Canadian Congress

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could not be justified by control leg-
islation recently adopted by Australia,
where, it pointed out, labor organization
and wages had both reached a higher
level than in this country. -

‘The Congress proposed “that the gov-
ernment's wage policy be reconsidered”
with a view to achieving a formula, mak-
ing for greater equality of sacrifice and
including “provisions for conciliation,
mediation and arbitration of dsputes.”

The brief decdared “that the best
method” of meeting the war-time in-
dustrial situation is “the establishment
of an industrial council for each basic
industry, consisting of representatives of
labor, industry and the government.”

“The representative character of the
proposed industrial councils,” the brief
said, “would ensure the fullest possible
measure of confidence between the
parties involved, with the result that a
united effort for maximum war produc-
tion would be achieved, and the utmost
support for the defenders of democracy
would be attained.”

One immediate accomplishment of the
meeting with the cabinet was the assur-
ance given by the Prime Minister when
he instructed the Minister of Labor to
see the representation of labor be made
complete wherever it could be arranged.
Interest was also expressed in the “in-
dustry-council” proposals.

A number of organizational problems
and difficulties of affiliated unions were
also straightened out at the National
Executive Committee meeting. C. EB.
Jackson, UER vice-president, who was
interned last spring for his activities in
connection with the Toronto General
Blectric organizational campaign, was
also reinstated to the executive com-
mittee.

Port Alberni Hall
Name Changed

To the Editor:

At a recent meeting held by the Hall
Committee of the Port Alberni Local
1-85, we decided to change the name of

the hall from Workers’ Hall to “Victory
Hall.”

We felt that as far as labor and or-
ganizational achievement was concerned,
the hall itself represents victory for the
efforts of the local to obtain such a

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LOCAL 1-217
CALLS OFF STRIKE

At a union meeting held on Saturday,
March 7, employees of Contractors’ Sup-
ply Sash and Door Co. Ltd. voted unani-
mously to end the strike in that plant
and to seek work in a more vital war
industry,

The seventeen men involved, all of
whom are members of IWA Local 1-217
went on strike on February 23, when
the company refused to accept a major-
ity award of the government-appointed
arbitration board, recommending union
recognition, forty-four hour week, time
and one-half for overtime and a shop
safety committee,

It was pointed out by union members
that there was a demand for skilled
men in more essential war production
fields and the workers felt that their
services could be better employed in
other fields where their experience and
skill would be a better contribution to
an all-out war ffort and an early defeat
of Hitlerism.

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sist in the efforts of the union to promote
an all-out war effort to defeat Hitler.

Sec. Hall Com., IWA Local 1-85.

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IWA Local 1-80
Changes Address

NANAIMO, B.C. — Officers of
IWA Local 1-80 announced this
week that the union office has
been moved to Room 1, Halse
Block, in Nanaimo, just above
the Shasta Cafe, where suitable
quarters were found to conduct
the union business,

Total War

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members may make their contribution to
the war effort, and to the preservation
and strengthening of our national unity.

“(4) The restoration of all property
confiscated from banned anti-Fascist or-
ganizations.

“(5) ‘The lifting of the ban of illegality
on all labor and anti-Fascist periodicals
previously published in Canada, the lift-
ing of the ban on anti-Fascist periodicals
from the United States, particularly for-
eign language periodicals; and the impo-
sition of a ban on much Fascist literature
which at present has free entry into
Canada.

“It is the firm conviction of the dele-
gates to our conference that victory can
be achieved in this year, 1942, To reach
this goal and utterly defeat Fascism in
the shortest possible time, we urge the
invasion of Western Europe at the earli-
est possible date; thereby facing Hitler
with a two-front war which German mil-

mind, the program we have outlined
takes on an even greater importance.

“We urge our government to launch
an aggressive campaign to rally the
Canadian people to register an over-
whelming majority of ‘yes’ votes in the
forthcoming plebiscite.

“We recognize that, if Canada is to
play her full role in this life and death
struggle which month by month, week
by week, is coming closer to our homes
and threatening those things that we
hold dear, we must not only maintain
the present strength of our army, but
must make available many additional di-
visions for overseas service. The organi-
zations represented in this conference
realize the great threat not only to our
national independence but to our very
lives.

“It is because of our deep concern over
the welfare of our nation at this time of
grave peril that we submit the above
recommendations for your consideration,
firmly convinced that the steps urged
will greatly help our government, in co-
operation with the leaders of the other
United Nations, to achieve victory.

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