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3 Tfhe laborstatesman OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, .NEW "WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL NUMBER 660 VANCOUVER, CANADA, DECEMBER 19, 1953 Established 1924 Discuss New Pay Offer General meeting of International Union of Operating Engineers Locals 115 and 115A met tonight to discuss wage proposals for a new contract with the Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association. The proposal has been submitted to members employed by firms under the RB and HCA and the meeting tonight will deal with the offer. The wage offer includes these increases : Aerial cableway operators 15 cents an hour; shovel, crane, derrick, and hoist operators, 5 cents; dozer and grader operators, 3 cents; heavy duty mechanics and welders, 2 cents; paving section categories, 10 cents; asphalt plant foreman and mechanic, increase to $2.30 an hour. Inclusion of category of asphalt plaint oiler at $1.66; classification of concrete batch and mixer plant operator, and screen and washing plant at $2.30 an hour were included. Balance of the wage schedule to remain the same with no increase. Only wages were open for negotiation this year, the balance of the agreement is in effect for one more year. New Action On Vacation Pay Stamp Books Building Trades Council's drive to implement the stamp book method of recording holiday pay in> the construction industry is bearing fruit ■ The issue has been discussed thoroughly by the new labor-management committee "and this week in a conference with Labor Minister Lyle Wicks, the BTC was asked to submit a brief to the government. The General Contractors Association also has been asked to/ submit a brief. BTC secretary Ed Kennedy reports that the labor-management parleys have reached agreement in principle but the mechanics of operation of the system will have to be worked out. Indication from the talks with Wicks now point to review by the government and recommendations on how it will be put into effect. Further conferences probably will be held with both BTC and the employers. The stamp book system would operate in a somewhat similar fashion to that used in unemployment insurance. Each member would be issued a book and stamps would be pasted in by his employer periodically to cover holiday pay. At a set holiday period, the book is turned in for cash. TLC Presents Brief To Cabinet; St. Laurent Support 'Limited* Better Deal For TIC Unionists Outlined The Best Things By Full Executive During Ottawa Meeting T 1 f WFRF Free - Almost Paint Makers Settle For 3V_ Percent Boost A 3 -s -percent wage boost has been won by Paint and Varnish Workers Local 1560 in new contract with three paint firms. Affected are employees of Bran- dram-Henderson of B.C., ' Martin- Senour, and General Paint The settlement will set the pattern for negotiations with International Paint and Pittsburgh Paint. Painters Xmas Party Painters Local 138 will hold their annual children's Christmas tree in the Labor Temple Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 26 from 1 to 6 p.m. Eeach child will receive a present from Santa, free pop, ice cream and novelties. There'll be entertainment, too. The union points out that presents will be given only to children registered for the party. POPULAR'MAN—at least when Photographer Hux Lovely found him -- was Jimmy Walker, business'agent for Sheet Metal Workers 280, at the big annual banquet of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. More than 500 turned out to join in the fun which celebrated the 80th anniversary of the TLC. Coined Secretary Gervin (left), President Tom Alsbury (right), Dorothy Gantzer, Sadie Thompson and Fae Lord all joined this particular table of celebration. Trades and Labor Congress of Canada appealed to the federal cabinet for a better legislative deal for all Canadians this month, but the TLC proposals on a wide-range of important questions received] J only limited or cautious support from Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. Over 100 top officers of the Congress were present when the annual "Memorandum to the Government of Canada" was presented covering proposals for 1954. Among them, was Trades and Labor Council secretary R. K. Gervin, who travelled east in his capacity as vice-president of the TLC for B.C. region. Proposals, for health insurance. There's just no relief from this inflation. Annual Trades Council banquet has become a fine institution—at $3 per plate. But this month secretary Gervin gave a hint of dark days..to come. Like everything else, cost of .the .banquet will go up next year. broadening of old age pensions, establishment of a national labor code and a Bill of Rights for Canadians were among those items which the Prime Minister expressed disapproval or indicated that the government would turn down. Mr. St Laurent expressed cautious interest in a proposal to widen unemployment insurance to those workers who become sick on the job, and in effect indicated that desired changes would be made in the Election Act i. He said that points raised by the congress regarding housing had already been given close study, and said this would become clear when new housing legislation reaches parliament s> Here is a summary of the 36-page memorandum, with notes provided by Mr. Gervin on the attitude of the Prime Minister on certain specific points: .»'-."'»' "Wider and more comprehensive measures of social security are the moat immediate and continuing need of Canadians today," tile brief stated in its opening paragraphs. "Representing as we do nearly 600,000 wage and salary earners in every part of Canada, we cannot urge upon yon too strongly the importance and necessity of action by onr government in this field." Strongest presentation was made for "earliest possible inauguration at a government subsidized, contributory national health insurance scheme covering every citizen of Canada." • « The memorandum said Canadians generally want this service now, and (Continued on page 5) Office Workers Begin 'White Collar' Drive A concerted drive to organize employees in the "white collar" field will be made by the Office Employees International Union, Local 15. Capping long preparations for a new drive to aid workers in the large field of unorganized offices, Local 15 Wednesday named its first full-time organizer. He ia John Gallant, 34, formerly organiser with the auto salesmen aection of Teamsters' Union. The new organizer went into action immediately and sped off to the northern Alcan site where a contract dispute exists between Local 15 and Morrison-Knudsen and Kitimat Constructors. Concentration of the new drive on unorganized office workers first will be in the Vancouver area, and probably the initial emphasis will be on firms, which already hold union contracts in divisions other than office staff. SUPPORT DRIVE. Appointment of a full-time organizer has won the full support of the union's international office. In the office employees Alcan dispute, a conciliation board rejected in a majority report requests for wage increases and other concessions, but approved a maintenance of membership union security clause. Trades Council President Tom Alsbury backed the organization drive in a council radio broadcast, urging city office workers to abandon "shab- On LRB Reform Top City Leaders Confer With Wicks; Demand Full-time Board, Sweeping Changes Demand for revamping of the provincial government labor conciliation and mediation service was made by AFL-TLC officials this week. , In a meeting with Labor Minister Wicks a delegation from the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council and the Vancouver Building Trades Council declared the government should re-established the Labor Relations Board on a full-time basis and urged action to speed up conciliation service. Although Wicks gave the impres- by gentility" and join the labor movement. "You can obtain better wages and other benefits if you will organize and use the collective strength of the labor movement," he declared. STUMBLING BLOCK Long the stumbling block in organizing office workers has been the false pride that "fools the white collar worker into thinking he or she is above union membership," the president declared. Local 