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IMPUDENCE INDEED!

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Here is ae Pension in Holland.
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CHARTER OF LABOR RIGHTS

adegue® Night to gainful employment and the guarantee of an
imme diat and progressively rising annual income with the

me e introduction of a $2.50 hourly minimum wage, the
Sick ie for the same job for men or women, maternity and
sabe pay; a progressively shortened work week and
Stara” 1 employment, a full week’s pay for every week

d from technological change;

to protect jobs of striking workers;

out The right of collective bargaining on all matters arising
€sses and automation, thus implementing the basic de-

Nd of the Freedman Report;

ee right to strike during the terms of a collective agree-
bargaining cannot resolve matters not covered by

The right to a meaningful say on all economic and social
tepres Ns affecting the vital interests of workers; trade union
Soni entation on all governmental boards administering state

of ihe right to training and re-training to meet the needs
Chnological change at full pay and at employer and

The tight to take all measures necessary to protect safety
€alth of workers on the job;

The right to leisure through extended vacations and

Pecte right to comfortable and secure retirement at 60
S if so desired by the retiree.

commander of the nazi occu-
pation police in Amsterdam,
and was directly responsible
for the deportation and liqui-
dation of tens of thousands of
Dutch Jews, apart from other
crimes.

In 1949 he was tried by a
Dutch court on charges of
crimes against humanity, and
sentenced to death. In 1952 the
the sentence was commuted to
life imprisonment. He was re-

adequate share of all benefits

e
peaceful assembly, strike and

rationalization of production

at 20th Convention, Communist
Canada, April, 1969

leased as ‘mortally ill” in 1966,
and returned to West Ger-
many, wheré he suddenly be-
came hale and hearty after
medical tr@atment.

Now he has applied to the
Dutch authorities for an old
age pension under the terms of
the Dutch pension law, which
grants pensions to foreigners
who have resided in Holland
for 20 years. SS officer Willi
Lages apparently meets the
stipulation, since he resided in
Holland ‘(in jail) from the end
of the war until 1966.

John Peet,
German Democrat Report

“GORILLA” WAR CALLED
ON GRAPES

County Supervisor Richard
Nowalkowski has written the
Milwaukee county zoo, asking
~that Samson the'gorilla, not be
fed grapes during the strike
by vine-yard .workel of Cali-
fornia.

"Even the monkeys ‘shoulc
make a sacrifice to support the
migrant workers of California.”
he said.

U.P.I. Dispatch —

THAT'S PLAIN

“It's as plain as the nose on
a dog's face that this ABM is
a multi-billion dollar boon-
doggle packaged in a horn-
swoggle.”

Senator Ralph Yarborough

(D.-Tex.) speaking to Busi-

ness Executives’ Move for

Vietnam Peace, Washing-

ton, May 7.

WOMEN POWER

The financial power of wo-
men has been confirmed in a
most convincing way. Lloyd's
of London, the 300-year-old
insurance organization, has
announced it will admit women
to membership as from Jan. 1,
1970,

Editorial, Financial Post

- Bury management

rights

All Canadians owe a debt of gratitude to the
700 shipbuilding workers of Gantan Vickers
Limited in Montreal.

Last week, upon the announcement by the

company that it intends to phase out its shipyard
operations over the next few months and to lay
off all employees affected, the workers staged a
sit down in protest.
_ The resulting furor has compelled Labor Min-
ister Mackasey to condemn the arrogant atti-
tude of the company, and the Quebec Govern-
ment to promise legislation which will prevent
the arbitrary closing of plants.

The Canadian Vickers Company is a subsidi-
ary of the Hawker-Siddeley Group of England
which several years ago plunged the community
of Sydney, Nova Scotia, into crisis with the an-
nouncement that it was to close out the steelmill
operation of Dominion Steel and Coal Company.

The Vickers decision comes hard on the heels
of that of Kelvinator, Ltd. to close down
its plant in London, Ontario, laying off close to
eight hundred workers, and the decision of Cana-
dian Westinghouse to cut-back on Canadian
operations leading immediately to the loss of
100 jobs at its Etobicoke Plant.

In each case these foreign-owned companies
have made their decisions without any consulta-
tion with either the unions or the governments.
They have brutally announced their intentions
publicly on the eve of their implementation.

The Vickers shipbuilding workers have called
halt. They have demanded that the Quebec gov-
ernment nationalize the company. They deny
the company has any right to shut off its opera-
tions like a tap with no regard for the commu-
nity or for the lives of the workers involved.

They challenge the concept of management
rights.

“It is the exclusive right of the company to
manage, direct, conduct, promote, hire, dis-
charge, increase and decrease working forces.
To schedule production and introduce changes in
the work force accordingly.” This is a typical
clause in a collective bargaining agreement
which in one stroke of the pen cancels out what-
ever illusion of security and democracy might
otherwise appear to be written into the contract.

Management has neither the interests of the
community nor the work force at heart. It is
simply concerned about profitability.

Workers’ rights, the right to democracy inside
the factory, the right to voice over questions
which vitally effect their future, this is the most
pressing democratic question facing Canada.

Down with the Rand Report—yes! Down with
the Woods Report—yes! Down with Bill 33—
yes! But above all, up with a Charter of Labor’s,
Rights for Canadian workers which will un-
ceremoniously bury the unsung body of manage-
ment rights and begin to elevate the role of labor
to its rightful place at the head of society.

“And now something really sensational !”

~ PACIFIC TRIBUNE—MAY 30, 1969—Page 3

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