John Ulinder,
Box 336,

Ladysmith, B. C.

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See, No. 5

VANCOUVER. B.G.. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1945

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World Labor Conference Drafts

Program For Postwar Progress

Unity Keynote Of Meeting
_ Permanent Body Is Planned

LONDON—(FP)—Ending its 12-day meeting on a high note of unity and enthu-

siasm, the World Trade Union Conference adjourned here Feb.
“to work together for the creation of a powerful democratic world trade union

mitted
federation at the earliest pract

icable date.”

17th, unanimously com-

This proposal was set before conference delegates by CIO delegate Sidney Hillman

sina teport which had been unanimously recommended by a drafting committee. Blueprint-

ing of the new organization was left to a 40- man committee which was scheduled to meet
for about a week immediately after the adjournment of the conference.

First Annual
Meeting Held
At Cranbrook

TWA Local 1-405, with head-
quarters in Cranbrook, B.C., is
laying the basis for a program of
labor unity in this area that will
be difficult to equal in any other
part of B.C., is the opinion of
Jack Greenall, Acting Secretary
B.C. District Council No. 1, who
attended the annual meeting of
Local 1-405 held in Cranbrook,
Sunday, February 18th.

The well attended meeting
heard greetings from fraternal
delegates from the Railroad Bro-
therhoods, the United Mine Work-
ers, from CCL Woodworkers and
from the Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers locals. A resolution was
adopted urging establishment of
a Kootenay Labor Council and a
Political Action program. Visit-
ing delegates were greatly im-
pressed with the strength and|
unity shown by the woodworkers
in this area, and expressed the
opinion that with the three basic
industries of the Kootenays now |
organized, or in the process of |
becoming so, labor’s influence in |
the community will be greatly en-
hanced, ,

The meeting was opened by Re-
verend Hynes, who congratulated
the woodworkers and pledged the

_ support of the church behind their
efforts. Harvey Murphy, repres-
entative of the Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers, brought greet-
ings from his union and spoke
to the meeting on the question of
labor unity. and the  no-strike

pledge, Jack -Greenall, Acting |

- Seeretary of B.C. District Coun-

cil No. 1, outlined to the meeting
the the IWA has made

in the ane a and a

‘prospects of complete organiza-'

of the lumbering industry of

BC. by the end of 1045, He also

: the purpose of Political

Headed by Sec. Walter Citrine
of the British Trades Union Con-
gress, the continuations commit-
tee consists of three representa-
tives apiece from the U.S., Great
Britain, France, USSR and Latin
America; one each from Canada,
Australia, India, China, Belgium,
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Czecho-
slovakia, Spain, Iceland, Ireland,
Bulgaria, Italy, Rumania and Fin-
land; two each for the rest of the
British Commonwealth, the Intl.
Federation of Trade Unions and

Negotiations To

Be Main Theme
At Dist. Meeting

First quarterly council meet-
ing of B.C. District No. 1 will
be held in the Boilermakers’ Hall
on Sunday, March 4th. Most im-
portant topic for discussion and
decision will be negotiations for
‘the industry- “wide contract now
under revision. The negotiations
committee has met many times
with the employers representa-
tives and have one or two further
meetings scheduled prior to the
Council meeting.

Very favorable progress has
been made on some points re-
quested by the union, particularly
in the case of the medical health
scheme, A joint proposal has been
worked out which, if accepted and
earried out, will provide hospital-
ization, medical services, death
benefits and sick leave benefits,
for all workers under contract.
When leaving an operation, the
plan as proposed provides that the
employee can remain in good
standing. Changing from one job
to another will not affect his sta-
tus under the plan. It is expected
that when the final meetings have
been held with Mr. R. V. Stuart,
employers representative, a con-
tract may be presented that could
well be accepted by the union.

About sixty delegates from the
nine locals in British Columbia

are expected to attend.

the Intl, Trade Secretariat, which
is affiliated with the IFTU; plus
one non-voting consultative mem-
ber of the pro-Catholic Intl. Con-
federation of Christian Trade Un-
ions. The U.S. resentatives. on.
the committee are Hillman, 'R. J.
Thomas and James B. Carey.
Duties of the continuations

|committee will’ be to:

1. Act as the conference’s
spokesman until the next con-
ference is convened “not later
than the end of 1945.”

2. Make such collective re-
presentations as necessary to
national governments, interna-
tional agencies and organiza-
tions.

