ae Unemployment in Canada continues to increase at an alarming rate. The situation, is much worse than last year at this time and is rapidly approaching the level of the | CONGO 1957-58 slump, despite all the efforts of government to gloss over these facts. : of % Ae a (Continued from Page 1) , Seek to establish normal ¢ @ In Nova Scotia, 18,626 job-| — : | ditions in the Congo, large less have applications for ben-| miners will be thrown out of cut-back from 850 to 700 men|aged (temporarily) to sever | conditioned. upon: getting Be efits on file with the Unem-| work in August when Stanley | in the Vancouver area, largely | the province of Katanga from gian. troops and personnel ployment Insurance Commis-| Uranium closes down. a result of automation. Con-|the Congo Republic. g of the country and the tra? sion, This is almost 5,000 more | @ In Kirkland Lake 500 gold verters section of Pulpworkers Katanga “ one of the Sass fer of full state authority / than a year ago at this time.| miners were put out of work | union tell of cut - backs at}est minerals areas in 1€ |the Congolese people, tel nar | . 147 weac axry ; — ; ye @ New Brunswic’: fists 14,617 | when two mines closed. jtime of year when industry Congo. Tshombe is now expos struggles for independence # breaking out in Southern Blt I ase of 5s eye : : to 7. hi iti ed as the creature of the bil- applicants, an increase of 1,452| @ Writing on the situation in| 27°"™™? lly hires additional mor . last -vear hile tiny : : | workers i ildi i -|lionaire Union Miniere Com- : ‘over last year, while tiny/ Canadian mining in the SRS deg ee ate: fan dominates thed e Prince Edward Island reports} rent iss Ii iy | UY is at virtual standstill. Dane ee See ; eee on Penk sue 08 , Wie. ine. Misty mineral wealth and resources| In the Bulawayo area (@ ‘over 1,000 registered as seek-| Herald, Lukin Robinson, re-| Widespread layoffs continue | 5¢ Katanga ital of Southern Rhodes! ing work, |search director of the Mine|in the steel fabricating indus-| p igence of US. complicity | bloody clashes between C0! ® The unemployment situa-| Mill union, predicts that ‘Car- | try. in Katanga is seen in a recent | bined troops and state poll tion in Newfoundland remains| ried forward to next winter | The logging industry has|Time Magazine blurb which with the native people alarming. Of 600 workers laid | these trends would “ean one | welcomed the fire hazard sea-| “hailed” Tshombe as “the only | taking place, with heavy ce ff on Bell Island by the} million unemployed in early| gon to shut down obscuring | bright spot for Belgium,” and | Valties. Fear of the rising tie Wabana Ore Mines last sum-/ 1961. One worker in every five somewhat, a large surplus of | applauded his “no U.Y troops|/°0f African independe™ mer when markets failed, 494/ will be looking for a job — un- | logs. | allowed in Katanga” iefiance, | Prompted the Southern Rit have not been called back and} less the government acts, and | In an attempt to head off|desian authorities to clamp : a1 : ing most of them have now ex-|starts planning for action, ene in all areas is in the |<) iot aiato the Congo Repub-| ban on ail public meetill hausted their unemployment | now.” | most depressed condition since|);, tg. tycoon L. Edgar Det-|and order the wholesale m a: | | r . “i al menetits. @ Job applications in all cate- (the thirties. In Trail there is a) | wiler is attempting to nego-|Tests of African leaders, | steady decrease in the work} ti.t6 2 two-billion-dollar “con-| tions which sparked the pM There are close to 10,000 out! gories continue to pile up in force, accomplished by failure | of work in the whole province. ! Winnipeg, according to latest |7°’~* P y | tract” for the development of | ent bloody clashes. 7 |to hire replacements for work- | ‘ = es | ! @ The farm implement indus-| reports. There are now 11,000! the Congo’s mineral and hy-| In Nyasaland a similar SH » OV 3 aay - s le | . ° try in Brantford continues to} unemployed in the city. pers Jeaying. _|dro-electric resources, with|ation prevails, with polie i sutfer. production cutbacks. @ In British Columbia con-| Official figures, which great-| much of this U.S. development | state rule and violence in dal! : 1 . . . r : : ' (og a Sera Ltd hasistruction is particularly hard-|1y understate the case, show )also centred in Katanga prov-| evidence against the a announced that it will discon-| hit with employment 35 per} BOjO00 2Screens «work, ins whe ince, people’s struggle for indep@ Greater Vancouver area. | Meantime while U.N. forces | ence and self-government. tinue manufacturing and close} cent below 1957. One thousand . plant. The}Mmembers of the carpenters’ | lly reports union are unemployed, and Sa: 100 employees will| there is no count on the num- either be transferred or laid|ber of non-union carpenters | rea coun ry Ce-= own off. | seeking work, but it must be | considerably more. How long since you’ve been at a real country hoe-down? Well hitch up your © In the industrial end of elec- | penders and don the old straw because they’re going to raise everything but the Mi trical construction, the num-|at the Labor Picnic Aug. 14th at Bear Creek Park. The programme committee is i, ber of men working is 65 per | putting the finishing touches on the cultural program but word has leaked out that cent off from the peak of 1957. | fiddles and guitars will be there and saw away until every foot in the park is tapP! Plumbers are in the same | By next week the Pacific Tribune should have full details on the program, W") position. 'shapes up to be a ring-tailed dandy. Latest word on the Miss B.C. Labor Farmer “|, Lay-offs are mounting in all | test is that it is the closest race in years with almost every entry in the running. 1 sections. of the lumber indus-} next issues of the P.T. will carry the standings. try. Plywoods, sash and door | Te | and those sections of the indus- off in addition to their -hol-| ; ; tae