Fs i/ EMPLOYERS’ GRIEVANCE The e ipset. The uty Minister of Labor. a kag because: organizer, affiliation. : be antagonistic toward employers. interests of labor. “impartiality.” » The CMA-PAC is now busy on this question in B.C. ED coins : QUEBEC WORKERS RESTLESS JUEBEC’S Premier Duplessis can no longer claim to have the trade unionists of that prov- ince under his thumb. Last month, eight out of ten Canadians walking the picket line were Quebec workers. Most serious strike was that of the Asbestos Workers, called by their Syndicate to enforce de- mands for a raise of 15 cents an hour to get a basic rate of $1.00 at the Johns-Manville plant. This strike had been declared illegal by the provincial labor de- partment, and the union’s ce: cation withdrawn, Eleven strik- ers have been arrested, but there is still no sign of a settlement. In Moutreal, when the Rand for- mula was written into the new agreement for 4000 truckers, it was immediately denounced by Quebec's Minister of Labor. He has now threatened ‘to_intro- duce legislation giving the Govern- 4 ‘ment a measure of control over the finances of the trade unions in that Province. The reason is that he re- ferds the collection of dues as a form of taxation. There's trouble brewing in one of Canada’s low wage areas. @ HOUSING SCANDAL CONGRESS News reports Fed- eral Reconstruction Minister Winters as informing the Can, truction Association that “a housing problem is charac- teristic of a buoyant expanding economy.” z _, Apparently Mr, Winters thinks that if we are going to have good times, we must have bad hous- ing along with it. ‘B42 news from Saskatchewan. loyers there are all s sk. Employers’ As- ociation is protesting the ap- pointment of H. S, Elkin as Dep- They say he simply is not fit for fe was formerly a trade union He has been biased and partial toward CCL unions because of bis As a member of therCCL he must Apparently, a Department of Labor should never be run in the , With the upper hand in every er provincial Department of bor, the employers insist on Rs ir special brand of anti-labor B.C. LUMBER WORKER re oat We remind him that houses for those that need them most would mean better times in the lumber industry, When questioned in the House of Commons by Angus pea ae (Van.-East) he put the cts. about house building in 1948 on Hansard, ‘Here they are: ' Housing units built in Canada in 1948 were 81,243, of which number N5,146 were converted units. Estimated need in Canada is 700, 000 houses. ‘ £ Housing units built” with NHA aid were 11,939 in 1948, Total financial assistance under NHA in 1948 was $101,642,194.00 #2 approved loans, Only twenty-five per cent of these houses were built for rental. Rentals ranged from $35’ monthly for a four-room semi-detached bun- galow.in Burnaby to $125 for a 7- room duplex unit in Montreal. In B.C., 1,038 housing units were built in 1948 by the Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation. Rents on these houses so built ranged up to $47.50 a month, and on. ebarinents up to $54.00. There’s good reason for the Canadian Congress of Labor to say that private industry has failed to meet the country’s need for housing. CIO ys DIXIEGOPS "THE ClO fight for the repeal in support of the Truman “fair deal” legislation is something to watch, with useful lessons for Canadian unions. The CIO is using every politi- eal trick in the bag. A nation- wide publicity campaign, backing up a well-organized lobby at Washington, is making the Dixie- gops squirm. The Republicans are held up to.ridicule as the stooges of the Dixiecrats. On “CIO Day” before the House Labor Committee, each large International CIO Union in turn presented their top-notch pleaders with detailed evidence on the Taft-Hartley iniquities. They had an iron-clad case. The speeches and votes of Con- gressmen are widely publicized in their own States. The admission by Gerald Morgan, that he had drafted T-H, with the aid of counsel from General Motors, General Electric, and other big cor- porations, for a $7500 fee paid by the Republican National Committee was cleverly spotlighted. Trade unionists and their friends have been urged to write to their Senators and Congressmen. “Tell them what you think. No jee Phrases. Just lay it om the line.” Congress, mail-bags are bursting with these protests. ‘ Labor delegations are now besieg- ing their Congressmen, as they re- ‘turn to their own States for the Easter vacation. Lookin! Around CMA’s PAC...’ Housing Scandal... CIO DAY ‘Union Freedom... THAT PACT...Cops’ Lockout: NEW INTERNATIONAL PACT Cr officials recently conferred | in Washington, D.C., with a group of leading British trade union officials. Included in. the British delegation were, Vincent Tewson, Secretary of the TUC, Arthur Deakin, Will Lawther and others. It is understood that they dis- cussed plans for establishing a new international trade union or- ganization. ‘A joint manifesto by the British TUG, the ClO, and the Dutch Fed- eration of Labor has been sent to every tradé union centre in the world, An explanation was given for withdrawal from the World Federation of Trade Unions, and the rest of the trade union world urged to follow their example. The manifesto describes the WE TU as now completely dominated by the Communists. If sums up “a free trade union movement cannot tolerate outside interference. It will insist upon its freedom, either to of the Taft-Hartley Act and jf 501 Vancouver Block agree or disagree with its own gov- ernment or with any political party.’ Soviet-dominated unions were scored for launching interha- tional: propaganda “seeking to question the honesty, integrity, and representative capacity of those with whom they disagree James Carey, CIO. Secretary- Treasurer said in Washington, that he hoped as a result of Brit ish mediation, the AFL and CIO might agree on forming an anti- communist World Federation of Trade Unions. Oe CIO OKAYS NAP ‘THE North Atlantic Pact has received the endorsement of the CIO, in a statement recently issued. “In the opinion of the. CIO,” declared the statement, “the North Atlantic Pact is the neces- sary reply to the terroristic cam- paign of the Soviet Union, and ‘will ensure the full operation of the E.R.P.” May Day Greetings TO THE INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA tice and freedom. INTERNATIONAL OILWORKERS UNION, (CIO) — By “High Rigger” “Enrope’s heartening and aston- ishing come-back proves the correct- ness of C1O’s faith in the Marshall Plan, but the C1O regrets the pres- ent-day conditions which make the Ailantic Pact necessary.” The purposes of the Pact should be so implemented as to preserve the. social ‘and political freedom of the North Atlantic community, was said. ONTARIO BANS POLICE UNION ONTARIO policemen are now forbidden by law to join a trade uinon. 3 Said Steelworkers’ National Direc- tor, Charlie Millard, CCF member for York West, “This law bas no lace in a’democracy. One of our fundamental rights is the freedom of association?” ‘ Former Liberal Leader Nixon said that policemen could not be expected to carry out their duties properly if associated with other workers’ groups. We are proud to fight side by side with you in the international labor movement for jus- Now we ask, what duties? > Vancouver, B. C. a May Day Message, 1949 PEN BASKIN President 214 Holden Building Greetings to Fellow Trade Unionists on This May Day 1949 d x The Vancouver Labor Council is change May Day greetings with the International Woodworkers of America. As the largest trade union in British Columbia, the IW A has cour- ageously maintained the ties ofibrotherhood and struggle, which we will re-affirm together at our May Day Rally, Hastings Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 1. THE VANCOUVER LABOR COUNCIL, (CCL) GEORGE MITCHELL Vice-President MArine 7010 « The “COR” Salutes Labor on May Day The CCF Came into Being ' to Meet the Needs of Working Men and Women The CCF is Pledged to Continue the Fight For a Stronger Labor Movement . : THE RECORD PROVES THE CCF TO BE THE POLITICAL ARM OF LABOR proud to ex- JAMES BURY Secretary Vancouver, B, C.