15 has a membership of about 400, including the Vancouver area and employees at Kemano and Kitimat "Grand Old Man of Labor" Feted at Toronto Five hundred staunch admirers, all of them leaders in labor, management or government, turned out in Toronto's King Edward Hotel last month to honor the grand old man of Canadian labor —78-year-old John W. Bruce, general organizer for Canada of the Plumbers' Union. '. I Mr. Bruce is well known for his frequent visits to the west coast, and for his leadership in steel shipyard • negotiations here: He isn't going to retire or anything like that, despite 68 years of uninterrupted service to the labor movement ' ,;- The Toronto event was organ ized simply, to do honor to one of the great men of labor. And ns a tangible momento of the occasion, his admirers presented him with a life size portrait of himself by the Canadian artist Archibald Barnes. .Almost everyone was there—including Premier Leslie Frost of Ontario, TLC president Percy Bengough, and half a dozen international presidents and vice-presidents. Australian-born John W. Bruce began his labor career as an apprentice member of the plumbers' union and rapidly rose to high union pffice. Before settling in Toronto he worked in Africa and England, fought his way through a dozen major labor campaigns, and was once wrongfully accused of murder as part of an employers'' attempt to break a strike. More recently, he has attended more major labor conventions than any person in North America. Last month, the premier of Ontario drew the biggest applause of many speakers. * "John Bruce," he-said, "is a, labor statesman who has contributed much for the betterment of mankind in every direction." NEW business agent for City Hall Employees Association is Max Pierptti„'29-year-old farmer organizer for Seafarers International Union. The Association has- opened new offices at 445 West. Broadway. sion he wasn't paying much attention to the proposal for a return to the full-time board, the delegation rammed home logical arguments for such action. •-. The five-man board was put on a part-time basis last January by the Social Credit minister and the TLC has urged maav times a return to its full-time function. The delegation included Trades Council secretary R. K- Gervin; George Johnston, Meat Cutters; Ed Kennedy and Herb Flesher, Building Trades Council; Gordon Webb, Auto Workers; Ben Morley, Building Service Employees, and George Gee, Electrical Workers. Gervin declared: "It has become obvious in the past year that the Labor Department and a part-time board can't handle the job of administering the ICA Act the way it should be handled. ONCE HAD POWER He said that under the full-time setup the board had power and pras- tige to go to the parties in a dispute with some authority. ~ — Today, with the job being handled by the conciliation service, the part-time board ia atripped of tbaa outborivjr. ... -_..,..-. . . Besides the part-time board has little time t<f deal with the many industrial problems. ■ Gervin said that the civil servant conciliators "just can't talk in the same manner to the. people in a dispute as strongly as a board can." STAFF SHORTAGE The delegation also protested ,the delay in appointment of conciliation officers and urged something be done on (he shortage of staff. They also complained that many of the conciliators today are inexperienced and of little value in the job they are required to do. ■ Pointed out where the long delays in the process of union application for certification and the TLC officials said something should be done to speed up the machinery. "The whole system is wrong," Gervin declared. "Something has to be done if we are going to have any semblance of industrial peace in B.C. "Minor labor disputes are becoming major due to the inadequate service of the part-time board." f Wicks said he would give some attention to the complaint on the appointment of conciliation officers and boards. Office Employees Gain $15-$20 Increases Office Employees Local 16 have signed a new agreement covering about 20 employees of the H. J. Heinz Co. plant on Grandview Highway bringing monthly raises ranging from $15 to $20. Building Service Employees Win On Birks Job Building Service Employees 244 have won their fight for certification as bargaining agent for service employees of Birks Building at Georgia and Granville, winning out in a supervised vote over a so-called "employees' association." Service employees voted 20 to 18 to have local 244 bargain for them, it was reported at the last Trades Council meeting. Business agent Ben Morley reported to Council that during the vote "the employers' representatives sat in the room where ballotting took place and "I even had to ask him to move away from the ballot box." Morley said that prior to the vote the situation shaped up this way: "The association is run for the benefit of a few tradesmen and the janitors, janitresses and elevator operators get nothing. In fact the majority of them took ■. out in aages when the last agreement was signed while the tradesmen received an increase. "When the association was notified by the LRB that local 244, had applied for certification attempts were made to intimidate members of local 244 because they saw fit to cast aside the association. BCE Gas Workers Threaten Strike Possibility of strike action by 250 B.C. Electric Gas Workers was forecast shortly before press time by George Gee of Electric Workers. Gee charged that company officials have refused to bargain with Electrical Workers because of certification trouble. Meanwhile, he said, the gas workers are deprived of their rights as union members and "a policy of no contract-^no work is justified." Milk Salesmen Take Wage Dispute To Conciliation Board, A conciliation board will be set up to deal with the contract dispute of Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees Union 464 and 10 dairies. The union asked for a board following a deadlock in negotiations as Local 464 drives this year for a standard contract in the industry to wipe out wage differentials between the various companies. - These TAXICABS DO NOT DISPLAY the Teamsters' Shop Card Balmoral Taxi 3 Cars Devonshire Cabs — '-2 Gars Georgia Cabs 2 Cars Grandview Taxi 4 Cars Fouum Cabs „_^ C. Sfars Hollyvtopd Taxi 2 Cars ,, Rainier Taxi 2 Cars BE UNION Ride in a TAXICAB displaying this aaaa-aama ■w^T Page Two THE LABOR STATESMAN 1 *W^- 1 1 : December 19, ,1953 THE LABOR STATESMAN - Published last week of each month at Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway, Vancouver 10, B. C. Authorised aa second class nail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.. Tha Labor Statesman is owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster snd District Trades snd Labor Council, and supported by 114 local unions. "To each union member the politics! party of his choice" "Build Strong Unions for Social Seen, itv" R. K. GERVIN, Secretary". MELVIN KEMMIS, Chairman Press Committee. Subscription Rates: $1.00 per year; to Unions, 4c per copy Phone: FAirmont 4343. Vancouver, Canada. December 19, 1953 &tw A HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM YOUR EXECUTIVE I "The Officers of the Trades and Labor Council would like i ) to take this opportunity to extend the Greetings of the Season ' ) to all Unionists and especially to those who are affiliated to - ) our Council. , f f "It is customary as the year'draws to its close to look / 5 back and to try and evaluate the progress made during this / ^-yearof-1953. We believe that it has been a year of steady if not / i spectacular progress. The growth in anion membership con- ? t tinues and we have no reason to believe that it will halt in the / '. future. { is • "Wage increases have been wbn against steadily mounting ^ opposition on the part of the employers. } ( ' "But all is not well. Of increasing concern to unionists is / \ the legal framework within which we, as law-abiding citizens, t J are obliged to work. The I.GA. Act is still unaltered on the / j Statute Book in spite of constant representations by organized / ( labor. The interpretations placed upon this act continue to / ( dismay unionists and the latest by the Honorable Mr. Justice ( \ Davey constitutes a real threat to organized labor. . . "Nor