[WA Conference Raises Demand Fer 40-hr. Week ea call for labor unity to meet the challenge of enemies of labor who “‘are uniting and closing their ranks in a drive to block the road to prtogress’”’ Job Stewards’ First Postwar was issued this week by the Conference of the Interna- tional Woodworkers’ of America, in a conference report. Stating that labor must ruth- lessly thrust aside all that stands in the way of unity of the working class, the report points out that: “The first principal of wis- dom in the age after victory is a great coalition of the pro- gressive forces, a _ coalition that insists that there is no meaning to freedom, save that its basis is equality.” Over three hundred job stew- ards and members of the union attended the conference which Was held in Duncan, under the Sponsorship of Local 1-80, Inter- national Woodworkers of Amer- ica. The conference was address- ed by Danny O’Brien, President, British -Columbia Federation of Labor; Harold Pritchett, Presi- dent, District One, International Woodworkers of America; Ernie Dalskog, International Board Member, TWA: and Nigel Mor- gan, as Vice President, Local 1-71, IWA. Pointing out that the coming of the peace has placed. heavy responsibilities on-trade union _leaders, the conference stressed that it is responsibility of every union member, officer, and local union to contribute to the fullest in assisting leaders to solve the problems which confront labor. ° SUPPORT FOR AUTO WORKERS The conference went on record as strongly supporting the 11,- Highest Prices Paid for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD, Other - Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Lid. Est. 1905 719 Robson St. ~MAr. 2622 - - e Compliments .. . Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas RICHARDS and HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. “FOR LATEST STYLES” Shop At Vogue Ladies Apparel = 932 Granville St. : VANCOUVER, B.C. VUOROACOUUTIAUCGSORSUCLACUSOCCOURERCEESSEROGRERS OSU RETUSERECRESESS: OUVNSUDUOLORDOROCCOOONOONCONDSRED 000 striking workers of United Automobile Workers Local 200, who are striking in Windsor as a result of provocation by the Ford Motor Company of Canada. “A victory for the. Ford strikers will mean a victory for all Canada’, the confer- ence report states. “The work- ers in the’ Windsor plant must not weaken- for want of sup-’ # port. We must see to it that the 111000 workers, their Wives and children, ‘are sup- plied with the necessities of life. While iving suport col- lectively and individually to the Ford strikers, we must in- crease the pressure’ on the federal government for the imediate establishment of a national labor code; so that the organizations of the work- ers may be protected from the attacks of such unscrupulous employers as the Ford Motor Company. The future well- being of every worker in Can- ada rests with the establish- ment of an adequate labor code’’. Pointing out that the although the first round of the war was ended with the defeat of Japan, the conference report warns that “the second round of this battle against oppression has just be- gun. Canada is faced with the immediate task of providing one million new peacetime jobs with- in the next six months. Drawing attention to the words of Philip Murray, Presi- dent of the Congress of Indus- trial Organizations, the report states: “The country. must be mo- bilized for an attack upon poverty, ignorance and fear, that compares to our wartime effort. We must use what it takes to prevent the_catastro- Phe of mass unemployment, just as we need our resources in a cooperative endeavor to prevent the catastrophe of fascism from everwhelming HAst. 0340 766 E. Hastings Hastings Steam Baths Vancouver, B.C. OPEN DAY and NIGHT Expert Masseurs In Attendance WAND STUDIO “Anything With a Camera” -8 E. Hastings St. PAc. 7644 VANCOUVER, B.C. 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It raises the demand for higher wage rates by the implementation of a national minimum wage rate of 55 cents per hour, a guaran- teed annual wage of 1500 dollars per year. . Soviet Labor duction work. All these awards begin: “The Central Council of Trade Unions and the Peoples” Commissariat of Meatpacking— or Rubber or Small Machine Building—having examined all- union competition of factories during September, make the fol- lowing awards.” The list of awards ranges from five to 50 and includes the Ban- ner of National Defense and various other banners and also solid cash prizes which are used for something desired by the workers in the successful fac- tory. A sample of awardees among food processing plants in- cludes a meatpacking house in Baku and dairy products com- bines in Siberia and the Urals. All such awards are made by the AUCCTU together with the appropriate industry. In every instance the trade unions are mentioned first. 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The Presi- dent’s Workers’ Party, the Com- munist Party, trade unions and other groups in Brazil offered their -complete support to the government prior to the military coup, and insisted that an as- sembly be called immediately. With Vargas’ ouster, Supreme Court Judge Jose Linhares as- sumed the presidency,. and Gen- eral Pedro Aurelio Goes Mon- teiro, who announced the resig- nation of the president, resumed his post of Minister of War. One of the first acts of the new regime was to raid the head- quarters of the Communist Party. of Brazil and place its leader under arrest. The sudden removal of Presi- dent Vargas from the head of Brazilian Government, marks the third in a series of violent upheavals in three major South American states. In Argentina, on the southern border of Brazil, Vice-President Juan Peron was deposed but regainéd office after revolutionary occurences which resounded in the international press. The government of Ven- ezuela, north of Brazil; was ousted within the last two weeks. Astrojildo Periera, Allied La- bor Press correspondent, report- ing from Rio de Janeiro on Oc- tober 26, stated that “events in pre fj at Guanabara Paj ] Brazil indicate that — decisive in the moy | constituent assembly: new and democratic | before the president-4 are held on Decemb:# _ A statement, issr Communist : pledged that Party is decided to .jj government against - bances”’. : se Brazilian organizc | up to the latest ocar | just emerged from + imposed silence q coercion. In Rio de Te 40 unions, mobiliz | Workers Unification ¢ held a mass meetin; | and issued a call — enforcement of the ( § labor for a assembly — The action to depo; : the result of moves | elements in Brazil w posed the increasin’ — of the Vargas gover | zilian political circle ed great stress on 4 from New York g Mascarenhas Des M |: mander of the Brazi 5 tionary force whick '# Italy, and which “Brazil will march: # with the U.S. at any © any circumstances”. Democratic leac watching developmen and express hope tha’ of democratic expre the people of Brazi. the new regime to 2 demand for democra { i Wy hh asa a Hel hh fe Se te ids and a new constituti® \— ; _A Program of Political Commen | i “The LPP Nef AL PARKI] Every Saturday at 6:4. @ STATION CKWX 4 SO SSCHEULLAUUOUTERELEGAUSETOSLSREADDAUOUSSEUESECSRORUTERSLUSEIOURE Record” | WITH | } cy 4 YoraGeasd. . 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