B.C. LUMBER WORKER : id June 5, 1952

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ment, on February 5, announced diately drew up huge lists of 300
The Social Credit Govern-

a “Royal Decree” prohibiting all and 400 grievances against em-
strikes and ruling that if more ployers and assigned a single
than three workers stopped work separate grievance to each couple
for a joint purpose, they would of union members. Consequently
be punished by imprisonment. | each two strikers had a different
Ingenious’ union leaders who! reason for striking.

ment. of Alberta has failed to

deal adequately with the needs

of.the workers as presented by

the trade union movement in

that province, states R. Atkin,

President, Alberta Federation

of Labor in a statement issued
for the information of trade
unionists in B.C.

This statement is reproduced
in a bulletin issued this week by
the B.C. Federation of Labor and
is as follows:

“J, The Social Credit govern-
ment attained power in 1935 by
promising every man, woman and
child in Alberta $25 a month, and
also promised to eliminate the
evils of capitalism. They have
failed on both counts—the people
of Alberta have now given up
hope of ever getting the promised

a month Social Credit divi-
lends. Furthermore, the Alberta
government is now recognized as
no longer a progressive people’s
government but simply a Con-
servative government, and were
it not for the temporary pros-
perity enjoyed as a result of the
Second World War, the building
of the Alaska Highway, and the
exploitation of the oil resources,
there is every reason to believe
that the Social Credit government
would haye long since been on its
way out of office,

They’ve Forgotten

2, The Social Credit theory
has not been put into practice
anywhere, and the theory is con-

founding and confusing to the}

average person and raises false
hopes.

8. Organized labor’s proposals
to the Social Credit government
have to a large extent been ig-
nored except in this, an election
year, when the government ac-
es an all-party Special Com-
mittee’s report recommending
certain improvements in the Al-
berta Workmen’s Compensation
Act, after the Industrial Federa-
tion of Labor in Alberta, CCL

bombarded the MLA’s with pam-
hlets in 1951 urging adjustments
“in widows’ pensions.

Labor Repulsed

4, The Social Credit govern-
ment has failed to take any ac-
tion on the Industrial Federation
of Labor’s requests for:

Lifting the ban on coloring of
margarine by the manufacturer.

Institution of a provincial com-
pulsory auto insurance plan.

More labor representation on
provincial boards.

Revision of the Alberta Liquor
Control Act.

» A 40-hour week with no loss
in take-home pay and overtime
for hours worked in excess of 40
per week,

Non-export of natural gas
from the province until the needs
of the citizens of Alberta are
met for a reasonable number of
years.

5. The Social Credit govern-
ment has been responsible for
peng Be. City Act, which has

e cause of raising the
taxes 20% for residential prop-
erty owners in Edmonton.

CCF Upheld Labor

I would urge the workers of
British Columbia not to be fooled
nda but

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