10 B.C. LUMBER WORKER May 30, 1952

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BS in Montreal are striking— been sent to the Dupuis|deader Mme. Therese Case
in 1952—for a minimum wage of | Freres ,strikers by Eileen Tall-| told them they had the support
By S. M. HODGSON | $25 a week. The 1,500 members| man, director of the CIO Depart-fof her party and of the labor
of u Catholic Syndicate union are | ment Store Workers’ drive to or=| movement as a whole, Hape for
& i {abate 5 Ves ize | also asking raises of $5 to $10! ganize the T. Eaton Co. stores in|a speedy victory by the Depart-
Semper une we TUBE ees pack over pave Pomeslize || eekly, overtime pay. and a | Toronto, and by David Archer | ment Store Unionists was also
the}many umportant gains made for organized workers; over # | day’ week. The Company claims | and Eamon Park on behalf of the expressed in a wire ‘from CCF*
short span of time they are almost unbelievable, when you consider | it can’t afford higher pay rates, Ontario Federation of Labor and | National Se retary Lorne Ingle
the fact that just over two hundred years ago Unions or labor | is trying to carry on business, | The Toronto Labor Council re-|to Syndicate leader Renee
organizations were unheard of—for that matter even one hundred | PYViding self-service to police- | spectively. | Roeque:
years ago, the great mass of the labor population did not under- |
stand the basis of collective organization. |
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Back in the carly days, the ,
Guilds, as they were known, were |
first faced with the problem of |
gaining recognition from the em-

Many bitter struggles
were fought—both on the picket
line and in the Courts, the gains

i 1 “secon-

Yes, looking back-over the
ages, organized labor has come a |
long way but i
enough. Our job will be uncom-
pleted until the last accident in
the industry is but a bad memory.

|
Labor’s Gain |
ch matters as Vacation Time |
id in that period), seniority, | UNION
ht of recourse to Grievance
lure, protection against ac-
aoe EXPENSE
ed utterly ic. |

Just for a minute tet ws mt| SHOULD BE
aside the hours of work, wage |
problem pme of the many |
Wonkine contin, and take x |OEDUCTIBLE
sood look vha s called—
industrial accidental death. In| If lawyers can deduct from
those days employers paid little | their taxable income the expenses
or no attention to accidents; if | of attending bar association con-

ied from injury, | ventions, union members should

someone else | be able to deduct the expenses

place. If the injured | they make attending union con-

d, there was no such | ventions, That’s the view of

tion or pension, | Stanley Knowles (CCF-Winnipeg

é : 2 {North Centre) expressed in the
Compensation Won | House of Commons, May 5.

As time progressed and the! Knowles pointed out that re-
great mass of workers began to cent court decisions had confirm-
understand the meaning? and ed that lawyers could deduct con-
strength of organization, aj vention expenses. Questioned
change was slowly brought about. about unionists’ expenses, Fi-
Union* committees urged their! nance Minister Abbott. claimed
employers to try out new means | that was purely matter for the
of equipment with installed safe- | courts’
ty guards, © |

Legislation was brought about | Change Law
by the continued pressure insti- i
tuted b& the various organized | » Knowles pointed out that in an
Labow. Uni This legislation ¢atlier controversy over deduc-
called fo? the setting up of tion of trade union dues the gov-
Workmen's Compensation bodies, ¢'ument had intervened to change
These bodies at first had little or #1 en courts interpreted it
no power, but organized labor Provide for dues deductions,
continued to hammer away at the! (Later the government reversed
Government until they started to itself, conceded the Knowles
t “teeth” into the Acts and ; quest for tax deduction of union
ane |dues.) ‘The CCF member saw’ n°
Working in conjunction with |?ason why the government cou
the legislative field, Unions con- {Net intervene to change this law
tinued to right clauses in the {When it had previously amended
Agreement culling for the setting /@, law distorted hy a court deel
up of Safety Committees to see | Sion.

‘ gia ees re A ar. the govornment \jarops in

sie change he ates when the
W, + court’s ruling is such as to give
IWA Leads advaptage to trade _ unionists,

the TWA in reeent why is it when a similar ruling
jed the field; closer ves advantage to lawyers, the
between Government | Minister of Finance simply say

been worked | that it is strictly a question for
| the courts?” asked Knowles,

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“Yes Sir! .. . Since | bought Dayton 64s’, I feel like stepping
out more at night. They leave you so fresh atter a day’s work.”

Lhoe Manufacturing Co.
2246-50 E. HASTINGS ST. .VANCOUVER6,B.C. HA. 7131 (4.C.) Lid.

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