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[The Labour Statesman]
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Trade union men and women throughout the Greater Vancouver area hunched an important campaign on Labor Day . . . Union Buying Week. It's a drive to awaken a "sleeping giant." The giant is labor's mighty public relations weapon to promote goods and services which are produced or manned by organized labor . . . the union label, shop card and button. The message of the giant is simple: whenever possible, buy goods with a union label, spend your money in shops that hold union contracts, hire union workmen for all jobs, not only during the week-long campaign, but all- year round. It's not much to ask of you, but it's important in labor's drive to organize non-union shops and improve wages and working conditions. You're asked only to form a simple habit . , / always buy "union" whenever possible. '. \ , llill-"! -,-•■■■■ THE UNION LABEL BOOTH AT THE PACIFIC NATIONAL EXHIBITION 1957 Union Buying Week Starts, PNE Booth Draws Big Crowd Record crowds turned out this week to view the union label display at Pacific National Exhibition. If was a good sendoff f or *, "Union Buying Week" whichf opens officially Labor Day. The booth, sponsored by the Union, Label Trades Council, displayed goods produced in this area by union inns, gave the public a review of union labels, shop cards and buttons and explained- the value of buying "union-made." Daily prizes were featured and a jumbo jackpot of prizes was to be given away on Labor Day. Children's Indian hats, matches, shopping lists,' calendars, literature and pencils bearing union label messages were handed out free. Label Council secretary Mrs. Josephine Hallock and president George Johnstone directed a big "thank you" Ho all volunteer helpers and to firms and unions. which donated prizes and displays, v Helpers included Earl Hallock, George Droneck, Bill Wells, J. Marcus, G. Sinclair, John Brown, J. S. Murray, George Connolly, Dudley King, C. Lamarche, Tom ARRIVING SOON — Jack Williams, director of public relations for the Canadian Labour Congress will visit Vancouver shortly, reports Al Coleman, chairman of the VLC's public relations committee. Williams and Coleman will discuss the possibility of a labor-sponsored TV program originating on CBUT's channel 2. (Continued on page'8) Gooderham, C. Herrett, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Eisner, Mrs. Power, Mrs. Compton, Mrs. Hunter, ahd others. Unions donating prizes were: Meat Cutters, Bakery Salesmen, Milk Salesmen, Bakery and Confectionery Workers, Hotel and Restaurant Employees, Retail Clerks, Teamsters, Beverage Dispensers,* Brewery Workers, Pur and Leather Workers?•'Carpenters,, Cement and Gypsum Workers, Painters, Barbers, Pulp Sulphite Workers, Lithographers, Enamel Workers, Marine Workers, Street Railwaymen, Garment Workers, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Ladies Garment Workers. Firms include: 4X Bakery, Dairyland, Safeway,'. Shop Easy and Super Valu Stores, Aristocratic Restaurants, Pepsi Cola Co., Travelgaard Luggage, Elk -Cement, International Faint, Vancouver Magazine Service, Alliance Ware, Morrison Steel and Wire, Original Blouse Co., Jantzen Co., Leckie Shoes, Gordon, Campbell Ltd., Aero Garments and others. Leaders Fear Winter Crisis Action To Stem Unemployment Again Urged By Labor Officials Vancouver labor leaders this week-trailed for a concerted drive against the growing threat of unemployment in the lower mainland area. Bill Black, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour, in a Labor Day message warned, "Because of inadequate planning by both government and industry there may be 80,000 unemployed in our area this winter." He said that workers are being caused unnecessary hardships because both government and industry have failed to spread their capital spending over the year in order to combat seasonal unemployment "Organized labor must use its influence at every level in order to correct this situation," < he said. (Black's Labour Day message appears on page 8.) Lloyd Whalen, president of the Vancouver Labour Council, warned that unemployment is al ready on the increase in this area as well as in other parts of Canada. "We give our assurance that .the Labor movement will be keeping a watchful eye on this situation," he said. (Whalen's Labor Day message appears on Page 4.) Ed. Kennedy, secretary of the Building Trades Council,..-. last month estimated that unemployment this winter in the Vancou- Continued page 12 MEMBER TAXICAB LOCAL 151 LOOK! . FOR THIS LABEL ON TNE TAXICAB WINDOW The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 Many New B.C. Firms Organized Organizing efforts on many fronts in B.C. continue to bring more and more workers int_ organized labor ranks. Among recent bargaining certifications are these: Office Employee* Local 15 for office workers of Westminster Paper Co., New Westminster; Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Local 880 for production and maintenance staff of Hooker Chemical plant, North Vancouver. IWA Local 1-405 for employees of Hummel Logging, Cranbrook; Retail, Whole-ale and Department Store Union Local 83S for employees of Sam Yee, Chemainus. Machinist* Lodge 692 for employees of West Coast Wire Works, Vancouver; Carpenters Local 2066 for carpenters of Swain "Construction" a!T Towefi River; Operating Engineer* Local 115 for Belmont Construction, Vancouver. IWA Local 1-423 for employees in plywood plant of S &, K Ltd., Kelowna; Bakery Sale*- .'• Union for bakery driver salesmen and drivers of Canadian Bakeries, Kamloops. -...__„ Electrical Worker* Local 213 for electricians and helpers at Cooper and Gibbard and Betts Electric, Penticton. IBEW Local 993 at Bryce Electric, Valley Electric, and Okanagan Electric, all of Vernon. — MArine 8181 TOWING • 24-HR. SERVICE • RADIO CONTROLLED • FULLY INSURED • BONDED DRIVERS BUSTER'S Auto Towing Sorvko ltd. 376 L HASTINGS ST. Excluifv* AAA Contract Vancouver Darlington. Haskins & Co. (1943) Limited TILES - MOSAICS - SLATE - TERRAZZO ■25 WEST EIGHTH l-h«n»i EXpret* ISM VANCOUVER, I.C Yes, C.U & C. provides group health coverage to small industries, shops and offices with as few as half a dozen employees. No group is too large or too small. * Why not talk It ever with your fellow employee*, and thee .•'•phone C.U.&C. Health Services Society 96 EAST BROADWAY, VANCOUVER, B.C. Emerald 6521 B.C.'i Mcond largest non-profit medical care plan . . . providing health insurance et cost—the co-operative way. Freshness Guaranteed BREAD! ENERGY PACKED * * * * * * BRITISH COLUMBIA TRADE UNION DIRECTORY AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND B. W.. Local 212—Representative, Geo. Johnston, 203 Labor Temple; EM. S73S. AUTO WORKERS' UNION, Lodge No. 1857, I.A. of M. — Business Agents, Jade Chapman, Walter Penny, 2414 Main St; EM. 4104-5. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS, Local 468 — Secretary, Melvin J. Kemmis, Room 105, Labor Temple; DI. 9520. BAKERY SALESMEN. local 189, I B. T. C. and W.—Business Agent, A. Wylie, 490 E. Broadway, DI. 3411. BARBERS—INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYMEN OF AMERICA, No. 120- Secretary, C. E. Herrett, 115 Labor Temple; EM. 0641. B.C. ELECTRIC OFFICE EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION—Business Manager Bill Swanson, 970 Burrard, phone MU. 3-6134. ^^ BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' UNION, No. 676—Business Manager, Robt G. Beddome, 440 W. Pender St; MA 3923-4948. BREWERY WORKERS UNION, Local 300—Secretary, J. Humphreys, 2460 W. 12th. CH. 2514. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS (New West- Minster) Local 835—Business Agent, J. F. Tomson, 70 - 8th St, New Wett- ' minster; phone LA.- 2-7410. CARPENTERS' UNION (Courtenay), No. 1638—John Hansen, Pres.; Robert Hamilton. Sec.; Box .515, Courtenay. CEMENT MASONS, Local 919, O.P. 4 CM.—R- R. Baker, 271 Beta; GL. 0067-R, secretary; Office, Room 101, 119 W Pender, Dispatcher, TA. 6814. CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNION, Local 407—D. Oonin, 4786 Little DE. 3163-L; office, Rm. 200, Labor Temple, DI. 5515 CLUB CABARET, CONSTRUCTION CAMP CULINARY AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES, Local 740 — Bonnets Agent, G. W. Faulkner, 402 W. Pender; MA. 9828. DENTAL TECHNICIANS, Local No. 511, I.C.W.U. — Secretary, George Hygh, 4007 Dunbar. DISTILLERY WORKERS UNION. Local 69—Financial Secretary and Business Agent, Russell A. Cyr, 1890 2nd St, New Westminster, LA. 2-5011. DISTILLERY WORKERS' UNION, No. 92—Secretary, Wm Swart, 3407 Trafalgar, phone CH. 2717. ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION Local 213—Business Manager, A. M. Morrison, 111 Dunsmuir St.; PA. 7381-2. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS, Local 82—Sec, H. C. MacKichan, 4633 Elm- wood StjBurnaby; DE. 5689-L. BOILERMAKERS IRON SHIPBUILDERS,-BLACKSMITHS, DROP FORGERS AND HELPERS^ Local 359— Financial Secretary, M. H. Hadley, 111 Dunsmuir; TA. 1047. BRICKLAYERS ft MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local No, 1— Secretary Cyril T. Ingham, 4386 Balkan, Vancouver; DI. 4038. BUILDING MATERIAL .-AND FUEL, TRUCK DRIVERS' UNION, Local 213—Business Agents, A. Medley, L. Janze and E. M. Lawson; Secretary, J. Whiteford, 490 E. Broadway, DL 3411. building Service employees INTERNATIONAL, Local 244—Business Agent. Ben A. R. Morley, Room 216, 603 W. Hastings; MA. 9452. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL — Secretary, Ed. Kennedy, 110 Labor Temple, EX. 1210. CARPENTERS' UNION, No. 452—Business Agent, R. Buchanan: Financial Secretary, P. J Deplissy, Labor Temple; DI. 2720 or EM. 1212. • CARPENTERS (New Westminster) Local 1251—Business Agent H. Taft, office 732 Royal Ave., New Westminster; phone LA. 1-0525; residence phone, LA. 2-9037. ENAMEL WORKERS' FEDERAL UNION. Local 291—Sec, Wm. Giesbrecht, 2390A W. Broadway. . ENGINEERS, HOISTING AND PORTABLE, Local 115 — Business Agent, A. W. Scott, 5804 Fraser; FR 6395. ENGINEERS, SCHOOL AND CARETAKERS, Local 963—Secretary, G. J. Schultz, 2825 West Thirteenth; BA 3000. ENGINEERS' UNION (Stationary Operating), Local No. 882—Business Agent, Harry Berger, Room 8, 2414 Main; EM. 2429. FIRE FIGHTERS (Burnaby). Local 323 -—Secretary-Treasurer, Gordon McDonald, 1915 Sussex, South Bnrnaby. FIRE FIGHTERS, Vancouver, Local 18 —President Hector Wright 4149 Marguerite; CH. 4146. Sec Frank Bain, 4559 Belmont, AL. 0516-Y. FLOORLAYERS' UNION, U.B of C.J., Local 1527—Recording Secretary, W. C. Local No. 1541 — Room 117, Labor Temple. Business Agent, Bruce Robson', 3238 E. 29th; DE. 7297-M. GLAZIERS AND GLASSWORKERS, Local 1527—Recording Secretary, W. C. Norton, 5850 Cree; FR. 4188. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (B.C.) E. P. O'Connor, Gen. Sec A C. Bennett, Asst Gen. Sec; 902 Helmcken; TA. 8441-2. GRAIN WORKERS UNION, Local 333 —Recording Secretary, G. H. Frank, 3482 Normandy Drive DE. 1720-L. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, _ No. 180—Business Manager, W. M. Black, 116 Labor Temple; EM. 5822. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, Local 28—Sec. A. E. Morgan, Room 406, 402 W. Pender INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS, AND ASBESTOS WORKERS—1356 Seymour; PA. 7615. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS, Locals 276 and 287 —Business Agent, Anne Marshall, 119 W. Pender; TA. 5514; home, HA. 5961-M. INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, Loeal 1-217—President Lloyd Whalen; Secretary, S. M. Hodgson, No. 6, 45 Kingsway, DI. 0274. - IRONWORKERS SHOPMEN'S, Local Union 712—Bustles* Agent, V. E. Steers, 222 W. Broadway; DI 5611. IRONWORKERS, Local 97—Pres. Robt. Knox; Vice-pres. Victor Morell; Fin; Sec, Geo. Sinclair; Bus. Agent Norman Eddison, 222 W. Broadway; DI. 8232. JEWELRY WORKERS' INTERNA. TIONAL, Local 42—President, G. H. Brown, 1608 W. 57th Ave.; SecreUry, Richard MacLean, 715 E. 7th, North Vancouver; phone WI. 4944. LABORERS CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL, Local 602—Secretary, C. H. Savage, Room 204, 307 W Broadway. DL923L_ " LAUNDRY WORKERS, No. 292—Busi way ' A«ent> _•. H. Irving, 490 E Broad- 4543. MACHINISTS, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Ledge 692—Business representatives. D. H. Chapman and Richard R. Peters, Room 17, 2414 Main; BM, 7035—PL 0513. MARINE WORKERS ft BOILERMAKERS* INDUSTRIAL UNION, Local I —President, S. Jenkins; Secretary, W. Stewart, 339 W. Pender St PA. 9481. MILK SALESDRIVERS ft DAIRY EMPLOYEES UNION, Local 464— No. 107, 490 E. Broadway; Business Representatives, Ben McCrone and George Shaw; DI. 3411. MOLDERS' UNION. Local 281—Business Agent, M. Bjornson, 119 Labor Temple; EM. 5920. MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS, Local 348—Bus. Manager A. E. McManus; Secretary, Donn G. Foli, 1356 Seymour; TA. 7024. MUSICIANS' UNION, Local 145—Business Manager, 402 W. Pender, Room 808; TA. 1564 OFFICE EMPLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 15—Room 200, 307 W. Broadway; DI. 3515. Pat Landsley, Business. Agent OIL, CHEMICAL ft ATOMIC WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION. Local 16-601. President. J. B. Warren; Financial Corresponding Secretary. R. G. Burns, 4737 E. Hastings, North Burnaby. GL 2121. PAINTERS UNION, Local 138—Business Agent, Herb Macaulay; Secretary John Hines, 337 W. Broadway. EM. 6033. PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS, Local 1550—Secretary, Bruce Parkin. 3629 McEwan Ave, North Vancouver, WI. 4383. PATTERNMAKERS' ASSOCIATION— Secretary, E. Westmoreland, 451)4 Mountain Highway, North Vancouver; YOrk 8966. PILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRTDGEMEN, Local 2404 — Business S. Allen, 111 Dunsmuir St; •<- . ~ PA. 4046. PLASTERERS' UNION, No. 779— Secretary, W. E. McMynn, Room 202, 490 East Broadway. PLUMBERS ft PIPEFITTERS, Local 170—Bus. Mgr., J. R. St. Eloi; Asst. Bus. Mgrs. James Barton and J. L. Fisher, 115 Labor Temple; EX. 1428. PRINCE GEORGE AND DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL—Room 17, 1331 4th Ave., Prince George, Phone 191L2. PRINTING PRESSMEN, Local 69 — Sec, Thomas S. Eajart, 303 E. 60th. PULP AND SULPHITE (Converters) UNION, Local 433—Business Agent, O. Braaten, 525 W. Pender, Suite 1; TA. 1642. - PULP AND SULPHITE WORKERS. Local 312, Ocean Falls, B.C.—SecreUry, "John Mathieson, Drawer 190, Ocean Falls, B.C. PULP ft SULPHITE WORKERS, Local 708, Watson Island — President A. MacPhee; SecreUry E. P. O'Neal, "P.O. Bex 294, Prince Rupert, B.C. PULP SULPHITE AND PAPERMILL WORKERS—International office, .15- 316 Crown. Bldg. H. L. Hansen, International rep. TA. 3858. REFRIGERATION,. WORKERS UNION, Local 516—Sec, L. R. Wintle, 137 W. 40th; FR. 4409, FR. 8511. RETAIL GROCERY AND FOOD CLERKS, Local No. 1518—Sec- D. A. Wade, 337 W. Broadway; EM. 3348. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL UNION (Burnaby), Local 37Sfc*%reUry, G. J. McCrae, 3309 Lane, 5. Burnaby SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION — Secretary, Norman Cunningham, 298 Main; PA. 3468. SHEET METAL WORKERS. Local 280—But. Manager, Alex McGee, 207 Labor Temple; DI. 8020. SHINGLE WEAVERS' UNION, Local No. 2802—Secretary, J. E. Hird, 1524 W. 65th; KE 4428-L. S HIP WRIGHTS, BOATBUILDERS. JOINERS AND CAULKERS, Local No. 506—Bnslness Agent J. T. Best, Room 3. 