3. Act as the conference’s re-
presentative to insure trade
union representation at the com-
ing peace conference and .all
Preparatory conferences.

4. Collate the conference’s
recommendations and submit
them to constituent bodies for
ratification and prepare and
submit a report to the next
conference.

—Continued on Page 3

District Ballot
Returns Officers

In the recent referendum bal-
Jot conducted to determine the of-
ficers of District Council No. 1
for 1945; all officers were re-
elected to their former positions
and Jack Greenall, Acting Sec-
retary since last June was voted
to the position of~ Secretary-
Treasurer. District President
Pritchett led with the highest vote
of 4741 against 996 for his op-
ponent Lloyd Whalen. Other
votes polled were; Ist Vice-Presi-
dent H. Bergren, 4534; A. Als-
bury, 1152; 2nd Vice-President E.
Dalskog, 5104; 8rd Vice-Presi-
dent Mark Mosher, 4419; Paul
Nichol, 1191; Secretary-Treasur-
er Jack Greenall, 4607, Rae Eddie,
947; Trustee Darshan Singh, 4149
‘Wm. Hindell, 1356. Detailed re-
sults of the ballot will be out to
all Locals shortly.

Unity against, fascism, and
before the World ‘Trade Union
of the “Big Three” war and ‘peace coalition, leaders’ of British,
Soviet and American unions discuss world labor problems. Left
to right: Sec. Walter Citrine of British Tradés Union Congress,

Chairman Vassily Kuznetsov of

unity,in peace are the goals set
Conference i in London. Symbolic

Soviet All-Union Central Council

of Trade Unions, and CIO Sec.-Treas. James B. Carey.

Businessmen

B.C. Federation of Labor for

It was pointed out by Secretary
Wilf Killeen ‘that in discussing

this brief with numerous business
men in the Duncan area that they
had no knowledge of its contents
prior to its submission to the
government and that they had
not personally endorsed the brief.
Officers of the Local drew atten-
tion to'the fact that page 8, par-
agraph 9, of the Employers’ Brief,
states that “unless open shop
conditions are maintained, it
would be impossible to attract
new capital for the development
of the natural resources of this
province” and that the’ develop-
ment of trade unions was the
chief deterrence towards the es-
tablishment of new industry. It
is the opinion of Local 80’s of-
ficers that this can only be in-
terpreted to mean that the de-
velopment of the “natural xe-
sources and the establishment of
new industry, can be hampered
unless there was an abundant sup-
ply of cheap labor.

A resolution was submitted to
the meeting by the Local Political

Action Committee calling upon

Angered at

Opposition To Labor

At-the regular monthly meeting of Local 1-80, held in
the Community Hall at Chemainus, Sunday, February 18th,
a large portion of the meeting was devoted to’ the ‘question
of political action; the coming Labor Lobby organized by the

February 25th and a lengthy

discussion concerning the brief submitted to the government
by industrial organizations of B.C.

all members of the Local and
members of the Ladies Auxiliary
jto back the present campaign in
support of labor’s demands for
the check-off and thé union shop,
by utilizing every possible” me-
thod of political action, by partici-
pating in the Lobby; sending of
telegrams and in writing letters
to the members of Parliament.
On motion unanimously adoptd
at the meeting, the officers were
instructed to establish “Lobby
headquarters at the Empress Ho-
tel for the use of Local and B.C.
Federation delegates. The Secre-
tary was also instructed to order
a sufficient quantity of Lobby
ribbons to be presented to the
Lobby delegates of the B.C. Fed-
eration of Labor at Sunday’s
Conference in’ Victoria, in’ order
that the delegates attending the
Lobby “might be distinguished
from the visitors attending the
session of the House. ©

Brother Killeen reported in th
meeting that the procedure has
jbeen adopted at Jordan River of

‘holding two meetings a month.