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!. m e?ar m^ rfU ft* Cross Picket Line Or Lose Benefits J-VV.VI VlD \954 Repeal of regulations which. force workers to cross picket lines or be denied Unemployment Insurance will be one of the chief objects of the Vancouver de-egarMon tO-._^fr_^ug^8t convention of" the '" TiradeB^aT-d • Labor CongreHs. Delegates to the last meeting of council passed five resolutions which will be taken to the floor of the convention. The resolution on. .unemployment insurance requests amendment of section 41 of the Unem ployment Insurance Act, which provides for disqualification of workers from benefits if they become unemployed by reason of a strike called by other than their own union. ""^e^ti-ii^asolr5^- - they do not expect to be coveted by insurance if actually on strike, but object to being placed in the position of crossing picket lines or depriving their families of all means of "support in the event of a strike by some other union. The four other resolutions cover veterans' allowances, employment, health insurance, and a proposed amendment to the constitution of Congress which would make senior officers automatically delegates to conventions. I - _.■,.-.. Resolution v.ft-veiing Veterans' Allowances points out that they were established to meet a recognized need, but have not been adjusted to meet the increased cost of living or the standard of living recognized by Canadians. It calls for upward hi vTniiii ilL-iOi*1**" lair UIC Rule owances to for single veterans, $120 per month for married persons, and increase in permissive income to $600 per year for single and $1200 for married veteJrani*^ .-.„ ... . Delegates supported a resolution calling on Congress to attempt to persuade the federal government to establish a "subsidized contributory national health insurance scheme which would cover every citizen of Canada." • Resolution covering unemployment asks the federal authorities to implement the proposals made by the government in 1945 to maintain full employment in Canada. In that year the federal government agreed to shoulder primary ~>responsibility -'■*»_-«»-,.■ ployment through public works projects and relief measures. Council also asks amendment of Unemployment Insurance Act covering all categories, higher benefits, extended coverage to (Cont'd Page 2) - _ i ■ . ■- ' The Labor Statesman OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL NUMBER 666 VANCOUVER, B.C.,'JUNE 3D, 1954 Established 1924 • •••• •..• • The Head liner * * * * * IN THE MILL—A conciliation award has been handed down in the dispute between ITU 226 and- 15 job- printing establishments in Vancouver. The board unanimously called for retention of the status quo on 37._ hour work week and overtime; chairman and union nominee recommend a boost of tern cents bringing basic wage to $2.27 per our. There's JiiiMii il.ij»ite___te_i t by the SUPPORTFOR ROLY— The Prince George Trades and Labor Council are doing the next best thing. They said they can't afford to pay the expense of a delegate to the Congress convention in Regina opening August 23, but that they would lend their moral support to R. K. Gervin who's .running for Congress president this year. VERY INTERESTING—Unemployment last winter was rough, and in many sections, there still are a lot of men jobless. Yet Al Little, a member of the Board of Industrial Relations said recently that practic- 'ally all large construction jobs in B.C. have been granted permits to work overtime. Does this add up? A FEATHER— Operating Engineers 115 have signed an agreement with Ed Walsh, a- contractor the building trades have tussled with several times ... if you'll remember the trouble* on the (Cont'd Page 2) —Courtesy Vancouver Province HONORED FOR LONG SERVICE by members" of ITU Local 226 last week was retiring secretary Harry Neelands (right)-On hand were members including President Joe Chambers (rear), Don Hurd, and veteran Parm Pettipiece, honoring Harry's 45 years of outstanding service to Typos and in civic life. Bread Firms Threatening Lockout Union Told To "Accept Or Else... "; Brood Shortage Looms For City ..Members of Bakers' Union 468 are planning to combatv, the announced intention of seven major bakery firms to "**»* lockout their 450 employees unless the union accepts management d-tmands in their entirety. AziSw|LiT*lifef_*Hjj^j Business agent Mel Kemmis made the bakeries' threat public after a letter from company lawyer Walter Owen set forth the management ultimatum. Here is the background on the ■■■''. I AFL Unions Sign Huge Annacis Job AFL construction unions have signed agreements cover- the huge multi-million Annacis Island industrial development. The contracts are with John Laing Engineering Co. "(Canada),project supervisors Standard highway and heavy construction agreements of Operating Engineers JIB, Teamsters 213, Laborers 1070 (New Westminster), will be in effect New Westminster carpenters also signed for the job, with the lower mainland agreement applying. It's expected there will be about 100 workers on the job by the end of the year. Most of the preliminary work will be in •dredging and sand fill. Kitimat Contract Okayed Production workers at Kitimat last week approved terms of the first contract with Aluminum Co. of Canada. The pact, settled by direct negotiations, runs two years from June 21, with re-opening after one year on wages, shift differential and vacations. The contract sets the base rate for laborers, janitors and sweepers at $1.57, scaling upwards to top $2.11 for tradesmen, increases ranging from 7 to 18 cents on former rates. Work week;is 42 hours average monthly. Seven paid statutory holidays; accumulative vacation plan with one week after one year, two weeks after three; shift differential of 5 and 6 cents for afternoon ahd graveyard; and irrevocable voluntary checkoff of union dues are included. « Allied Aluminum Workers Council includes: electrical workers, teamsters, operating engineers, boilermakers, painters, carpenters, sheet metal workers, plumbers, aluminum workers, machinists. ,_.: _._. dispute which may well mean that bread will be in short supply for the general public and even for essential institutions like hospitals because of the companies' action. Bakery workers opened with proposals for a 36-hour week instead of the pre** nt 38; a welfare plan, three '.v-eks holidays after two years and two weeks after one year. The dispute went to a board.' Chairman and union nominee recommended the welfare plan, to be paid for by the bakeries, but turned down a shorter work week. The union rejected the majority award, but specifically notified the companies that it wi prepared to negotiate directly o' through the labor department- Then came the bombshell. In his letter, Mr. Owen said: "We have to advise you that, unless all the employees concerned accept the report with the variation* referred to, it is the intention of our clients to in- (Cont'd Page 2) A • Page Two JJM- THB LABOR STATESMAN June 30, 1954 Labor Act HfJfH Continues The steering committee of B.C.'s three labor organizations will continue a campaign to acquaint all trade union members with the dangerous provisions of the new Labor Relations Act. The campaign follows the government's proclamation this month of the new Act. A mass meeting of unions of TLC, CCL and railway brotherhoods earlier had urged the government to withhold proclamation of the Act "Many sections of the new Act can have very dangerous effects on trade unions," declared R. K. Gervin, TLC's Trade Union Congress secretary. "Every union and its membership should know of the dangers." The steering committee of the three organizations had made a detailed .analysis of the new bill. As the education program got underway, a rally of union members from Cowichan Valley, Al. berni and north to Courtenay reviewed the labor code in Na- ' naimo this month. Meat Cutters Sign 5 Shops Amalgamated Meat Cutters' Local -*2"il_--have sighed coTttracts covering four city Owens' Meat Markets, and with Ferry Meat Market, 119 East Hastings. Secretary George Johnston said negotiations are opening with