505 Hamilton. TA. 3725. i SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS Local 726—Sec J. A. Middleton. 6339 Kitehiner, N. Burnaby; GL 4579-T. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION, Div. 101—Business Agent C. Stewart, Street Rly. Bldg., 125 E. _to; DI. 2010. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION. No. 134—Bus. Agent R. C. Lawrence, Room 22, 774 Columbia, New Westminster. Phone LA 1-7330. TAXI DRIVERS, Loeal 151—Secretary, C. Gower, 490 E Broadway; DL 3411. THEATRE EMPLOYEES, Local B-72— SecreUry, Bob Foster, No. 6, 1004 Wolfe Ave.; CE. 5253. TILE SETTERS. Local No. 3—Recording SecreUry, J. Neville, 3231 School Rd., Vancouver 16; DE U3S-R. TRUCK DRIVERS' UNION, Local No. 31—Business Agent), Reg Lenfesty and C. Solem, 490 E. Broadway; DI 3411. - TUNNEL ft ROCK WORKERS, Local 168—337 W. Broadway, Secretary H. Croft, phona EX. 3231. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, Local 226 —SecreUry. P Campbell, 212 Labor Temple; EM. 6810. . UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL —Secretary, Mrs. A. E Halloek, day phone TA. 2617, evenings, DL 3748. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS' UNION, No. 232—Secretary, Phyllis Fanus; GL. 33S4-R. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS, Local 190—Recording SecreUry, Isabella Roger*, 436 East 35th. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA EMPLOYEES' UNION, Loeal 116—Secretary, A. Leathern, 518 Eaat 8th St, North Vancouver. WATER AND SEWER BOARD EMPLOYEES, LocaL 393—Se-reury, R. Skinner, 571 W 22nd Ave., EM. 9041. . WOOD, WIRE ft METAL LATHERS Local 207—SecreUry, J May, office 1295 Kingsway. Bit 1_23. The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 3 STRIKE POLICY PROPOSED _Jfc_-aAfci_i__*_ '«nr*i*f New Plan Designed For Fullest Cooperation A policy for better cooperation between affiliated unions in the event of strike action by any one of them is being considered by Vancouver Labour Council The policy, in the form of a set of rules governing local Strikes and information picket lines was placed before delegates at the August VLC meeting. It was prepared by a committee of the executive board and subsequently approved by the grievance committee but delegates decided to hold the matter over to the September 3 meeting in order to give affiliated unions a chance to study' the matter further. Here is the recommended policy* In order that an affiliated Local Union, taking legal strike action, following the breakdown of negotiations, can receive the fullest support from the affiliated unions of this Council, they are urged to co-operate as follows: At the earliest possible moment, prior to going on strike, notify the Secretary of the Labour Council of such intention, and provide a list of any affiliated unions that will, or may be directly or indirectly involved by any resultant picket lines. The Secretary of the Council shall. immediately arrange a meeting of representatives of the representatives of the affiliates that may be involved, so that the fullest co-operation may be secured and so that damaging confusion through lack of information can be offset. At this meeting steps will be taken to establish a co-ordinating or advisory committee. Where the suggested procedure has been followed, the Grievance Committee of the Council shall have the authority to immediately place the Employer on the official "We do not patronize" list, if requested to do so by the striking union. Jodoin Scheduled Here For Federation Meet Long awaited visit of Canada's top labor leader to Vancouver will take place this fall. Canadian Labour Congress president Claude Jodoin will attend the annual convention of the B.C. Federation of Labour, which will be held from October 24 to 27. It will be Jodoin's first visit to British Columbia since he assumed leadership of the CLC at the time of the merger of the CCL and the TLC in 1956. UNION LAW. GOODS THE BIG FAMILY STORE 1409 KINGSWAY Try us for Value. Established in 1910 J TWIN TOTEM RESTAURANT & CATERERS 1375 WEST BROADWAY *%■ BA. 9092 Catering To: BANQUETS: (featuring our famous Smorgasbord) WEDDING RECEPTIONS INDUSTRIAL CATERING: (the latest in heated Coffee - and Food wagons) _» FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE PHONE IA 9092 OR CH. 2654 "UNION SERVICE" •! YOUR BEST COAL BUY McLEOD RIVER FOOTHILLS and COMOX Coals Lump - Egg - Nut ond Comae Stoker PHONE YOUR DEALER TODAY "More Heat Per Dollar" cjf&nAao-i &t MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1235 East Hastings St. Owns- and Operated by a Trade Unionist Funeral, fer Trade Unionist, at prices Tra< HA 1940 rade Unionists can afford to pay 6EORGE A. MARTIN Two Firms Added ToWDNPLisf % It may be "the pause that refreshes," but it's not union- made so try quenching that summer thirst with something else besides a "Coke." That's the advice of Vancouver Labour Council's grievance committee which has placed the Coca Cola Company on the Council's "We do not patronize" list Also added to the list is the Ridge Theatre as result of an application in July by Projectionists' Local 348. Affiliated unions are strongly urged to follow this outline- procedure in the event that circumstances require the use at an information picket (placard) line. BETT'S SHELL SERVICE Broadway and Arbutus GAS - OIL - TIRES • BATTERIES ACCESSORIES . LUBRICATION i REPAIRS UNION SHOP CEdar 4712 Union Label Work Gloves PARKER GLOVE CO. 278 East 10th Avenue Vancouver, B.C EM-6811 -*•*.. Buy union made products. jbUtinatLvz... IjunstaL £ zio-laz S. BOWELL dC SONS Phone LA 2-1671 66 Sixth Street, New Westminster. B. C. Cloverdale. B.C. ... Phone Cloverdale 3-7331 There's a new deodorant out called "Vanish" ... After you rub it on, you disappear and nobody knows where the smell comes from. .. f Mt. Pleasant Undertaking Co. Ltd. KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE Kindliness • Understanding - Dependability Lady Attendant Phones: EMerald 2161 and 2162 > Hcme-Laked goodne I good eating Begins with M^Gavins 'Buy Union and You Will Always Get The Best _ \ The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 THE LABOR STATESMAN Published last week of each month at Labor Temple, , 307 West Broadway, Vancouver 10, B. C . Authorized as second class mail, Post .Office Department, Ottawa The Labor Statesmat, is owned by the Vs/mMa/peari DjstrJft.J_ritoffi ' "'"Council and JsupportedTSy i5_ local umons" "To each union member the political party of bla choice" TRADE UNION FOIBLES "Build Stronjr Unions for Soolal Security" B. A. JAMIESON, Secretary AL COLEMAN, Chairman, Public Eolations Committee Subscription Rates: 11.60 per year; to Unions. 6c per copy Vancouver, August 31, 1957 DAY OF REDICATION A On Sfcpt. 5, 1882, Peter J. McGuire, founder of the Carpenters Union, said: * * , "On this day, the host of labor shout their hosan- nahs. It is dedicated to peace, civilization and the triumphs of industry. It is a demonstration of fraternity and the harbinger" of a better age, a more chivalrous time when Labor shall be honored and well rewarded." It was the founding of Labor Day. And on Labor Day 1957, in the light of McGuire's words, we look back on some of the major local achievements of the past year. - ^Merged labpr- groups are working more efficiently; and concentrating on common problems; good contract gains haye been made, union education programs have been stepped up; organization of non-union plants has pushed ahead. Participation in community affairs has increased: labor will contest the civic elections in Vancouver.; UBC scholarships have been badced by the Vancouver Labour Council; unions have been active in donating to and supporting blood drives, children's activities, community chest,-polio fund, community sports—the many things which often receive no publicity. But there must be no resting on laurels. McGuire's message concerned a renewal of vigor in the. goals .ahead, not only concerning economic gains but in community, national and world affairs as a powerful section of society. Labor must continue to lead in the. drive for better labor and social legislation, programs to ease seasonal unemployment, aid low-cost housing. We must rededi- cate the campaign to organize the unorganized. We must secure representation on more public boards, be ready to take a role in all worthwhile efforts —aimed at providing better living for all Canadian people and those in oppressed countries. This is my way of telling *y*a*_, boss, that I'm severing lies vvithvour *T "Herb is buying his car on the installment jpfen*-one part at a time! ..TEIIM-S 'High' Flyers CHICAGO.—No more "getting: high" when flying high. That's the word from AFL-CIO Air line Pilots Association who want a liquor ban on all air strips. , - The union has sent to the U.S. Senate subcommittee on transportation a list of incidents caused by intoxicated air line passengers. List includes attempts to enter the flight deck, creation of disturbances in the passenger cabin, emergencies caused by inebriated . passengers requiring unscheduled emergency landings, damage ' to pressurization and exit devices, creation of fire hazards, and social and moral problems. Retiring Rich NEW YORK —Harry Singer retired from the New York Post recently and took with him severance pay—$18,240, believed the biggest severance pay ever collected by any member of the American Newspaper Guild. Singer, a long-time member of the NY Newspaper Guild, had 45 years service, entitling him to 100 weeks' severance pay under the Guild contract. The Guild pioneered severance pay in labor contracts in America. Hidden Talent HAGERSTOWN, Md.—United Auto Workers have discovered hidden talent in their local at Fairchild Aircraft plant here. -**- A shapely five-foot-three UAW steward has been elected queen of the 10th annual convention of the Eastern Sunbathing Association, a five-State nudist organization. Helping Hand PORTLAND, Ore.—More than 300 , Machinist members here worked an extra four hoars to help a fellow member and his wife who lost their home and three small children in a fire. Employees at the Iron Fireman/plant which makes subassemblies for Boeing Aircraft, turned over overtime earnings of about $5,000 tp Gerry Gaage and his wife. Both the company and the union waived normal; policies to make the project possible. From The Vtexy's Chair By LLOYD WHALEN It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity again to extend fraternal greetings on Labor Day 1957, to local union memberships affiliated with Vancouver and District Labour Council. Labor Day is a holiday of special significance to the working population, the observance of which was originally proposed by a carpenter, Peter J. McGuire, one of the main figures in the. formation of the American Federation of Labour. He conceived the idea that one day should be set aside as a tribute to the worth and dignity of Labour. ** The public as well as the employers need this reminder that trade unions are here to stay as the ever-watchful guardians of the workers' standards of living and general well-being. This Labour Day, union members can look back on the gains that have been accomplished. The working people, through efforts of their unions, are enjoying higher wages and improved working conditions, and have made some progress in their aim for a shorter work week. Labour Day 1957 unfortunately finds thousands of people who are not in such a favorable position. The spectre of unemployment has once again raised its ugly head in Canada. In our immediate area, unemployment is. on the increase. We give our assurance that the' Labor movement will be keeping a watchful eye on developments in this situation. On this Labor Day we pledge assistance to our senior citizens in a continuation of the fight for a higher standard of living for them. It is our intention to participate more fully in community efforts for the betterment of all. We extend fraternal greetings at this time to the International Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, one of Canada's biggest independent Unions, which on September 1st will officially become part of the Canadian Labour Congress. Organized Labour is on the March I FROM THIS ANGLE Ink's Hardly Dry, But '58 Demands Ready Just finished and forced to start all over again on a new round of wage demands is Hospital Employees' Union, Local 180. I New demands are for next year's contracts but the B.C. Hospital Act stipulates that bargaining must begin this fall. "Basically our demands are 20 per cent across the board for the lower mainland, an adjustment of .all male categories and improved fringe benefits," reports business manager Bill Black. On Vancouver Island and in the Kootenays and the Okanagan, Local 180 is asking 15 cents an hour across the board plus category adjustments and improved fringe benefits. Wrapping up the loose ends on this year's negotiations, Burnaby General, North Vancouver, Grace, and Langley Memorial hospitals have finally settled with five per cent across the board increases. The union won re-classification of male positions with adjustments from $26 to $30 a month, and in the case of Burnaby General, three weeks vacation after five years' service. Regular part-time workers in all four hospitals will now receive a proportionate amount of all perquisites enjoyed by foil-time workers. Also settled is St. Martin's Hospital at Vernon with an approximate increase of $10 monthly plus accumulative sick leave to 45 days. Vernon employees had to resort'to a strike vote before winning five-cents across the board for female employees, re-adjustment of male salaries, and the elimination of split shifts. . . * * • Incidentally, Bill Black is predicting 'that hospital bargaining will be conducted in the future on a regional basis. "The day is fast approaching," he says, 'when, we will have master agreements in operation in geographical areas, which will bring about a provincial standard of wages for hospital workers throughout B.C." • * * Almost a picket line casualty earlier this month was CLC President Claude Jodoin. He was the target of stone-throwing goons at the tragic Mur- dochville strike where one picket has already been killed and six others injured. On Page Five, we've reviewed the background of this Quebec strike which is setting back Canada's labor-relations records by half a century. The Murdochville strike is an example of what happens when a viciously anti-union company like Gaspe Copper Mines hires teams of thugs to break up peaceful picketing by union leaders and rank- and-file.