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—SOCREDS FORCE THROUGH
COMPULSORY ARBITRATIC

‘Fight to restore
democracy urgent’

' “The ramming through of Bill 33 requires that the trade
unions move immediately to mobilize labor and democratic
forces to give effect to the pledge of the New Westminster
conference to unitedly fight back against the slave-labor
provisions of Bill 33 while public pressure is mounted NOW to
compel the government to hoist Bill 33 by not proclaiming it
law.”

This was the statement issued Wednesday by Nigel Morgan, B.C.
Communist leader, following the passage of the most obnoxious sections of
Bill 33. His statement continues:

“Massive fines and jailing of trade union leaders commenced in the
Fishermen’s Union case — has been given added legal sanction by the small
majority of six MLAs, and can now be extended to trade union members
under Bill 33. A confrontration can be triggered by the Cabinet at any time it
chooses, in which not only free collective bargaining but the life of the unions
selected will be at stake.

“Bill 33 interferes with and denies working people the right to freely
bargain the terms under which they earn their living. It jeopardizes basic
civil rights, and places arbitrary powers in the Cabinet to dictate when and :
how long working people can negotiate or strike. Such arbitrary ‘corporate -
state’ laws are not acceptable to the majority of British Columbians.

“Compulsory arbitration, harsh fines, and jail sentences are not going
to improve management-labor relations in B.C. No government any-
where on this continent has yet taken such dictatorial powers unto itself.

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Standing Committee on Labor for study, they have exposed themselves
as the handmaidens of big business. By this and their giveaway of re-
sources, their school freeze, welfare and tax policies, they have lost the

R eB a ] F ert rall confidence of the majority of British Columbians.
olst Bil Says up “The right to collective bargaining has been sacrificed on the alter of

monopoly greed. The aim of the employers and their government is to prevent

Committee on Labor. - wage increases and force settlement patterns less favorable to labor. It is
A Prince Rupert public meeting held Sunday, March part of the offensive again the people’s standards of living. But the working
}» and attended by over 300 people including Mayor Representatives of trade unions and community _ people represent the overwhelming majority. Not a wheel can turn without
ete Lester and other civic officials, decided to s Loe anizations, including local churches and the Native: labor. United, and mobilized to fight back economically and politically, Bill
Strongly-worded telegram to the Provincial robkerhood "joined in condemning the compulsory 33s coersion can still be defeated. The Labor Rally in Vancouver’s PNE
80vernment opposing Bill 33, and urging the ovisions of the proposed legislation. B.C. Federation Forum next Sunday at 2 p.m. must be made the first step towards such a
S0vernment to refer the subject of changes in labor Psa secretary Ray Haynes addressed the rally. mobilization.

- legislation to the, Legislature’s Select Standing

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