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The Vancouver Trades and Labor Council will oppose

we BCElectric’s latest attempt

Se Grandview-Pourth ‘Avenue route, thus reaffirming the |
paand taken somé two years ago.

) This was decided by delegates
| Tuesday’s “recular Council
| ( gad following a‘ motion put

cward by: Charles Stewart,
siness agent of Division 101, |

reet Reilwaymen’s Union.
7) “Our union has unanimously |

Srinceton Miners
Hack Petition

i Hundreds of names
uring in to swell the totals
; the ~-Labor - Progressive
'arty’s petition campaign io
apress the federal govern-
| lent with the necessity of
-aliges in the Wartime Labor
"ode (P.-C. 1003) and the wage
= eezimg regulations (P.C.
»B4).

»The LPP Provincial office
"ss announced that it will be
scessary for all petition
rms to be returned by April
+f in order that these may be
‘ ( esented to the government
) fore Parliament closes on
)oril 17. The petitions are be-
» ¢ circulated throughout
nada.
‘he miners -of -Princeton,
'‘C., showed their mettle this
ek by sending in 500 names,
‘2 result of a systematic can-
s of the town. This achieve-
nt in a small center was
'=n as proof of the fact that
» blic support for the needed
fiendments extends far hbe-
(nd the trade union move-
(ant itself.

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ected

to place one-man streetcars on

yoted against operating one-
man cars on this run,” Stewart
told the “The com-
pany has purchased a number

council.

of the new PCC ears and again
preposes to substitute them
for the present two-man sery-
ice on the Grandview line, as
they did two We
Opposed it then. and we ‘are
feing te oppose it now, not
only in the interests of great-
er comfort and safety for pat-
rons, but because our union

wants to ensure that all of the
hundreds of union members

how overseas will haye their
jobs ana seniority rights when
they return.

years ago.

“We feel the company’s atti-
tude unealled for, especially
since the people of Vancouver
have already yated by plebiscite

1S

against inereasing the number
of one-man ear routes in the
eCity.” ;

The motion was endorsed un-
animously.

PARKIN ELECTED

In the election to fill the ya-
cancy on the council executive
created by the resignation of J.
GH. Irving as chairman of the
press committee, Tom Parkin,
secretary of lodge
756. Aeronautical Mechanics Un-
ion. was chosen by a big mayjori-
ty. On the first ballot, the vot-
ing gave Parkin 74, R. G@. Tay-
lor 47 and Robert Cormack 29.
Parkin was declared elected when
he received 96 votes on the sec-
ond ballot against 59 for Taylor.

\ilImess compelled him to retire

AL. PARKIN

Al. Parkin
Joins P.A.

Al Parkm, wellknown Pacific
Coast labor newspaperman and
radio commentator, has joined
the staff of P.A. on a “part-time
basis and will devote himself
particularly to news and inter-
pretation of the labor scene. Al
has been active in ethe British
Columbia labor movement for
many years and played a promi-
nent part in the building of the
labor press in ihe province. He
is especially noted for his work
on the predecessors of P.A. until

temporarily frem active duty.

Als popular radio broadeast,
“The LPP News. Record,” ‘which
has an audience of thousands on
the Pacific Coast, has recently
changed its “spot’’ on the air-
waves to 6:45 on Saturday eve-
nings, over station CKWX.

Since it inaugurated the series
in April, 1940, the National Film
Board has produced 60 films in
the “Canada CGarries Qn” list.
The other Film Board theatrical
series, “World in Action,” has
produced 28 films since it began
in June, 1942-

Saturday,

April

7, 1945 — Page 7,

Union Protests

ove

To Take Work East

With the attention of numerous civic and public agencies
directed toward providing full employment in postwar B.C.,
the Canadian Pacific Railway. is proposing to reduce employ-
ment Opportunities by transferring from Vancouver to eastern

points the servicing of all pas-
senger car equipment, work that
has been performed in this city
since 1902.

This information was given to
the regular meeting of the Van-
eouver Trades and Labor Goiun-
cil this week by a resolution from
Lodge 58 of the Brotherhood: of
Railway Carmen. The resolution,
which protests the company’s ac-
tion, was endorsed by the Gouneil
and copies ordered sent to all
B.C. members of parliament, the
Boards of Trade and veterans’
organizations. Council elesates
further recommended that the
city council’s special committee
on reconversion and layoffs be
asked to meet representatives cf
the labor council and Lodge 58 to
deal with the matter.

URGE IMMEDIATE ACTION

Pointing out that the work of
servicing the railway passenger
Car equipment has been carried
on in B.C. for 40 years “at a cost
not exceeding that in other parts
of the country,’ the resolution of
the Railway Carmen points out
that the transfer of the work
will affect the livelihood of many

family men and homeowners who

have lived in Vancouver for
years.
“These men have contributed

much to the life and welfare of
Vancouver, including as they do_
freight carmen, coach carpen-
ters, car inspectors, upholsterers
and airbrake men. We view the
situation with great anxiety, in
common with many groups of
citizens who have studied the
problems’ of rehabilitation after
the war and wonder how the
men now overseas will fare when
they return to civil life.’

Sam Shearer, delegate from
lodge 58, spoke briefly on the

resolution in urging immediate
, action.
“We cannot understand why

the company contemplates this
step,” Shearer said. “To show
how impractical and uneconomi-
cal the new setup can become,
cars which may be put out .of
urder there in B.C. will have, say,
their trucks repaired, then sent
all the way back to Galgary or
Winnipeg deadhead just to have
new paint applied.”

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