Arnold Pound's Super Valu, Twenty-second and Slocan, and that meat sections of Super Valu stores in Penticton and Nanaimo, ahd the B&K store in Duncan have been organized. Resolutions (Cont'd) those forced to idleness through illness, and extension of supplementary benefits through the entire year. Also sought are regulations curtailing immigration while the present unemployment situation exists. ' The resolution requesting changes in the constitution of Congress points out that the president, general secretary- treasurer and vice-presidents are not eligible for re-election unless they are duly credentialed. The suggested amendment would provide that these top officers should not necessarily be required to be delegates in order to stand for re-election, providing they can produce a paid-up card in their unions. HEADLINER (Contd From 1) Oakalla job. Walsh has joined the Highway and Heavy Construction group and now has his John Henry on a standard heavy and highway contract . * * COAST TO COAST—Recognition of the part played by our Ed Smith in promoting the union label comes this month in a continent-wide press release from AFL Union Label Department in Washington. The item notes that the Vancouver Union Label Council initiated "Union Buying Week" in Canada and other campaigns now being promoted nationally. * » * NEW HOME — Victoria Trades Council has bought a building one block from the City Hall, a new home for capital city labor. Renovation will take a lot of cash but will give the Council a first-class building. * . . CRYSTAL BALL—Ed Kennedy draws attention to the feat of 61 New York building tradesmen who completed the ■keleton of m 22-atorey office building in 9% hour* by use of prefabricated aluminum sheets. Job would have taken same crew 8 to 10 weeks with ordinary materials. Kennedy says it's one more indication that a revolution is under way in the construction field. * * * APPEAL—Fishermen's Union is going to appeal its suspension from the TLC at the Congress convention this year. Congrest executive committee suspended the fish union last year. McCALLUM'S HARDWARE A COMPLETE HARDWARE SERVICE Main Street at Kingsway FAirmont 1218 SEYMOUR CONSTRUQION CO. LTD. ENGINEERS &, CONTRACTORS MArine 9433 307 Holden Bldg., 16 E. Hastings, Vancouver.4, B.C. ED. WALSH & CO. LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS Specializing in Road Mak'tng - Rock Work - Blasting Phones: N.W. 4732 * Res.: N.W. 4733 1721 MISSION AVENUE NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C THREATENED LOCKOUT (Cont'd From 1) voke the lockout procedure provided in the ICA Act" ACCEPT OR- ELSE . ™ Said Mel Kemmis: "The employers have rejected those parts of the report which they did not wish to accept and substituted in their place the minority recommendations of their member oh the board. "The union has been told either accept "this revised report of the board in its en-' tirety—and accept it unanimously—or we will lock you out." Bakeries concerned are Canadian Bakeries, McGavin Ltd., Weston Bakeries, Safeway (Fairfax Bread), Mother Hubbard, General Bakeries and Mrs. Will- man's Cake Shop. Kemmis said the > union approached Mother Hubbard Bakery and suggested they, remain open to supply "hospitals and other institutions. "We were advised by the management that they could not possibly do this," said Kemmis. "You can form your own. opinion as to why this* rejquest was rejected. * "One meeting was held with the employers. They rejected all offers and the meeting broke off." Since the threatened lockout became known generally, the bakeries have retreated behind closed doors for a long series of meetings. They've said nothing except -"no comment." Part Time Jobs Irk Local 244 Building:. Service Employees 244 have written Trades and Labor Council complaining that members of affiliated unions who enjoy the five-day week are using their off days to accept extra work in the jurisdiction covered by Building Service. The letter from Ben Morley points out that workers should not be working on their days off and thus denying full employment to their fellow trade unionists. Delegates voted that the letter. be received and noted. Officials of the Building Service Union, have been asked to inform secretary R. K. Gervin of known cases of this practice. j. . TRADES UNION DIRECTORY LABOR TEMPLE. 307 BROADWAY WEST amalgamate-. Meat Cutters and B. W., Local SIS — Representative, Geo. Johnston, 203 Labor Temple; FA. 9477. Auto Workers' Union, Lodge Ho. 1857, I. A. of M.—Business Agent, Gordon Webb, 2414 Main St; FA. 0203. Bakery and Confectionery Workers Local 468 — Secretary, Melvin J. Kemmis, Room 105, Labor Temple; FA. 4529. Bakery Salesmen, Local 189, I. B. T. C. and H.—Business Agent, E. Holmes, 206 Labor Temple; FA. 8716. Barbers—International Journeymen of America, No. 180—Secretary, C. E. Herrett, 115 Labor Temple; FA 8762. B.C. Electric Office Employees Association— Business Manager, E. King, 425 CarraH. PA. 1212, Local 424; home, 1306 E. 15th, FA. 61-0-L. . _____ Beverage Dispensers Union, Ho. 678 "—Business Manager, Robt. G. Beddome, 440 W. Fender St; MA. 3923-4948. Beverage Dispensers (Hew Westminster) Local 835 — Business Agent, J. F. Torason, 70—8th St, New Westminster; phone N.W. 4856. Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers aad Helpers, Local 359 — Financial Secretary, M. H. Hadly, Room 311, 629 Beatty. Electrical Worken' Union, Local 213 —Business Manager, George Gee, 111 Dunsmuir St; PA" 7381-2. Elevator Constructors, Local 89— Secretary, H. C. MacKichan, 4633 Elmwood St, Burnaby; DE. 5689-L. Enamel Workers* Federal Union, Local 391—Secretary, R. McGoni- gal, 3018 Miller Ave., S. Burnaby. Engineers, Hoisting aad Portable, Local 115—Business Agent, A. W. Scott, 111 Dunsmuir St.; MA. 2849. MA. 2056. Engineers, School aad Caretakers, Local 963 — Secretary, George Zailo, 380 E. 15th Ave.; FA. 0380. Engineers' Union (Stationary Operating), Local Ho. BBS—Business Agent Harry- Berger, 111 Dunsmuir St; TA. 4633. Fire Fighters (Burnaby), Local 393 —Secretary, L. H. Buckley, 4337 Triumph, GL. 3186-R. FlaT-.t*r_, Vuaosvar, Local IS President. Hector Wright, 4149 Marguerite; CH. 4146. Floorlayers' Union, U.B. of C.J., Local Ho. 1541—Room 117, Labor Temple. Business Agent R. V. Nash, 2803 E. 18th Ave.; DE. 2439-L. Building Material and Fuel Truck Drivers' Union, Local 813—Business Agent, H. Bonnell and J. Whiteford, 629 Beatty St; MA. 1928. Building Service Employees, Local 244—Business Agent, Ben Morley, Room 206, 144 W. Hastings, MA. 9452. Building Trades ConncU—Secretary, Ed Kennedy, 102 Labor Temple; FA. 4787. Carpenters' Union, Ho. 452 — Recording Secretary, H. P; Hamilton; Financial Secretary, P. J- Deplissy; Business Agents, J. Stevenson and R. C. Worthington; Labor Temple; FA. 2396 or EM. 1212. Carpenters (Hew Westminster) Local 1251—Business Agent, Robert Groves, office 732 RoyalAve., New Westminster; phone N.W. 33; residence phone N.W. 3873-L. Carpenters' Union (Courtenay), Ho. 1638—John Hansen, Pres.; Robert Hamilton, Sec; Box 615, Courtenay. Cement Masons, Local 919, O-P. ft OJaC—R. R. Baker, 271 Beta; GL. 0.-7-R, secretary; Dispatcher,"TA. 6814. - Chemical Worken Union, International Local Ho. 485 — William Schmidt, 2579 E. 4th Ave; HA. 0160-L. Civic Bmployees Union, Local 407 —President, Sam Lindsay,- Room 220, Labor Temple; FA. 8442. Club, Cabaret, Construction Camp, Culinary and Service Bmployees, Local 740—Business Agent, G. W. Faulkner, 440 W. Pender; MA. 9828. Dental Technicians, Local Ho. 511, I. C.W. U. — Secretary, Don Laid- law, 924 Queens Rd. W., North Vancouver; North 2662-L-2. DistUlery Worken' Union, Ho. — (U.D.L.)