is all well with the Labor Relations Board. We have ) .'no quarrel with its constituent members but rather with the / '( Government who through false economy have decided that it / r shall be a part-time agency. Speedy service is essential for ) (industrial peace but we are not getting it and the result is / ( plain to see. / i "For the future we believe consolidation still holds pride '. i of place. We are often urged to be more 'responsible* but let '• / those who tender this advice remember that responsibility • j grows with strength and security and we do not doubt that it ■ i applies to our movement. - f "A Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to / \ you all." ', HOUSING BRIEF Blueprint For Progress II 'Kind'a late, ain't it? ... you on overtime? FROM THIS ANGLE Strike In New York THIS NEEDS CORRECTING The provincial labor department should realize it has made a ~taig .uista-.e iU swltclllug 1-a-Or Relations Board from* full-time' to part-time duty. The Vancouver District Trades and Labor Council in strong terms pointed this out to.Labor Minister Wicks last year. They've repeated it many times since, and they're going to keep right on —in the interests of industrial peace—to pound away until something is done to remedy the present mess. When the five-man board was put on piece work pa)' as a part-time job last January, the Labor Minister proudly announced he was going to save the government and the taxpayers a lot of money. He said he was making a salary saving of $10,000. a figure that- he repeated this week when interviewed by a delegation from the Trades Council and Building Trades Council. We would like to repeat something too: This is plainly "economy in reverse." For the sake of a few dollars in salaries, Mr. Wicks and his government seem to be willing to sacrifice the important dispute- settling duty which the old, full-time board performed. The government seems to forget the tremendous saving made by the full- time board through settlement of disputes, savings which would pay the annual salaries of the board for many, many years. Today, with a part-time board, there is no quick mediation service which can be called into a dispute at the exact moment that service is needed.';,~ : c'~ " "" . » Mr. Wicks claims that the service is performed by the concilia tion branch of his department. We would like to point out that civil servants cannot do the same job that a board with nominees from labor and management can do. There isn't the same compulsion to drive for a solution and they don't have the same authority. On top of that, the conciliation service is so over-burdened at present it can't begin to handle - its important job. And the watered-down, part-time board has been stripped of its authority. A recent dispute at the Shell Oil refinery idled 450 AFL building tradesmen for ten days. The loss of wages and purchasing power of this group alone amounted to more than $65,000. to say nothing of the economic impact to the contractors and others more directly involved in the dispute. , In this dispute the lack of a fall-time board which should have been ready to swing into action and work to settle the differences of the striking oil workers and the company was sorely missed. Sooner or later the Labor Department will realize that industrially B.C. is now a big boy. It has grown out of the short pants stage. The Labor Relations Board should immediately be put back on a full-time schedule. TIME KNOW Prime Minister St. Laurent says he does not think the provinces of Canada are ready as yet to embark on a scheme of all-inclusive health insurance. This was one of several lame excuses given the TLC executive when it pressed for immediate action on the health plan at Ottawa. We suggest that what the Prime Minister means, is that the federal government is not yet ready to disappoint powerful organizations who are fighting national health insurance for'selfish motives. The time, Mr. Prime Minister, is now. We know it can't be done overnight, and there, will be complications with the provinces. Bat the people of Canada, through central labor organizations and other groups, have demanded this reform. Even the medical profession concedes that something should be done. The federal government should adopt the TLC suggestion that a committee be set up immediately to study national health insurance and hear every opinion. Let's start the ball rolling. There is no time for excuses. The biggest newspaper strike ever held in the biggest cityin the U.S. is now over, and New York's commuting millions can resume normal business and get along with Christmas as usual. Six out of seven daily newspapers in the big city were closed up tight when the 400-member Photo-Engraver local went out to back up demands for $15 a week, later cut to $7.50. All the other printing trades respected then- picket lines, plus the CIO Newspaper Guild—and the eventual decision for the Photo Kngraceis will probably be reflected in their contracts later on. The strike ended when the union agreed to go back to wori on the understanding that increase! beyond the pro-erred $3.75 weekly package deal will be referred to t fact-finding body, on which labor's representative will be none other than AFL president George Meany. Meany also showed up in newt south of the border when he resigned from the Public Advisory' Board of the Foreign Operations Administration — the American mutual defence set-up. Apparently the move is part and parcel of the widening rift between AFL labor and the Eisenhower administration. At any rare Meany charged in his letter of resignation that he could not serve "so long as the vital role of labor is the defence of the free world is being ignored." EXPENSIVE LUXURY Elsewhere in this edition there is a summary of Vancouver Housing Association's plans for improved housing in this area, part of which calls for government action on slam removal In case anyone doubt that this would be good business for the ci|y and .the nation, here are some cold facts gathered by U.S. Muni- cipal News and passed along by the AFL News Reporter: In the States, slums constitute about 20 percent of residential areas, but they account for 33 percent of the population, 45 percent of major crimes, 55 percent of juvenile delinquency, 50 percent of all' arrests. 60 percent of tuberculosis victims, 35 percent of fires, 45 percent of city service costs and only six percent of assessment taxation revenues. Current edition of Labor Gazette present a summary of office employees' working conditions. The white collar boys are sharing in the trend towards shorter working hours, longer paid vacations4 and the like, but it's a slow process. "Changes in conditions of office workers, however, have been less pronounced than have those of plant workers," the Gazette states. We hope that white collar workers who come within the scope of the organizing drive building up here will have it forcibly brought to their attention that most of these benefits they're reaping, slowly, are due to the improved conditions fought for by their unionized fellow workers in the plant. The Gazette doesn't say anything about wages in comparison to those enjoyed by the plant workers. TOWARDS UNITY Joint sessions of the AFL and CIO "Peace Committees" resume their joint sessions just as we go to press. These will be the first meetings since agreement was reached on a "No Raiding" pact last June. Since then executive council's of both groups have ratified the pact which goes into operation first of the year. No announcement has been made as to the subject of the new meetings, but George Meany told his press conference some time ago that the next step was the negotia-. ting of actual organic unity. Although you would never think it when listening to some of the employer organizations talk, there are numerous examples of co-operation between employees and the boss, these days which are paying off for both sides. In Drummondville, Quebec, employees of a -pencil factory wanted a garage to protect their cars from from the rather rough winters in those parts. Management was sympathetic, but there just wasn't anything in -the budget to meet that expense. The local LMPC discussed the problem, and it was found that" management had some building material if the employees had time to put it to use. So the boys threw in some of their spare hours; and now they have a fine 13-car garage. Council secretary Gervin put his finger on a little-known aspect of the work done in Ottawa by officers of Trades and Labor Congress. He pointed out, concessions which benefit members are gained all year round through continual pressing of ministers and officials. —t . What about the future of home building in B.C.? It's a fair enough statement that many hundreds of homes are being built these days, but the catch comes with the price tag. They cost too much. , Houses are being built, but-not, for the people who need them most. .;.. \ . .' "Union members have a double interest -in_this problem: 1. They know, despite the highly colored arguments of real estate interests, that there are thousands of working men, even iri these days of so-called prosperity, who can't afford a decent standard of housing. 