- FEDERATION
- $70,000 LENKURT BILL

PM A special conference of the
B.C. Federation of Labour
June 19 unanimously endors-
«ed an executive recommenda-
, tion to convene a meeting of
| MPs and MLAs from B.C. “to
discuss the flagrant misuse of
* the judicial process by em-
«  ployers in labour disputes.”
The recommendation calls
on members of both houses
» to work for legislation to con-
, trol the abuse of injunctions.
The conference also approv-
| ed a motion requesting affi-
liates to contribute $2 per
* member to the Federation’s
« defence fund to assist in fight-
. ing legal actions involving
_ unions now before the courts
and to support Lenkurt strik-
ers.
¢ In seeking the increase,
«

Federation.

ley reported the defence fund

had dropped to $9,000 in May

but had risen to $14,329 in
< June. The Federation estimat-
+ ed it would cost approximate-
7 ly $70,000 to assist the Len-
* kurt strikers and finance the
* court cases of the unionists
; charged in the Lenkurt dis-
pute.

Vancouver Labour Council
Secretary C. P. Neale stated
that the Lenkurt strikers
were in desperate straits hav-
ing received only $60 during
the six weeks they have been
out of work.

He pointed out that their
union (the IBEW) has not
contributed a cent from its
$35,000 strike fund and its
leaders have in fact preferred
charges against the Lenkurt
leaders and others for having
taken part in or supported
the strike.

Federation Secretary Ray
Haynes condemned the action
of the IBEW in not helping its
own members. He said that it
is a far cry from trade union-
ism and I hope somewhere
sanity will come to the leader-
of that union,

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Paul Phillips, the Federa-
tion’s Research Director, re-
ported that the use of injunc-
tions in labour disputes has
increased 300 percent in the
last ten years compared with
the previous decade.

The CLC’s Director of Fed-
erations and Labour Coun-
cils Cliff Scotton charged that
the employers were using
legal devices to defeat labour
settlements.

He said: “It is the purpose
of management to bleed us
to death by involving us in
court actions which siphon off
our funds. We can only come
to one conclusion — that the
law is an ass and we must
get it changed.”

He stated that the solution
to labour unrest lies in the

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PRET
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B.C. UNIONISTS attending the special conference of the

recognition of human rights
and of individuals to deter-
mine the conditions under
which they will work.

Jack Moore, IWA Regional
President and Federation Ist
Vice - President, in summing
up the labour situation in the
Province stated that a massive
confrontation between labour
and management was shaping
up here because of our virile
lahour movement.

He warned that the employ-
ers will do their utmost to
use the laws to destroy the
rights of workers to earn a
decent living. He called on
the labour movement to “de-
velop ways and means to get
a greater share of the wealth
not only for the workers but
for those on pensions and
other fixed incomes.”

He specifically urged great-
er unity and a large defence
fund in achieving this goal.

FAITH

An Irishman, after paying
his respects in the cemetery,
walked about looking at some
of the tombstones. He stopped
before one engraved: “Here
lies Sandy McGregor. A gen-
erous father and a_ pious

man.”
” said the Irish-
“Just like the Scots—

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B.C. FEDERATION of Labour officers and speakers at the special conference held

June 19 in the Hotel Vancouver. Group left, Paul Phillips, Research Director, B.C. .
Federation of Labour; Regional President Jack Moore and Federation Ist Vice-

President; Al Staley, Federation President; Cliff Scotton, CLC Director of Federations

and Panoue Councils; Ray Haynes, Federation Secretary; Len Guy, Federation Vice-

President.

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