Unionist Fired
By Neon Firm

Continuing the drive against organization of workers in aie
Vancouver plant, Neons Limited recently discharged a won |p 22
employee for ‘4alking union.” Be ait

Employees’ attempts to set up a local of United Steelwork #-

of America, CLO, were combatted
by the setting up of a company-
sponsored Weon Employees’ Asso-
ciation in April, in defiance of
newly-enacted amendments to the
ICA Act. “Boys who sign up with
the CIO are not those with a fu-
ture,’ a bulletin by the company

Rationing
Extension
Demanded

COURTENAY, BC. — Gen-
eral dissatisfaction with meth-
ods of distribution of available
consumers goods was expressed
ne at a conference on rationing
called by the Ladies’ Auxiliary

: : : of the International Woodwork-
HE muddled manpower situation becomes more involved |°.< of America last week. Dele-

every day and some of the attempted remedies only make| gates present felt that the point ; -omm
the situation worse. system of rationing, as practiced cauten the oe Dena ee
: : . ws _|in Great Britain and the United | lurid picture © “fly-by-night racke-
The experience in Great Britain has proven that the prob-| Ziates should be adopted in Can- teering organizers.”

lem cannot be solved by working men excessive hours. They | aaa. Despite the firm’s persistent cam-
found that production dropped and men simply could not| ‘phe conference, which sncluded | P2ig®, workers state the union has
stand the strain of working 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days| delegates from several prominent progressed, in the face of intimi-

Around the
Slipways

By Charles Saunders

company officials in the main. :
Many workers previously inell jj
to “give the Asociation a chaj

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is stated, until it is composed” okt
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now are in the union. :

Dismissed for “unsatisfac |
work,” although previously she if
been slated for promotion, one a +
man employee asked for a bi (iwi
reason for dismissal, and was pal
it would have been wiser for f= 1
to stay with the Employees - es
sociation, and quit talking ©” a
and asking people to attend n

a week, When they dropped back to the ordinary work week | women’s organizations, went on dation and grilling by company of | ines pa
there was an immediate improvement in the rate of production record unanimously endorsing the | Bcials. Girls suspected ob beme ; ae
= s = = : F = Pp aoe = A - | union sympathizers are questioned Challenged to state the true
Yet, in spite of this, the same thing is being tried here with | fovowine resolutions to be for svately by th 1 d £ Sent F

Aieast 2 1 Me b = eohie i pais warded to the Wartime Prices and privately by the employers, and 2° son for her dismissal, this off f ite
isastrous results. en are becoming highly issatisiied, €5-| trade Board: urged to give information regard- | said he was “too smart” for p=
pecially when asked to work on their day off. There is nothing | hat the point system of ration- ing other union members. F Another personnel official (5

unpatriotic about the attitude of the men toward excessive | ing be adopted in Canada. ea pee Employees a ee her work was all fui
overtime: It is a scientifically proven fact that in such an| ‘That jam, honey, peanut butter ciation has been reorganized, it) 08 t ee pe
? ws , Toast

industry as shipbuilding, men cannot work excessive hours | syrup, canned goods, dried fruits

and maintain any standard of efficiency. and other canned goods be fa- | di A k J e :
> tioned. n IGNns S ustice

That the sugar quota to wineries
and manufacturers of soft drinks

Slee recognized work week in BC is forty-four hours. The | pe rationed. The fact that timber agents and Indian agents are ta
shipyard unions agreed to extend this to forty-eight in| That the production of peet su-| advantage of war conditions by encroaching on Indian ret fe
the interest of maintaining production in the yards twenty- | Sar be increased in Canada. timber limits was protested in a letter sent to Prime Min

That the distribution of goods

be y. 7. 7 = = iS = ~ = > ie 7
se wee a oe alee se aw a ane eee day ae should be based according to pop- Mackenzie’ King by native Indians of Hast Kootenay. ia
inuous procu ion plan should, 1D act, obviate the need 10T) ylation as shown py the number of] “We have demanded an investi-| “We demand through you t #
overtime work except in special cases where key men are | ration cards issued in each dis- gation by unbiased Dominion au-|moval of our agent, who b> #
required. The shortage of labor has thrown 2 monkey wrench | trict. fhorities into the underhanded sympathy with nor interest i ee

That loggers and miners, be-| methods used by our agent in the | life of our people.” har
cause of the strenuous nature of | disposal of our timber,” states the A second copy of the petiti ie
their work, be granted extra al-|letter. “But an investigation WaS|sent to Mrs. ates eae a
lowances of meat and other ra-| not Forthcoming. We make this ap- ..
tioned goods. peal directly to you upon the basis | © [

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into the smooth functioning of this plan, but there are remedies
at hand.

Women can be used much more extensively than at pres-
ent, and give a chance to some of the lower-paid men to step up.

In the riggers’ department, for instance, there are men Delegates deplored action of|of the evidence at a recent en SHIPYARD WORKED [f=
aaa Z butchers in refusing to deliver | quiry held at St. Mary’s Indian Re- =
working as helpers who could be stepped up- Laborers could | -.cat to rural districts, and it was|serve on June 2 and 3 by an in- Eat at the SS

be stepped up to helpers. This would not only help to allevi-
ate a bad situation in this department but would give added
incentive to the men in the lower-paid brackets.

qe of incentive, the present rate of taxation on over-
time is another reason why men are reluctant to put in
the extra hours. When aman finds, after putting in two weeks’
straight work, including his day off and overtime every night,
that he has been working those extra hours at less than
straight-time rates, after tax deductions, he is not encouraged
to put in anything more than his regular work week. Almost
every brief submitted to the special hearings of the National
War Labor Board stressed this point. It is to be hoped that
action will not be delayed.

Another phase of the manpower shortage is the increased
employment of boys of school age. There are many hundreds
of them working at present and there is not nearly enough

decided to present a petition to spector sent here from Vancouver. s -
decided © JP trade and the local| “We proclaim our ‘loyalty ane Sugar Bowl C: |
butchers. our devotion to the furthering of NORTH VAN z

Jean Mason, president of House-| the war effort of our country and ‘
wives League of BC, addressed the| in so doing appeal for public de- Be
gathering. It was decided to hold nunciation of the war effort be- }
a further conference later in the] ing used as an excuse to rob our

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Opens For New Season CONFEDERATION P.

4600 Block E. Hastin
Hees than 500 children will spend a very enjoyable two- on
week vacation this summer at the Children’s Jubilee Summer
Camp at Orlomah on the North Arm, which opened this week SUNDAY, JULY 25—lt &
for the new season. The camp is wholly supported by the Lacrosse —- Mile Bike Mar2

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enough to be working Ikkids of this age, but to start turning privileged children. A tract of 160|$5 which covers a one-week holi-|—.
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care taken in placing them. These lads are all supposed to be local trade union movement. tne aon algamaed Buide Races — Eats — Mu 4
over 14 years of age, and I suppose some check is kept, al-| During the depression a ETOUP| mye cam : $1,000 Worth of Pri’ i:
though some of them look more like 12-year-olds. In any case|of Vancouver workers decided tO} poating eee Se ea a = e oe
these youngsters should be placed on day shift work. It is bad] build a summer camp for under-| ing, fishing and hikes, The fee of -ADMISSION 50 C {

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fully grown man. That is why extra pay is allowed and these} unions have kept the camp run- geraeeE
kids should not be asked to do it. ne eve since by liberal dona- i
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