« . . J : ‘ay f ’ j a x q 4 iy y ‘| » “ ’ ‘i ’ Ve » ar ’ Ae se Is A Sick Did you ever wonder what makes a person touchy irritable? Did you ever wonder why one can lose his temper WESTE OTTAWA Strike-Breaking Tactics REPORT (Made Possible By Bill 43 A} By FRANK HOWARD, M.P. "The Major Headache Economy” and RN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER Restrictions under the authority of Bill 43 placed upon the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in its strike action against F. C. Meyers & Co., and during the lock-out action of Mc and Mc, and Marshall Wells Ltd. has alarmed the entire trade union movement in the province. Despite the assurances given by the Minister of Labour during the recent session of the Legislature, to the effect that no union need fear Bill 43 if on a legal strike, it was demonstrated in the recent at the slightest provocation on one occasion, yet be cool and| strike that the Act can be used to urbane on others? Each of us is different and has, as it were, | niake any strike action virtually “different boiling points.” Our Prime Minister appears to be progressively reducing his boil- ing point as the session wears on, Perhaps, though, it isn’t only the pressure of Parliament. There are other pressures; heavy and con- tinuous ones. The major headache to every government is a sick economy. Every month brings a new record in numbers of unem- ployed. Every D.B.S. statistical release on the cost of living shows that it is creeping upwards. Our trade deficits are not improving. Business failures are increasing. All parts of our economy need aid and attention. Remedies Ineffective The federal government has tried a number of remedies each of which had a slight cffect. It tried deficit financing which drove our country deeper into debt than it has ever been before. It tried a so-called Winter Works Pro- gram which put a few people to work in municipalities, but while this program was going on the federal government was curtailing its own program, thus undoing what little good the Winter Works Program accomplished. It em- barked upon a propaganda pro- gram called ‘“Do-It-Now-Why- Wait-For-Spring?" But spring caine — summer came — and we still have thousands of people out of work. It appears that the Difenbaker government has run into a blank wall. [It has tried everything that it knows and relatively little has been accomplished thereby. Theory Didn't Work In reality what occurred is that the government rested its hopes upon the so-called cyclical theory of unemployment. This theory says that there will be economic recessions (depressions?) from time to time, but that these will be overcome by the natural pro- cesses in a private enterprise economy. All that is necessary is to leave the economy alone and it will straighten itself out. This theory, of course, provides for the “booms and busts” that we have seen over the years, But, this theory, like many theories, just hasn't been working these past few years. So the Tories are in hot water up to their necks. Even more important, though, is the fact that we have thousands out of work, unable to find work, and facing another hard winter. P.M. Is Angry Perhaps this is why our Prime Minister is angry: Perhaps this is why he is losing his temper almost every day in the House of Com- mons. Perhaps this is why he resorts to personal attacks upon individual M.P.’s He is relieving his feelings in the wrong way. What he needs to do is to recall his election promises, put them} into effect, and perhaps then he wouldn’t haye so much reason to be touchy. And our people wouldn’t have so much reason to feel insecure. Casey Dodds Ousted In Windsor WINDSOR (CPA) — I. M. (Casey) Dodds, Canadian chief of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has lost his home base as president of Windsor-Centred Local 880. The 5,600-member local, under international trusteeship for 14 years, covers Western Ontario | drivers and warehousemen and employees of car haulers across Canada. The election was ordered by the court-appointed hoard of monitors in the U.S. to clear the way for lifting the trusteeship. Leo Labombard, 38 - year - old truck driver for Direct Winters Transport, defeated Dodds who retains his position as Canadian Director of the Teamsters. Dodds took control of the local on the instructions of Teamster President James Hoffa 10 years ago and served as president for the past seven years. He helped build the local from a membership of 270 to the second largest in the Teamsters’ Canadian region. 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They were forbidden to speak publicly about their struggle. On one occasion, the Vancouver Sun refused an adver- tisement stating the issues on be- half of the Union, and authorized by the B.C. Federation of Labour, because it was held to be in yiolation of Bill 43. Support Prevented Supporting unions were threat- ened with suits for damages when they contemplated action to re- spect the striking union’s picket line. Outlets for goods from strike bound plants developed by the companies during the strike could not be picketed under orders by the courts, which referred to Bill 43. The Union was left with a token picket line only at certain hibited the union from requesting! spots specified in the court orders. ob- servers who followed the develop- ment of this strike closely say that now the ban on the “secondary boycott” virtually strangles a strike of this nature. 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