-. ^ i It's turning the clock back to the days of industrial violence, bloodshed and the company goons. And to heap dis grace upon disgrace is the fact that the Quebec Provincal Police Force stood idly by during these bloody incidents. *** •. * Another eastern strike is a potential poWd«r'"keg. This one's at Toronto where International Chemical Workers are striking Lever Brothers Ltd. Union leaders say the soap plant, is an "armed camp" with private police and company guards just itching to get into a fight with strikers. As a solution, they're urging mass picketing of the plant by thousands of Toronto union members. They add, "You can't throw a thousand persons into jail; one at a time." The Labor Statesman CROSS-SECTION August 31, 1957 5 the Gaspe Xqj^ In the Struggle Against Terrorism The strike of 1,000 workers at the Gaspe Copper Mines in . Murdochville, Quebec, is getting little attention in English- speaking Canada, and yet it is an example of outright industrial terrorism. The company has enlisted provincial police to break down strike resistance. One striker is dead. Mothers have been arrested. Men have been picked up miles from the strike scene and thrown into jail without being charged. It's the sort of thing that Canadian trade unionists had fought to eliminate many years ago. Murdochville, a symbol of suffering, also stands as an example of 20th century feudalism. This month the United Steelworkers of America, who have organized the worken at the Gaspe Copper Mines, are distributing a booklet on French Canadian reaction to the Murdochville strike. They're doing it in the hope that the rest of Canada will become aroused by the terror and tension and the complete disregard for human rights created by Noranda Mines, the great mining empire of which Gaspe Copper is a tentacle. * • *. The strike started last March, about the time Gaspe Copper was showing a net profit of $30,000 a day, but events leading up to the strike go back to the fall of 1953. It was at that time that the v Steelworkers signed up all but 100 workers and applied for certification. The company successfully opposed the application and then a rival union started a recruiting drive. And the company, already counting the Steelworkers as deadly rivals, chose the rival as the lesser of two evils. But the new union, in its. negotiations, had to swallow management clauses that gave the company arbitrary rights over the destiny of employees. By the time the merger of . Canada's two major labor bodies occurred in 1956 the workers were ready for a change. The new Canadian Labor Congress made it possible and by June, the Steelworkers had signed up 80 per cent of the Murdochville workers. • • • In the face of the evidence, the Quebec Labor Relations ""-BoR-tHoKE'•"'*» report in favor of certification, but the company still had an ace up its sleeve in the form of the Quebec government. It went to the Quebec Superior Court with a request for a writ of prohibition against the Labor Board. The writ was issued ahd the Board suspended all action on the Steelworkers' application for certification. The matter is in the courts and will probably remain there for two or three years. Until then no union will be legally recognized at Gaspe Copper, and the company, of course, will refuse to negotiate with its employees. By mid-summer, 1956 the company had started discriminatory action. Union officials and local stewards were suddenly demoted and their .salaries were reduced. Grievances began to mount, and a thinly veiled revolution developed among the workers and secret vote for strike was recorded, but the Steelworkers held off any overt action all that year in the hopes that pressure could be exerted through the main Noranda operation where employees are organized and certified. The spark which set fire to the keg was struck on March 8 this year. The union president at Gaspe, Theo Gagne, As a special feature, The Statesman this month brings you the- story of 20th century terrorism in the strike at Murdochville, Quebec. was summoned by his foreman and told he was being laid off. "There is no more work for yoi_ around here, Mr. President," Gagne was told. Several other union leaders and union members were wanted bluntly that their turn would be next. A second strike vote was held and on March 11 picket lines were established around the mine. Gagne remained president of the union and took direction of the strike that is still going on. What are Murdochville strikers seeking? First of all they want a collective labor agreement. Legal procedure has prevented them from getting certification but the law stops no company from signing an agreement with a non- certified union, as long as no other certified union competes with it. The strikers want a reduction in their 54-hour work week and a boost in their pay which is more than 40-cents an hour below the rates paid at Noranda. In short, they want unionism in Murdochville, and the Gaspe Copper Company won't hear of it. That's really why the miners are on strike. When asked what they think about the illegality of their strike, they can only answer: "The really illegal one is the indivdual who does not respect the fundamental rights of man and the laborer/ • • • The strike was peaceful enough at the start, but then the company Obtained an injunction against the strikers from the Quebec government and suddenly Mr. Duplessis' provincial police invaded the premises. What followed made headlines in eastern Canada. The police dispersed strikers, forbade picketing, emptied company camps in the middle of the 'night revolver in hand. There was some dynamiting. And in mid-July 35-year-old Herve Bernatchez was killed while fighting for his rights as a working man. He will go down in the history of labour relations as a martyr for the workers' cause, but he will also become the tragic example of what can happen when greed forces, a million - dollar corporation to foresake twentieth century social behaviour. Labor Experts Answer The Economic Pessimist There seems to be some chattering that a little recession would be a good thing for our country. And the AFL-CIO is putting up a stiff argument against this type of talk. Said the current issue of Labor's Economic Review, published by the AFL-CIO Research Department: the only way to maintain prosperity is to keep wages rising in line with steadily increased productivity. In that way, employees in 'Canada and the US. will have the buying power to keep the economy prosperous. This formula for avoiding reduced pay and layoffs is set out in the current issue on the subject of "Sharing the Gains of Productivity." The Review states: "If wage and salary earners fail to share adequately in the fruits of industrial progress, there is an ever-present danger that the economy will produce more than its customers can buy. "The lesson of the 19 20's taught us what happens when consumer buying lags behind the economy*, ability to produce. The lopsided development of the 1920's—excessively high profits and insufficient consumer buying power—was one of the major causes of the depression of the 1930's." The Review said that raising employees' wages in line with their increased productivity is the method by which buying power is sustained. It defines productivity as output per man hour, and says that the .output per man hour of production and maintenance workers in manufacturing industries has been rising at the rapid rate of about 3% per cent a year—somewhat faster than the productivity increases of the nation as a whole. • The study explodes the argument of anti-labor forces that increased wages have been the primary reason for increased prices. A major cause of price increases the AFL-CIO declared has been the profiteering price policies of the price-leading cdmpanies in key industries— 1, oil and autos. BROADWAY TYPING & MIMEOGRAPHING SERVICE Two Blooks Bsst of I_--o» -tempi* 1U West Broadway - Office DL Mill Res. CE. 44.. ^-laisiaa^iHjr;*^^ \ ---respond-no- • B.ports "/'tf_fiifla>i""r~" ki-. -.'■". > MUSIC AND DANCING EMBASSY BALLROOM Davie at Burrard Modern Dancing Wed., Thurt., Frl. end Sat. • Doug Psrksr's Orehsilrs MARK HAMILTON I U. W. (BILL) HAMILTON FUNERAL ADMINISTRATORS ELgin 3311 Fraser St. at 38th Ave. Vancouver 15, B.C. RICHMOND TRANSFER DAILY FREIGHT SERVICE-LULU ISLAND, SEA ISLAND, STEVESTON LIGHT AND HEAVY HAULING Phons PAcific 2101-2 425 Alexander Street TIRES NEW — USED — RECAPPINd Buy them on easy Budget Plant BOURNE & WEIR LTD. •9 West 2nd Phone.: FAlrmont Mil STERLING LAUNDRY LTD. 100 PER CENT UNION COMPLETE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING 1460 Wsit 7th Ave., Voncouver, B.C CHerry 7111 f IIT F F ft V +he finett in * * *pocket kn>VM tU 1 \l El II I hunting knives, shears, clippers ELECTRIC CLIPPERS. VIBRATORS. SHAVERS B.C. Beauty & Barber Supply Co. 736 RICHARDS VANCOUVER, B.C. W. J. Heads Boot Factory Ltd. Makers of the "BEADS SHOE" for Loggers, Miners* Cruisers, Surveyors, etc. Our Shoes are Hand-made - You'll be Satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver 4, B. C. ie.5 BUFTON'S FLOWER SHOP FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS "WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD"- HA.1-7 • HA MM DrlTS Ts-ujoutsx, B.C. SIMMONS & McBRIDE LIMITED Directors of Funeral Service Phone BA 4151 1995 WEST BROADWAY "Canada's Finest Mortuary" _-_tl_--i-jWi8yfal-«-^^ ' iV-i i j i*«-«iiww-«»-gtt-i--^^ ™ 6 The Labor Statesman ARISTOCRATIC PLYWOODS LTD. —MILLWORK / —KAISER SHADE SCREEN-- , ^'"TeamstersPush Organizing 2347 Jubilee Burnaby 1 DE. 0909 ACE ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED 545 POWELL STREET TA 9623 Voncouver 4, B.C. FRED WELSH & SON LTD. 733 Beatty St. .\ TAtlow 9353 Office in Prince George PLUMBING, HEATING & SPRINKLER CONTRACTORS AUTOMATIC GAS 4 OIL HEATING HOME APPLIANCES SALES & SERVICE ^rW&Dm^m^ptmtTAilwmt,YOA2636Milnut2.7530 8IGI.B* CAPILANO BREWERY LIMITED 56-120 This advertisement is not published or displayed by die liquor Control Board or by tht Government of British Columbia. Teamsters' Local 351 in Vancouver is initiating a campaign to bring the benefits of union organization to truck drivers and service personnel working in the vending machine industry in Vancouver and vicinity. Various types of vending machines—dispensing candy, cigarettes, soft drinks, coffee, ice cream and various types of food products—are installed in factories, plants, warehouses, bus terminals and other types of establishments. Teamsters' Local 351 will appreciate vigilant action of shop LOOK FQR THIS LABEL ON VENDINC MACHINES *•_• LACEY SIGNS AND SHOWCARDS PAcific 9615 415 W. CORDOVA "ADVERTISING THAT PAYS ITS WAY" TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WARE u-1 i -i ii i 1: This label identifies a vending machine which is serviced and delivered by union Teamsters. ■ stewards, shop committeemen and other interested parties in seeing that the Teamsters' label appears on ail vending machines in this area- Through the signing of Teamsters' contracts, workers in the vending machine industry all over Canada and the United States have enjoyed increased wages, shorter hours and better working conditions and it is the aim and objective of the Teamsters that these union conditions be extended to this area. For information regarding union and non-union vending machine operators, please call John Brown—Dickens 8411. NO DOWN PAYMENT 20 Stores Through) B.C. Serve You I £«<#* 16! WATKINS - WINRAM LTD. STOVE OELy - FURNACE OIL . COAL . Serving Vancouver Since 1910 1923 Granville St. CEdar 1121 w.-K-.-V.-^.-V..' E. EVANS & SON ARCHITECTS Phone: PAcific 2419 119 West Pender Street Voncouver, B. C. Longley Electric Co. Ltd. "COMPUTE ELECTRIC Al SERVICE" RE-WINDING - REPAIRS Manufacturer- of EXHAUST FANS & FLOOD LIGHTING EQUIPMENT Dickens 9101 45 E. 4th Avenue Vancouver 10, B.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA BRIDGE and DREDGING CO. LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS 1500 West Georgia Phone MU 3-7171 Vancouver, B.C. taiWa. t*tm»m*?mmuy* The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 7 Why Go Out On A Limb..? iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii . . . THAT'S WHAT lovely screen starlet Susan Harrison would like to know as she climbed a tree to illustrate her point in plugging for union-made goods. You take no chances, are out on no limb, when you buy union made goods and patronize union services. Make it a year-round habit to look for union labels, shop cards and buttons when buying. S MW RE J ECT AWARD; VOTE STRIKE ACTION Sheet Metal men have voted 98 per cent in favor of strike actjon following* rejection of a majority conciliation board award. Union business agent Alex McGee said the conciliation award for a 31-cent hourly boost in a two-year contract was turned down by the membership of Local 280 by 95 per cent majority. The strike Vote was a union- conducted vote. The conciliation award proposed a 15-cent boost from the date of signing the agreement plus one cent an hour in lieu of retroactive pay, and another 15- cent increase on June 1, 1958. "This local feels the award waa^an insult to this trade on the basis of what other building trades have been awarded," said McGee. "We believe this is the lowest increase granted to any building trade in this area." Employees of Hale-Go Metal Products also rejected a board award of 10 per cent increase, and a strike vote carried by 95 per cent at the union meeting. Buy union made products. patron Prog. Himtteb FUNERAL DIRECTORS oH-mii ot nun BS a. 10th At.. B_f.r--d-S-TT ma-nma-w ohaphi. ma oo____-r-u. bt. h-L-ooe- BOTAl. OJJC O-UUP-n. SOS -Clnr-way Slztar-SSSl "Brltl.h Columbia's FlnMt Funeral Service" U.6.W. OF AMERICA LOCAL 190 OUR LABEL. AUTHORITY f EMBLEM OP FAIR LABOR President, CAMILLE STEVENSON Recording Secretary, ISABELLA ROGERS TAILORED-TO-MEA$URE SUITS MILITARY AND CIVIL UNIFORMS B.C. MADE GARMENTS OF QUALITY Manufactured by Loeal 190 at GORDON CAMPBELL LTD. GORDON CAMPBELL LIMITED Makers of • * .... MEN'S FINE CLOTHING SUITS - UNIFORMS - OVERCOATS 78 Eost 2nd Ave. Voncouver DOG MEAL CRUMBLES 26 A DOG'S BEST FRIEND Yes, there are "26" vital food ingredients in every package. A completely balanced diet for the health and growth of YOUR dog. BUCKERFIELD'S LIMITED T Look for the... UNION SERVICE BUTTON UNION LABEL AND SHOPCARD Patronize Them This Space Donated by Bill Couper 724 SEYMOUR STREET \ cJLaoour cJJa Ljteetin ? 9* _, These are* the years of abundance — the Golden Years — employment is high, wages are high, and productivity is plentiful. Our good fortune was accomplished by hard work, good will, as well as an understanding that harmonious relations between Labour, Government, and Managament are essential* This boils down to real live personal initiative. On this Labour Day, as we pause to consider the strides .'that-have been made, let us rededicate ourselves to the continuance of those qualities that have enabled Dame Fortune to smile so abundantly upon our lives. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR LYLE WICKS, Minister. 