2. Well being of a large section of the labor movement—-the building trades^—depends to no little extent on income derived from home building. It would be idle to deny that many persons — government officials, aldermen, city planners, and trade union leaders—have put a great deal of sincere thought on this particular problem. USE CREDIT UNIONS But despite soriie rather?*minor changes apparently shaping"up at the moment through amendments to the National Housing Act, little has actually been done. People are still without homes. One group that is really trying to get something done is the Vancouver Housing Association, of which our own Building Trades Council recently became a" member. Here is a condensed summary of the brief that organization presented this fall to Prime Minister St. Laurent: Private Building — The man of limited means, for whom the NHA was primarily designed, who wishes to build a low-cost home on inexpensive land, has great difficulty securing financing. The Housing Associations suggests this could be accomplished by temporary participation by the government in joint loans under NHA beyond the present limit of 25 percent. Moderate Rental Housing—"The big gap in our housing program today lies in the field of moderate rental family housing." — There are a good many people who lack the capital or security to build homes for . themselves, but who could, nevertheless, afford to pay the economic rent for a new house providing the financing costs are 'kept sufficiently low. ' "Jf this field could be tapped," state's the housing association, "a very large demand for housing would be opened up." "The association argues that municipal «governments are -Hot likely to begin projects of this sort, , . because of complaints from private builders,. ...: ' " i»r" ' '■"■■ But it suggest that a conference ,. be-arranged between representa^^- tives of the federal government, and leaders of the Chambers of 7 i Commerce throughout the country .'.'in-6rdcE-to- eneojjrage- such.bodies;;>_; to sponsor the* formation of Limited Dividend Housing Corporations—that is corporations with profits fixed at, say, six -percent. Co-Operative Housing — In this field the association recommends establishment Of a scheme"v*-ich has been remarkably successful in providing housing for moderate in- ejlnc groups in Europe. LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED It suggests utilization of the present Credit Union organization, perhaps- in conjunction with the trade unions, as housing corporations, which might apply for 90 percent loans through NHA and provide the remaining 10 per cent or "down payment" through their usual lending procedures. This scheme might lead to complications through inexperienced direction, but it has the great merit of getting around the present high down payment stipulations which bar many people from owning homes.. Housing for Old People—There is existing legislation, being made use of to some extent, to provide family housing units for old people. But the housing association points up the surprising fact that nearly two-thirds of all women over the age of 65 in B.C. are single, widowed, divorced or separ- , ated. Self-contained housing is therefore unnecessary, in many cases and sometimes impractical. The association suggests amendment of NHA regulations to permit construction of non-self-contained housing for old people when necessary. Slum 'Clearance—The association states that some progress has been made in clearing the way for slum clearance. But one serious obstacle remains: Most slum areas are in the heart 81 cities, often surrounded by industries and quite unsuitable for development as housing projects. But government financial help is only available - when -luma are cleared for the purpose of housing. The association recommends that in such cases federal assistance be extended for slum clearance for industrial or commercial purposes — providing, of course,. that provision is made elsewhere for the old-time residents. RACIAL REPORT Labor's Joint Committee Here are excerpts from a report submitted by chairman Gordon Purvis, chairman of Joint Labor Committee to Combat Racial Discrimination: .< Officers elected for the coming year were: Gordon Purvis, chairman; Em- mett Holmes, vice-chairman; Anne Marshall, treasurer; Dorothy Greer, secretary.-- — -r~——— "It is worthy of note at this time that while the nature of the work undertaken by your committee is such that it is difficult to summarize and point to any measure of progress at a given time, however, it is indeed encouraging to be. able to report an ever increasing number of active participants in the various projects we undertake in co-operation with other civic and ethnic groups. "Preparations are already underway for our fourth annual institute on Race Relations scheduled for the spring. We hope it will be the the biggest and the best yet. "I think we are all aware that any committee can only be successful to the extent that it is supported by the organizations it represents. Figures released by the Federal Immigration branch would indicate that many thousands of new Canadians will be entering our country. We are going to be working side by side with these people and it is up to us to show them what our Canadian way of life really means. (Trades Council executive has under consideration a request from the committee for aid in establishing a Trade Union Information Centre for the benefit of immigrants entering" industry.) "Your joint Labor Committee will endeavor to keep you well informed through your Trade Council, local unions and the nrcss. We hope that yre may anticipate your support in' our endeavor to make Canada a place that we can be even more nroud of, than we are, or should be, at present LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor, Labor Statesman. Dear Sir: ' For many years organized la_or has been requesting a National Health Insurance ' Plan. The writer agrees that such a service would be beneficial to labor, but I feel that in addition to making formal requests, labor should be prepared to assist the Government in planning it Possibly the most. important phase in planning would be determination of the scope of benefits and the basis of payment to practitioners. At present, planning is being done officially by Dominion and Provincial Health officials, and unofficially, by the Canadian Medical Association. If this work is left solely to officials, I think it is reasonable to assume that their plan will be affected to some degree by political expediency, and the outcome may not be entirely in the public interest Turning to the work of the C.M.A., it is interesting to note that this group has accepted the principle of Health Insurance. However, it is my firm belief that this "approval" is based on the fact that the Medical Profession expects to be paid on a fee for service basis—or in other words,' ih the same manner he now charges private patients. If a National Health Insurance Plan were to be operated on -hip basis, it would either bring about financial disaster within an extremely short period, or there would be continuing round of increased premiums to meet increased costs. Secondly, if the C.M.A. is allowed to do the planning, it is very doubtful if Chiropractic, Naturopathic or Osteopathic services would be incorporated. At the