—Secretary, F. Case, 836 B. Uth; FA. 6841-L. Government Employees' Association (B.C.) — E. P. O'Connor, General secretary; A. C Bennett, Assistant General Secretary, 902 Helm' cken; TA. 8441-2. Employees' Union, Ho. 180 usiness Manager. W. M. Black, 116 Labor Temple; FA. 9369. Hotel and Restaurant Employees, Loeal SB—Business Agent, (Mrs.) Chris. Waddell, 440 W. Pender; PA. 7933. International Ladies' Garment Worken, Loeal 876 aad 287—Business Agent Anne Marshall, 119 W. Pender; TA. 5514; home, HA. -5961M. Ironworkers Shopmen's Loeal Union 719—Business Agent V. E. Steers, 333 W. Broadway; FA. 7288. Ironworkers, Local 97 — Business Agent Jack McDonald, 110 Labor Temple; FA. 9126. Laborers, Construction aad General (International Mod Carriers) Local 60S—Secretary, A. Foster, Room 5, 307 W. Broadway, FA. 9122. Laundry Worken, Ho. 899 — Business Agent J. H. Irving, 208 Labor Temple; FA. 9612. Machinists, International Association, Lodge 699—Business Representative. Richard Osman, Room 111, 207 W. Broadway: FA. 9517. lotion Picture Projeet-onists, Loeal 348—Business Manager, L. Walker; .Secretary. Geo. Thrift, 295 E. Broadway; FA 6862. Molders'Union, Local 281—Business Agent, W. If. Green, 119 Latter Temple: FA. 9712. Musicians* Union, Looal 145—Business Manager, Geo. E. Leach, 402 W. Pender, Room 808; PA. 7842. Office Employees International Union, Local 15—Secretary, EUeen Hart c/o 222 W. Broadway. Falnten, Local IBB—Business Man ager, Jack Eaves, 103 Labor Temple; FA. 9771. Faint aad Tarnish Worken, Loeal IBM—Secretary, Arthur Brammer, 913 Tobruk, North Vancouver; TOrk 8423. Patternmakers' Association—Secre tary, E. Westmoreland, 4296 Dun bar; AL. 2739-R. File Drivers and Wooden Bride-eaten Looal 8404—Business Agent, S. Allen, 111 Dunsmuir St;PA.4046. Plasterers' Union, Ho. 779 — Secretary, W. E. McMynn, 4860 Eton, N. Burnaby; GL. 2642-R. Plumbers aad Plpefltten, Looal 170 —Business manager, Norman Uphill; Assistant Business Manager, James Barton; 109 Labor Temple; FA. 9766. Pulp aad Sulphite (Converters) Union, Loeal 433—Business Agent, O. Braaten, 525 W. Pender, Suite 1; TAtlow 1642. Pulp aad Sulphite Worken, Loeal SIB, Ocean Falls, B.C.—Secretary, John Mathiesori, Drawer 190, Ocean Falls, B.C. BataU Grocery aad Food Clerks, Looal Ho. 1518—Secretary, D. A. Wade, 205 Labor Temple; EM. 3348. - Seafarers'' International Union — Secretary, Norman Cunningham, 298 Main; PA. 7824. Sheet Metal Worken, Loeal __»— Business Manager, James Walker, 207 Labor Temple; FA. 7636. Shingle Weavers' Union, Local Ho. 2802—Secretary, J. E. Hird, 1524 W. 65th; KE. 4428-L. Shipwrights, Boatbuilders, Joiners and Caulkers, Local. Ho. 506 — Business Agent, J. T: Best, 411A W. Cordova St; TA. 3726. Ufa aad Pictorial Falnten, Looal 796—Secretary, J. Middleton, 6881 Dundas St; GL. 1326-T. Street Bailwaymen's Union, Blv. 101 —Business Agent, C. Stewart, Street RIy. Building, 126 E. 8th; FA. 4262. Street Bailwaymen's Union, Ho, 134 Business Agent, R. C. Lawrence, 69 Alexander, New Westminster. Phone 1342. Taxi Driven, Looal 151—Secretary, C- Gower, 204 Labor Temple; FA. 8716. Theatre Employees, Loeal B-72 — Secretary, Bob Foster, No. 6, 1004 Wolfe Ave.; CE. 6253. TUe Setters, Local Ho. 3—Recording Secretary, J. Neville, 8281 School Rd., Vancouver 16; DE. 1335-R. Track Drivers' Union, Loeal Ho. 31 —Business Agents, Reg. Lenfesty and C. Solera, 222 W. Broadway; FA. 8251. Tunnel aad Bock Worken, Looal 168 —Secretary, William Hunchuk, Room 300. 529 Beatty; -*A. 7251. Typographical Union, Looal 326— Secretary. P. Campbell, 212 Labor Temple; FA. 2608. Union Label Trades ConncU—Secretary, Ed Smith, 209 Labor Tem- ■ pie; BA. 2560. United Garment Worken' Union, Bo. 888— Secretary, Phyllis Fanus; GL. 3354-R. ' Unlvenlty of British Columbia Employees Union, Local 116 — Secretary Jack Fisher, 988 Roosevelt Crescent, North Vancouver. Water District, Bewerage and Drainage Board Employees, Looal 893 —Secretary, J. M. Morrison, 4673 W. 1st; FA. 6928; home, AL. 1388-L. Wood, Win aad Metal Lathers Local 907 — Business Agent, T. Blelek, 670 W. 20th; FA. 6812-L. School Board Employ*** x"«d-r_l Union (Snrnaby) Looal 879—Sect retary, G. J. McCrae, 3309 LaneV S. Burnaby. s . 4> i 4 , i 1 ■" * I ■ I I 1 i f:A ., June 30, 1954 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three TO DRAFT CONTRACT PROPOSALS I Contract .proposals covering B. C.'s major steel shipyards will be mapped out at a special meeting of Metal. Trades here July 7. Ed Kennedy, Vancouver Metal Trades Council secretary, has just returned from Victoria where he met with representatives of the capital city council to tabulate their proposals for amendments to the existing agreement. Vancouver and Victoria will negotiate jointly this year_jKJth the "Big Three" of shipyaro-i— Burrard and Pacific Drydocks of Vancouver, and Victoria Machinery Depot and Yarrows Ltd. of Victoria. Kennedy said .that "we are endeavoring to have the Plumbers' International Union allow plumbers' Canadian organizer John Bruce of'Toronto to assist in negotiations this year." Bruce, known to many as "Mr. Labor", has been a key man in BURNABY REQUIRES UNION PAY ON MUNICIPAL CONTRACT WORK Burnaby Municipal Council will require that all contractors doing1 work for the municipality must pay current union rates of pay. The municipal clerk has informed the Building Trades Council that the Burnaby engineering department will obtain a statutory declaration from contractors stating that union pay rates of* this area will be maintained or the contract will be terminated^ The Council had objected that some firms which contracted municipal work had promised to pay union rates but had not done so. W.CB. Asked To Ban New Explosive Tool Vancouver Building Trades Council has urged the B.C. Workmen's Compensation" Board to place a ban on the use of explosive actuated tools in construction work. The tool, which is coming into wider use daily for driving fixture connections into concrete walls and other heavy material, is too dangerous and may inflict serious injury, the council claims. Its use is now under review by the WCB. Council secretary Ed Kennedy declared that "in the event the tool Is not banned altogether, we will strenuously insist that strict regulations are laid down by the Compensation Board to govern its use." He said there are three types being used here — the Remington, the Ramset and the Ammo Drive-it. Kennedy said workmen have been injured using the tool and "from information we have, there have been two deaths in the U.S." MIGHT RICOCHET The tool uses an explosive cartridge to drive long "rivets" into cement or other hard materials. They are used by electricians, plumbers, carpenters, ironworkers and sheet metal workers. He said there hr danger of the "rivet" ricocheting and injuring the worker, or driving through a partition and hitting someone on the other side. The council wote to building trades groups in San Francisco and Portland as to the handling of these tools in those areas. San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council had this to say: "We have not banned the use of explosive actuated tools. We reached an agreement with the makers, of these tools that before anyone was. allowed to use such tools, they must attend class for instruction. GET CERTIFICATION . "Upon completion of 'the course they would receive a, certificate which shows they are qualified to use the tools." The Portlarid council said when the tools first came into use "we took action to ban their use by our members, unless and until the safety of our members was assured. "The matter was placed in the hands of the State Accident Commission, who then set up rules and regulations pertaining to the use of these tools and under the safety regulations their use was permitted. "Several of our people were injured due to the insufficient knowledge of the use of these tools, and I believe the regulations call for their use only by men who have been trained and have received their qualifying certificates." Two More Firms Come Into Fold 9 Two Vancouver firms have "come into the fold" by sitming contracts with unions affiliated with Trades and Labor Council. They are: Superior Concrete and Williams Paint and Wallpaper Co. Buy union made goods with union earned dollars. past negotiations in West Coast shipyards. The July 7 meeting of AFL shipyard unions will coordinate contract proposals of the Vancouver and Victoria district councils. This will be the first year joint Island-mainland contract talks have been held. Kennedy said that both councils , had agreed to the joint effort and he understands that shipyard companies also have agreed. It has not been settled whether negotiations will be carried out in Vancouver, or in the Island capital. Unions affected are plumbers, painters, shipwrights, boilermak- ers (Victoria), sheet metal workers, machinists and operating engineers. II An "Esso" And A "Shell Sign Up B. C. Auto Workers 1857 has informed council that Bett's Shell Service at Broadway and Arbutus and Mutter's Esso Service at Seventh and Cambie have signed agreements. The Auto Workers point out that these service stations are now certainly worthy of union support and asked delegates to act accordingly. ISLAND PAINTERS NANAIMO — A Journeyman rate of %2 an hour has been agreed for painters with five firms in Nanaimo and Port Alberni. Agreement was reached by Painters, Local 1642 under conciliation officer Bill McLaughlin. Are You Getting MARRIED? Pictures taken by an experienced photographer will be treasured in all the years to come! CALL HUX LOVELY .. FAirmont 9650 (24-hour service. HUX LOVELY, official photoropher for the Labor Statesman, announces opening of well appointed studios at 3244 Cambie. PORTRAITS CHILDREN'S PHOTOS WEDDINGS BANQUETS "Photography For Every Need0 8«V-'V''-«X«'V>X''V»'V^>V'VA.'