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MOSHER WINS
13th CCL TERM

week after he handed

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of R.E. presidency to Harry Chappell, of Win:
is 18th peasidentia Pere to

Mosher was returned for hi
yan the Canadian Congress

in Ti aa
r vice-presidents

sh
Awe Canadian Director; Silby Barrett, Lene ict 50 Ca-
cad

nadian Director; Sol Spivak, (

over the reins oe ae

of Labor at its convention
elected were George Burt,

Ce mal-
id C. H. Millard, canadien

Poje Verdict

Donald MacDonald, ce year-old

aga ol Lee and pare. ie
ected secret

poe rr

Almost a thousand: delegates
made it just about the larges'
trade pola convention ever field
in Canada, Ap:
rest i

‘am
jong the pavntens adopted
aR elon stood o
1. Strong support De a much
more vigorous pace Honing
program mysler overn-
ment spon: Siipe
2. tie tax deductions for
ae nee! and hospital ex-

a saraducl elimination of the
sales en

iny piigation’
of inition Mee

ah An aggressive membership
drive on a mation seale pea
special attentior thie
aa of Quebec.
e Con; gress. renewed its si
pat ae the aor as its political

the affair was | ers
no upsets | ers

HINCREASE; 3 HOLIDAYS

x OK ESS Sedans kk &
Acceptance of the majority reports of two Conciliation
Boards both proposing a 314-cent wage increase and three
Pa id seehute ‘y holidays with yout nefits for Interior
mbe! ‘kers under ae S been’ recom-
enced conaitionaly by the istrict Policy Commit-

tee. Rejection

n’t like house work, “I like office
jae eae hire ‘e¢ a woman to kee

arm while male in the session it

agreed to draft ates a ee Boley
pokes and Pan
three major polit a aciios fot
* endorsation or eric
follows a precedent set in
years ago when the only p ates
ept the CCL program in data
este a ith peopen ative Common-
wealth Feder:
Pa:

The convention stoutly sup-

ported the rights of women and

president, sh: k “If the
ages of husbands of married
Women were sufficient to main-

Murla Davidson of Hamilton

t
Labor Council confessed she did- | ™
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WHAT’S
INSIDE

DONALD MACDONALD
Sec.-Treas., Canadian
Congress of Labor
Educated at the Sydney Comi
School and ie Seve Ac cademy,

later several extension
ee ry . cis Xavier
University. Si ied the UMWA

at 17, and was President of Local
4560 at 21. Elected as CCF mem-
ber to the Nova Scotia Legisla-
ture in 1941 and was party lead-
er until 1945, as well as a mem-
ber of the CCF National Coun-
cil. Joined the CCL staff in 1942,

and ‘the Central Count of the

ARVEY L. LADD, TWA East-
ae Canadian Director, elected to
ane Executive Committee, Cana-

n Congress of Lal ita

CCL Lifts

ace

immediate result of the

ainst any
in the execution of government
contracts.
eee Council P.C. 4138 now
provides that companies doing
vith

business with the ral Gov-
ernment may no minate
against any employee ert ‘ounds
of his ath national origin,

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said to give
legal saa aap complaint i = fees
f unfair hiring and fi

Canadian Red Cro:

LUMBY TIMBER
CONCILIATES

Conciliation Booard hi
Appointed ‘to deal with ‘the ae

8

George Mitchell, anc and

paemter
Soplover’ 's nominee

S. M. HODGSON, Financial Sec-
Plat Local 1-217, IWA, elect

‘ess of Labor.

an hour. ‘This, if See, will
bring the base rate in the In-
terlor at $1.33%4.
hree paid stai

age cae Day. Domi
ion Day and Thanksgiving Day.

3. Impeaxed seniority clause,
requiring the posting of

mproved leave of absence
clause for employees absent on
Union

5. Wen csnealag clause for
March,

6. Reference to both parties
of rest periods and contract
rates,

e! e mployers, panteted in thi
“ara Gh tieBG, Court Le f an Interior ee
i Apress thes pee acaiital imple conditions demanded
appeal entered by the the District Policy commit TA number of technical
IWA against the sentence e that the majority award: P changes dealing mann with.
imposed on Poje, Local | ply each one of the agreements | special problems in the indus-
1-80, IWA, and 14 other {| ?0W in effect in the various op-| try, and which relate chiefly to
IWA members is expected ; | erations and that as the TWA has| interpretations, adjustments
oni Octal ber 7. ‘oposed acceptance in the inter d duration of the contract, as
In adven: s of industrial harmony, a] well a: lates for cetGielb
verse tection, MMolictors fer aes the e: mploy- oe of cost of living bon
the IWA, Alex Macdonald Ts ew:
ou R. J. Ma Mast er, hav mn both Boards the employers’ reason for the ae
a stipulated by the IWA with re-
structed to) defecmive j nominees dissented to any mone-| oatd to aplication + "
the sfeastlity of an appeal j|tary ‘changes. The employers’| ereements is that four eneee
preme Court of | Bede WG, Gh the, Southern | tions, formerly in the Northern
{tended that wages should remam | D&@EFining group of samplovers,
is at present, and t paid NEE
“ jouthern. The Union desires that
statutory holidays were not ad- | 2Svanta
ges in the old Nort
visable for Interior workers. Mr. | Contract be mainteies
A. Sutton, representing the ined,
employers on the Northe Significant concluding para-
Board, did not supply a minority cee in “the report from the
report with re Northern Board reads: “The
Basically the nee majority re-] economic position of indus-
ports are identical, eu approve} try, a substantial portion of
the following ehigenal changes in} Whose output is sold in th
the etry gerrectasns ited States, has been affect
cohen 3%e |: ed he t fh Heaton:

e. by.
man, and the Union's nomi-
nee, "Pretiden “rank
Local 1-71, IW.

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East-West | WA

Forms Council

mplete organ auon of all

Co:
within the IWA w
vit ‘ies in

Canadian woodworkers

ada ined a’
West conference cf. 53 ye delegates oe citine: the recent
Tor

CCL Convention in

1 a ‘hive should

ed
is J. F at a bo National Council,
itp

8
e
ed, He equine that the auth-
ority of any such body yas de-
ed solely from the

‘and. could eae wonky

the define clita sdictior
ary, he iad tie
be made by the
‘A to realize on the 300,000 po-
tential membership in Eastern
An mapas council

tional,
cat

would be of great assistance, he
pointed ou :
Financial Secretary Lawrence

heard an ex-

m TWA estem

tect on
cies ene Sase the uni

in Ges a Quebec, Saba

ss had been mad

roa 3
Hodont ve © sta ees
the following recommendations

| ich pret adopted by the con-

oe “That the International Wood-

‘yo
thing in its power to work out
a sound sptable jurisdic-
tional policy to be presented at
a later date to the ative
Committee and Cou for
their consideration,
2. That this First National Coun-
cil Meeting of the ask the
‘CL for a sizeable donation to
assist our International Organ-
ing Department in putting
on a drive in Eask da.
3. That wherever possible, Local
Unters a oes cchane ec
agre
(hcgitese eoarine ay
the Aa soopaions in ee
various be
tained,
4. That the IWA's delegation a

ossible, we support
‘of the International

7 possible the
the IWA pe a
the:

oe saleasies at
nual Conven:

Howard, *