recent convention of the B.C. Medical Association, it was announced that the profession is considering setting up a plan to provide voluntary coverage for individuals. While this idea is a good one, I do not think that the medical profession has shown any great ability in the field of economics and ' sociology, and any plan formulated by the profession would tend to benefit the profession, rather than the public, * > If such a plan comes to fruition, it is quite within the bounds of possibility that the profession could persuade the Dominion Government to accept it on a national scale. In other words, we could be saddled with a plan designed to represent a private rather than a public interest. " Type of service ib only one of many items which must be considered. Others are: "Is the plan to be administered on a provincial basic?"; "To what extent should the plan be subsidized by the government?"; "What portion of the premium would labor pay?"; "Would the plan offer complete or partial coverage at the outset?"; What portion would industdy pay?" BROTHERS AND SISTERS IT IS LATER THAN YOU THINK! Organized labor throughout Canada should give Health Insurance immediate consideration, and from its National Headquarters ask the Government for representation on any planning commission. Furthermore, it should provide its representatives with definite ideas on the type of Health Plan we want, a plan designed to provide the widest possible coverage at the lowest possible cost. Yours tr_ly, ** J. SWANSBOROUGH, Secretary-Treasurer, B.C. Government Employees Medical Services. *. December 19/1953 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three TEAMSTERS' TALK By Charlie Gower Employers Bucking Auto Salesmen Union We are still having considerable trou/ble with our Auto-Salesmen Division of Local 351. The employers have, done everything possible to- stymie organization of these men and in the majority of instances the salesmen do not stand up to the strain. For instance, Colliers' Ltd: salesmen when faced with a vote conducted, , by. .the .Labor ..Relations. "Board, backed away .rdm" the union they had joined by voting against certification of the union. We are in negotiations with Fogg Motors Ltd. and the members on this operation are standing up well under the pressure being applied. Vancouver Motors Ltd. have not yet conceded to bargain - ih good faith. We knew we were in a tough field when we started but if we can get these salesmen to stand up on their own feet we are confident we can come up with a Solution to some of the problems they are confronted with. 4._^he.ygn!rjrhvjFitoaiataTOulu^hkg-- to take this opportunity to wish all its members "A Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year." The executive members of Local 151 Taxicab Drivers have had a strenuous month. We have had more petty traffic problems than the previous three months combined. We fought hard to retain some of the privileges we have enjoyed in the past but the powers that be over-ruled us. However, we will give the new regulations a fair trial and if we can get the members to, report inconsistencies tp us, rJ^rWjfc-epfltinue. _tOr: ba_nmer~j»t_- - them. We also had a setback' this month with the loss of Brothers G. Derrington, Wm. Ferino and John Plotnjktff. It was unfortunate that Bro. Plotnikof was not in good - UNION LABEL CORNER standing at the time of his passing and the joint council had to disallow the claim for benefit This is the second occasion this year we have run into this situation and in each instance the circumstances left the 'widow in a Very embarrassing position and it was not a nice situation for your officers to be faced with. xlz_May.; he3__8__._»nnnd-y.(m:"tfoat3 at time of death the member must be paid-up if claim is to be recognized. Yc\r executive board extend Season's Greetings to all members of LociU 151 . , By Ed Smith Don't Let Rush Confuse You—Buy Union First and foremost, the Union Label Trades Congress wishes the officers and members,'of all AFL unions a Merry Chjastmas and a Happy New Year. And now down to business. Don't let that last minute Christmas shopping rush confuse you. Despite crowds and the Christmas spirit, you owe it to yourself to buy union—for everyone on your shopping list And here is a good deal: Arrangements have been made under which ladies' nylon stockings, children's stockings and men's socks can be purchased at near wholesale prices—all with the union label. . These come from several manufacturers across the line. The workers there are fighting to keep their organization and they need help. So far as we know, you can't buy these goods in Canada bearing the union label. For further details, get in touch with you union label council secretary. Thinking about a new radio or Ty" set? 'Then you'd be wise to keep in mind that all Phillips and'Rogers REFUNDS 242 -mfZi-. 5*»^-j Majestic sets bear the union label. And if you're thinking of having the old set fixed up, don't trust your repairs to unorganized workers, when you can be sure of skill and satisfaction. by having repairs done by the following union firms: Fred Welsh, 733 Beatty Street; Westinghouse Co., 1090 Homer; RCA Victor, Grandview Highway; Marconi Co., 555 Burrard. "My HUSBAND DISCOVERED THAT MY PURCHASES DIDN7 HAVE A UNION LABEL." And here is a warning: It's well known that not all Union suits bear a union label. Not all dry cleaners who call themselves "Union" something or other have union shops. . There is no guarantee unless they produce the goods, which means a union shopcard, prominently displayed. Be safe and patronize only those that produce the goods. * • * Why not resolve during 1954 to stop being a fault finder and be liberal in giving praise to those who serve you on committees.while you are engaged in more pleasing CARPENTERS' REPORT entertainment. Our progress is due to the willing "Georges." <■— A pat on the back once in a while encourages one to give his best to serve you again. * * * Here are some more union label resolutions for 1954: • Be a Union Booster. • Attend all Union meetings. • Join sUp and Stay lit- — • Demand the Union Label. • Patronize only Union firms.. • Advise your wife and neighbor, and all your friends, where they can purchase union goods. Do these things and nothing more and you will help to make unions strong. And why not resolve to affiliate with our council in 1954? We are doing a job for you, so pitch in and help. * * * Whatever you do, don't forget to buy that Christmas turkey from a union meat cutter. By George Bengough Lulu Island Market Placarded Local 1518 secretary. "We are asking the cooperation of other unions." this one, is not" said David Wade, Two local unions are placarding a Lulu Island grocery super market. Placarded by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 212 and Grocery and Food Clerks Local 1518 is Owen's Super Valu store at Westminster Highway and No. 3 Road. "The majority of the Super Valu stores are organized under our unions and we are informing the public that P-ens; PAir. 6773 Thompson 8C Company Warm Air Heat In* General Sheet Matal Work Furnaces and Repairs . Z7Z5 Main St, Vancouver. B.C. ^rdBUETON^HFfcOWERSHOP Flowers for "WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS 1520 Commercial Drive HA 01-7 # Over 1000 Kiddies Jam Christmas Party The big annual "Christmas Tree" sponsored by Local 452 will be held in the Hastings Auditorium on Saturday, December 19, at 10 Sum. At press time, Business Agent Brother Jack Stevenson, who is in charge of all the arrangements, reports close to 1000 children are now registered to receive presents. All members were notified to get their children's first names and ages and whether boy or girl, into the Carpenter's office at an early date so that suitable presents can be bought and made ready for the big day. All presents will have an average value of $2 and were purchased from the Norman Wholesale and Manufacturing Co., who -are under signed agreement' with the Retail Clerks Union. Along with presents, there'll be a first class concert, Mary Albert's Dancing School, along with a juggler, sleight of hand magician, lots of mnsic, and candy for each boy and girl. With Vancouver Local 452, trade is good for this time of the year, a larger number of men working