|ABOR’S VOICE FOR VICTORY
I. No. 15.
Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, April 17, 1943

ihe Labor Board Meets

2 [ AN EDITORIAL ]
qi WHAT can mark one of the biggest steps ahead by
labor in its history, the National War Labor Board this
ek announced its intention of instituting an immediate
slic inquiry into all matters affecting labor relations and
Z& conditions in Canada. ~
This important move, which will be greeted enthusi-
ally by every trade unionist in the country, will open
discussion all those contentious questions that have
a plaguing the labor movement for years, and in par-
war during the war period. The Board’s plan is to allow
# groups and organizations to present their points of
¥, and out of the data presented will undoubtedly come
isions that will have far-reaching effect.
#The People is of the opinion that British Columbia
$or should immediately avail itself of this opportunity
making specific proposals to the War Labor Board.
shout going into detail at this time, we believe such pro-
als should include: 2
(@) Compulsory collective bargaining on a federal
ie, enactment of which we believe would be the key to
ition of other principal problems. (2) Review of the
ernment’s present system of wage controls. (3) An
thaul of the cost-of-living index and all matters af-
ing control of prices. (4) Suggestions for a revision
Mttawa’s entire wartime labor policy, with stress on the
eding up of the whole process of arbitrating disputes.
We think it’s important to stress, too, that representa-
is from BC should be made jointly by all unions—
= and CCI-—in the province. Labor recently proved
it could be done by united trade union action when it
seeded in enforcing passage of the new ICA Act. The
that the War Labor Board has opened up such a hear-
‘doesn’t necessarily mean that any recommendations
de will automatically be approved by the government.
it is why labor should unite once more to see that what-
© proposals are made are the joint proposals of every
of BC’s 70,000 trade union men. é

SS 5 Cents

iti-Franco Revolt
irs City Of Malaga

2 people of Malaga, a town in southern Spain, took over
avernment buildings, executed the Falangist mayor and
the city for several hours late last November because
ile of Nazi submarines and British naval vessels off the
convinced them that the Allies were invading Spain.

mation of this remarkable | gista centres, succeeded in enter-
»£ the Spanish people against |ine the governor’s building, exe-
comes from the Republican | cuted the mayor and other Falan-
ber. Espana Popular, of| sist leaders in a spirit recapturing
5. the great days of July, 1936.
dews of the American Iand-| “They are already here” was the
North Africa “aroused such | cry in working class neighborhoods,
} of enthusiasm among our | “Let’s help them,” people shouted,
because they thought it was|and the pavement was torn up for
logue to an immediate open- | barricades.
the second front in Europe| ‘The battle Subsided after many
‘Says Hispana Popular. hours, but in those hours, says
2 the offshore battle be- Espana Popular, the Falangists
ithe Nazi sub and British | realized the true temper of the
mits- was heard, the popu- Spanish people.
of Malaga rushed out into Army reinforcements soon ar-
Bee : : rived in Malaga. Thousands of citi-
Marched' to the civil gov-|zens have been arrested and exe-
it building, and the Falan-!cutions are taking place daily.

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Giant Rally
Challenges
Disrupters

Members of the Boilermak-
ers Union gave a fitting answer
Thursday night to a union-
busting campaign that failed.

They gave it by packing Van-
couver’s Athletic Park six
thousand strong, by reelecting
their former executive officers
who had been twice enjoined

from taking office by order of
the Supreme Court, and by roar-
ing approval of President William
Stewart's challenge that “this time
we're going to carry on as your
executive officers no matter who
tries to interfere.’

“Qur fight to maintain control
over our own affairs may not yet
be over,’ the
union president
stated in his

speech after be-
ing reelecte@ by
acclamation to
the position
from which he
had twice be-
fore been oust-
ed on orders of
CCL Vice-Presi-
dent Alex Mc-
Auslane,
“Tonight you
have again
elected us in the democratic manner

W. Stewart

(Continued on Page 8)
See GIANT RALLY

Boilermaker
Re-Elect For.
‘Last Time’

brief acceptance”

Ontario Enaets

New Labor Law

TORONTO.—The province of Ontario joined with British
Columbia this week by becoming the second in Canada to pass

labor legislation guaranteeing
nition of unions as bargaining

collective bargaining and recog-
agents.

The new Labor Act, passage of which represents a smash-
ing defeat for a strong group of anti-union employers that at-
tempted to block its enactment plus a big step forward in

organized labor’s campaign to
bring in national compulsory bar-
gaining laws, makes it compulsory
by law for the employers of On-
tario-to deal with unions of the
workers’ own choice and excludes
from recognition under the act
company-dominated organizations,

The bill declares:

“No employer shall fail or re-
fuse to bargain collectively with
the duly elected representative
of a collective bargaining agency.

(mer) shall discriminate
against an employer by reason of
his membership in a collective
bargaining agency ... (mor) shali
coerce, réstrain or influente an
employee, whether by financial
aid or otherwise, with respect to
the exercise by him of any right
by this act or by any collective
bargaining agreement.’
-In effect, the above provisions
will bring union conditions te hun-
dreds of plants in Ontario where
open-shop employers are now pre-
venting by every means at their
disposal the umionizing of their
workers.

Similarity of the new Ontario
act with the ICA act in BG is seen
in the clause which rules that only
organizations which represent the
workers in a bona fide manner

shall be recognized as bargaining

agencies, and specifically excludes

company unions by declaring no
recognition will be accorded “any
such association the administra-
tion, management or policy of

which is dominated, coerced or im- _

properly influenced by the employ-
er in any manner, whether by way
financial aid or otherwise.”

The act differs with the BC leg

islation in that it will be adminis—
tered by a Labor Court headed by.
a judge of the Supreme Court. Cer=
tification as to the union’s right
te act for the Majority of em-

| Ployees must be secured from this

Court.

Laber generally has greeted the
new legislation as a great advance
in industrial relations and an im-
portant weapon for the boosting of
vital war production.

As in British Columbia, success
was largely determined by a great
campaign by united labor, com-
prising both AFI. and GCI, unions,
behind the Labor Bill’s passage.
In the early stages a violent ,Op-
Position to any such legislation
developed among a powerful group
of reactionary employers which

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See ONTARIO f

Italians Display White Flags In Tunisia

Two Italian soldiers

are shown holding white flags high Aue their heads as they surren-

der to a British 8th Army officer during the battle in Tunisia.

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