B.C. LUMBER WORKER Page Nine Federation Attacks Court SEKORA SETTLES GRIEVANCE IN FIVE MINUTES Mike Sekora, International organizer, is claiming an all- time record for sudden settle- ment of a grievance at J. and M. Shingle Mill (Local 1-217). It seems that a shop steward was fired on Dec. 9, and the matter was immediately re- ported to the Local. Mike was called in aand went had been reinstated, and with- in another few minutes (just, by the way), Mike had signed up another two of the men on nent On Pickets And it looks as if he has a the crew on the Union check- ng the claim of the Re- Wholesale, and Depart- Store Union (CIO) to set ide the injunction secured by Army and Navy Depart- nt Shad St sett Ltd. us rs picketing the store in New Westminster, Mr. tice Wood recently declared trade union subject to suit in y courts as a legal entity for alleged violations of the ICA __ Reasons for his judgment were handed down at the request of counsel for the union, and stated: “Our Court of Appeal has held that a union is a persona juridica for the purposes of im- plementing the Industrial Con- ciliation and Arbitration Act. My view, therefore, is that if such union does something which is prohibited by the Act, it is subject to suit for injunc- tion. I refer particularly to Sections 5 and-6. This is a picketing action.” The Supreme Court judge also referred to a previous judgment of Mr, Justice O’Halloran, which beld that a union was a legal en- ity for all purposes. Dangerous Precedent “This recent judgment is an- other in a long series of legal precedents established in the courts, which have placed trade unions on strike in this proy- ince in distinct jeopardy,” stated George Home, secretary of the B.C. Federation of La- bor, when queried on the sub- ject. The Federation secretary inted out that trade unions in weat Britain had years ago met _ this danger successfully by secur- ing the enactment of legislation protecting unions against the su- perior resources of corporations resorting to court action, ‘A further effort would be made, during the next session of the Legislature, he stated, to amend the ICA Act in such manner as to prevent court interference with legitimate strike activities such as picketing. Amend ICA Act The amendments to the ICA Act and the B.C. Trade Unions Act moved by Arthur Turner, CCF M.L,A., on behalf of labor for three years in succession, would again be pressed, said Sec- retary Home. The proposed amendment to the ICA Act, similar to a section in the Saskatchewan Trade Union Act, stated that “ a trade union shall not be a party to any action in any court unless such trade union may be made a party, ir- respective of any of the provis- ions of this Act.” Trade Union Act The amendment proposed to the Trade Union Act stated that no court in B.C. should have jur- isdiction to issue a restraining order in the case of a labor dis- pute, except for a breach of the Peace, The strike picket line before the New Westminster store of Army and Navy Department Stores (Western) Ltd. is still in- and continuing to picket as declared lawful under the ‘Trade Act, though restrained from such acts as may be lawful under the ICA Act. e The gallant fight of the retail on this issue continues to receive widespread support from trade unions in the province. ITA SHEATHS CLAWS Phere was once a grown man believed in Santa Claus. jhad made a claim to the In- Pax department for $45. , the department had ‘the man’s figures and m wrong. He had un- the amount payable, hey therefore sent him a or $80. id, the man now be- fy the Border by Portland Pete AILBIRD now, is dear, florid, fat-faced J. Parnell Thomas, Republic congressman who set himself up as the champion of Americanism on_his Un-Ameri- can hearings. Thomas pleaded guilty to receiving salary _kick- backs from employees. Quite an mding for the guy who never gave anybody an even break dur- ing his sensational front-page hearings. , ‘om * OUR American Medical Asso- ciation sure is in a panic about che prospect of national health insurance. They are levying $25 1 head from their members to ght the prospect. High-powered speakers are touring the country. mre “RENEGADE” British physi- sian Dr, Eric Lyburn is one of ‘heir star talkers, but what the AMA have forgotten to tell audi- mees is that when the British loctor left the U.K. he was fac- ‘ng prosecution on charges of cunning unethical ads about his clinic. soe ® JOHN L. LEWIS’ boys are still working a three-day week while he’s fighting with the big operators for a new céntract. REPORT on living standards of the U.S. peoples, by Spark- man, shows that more than one- fourth of city families with in- comes of less than $2,000 are suf- fering because of “impoverished old age”. a 8 TEN MILLION Americans are earning less than $2,000 a year, leaving “unfilled wants” for 32,- 00,000 people, said the same re- port. s 8 * TWO-THIRDS of the ten mil- lion with unfilled wants, live in urban areas or small towns, and the rest on farms. And four of the 10 millions make less than $1,000 a year. 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