than in other years, but still some 300 carpenters not able to secure employment. —;— There are prospects of a fair amount of work coming up for the immediate future, but the influx of carpenters from other countries plus those from other centres in Canada, is making for a large concentration of carpenters in the Vancouver area. I would suggest anyone reading this and who is a carpenter contemplating coming to Vancouver, realize that while there is.a fair amount of construction work in Vancouver, there are several hundred needing work already here. Local 452 is stepping up it's organization of acoustic applicators, shinglers, gyproc applicators, insulation applicators and sink top specialists, all of which are a part of the carpentry trade and command the established union rate for carpenters. Carpenters in New Westminster will be holding a big celebration very shortly to make the opening of their fine new building. This new hall is located on Royal avenue near 8th street with in a block of the new City Hall and opposite the new bus depot. Since the carpenters started on their new building, which is of modern design, the City of New Westminster has widened and paved Royal avenue making it a modern and well lighted street. Their new hall will seat close to 200 and will have office facilities, in the front part of the building. Brother R. Groves and Brother B. Baker, Business Agents for the Westminster Carpenters, report work is holding up well for their members, that some 50 carpenters had signed the out-of-work book this week. At the meeting of the District Council, Business Agent Brother James Best of Local 506 Shipwrights reported work was slow in the small boat yards and at their last meeting some 40 members had signed the out-of-work book. The executive and officers of the local are to 'be congratulated on the businesslike manner in which their office < is being conducted. Good service is being provided the membership and credit in no small part can go to Brother Best, busi ness agent and dispatcher, for his attention to the affairs of the local. Mill work Locals 1928, Vancouver, and 2534, New Westminster, have made more progress than ever during the past three months. Brother Gill Gillett, business agent and financial secretary for these two locals, is having good success signing up new members and getting certification with their employers. ' The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners as represented with the two shop locals is now under agreement with 20 firms and finalizing organization in an additional four companies. To date the shop agreements cover companies doing work on the following divisions of the industry: Sash and door, fixtures and cabinet work, prefabrication of houses, laminating and gluing of trusses and beams, veneer paneling, furniture manufacturing, hardwood floor manufacturing, all making materials handled, installed, or laid by other members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. rSADtS UNION DIRECTORY LABOR TEMPLE. 307 BROADWAY WEST Amalgamated Meat Cutter* aad B. W. Local S13—Representative. Geo. Johnston, mt Labor Temple: FA. 9477. Auto Workers' Union, _.__»* Wo. 1867, 1. A. of M.—Bualnaaa Agent. Gordon Webb, .414 Main St. FAlrmont 0103. isk-r aad c-m-e-Uone-v workara local 488—Secretary. Melvln J. Kemmis, Room 1*5 Labor Temple: FA. 4529. Bakery — I—men. Local in, r. B. T. C. aad M.—Buslneaa Asent. B. Holmes, tot lAbor Temple: FA. 1716. Barbara — International Journeymen or America, aTo. 130—Secretary, ('. K. Horrett, lit Labor Temple: FA 8762. Bevera«> Dlapauser* Union, V, Bualness Manager, RobL G. Beddoma, 140 Weat Pender St MA 392.. 4948. Bullalaa Wat-rial and -_*1 Track Driven* Union, Local 913—Buslneaa Asent. II Bonnell and J. Wliiieford. SI* Beatty St.; MArlne 1928. . J Bervlce Employees, Ilusinesa Agent. Ben Morley, Room 20C. 141 Weat Hastings, MArlne 9452. Bnlldl-r Trades ConncU — Secreury. ■d Kennedy, 102 Labor Temple. Phone FAlrmont 47S7. Carpentera* Union, Ho. 453—Recording Secretary. H. P. Hamilton: Fin. Sec, P. J. Deplissy: - Business Agents: J. Stevenson and It. C. Worthington. Labor Temple. FA. MM or EM. till. Carpenter** Union (Co-rte-ay), aTo. 1638 —John Hanaen. l'res.: Robert Hamilton, secretary. Box 515 Courtenay. Cement Masons. Local 819, OP ft CM - It It. Baker, 271 Beta. GL. 0007-R. secretary. Dispatcher. MA. 7251. ohsmloa- Workara Union, International Local Ho. 485. William Schmidt, 257* East 4th Ave. HAstings 0160-1,. Clnb, Cabaret. Cons traction Camp, Culinary aad Service Employees, Local 740—Bualneaa asent. G. w. Fanlkner, 440 W. Pender, MA. M2I. »-•-* Technicians, Local Ho. 811, I.C.W.U.—Secretary Ddn Laldlaw, 424 Queens Rd. Weat, North Vancouver; North 2652-1,--. Distillery Workara- Union. Ho. 83 — (U.D.L.) — Secretary Ray Lawton, 2*71 Waverley. FR. 7414. Electrical Worken' union, Loeal 213— Buslneaa Manager, George Gee, 111 Dunsmulr SL: PAclflc 7381-2. Elevator Constructors, Local 83—Secretary, H. C. MacKlchan. 4633 Elmwood Street, Burnaby: DExter 55-9-1,. Engineers, Holatlnff and Portable, Local 115—Buslneaa AgenL A. W. ScotL ill Dunamulr St: MA. 2840. MA. 2056. Engineers, School aad Caretakers, Local 863—Secretary. George Zallo, 380 Eaat 15th Avenue. FA. 0380. Engineer*'Union (Stationary Operating), Local Ho. 883—BusfneBS Agent, Harry Berger. Ill Dunamulr SL: TA. 4(22. Eire Plghtara (Burnaby), Looal 323— Secretary, L. H. Buckley. 4137 Trl umph. GL. 3186K. Fir* Fighter*. Vancouver, Looal 18— President. Hector Wright. 4140 Marguerite: CHerry 4140. Floe-layer*" Union, U. B. Of OL J- Local Ho. 1541—Room 117 Labor Temple; BuBtneaa Agent.-R. V. N'ash. 2803 East llth Ave.: DExter 2439-1.. Employees' Association (B.C.)—K. P. O'Connor, general secretary: A. C. Bennett, assistant general -ecretary. 102 Helmcken, TA. 8441-2. Hospital Employee** Union. Wo. ISO — Business Manager, W. M. Black, 116 Labor Temple: FAlrmont 0268. Intel aad Beataurant Employees, Looal 88 — Bualness AgenL (Mrs.) Chris Waddell. 440 West Pender; Phone PAclflc 7012. International Ladles' Garment Worker*, Locale 276 aad 887—Bualness AgenL Anne Marshall. 119 West Pender, phone TA. 6514; Home, HA. 5M1M. Ironworker* Sbopmen'a Looal Union 713 —Bualness AgenL V. El Steers, Ml W. Broadway. .FAlrmont 7288. Ironworrers (Shopmen) Traloa, Local Wo. 713— SecreUry, V. E. Steers. 650 West 19th Avenue. FAlrmont 1075-11. Laundry Worken, Ho. 383 — Buslneaa AgenL J. H. Irving, 208 Labor Temple; FAlrmont 1612. Motion Picture Projectionists, Looal 348 —Business Manager, L. Walker. Sec- rotary. Geo. Thrift, 295 East Broad- way; FA. 6862. rs' Union, Looal 381 — Business AgenL W. M. Gi " ~ Moldors1 _, _..._ reen, 119 Labor Temple. FAlrmont 9712. Musicians' Union, Looal 14S — Business Manager, Geo. E. Leach, 402 West Pender, Room 808: PAclflc 7842. Office Employees International Union, Local 15—Secretary, Bernlce Gibson, Room 301. 529 Beatty, MArlne 1928. Painters, Looal 138—Business Manager, Jack Eaves, 103 Labor Temple: phone FA. 9771. Paint aad Varnish Worken, Local 15S0 —Secretary. Arthur Brammer, 913 Tobruk,- North Vancouver, North 2130L, Patternmakers' Asaoclatin — Secretary, E. Westmoreland. 4295 Dunbar; ALma 1711-8. '■fat**** Railwayman's union, Wo. 134^ Pile Drivers aaa Wooden Bridfemen, Looal 3404— Business Agent, S. Allen. HI Dunsmulr St.: PAclflc 4046. Plaeterera' Tralon, Ho. 779 — Secretary, W. E. McMynn. 4160 Eton, No. Burnaby. GLen. 2842-R. Plumber* aad Plpeflttera, Local 170— Business Manager, Norman Uphill; Ass't. B.M., James Barton. 109 Labor Temple. FA. 9766. , Pulp and Sulphate (Converters) Union, Looal 433 — Business Agent, O Braaten, 625 W. Pender,. Suite 1. TAtlow 1642. . Pulp aad Snlphlt* Workan, Looal 31% Ocean Falle, B.C. — John Mathleson, secretary. Drawer 180. Ocean Falls, B.C Ballway aad Steamship Clarke, Wo, 630 —Secretary, R. J. McRae. 