-«'V^-^«VX<X«'V»V^»X^>>^V»xa j MUSIC AND DANCING ] V DURACCV RAIf DIV.U . EMBASSY BALLROOM Dancing Every Night Except Monday Ernie Biithanan's Orchestra 1024 Davfe Street «**-•i? »;. — ii — i a -■ i mi <i — ii a» »a Itorron 5$rp& Htmtteb FUNERAL DIRECTORS KINGSWAY aad BOYJUa OA-C, BUBWABY - BSxteT 3381 Sw_S- SIXTH BTBEBT, HOBTH YANCOtTTEB YOrt 1181 55 HAST TENTH AYENTrB Phone: PAlrmont 0184 BUT....? "If's nice to know that my fellow union members are staunchly behind me on the job; but— * Eaves Wins Election Jack Eaves was re-elected by acclamation last Thursday to his thirteenth term as secretary and business agent of Vancouver Painters' Union, Local 138. In annual elections in the Labor Temple, members also reelected Jim MacArthur as president; named Charles Izzard as vice-president, and re-elected Johnny Hines as recording secretary. MacArthur beat out A. Hodge, Izzard won over Jack Bennie, and Hines won a three-way race from Bennie and N. Sedawie. Others elected were: Gus Hult, treasurer; Jack Bennie, warden; George Cassian, conductor; Vic Wilson, trustee. " Phone: FAirmont 6276 Stoneberg Bros. Plating Works We Specialise in Hard Chromium and Heavy Industrial Plating Chrome, Nickel, Copper, Electro Tinning, Polishing, etc. 436 East 5th Ave., cor. Guelph and 5th Ave., Vancouver QUARTERS for . . . IMPORTED TOBACCOS :: CIGARETTES CIGARS, PIPES and SMOKERS' SUNDRIES Come and See Our Stock — Largest in Canada E. A. MORRIS LIMITED FOOT- STOBBS 435 WEST HASTINGS BT. 505 QBANVH-IE ST. 989 WEST FENDEB 1116 GOVERNMENT ST., VICTORIA »"—■■ — ■■—■—-■■ — i__ ii — ii — ii i— -i—hi—■ — in H "AFRAID OF DOCTORS' BILLS?* Who Isn't? The-present-day trend in Union Agreements is towards medical protection. Before opening negotiations for a new agreement see us for the most complete coverage for the lowest rates for Groups in B. C. today. ■ C. U. or C. HEALTH SERVICES SOCIETY Broadway at Quebec VANCOUVER 10, B.C. V PROVINCE MEN I.T.U. OFFICERS 1 .. Ji-:'-A -. 1 ( * ' ■/, #*, *. V 1 I ■ Pictured above are five members of The Vancouver Province composing room .staff, all of whom hold elected office on the executive of Vancouver Typog/aphical Union No. 226. This I.T.U. Local covers all union newspapers and job printing shops in Vancouver. The Vancouver Province is proud to have so many of its valued employees holding positions of responsibility with this trude union. From left above are .executive committee member Fred Franks, vice-president W. H. Watson, executive member Jim Wood, president H. T. (Joe) Chambers, and assistant secretary Charlie Crompton. They are members of one of seven unions who work together each day to produce The Vancouver Province, a newspaper that always gives labor a square deal and which is 100 percent union produced. 'i"iwiiiiiii:wisia«ii Page Four THE LABOR STATESMAN June 30, 1954 ■# THE LABOR STATESMAN Published last week of each month at Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway, yancouver 10, B.C. Authorized as second class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa The Labor Statesman Is owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor.. Council, and supported by 114 local unions '•To «ach union- member the political party of his choice" "Build Stroncr Onions for Social Security" R. K. GERVIN, Secretary MELVIN KEMMIS, Chairman Press Committee Phone: FAirmont 4343 Subscription Rates: *1.60 per year; to Unions, 6c per copy 14 Vancouver, B. C, June 30, 1954 NO HONEST REASON There isn't one honest reason for the Provincial Cabinet's refusal to meet with representatives of the B.C. Government Employees Association. Yet, ,the record shows, elected officials of BCGEA haven't been able to get a hearing in a year and a half. In-September. 1949, government workers established a procedure of bargaining with a committee of three cabinet ministers, a method to deal with problems affecting the welfare of 11,000 B.C. civil servants. We would remind Premier Bennett he agreed to carry on this procedure when be came into office. Under provincial law, other, organized groups of workers are given bargaining rights. Why are civil servants denied this right? Statements that the BCGEA has been playing politics aren't warranted. That's like saying anyone who criticizes the government is playing politics. The BCGEA has fair grounds for criticism. The cabinet has not honored its promise. It should meet employees and discuss their grievances. ■■•':.■' AN OVERDUE CHANGE Local delegates to the TLC convention this August will be fighting for an important amendment to the Unemployment Insurance Act. They will seek removal of a clause MISS NEWSPRINT is the name given this shapely miss, who enlivened proceedings at the recent AFL Union Label Industries show at Los Angeles. Her real name is Kay Cantomvine and we invited her here to lead the Labor Day parade. She's so popular she can't come— but it gives us an excuse to run the picture anyhow. NEWS FROM 244 Protects Under Way which actually requires trade unionists to cross picket lines or watch theikfamilies go without the necessities of life: It might be argued that men who of their own free will go on strike should be barred from unemployment insurance payments. But under the present regulation, workers who refuse to cross a picket line set up by some other union are also disqualified. The right to strike is part of our heritage. The act of strike breaking is abhorrent to any union man. And Unemployment Insurance is not a gift from the government, but a form of protection already paid for by the workers. It follows that no man should be forced to sell his fellow workers down the river in order to collect the emergency protection which is rightfully his. Amendment of this clause is long overdue, and should be demanded by every convention delegate. The Post Office job-is unfair! When are they going to cut peepholes in the fence for sidewalk superintendents? By BEN MORLEY Membership of Local 244 has voted to support Brother R. K. Gervin for the presidency of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, and also decided to take active part in the Labor Day parade. A committee headed by Tom Hyde, Brother Anderson, and Sister Valentine was appointed to take charge of Local 244's participation in the parade. Negotiations with General Cleaning Contractors' Association have been in progress for the past month, and a conciliation officer has been appointed. The window cleaners are asking for a 30-cent per hour increase in wages—five more statutory holidays with pay, and a tightening up on overtime pay. Negotiations with Burrard Inlet Tunnel & Bridge are in full progress, and a meeting of the section will be held in July to discuss a proposition from the employer concerning an eighteen month agreement. Negotiations with B. C. Hotels Association are stalled because hotels' nominee to an arbitration board, Mr. 