Food Supplies Threatened Unless ‘Steelworkers’ Strike Settled Arising out of recent decisions of the Canadian the determined Struggle of the trade union mov were precipitated into unions of Vancouver strike loomed in the case of a third. The two striking unions - decision of the National curity. The strike in the steel industry developed following reports of a conciliation board in a case in which- Local 2821 of the United Steelworkers of America request- ed the union shop and checkoff. Two reports were handed down as a result of the meeting. One, a majority report of the concil- iating officer and the employer representative granted the union maintenance of membership and voluntary checkof¢. The other report, submitted by the employ- recommended ee representative, the union shop. UNION STABILITY Due to the influx of seasonal workers, the union contended that new organizational problems had interfered with the stability of the union, and a request was made for the company to implement the minority report. The company refused to consider the union re- quest, and at a Special member- ship meeting called on July 15, the membership moved unani- were the United Steelworkers of Am- erica, who locked with the Amer- ican Can Company, and the Uni- ted Packinghouse Workers who struck in the meat-packing in- dustry. The third union, Aero- nautical Lodge 756, International Association of Machinists, was preparing, if necesary, to tale strike action against the decision of Boeing Aircraft to oppose the Manufacturers Association to oppose ement for union security, two trade Strike action. this week, and the threat of mously to accept the minority report and its implementation as their objective. The officials of the union, while making no definite statements to this reporter regarding progress of the strike, seemed fairly confi- dent that. the American Can will be forced to come to some agree- ment at an early date. IRON CLAD MONOPOLIES War, Labor Board granting union se- Ata meeting of workers called Monday, a union spokesman branded the American Can Co., as an ‘ironclad monopoly” con- tent to enjoy full ‘security rights in the field of manufacture but unwilling to erant similar rights to the representative union of the workers. Government officials informed the public that details of the strike had been reported in Victoria and any decision will ion was awaiting further develop- ments from Toronto at this writ- ing, and_a local representative stated that the news of a possible early settlement was “very good news indeed.” The outbreak of unrest and threatening — strikes throughout industry indicated that the unre- mitting attitude of the CMA to- ward the granting of union se- curity was reaping an early har- vest.. Aithough in the war period it was able to preserve a degree of cooperation between manu- facturers and trade unions, it) is clear that the reactionary atti- tude of the Tory-dominated as- sociation of manufacturers was provocative to labor and might well usher in an era of inereased open struggle between labor and management. come from there. PACKINGHOUSE STRIKE The strike of the United Pack- inghouse Workers of America broke Monday morning, when over 100 packinghouse workers in Van- couver struck in sympathy with Iceals in five Canadian cities. The strike which involved 5000 pack- inghouse workers across the coun- try gave indications of being settled at an early date as Fred Dowling, national director of the union announced that it was ex- pected that workers would be back to work by Thursday, if the PROVOCATION While the “no-strike’” policies of the trade union movement dur- ing the war period have been vin- dicated by the cooperation achieved in the defeat of fascism, it is a recognized fact that the no-Strike policy can not be pur- sued if it is to be exploited by the manufacturers as a means of breaking down the hard-won gains of the labor movement. The “no- strike” pledge depended for its vindication on a cooperative at- titude being maintained by em- ployers as well as employees. The company cooperated in proposals for arbitration of the dispute. The Vancouver local of the un- A Critical Review able of unforseen and deeply progressive change in it’s stub- born old age, without any alter- ation in it’s class relations. For decades—and to a nicety— Marxists have been able to de- termine the inherent possibilities of capitalism at every stage of it’s development. Now, as if by magic, capitalism became cap- able of rejuvenation -.. all be- gause of it’s alliance with the USSR. According to this (im- plied) theory, all that capitalism heretofore lacked was a great and (really) powerful socialist state with which to do business! Let’s forget about “perspec- tives” and think more in terms of what our science shows is con- eretely possible and inherent in the capitalism under which we live. Let us take forward our historic role under capitalism: the leadership of the workers in -the struggle continuously to im- prove their material conditions. To the extent that monopoly capitalism is inherently ineap- able of providing lasting full- employment ... at wages which directly reflect the ever-increas- ing productivity of social labor; to the extent that monopoly eap- ital emphasizes exploitation in- stead of human betterment in it’s relations with subject and colonial peoples, and to the ex- tent that capitalism would liniit and restrict the freedom of the workers, the solution—which is socialism—must receive serious consideration. PAGE 6 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE risk of getting so far ‘ahead” of them that they can no longer see us for the dust which other par- ties them. of five lines or less with 10 additional in this column. later Not exclusively, but foremost, ours is a party of the workers. This entails a closeness and un- derstanding: of the workers which should, henceforth, reduce the raise immediately before ALBERT DETTMAN. hard-riding and provocative ac- tion of reactionary employers, a tendency which has ‘increased since the elimination of the stronghold of fascism to a threat- ening degree, is leading to the present unrest in industry. The solution to the threatening labor unrest lies in the enforce- ment of decisions of labor boards. Trade unionists throughout the country have been ealling for the putting of teeth into labor legis- lation, and unless amendments are made to the statutes regard- ing labor legislation at an early date, the nation faces an out- break of violent struggle pre- cipitated by Tory-inspired reac- pak Ysa $scBoe$erPor Gober focfockecfocks si eleiinteeidebbiednbietedrdh toledo doled LPP CLUB DIRECTO (Clubs and Chairmen listed by Provincial Constituc VANCOUVER CENTER. 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