B.C. LUMBER WORKER :

Ist Issue, June

J PROTESTS

BRUSSELS (CPA)—In a vigorous protest filed with
David Morse, Director General of the International
3 rv Organization, the ICFTU has drawn up a list of
complaints against the Union of South Africa for depriv-
ing the native workers of freedom of association and
eatening the elementary trade union rights which most
other workers still enjoy.
x The complaint points out that
- Afrieans are not entitled to set
; up trade unions to conduct col-

determine whether a person is
“Communist” or not under the
Suppression of Communism Act,
may declare as unlawful any or-
ganization which he considers as
Communist and order to resign
from his present office any per-
son who has ever been associated

lective negotiations, nor to be
members of. unions legally re-
cognized under the Industrial
Conciliation Act. Under the Na-
tive Labor Act, which covers
_ African workers, the Minister of

Labor sets out the working con-
ditions of the African worker

this provision to Asiatic and so-
called “colored” workers also.

Officers Banned

The complaint also refers to
the way in which the Minister
of Justice, who can arbitrarily

and he has the power to apply

with such an organization, or
who in his opinion is furthering
the aims of Communism—a term
which is not defined in the Act.
It notes that more than 50 trade
union leaders or offiters have
been banned from all trade union
activity for having been, at some
time or other, members of a
“Communist organization.”

Disability Grants
Found Too Low

OTTAWA (CPA)—Members of all parties in the Com-

mons welcomed the Bill to

totally and permanently disabled when it was introduced
recently. Strong criticism of particular features of the
legislation were, however, raised by CCF members.

The Bill provides that needy
persons, 18 years of age and
over, who are permanently and
totally disabled and have ten
years’ residence qualification, will
yeceive a payment of $40 a
month. The. cost will be shared
equally between the federal gov-
ernment and those provinces
who wish to participate.

All provinces except Quebec
and Prince Edward Island have
signified willingness to come into

_ the scheme and it is expected to
benefit between 25,000 and 30,-
000 disabled Canadians.

Bill Definition

Dr. W. G. Blair (Cons. Lanark)
said that the definition of a
“totally and permanently dis-
abled person” should have been
included in the Bill so that it
could have been considered by
Parliament. This was the crux
of the whole problem, he said,
and it seemed unsatisfactory to
allow the matter to be dealt with
by government order-in-council.

The will and desire of the
Canadian people had been ex-
pressed in the introduction of
this measure to care for its dis-
abled citizens, stated Stanley

Knowles (CCF Winnipeg North
Centre). However, he suggested
that certain improvements could
be made in the Bill the govern-
ment has introduced.

provide allowances for the

$60 Allowance

In view of the present cost of
living, he contended, the payment
should be not less than $60 a
month. While Health Minister
Martin stated that the provinces
felt that $40 was a sufficient
amount, it was probably be-
cause they were unable to afford

more than $20 themselves, in
view of their provincial res-
ources.

The view of the CCF, he said,
was that the payments should
be on a 75-25 basis, as is the
case with blindness allowances.
If this were done, the provinces
would have no objection to a $60
allowance, since their share
would be only $15.

Means Test

Other points of criticism rais-
ed by the Winnipeg member were
that either the means test should
be removed in respect to these
allowances or the permissible
income ceiling raised (from $840
single and $1,320 married); there
should be no gap between the
ending of family allowances at
age 16 and the start of disability
allowance at age 18; and the 10-
year residential qualification dis-
criminated against those who be-
came disabled before they had
been resident in Canada for the
required period.

June 11th.

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Unions’ Right Omitted

OTTAWA (CPA)—A Bill proposed in Parliament this
week by Stanley Knowles (CCF Winnipeg North Centre)
aims at giving to trade unions a right that most of them
thought they already possessed—that of launching a
prosecution for violation of labor laws. The Winnipeg
member’s Bill was prompted by a recent judgment handed
down in the Court.of Queen’s Bench, Manitoba.

In the past, it has been gener-
ally understood by trade unions
that they could launch, on behalf
of their members, proceedings
against an employer for viola-
tions of the Industrial Labor Re-
lations and Disputes Investiga-

but could not prosecute. The
trade unions did not appear, un-
til the recent case, to realize that
this was the intention of the Act.

It is expected that Manitoba

trade unionists will attempt to
get their provincial labor laws
amended in a manner similar to
that proposed by Stanley
Knowles in respect to the fed-
eral law.

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labor laws, or for violations of
provincial labor laws in cases of
provincial jurisdiction.

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Court of Queen’s Bench at Win-
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which is reported to be support-
ed by federal labor officials, that
while a trade union or employ-
ers’ organization could be pro-
secuted under the provincial
Labor Relations Act, they could
not, if they so. wished, launch a
prosecution themselves under the
Act.

Section 46

Section 46 of the Manitoba
Labor Relations Act, which is
identical to section 45 of the
federal Industrial Relations Act,
at present lays down that a pro-
secution for an offence under the
Act “may be brought against an
employers’ organization or a
trade union . . .”. It had been
assumed by union officials that
this meant that prosecutions
could also be brought by either
of those two organizations. Mr.
Justice Campbell ruled otherwise.

At present, therefore, any ag-
grieved member of a trade union
must institute a prosecution, per-
sonally, against an employer
who is violating the labor laws.

Mr, Knowles’ Bill, which would
add the words “by or” to the
section of the federal Industrial
Relations Act, will give to trade
unions, or employers’ organiza-
tions, the right to prosecute for
infringements of the Act. The
Act, as amended by Knowles,
would read as follows: “A pro-
secution for an offence under
this Act may be brought by or
against an employers’ organiza-

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‘Labor Lawyers

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