'Blackie' Bengart, has left the city. Present agreement ia. for two years, with provision for opening the wage clause after one year. If the parties are unable to agree, the matter would be taken to arbitration. Local 244 . is negotiating jointly with the Hotel and Restaurant Workers, Local 28, in this matter, and both locals will appear before the same arbitration board. UNION LABEL CORNER How To Be Sharp With A Shirt By ED SMITH Good union label boosters now have a chance to blossom forth in union label sport shirts for papa and blouses for mama—all absolutely authentic and turned out by the Union Label Department of the API* This is the real thing—made of percale material with patch pockets, collars that can be worn open at the nebk or fastened. They have been specially designed in fast colors, showing various union labels of the APL everywhere. We think you'll agree they will be the perfect thing for parades, conventions, and general summer use. So boost the union label and wear a good, union-made shirt at the same time. Cost is $3.90 each, or one gent's and one lady's model for $-.95, plus duty and tax. Samples will be here shortly. In the meantime, Ed Smith is taking orders at FA 1320-L. Tour Union Buying Week Committee will be wearing them, so now is the time to help start a new fashion—the union label fashion. . • * Your Union Label Council will definitely be having a display booth at the Regina convention in August, Ed will be in charge, with instructions to bring home the trophy for a second year. * ■ • * Our tobacco workers are fighting for their very existence in Montreal with Simons Cigar Co. All good union members and cigar smokers can help them by buying only union made cigars. There's a good choice: White Owl, Peg Top, Marguerite, Punch, Daily Double, Batchelor, House of Lords, La Palina, Trump and Cabinet. Be consistent—when buying cigars choose from the above and SMOKE OUT NONUNION FIRMS. * * *. More about "Union Label Clothes." We have it on good authority that those Regina locals will be dressed up with "Special" Monogram silk ties made by spider loom. How about it, boys. I have samples. Let's have all delegates from Vancouver and B. C. dress up. They bear the label. TAXI-TALK Remember you will help your Union Buying Week Committee by amending in your donations and pledges quickly. We can only arrange the program if we know how much is in the kitty. So make it a must this year. Thai * . * * P.N.E. time is rolling around again.. And we are open for names of volunteers who can spare an afternoon or evening at the union label booth at the big fair. • - Remember—you don't want to. bet on a loser. Why not bet on a winner all the time —'by BEING UNION and BUYING UNION. If you patronize only union products and services, you can't possibly lose By CHARLIE GOWER At our last meeting it became obvious that some of our members are working longer hours than those provided for in our agreements and for the benefit of those who were not present we would'iike to present our» answers'to the members. Now, it's impossible for your officers to police the jobs for these violations, and constitutionally it is the duty of the members on the job to lay charges against those who violate our contracts. If charged, these individuals will be tried in accordance with our international constitution, and if they are found guilty by the trial board they will be penalized accordingly. t- * ' Since the last meeting we have contacted Empress Cabs, but we will be unable to meet with the management to get things straightened out until mid-July. MacLure's Taxi Ltd., has been notified of our intention of opening the agreement. A meeting is planned for the end of this month to get negotiations with limousine' and taxi drivers under way. While on this subject we would like to make the observation that Jack had married since making out his beneficiary card and when his father passed away some two years ago he neglected to make the necessary changes. This will entail considerable trouble on the part of the Joint Council secretary, besides holding up the payment at a time when it is sorely needed. These situations can be avoided if the members will stop to take inventory occasionally of their status. Some seem to think we in official positions should know, without stopping to think that we have some 700 individuals to contend with. We do know in some instances and then we do contact the member requesting a change. . . . • However we do not assume the responsibility and we feel it is unwarranted to blame your officers for what is your neglect Likewise some of. our members • have a habit of being continually two or three months in arrears of dues, and for their particular benefit we would adjl, it is a condition of the Death Benefit Fund that the member , be fully paid up in order that the. beneficiary be paid in the event of death. • » . We have not heard from Charlie Hornby lately but understand he is still net able to get around too much. He likes to hear from the drivers once in a while, so give him a buzz occasionally. Ivor Cawker was in again the other day. He always makes inquiries about the business and members he once worked with. Incidentally he asked me if I ever heard from Eugene Boyko and related some of the capers he, Charlie Story and Boyko used to pull. That night I happened to be watching television and to my surprise at the end of the picture filmed by the National Film Board, E. Boyko was named as camera-man. June 30, 1954 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Five FROM THIS ANGLE Big labor news of the month is, of course, the historic signing by 94 AFL and CIO unions of a no raiding agreement which it is hoped wilf pave the way to harmony between the two great labor organizations and lead to eventual organic unity. The signing, which affects more than 10 million1 labor men and women, took place in Washington earlier this month, with AFL President George Meany and CIO President Walter Reuther the chief signatories, if As we explained last month, the two year pact simply sets out a method of settling internecine quarrels without fuss, furore and expense. In a nutshell, protest by a union is made in writing, the organizations concerned are given 15 days to settle their own prob-* lem. If that fails the secretaries of the two federations meet and try to settle the problem for five days. If that fails, the dispute goes to an impartial umpire whose decision is final and binding. David L. Cole, one of the country's leading experts on labor - management relations, has been appointed umpire. He is a Harvard trained lawyer and a specialist in labor affairs. Total of 65 AFL and 29 CIO unions participated in the signing, and the two presidents said a special sub-committee has been set up to iron out "minor difficulties" which prevent a substantial number of other unions from signing up. Many of the unions now taking part have local unions in Vancouver and B.C. Included in the long list of AFL unions are barbers, bricklayers, building service, retail clerks, distillery workers, electrical workers, photo engravers, fire fighters, jewelry workers, machinists, meat cutters, musicians, street railway- men, plumbers, and teachers Now that at least the machinery to stop raiding is on hand, it's interesting to look back over the past two or three years Some 1,727 raids took place during that time. CIO won a few more elections; the AFL gained a few more members. Actually, in all these elections, the net change in membership was 4,000, and during the elections 4,456 workers got fed up and dropped their union membership altogether. The most staggering fact is that AFL and CIO unions spent $11,418,000 over the three-year period either in conducting raids or protecting themselves. The peace pact signing is hailed editorially by the AFL News-Reporter as a "Good Beginning." *"It will enable labor to concentrate its efforts on its big goal—organizing the unorganized." * I.