B.C. LUMBER WORKER

June 4, 1953

ouncil Scores

Back-Door Deals

Poly-party certification, as granted to. TLC Unions by
the Labor Relations Board, was emphatically condemned
___ by the delegates attending the May 26th meeting of the
Vancouver Labor Council when the circumstances of hotel
workers was aired in reports made to the Council.

Blanket certification had result- 5

STOCKHOLM — Sweden,
with only half of Canada’s
population, has -more trade
union members than this coun-
try. Membership in the Fed-
eration of Swedish Trade
Unions increased by nearly 26,-
000 in 1952 to reach a total of
1,338,826.

The annual report of the L.0.

ganization increased by 28 dur-
ing 1952 to reach a total of
8,915. The largest single group
in L.O. is the metalworkers union
numbering 233,379, followed by
the building operatives with 119,-
670 and the municipal workers
with 9,700 members.
Wage Increases
Labor - management councils,

(T.U. Federation) noted that the | which deal with all matters of
number of unions within the or-! concern to employees except for

SWEDISH UNIONS LEAD

wages and other points covered
by collective agreements, increas-
ed last year to a total of 3,146.
Through these councils, more
than 19,000 suggestions, ranging
from new ideas for safety de-
vices, to ways by which pro-
ducts could be improved, were
submitted by employees. More
than 5,600 prizes were received
by those submitting the sugges-
tions.

ed in deals between the employers -
and a TLC union to keep wages -
in the hotels below the standard
set by the Hotel Vancouver, it

was alleged. In some instances

the rates were as much as $65 a

month below the negotiated wage

pattern.

The burning grievances of ho-
tel workers, trapped into certifi-
cations upon which they had
never voted, and denied a voice in
bargaining decisions, had led to
an appeal through the CCL.
When it became known that ap-|_
plications were made to the CCL,
the TLC officials demanded dis-
missal of the workers concerned.

Votes, in the case of three
hotels, were ordered by the Labor
Relations Board, and later sus-
pended, pending the outcome of
court action at the Alcazar Ho-
tel, where the employer is pro-
testing the certification of an
employees’ association. This as-
sociation was formed in protest
against TLC poly-party certifica-
tion.

The resolution of the Council
stated:

WHEREAS: Labor has consist-
ently urged over the years the
right of a group of workers to
determine their own unions,
and

WHEREAS: To safeguard this
right a unit appropriate for
colllective bargaining should be
the employees in an operation,
and

WHEREAS: This unit should
only be changed when request-
ed by the majority of the em-
ployees concerned, and

WHEREAS: The ICA Act does
at the present time allow
craftsmen special privileges to
maintain their own craft orga-
nizations, and

WHEREAS: Poly-party certifica-
tion destroys the principle of
the democratic choice of work-
ers to choose their own union,
and

WHEREAS: The ICA Act only
grants poly-party certification

if agreed to by the majority of
employers concerned, and thus
allows the unit to be determin-
ed by the employer, and

WHEREAS: Poly-party certifica-
tion can compel workers to
belong to a union to which they
have no desire to belong,

THEREFORE

BE IT RESOLVED: That this
Labor Council (CCL) reject
the principle of poly-party cer-
tification unless a majority. of
workers in each operation
comprising the whole certifica-
tion request and vote in favor
of such certification,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:

% That workers must be given
; the right to change their cer-
tifieation to a sinlge unit basis
if the majority in such single
unit vote for this change.

_ Profits Hiked

Workers at Ford Motors plants
in Canada boosted vehicle pro-
“duction in 1952 by more than 10
percent over the 1951 figure. In
the process they helped Ford
make $15,432,920 net profit, near-
$500,000 more than the pre-
year.

The Canadian market took a
_ &reater share of 1952 production
it Sate mse! ious year,
at percent of

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