8 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 1 it HEADLINER (Continued from Pag* 1) ROLLING—Office Employee* International Local 15 is beginning to scratch away at the surface of that huge unorganized field of white collar*. International organizer Bill Lowe estimates that by the end of the year, Local IS will hare under contract or be negotiating for 600 member*. Meantime in Victoria, Al Play fair ha* been appointed OEIU international organiser to assist Lowe. Al is former prexy of Local 300 in the capital city. RED FEATHER JOB—A fnil- time representative from labor will work on the Community Cheat fund-raiiing campaign this year. Job will take about three month* and the VLC is recommending that $450 a month be authorised for the project. IWA ha* offered to donate one-third of th* cost. Year of Progress By BILL BLACK - , B.C. Federation of Labour President On Labor's traditional day, one can pause for a moment to review the activities of labor in British Columbia during the past year; 1957 will probably go down in the records as a year of% progress. The labor movement was confronted with many major issues —the Brotherhood of Locomotive and Firemen's strike, the threatened strike of the IWA and B.C. Civil Servants, the hospital freeze—all of which were resolved or abated. Major unions made substantial gains at the bargaining table and all unions made progress in their negotiations in an effort to keep abreast of our current inflationary trends and automations. These gains increased purchasing power and are helping maintain a better balanced economy. We achieved the succesful merging of two labor centres into the BC. Federation of ATTEND NIGHT SCHOOL The Vancouver School Board offers tradesmen many opportunities to learn more about their own trade and to learn new skills. The Board is offering more than 300 courses this season. Plan to improve yourself at Night School. Classes start in ihe weeks of September 16th and 30th. Watch for two full pages of courses in the Province and Sun, Tuesday, Sept. 3rd. For information telephone BA 1131 ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD Labour, developing a greater de gree of unity in labor's ranks. Labor is still confronted with major problems—the eradication of low wages and poverty as it affects the entire working class of this country—bringing about an improvement in Social Legis lation and a greater degree of security for our senior citizens. We are also" confronted with unemployment This is due to inadequate planning by Govern ment and management arid poor immigration policies. It is estimated that because of inadequate planning, there may be eighty thousand unemployed in our area this winter. Labor must exert every influence at all levels to correct this situation. In this day and age unemployment is totally unnecessary in British Columbia and in Canada. 6. J. Schultz has been named recording secretary of Engineers (School and Caretakers) Local 963. He replaces retiring secretary George Zailo. ancouver presents these Guest Artists this year with its 28th Subscription Season JANPEERCE - Tenor YEHUDI MENUHIN - Violinist CLAUDIO ARRAU - Pianist DENNIS BRAIN - Horn/-. CAMPOLI - Violinist LEONARD PENNARIO - - Violin THE BACH CHOIR of VANCOUVER Season Tickets Available Now- $34.50, $28.75. $17.25, $14.50, $11.50, $8.50 for 12 concerts $3 Reserves your Seat Ticket Office 570 SEYMOUR ST. MArine 6161 Only a limited number seats available PHONE NOW of PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS " ■*"*. OF———— CAROLINA TEXACO SERVICE 615 EAST-BROADWAY Dl. 0612 ' Vancouver, B.C. Compliments of IMPERIAL INDUSTRIES CROWN BROOM 100% UNION MADE '"'miiT'^ ■ -.■,..*.■■!'■*•*•« WORK & SPORT GARMENTS... Sizes for every member of your family. " Every time you ask for a G.W.G. Garment you make good your Union pledge. Help your fellow Union Workers and get extra value as well! ILLUSTRATED ♦ "RED/STRAP" PANT OVERALLS Buy These Garments with , Utmost Confidence ♦ "Texas Ranger" Shirts & Pants ♦ "Cowboy King" Rider Pants & Shirts ♦ "Drillers' Drill" Pants & Shirts ♦ G.W.G. Brand names are regis tered trade marks. THE GREAT WESTERN GARMENT CO. LTD., EDMONTON 346 Water St. E. M. SIME^Representative Telephone: PA 4431 Vancouver, B.C. Behind A Uuion Label Is A Union Contract y *** • * - ... ... .. - ■ . U.S. Building Trades Unions The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 9 \ Machinery has been worked out for setlement of jurisdictional disputes involving building trades unions in the United States. It is based on proposals of AFL-CIO President Geo. Meany to a special convention of the AFL-CIO Building Trades Department in Atlantic City earlier this month. Subject to clarification on some points, his proposals were adopted by the more than 100 delegates. They could set a pattern for settlement of similar jurisdictional disputes in Canada, but according to Herb Flesher, president of the Vancouver Building Trades Council, there was no discussion on the issue as it effects Canadian building -trades unions. Added BTC secretary Ed Kennedy, "This leaves us somewhat in the dark as to the settlement of our own particular problems, especially in Western Canada." He went on, "This could be solved by the setting up of a Canadian section of the department and I believe this must come about if we are to achieve unity in organized labor." Basically, the machinery worked out in the U.S. recognizes that new construction work should be done by members of the Building Trades Unions while production and maintenance should be carried out by members of industrial unions. The Atlantic City convention also-adopted major constitution- Amalgamated Clothing Worb of America Journeymen Tailors AFL-CIO Local 178 CLC Organized in the U.S. 1873 - Local Charter issued 1898 (Third oldest union in B.C.)' President. DAVID GRAY Executive Board: Vice-President.__.FRED HALOWSKT iSiyfefiU rcaikiif Financial Sec-ALFRED NUTTALL C. MIKKELSON BEA LESLIE Inside Guard A. HOFFMAN LENA ROSE A A SCZCZOTKO Recording Secretary & B.C. Representative-GEORGjE M. DRONECK Office: ROOM 3, 2474 MANITOBA VANCOUVER 10 EX 3031 Look for The Union Label SUPPORT .THE UNION LABEL CAMPAIGN The symbol of decent working conditions and fair value. al changes. These are designed to permit wider participation in departmental affairs by subordinate groups and to generally modernize the governing rules of the body. Vancouver Plumbing Company Ltd. PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTORS TAtlow 9041 556 Union St. Vancouver, B. C. MOTT ELECTRIC LIMITED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS HAstings 7240 VANCOUVER LAkeview 2-5757 NEW WESTMINSTER Compliments of B0YLES BROS. DRILLING CO. LTD. CONTRACTORS ft MANUFACTURERS • ' ■ ■ • : , Phono HAstings 2881 1291 Parker Street Vancouver, B.C. •M-fl McCARTER, NAIRNE & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS < Phono: MArine 0484 1930 Marine Building VANCOUVER 1, B.C. CALL IT Rehabilitation "Call It Rehabilitation" is the title of a new Department of Labour film which will be of particular interest to local unions and trades and labour councils as it will be to other groups concerned with the welfare of fellow* citizens in their community. The film takes a look at a typical Canadian community where facilities exist for the rehabi-itation of most disabled people. It points out, -however, that there are still many men and women in communities riot getting the help they need, and tragically cut off from the chance to use their abilities. "Call It Rehabilitation" tells how a hypothetical community awoke to its need and went about the job of coordinating its facilities so that they could best be used for the rehabilitation of the handicapped, through the cooperation of a variety of community groups and organizations. Screenings of the film are starting at the beginning of September, and screening dates are now being scheduled by Local Offices of the Unemployment Insurance Commission. You are invited to get in touch with the manager of your Local Office. He will be pleased to arrange a showing of "Call it Rehabilitation" for your group. The 16-mm film, produced in both English and French versions, has a running time of about 30 minutes. FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR HON. MICHAEL STARR A- H. BROWN Minister 61 Labour Deputy Minister of Labour 10 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 FRATERNAL GREETINGS SHEET METAL WORKERS International Association, local No. 280 INSIST ON UNION MEN ON YOUR SHEET METAL WORK In continuous business for 41 years President: E. FENTON Vice-President: R. PAXTON Recording secretary: R. DANBERT Financial Secretary and Business Agent: AMcGEE Assistant Business Agent: S. CROSSON International Representative: i. J. LAURENCE ' OFFICE: LABOR TEMPLE 307 West Broadway Phone: Dickens 8020 MEMBERS EMPLOYED BY: Airco Products Ltd. Anderson Blowpipe fr Mfg. Co. Ltd. Associated Heating Co. Ltd. Bartlett Sheet Metal B. C. Bridge fr Dredging Co. Bell Electric Heating Ben's Plumbing fr Heating Biddlecombe Sheot Metal Blake Wood Heating Carlson, W., Sheet Metal Campbell fr Grill Ltd. City Sheet Metal Coast Neon Co. Ltd. Crescent Sheet Metal Daly Heating fr Sheet Metal J. Dabrincat Sheet Metal Roy C. Douglas A ' ; Danbar Heating fr Sheet Motal - Eburne Sheet Metal Ltd. Elfett Copper fr Brass Co. Ltd. ~ Empire Sheet Metal Work Ltd. Enterprise Plumbing fr Heating Ltd. Fairview Sheet Metal Works Filbey's Plumbing fr Heating Fisher Metal Products Gordon Latham Ltd. Gorrie fr Sons Grafton Sheet Metal ' Grant, E. H, fr Son Hammond Equipment Ltd. Harwood Roofing fr Sheet Metal Henry Sheet Metal Hodgson Ltd. > > Hudson Heating fr Sheet Metal Works Imperial Heating fr Sheet Metal Industrial Sheet Metal Worb Ltd. Jackson Sheet Metal Jacobsen, L. Roofing Co. Kerrisdale Sheet Metal Kirjjland Sheet Metal Lakes Limited Leland Mfg. Co. Ltd. M fr M Heating Mack Kirk Roofing Co. Ltd. Main Sheet Metal Works Ltd. Mainland Metal Products Co. Ltd. Marine Roofing fr Sheet Metal Model Heating McCready Campbell Murray W. N. Sheet Metal Nelson Blower Co. Ltd. Neolite Ltd. Neon Products of Western Canada Ltd. North Star Heating. Quality Metal Products fr Heating Quest Metal Works Ltd. Quiet Heat of America Richmond Plumbing fr Heating Seaboard Sheet Metal Ltd. Tacey, J. R. fr Co. Ltd. Terminal Sheet Metal Works Ltd. Thorn, W. A., Sheet Metal Works Ltd. Thorn fr Co. Walburn Neon Ltd. Wallace Neon Ltd. Welch & Son Westeel Products Ltd. Whelan Hoating & Sheet Motal NEW WESTMINSTER FIRMS Roy Bell Electric fr Heating Follis Plumbing & Heating. Longford, C. A., Sheet Metal Ltd. Neal & Bolton D. B. Ramsay Royal City Electric & Sheet Metal Westminster Shoet Metal Works Ltd. PRINCE RUPERT W. A. Thorn Sheet Metal NORTH & WIST VANCOUVER Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Coast Heating & Sheet Metal Dukes & Bradshaw Heating Pemberton Sheet Metal KITIMAT, B.C A.B.C. Plnmbing & Heating Filbey Plumbing & Heating CHILLIWACK Hughes Plumbing fr Heating KAMLOOPS Carr & Son H. Gidden Ltd. , Interior Plumbing & Heating McKinnon Plumbinq & Hoating SURREY J. & F. Plumbing & Heating FORT ST. JOHN Fort St. John Plumbing fr Heating MANUFACTURING SHOPS Airco Products Ltd. Coast Metal Products Continental Aluminum Products Elco Mfg. Co. Ellett Copper & Brass Hale-Co Metal Products National Steel Products . Vancouver Re-Tinning Co. Williams fr Williams BUILT-UP ROOFERS—DAMP fr WATERPROOFERS' SECTION A.B.C. Sheet Metal, Kitimat Associated Roofing Co. Biddlecombe Sheet Metal R. D. Bristoew, N.W. Campbell & Grid Ltd. Coast Heating & Sheet Metal Roy Douglas & Co. Roofing Empire Sheet Metal Works Ltd. Filbey Sheet Metal, Kitimat Grafton Sheet Metal Harwood Roofing Hughes Plumbing & Heating fr Roofing, Chilliwack T. Henderson Roofing Hudson Heating & Sheet Metal K. Illingworth Jackson Sheet Metal Jacobsen, L, Roofing Co. Mack Kirk Roofing Co. Ltd. Marine Roofing Alex Marshall Roofing, N.W. Marshall & Son, N.W. Monarch Roofing McCready Campbell Ltd., N.W. Pemberton Roofing Seaboard Sheet Metal Thorn, W. A., Sheet Metal Thorn, W. A. Sheet Metal Prince Rupert Thorn fr Co. Westeel Products Ltd. Westminster Sheet Metal Bricklayers & Masons International Union Local I, B.C. ALSO Terrazzo Worker! Union Corresponding Secretary & Business Agent C. Ingham DI4038 President J. S. Bokor. BR7-8043 Financial Secretary T. B. Fleming LA 2-7882 Treasurer D. Fraser KE 6783-R Recording Secretary J. Geddes EM 2592 Build with Brick and Pave with Terrazzo for a job that will last a lifetime. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Local 1251 732 Royal Avenue New Westminster, B.C Phono LA 1-0525 President —Charles Oke Vice-President._.0. L. Norman Rec. Sec.... F. Reckenberg Fin. Sec Calvin Johnson Treasurer .. J\A. Lacusta Conductor Ron Irvine. Warden .A Bonk Trustees. F. Hamilton, J. Vitali. E. Nelson Business Reps..H. Taft, HWest Greetings! To the Labor Statesman and to the Vancouver & District Labour Council and its affiliates on Labor Day from the Pender Auditorium, owned and operated by the Marine Workers & Boilermakers Industrial Union, Local No. 1, 339 West Pender St. _ Phone PAcific 9481 Halls for Every Occasion Special Rates for Trade Unions President, S. JENKINS Secty^Treasurdr, W. STEWART Business Agent, J. LAWSON International Association of Machinists B.C. Auto Workers Lodge 1857 2414 Main St., Vancouver, B.C. Office: Room 17 Telephone: EMerald 4104 ~"~1>FFIC,ERS: v President: BRIAN TRODDEN (Bourne & Weir) Vice-PresFdent: W. MATTENLEY Bus. Reps.: J. CHAPMAN and W. J. PENNY Fin Secy.: L W. BURKINSHAW EXECUTIVE BOARD P. FERGUSON (Truck Parts and Equipment) H. PACE H.THOMPSON (McCleery&Weston) J.WATSON (Dairyland) W.WOODHOUSE (Arrow Transfer) N. WILSON (Bourne & Weir) D. WINCH (Hume & Rumble) B. STRANGE (Hurrfe& Rumble) AUDIT COMMITTEE R. BAIRD (Truck Parts & Equipment) D. FLEMING (Dairyland) D. ROBSON (Black Motors) + CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL LABORERS' UNION LOCAL No. 602 OFFICERS 1956 - 57 Trustee:CARLE. BERG Secretary-Treasurer—C. H. SAVAGE Business Agents: J. FRAME, J: DESAULNIER, P. BEDORE, F. STROHMIER, T. TAKACS, A. JQNES, A. HERD* United Brotherhood of Carpenters 8C Joiners of America (Vancouver Local No. 452) LADIES AUXILIARY No. 741 . President-ELIZA CABOTT Vice-President—ETHEUQHNSON . . Recording Secretary—NORA BYLANDER Financial Secretary—DORIS CARAVAN Warden—HAZEL BECK Convener-HDONNA BOYCHUCK -Trustees: (1 year) MONA PAYNE, (2 years) MAGGY CAMERON, , (3 years) PEARL BALZER • Meets in Labor Temple, Vancouver, Second and fourth Wednesday each month Support Fair Wages By Buying 'Union . j ...-*■ . ..