* * There's been a great fuss in Toronto because a suburban golf club denied one of a trio of players—all members of a Machinists Union — the right to play because he was a negro. Some of the local clubs night note the great wave of protest this caused when it came up at a union meeting. It could .happen here — and should. * i. * . Department of Labor in Ottawa has finally released facts on figures on the wage index in 1953. It's up 3.6 per cent, compared with an increase of 8 per cent during 1952. A smaller survey shows a further rise of 1.2 per cent in. the six months ending April of this year. , * * ■ * ., Labor union membership in Canada showed an increase of 48,197 members during 1953, the department of labor announced this month. TLC unions are up 37,282 to a total of 596,004—and the CCL is up 8,244 to a total of 360,782. CARPENTERS' REPORT By GEORGE BENGOUGH Appeal Sets Precedent Two of our carpenters — Brothers John Hoist and Arvid K. Olsson—have won an appeal taken to the Unemployment Insurance Umpire which sets an interesting precedent for all workers in Canada to note. Brothers Hoist and Olsson were working for the Strom Lumber Company Ltd., Prince George, as carpenters up to a time ending October 15th, 1953. They were employed on a house construction some distance away from the Strom Lumber Co., property. < During the course of their work a strike. occurred between the I.W.A. and the Strom Lumber Company. It was in progress for some time when the carpenters completed their work on the house, and were directed to the mill to undertake certain work there. Brothers Hoist and Olsson refused to work where a picket line was being maintained. - When they applied for unemployment insurance they were denied benefits by the insurance officer on grounds that a labor dispute was in progress. Subsequently they applied to the Court of Referees, and a hearing was held in Vancouver. The following is the findings of the Court of Referees: "After considerable discussion and exhaustive analysis of the points raised, the issue seemed to narrow down to the fact that i according to the submission made by Mr. W. H. Harvey, business agent of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local 1998, the claimant had been hired by the company concerned for what seemed to be a specific job, classed as construction work, which to quote Mr. Harvey's letter 'turned out to be a house of some nature and which was situated away from the mill property.' " 'He, with other members of our union, worked there three weeks during the strike without molestation by anyone. On the completion of that job they were asked to go on construction in the mill yard where they were met by pickets. They declined to cross the picket line, the crossing of which could result- in violence With danger to the men involved.' "The reason advanced by the insurance officer for disqualification took the position that the plant, in this case, the Strom Lumber Co., had engaged the claimant on construction work and that the strike which caused the stoppage of work was the real reason why the claimant was disqualified under Section 41. "Mr. Bengough claimed, and with all deference to the insurance officer the Court finally concluded that it must support his claim, that the claimant had in effect been sent by the Strom Lumber Co., from a job outside the property covered by the strike situation to a property covered by that situation where they encountered the picket line. "The Court took the view that had this claimant been sent by some other agency to Unions Protest City Crews Building and construction unions are objecting to the city's policy of doing new construction work with city crews—road work, certain paving subway work and particularly the approaches and cloverleaf to the new Granville Bridge. Vancouver Building Trades Council declares that such work should properly be done by contractors employing union men at recognized construction rates. This type of work is not considered maintenance work which is all city crews should handle. The council may ask for a declaration of policy from City Council on use of city crews on construction work. St. Johns Brigade Must Explain Separate Appeal Trades and Labor Council was definitely in earnest when it backed proposals now underway for a United Appeal to replace the present system of separate financial drives by charitable and community associations. A letter was received this month from St. John's Ambulance Association requesting financial assistance. Delegates voted to write the association pointing out that Council has endorsed a United Appeal, and requested information as to why the St John's group is making a separate bid for finances. ■pjIMgC NEW — USED — RECAPPING "^^7 ' " " * * ' " Buy them on easy Budget Plan! BOURNE & WEIR LTD. 99 West 2nd Phone: FAirmont 8821 BUFTON'S FLOWER SHOP ; Flowers for AU Occasions ( "WH TBU-QBAFK *FI.OW-.B8 AJUWHJBM IV _*HH WOILD" I \ HA §187 . HA 3432 I 1520 Commercial Drive ' Vancouver, B.C. the strike-bound plant, he would have been within his rights in refusing that employment, and would therefore have been entitled to Unemployment Insurance benefits. Emphasis is placed upon the term 'sent' by the Court since in its judgment this is the crux of the entire situation. "It believes that there is a principle involved here which has not yet appeared and for which there does not seem to be any precedent since the Umpires' decisions which are quoted in the submission are not in the judgment of the Court completely parallel. Because of its belief that there is a principle involved under which the claimant is entitled to the benefit of the doubt, it feels impelled to recognize that principle in its decision which reverses the insurance officer's ruling which has hitherto disqualified the claimant as from 19 October, 1953, and therefore allows the appeal. * "The judgment was signed Jan. 8 by Geo. S. Houghtao*., t • chairman, H. D. Burbidge and Chas. A. Gower. We would venture to say though that from what has transpired plus the facts of the case, it is reasonable to contend that if an employee is sent to a place of employment where a strike is in progress, that to refuse such employment is "just cause" within the meaning of the Unemployment Insurance Act, therefore could under such circumstances receive Unemployment Insurance benefits. DAILY SERVICE BLACK MOTOR FREIGHT Voncouver to: NORTH BURNABY - WESTR1DGE - B/ PORT MOODY - PLEASANTSIDE - IOCO - A Member Rural Truck Lines Association 1445 Charles * Vancouver, B.C. HAstings 6260 J. T. DOYLE LTD. MASONRY CONTRACTOR Our Best Advertisement is a Satisfied Customer 2220 E. 6th Avenue HAstings 8086 BECKWITH ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION 8C SALES LTD. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 5806 FRASER FRaser 7217 "V n—i — mmliiaj " -ji.*i';..< ■'"■-!' f&aAcur&t MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1235 East Hastings St. Owned and Operated by a Trade Unionist Funerals for Trade Unionists at prices Trade Unionists can afford to pay OEOBOB A. KAMI* *! - . r.- > Page Six THE LABOR STATESMAN June 30, 1954 —Courtesy Vancouver Province RESPONSIBILITY FOR LABOR AFFAIRS rests with these five members of the Industrial Relations Board, appointed to take full charge after dismissal of old Labor Relations Board. Members are H. J. Young, Mrs. Rex Eaton, vice-chairman; deputy labor minister William Sands, chairman; Charles Murdoch of Street Railwaymen, and E. G. Allen Little. Labor is critical because it had no voice in appointments. Let's All Go - - To The Parade Trophies, floats and costumes are planned to make this year's Labor Day parade bigger and better. The event, sponsored jointly by the Trades and Labor Council and the CCL Vancouver Labor Council will tie in with the special Labor Day at the Pacific National Exhibition. Council secretary R. __. Gervin, acting on the joint-parade committee said these tentative plans have been drawn up: • Parade will be on Labor Day morning ■— Sept. 6 — probably from Victoria Drive via Hastings to the PNE , • Unions can enter marchers with banners, and/or floats. The committee hopes to arrange for trophies for the best group of marchers and the best float. • Guest speaker will be on hand at the - PNE open-air theatre where the parade will end. • The committee may also have a children's costume sec- >rkers &smm>*ri**8*£ - m maiaspina NANAIMO — A $2 weekly across-the-board increase has been won by Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Local 619 for employees of Maiaspina Hotel. Prince George Council Backs Pipeline PRINCE GEORGE. — Prince George and District Trades and Labor Council has urged the B.C. and federal governments to assist "in all ways possible" to push the natural gas pipeline from the Peace River to the Pacific Coast. The Council endorsed a resolution from Vancouver Trades Council which suggested the governments subsidize the pipeline construction if. necessary. The council donated $20 to aid the strike of Beverage Dispensers in Calgary and Edmonton. In other business, acting secretary Frank Harvey said Beverage Dispensers Local 835 have paid, two month's per capita and the matter of Jfche. union's affiliation has now been cleared up. Mike Klym was elected by acclamation to the .vacant trustee post HOSPITAL ORGANIZED PRINCE GEORGE.