Demands for price controls, based on a roll back of prices to
the June 1, 1950, level and wage increases were endorsed by the

CCL’s Winni| convention. These steps were essential to give
‘Canadians a healthy and decent standard of living, the delegates
said.

The debate on the resolution
brought out the necessity for
shattering the myth that labor’s
wage demands were responsible
for higher prices. Wage increases
were necessary to meet the
higher prices already brought
about by employers charging all
the traffic would bear. Increased
productivity warranted increases
for the workers.

The discussion reflected a gen-
eral desire for co-operation be-
tween unions in their wage de-
mands, but the majority agreed
that no rigid overall plan could
be adopted in view of the differ-
ing circumstances facing various
unions.

Secretary-Treasurer Pat Con-
roy charged that in previous
‘wage co-ordinating efforts Com-
munist-dominated unions had
tried to make the other unions
look ridiculous.

In New York City, the big
business magazine Business
Week verified all of labor’s
charges that big business doesn’t
like the idea of 61,000,000 em-
ployed. It declared that “we
should not try to keep everybody
in the labor force at work all the
time”.

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Educate For Action

A SUBJECT which received little attention in the daily press,
but which was emphasized at the recent CCL convention in
Winnipeg, was that of trade union education. It was quite prop-
erly said by the Committee on Education: “Labor education is
not a luxury. It is not merely window dressing. It is an essen-
tial service which must accompany the organization and deyel-

} All whoat-}|
| tended the con-
|. vention must
have been im-
pressed, as I was
with the growing
importance of
the role which
the trade union
movement now
plays in the na-

E tional economy.
It follows that this greater re-
sponsibility requires that trade
union members must be well in-
formed, not only with regard to
trade union administration, but
on national and_ international
trends affecting labor.

The expressed policy of the In-
ternational Confederation of Free
Trade Unions, with which the
CCL is affiliated is “to engage in
and foster educational and pub:
licity work with the object of in-
creasing the knowledge and wi
derstanding of national and in-
ternational problems confronting
the workers which would enable
them to make their struggle
more efficacious”.

The Vancouver Labor Council
was singled out for commenda-
tion because three educational in-
stitutes -—had been held on its
own initiative since the one or-
ganized with the assistance of
the Congress.

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

“, . . Relations between the
company and workers have an
important bearing on accident
prevention. Where the feeling of
being driven like a machine re-
places interest in the work, the
working conditions become bad
and accidents can occur much
more easily.

“The worker can only do his
best when his heart is in the
work, and when he can be proud
of belonging to the company and
knows that his work contributes
to the success of the undertaking
as a whole.”

—wWerner Reist, Zurich, in
the CIO Industrial
Safety Survey.

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opment of a strong, durable trade union movement”.

The IWA has always supported
these educational activities. This
work of trade union education
must be still further advanced
to provide better opportunities
for IWA members. ,

IWA Local Unions are now in
a position to give more attention
to educational work. During the
coming winter, it will at least be
possible to establish training
classes with the “tool” courses on
shop stewards’ duties, trade
union administration, collective
bargaining, and labor legislation.

Where the facilities can be
provided, the promotion of
courses dealing with labor his-
tory, Canadian economic prob-
lems, and community affairs
should be considered.

An IWA educational program,
built around the Local Unions
would do much to strengthen the
position of the IWA. An edu-
cated membership is the best
guarantee that the IWA will con-
tinue to be the democratic insti-
tution that we have made it.

B.C, LUMBER WORKER és October 5, 1950
Geo. Mitchell Reports Technicalities
1 Jeopardize ~
PRICES!) GUINNESS Barpaining

Renewed demands for a na-
tional labor code covering all
Canadian workers were yoiced
at the CCL’s Winnipeg conven-
tion. Delegates said in too
many instances unscrupulous
employers were taking advan-
tage of technicalities and exist-

ing legislation interferred Mey

the rights of the workers to:
organize and bargain collec-
tively.

Would Set Standard

George Burt, Canadian direc-
tor United Auto Workers, said an
adequate federal code, was abso-
lutely essential and it would set
a standard for improved provin-
cial legislation. Under existing
conditions .many weak ~ unions
found theniselves helpless when
confronted with conciliation
board procedures. Conciliation
boards should be abolished in fa-
vor of an effective conciliation
plan.

Several speakers endorsed the
legislation introduced by the C-
CF government in Saskatchewar
This view was supported by Wil-
liam Davies, secretary, Saskat-
chewan Federation of Labor, who
pointed out that the legislation
provided for check-offs, defined
unfair labor practices and estab-
lished machinery for imposing
penalties on employers.

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