<■ Debt Free and Labor Owned, Temple Serves City Unions A Vancouver building, 100 percent owned by organized labor and entirely free of debt, is the centre of trade union activity in Vancouver. The two-storey office building at 807 West Broadway is a tribute to the far-sightedness and initiative of a group of Vancouver union leaden- It's worth reviewing the record, especially on Labor Day, the day set aside for recognition of organized labor's contribution to the growth of our nation. The Labor Temple was built in 1949 at a cost of approximately $174,000. A conservative estimate of the property today places the value at $260,000. The J. H. McRAE Co. Ltd flEClWGII CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT-MOTOR REPAIRS - SERVICE Phone Dickens 0231 590 West 8th Avenue VANCOUVER 9, B. C. PRINTING-For Every Purpose Phone PAcific 5836 DUNSMUIR PRINTING CO. 437 DUNSMUIR STREET VANCOUVER. |.C The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 ll C. C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS INC. SHELDONS ENGINEERING LTD. CANADIAN INGERSOLL-RAND CO. LTD. BABCOCK-WILCOX & GOLDIE-McCULLOCH LTD. COCHRANE WATER CONDITIONING LTD. DIAMOND SPECIALTY LTD. AIRETOOL MANUFACTURING CO. SPRAY ENGINEERING CO. CUSTODIS CANADIAN CHIMNEY CO. LTD. 712-510 W. Hastings Street . TAtlow 8391-8392 Funds for the initial construction were raised by selling shares to unions ahd union members at $10 a share. Later, in order to raise additional money to pay off the contractors as quickly as possible, three per cent first mortgage 15 year bonds were sold to unions in the Vancouver area. Success of the venture is illustrated in the fact that at November 1, 1956, "all of these bonds were called in and redeemed. In addition, a five per cent dividend was declare'd this year for shareholders. Behind the Labor Temple is the Labor Headquarters Limited, a company that was started back ih 1929. One of the original directors is still a director today. His name? R. H. Neelands of the International Typographical Union. In those days the headquarters for organized labor was at 529 Beatty Street. The building still stands today. Another original officer of the company was Percy Bengough. Other directors, all active trade unionists over the. years, were: C. H. Morrison, T. Blackledge, J. R. Kinnard, W. J. Bartlett, W. D. Wilson, Birt Showier, George Pettipiece and James Thompson. They were the men behind the present 100 per cent union company that backed construction of the present Labor Temple. Directors today have changed in name, (except .in the case of Harry Neelands) but their purpose is unchanged. They include: Ered Cocker, Percy Deplissey, R. H. Neelands, R. Hatley, A. McGee, Mrs. J, •Hallock, C. Herrett, T. Atherton, E. A. Jamieson, and George Bengough. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. OF CANADA LIMITED 1296 Station Street Manufacturers MOTOR TRUCKS - FARM MACHINERY CONSTRUCTION" EQUIPMENT PAcific 5521 Vancouver, B.C. WILKINSON COMPANY LIMITED STEEL and METALS 190 WEST SECOND AVE. VANCOUVER 10, B. C. Telephone EMerald 2121 ' OTTAWA—Canada Labor Re lations Board has certified Vancouver CPR Shipyard Workers Union Local 1552 (CLC) for 22 employees in B.C. Coast Steamship service, Vancouver wharf maintenance shops. ' UNION MADE Take a lesson fromx "Old Hands'^: ^ They all wear WATSON'S ' Leather Gloves • . Sold by leading stores JOHN WATSON LTD. VANCOUVER, B.C. JOSEPH McBRIDE Plumbing & heating contractor ..Phone DExter 2520 3053 East 22nd Avenue VANCOUVER, B. C. PARAGON WOODWORKS LTD. Manufd-TUrers of STORE and OFFICE FIXTURES - STORE FRONTS COLD STORAGE DOORS - REFRIGERATOR DISPLAY CASES REACH-IN COOLERS - WALK-IN COOLERS 425 WEST FIFTH AVENUE Phon.: Dl. 9337 ALLIED HEAT & FUEL LTD COAL - WOOD - SAWDUST >.'it ESSO—Stove and Furnace Oil 2096 W. 13th Ave., Vancouver, B.C CHerry 7161 CEdar 7211 Concrete Drain Tile Chimney Blocks Chimney Pots Foundation Piers Flag Stones Telephone: PAcific 1823 Williams Concrete Co. H. S. Williams, Manager MANUFACTURERS OF y CONCRETE PRODUCTS BURNABY PLANT: 6585 Aubrey: GL 2032 1025 East Pender, Vancouver, B.C PAcific 1823 GREETINGS TO ORGANIZED LABOR BRITISH COLUMBIA HOTELS ASSOCIATION Representing the Hotel Industry in British Columbia 928 Howe St Vancouver, B.C. -CheckFor. Union Labels*..It Pays Off To You "^ iMMM-M " .. 12 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 What's Cooking • __L_D. Wf H££(3 JL ft-UvSa Kitimat Carp'trs Kitimat and Kemano Carpenter* and building contractor.— settlement of a 12-day strike on . August 12 with 45-cent increase over two years. The journeyman rate from April 1 is $2.54 under the new contract, jumping to $2.58 on October 1 and to $2.73 on April 1, 1958. - Floorlayers Floor layer* Local 1527 and floor contracting firm-—settlement of a week-long strike with two-year agreement and 47-cent boost tp take effect these dates: two cents retroactive to April 1, 16 cents on August 1, nine cents on Oct. 1 and 20 cents on April 1, 1958. Sash and Door Local 1-252 IWA and 20 .ash and door plant* — voted 92% in favor of strike following rejection by union membership of conciliation board award. US W-Alcan United Steelworkers and Aluminum Cfi., Kitimat — dispute now before a conciliation board. Plant workers seeking 35-cent hourly boost in one-year contract, rejected a 45-cent offer extending over three-year contract. > V ' •- Pulp and Paper Pnlp and Sulphite and United Paper Maker* and pnlp and paper mill* — dispute going to conciliation board. Unions have rejected offer of 2% per cent increase plus five cents an hour. Engineers Operating Engineer* Local 822 and Grandview Laundry, Vancouver — Two year agreement With full union shop, wage increase of 10 percent for shift engineer and chief engineer ^from July 1, 1957, with additional 18 cents an hour for shift engineer on July 1, 1958 and 20 cents for the chief engineer. Ml»llll^ Millwork Carpenters Local 1928 and 2534 and B.C. Millwork Products and David Mitchell Co. Vancouver, and Bell-Craft Woodworkers, New Westminster—27- cent wage boost in four steps and employer contribution of seven cents an hour effective Oct. 1 to a welfare plan in new contract. Wage boosts are effective: 10 cents on April \, 1957; three cents June 1, 1957; seven cents on April 1, 1958; seven cents Oct. 1, 1958. Contract runs to March 31, 1959. Machinists Machinists Local 692 and Burrard Iron Works, Vancouver — agreement on the standard contract* effective until October, 1958. A dog has many friends because the wag was put in his tail instead of his tongue. . *" * * A farmer once called his cow Zephyr She seemed such an amiable hephyr When the farmer drew near, She kicked off his ear Which made him decidedly dephyr. * * • ji Teacher:"Can anyone tell me [the main use of cowhide?" Johnny: "It keeps the cow together, ma'am." UNEMPLOYMENT (Cont'd from page 1) ver area alone will reach the 60,000 mark. " There is a faint gleam of hope in thT^l^*ff*'li*1Et*n'er*h«' said, in the fact that sotne new construction projects are scheduled to get under way this fall. But he warned that a prolonged period of bad weather could delay these projects. Meanwhile the Unemployment Insurance Commission, in its August report, said prospects of obtaining employment in British Columbia are the worst in years. It said a slowdown in lumbering, manufacturing and construction industries has produced "a strong surplus" of labor at most UIC centres in B.C. At the same time, the report added, there are "no major developments in sight" to bring employment up to its usual level for this time of year. Official UIC figures placed the number of unemployed in Vancouver at the beginning of August at 16,000. This is 5,000 more than at the same time last year. REVIEW ACT The federal government is asking labor and management organizations in Canada to present their »views on amending the Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act. In a letter sent out in mid- August, Labor Minister Michael Starr said he is planning a review of the act "to make it more effective in its application to the industries which are covered by it." The Act came into effect almost nine years ago and provides for the right of employees and employers to organize. Fraternal Greetings.*. LABOR- DAY, 1957 Office Employees International Union LOCAL 378 W. SWANSON, Business Manager 949 Hornby St., Vancouver 1, B.C. Phone MU 3-6134 / A Salute to Labor From— "Specialists in Home Furnishings",, QUALITY :: VALUE, SELECTION Vancouver • New Westminster • North Vancouver iii*'.^*tTiiiiiii|iii)*i|. iiHiiiiumr ; GREETINGS FROM A WHITE-COLLAR ORGANIZATION Office Employees International Union LOCAL 15 » Room 200, 307 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C Dl 3515 Compliments of HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION LOCAL 180 (N.U.P.E.) - (C.L.C.) Affiliated with the Voncouver ond District Labour Council ^ —B.C. Federation of Labour President, J. FLEMING - Financial Secretory, ALEX PATERSON Secretary-Business Manager, W. M. BLACK Office 307 WEST BROADWAY Phone: EM. 5822 Vancouver General Hospil Grace Hospital.. North Vancouver General Hospital.. Burnaby General Hospital................ Royal Columbian.. -Vancouver ' .Vancouver .North Vancouver -New Westminster Chilliwack General . Chilliwack Valley-even Hospital...- Chilliwack Nanaimo General Hospital........ Kings' Daughters Hospital «-_ Ladysmith General Hospital ., Queen Alexandra Solarium L, West Coast General Hospital Royal Inland Hospital L. Vernon Jubilee Hospital Kelowna General Hospital Penticton Hospital Nanaimo .Duncan .Ladysmith Kootenay Lake General Hospital .. Prince George fr District Hospital.. Langley Memorial Hospital St. Eugene Hospital Mater Misericordiae Hospital.. Trail-Tadanac Hospital St. Martin's Hospital.. -Cobble Hill ..Port Alberni -Kamloops ..Vernon ..Kelowna ..Penticton ..Nelson ..Prince George -Langley -Cranbrook .Rossland Fernie Memorial Hospital Kimberley fr District General Hospital.. G. R. Baker Memorial Hospital White Rock fr District Hospital . ,' . , Matsqui, Somas, Abbotsford General Hospital.. Creston Volley Hospital j . . Arrow Lakes Hospital *_-*__, St. Mary's Hospital.. .Trail ...Oliver Fernie ....Kimberley ....Quesnel .White Rock ...Abbotsford ...Creston .. Nakusp ... New Westminster Buy Union Made Goods With Union Corned Dollars AFFILIATED TRADES DOCK BUILDERS . PAPERHANGERS BRIDGE BUILDERS BOILERMAKERS PIPEFITTING TRADES MILLWORKERS ASBESTOS WORKERS STEAMFITTERS BUILDING LABORERS BRICKLAYERS TERRAZZO MECHANICS PILEDRIVERS ELECTRICAL WORKERS MACHINISTS TRADESMEN'S HELPERS PLASTERERS SHEET METAL WORKERS TILESETTERS ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ENGINEERS INSULATION WORKERS PLUMBERS CARPENTERS AND JOINERS MASONS STRUCTURAL IRONWORKERS ' LATHERS REINFORCED IRONWORKERS PAINTERS AND DECORATORS SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES GLAZIERS AND GLASS WORKERS . BUILDING MATERIAL TRUCK DRIVERS TILE, MARBLE AND TERRAZZO WORKERS CONSTRUCTION COOKHOUSE EMPLOYEE? The Vancouver, New Westminster and District BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL Chartered by the Building fr Construction Trades Dept. AFL-CIO Composed of 36 Affiliated Locals Holding Agreements with General. Contractors Association Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association and 200 Independent Contractors throughout B.C. MEETS SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS IN LABOR TEMPLE Phone: EXpress 1210 Office: Room 110, Labor Temple, 307 W. Broadway COUNCIL OFFICERS President, Herb Flesher (Engineers) Secretary fr Business Agent, E. R. Kennedy (Painters) Vice-President, H. Taft (Carpenters) Warden, M. Hadley (Boilermakers) _ Trustees: V. Steers (Ironworkers), C Chapman (Machinists), • •:.- A. McGee "(Sheet .Metal) " ] ^-T^l BOARD OF BUSINESS AGENTS MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. J. R. St. EM (Plumbers) A. W. Scott (Engineers) S.C. Allen (Pile Drivers) H. Taft (N.W. Carpenters) A. Mc<*e (Sheet Metal) R. Buchanan (Vane Carpenters) M. Hadley (Boilermakers) C Ingham H. Macaulay (Painters) Wm. McMynn (Plasterers) R. Lenfesty (Teamsters) J. White ford (Teamsters) N. Eddison (Ironworkers) John Frame (Laborers) A. O'Keefe (Electricians) * G. Banner (Heat fr-Frost) (Bricklayers) E. R. Kennedy, Secretary ond Business Agent LOCAL 244 REPORTS: Pay Hike Called For At VSE* CBC Talks Continue By BEN MORLEY A 7 Vt -cent across the board wage increase has been recommended for members of Local 244 employed in the Stock Exchange Building in a majority report of a conciliation board handed down this month. The report also recommended three weeks vacation after 15 years of service and further stipulated that working conditions now in effect in the building should be written into the contract. ^ Our members have accepted the recommendation, and we have further requested the Minister of Labour' to take a supervised strike vote in the event the employer rejects the board's majority recommendations. A, 27-page minority report has been ■ submitted by the employer's nominee to the board, T. G. Norris, Q.C. We Pay Our Respects and Extend Our Best Wishes On the occasion of British Columbia Labor's annual review of a year's'progress in forwarding the welfare and security of Union members we are happy to extend our sincere respects and good wishes. Vancouver's Evening Newspaper .*. Phone TAtlow 7141 for Regular Home Delivery The directors of the Stock Exchange Building Corp., General J. A. Clarke, F. Ronald Graham and B. M. Clarke, have consistently tried to prove inability to pay, but they can be assured that if we find it necessary to take a strike vote, it will carry 100 per cent and will be backed by concrete action if necessary. Negotiations are still continuing with the Canadian Broad casting Corporation. In this instance the employer has refused to recognize premium pay for overtime. ....,' , The CBC negotiators are attempting, in this instance, to force the policy adopted in the Corporation's eastern Canadian operations on our members in this area. But our local CBC members are determined to get the same working conditions and wages that our other members are fretting in comparable jobs in Vancouver. In short, we want no part of the CBC's national policy on wages and working conditions, and it is very possible that the dispute may soon be before a conciliation board. We have applied for certification on behalf of the employees of the Vancouver Golf and Country Club at Burquitlam, and we are ready to commence negotiations as soon as the application is approved. - Dig Those Tool-Lovin' Octopuses! SYDNEY, Australia — Octopuses and giant crabs have been offered as the prime justification for a wage increase for the first time in union history. Thirty deep-sea divers, members of Bridge and Wharf Carpenters Union, said the octopuses and giant crabs have become underwater thieves, making off with all kinds of tools. - "They'll steal anything and they do," said the union secretary. !_'_' 2jj_ The result: divers who now get a contract allowance of $1 a week for underwater loss of tools decided to demand triple that amount in their next contract. The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 13 OTTAWA—A. H. Balch, national legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, has been appointed a member of the Canada Labor Relations Board, filling the vacancy caused by the death of W. L. Best as employees representative. Balch has been a member of the Trainmen for 42 years. _ ! •<», ' Look! CANNED SOP DRINKS Available in Five Delicious Flavors ROOT BEER ORANGE SODA CREME SODA GINGER ALE COLA NOW SHOWING JOHN FORD'S rCidinff of tne If /loon with players from the Abbey Theatre Co. Three Irish Stories introduced by TYRONE POV/ER THE STUDIO THEATRE MA. 1511 . 919 Granville St. Time for a cool... Affiliated Application for affiliation with Vancouver Labour Council by two local unions was accepted at tho July meeting of the Council. They are the Vancouver Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union, Local 698, and the Vancouver Newspaper Guild, Local 115, of the American Newspaper Guild. VNG Local 115 is an amalgamation of VNG Locals 1 and 207, which were formerly affiliated with the Council and which recently joined the American Newspaper Guild. FAST REPAIRS with ECONOMY SAFETY SHOES Price Shoe Service Ltd. Est. 1904 PILSENER THE CARLING BREWERIES (B.CJ LIMITED FORMERLY VANCOUVER BREWERIES LTD. Black Label Lager Beer • Red Cap Ale UBC Bohemian Lager Beer • Old Country Alt 4X Cream Stout. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Invest In Your Own Security... Buy 'Union Made ******** eM_m__--_-i--HI MHHW-U—UMM Bwt 14 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 Strikes Show Gain in First Half of Year During the first half of 1957 there were 138 strikes and lockouts involving 47,444 workers and a time loss of 590,480 man- ^-working days, the federal department of labour at Ottawa reported this month. In the same period a year ago, there were 108 work stoppages with 52,159 workers involved and a time loss of 815,285 days. The labour department figures show that during June this year there were 43 work stoppages in existence involving 18,377 workers with a total time loss of , 220,720 man-working days. In June, 1956, there were 16,- 866 workers involved in 39 stoppages with a time loss of 78,160 days. ^f^*^8^S^_«Sp^-7 TH0S. H. CLARK PAINTING CONTRACTOR • PAINTING • DECORATING PHONE ALma 1613 / 3958 W. 18th Avenue Vancouver B.C UNION LABEL clothes al ways look gobd, but they look even better on languid Cuban actress Chalo, known to her fans as the "Cuban H-Bomb." LAUGH A LITTLE Policeman: "You saw this lady driving toward you. Why didn't you give her half the road?" Unhappy driver: "I was going to just as soon as I could find out which half she wanted." Two ghosts walked into a bar and asked the bartender: "Do you serve spirits?" * * * A bridegroom is a wolf who has just paid for his whistle. VANCOUVER TILE CO. LARGEST SELECTION OF COLORED CLAY TILE & SLATE Phone HE 3-1616 2837 Kingsway Vancouver 16, B.C. FLANDERS INSTALLATIONS LTD. GENERAL MACHINERY AND PIPE INSTALLATIONS HA. 7207 1352 Powell St. Vancouver, B.C. Eleven To Be Seated In Council Vancouver Labour Council accepted credentials of 11 new delegates at the August meeting. They will be obligated and seated at the September 3 meeting. Accepted were: E. J. Burns and J. M. Colling, Teamsters' Local 31; E. R. Morton, Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, Local 59; Douglas Calladine, Theatre Employees' Local B-72; W. G. Skinner and Ron Mutch, Lathers' Local 207; E. L. fallen, Sheet Metal Workers' Local 280; J. Ghini and P. Reynolds, Water Board Employees Local 393; O. Sorenson, Shipwrights' Local 506; and John Leeson, Glass and Glaziers' Local 1527. Livings Good At West Coast B.C. continues to be, a popular place to live. During July, 681 families with 1,366 children moved from other parts of Canada to B.C. while only 31% families with 621 children moved out. Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimated the provincial population jumped by 89,000 persons between June 1956, and June 1957, bringing the B.C. total to 1,487,000. WESTERN STAMP WORKS RUBBER STAMPS & MARKING SUPPLIES Phone Dickens 8108 346 West Br-adwoy "Vanco-ver 10, B.C H. D. LAYFIELD & CO. ACOUSTIC - FLOORING - INSULATION Distributors and Approved Contractors JOHNS-MANVILLE MATERIALS 1225 Homer St., Vancouver 3, B. C. Phone TAtlow 1471 STUCCO SUPPLY COMPANY LTD. STUCCO DASHES OF ALL TYPES . Silica Rock G Sand • Sander Grit CERAMIC COLOR STONE Phone MArine 4642 937 Main Stmt VANCOUVER, B.C. CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES STEEL COAL Vancouver Machinery Depot Limited Vancouver Iron Works Limited BAyview 1112 1155 W. 6th Ave. Vancouver $, B.C. EVUStUMU-EVANS ~*£r/n4&d. / Foot of Columbia MUtual 3-3171 WORKING PARTNER OF THOSE WHO BUILD IN B.C. Look For A Union Card In Cafes and Shops Weekend Training Institute Scheduled Here in Ocfofcer ; Vancouver union members will be invited to go back to school October 19 and 20. That's when Vancouver Labour Council will hold its 1957 Vancouver Educational Institute. This year's school will be held at University of B.C. campus and the dates fall on a Saturday and Sunday to permit the largest participation possible of union members. ._.- -i^*_sa_S:. ,;»»wfe-:_::_:.;. _*_*__*"'"'...' VLC secretary Ted Jamieson reports the complete agenda is not yet ready for distribution, but that advance notice is being given so that unions can start selecting their students now. Five main topics will be studied at the week-end institute and students will be assigned to them on a first come —first served basis. Courses include: Parliamentary G. H. INGHAM & CO. LTD. MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS Office Phone PA. 4714 - 615 W. Hastings, Vancouver, B.C. 1680 Fulton Ave. R-i. Phone WAInu. 2-1196, Wert Vancouver, B.C. The Largest Printing Plate Makers tn Western Canada CLEL AND • KENT WESTERN, LTD. 538 Cambie St. - Vancouver PAcific 1351 Procedure; Shop Stewards and Grievance Procedures; History of the Labour Movement; Local Union Administration; and Automation. Registration fee for the institute, which is being held in cooperation with the education department of the Canadian Labour Congress, is $10 per student, which includes all necessary course material, lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and a banquet on Sunday evening. The registration fee also covers -wives or husbands of students who will be invited to attend both the class-room sessions and the banquet at no additional cost. v Jamieson said, "Last year's Institute was an outstanding success, and we are confident that this year's School will prove to' be by far the biggest, the best, and the most profitable ever held." The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 15 L B. C. DISTRICT TELEGRAPH 8C DELIVERY CO. LTD. Serving British Columbia for Over 60 Years MArine 4141 355 Burrard Street Vancouver, B.C. I.-X,«-X..-V.a-N.a-%..^ BLUE CABS (49) LTD. "Vaster by RadW OWNER DRIVER— CLOSED SHOP 50 Cars to Serve You Phone PAcific 5577 Vancouver, B.C. k<\>\>\'] CROWN CARTAGE AND WAREHOUSING CO. ' LIMITED Specialists in All Types of Hauling WAREHOUSING, TRACKAGE, and SCOW, BERTHING Granville Island, Vancouver 9 MArine 6111 Rail Union Named For CPR Clerks The Canadian Labour Eela tions Board has certified the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks as bargaining agent for 76 employees in Canadian Pacific Railway's -data centre at Toronto: The union already represents employees in CPR data centres at Vancouver, Moose Jaw and Winnipeg. 1 n ii' ■- _.. ■'■"■ DAN MacLURE'S TAXI Wr€mplo7**ttir Highest 1^^ Limousines Available for All Occasions BUSES FOR CHARTER Capacity 29-41 Passengers ■ • .24-HOUR SERVICE 1148 West Georgia MUtual 3-7511 Best Wishes to Organized Labor .... ACME TOWEL and LINEN SUPPLY LIMITED MArine 6177 882 Howe St. Vancouver, B. C. Union Buttons & Badges SMITH MARKING DEVICES LTD. OVER 20 YEARS A UNION SHOP "LET US SOLVE YOUR MARKING PROBLEMS" Celluloid Badges ond Buttons -Rubber Stamps - Ink - Pads - Stencils Steel Stamps and Dies 15 E. Broadway, Vancouver 10 Dickens 8174 Offers You/ THE FINEST IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS • • ROYALITE PREMIER and REGULAR GASOLINE • ROYALITE MOTOR OILS • ROYALITE LUBRICANTS ... TOP PRODUCTS AND SERVICE FOR AU YOUR MOTORING NEEDS Look for the Big Letter "R"! AU CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED ..(. . , Mjake Every Week Your Union Buying Week ItfetM 16 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 .ii LABOUR DAY 1957 Fraternal Greetings From These Unions INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS LODGE 692 Rm. 17, 2414 Main St/ Vancouver, B.C. Phones: EM 7035 - Dl 0513 President. C. F. SMITH Vice-President. , I. REITHAUG Financial Secretary....G. D. CUNNINGHAM. Recording Secretary.. r....H. FISHMAN Business Agents. ........D. H. CHAPMAN R. F. ESPLIN GLAZIERS & GLASS WORKERS LOCAL UNION 1527 Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers of America President Vice-President Recording-Secretary Financiaf Secretary Treasurer Warden E. KELLY A SADLER A ALLEN M. HALEY J. LEESON R. ROBERTSON ..--.•"K..-V.-_.->.."v.-w*x..-v-»..-«..-w-vJ4 ) Beverage Dispensers' Union ' \ LOCAL No. 676 \ Organized 100 Per Cent i Office: 440 West Pender St. Telephones: MA. 4948 MA. 3923 Every licensed Beer Parlor in Vancouver, including Veterans, and all Clubs, Cocktail Lounges in Standard Commercial Hotels Employ Members of Local 676 President, J. GALLOWAY Vice-President, BILL ROSE Trustees, B. NASH, B. HANAFIN Recording Secretary, F. FRIDELL Chaplain, F. HOLLINGSWORTH Inside Guard, D. HILBERT Outside Guard, L LOGAN Inspector, H. COURSON Business Agent and Financial Secretary, R. BEDDOME Compliments of < United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry LOCAL UNION No. 170 Local Officers: President, JACK DILLABOUGH Vice-President, Wm. CAMPBELL Treasurer, T. C. ATHERTON Recording Secretary, JAMES R. BARTON Business Mgr. & Fin. Sec., J. RUSS ST. ELOI Business Agents: J. R. BARTON, J. L FISHER Office: Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway Phones: EX 1428-1429 SHOPMEN'S LOCAL UNION 712 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers 222 West Broadway Vancouver 10, B.C. Dl ckens 5611 President, Steven Jurick Rec. Secty., A. M. Livingstone Fin. Secty., Treasurer, Business Agent, V. M. Steers X^VA^V. -.%»%• ~fc..'V..'X..' ^WWVWVViA ION ^M^^piCTOPIAL _• ♦ _?HAN6^ 726 MEETS FIRST MONDAY 8:00 P.M. ROOM 12 LABOR TEMPLE Affiliated with: Vancouver & District Labour Council Vancouver Building Trades Council President....... D. TAIT Secretary........ i j. MIDDLETON Financial Secretary. R. GAMBLING Vice-President. Treasurer........ Executive Member.. i <■> -G. DAMGAARD A. LACEY _—■.W. O. CLARKSON LOCAL UNION No. 138 I Painters JEC0RAT0RS Members Employed on Construction and Shipyard Work Over 125 Signed Agreements covering all leading Painting contractors in the city, and also with construction and shipbuilding firms. ■ Organized in Vancouver 1894; operating continuously for 63 years President-C. IZZARD Vice-President-G. KASSIAN Recording Secretary—J. HINES Treasurer—G. HULT Financial Secretary-H. MACAULAY Warden-.. RENNIE <_aid_ctor--A. BRENNAN ■ Trustees-E. R. KENNEDY, P. WlEflE, J. McARTHUR Business Agent—HERB MACAULAY , -■ Assistant Business Agent—JOHN HINES *«. Office: 337 W. Broadway Phone: EMerald 6033 B.C. PROJECTIONISTS' UNION LOCAL 348 " of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operar tors of the United States and Canada. _ Dote of Charter: June 9th, 1914 Jurisdiction: The Province of British Columbia 1356 Seymour Vancouver 2, B.C. You Cant Go Wrong On Union Label Products The Labor Statesman Second Front Page Vancouver, B»C AUGUST 31, 1957 Page Seventeen Unions Aim Campaign At Low-Wage Laundries An all-out campaign against two city laundries that pay substandard wages will get the backing of Vancouver Labour Council. Spearheading the attack is Laundry Workers Local 292. The - «oiftn reported at the August meeting of the VLC that Keefer and Grandview Laundries are employing women at 46c to 60c an hour and men at -wages up to $190 a month. Employees are required to work eight to 14 hours a day without any overtime pay, the union charged. At least 18 downtown hotels use the services of the two laundries, Laundryworkers added. A resolution by the union that the two laundries be placed on the "We do not patronize" list was referred to the VLC grievance committee with power to act. The committee is also considering an appeal to Douglas Jung, Vancouver Centre Member of Parliament, to see if he can bring pressure on the employers to give the workers a better wage deal. Pearl Hawley, employed in the B.C. Federation of Labour office, is the new secretary-treasurer of Office Employees Local 15. She replaces Bernie Gouthro who resigned last month. DISSATISFACTION CONTINUES Compensation Issues Carried To Cabinet Vancouver trade union members are more dissatisfied than ever with the deal injured workmen are getting from the Workmen's Compensation Board. And as a result, the Vancouver Labour Council has decided" to go over the head of the WCB and take the matter up directly with the Provincial government at Victoria. B.C. Federation of Labour and the Railway Trainmen have joined the VLC in the protest. A meeting has been arranged with the Cabinet for Sept. 17. This action followed strong complaint- from the Building Trades Council at the August VLC meeting. It's getting more and more difficult for a workman to get compensation benefits, the building council said. An alarming increase in the number of rejected compensation claims waa brought to the attention of the VLC last January. After an emergency conference of unions a mass protest meeting was held at the WCB headquarters in Vancouver, The delegation received a good hearing and union officers were optimistic that the WCB would act on the evidence of union dissatisfaction over interpretation and administration of the Act. It appears now that the WCB was merely paying lip service to the demands that union members receive fair and just treatment at the hands of the Board. "The WCB has slipped back into its old rut," Stu Hudg- son, secretary of Local 1-217, International Woodworkers of America, charged at the August VLC meeting. "We find ourselves right back where we started from." Delegates passed the resolution instructing VLC officers to go directly to Labor Minister Lyle Wicks and the B.C. Cabinet, rather than to make any further attempts to deal with the WCB. A Penny Saved Is A Penny Needed - Living Cost Jumps Ahead Again The consumer price index—the measure of what it costs you to live—has jumped again. The index on July 1 stood at 121.9, nearly three percent above the index of a year ago, after a steady upward climb. The index is based on 1949 prices equalling 100. Organisation Committee Named to fill a vacancy on Vancouver Labour Council's Organization Committee is delegate George Connolly of Chemical Workers' Local 511. Pickets Firm At Two Strikes On strike since early spring to back np demands for a better break on wages and working conditions have been more than 100 workers in two'city plants. Picket lines are holding firm at Simmons Ltd., where 75 members of Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 635, went on strike last March 27. Employees are asking a 25- cent hourly increase across the board. The company has stubbornly refused to consider anything higher than 10-cents for men and seven-cents for women. The second strike, started in April, involves some 45 members of Teamsters' Local 842 and Canada Roof Products' city plant. The company is determined not to meet their wage demands and the Teamsters are equally determined to stick to their demands. THOUSANDS visited the Union Label Trades Council display booths at the PNE this year reports council secretary Josephine Hallock. Union labels and union-made goods were featured. UNION BUYING WEEK (UNION BUYING WEEK BEGINS LABOR DAY) SEPTEMBER 2 to 7 • • • • IT IS YOUR TRADE UNION DUTY AND YOUR FINEST INVESTMENT TO -.... '.-,.»•■-- • .'', ■ ■ . • BUY UNION MADE PRODUCTS ! • LOOK AND ASK FOR THE UNION LABEL ! • OBTAIN SERVICES FROM PERSONS WEARING A BUNION SERVICE"BUTTON ! ! • PATRONIZE ESTABLISHMENTS DISPLAYING A "UNION SHOP"CARD! — YOUR SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE AND ACCELERATE THE GROWTH OP THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT -~ BUY UNION MADE PRODUCTS PATRONIZE UNION SERVICES Arranged and Conducted on Your Behalf by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Union Label Trades Council MM -.