—Hospital Employees' Federal Union Local 180 has applied for certification to bargain for about 60 employees of the Prince George and District Hospital. Boas—I wish you wouldn't whistle while working. Miss O'Flage—But I'm not working. . Hospital Workers Re-Elect Officers All top officers of the Hospital Employees Federal Union 180 were re-elected by acclamation at the fourth annual convention of union in Penticton this month. Hector Carden was returned for another term as presi* dent; J. Fleming will serve again as vice-president, and Aleic. Paterson as financial secretary. Bill Black will con- business tinue as business manager. The 44 delegates elected Philip Forsha of Vancouver for a three- year term as trustee. Executive members at large are Frank Foster of Nanaimo and Henry Phelps of Vernon, - Discussion probed every phase of the hospital situation in B.C., and delegates voted to: Condemn strongly the practice of nursing aides and practical nurses being called upon to prepare charts or administer medications; Reiterate the earlier decision to seek changes in the Hospital Act which would clear the way for binding arbitration with hospitals; Condemn nction of the Operating Engineers in seeking certification in hospitals, and bring MArine 8181 TOWING • 24-HR. SERVICE • RADIO CONTROLLED • FULLY INSURED • BONDED DRIVERS BUSTER'S Auto Towing Service ltd. 376 L. HASTINGS ST. ""* Exclusive AAA. Contract Vancouver this to attention of the TLC convention; Seek immediate creation of an overall •hospital employees' pension plan; Include group life insurance and medical service coverage in negotiations next year; Bargaining next year to be on the basis of—cents per hour or dollars per month, rather than on percentage basis; tion, with prizes for best costumes. "We have to plan early and are urging all unions to get behind the parade and take part," Gervin said. A letter will go out to all unions asking them to participate. Final parade details have yet to be completed. Urge City Develop Trades and Labor Council has written Vancouver City Council requesting that it develop property which has been held in Burnaby for cemetery purposes, in order to prevent the possibility of private interest developing a monopoly on cemetery land. The action was taken by delegates on" receipt of a letter from Rev. Edward Smith, representing a group of senior citizen*. The letter charges that city- owned Mountain View Burial Park is becoming rapidly filled, and that unless the city devel- opes an alternative site there will be no control over the privately-owned cemeteries, and they will be able to charge any price they see fit A private concern now operates two Vancouver cemeteries, Forest Lawn and Ocean View. Mr. Smith said in his letter that senior citizens and others on limited income already experience difficulty in meeting high funeral costs, and any increase will work an extreme hardship on them. The city clergyman also stated in his letter that he had been informed by the city council cemetery committee that it was anxious to "get out from under this' cemetery business" and would hand it over to other interests. Cflooe \Jutflttln^ Company MEN'S WEAR We Carry a Complete Stock of Better Merchandise WHERE MAIN STREET m your . 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HARRISON, Manager BROADWAY TYPING & MIMEOGRAPHING SERVICE Two Blocki Bait of Labor T.mple 183 West Broadway - Office, FA 8936; Res. EM 2579 AAaxtuulng (AddreMOsr-aplx) OorM-pondoaoa AfMraiMta Clroidavr- B-porta, .to. June 30, 1954 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven BY BUD-DING TRADES Employment Plan Offered SHS5i7a--eooveir^^ Council' has written 23 similar councils across Canada suggesting united action to prod provincial and federal governments into doing something to avoid a repetition of last winter's heavy unemployment. The suggestion is based on the theory that a plan should be ready to be put into action as soon as the situation becomes acute, which building trades officials say may not be too far away. "We are calling on all Building Trades Councils across Canada to seriously consider this question and to use their .strength and influence towards seeing to it that at least the remedies we have proposed are submitted to the proper "authorities with a request they be put into effect," the letter states. Race Institute Expenses Met Council has extended helping hand when it was needed most to help pay expenses of the fourth annual Joint Labor In stitute on Race Relations. The institute reported, on the recent meeting and advised that $31.71 was required to meet expenses. Delegates voted to pay half. The solutions proposed are: 1. An increase in unemployment benefits, even if higher premiums must.be paid, in order to assure food, clothing and shelter to workers without mortgaging next year's income. 2. That a public works program be provided for by the federal and provincial governments at union rates of pay to be in augurated without undue delay wherever climatic conditions will permit "We feel that if other Building Trades Councils across Canada will take enough interest to impress upon the governments the necessity of taking action before a crisis develops, they can avert any resemblance of the hungry thirties," the letter sighed by Ed Kennedy states. THIRTEENTH term as secretary arid business agent of Painters 138 came by acclamation to Jack Eaves last week. Council Publishes "No Patronage" List Here is the latest revised Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades Council "We Do Not Patronize" list. Clip it out for reference. The. council secretary requests that you destroy all former lists. Italian Marble Spoils Start At Post Office Good news that work is finally under way on the new post office in downtown Vancouver was marred by official notification that marble cut and processed in Italy will indeed be used in the spanking hew building, which is ironically supposed, to be a model for Canadian, public buildings. Building Trades Council was officially informed by Harold Winch and secretary to Ralph Campney. The move was protested by all building trades unions, but the public works department bowed to the reasoning that marble handled in Italy costs less. Restaurants Black Cat Coffee Shop Mayfair Caterers Stork Coffee House Taxis Balmoral Taxi Broadway Taxi Forum Cabs Ltd. Painters H. V. Toumier (Chilliwack, B.C.) Vancouver Painters and Decorators T. Mackie Barbers 60 East Broadway 1588 Kingsway 858 Richards St. 1767 Kingsway 4th and Burrard Hotel Vancouver Barber Shop Photo Engravers Graphic Industries Ltd. Window Cleaners The Shiners Halls White Rose Ballroom Bakeries Home Bakery Ltd. (North Vancouver) Montreal Bakery Ltd. Society Cakes Limited Sign Painters Victor David Neon Signs David Decorators Ltd. Charles David David Hall Sign Co. Ltd. Typewriter Companies , Remington Rand Ltd. Underwood Elliot Fisher Ltd. Dry Cleaners Valetor Cleaners Spotless Cleaners and Dyers Retail Stores Tip Top Tailors Limited (Vancouver and N. Westminster) Dick's Hen's Wear Limited (subsidiary of Tip Top Tailors