126 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 151—Secretary. C. Gower, 490 E. Broadway; TR. 4-3411. PRINCE GEORGE AND DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL—Room 17, 1331 4th Ave., Prince George; phone 1911.2. PRINTING PRESSMEN, Local 69— Sec. A. Milne, 4019 Weat 30th; AL. 3506L PULP AND 8ULPHITE (Converters) UNION, Local 433— Business Agent, O. Braaten, 625 W. Pender, Suite 1; MU. 3-8284. M A C H I N I8TS. I NTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Lodge 692—Business representatives, D. H. Chapman and R. F. Eaplln. Room 17, 2414 Main: TR 4-0513, TR. 6-7036. MARINE " WORKER8 ft BOILERMAKERS' INDUSTRIAL UNION, Local 1—President, 8. Jenkins; Sec- £1t<uT;..W' 8,ew*rt. »3» W. Pender St.: MU. 1-9481. MILK SALE8DRIVERS ft DAIRY EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 464— No, 107. '490 Ei Broadway; Sect. Ben McCrone; Business Repreaen- TR V4%411*m Bnwn> M"u *—• MOLDERS* UNION, Local 281—Business Agent M. Bjornaon, 11* Labor Temple: TR 6-5920. MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS. Local 348—President A. E. McManus; Secretary, Byron Joys: Business Agent L. Walker, 1358 Seymour; MU. 4-7024. MUSICIANS' UNION, Local 146 — Business Manager, 402 W. Pender. Room 116; MU. 4-1564. '• .'* PULP AND SULPHITE WORKERS, Local 312, Ocean Falls, RC—Secretary, George Meldrum, Drawer 190, Ocean Falls. B.C. PULP ft SULPHITE WORKERS, Local 708, Watson Island—President E. P. O'Neal; Secretary A. Macphee, P.O. Blx 294. Prince Rupert B.C. PULP. SULPHITE AND PAPER- MILL WORKERS—International office. 316-316 Crown Bldg. H. L. Hansen, International rep.; MU. 4-3858. -■':.'' REFRIGERATION WORKERS UNION. Local 516—Sec. L. R. Win- tie, 187 W. 40th; FA 7-4409, FA 7-8611. RETAIL GROCERY AND FOOD CLERKS. Local No. 1(18—Sec W. W. Wells, 337 West Broadway; TB. (-(846. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL UNION (Burnaby), Local 379—Secretary, O. J. McCrae, 1309 Lane, 8. Burnaby. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION—Secretary. Norman Cunningham, 298 Main; MU. 1-34*1. THEATRE EMPLOYEES. Local B-72 -^Secretary, Mrs. F. Foster, Ste. 1, 4608 Main; TR 9-5453. Business Agent. D. Calladlne, 6692 Laburnum, AM. 1-0078. TILE SETTERS, Local No. J—Recording Secretary, D. P. Ewan, 5861 Berwick. 8. Burnaby. TRUCK DRIVERS' UNION. Local No. 11—S. B. Whitelock and A. J. Barnes; Secretary. R. A. Lenfesty. 4M E. Broadway; TR 4-341L TUNNEL ft ROCK WORKERS, Local 168—337 W. Broadway, Secretary, H. Croft; phone TR 9-3231. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, Local 226—Secretary, P. Campbell, HI Labor Temple; TR 6-6810. UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCn, —Secretary, Mrs. A. E. Hallock, day phone TR 4-0827; evenings TR 4-1748. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS* UNION, No. 232—Secretary. Elsie Hawrylechko, 1846 Nelson, MU. 1-4802. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS, Local 190—Recording Seoretary, Kay Fllglano, 165 East 11th. .UNITED STHKLWORKERS OF AMERICA, Local 6688—Sec. Wm. Giesbrecht. 2W4 West Broadway. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA EMPLOYEES' UNION, Local lit—Secretary, A. Leathern, ill Eaat 8th St, North Vancouver. WATER AND SEWER BOARD EMPLOYEES, Ltcal 393—Secretary, R. Skinner, 571 W. 22nd Ave. TR 6-9041 WOOD. WIRE ft METAL LATHERS Local 207—Secretary, It. Buttle; Organiser, A. H. Burton; Office, Room 6, 1*7 Weat Broadway, TR ••US*. _.
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