1810-Hth Ave. EasL B/etall Grocery and Food Clerks, Looal Wo. 1818 — Secretary. D. A- Wade, 201 Labor Temple: FA. 8242. School Board Employees Federal Union (Baraaby) Loeal 378 — Secretary, O. J. McCrea, 2108 Lane, South Burnaby, Seafarers' International Union — Secretary, Norman Cunningham, 565 Hamilton, PA. 7824. Sh-*t Metal Worken, Loeal 380—Business Manager, James Walker, 207. Labor Temple: FA. 7636 . Shingle Weavers' Union, Local Bo. 3803 —Secreury, J. E. Hlrd. 1524 W. 65th, KE. 4428-L. Shipwrights, Boathnllden, Jolnpra and Caulkers, Local Wo. 606 — Business Agent, J. T. Beat. 411A West Cordova St.; Phone TA. 3725. ■If- and notorial Painters, Looal 726— Secreury, J. MIddleton, 6881 Dundas St.: phone, GLen. 1326-T. ■treat X-llwaymen'a Union, Div. 101 — Business Agent, C. Stewart, Street Rly. Building, 125 E. 8th; FAIr. 4262 BuslnesB AgenL K. M- Armstrong, 59 Alexander,' New Westminster, Phone 1342. Taxi Drivers, Local 151 — Secreury. C. Gower, 204 Labor Temple; FA. 8716. Theatre Employees, Looal B-79—SecreUry, Boh Foster, No: 6, 1004 Wolfe Ave.; CEdar 5253. Tile Setters, Loeal Wo. 3—Recording Secreury, j: Neville, 3231 School Road, Vancouver 16. DExter I335-R. Trunk Driver*' Union, Looal Wo. 31 — Business Agents, Reg. Lenfesty and C. Solem. 222 W. Broadway, FA. 8251. Typographical Union, Looal 336—Secre Ury, Harry Neelands, 212 Labor Temple; FA. 2608. Trailed Oarment Worken* Union, No. 338—Secretary, Phyllis Fanus; GB. Union Label Trade* ConncU—Secretary, Ed. Smith, 209 Labor Temple, BA. 2550. Water District, Sewerage and Drainage Board Bmployees, Looal 393 — Secreury J. M. Morrison. 4673 Weat First: FA. 6928; home, AL. 1388-L. Wood, win aad Metal Lathers Loeal 307—Business agent, T. Blelek, 670. : West Twentieth, FA. 6812-L. All Occasions ( ANYWHEBE IN THE WORLD" \ Vancouver, B.C. . - HA 3432 ) TfPP*. NEW~~USED—RECAPPING - I IKtliJ Buy them on ea»y Budget Plan! BOURNE & WEIR LTD. 99 West 2nd PKone: FAirm.nt 8821 ■awn Sharpened by u* "ont" better Tools aad Cutlery Sharpened EDDIE'S LOCKSMITHS AM) GRINDERS Bays eat in 1 Look* a-aya-nd by Tap* Bulea Repaired 313 Main St. (Near Hastings) Kay ComUnatloaa Changed MArine1959 ANGELUS HOTEL Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B. C. Phonet: M_V 24.5-36--. A. H. HARRISON, Manager BIG-TIME WRESTLING EXHIBITION GARDENS • • EVERY WEDNESDAY TICKETS: $1.50, $1.00. 75c. (Tax Free); ON SALE AT, WESTERN SPORTS CENTRE TICKET OFFICE 135 EAST HASTTNQS STBEET Phone: MArine MS- US QKA!TVT__E 8 TRUST THE BIG FAMILY STORE 1409 KINGSWAY Try Us for Values—Established in 1*10 HEADQUARTERS for . . . IMPORTED TOBACCOS, CIGARETTES, CIGARS, PIPES and SMOKERS' SUNDRIES Come and See Our Stock — Largest in Canada E. A. MORRIS LIMITED 435 WEST HASTINGS BT. 899 WEST PENDER 505 aK-JTv-LLW ST. 1116 I 5*0 SETMOUS »T. TAtlow 4248-9 Rogers Bldg. THE MONAHAN COMPANY LIMITED Frank Monahan Arthur R. Monahan ADMINISTRATORS HEALTH - WELFARE 4 PENSION PLANS For thirty years we have been servicing all types of Insurance and settling Claims as the representatives of the Individual Insured, Union Officials, Business Agents, and individual Union Members are invifed to consult us about Pension, Health & Welfare and Insurance problems, entirely without cost or obligation. AUTO, FIRE, LIFE MARINE, CASUALTY INSURANCE say Merry Christmas with Royal Bank Money Orders Available for any amount up to $100 at all branches. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA aa****mmmmm^^ k**gt hour THE LABOR STATESMAN December .<■, 1953 BTC Proposes New Fund For Placards Special meeting of the Vancouver and District Building Trades Council on Moday voted for establishment of a fund to finance placarding of "unfair" Jobs. A .'.',' The Council, after long debate, finally voted to recommend to each atf Hated building trade union that the fund te financed, through a five-cent assessment per member per month on all locals' membership. A previous motion that the BTC authorize all placards and that trades involved pay for the cost of each placarding was defeated. Bricklayers had suggested the assessment be 50 cents for each member on a yearly basis or whenever required. Elect Sedawie Laundry Workers Local 292 this month named Theordore Sedawie as 1954 president Other officers are: Ruth Beattie, "vice - president, • Gertrude Nicholls, isergeant-at-arms; J. H. Irving business agent and secretary treasurer; Catherine Browne, Minerva Rogers and Stella Sinclair, executive members; Agnes Thomson, Ida Has ford and James Gavin, trustees; James Gavin, Catherine Browne and J. H. Irving, publicity committee. LOCAL UNION ACTIVITIES Fair Wages On Government Jobs Demanded By Building Trades Enforcement of fair wage scale' were patterned on federal legislation nnder provincial government con tracts has been urged* this month by the Vancouver - New ^Westminster Building Trades Council. The Council proposed that the Public Works Fair Wages and Conditions of Employment Act be amended to put "more teeth" in provisions dealing With wage rates. Under preparation is a brief which will be sent to Labor Minister Lyle Wicks. 1V6C President Herb Flesher has declared "the Act is not adequate in its present form and fails to prevent unscrupulous employers from taking advantage of labor." Specifically, the council wants provision for: 1. Setting of "fair" wages under the Act based on established union agreements in any area. 2. Enforcement of the wage criause on all contractors who are doing work for any department of the provincial government. The council feels that at present the Act makes only a half-hearted attempt in checking to see that wages paid under government contracts are up to standard. It wants the Act changed to give the Labor Department full authority to enforce wage provisions. Carpenters' provincial president George Bengough said that if the Act the .problem would be hurdled. Under the federal statute, he said the government surveys the area in which the government work is to. bfe done,- and Sets' otrt-'-ttre- Trage-_scale: which must be paid. Then the Contract is "policed" to make sure such wages are paid. BARRY CONSTRUCTION LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS Phone: North 2655-L-1 1385 Ridgewood Drive North Voncouver, B.C. SEASON'S GREETINGS' ' CROWN CARTAGE & WAREHOUSING CO. LTD. SPECIALISTS IN ALL TYPES OF HAULING-Light and Heavy Hailing • Granville Island, Vancouver I Phones: Switchboard—MArine 6111 - Dispatchers—MArine .121 COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON ' C. J. OLIVER LTD. BUILDING CC>NTRACTOR 660 Have Street Phone: TAtlow 4241 Vancouver, B. C. Converters Settle Quick Contracts Vancouver Converters Local 433, of Pulp, Sulphite ,and Paper Mill •Workers settled two local contracts in quick time this month, winning wage boosts and other concessions. After only four negotiating sessions, Local 433 wound up contracts with Pacific Mills and Canadian Boxes bringing a. 3M percent in- ciease retroactive to Nov. I; an additional 2-cent boost Tiext April 1, and another two cents next Nov. 1, in a two-year pact. One additional paid statutory holiday goes to the 300 workers, bringing the total to eight and class "A" mechanics won an additional 3-cent boost. Male basic rate now jumps to $1.43 and to $1.47 when the 1954 increases are totalled. Building1 Materia] Local 213. Truck Drivers KING PHOTO STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHERS "Expert Copyist" — Excellent Passport, a Specialty 311 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C Phone: MArine 4812 .-k..-x.-v«-v«"^. ■x.-v.-_>-_.'x.-x..'x.«—^«-_.-_>-x.»'X.«--.'V.--.--.-_.-%.-v.'*..-x..-*.— BELL-CRAFT LTD. VENETIAN BLINDS - METAL 6 WOOD - BUNDS REFINISHED GENERAL WOODWORKING 2235 West Eleventh Ave Phone: CHerry -828 Vancouver, B.C. .«-_•■>.--X.--.-.2 SEASON'S GREETINGS! A. E. COFFIN & SON GENERAL CONTRACTOR 6- ACOUSTICAL INSTALLATIONS 2425 Pine, Vancouver, B.C. . Phone: CEdar 8310 Valley Wages Hiked By Retail Clerks— Wage boosts have been won for retail store employees in many interior, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island points. Dave Wade of Retail Grocery and Food Clerks 1518 reports that contracts have been signed during the past month with Canada Safeway Ltd. at many centers, and 1! & K and Super Valu stores in the Fraser Valley. "The increases varied but all, are as good or better than boosts in the last coast contract negotiations," he told The Labor Statesman. Brother Wade said many of the increases were retroactive for several months. Stores affected are at Nelson, Trail, Vernon, Penticton, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, Courtenay and Nanaimo. , BRUNSWICK BALKE COUENDER CO. OF CANADA LTD. World's Largest Manufacturers of Bowling and Billiard Equipment H. M. TRACEY, Manager 947 GRANVILLE STREET PAcific 9367 VANCOUVER, B. C PRINTING—For Every Purpose „ t-oac: PAcific. 