THE B.C.

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Sive Labor
An Equal Voice

"Labor desires to throw all its energies

 fnto full defence production and yet
because of denial of representation, lack
of planning, and maladministration, labor
has not been given the opportunity to
_ make the full contribution it could, and
has done in Britain, the United States,
Australia and New Zealand, where the
rights of collective bargaining are firmly
established. If the 90 per cent of the
community who comprise labor are to
make their full contribution, they must
have a channel for expression on major
questions of production and defence.
Any policy or individual who stands
in the way of the due recognition of
the right and need of labor to be ad-
mitted to partnership in the war, or
who condones the acts of those who thus
seek to block labor's fullest participa~
tion, is subversive of the war effort.
Just as labor representation has proven
to be a first essential to fully effective
participation of labor in solving defence-
production problems, so union recogni-
_ tion by employers is a pre-requisite for
collective bargaining.

As Sir Walter Citrine, General Secre-
tary of the Trade Union Congress, has
written, “Unless both parties freely rec-
ognize the right of the other to bargain
for its members, settlement by negotia-
tion is utterly impossible. So the first
essential to settling industrial differ-
ences by voluntary collective bargaining
isthat the employers should recognize
the unions.”

With this recognition will come a
greater degree of co-operation between
labor and management, and the democ-
racy, for which labor is already making
tremendous sacrifices to protect, will be
extended, broadened and deepened as
never before. Through this extension of
the basic principles of democracy an
even greater war effort and greater nla-

“tional unity will be built.

Maximum Production, Hfficlency and
Unity to Defeat Fascism!

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“Them’s My
Sentiments”

In a brief postscript to the lines
which follow, H. C. Hafer, an TWA
logger of Local 2-93, Sultan, in the
Cascade foothills’ of Washington state,
remarks of this poem:

“A little crude, but.. cas Bill
Shakespeare might haye said—them’s
my sentiments’.”

Though the call to arms exempts you
There's still a duty to your flag;
Stifle craven thoughts that tempt you
To make the nation’s effort lag.

Put your whole heart in the doing
Of the task we've just begun;

Keep the wheels of labor turning,
Give us planes and ships and guns.

Cast aside your costly pleasures,
Waste no coin on idle fun;

Uncle Sam now needs your treasure,
Wat is grim, but must be won.

‘Wear those shoes a little longer,
Save a dollar here and there;

Our defense will be much stronger
With the last cent you can spare.

Cruisers, subs and battle wagons,
Each one filled with gallant men,
Search the stormy seas—unflagging,
But they need replacements now and
then.

Silver wings ride far-flung skylanes
With our pilots, brave, alert;

Do you hold back with your pittance
While with death they daily flirt?

Thoughts of home come to your youngster
In the blackness of the night,
He holds aloft the torch of freedom;
Will you back him in this fight?
—By H. C. Hafer,
Snohomish, Wash,

Loggers’ Navy To
Leave Soon

Good news for the Queen Charlotte
Island camps is the report this week
from IWA-CIO Local 1-71 Secretary
Ernie Dalskog that the Loggers’ Navy,
MV “Annart” will be leaving early this
week for the Queen Charlotte Islands in
charge of Skipper John McCuish and
Organizer Sam Alcock.

Having completed repairs the Annart
returned to Vancouver this week to re-
fuel and take on supplies in preparation
for the northern trip, where this boat
will be stationed until midsummer at
least.

The second boat of the Loggers’ fleet,
Mv “Laur Wayne,” was in drydock in
Vancouver this week getting her annual
scrub-down and coat of paint in prepara-
tion for leaving shortly to work in the
Sointula-Johnson Straits area.

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LABOR

AND THE LAW
By

ATTORNEY
JOHN STANTON

P.C. 8253.

Known as the “Wartime Wages and
Cost of Living Bonus Order” this order-
in-council, which I last time referred
to as the most drastic war-time legisla-
tion yet passed starts by stating that
"it is necessary to extend the provisions
embodied in P.C. 7440.” The new order
then goes on to revoke P.C, 7440 and to
substitute for it the new and far more
drastic provisions which will be dis-
cussed in this column for several weeks,

SCOPE OF ORDER.

The new order covers all employees
and all employers in Canada with the
following exceptions:

(4) Any building and construction enter-
prise employing less than 10 persons;
Any agency of the Government (this
includes the Department of Muni-
tions and Supply);

Any department or agency of a pro-
vincial or municipal government;
Any firm engaged in agriculture,
fishing, and hunting;

Hospitals, and educational or charit-
able institutions;

Employers with fewer than 50 em-
ployees who were not previously cov-
ered by federal labor legislation.

With the comparatively minor excep-
tions above noted all other employers in
Canada and their employees are covered
by the new order.

ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY.

Having defined the scope of this law,
P.C, 8253 proceeds to establish a national
War Labor Board consisting of a chair-
man and four or more members who are
supposed to represent employers and
four or more members to represent em-
ployees. All members of the board are
to be appointed by the government which
fixes salaries and which has the power
to discharge any member of the board
at any time, The board itself may ap-
point an executive of three to carry out
its policies.

The board itself is charged with the
responsibility of administering the new
order itself as well as the administra-
tion of the “Fair Wages and Hours of
Labor Act.” It is also empowered to in-
vestigate wage conditions and labor re-
lations in any part of Canada and to
make such conditions as it deems neces-

sary.
REGIONAL BOARDS.

In addition to the national board with
its headquarters in Ottawa, P.C, 8253
goes on to establish five regional War
Labor boards to consist of a chairman
and at least two representatives each
of employers and employees. These
boards are appointed to sit for Canada’s

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(3)

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(5)

(6)

ARP CONFERENCE
CALLED ON FEB. 8

In response to requests from many
quarters, the Committee for Allied Vic~
tory has issued invitations to all inter-
ested citizens to attend an informal con-
ference on ARP Civilian Defence, in the
Peter Pan Ballroom, on Sunday, Feb-
ruary 8, at 10:30 am.

Mayor J. W. Cornett has agreed to be
Present at this conference when the
following points will be discussed:

(l) What are the needs of the ARP,
and what can be done to meet them?

(2) What measures are needed to
strengthen other civilian defence
forces, including the Reserve Army?

(8) What can community organizations
(churches, veterans’ groups, unions
and service clubs) do for an all-out
civilian effort?

Grave concern has been expressed by
Many ‘prominent citizens regarding the
many problems facing civilian defence
in Vancoliver, and it is hoped that some
valuable proposals will emerge from
such a conference.

five main economic regions, The Mari-
times, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie Prov-
ineces and British Columbia. Chairmen
of these boards must occupy the position
of Minister of Labor in one of the prov-
inces concerned.

With the above outline of the admini-
strative machinery set up by P.C. 8253
we will in the next article be in @ po-
sition to review actual policies which
the National and Regional Boards are
obliged to administer.

Help Win the Battle of Production!

“The greater the difficulties are, the
stronger we resist, The final victory
must be ours.”—Dr, P, D, Chang, in
“China Today.”

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