B.C. LUMBER WORKER_

| The UNION’S BUSINESS

DICTATORSHIP

demand of the trade uni

ul

ions in this province for an early

session of the Legislature is not entirely selfish. It is based
on a sound instinct for democratic procedure in public affairs.

Labor legislation should receive
importance is avoi

It is now ap-

arent that the

|; Minister of La-

20> i bor and his Dep-

‘uty Minister do

not hold the solu-

‘ tions to inade-

y quacies in the

ICA Act which

ill inevitably

bring recurring

outbreaks of in-

dustrial strife. Their declarations
to date threaten even more obj

tionable discriminatory practices

than were common under the

Coalition and Liberal Govern-

ments.

The only manner in which this

rovince may determine how the

lay should govern industrial re-

lations is through a full-dress

debate in the Legislature based

on the reports of the ICA Act

Enquiry Board. In such case, we

now have the reassuring prospect

that competent trade unionists

will be heard on the floor of the

Legislature with freedom to

speak for the trade unions. BI

ICA Act

To withhold action on the ICA
Act is in itself an act of dictator-
ship. The recent enquiry places
the issue before the Legislature,
and makes amendments to the
existing law imperative. Any-at-
tempt to side-track the issues as

_ stated and to impose the will of
the present government would
accentuate dictatorial procedures.

prompt attention. Of still greater

ance of government .by order-in-council, the
modern form of political dictatorship,

Hospital Insurance

If any public issue was clari-
fied during the recent provincial
election, it was that of Hospital
Insurance, Not only the Enquiry
Board, but the vote, indicated
|that the general public want
| Hospital Insurance, but without
| co-insurance.

Government to perpetuate co-
insurance in amended form, at
$1.00 a day, is a revelation of
dictatorial tendencies which dis-
regard the public will. If there
is any doubt on the subject, the
entire Legislature should be con-
sulted, 7
The members of the Legisla-
ture are responsible directly to
the electorate, and now’ know the
will of the electors. It is there-
fore the whole Legislature that
‘should now undertake the sweep-
ing changes in the scheme recom-
mended by the experts and rati-
fied by the public vote.
Reference of these matters to
the Legislature is all the more

Ministers are governing without
a majority in the Legislature.
j The only manner in which we
may enjoy stability of gover
ment during the period prior to
{the next election is by frank r
‘liance on the democratic decisions
of the Legislature, and the elimi.
nation of all forms of dictator-
ship.

1.T.U. Remembers

Members of the Nanaimo
ITU, recently reciprocated
the strike support formerly
given them by the IWA as
explained in the following
letter addressed to District
Secretary-Treasurer George
Mitchell.

Dear Bro. Mitchell:

At our last regular mecting
the members instructed me to
send you the enclosed cheque for
$25, to be used as you see fit for
the relief of any hardships in-
eurred by your members during
the recent battle with the opera-
tors. Even though the matter is
now settled, you will doubtless be
able to put it to good use.

Our jurisdiction covers the’

whole north end of Vancouver Is-
land from Duncan on the south,
and embraces, I believe, three
IWA locals. We would have liked
to send each of them a donation,
but since our membership and
our finances are small, we could
not do so, Consequently we are
sending the donation to your of-
fice and if there is any possibility

of using it on the Island we
would appreciate it. However,
we do not wish to attach any
strings.

In congratulating your mem-
bership on the termination of the
dispute, may I say that the union
printers of B.C. will never for-
get the assistance given by the
IWA in the past when we have
had our troubles. If there is ever
anything we can do to help in
future, please do_not hesitate to
call upon us.

Sincerely and fraternally,
A. R. Glen, Sec.-Treasurer,
Nanaimo Typographical
Union.

Thanks

Cheque for the sum of
$325 was recently forwarded
by Local 1-424, Prince
George, to the IWA District
Secretary-Treasurer as rep-
-|] resenting individual contri-
butions from members of
that Local Union, in aid of
IWA strikers at the Coast.

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is August 21, Deadline for ad copy is August 14 and for news copy

August 15.

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important as the Social Credit |

1-367

torium, Mission, August 10.

on the occasion were:

President, W. Lowrey, Hatzic,
B.C.; 1st Vice-president, R. G.
Sinclaire, Haney, B.C.; 2nd Vice-
president, E. Del Rio, Mission;
Recording Secretary, W. Hayes,
Hammond; Financial Secretary,
N. E. Shaw, Haney; Conductor,
Ivan Little, 'Hatzic;’ Warden, J
Fritsche, Whonnock; Trustees, M.
Livingstone, Pitt Meadows, D.
Teal, Hammond, J. Anderson,
Haney.

District Executive Board Mem-
ber, W. R. Franklin, Haney. The
following were elected to repre-
sent IWA Local 1-367 for the
coming year at the District Quar-
terly Council Meetings: N. B.
Shaw, W. Lowrey, E. Del Rio,
W. Hayes, W. King, R. G. Sin-
claire.

The following were elected as
delegates to the International
Convention to be held in Port-
land, Ore., from September 15 to
19: W. R. Franklin, W. Lowrey,
E, Del Rio W. H. Hayes, J. Hun-
ter, N. E. Shaw.

DEM. PLANKS
SUIT LABOR

CHICAGO (LPA)—The Demo-
cratic National Convention adopt-

ed a platform which, standing by
itself, was short of what had
been expected of it by labor and
other liberals, but which, in con-
trast to the GOP platform, look-
ed good indeed.

Both CIO and AFL representa-
tives expressed general approval.
It calls for repeal of Taft-Hartley

Hartung At Mission

International President A. F. Hartung, 2nd Vice-presi-
dent Claude Ballard and District President J. Stewart |
Alsbury were featured speakers at the Annual Meeting |
of Local 1-367, IWA, held in the Canadian Legion Audi-

Officers of the Local Union for the ensuing year elected

PAY HIKE
AT ALCOA

PITTSBURGH (LPA)—A 21.4
cent pay settlement and a modi-
fied union shop averted a walk-
out of 15,000 members of the CIO
| Steelworkers employed by the
Aluminum Co. of America, the
day before a strike deadline.
More than 5,000 Steelworkers
employed by Kaiser won the
same terms. 4

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and for federal civil-rights legis-
lation, also abolition of the fiili-
buster, which has thwarted hu-
man-rights legislation in the
past.

‘i Prestdent
Ast Vice-President
nd Vice-President
3rd Vice-Pronident

Treasurer on
international Board iiember

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CHISELING

PITTSBURGH (LPA) — More
a than a week after the steel strike
was “settled”, negotiations went
on intermittently, with the com-
panies making ever new demands.
Crucible Steel tried to cut its
workers’ benefits from a full
union shop to the modified form
that come out of the dispute, but
it failed.

‘William N. Gray

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