5836 DUNSMUIR PRINTING CO. 437 DUNSMUIR STREET VANCOUVER, B.C >V»*'*Vir*-W»*»a>'V»Hfcnv'V'**^^ SIGURDSON MILLWORK CO. LTD. * Phone: CHerry 5161 1275 West Sixth Avenue __ Vancouver, B. C EMPIRE BRUSH WORKS BRUSHES MADE TO SPECIFICATIONS 356 West Broadway Phone: FAirmont 2841 Award Awaited By Projectionists At press time, B. C. Projectionists Local 348, were awaiting decision of conciliation board in its dispute with Famous Players over wages and other conditions of a new agreement. The Local asked 25-cent increase, time and a half for work on nine statutory holidays, pension plan and an employer contribution to sick relief. Secretary George Thrift said "we are optimistic about the outcome" following presentation of projectionists case to the board. Robert Hewitt is chairman, R. K. Gervin acting for the union, and J. G. Gould, for the movie chain. 3027 West Broadway CHerry 8320 DUNSMUIR ELECTRIC CO. . ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Guaranteed Radio Repairs Electrical & Appliance Repairs UNION BUTTONS AND BADGES SMITH MARKING DEVICES LTD. 15 East -Broadway Phone FAirmont 1288 Victoria Follows On Stamp Books The Victoria Building Trades Council is following the lead from Vancouver and will set up a joint Labor- Management Committee to deal with problems in the industry. The Vancouver committee has been active for some months with representatives of the Building Trades Council and General Contractors' Association and Building and Construction Industries Exchange taking part ' • The committee does not deal with negotiations of collective agreements but works for "a. common understanding of problems." One major issue which has been under discussion is the BTC's proposal to introduce the stamp book system for tallying construction workers' holiday pay. B.C. Projectionists Local 348 have been certified to bargain for projectionists of Boxy and Cambie theatres in Vancouver. Up in Kamloops, Operating Engineers 115 have won certification for ' operators, mechanics, oilers and mechanics' helpers employed by Sparling Tank Ltd. Truck drivers, helpers and swampers of Highway Construction, Vancouver, are now bargained for by HARDWOOD MILLING CO. LTD. Manufacturers . Oajc r-OOHiiro aad strpprars. MO__DinT_8, etc. SYR HARDY -Phona: HA.tl-«- 2851 236 SAL-BURY DRIVE VANCOUVER.. B. C. Hft-»»Jr»3&*i-3-^^ H ~N^ j SEASON'S GREETINGS TO ORGANIZED LABOR! ^s- M W. R. CAMPBELL LTD. General Cartage, Storage and Distribution Foot of McLean Drive, Vancouver 6^B.C, Phone: HAstings 2891 Fourteenth convention of Pacific Const District Metal Trades. Council. ^i*f_rBdlinghani 6n__n;-_R7 The" convention was previously set for Vancouver, but the locale now has been changed. / Secretary Ed Kennedy will reprj- 'sent Vancouver, New Westminster Metal Trades Council. Work conditions as reported by the November meeting of the loeal Metal Trades Council showed: Molders—poor; plumberp—shortage of plumbers, other classification fair; shipwrights — poor; sheetmetal—fajr- ly good; painters—fair. '"- An arbitration award has settled the local dispute over -Handling of marinite board on ships in favor of Sheet Metal Workers. Shipwrights also had claimed jurisdiction of the work. HOSPITAL UNION BUSY Hospital Employees Federal Union 180 is in conciliation for Frasgr Valley, Vancouver Island, and interior hospital- Business agent Bill Black said a conciliation board started yesterday in Nanaimo covering Nanaimo, Lady- smith, Duncan and Pt. Alberni hospitals, while a second board opens in Kamloops tomorrow covering Kam loops, Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton hospitals. Chilliwack General and Valley- haven negotiations are before a conciliation officer while'negotiations are underway with Vancouver General, Royal Columbian, Grace, Burnaby General and Queen Alexandra Solarium. ANDERSON'S SEASON'S GREETINGS! TYPEWRITERS—Sold, Rented, Phon. REPAIRING MArine 1646 Repaired, Exchanged GUARANTEED OVERHAULING - REBUILDING 534 West Pender St., Vancouver, B.C. SEASON'S GREETINGS !' G. H. INGHAM & CO. LTD. MACHINERY INSTALLATIONS Office Phone: PA. 4714 615 W. .Hastings, Vancouver, B.C. Fulton Ave. Residence Phone: West 168-M West Vancouver, B.C. 7%ewuf g6ntetm<u---'r?Sa{ifuf Ttetv *tyeevi TOUR FAMILY SHOPPING CENTRES ■"_-»» FIRST QUALITY MERCHANDISE AT CONSISTENTLY LOW PRICES VANCOUVER • WEST VANCOUVER • PORT ALBERNI •VICTORIA ■• EDMONTON This «fvartii«rn_n_ to not published or displayed by tha Liquor Control Board or by tha Government of British Columbia 4 ■piijsai ■■■■■■■.:■. mm -■■:■ -.. «■ December; 19, 1953 A NEWS ,N BRIEF THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Five fl!Linions Ret»™ To Shell Refinery Job AFL Building Trades Unions were back on the job at the $10,000 000 construction job of the Shellburn re finery "acklnf* P'ant Tuesday with a ^^"'"^-trikeo/ciOO,. * * 4 Retail Grocery and Food Clerks .1518 have applied for bargaining certification covering employees in the new B & K markets in Victoria and Duncan. ■ * * ■ * ' Photo Engravers have named S. G Roberts as president in annual elections this month. Gther_ officers!jrre A. C. Wilson, vicerpresident; P. -. Ffsher, financial secretary, and J. K. MacKenzie, corresponding secretary. Phone Newspapers - Publications -, Pamphlets - Books Commercial Printing of All Kinds BROADWAY PRINTERS LTD. PRINTERS and PUBLISHERS*'" FAirmont 0203-6820 115 Eost Eighth Ave., Vancouver THE SEASON'S GREETING^. Richmond Milk Producers COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 100% UNION FIRM 3277 Cambie St. Phone: FAirmont 2777 Vancouver, B.C. j Meeting of Retail Grocery and Pood Clerks Union Local 1518 on January 14 will line up contract demands for 1954 for the major agreements In this area. Secretary Dave Wade said the contracts with Safeway, Superior, B & K, j and Super-Value will be opened in January." BLACK TOP CABS LTD. Phone: PAcific 2181 J 999 RICHARDS VANCOUVER, B.C. THE SEASON'S GREETINGS! Vancouver Tug Boat Co. LIMITED Phone: MArine 2244 Office: 555 Penman Vancouver, B.C. , ■v.-v.-..^-.,--,-.,-.-.,^,^^ COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON! Neon Products of Western Canada Ltd. \ VANCOUVER, B. C. 260 TERMINAL AVE. PAcific 6111 ••„ COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON! - - VANCOUVER PLUMBING COMPANY PLUMBING and HEATING CONTRACTORS 556 Union St., Vancouver, B.C. Phone: HAstings 8028 THE SEASON'S GREETINGS! BURRARD CARTAGE CO. LTD. GENERAL CARTAGE 439 Railway St. ... HA-tings 6316 •X GREETINGS TO ORGANIZED LABOR . . . CHRISTMAS, 1953 < Mott Electric Limited ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS . . . Phone TAtlow 1454 7 Vancouver, B.C. and New Westminster, B.C. ) ■ SEASON'S GREETINGS! SMITH BROS. & WILSON LTD. ■>' GENERAL CONTRACTORS OFFICES: Vancouver, B.C. - Rcginq, Sask. - Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: TAtlow 1131 1267 RICHARDS ST., VANCOUVER { w.^.^.^.^.^.--.^.-v.V.-..--.-..^.ft B.C. CONCRETE CO. LTD. Phone: KErrisdale 7121 1025 West Seventy-Seventh Ave. • Vancouver, B.C. ) imm^^^mmm^^^^^mm^mmm^m B.C. District Telegraph & J Delivery Co. Ltd. . VANCOUVER, B.C. Council is pressing the federal department of public works to have work pertaining to granite for the new Post Office in Vancouver done in this vicinity rather than in Quebec. A delegate to the December meeting of council reported that.Granite Cutters' Union had spent considerable time and money trying to organize the Quebec. granite cutters without success. PROJECTIONISTS UNION RETURNS ALL FORMER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS - - . ■ ■ .- ' . V"' ■ - ■ ;. '7 " " All officers of B.C. 'Projectionists Local 348 were returned in annual elections held this month. '"'""* Douglas Calladine was re-named as president of the movie projectionists, George Thrift as secretary and Les Walker as business agent. Other officers are W. A. McCartney, vice-president; F. W. Smith, treasurer; Ray Wardrop, recorder; and N. Gowefl,'jr., mem- her^at-large. ' __._ • '.. - ~ ;,:.. .'. Building Service Workers Rap Long Delay In Conciliation The Provincial Department of Labor has recently given members of Local 244 a bad time. "
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