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oilermakers’ Atffairs
till Undetermined

Affairs of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Union of
Canada, Local No. 1, were still undetermined this week pend-
ing an order by Supreme Court for an election under court
Supervision as requested by defense counsel C. W. Tysoe early

this week.

Court will resume its sittings on
Friday, following Wednesday's ad-
journment. j

Paul Murphy, CCL counsel, ap-
peared before Justice Sidney Smith
to state that he was present. be-
cause he had been notified by Tysoe
that the court desired representa-
tion from the CCL.

“TJ am only here representing the
GCL as a result of the court’s re-
quest,” he emphasized. “We are
‘strangers to any proceedings that
may have taken place.”

“Tt does not concern the court
whether you take an active part
or not,’ Justice Smith remarked.
“You were fiven an opportunity to
be present so that you could not
feel that you were left on the side-
lines. I would think the Canadian
Gongress of Labor would take a
lively interest in what is going on.”

Questioned by Tysoe as to wheth-
er the CCL was going to be heard
or not, Murphy said he was not
going to appear in any proceedings.

Union affairs were being “fright
fully held up,” Tysoe charged. He
asked that Justice Smith order an

early election supervised by the
court.
Meanwhile Boilermakers’ shop

stewards reported enthuiastic re-
sponse to a petition circulated
among boilermakers in local yards
asking His Lordship for a judg-
ment calling for an immediate elec-
tion under court supervision.

Six thousand Have signed the
petition, attesting to the eagerness
among shipyard workers to have

the affairs of the union running
smoothly once more so that busi-
ness confronting the union may be
resumed. -

GCL suspension of the MBoiler-
makers and Iron Shipbuilders’ Lo-
cal 1 was ruled illegal by a verdict
brought down in Supreme Gourt
late last week, and all meetings
held in February null and void.

“Another election should be held
at the earliest possible moment,”
Mr. Justice Smith had recommend-
ed. “They (the disputant parties)
should each of them take an im-
mediate interest in the holding of
this election, and should elect offi-
cers who, beyond all doubt, repre-
sent the majority feeling of the

union and enjoy its confidence.
PER SR eee lale thus that any
democratic organization can suc-
cessfully function,

“To this end I shall be glad to

hear counsel on any further direc-_

think the court
make, within its

tory order they
might usefully
jurisdiction.”

Suspension of the union on Jan.
25 was illegal because of lack of
jurisdiction, according to Justice
Smith’s judgment, who found the
investigating committee was not
properly constituted for that pur-
pose, and that it failed to comply
with the provisions of the con-
stitution of the CCL.

Perhaps I may be permitted’ to
remind the members that the fu-

ture of this union is in their own
hands and they must themselves
work out its salvation,” he added.

Changes Proposed For
Shipyard Transportation

Comprehensive changes were proposed in bus, tram and
ferry operation for shipyard workers when a joint shop stew-
ards’ meeting this week elected a committee to interview ship-
yard managements and the transit controller in an endeavor

to bring transportation facilities

Discussing all methods of trans-
portation, the meeting petitioned
to have car drivers rationed on
individual merits, in order thatthe
present burden on available pub-
lic means of transportation would
not be increased by workers lay-
ing away their cars.

Ferries which now dump = ship-
yard workers in front of the North
Shore yards with 20. minutes to
kill before the whistle blows should
be asked to work out a revised
schedule in line with the needs of
war industries, shop stewards felt.
The large number of men employed
in these yards justified special con-

sideration being given to their’
transportation, instead of their
having to rely on antiquated

schedules which give no considera-

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in line with wartime conditions.
tion to their starting and quitting
times.

In order to serve huge numbers
of men coming to and from the
ferries, extra service on the Pow-
21] Street line was urged, to over
some ‘stuffing’ and over-crowd-
ing. =

Re-routing of Cambie street
busses to pick up loads of workers
at the gates of West Coast ship-
yards was also recommended, and
special bus service to ferry slips
to pick up loads and transport
workers to transfer points.

