i B.C. LUMBER WORKER

2nd Issue, January

-L.CF.T.U. URGES
_ CARTEL CURB

BRUSSELS (CPA)—A call for the tightening of inter-
national laws against restrictive business practices has
been made by J. H. Oldenbroek, General Secretary of the
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in a
statement to the United Nations.

The UN is considering an in-
“ternational agreement aimed at
as restrictive practices and the

ICFTU points out that this
a should cover all “business prac-
tices and international business
agreements affecting internation-
al trade, directly or indirectly.”
No distinetion should be made
between the treatment of private
and public undertakings, the

right to complain against prac-
tices having a bearing, especially
through their effect on interna-
tional trade, upon the welfare of
their constituents,”

ICFTU suggested that the
agreement should not be limited
to international aspects of harm-
ful business practices because

ICFTU avers. these were often “a development
of national cartels and an exten-
Restrict Rights sion of restrictive practices to

the international field.” Contrac-
ing governments, said ICFTU,
should establish national offices
for the registration and investi-
complaint to member govern-| gation of specified types of busi-
ments. “We hold,” says the! ness agreements and these offices
ICFTU, “that organizations rep-| should cooperate with an inter-
resenting important social and’ national agency exercising simi-

Criticism of the proposed |
agreement is also aimed at its!
proposal to restrict the right of

economic groups should have the lar functions.

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Bury Reaches

BRUSSELS (CPA)—James C Bury, former Secretary

Kenya

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of the Vancouver Labor Council and CCF Provincial Ex-
ecutive member, recently appointed ICFTU representative
in Kenya, has left Brussels by air for Nairobi. He will
spend some time there with the officers and members of
the ICFTU affiliated organization, the Kenya Federation
of Registered Trade Unions, which has a membership of

HEALTH PLAN URGED

TORONTO (CPA)—Ontario
Health Minister Mackinnon
Phillips says that within five
years there should be “a form
of health insurance” covering
every Canadian.

The health plan should be ad-|

between the federal government
and the provinces. Ontario would
be prepared to participate in
such talks, he added, and has in
|fact been working on such a
plan.

Dr. Phillips was commenting

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about 50,000.

The decision to send a repre-
sentative to Kenya was taken by
the ICFTU Executive Board after
receiving a report from the
ICFTU delegation which visited
the country at the request of the
Kenya Federation in August last.
The report drew attention to
the many difficulties facing this
young trade union movement—
difficulties that were the result,
not only of the present state of
emergency, but also of the atti-
tude prevailing in certain circles
that the Africans were not ready
to organize their own unions.
Farm Unions

|_ Half the total labor force in
Kenya is employed in agriculture
where there are no statutory
minimum wage rates. For un-
skilled workers in certain urban
Pareas, wage rates are fixed at be-
tween §7 and $9 2 month; they
have been described by the Gov-
ernment as “low” and “insuffi-
cient for a man to support a fam-
ily”

During the past year, the
ICFTU has been in constant con-
sultation with the British TUC
about the restrictions encountered
by the Kenya trade unions. As-
surances have been given that it
is the policy of the British Col-

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1.C.F.T.U. REP.

JIM BURY

onial Office and the Kenya Gov-
ernment to encourage the estab-
lishment and growth of free
trade unions in’ Kenya. re

The tasks facing the young
trade union movement in Kenya
are enormous and the ICFTU re-
presentative will be able to give
help and advice on the spot, both
in the organization of the unions
and in the training of their
leaders.

Jim Bury has had more than
fifteen years experience in the
Canadian trade union movement.
He has been particularly active
in the meat-packing and lumber
industries, and for the last few
years he has, been the full time
secretary of the Vancouver Labor
Council.

PRICES DROP

OTTAWA (CPA)—The prices
Canada’s farmers received for
their products continued to drop
during November 1958, according
to the Dominion Bureau of Sta-
tisties. A sharp drop in the index
of farm prices of agricultural
products during the month sent
the November figure down to
228.9 (1935-1989 equals 100)
from 235.8 a month earlier,

The decline was largely due to
lower prices for livestock and

eggs.

the Minister, but it could have| statement that its rates would

national direction and participa-
tion. Details could be worked out

te increased by 26 percent from

April 1.

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