->-.:-. . i ... .. ■;; ■ tmammmmw 1 18 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 fc . LOCAL UNION No. 213 INTERNATIONAL .BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL No. 213 Presidertt—John Waplington Treasurer—A. MacDonald Chartered November 6, 1901 Vice-President—Chas. Sumpton Recording Secy—C C Moore Business Manager & Financial Secy—A. M Morrison Assistant Business Managers: A. O'Keeffe (Wiremen), R. McCulloch (Linemen), F. Gray (Gas Workers), John Morrison (Radio, Television fr Electronics), G. G. Hill (Winders, Marine & Manufacturing) Executive Board Members: Jack McSorley, H. Stub-ins, P. Milne r, B. Lea Examining Board: H. Stab-in., C Nelles Educational Committee: E. A. Knight, A. M. Morrison Delegates to Councils: Vancouver Trades Council: F. Allison, W. A. Nichols, C A. Knight, A. O'Keeffe, J. Waplington Building Trades: J. Waplington, A. O'Keeffe -Metal Trades: B. Lea, J. Doykh International Union of Elevator Constructors LOCAL No. 82 President, C VISOR Vice-President, G. MERCER Recording Secretary, H. C. MacKICHAN Business Representative, H. C. MacKICHAN Financial Secretary, K. MABBUTT Firms Employing Oar Members: Otis Elevator Co. Ltd. W. Arm Machine Works Turnbull Elevotor Co. J. & E. Hall Ltd. Peterson fr Cowan Elevator Co. Victoria Elevator Co. Lid. Gorby Bros. Elevator Co. Ltd. Affiliated with Vancouver & District Labour Council Vancouver Building Trades Council J Demand the UNION LABEL on YOUR Printing Synonymous with the highest quality of workmanship available in the printing industry is the Printing Trades Union Label. This is the symbol available for use on the printed article itself to identify the labor employed in its production as that of skilled union craftsmen. VANCOUVER TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION Chartered by International Typographical Union, February, 1888 Trainmen Join CLC The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, one of the oldest trade unions In Canada, will affiliate with the Canadian Labour Congress on September 1. Details for the affiliation were worked out in Ottawa in mid- August between CLC president Claude Jodoin and BRT president W. P. Kennedy of Cleveland. The move will bring 25,000 BRT members across Canada into the CLC. Established in Canada 74 years ago, the BRT represents freight and passenger conductors, brakemen, yardmen, switchmen, yardmasters, and dining car stewards on Canadian railways. Commenting on the move, Kennedy said, "We are very happy to affiliate with the CLC and to become a partner in the general labour movement in Canada and we hope eventually to participate in the CLC provincial federations and labour councils from coast to coast," Jodoin, in welcoming the BRT, said, "The advent of the BRT into the family of the CLC will strengthen the position of organized labour in our efforts to improve existing legislation and to attain social and economic laws which will benefit the entire country." Labour Day * 1957 * FRATERNAL GREETINGS COMPLIMENTS OF Vancouver Printing Pressmen & Assistants Union NO. 69 ■ Chartered August 1898 OFFICERS: President R. A. SCOTT Recording Secretary L. AINSWORTH Executive J. SCOTT, W. ANDERSON, A. MILNE and OFFICERS Secretary-Treasurer THOS. S. EZART Phone: Fraser 7514 LOCAL No. 212 AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS & BUTCHER WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA, A.F. of L.C.I.O., Urges YOU to Only 100 per cent Union markets are entitled to * display this shop card... PATRONIZE NO OTHER Always Look For This Shop Card t«ttiM»io*t THIS IS TO CERTIFY.-.. ..-»_- a-ariaaca •*- aa rataa at ih. Aa- j|fc -_._crs-_: w Blsi -at. *_ [an.iui.-i.a_ (apiiggljlg m~m'&*£~* When You Buy Meat* Buy your Meat Supplies where the Union Market cordis displayed PATRONIZE NO OTHER By displaying the Union Market Card, meat markets or departments are indicating that all persons employed in the market or clepartrnent are members of the" AFL-CIO Amalgamated Meat Cutters' Union A LIST OF STORES DISPLAYING THE UNION MARKET CARD WILL BE PUBLISHED IN FUTURE EDITIONS OF THE LABOR STATESMAN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Ironworkers, Machinery Movers Derrickmen, Riggers and Welders LOCAL No. 97 British Columbia Office: 222 West Broadway Phone: DI. 8232 President, J. R. MacDonald Financial Secretary, Geo. Sinclair Vice-President, Don Drop* Business Agent, Norman Eddisoa The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America LOCAL No. 452 Sixty-seven Years Continuous Operation Members Employed at Union Rates by AO die Large Building and Construction Contractors in Greater Vancouver OFFICE: LABOR TEMPLE 307 WEST^ROADWAY—ROOM 100 Phones: DI. 2720 • EM. 1212 Business Agents: R. Buchanan, R. S. Beck, W. H. Parker, R. G. Dodson Financial Secretary and Office Manager: P. J. Deplissey Affiliated with Tha Vancouver District Lobour Council Vancouver Building Trades Council - Provincial Council of Carpenters District Council of Carpenters Buy Union Made Goods All The Year Round The Peg Wins Final Nod As '58 Convention Site The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 19 The Canadian Labour Congress will hold its 1968 convention in Winnipeg. This decision was confirmed at a three-day meeting of the CLC executive council in Ottawa earlier this month. The parley dealt with a variety of subjects ranging from jurisdictional agreements to international affairs Progress in jurisdictional matters was reported to tfie council by Joe MacKenzie, director of organization, who said that agreements on jurisdiction have been reached and signed by unions in two different fields— hospitals and the paper box industry. In both instances the field was defined and the unions concerned agreed upon jurisdictional boundary lines, he said. He added that conferences SPECIAL REPORT ON CLC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING are planned in a number of other industries in line with the CLC policy of attempting to reach understandings and obtain agreements before jurisdictional difficulties develop. International affairs received considerable attention and it BENNETT & WHITE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. CONTRACTORS Phone MArine 4457 660 Howe Street Vancouver, B.C. was decided to urge on the government adoption of International Labour Organization conventions. International Affairs director Kalmen Kaplansky said there has been a tendency on the part of the Canadian government to -support recommendations but to fail to take action on conventions. It was also decided to step up the CLC program on international affairs in an effort to obtain greater financial support for the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. In addition, a proposal will be made to the federal government that Canadian assistance to the Colombo Plan be sharply increased, particularly in the form of Canadian farm products. The Council named CLC executive vice - president Gordon Cushing as fraternal delegate to the. annual convention of British Trades Union Congress which will be held September 2 to 6. GREETINGS TO ORGANIZED LABOR ! Northern Construction Company AND J. W. Stewart Limited GENERAL CONTRACTORS 1304 Hornby St. MArine 4535 Vancouver, B.C. A TRADITION OF TEAMWORK JOHN LAING & SON (CANADA) LTD. CONTRACTORS ENGINEERS 640 W. Hastings TAtlow 2101 Vancouver, B.C. .^.^^^^^.■.y.v.a^yjMMQpapftftMay FRENCH dancing star Lili- ane Montevecchi is far from a sad sack, although she's billed in a current movie entitled "Sad Sack" with Jerry Lewis, Pick of the month for union label gal, she was chosen by Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union, s Union Wins B.C. Labor Relations Board has rejected an application by the Central Scientific Co. of Canada to decertifyV city union. The Board ruled that it was not satisfied the union—Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 535—had ceased to represent the employees of the Homer street firm. SMITH BROS. & WILSON LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS Omen: Voncouver - Regina, Sask. - Saskatoon, Sask. Phone TAtlow 1131 ,1267 Richards St., Vancouver C.J. OLIVER LIMITED GENERAL CONTRACTORS Phone TAtlow 4241 660 Howe Street Vancouver, B.C. Compliments of . . . . DAWSON & HALL LTD. ENGINEERS and CONTRACTORS ^n - Phone: HAstings 2800 775 CLARK DRIVE VANCOUVER, B. C. COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS WINNIPEG MU. 3-3361 VANCOUVER VICTORIA VANCOUVER PILE DRIVING 8C CONTRACTING CO. LTD. Phone YOrk 7195 Ft St. Andrews North Vancouver CANADIAN COMSTOCK COMPANY LTD. CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING 1072 Hornby Street Vancouver Be Wise :.. Patronize Only Union Services 20 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 Jim Bury Reports From South America 75c A Day , A drive to bring South American workers under the wing, of organized labor is being launched by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Through its sub-division, the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT), the ICFTU will concentrate primarily on organizational campaigns in four Latin-American countries —Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. Jim Bury, assistant general IlllllllIEllllilllllllllllillllim ORIT LAUNCHES ORGANIZING DRIVE-BUT YOUR HELP NEEDED secretary of ORIT, outlined the organizational campaign in a radio interview at Vancouver this month. Speaking on the International Woodworkers of America program, Green Gold, he said, "We feel that if we make a standing there, and establish a good union organization, it will be an incentive for others in the same area to do the same thing." I He added, "We will concentrate our, activities by putting in organizers, by putting out publications of material on trade union "matters, in Spanish and Portuguese, and by establishing regional centres from which we will operate. Bury said that in the Latin- American countries ORIT will establish a Latin American Trade Union Training Centre. He graphically illustrated the need for a strong labor movement in his talk. He pointed out that the average pay for a Mexican worker is around 75-cents a day, and he added, "Other Latin-American countries have even lower standards of pay." Bury said ORIT also plans a major organizational campaign in the Caribbean among bauxite workers and workers on banana and sugar plantations. He said the money for this work comes solely from union members. He explained that the ICFTU does not accept funds from any outside organizations. "There are three main contributors to the ORIT activity," he added, "the Canadian Labour Congress, the AFL-CIO, and the United Mineworkers of America, which between them give about 76 per cent of all funds alio- NEON PRODUCTS of Canada Limited VANCOUVER 4, B.C. ■*. 260 TERMINAL AVE. PAcific 6111 FOR NEON DISPLAY ADVERTISING NEOLITE LTD. 1807 Burrard BAyview 2147 W*",*^«',V,»**V.*»'*** SIGNKRAFT ADVERTISING LIMITED OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNS OF EVERY KIND HAstings 2888 1297 Hastings E. Vancouver, B.C. cated for organizational work in our area." But he* warned that more money is needed to carry out the job and he said that an in- ternaional solidarity fund has been established and that direct appeals for assistance will be made to some of the richer unions in North America. Bury praised the IWA's action in establishing a voluntary assessment on their membership for one cent a month, earmarked directly for organizational work in ICFTU. HAWKEN & CO. MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS - DIAMOND SETTERS AND ENGRAVERS PAcific 2714 Room 37-144 W. Hastings, Vancouver GAULT BROS. LTD. MANUFACTURERS CARIBOU BRAND Look for the UNION LABEL TAtlow 1381 SSI Water Stmt VANCOUVER, I.C FLAGG & COMPANY ENAMELLED MEMBERSHIP BUTTONS TRADE UNION BADGES - MEDALS <*C*><-><-><_»<_><-><2> 89 W. Pender PAcific 2459 T A. 1121 for FREE HOME DELIVERY "Also Brewers aid Bottlen ef Silver Spring Ye Olde Ale, Silver Spring Beer, Rainier Beer and Silver Spring Stout." 1-K li«b li advertisement It not published or dljplaytd by tha Liquor Control Board or by tha Government of Britich Columbia. Labor Day Closes The ... Pacific National Exhibition AUG 21 - SEPT 2 AUGUST 21 TO SEPTEMBER 2 See You There . . . ON LABOR DAY 11 — JHRILL PACKED DAYS - 11 $60,000 IN PRIZES . . BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. "A THOUSAND THINGS TO SEE rr A Union-Buying Family Is A Real Asset To Dad PRESIDENT JODOIN: Th© Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 21 New Organization By Claude Jodoin, CLC President R. FITZGERALD HEATING LTD. QONTBACmK _ i^v; , • 2613 PATTERSON AVE., BURNABY HEmlock 3-1617 It seems only a short time since we last celebrated Labor Day, yet, in the year since our first observance of this important holiday as a united movement, a great deal has happened. Many of the values of having a united movement have become increasingly apparent and great progress has been made in establishing the Canadian Labour Congress on a firm foundation. We have become more aware of new challenges which will be facing our movement in the months ahead. We have recognized in an increased degree the task we face in extending organization. This, then, is a day on which we may well celebrate not only our achievements of the past twelve months but the great progress that has been made by the labor movement over the years. It is a time for recognition of the great contribution organized labor has made toward the dignity of labor itself and to the individual men and women whose toil, with hands or minds, has built our country. It is a time, too, to recall the great strides that have been made in social legislation, an amazing part of it first sought by organized labor. These achievements have been the result of work and sacrifice by an untold number, just as the Canadian Labour Congress which we are now building is also the work of a great many. The cooperative efforts of such people have made possible the success of the first year of the Canadian Labour Congress. It will be recalled that when the CLC was founded in Toronto in April, 1956, a two-year period was allowed to enable the com pletion of merger among our Federations and Councils. In the vast majority of instances this has been accomplished with a speed and ease which was hardly anticipated. There now seems no doubt that this phase of our merger will be completed well before the two years is up at the time of our second convention next April. Organization naturally ranks high among our objectives. We are a large organization, now over 1,100,000 members; yet the majority of Canadian workers remain unorganized. We have a duty to extend to these people the benefits of union membership and collective bargaining. With their support we will be better equipped to help gain a better life for till Canadians. The fact that the social benefits and living standard which we now enjoy are greatly improved over those years past does not by any means mean that we have reached the ultimate. We are living at a time when great technical changes are opening new