Limited) , . Super Valu (Brighouse) Miscellaneous Canada Dry Ginger Ale Mitchell Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. The Geo. H. Hewitt Co. Ltd. Gordon Toung (B.C.) Ltd. Victoria Tile and Brick Supply Company Ltd. Int. Musicians' Booking Asso. . Look for the . . . UNION SERVICE BUTTON UNION LABEL AND SHOP CARD Patronize Them This Space Donated by Bill Couper 724 SEYMOUR STREET sa fee LOCAL 115 CERTIFIED Operating -Engineers Local 115 have been named bargaining agent covering employees of Western Construction & Engineering, Vancouver. REAL ESTATE ■ RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CFPFRl.YROUNS_.ELL<.CO rWCIWC 3S1| ESTAB.1686 646 VH J^UtinatLvs. .. ljunzxaL £ £1(JLG£ S. BOWELL 8C SONS Phone 2656 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster, B. C. Cloverdale, B.C. . . . Phone Cloverdale 193 Electrical Men Sign With Panel Simplified wage schedule with $2 an-hour ftit jeOrneynrtn and other rates ranging from' $1.60 upwards'for production helpers is part of new contract between Electrical- Workers Local 213 and Eleeti-ic Panel Manufacturing Ltd. Contract runs one year from March 1. Other changes/include a preferential hiring clause, MSA on a 50-50 basis, seniority and grievance provisions and increased vacation benefits. Glove Workers Win 5 Percent New two-year agreement with a five percent increase in piecework rate and the same ratio increase to time workers has been signed by Glove Workers' Federal Union Local 682. It covers employees at John Watson Ltd. Two statutory holidays and changes in working conditions also are included in the pact. A wage clause allows reopening after one year. Union Label Goods THE BIG FAMILY STORE 1409 KINGSWAY Try Us for Values—Established ia 1910 SIMMONS & McBRIDE LIMITED 9 Directors of Funeral Service Phone BA 4151 1995 WEST BROADWAY "Canada's Finest Mortuary" STERLING LAUNDRY LTD. '100 PER CENT UNION COMPLETE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING 1460 W« 7th-Ave., Vancouver, B.C. CH 7191 OCEANS of HOT WATER ALWAYS ON TAPI Get an Automatic Gas or Electric Water Heater truly... the in the home! Page Eight THFLABM- STATE SM.AN_ June 30, 1954 li "V May Urge Overtime Ban To Save Jobs ^rr^;Vancouver Building -Trades Council may press for a bah on all overtime permits if unemployment in construction trades continues. Secretary Ed Kennedy said the issue will be reviewed immediately and if there is an ample supply of tradesmen, the council will press the Board of Industrial Relations to reject requests from contractors to work overtime. In place of overtime, the Council would suggest that contrac- - tors employ two seven or eight- hour shifts. The BTC has written to all affiliated unions asking them to state their stand on overtime. Business agents and executive are opposed to overtime beyond 40. hours unless an- emergency exists. Kennedy said that many trades have been out of work during the last eight or nine months and even now some trades are not very active. . The Council checked an overtime permit granted to Kitimat constructors for six 10-hour days a week, found it ends this month. Protest To Premier Labor Not Consulted 5-Cents Foi- Local 280 *I dare toy. Miss Sensoa that yours is me fktt sit-down strike ever supported by the management!* VICTORIA—Certification has been awarded Beverage Dispensers' Local 636 for employees in beverage rooms of two Terrace hotels. Bargaining rights cover dispensers in Skeena Hotel and Terrace Hotel. COHSTMTM HALTS IH JULY BUILDING MEH Off JO B.E.G. Most construction work in the city will come to a halt on July 31 for the annual holiday for construction trades. The one-week closedown, ending August J, has been agreed to between the Building Trades Council and the General Contractors Association. It was set later this year to tie in with the dates of the British Empire Games here.. ** ' An official protest will be filed with Premier W. A. C. Bennett over the government's action in naming a new relations board without consulting labor- _ The joint steering committee of the Trade Union Congress, the B. G. Federation of Labor and the Legislative Committee of the railway brotherhoods will lodge the protest; It follows Labor Minister Lyle Wicks' announcement that the five-member Industrial Relations Board will take over the duties of the dismissed Labor Relations Board. Commented TUC secretary R. K. Gervin: "The protest is made on the principle of appointment, not against members of the new board. "Labor should have—and have always had—the right to nominate persons to represent them on a government labor board." TOO MUCH WORK Combining of the Industrial Relations Board duties also brought this protest from Gervin: "The old LRB on a full- time basis wasn't able to. do all that might have been done to assist labor-management relations, and assistance was cut considerably when the board was shifted to a part-time basis, Vancouver Trades . Council president Tom Alsbury termed the government action as "one more bit of evidence of the Socreds contemptuous treatment of labor. "It is the first time in Canada that a provincial labor relations board has been set up without giving employees the right to nominate who should represent them." ' Members of the Sheel Metal Workers Local 280 have accepted the award of a majority conciliation board which boosts the journeyman rate by five-cents an hour from June 1. Decision was made last Thursday by a 75 percent vote, said business agents Jim Walker and Alex McGhee. The 1-year pact also provides return fare to point of hire after 60 days on out-of-town jobs. The new journeyman rate is $2.30 an hour. Settlement affects 23 shops of Sheet Metal Association and Building Industries Exchange. McGhee said agreement has still to be made with 49 independent firms and five sign shops. Minority report of:union nominee Fred Cocker called for 10- cent boost in a two-year contract. _.^.-v.^.-n..^.^^..^.--..>-.-w.^»-»4? JOHNNY'S BARBER SHOP \ Two Barbers at Your Service at Johnny's Barber Shop / NEXT TO THE LABOR TEMPLE—335 WEST BROADWAY * gv* -•*■ (PUTT TTl-ta. Y t,ie finerf !n • • • pock* !«"*«*• \_*i U J. J-JiJ JLY JL hunting knives, shears, clippers ELECTRIC CLIPPERS, VIBRATORS, SHAVERS B.C. Barber Supply & Sundries Ltd. VANCOUVER 4, B.C 64 WEST HASTINGS STREET S.R.U. Signs Two-Year Pact 9-cent Boost And Holidays Members, of Vancouver, New Westminster and Victoria divisions of Street Railwaymen's Union have approved a new two-year pact with the B.C Electric providing a general nine-cent hourly -increase for all categories and four paid statutory holidays. Results of the voting on the settlement proposals which were recommended by the SRU advisory board .were announced last week by business agent Chuck Stewart. The pact also gives tradesmen Trades and Labor Council has voted to contribute S 6 towards operating expenses of Labor- Veterans' Relations Committee. THE FIRST] UNION DAIRY! IN VANCOUVER) ....AND STILL THE FOREMOST an extra two cents an hour, and $50 a week pay to extra men on the guarantee. The agreement runs from May 31, 1964 to May 31, 1956, with negotiations to ■tart 60 days prior to the expiry date. • "Do yon prefer monogamy or polygamy?" a film director asked. "It all depends. • In my own home I like monogamy But for the office, give me light, oak every time" CARPENTERS ELECT Carpenters Local 452 Monday elected: Dave Janzen, president; Jim Gordon, vice-president; P. Deplissey, financial secretary; II. P. Hamilton, recording secretary; Jack Stevenson, Bob Buchanan, C. Worthington, business agents; H. Conn, warden; Bill Coombe, conductor. For GOODNESS Sake ... DAD'S ORIGINAL Oatmeal Cookies The Most Delicious Health Biscuit Ever Made When sending parcels overseas don't forget to include .some Dad's Cookies. They will be greatly appreciated over there I DAD'S COOKIE CO. (B.C.) LIMITED 468 Kingsway Vancouver, B. C. METROPOLE HOTEL VANCOUVER _l POPULAR FAMILY HOTEL REFRESHMENT PARLOR 320 Abbott Street (opposite Woodward's Stores) J. B. (BLACKIE) savant*, Proprietor Mt Pleasant Undertaking | Co. Ltd. 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