The meeting decided to make
several recommendations to BC
Electric, calling for workers’ passes
during crowded periods when men

come off shift, and for special
war workere’ tickets for those
workers travelling via interurban
lines.

The committee, consisting of J.
Barton, J. McPeake, P. C. Foster,
D. Bisenman and O. Hill, was em-
powered by the shop stewards to
call further meetings to discuss the
transportation problem, as well as
problems of fuel, housing, food
rationing, and beer restrictions.

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Vancouver*Labor Council were

of personnel managers from vari-
ous yards with a view to studying '
all aspects of the question.

Citing a letter from Phillip Mur-
ray, CIO president, to the effect
that “management, too, has serious
responsibilities in connection with |

delegate of the United Steelworkers
of America thought working condi-
tions and wage scales had a good
deal to do with the question, and
that this factor should be brought
to the attention of the manage-
ments.

Steelworkers, he continued, had
already set up a committee to work

on this question, and were in
touch with Gerald Heller, chairman
of War Industries Coordinating |

Committee. A motion that council
set up a committee of three to
work with the steelworkers’ com-
mittee was endorsed.

Corey Campbell, council vice-
president, said he had no doubt
that the basic reason for absentee-
ism was not the fact that the work-
ers took time off to spend their
high wages, nor could it be as-
scribed to drunkenness, since it
was now impossible to obtain liquor.

“Poor housing, transportation
difficulties and ill health are im-
portant factors,” he stated. “‘Men
sit on cold steel eating their lunches
and work all day in the rain. Is
it any wonder there is sickness?

“Whistlebeating is understand-
able when a man knows that if
he doesn’t get through the gates
as soon as the whistle blows he
will have to wait while car after
car passes him by. Can you blame

a man for packing up his tools

and trying to be among the first

to leave the yards in order to
get on the overloaded ferries?

outspoken in stating this week,

when the suggestion was made by A. Render, Blacksmiths
Union, that council elect a committee to meet with a committee

in many instances extended a
workman’s day to 11 or 12 hours
before he reached home.

‘We should demand an account-
ing from the federal government,
and from provincial and civic gov-
ernments, too,” he added. “Let them

this problem of absenteeism,’ a look Into the critical housing and | good deal to do with inere

fuel situation. Let them correct
their antiquated transportation
methods, which give no heed to
the fact that thousands of work-
ers must travel to and from work
at the same time each day. I guar-
antee this problem of absenteeism
ean be solved without difficulty if
they want to solve it.”

Other delegates mentioned the
current ’flu-pneumonia epidemic as
no doubt contributing to increase
in absenteeism during the past

‘months. The heavy burden of taxa-

tion on low paid workers was cited
also as a major contributing factor
in the problem. The fact that in
many instances men worked for
only a few cents an hour on the
sixth shift had no doubt encouraged
many to stay home because it made
very little difference in

additional day.

should be considered. .
“Particularly among young peo-
ple this is a most important ques-
tion. If they can’t have swing

their
pay cheek when they worked the

Ruth Turner, Cannery and Ag-| F
ricultural Workers’ Union, said lack
of recreational facilities to meet the
needs of those working war shifts

Absenteeism Not All
On Labor’s Doorste]

Blame for increase in absenteeism in local war industries ”
should not be laid entirely on labor’s doorstep, delegates to}

shift dances as they ask,

they're going to take time 0;
amusements somehow. This
matter that will have to be |
into consideration.”

Corey Campbell, E. Morte

T. Bradley were elected as t
mittee to represent the cot

In an interview with The ©
Heller said he had no doul
the current ‘flu epidemic

absenteeism.

"Transportation difficultie .
l contribute to the problem,” h
ed. “Then there is the fac
many men are becominj
illusioned about war indi!
The myth of high wages is”
exploded and the industri |
losing their glamor.”

A meeting will be held or |
1, he said, to thoroughly
the problem and ways and
of meeting it.

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