possibilities for the production of goods and services. In Canada we are seeing unprecedented expansion. This means new opportunities for all our people; but we know all too well from past experience that the benefits of these developments are not likely to be fairly shared unless pressures are applied in the interests of the people as a whole. CLAUDE JODOIN This, as it has been in the past and as it always will be in the future, is one of the primary and inescapable responsibilities of any true labor movement. We have seen, in recent times, too much of a trend toward the concentration of our natural resources in the hands of a few. We know that automation and other such developments may be used in the same way. We must use our collectve bargaining strength to protect the interests of the people. At the same time > we must continually remember\ that we, as Canadians, cannot be a people unto ourselves. We are citizens of a world community and our responsibilities are as broad as the world itself. It is encouraging that there is increasing interest on the part of Canadian union members in the welfare of people in other countries. While much has been accomplished, a great deal more remains to be done. As a united and growing organization we are prepared to meet this challenge. . With the continued support of our membership and with the help of those who we hope will become associated with the labor movement, we can accomplish our objectives, By so doing the Canadian Labour Congress will make a great contribution to the welfare of people in our own and other countries. Barber Hearing Board of Industrial Relations will hear representations on revision of the minimum wage in the barbering trade in the board room of the Department of Labor, 411 Dunsmuir, at 10 a.m. on Sept. 17. WORKING WITH ORGANIZED LABOR FOR 39 YEARS HUME & RUMBLE LTD. HFC. RfCJU CONTRACTORS I VANCOUVER, B.C. 15 E. 2nd Avenuo Express 1551 Time for High Life... Welcome as spring: a cool refreshing bottle of Princeton High Life ... the light and zestful pilsen beer that makes a good day bo much better! The water, the brewing, and more of the best ingredients make the difference in this beer. High Life benefits from the sparkling mountain water of the Tulameen >..and it's brewed by the best of brewmasters. Take home a case tomorrow, and discover for yourself Canada's finest pilsen beer-Princeton High Life! You'll also enjoy Princeton's Royal Export (full malt beer) and Old Dublin Ale. nsm This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Teach The Kids To Value The Union Label nt-oMM 22 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 FRATERNAL GREETINGS m INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 292 AFFILIATED WITH American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations Canadian Labor Congress • Vancouver Lower Mainland Trades and Labor Council President, AGNES THOMSON Business Agent & Secretory-Treasurer, J. H. IRVING Assistant Business Agent, NORMAN GILLAN Sergeant at Arms, Margaret Browne Executive—Eileen Elliott, Nancy Hutton, Catherine Browne..... Trustees—Maude Wright, Bernard Vickers, Phyllis Alder Union Label Council—Mary-Ann Pearce, Catherine.Browne Labour Council—J. H. Irving, N. Gillan, Margaret Browne, Eileen Elliott, Catherine Browne, Maude Wright Publicity Committee—Catherine Browne, J. H. Irving 490 Eost Broadway Phone EMerald 4543 UNION LAUNDRIES and DRY CLEANERS Canadian Linen Co., 1300 Blchard- Craft Cleaners Ltd., 612 Kingsway Fairview Cleaners, 706 Want Broadway Paerlesa Laundry ft Dry Cleaners, 1698 Went 3rd Avenue Sanitary Cleaners (and Branches) 401 East lath Ave. ■was Bros. litd. (and Branches), 401 But Uth Avenne Bhang-messy Heights French Cleaners, 3938 Granville Street Bterllntf Laundry ft Bit Cleaners, 1460 West 7th Avenue Empire Cleaners Ltd., 5 West 4th Avenue B.0: Towel ft Linen Supply Ltd., 6 West 4th Avenue Uneeda Towel ft Linen Supply Ltd., 1919 Fine Street Industrial Wiping- Vowel Supply Ltd., 340 Bast 10th Avenue Boyal City Laundry ft Bry Cleaners Ltd., 814 Boyal Avenue, Bew Westminster, B.C. Acme Towel ft Linen Snpply, 883 Bowe Street Pioneer Laundry, 6 Went 4th Ave. Inter-City Towel ft Linen Supply, 4485 Kingsway Monastery Laundry, 663 West 14th Ave. Belson Laundries Ltd,, 3300 Cambie Valley Laundry Ltd., 9 Mary St., Chilliwack Exclusive Cleaners, 3865 Weat 4th if MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE UNION LOCAL No. 145 Suite 3I5-—K)2 W. Pender St., Vancouver 3 ORGANIZED 1901 Hon. President, Wm. Pilling - President, Claude Hill Vice-President, R. A. Douglas General Secretary & Business Manager, Ray Tyldesley Executive Board, Watty Knighton, G. W. McGurk, Sam Peebles, Dal Richards Telephone TAtlow 1554 LABOR DAY GREETINGS Vancouver Converters Local 433 CHARTERED BY International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, CLC Suite No. 1 - 525 West Pender St., Vancouver 2, B.C. MU. 3-8284 COMPANIES UNDER UNION AGREEMENT: BARBER-ELLIS OF VANCOUVER LTD. BARRETT COMPANY LTD- THE BARTRAM INDUSTRIES LTD. BARTRAM PAPER PRODUCTS LTD. BONAR * BEMIS LTD. CROWN ZELLERBACH CANADA LTD. EXCELSIOR PAPER STOCK CO. LTD. INTERNATIONAL PUPLWOOD SUPPLY CO. LTD. MARTIN PAPER PRODUCTS LTD. PIONEER ENVELOPES LTD. SMITH, DAVIDSON * LECKY LTD. ST. REGIS PAPER COMPANY (CANADA) LTD. B.C. PAPER CONVERTERS LTD. R. D. CATTERMOLE LTD. COLUMBIA PAPER COMPANY LTD. MecMILLAN BLOEDEL LTD. (Paper Converting Division) "We make everything in paper" THE LARGEST.LOCAL UNION OF PAPER CONVERTERS IN CANADA ?' k..^..^..-lL.'>..'X..-X.a-X.«-V.a"X.a-V.a'^a-N.a-X.a-N.a' ••VW\|| I INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS'UNION Locals 276 and 287 1937-1957 Finns operating under Union agreement Western Cop Co. Fitwell Garments National Dress Co. Bernard Casuals Queen Bess Dress Co. Matthews Mfg. Ltd. Original Blouse Co. Townline Sportswear Suzanne Sportwear Aljean Sportswear Jantzen of Canada Surrey Classics Mfg. 100% UNION ■WV -«-*W%WW<WXiVWV i < \ t { Retail Food & Drugs Clerks Union Local 1518 RETAIL CLERKS INTERNATIONAL ASSOC., A.F.L, C.I.O. "Serving the Food Clerks of British Columbia" We urge you to patronize Retail Employees wearing the Union Button and to look for this Store Card DAVID A WADE Business Manager Secretary- Treasurer al Mcdonald President FRED PFLUEGER BILL WELLS DOUG GIBSON Business Agents Your Co-operation can result in the complete organization of the Retail Industry. Buy Union Made Products—Patronize Union Services! United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America \ Local Shipwrights, Joiners, Boatbuilders & Caulkers ROOM 3 - 505 HAMILTON ST. President: J. BAYER Treasurer: LCAMPSALL Vice-Preiident 0. SORENSEN Financial Secretary and Business Agent: J. T. BEST MEETS THIRD MONDAY IN EACH MONTH —_ INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY WORKERS UNION LOCAL 42 .... with offices ot 339 West Pender, has tha jurisdiction over the Jewelry, Engraving and Allied Trades in Vancouver, Victoria and the Lower Mainland. .... President G. H. Brown, 339 W. Pender St, TA. 1613, and Secretary R. MocLean, 2458 Yale Si., HA. 4064M, can answer any enquiries regarding union-made jewelry. LYLE WICKS -., B.C. Labor Minuter Once again Labor Day is with us and as we recount all the marvellous accomplishments workmen have achieved over the years, it is well to consider the problems of the future. While "automation" as a word is comparatively new, automation itself is actually the second phase of the Industrial Revolution. The first phase, while causing dislocation of employment in its initial phases, has brought us the abundance of goods and services which' We have now come to take for granted. Our standard of living is the highest it has ever been'and now, with the advent of automation, we can look forward with keen anticipation to an even higher standard of living. Examples of the huge quantities ot goods and services which can be produced with a small amount of manpower are everywhere. For instance, it is reported that 90 per cent of all the electric light bulbs- radio tubes, and television tubes manufactured in the U.S. are made by 14 men and in their spare time these men manufacture Christmas tree ornaments. As we meet the challenge of automation—this opportunity for a higher standard of living—we must recognize that we are now in a position to abolish man's oldest and crudest enemies, hunger and poverty, from the face of the earth. Our problem today is not production but distribution. If we can devote the same vigor and attention to improving distribution system as we have devoted to improving our productive system in the last 150 years and thereby can arrange bur system of distribution to. provide all men and women with the goods and services which we are now capable of producing, we will have met the challenge of automation and the challenge of our times to the benefit of all mankind. Let us set our goal high— our horizon is unlimited—our opportunities without restriction. MICHAEL STARR Federal Labor Minister I welcome my first opportunity since becoming the Minister of Labor to extend greetings to Canadian organized labour on Labor Day. Very likely you have been wondering about the plans of the new administration and how they will affect the working people of Canada. I want to assure you that aa the member of the cabinet responsible for matters affecting labor, I intend to always keep before me the interests of the working people of this country in1 all gues- tions of importance, and your government intends to see (Cont'd next page) Union Workmen Produce Quality Goods that organized labor Is adequately represented on government boards dealing with matters of direct interest to labor. Organized labor has reached a degree of maturity and strength which entitles it to consideration in all matters '•f-fS-tiflg^ th*6_ff***iBr*wh7S_aii« speaks. With regard to the specific legislation and the program for which the Dominion Department of Labor is responsible, you can be certain that nothing which has proven of benefit to Canada will be disturbed. Some programs may be intensified and new programs will undoubtedly be introduced. However, the legislation and the programs of the department are being reviewed in consultation, where necessary, with labor and management so that we will have the benefit of the views and experience of those most affected. Such problems as the difficulty of people past 40 getting employment, rehabilitation and employment of the disabled, discrimination in employment because of race, color or creed, and unemployment resulting from cold weather in the winter have concerned me, as they have concerned all thinking Canadians, for some years now. Now, as minister of labor I am taking particular interest in reviewing programs of my department connected with these problems to see where they might be improved and intesified, or what new steps might be initiated. I know that organized labor has assisted in attempts to alleviate these problems and that I can count upon them to help us in any practical steps which, in cooperation with provincial authorities, are undertaken in the future. ■ When we look at the broad economic picture, Canada is not without problems, but I can tell you that this administration will not refuse to face up to them, and with courage and determination do everything possible to the end that our natural prosperity is translated, into prosperity for the individual. The Labor Statesman August 31. 1957 & FRATERNAL GREETINGS Wharf & Dock Builders & Divers LOCAL UNION 2404 — Vancouver and Vicinity Chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Phone PAcific 4046 111 Dunsmuir St. Pres., E. Peladeau - Vice-Pres., E. A Hallock - Rec. Secy., W. McLellan Fin. Secy, and Bus. Agent, S. C Allan Members Employed by: Northern Construction Co. J. H. Todd Construction Co. Fraser River Pile Driving Co. Horie Latimer Construction Co. Commonwealth Construction Co. Vancouver Pile Driving Co. R. Bumstead . North Western Dredging Co. Wm. Greenlees Construction Co. T.H.Bell Construction Co. Findley White Contracting Co. Victoria Pile Driving Co. B. C. Bridge & Dredging Co. Pacific Pile Driving Co., Victoria Dobbson Bros., Vancouver Harbor Construction, Nanaimo Raymond Concrete Pile Co. M-Caffery Construction Co. McDonald's Construction Co., Victoria, B,G Cameron Construction Co. Poole-Roymond Co. Emil Anderson Co. Franki Pile Co. Mannix State Co. Baynes Manning Co. C. J. Oliver T7- B. C. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION 902 Helmcken Street, Vancouver 1, B. C. Phone TAtlow 8441 Affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress, the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council Representing Employees of the B.C. Provincial Government THE B. C. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Extends Labor Day Greetings to its Affiliates in the Labor Movement Compliments of Pioneer Division No. 101 Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees OF AMERICA President—J. L HAYWARD Vice-President-C MURDOCH Financial Secretary ond Treasurer—J. HARKNESS Business Agent and Recording Secretary—C STEWART BUSINESS AGENTS OFFICE STREET RAILWAYMEN'S BUILDING, 125 EAST EIGHTH JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' UNION LOCAL 120 Union Barber Shops can be found in every part of Greater Vancouvert New Westminster and District President, A Johnson Vice-President, A.Coleman Recorder, J. L Condy Guide, A A. Beddard Secretary-Treasurer, C, £ Herrett Office: Labor Temple LOOK FOR OUR UNION CARD VANCOUVER ENAMEL WORKERS FEDERAL UNION 291 Chartered by the Canadian Labour Congress since 1947 MEMBERS EMPLOYED BY ALLIANCE WARE LIMITED V President-J. ZALESKt Vice-President—A. R. Johnson Recording Secretary—J. MAXYMOW Secretary-Treasurer—W. GIESBRECHT, 2390A W. Broadwoy BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL No. 244 Office ond Hall: BUILDING SERVICE CENTRE, 603 W. Hastings, Vancouver Telephone: MArine 9452 - *> Affiliated with VANCOUVER & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL VANCOUVER BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL B.C. TRADE UNION CONGRESS CANADIAN LABOR CONGRESS ' AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS WESTERN CONFERENCE BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES President, Ed DeTina - Secretory-Business Manager, Ben Morley Assistant Business Manager, Tom Hyde Assistant Business Manager, Tom Hyde - Organizer, Vic Galbraith Brewery and Soft Drink Workers LOCAL UNION 300 n # tP <*- IIEWEn.FUaCEHIl.SIFr I.MKMMSTI-inWIII-H %. $ President . ...R. CALDER Vice-President. ..W. BENNETT Cor. Secretary. Financial Secretary....—A. RUDDOCK Treasurer ...... F. ADAMS J. HUMPHREYS Stop! Look! Does It Have A Union Label? « < 24 The Labor Statesman August 31, 1957 BROADWAY CREDIT CLOTHIERS Shop today till 6 - Shop Friday till 9 - Saturday till 6 WITH THESE 2 GREAT CLOTHING OFFERS! AV_...__.Ui._._-i-_/. ZF& DEXTERMASON SLACKS dN-i HASE OF ANY SPORT JACKE1 SPORT JACKETS 4 OTHERS 34.50 _nd 39.5C ^ryrrfT^ Men! Here's BROADWAY'S tremendous bonus value. 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Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
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