hip Coys. les ibl esponsible q 1 Dispute = iveters in the shipyards,” at fsent in dispute with the ship "panies on prices to be paid rivets, have indicated that _ onus of responsibility for | “slowdown” which they @-ge has taken place in work "Ss with the company. "resent dispute arises due to inability of the builders to : fe to .agreement with the = n as to the price to be paid rivets driven in Wancouver The price list submitted he companies -by the union Phe same seale as that paid over a year in the Victoria ‘dis. The shipyard operators '» refused to accept the union | and have counterproposed ‘st of their own, with rivet es substantially marked | n from those at present pre- /ng in the industry for rivets sn on transport ferries, the yg of ship under construction. } aleolm Mcleod, commenting | he present dispute, told P.A. Fere is no reason why the = sanies and the union should be able to work out a satis- Gre seale on the new con- '2tion. At present the com- “= - refuses to budge from their 'tion cf paying their pro. 'd prices or none at all. Yet '1e eompanies willingly neso- | pro- | Fon .the basis of our 'd list, they will get up ' percent more rivets than are getting now.’ - '> must be remembered,” m= ecod stated further, “that ' head expenses for adminis- on, tools, and power, will be ' same for $35 worth of rivets fie gangs as is being expend- | ow with the gang receiving 28, which is the calculated Fant for day rate. It is there- ' difficult to figure out the -@- oanies’ attitude. 'the day is long past when “swork or incentive bonus | “as that you must “drive ‘em _tarve.” The present offer of union is reasonable and ‘Ss into account all the experi- fis of the past.” & > FESUREEEREUEEREREESECUCENROESESEERSSUCCXIESEREEASAESHEELE EEE ‘FOR LATEST STYLES” = & Shop At ogue Ladies Apparel 932 Granville St. VANCOUVER, B.C. 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This disproves the contention lof the GCF WNews, official CCF that the Amalgamated unanimously single union in the organ, on the ac- of the CCF as political ann. In order for decisions of a convention of the ABWC to be- come binding, it is necessary for tle locals and affiliate unions to ratify such decisions. The WPlec- iricians refused to consider the Guestion when it was raised for Giscussion, and deleted it from the list of proposals arising . out of the convention. jpassed |ceptance their A spokesman-for the Amalga- mated Electricians {told PA, “The members of the Electrici- ans refused to consider the ques- tion, and struck it out of the list oi proposals. As far as the elec- tricians are coneerned the pro- posal doesn’t exist.” FRXOCUESUUSSESUASRAECE RST OTESSSASNSAGSEKKANAUETNAUN Cos denitarsiaees TRY OUR USTEAKS at the PROVINCE CAFE 7326 MAIN STREET Fissssdesstesennse TOCPOV CCU EOECEU NUR POUMERTEEUEEDUIDOVITNTICELSCVTETTE | for May 26, 1945 — Page 7 Vancouver Labor Council Condemns Union Raiding Representatives of the United Steel Workers of America in this district have been asked by the CCl Vancouver Labor Council to publicly repudiate the actions of certain _of their members working in Western Bridge who are att collective bargaining agreement leld« by the Boilermakers’ Union in the plant and transfer the Boilermakers membership into the USWA. Council approved what am- ounted to a denunciation of the USWA raid on the Boilermakers’ Jurisdiction after presentation of a motion by Charles Caron, Boil- ermakers’ Union secretary. Though the vote was unanimous, there was an evident reluctance on the part of some delegates who generally support the US- WA bloc in the Council to ap- prove the motion. They were fin- ally forced to vote in favor after Delegate Lawrence Anderson of the Shipwrieht and Joiners Un- lon warned that “any delegate opposing the motion would in effect be approving the policy of the CCL union raiding the juris- diction of another affiliate, with all the disastrous consequences such action would’ entail.” ACTION CONDEMNED The matter was brought on the ficor by Daniel O’Brien, regional CCL director. who spoke at some length on the histery of unionism Ukrainian — Killed By Car Bratko, 59, active member of the Ukrainian Can- aGian Assogiation, was killed early Monday morning while re- turing home from work in the shipyards. Bratko, who has lone been active in the progressive and trade union movement, and took a leading part in the fight the restoration of ULFTA properties, was struck as he alighted from a streetcar, and died in Vancouver General Hos- pital a few hours after beinig ad- mitted. : Sincerest condolences are ex Orville tended to Comrade SBratko’s family from his many friends throughout the LPP and the -\language organizations. Highest Prices Paid for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD, Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. : : Est. 1905 — 719 Rebson St. MAr. 2622 empting to break the existing in Western Bridge and West Coast Shipbuilders. reminded delegates that the Boilermakers’ Union had the first organization in the plant and was the first to get an over-all majority. _ “T must definitely sustain Pres- ident Bill White of the Boiler- makers in his stand that the underhanded attempt by certain | dissidents claiming membership in the United Steel Workers to break the Boilermakers’ agree- ment in Western Bridge must be condemned,” O’Brien asserted. “Is it conceded te be good trade unionism to attempt to break another union by devious methods?” he asked. “If you don’t agree with the leadership of a particular union, you don’t attempt to use a wrecking bar to bring about a desired change. “The Boilermakers’ UWnion is representatives of the United Steel Workers to repudiate what is going on right now in that plant under their name.” Council. endorsed a motion presented by Delegate ~Hileen Pallman of USWA i1ecommend- ing that the national officers of the CCL meet with federal auth- erities regarding the future pol- icy of Selective Service. Objec- tion was registered to the fact that while some features of NSS were objectionable to labor it would be wrong to abolish all controls and put workers in the prewar position of having to line up before factory gates for jobs. Selective Service should be con- — verted to some form of federal employment service. with special attention to the problems of get- ting jobs for returning service- men and preventing the whole- the bargaining agent in Western | Sale discharge of women workers Bridge. and I strongly urge the | in the postwar period. Union Demanding that the City Coun- cil take a definite stand in line with the result of plebescite conducted by the City in 1942 regarding one-man cars J. H. McGregor, Publicity Chairman for the Union, sent a strongly worded letter protesting the al- leged decision of the Council to hear representatives from the BCElectric. The letter to the Council stat- ea in part: “We are of the opin- ion that neither of the parties should be heard on the merits of the case while the hearing before the Utilities Commission is pend- ing. We feel that this would not be proper practice. as the Public Utilities Commission is the sole jurisdictional body in such mat- ters. ‘ “We still feel, and strongly urge,” the letter continued, “that the City Council should be heard before the Commission as repre- senting public opinion in this city, and we are sure that over the past seven years of effort on JOHN STANTON Cordova Street 63 West HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND WORK BOOTS HANDMADE JOHNSON’S BOOTS Phone MA. 7612 Vancouver s Union Funeral Directors Broadway at Alma Road Bast Hastings Street CHAPEL HILL COMPANY BELL FUNERAL HOME BAyview 0455 HAstings 0015 Barrister-Solicitor Notary Public - 502 Helden Building MA. 5746—Night AL. 2177M inion Demands City Take Stand On Gne the part of the company to intro- duce the one-man car, the Mayor and members of the council are fully aware of the facts. 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