B.C. LUMBER WORKER

1st Issue, July

Items of Interest To
Labor In Capsule Form

Arbitrary Retirement Unjust

OTTAWA — Because a person reaches the age of 60 or 65
years it does not necessarily mean that they automatically become
too old to work. C. H. Millard, Canadian Director of the United
Steelworkers, told members of the Canadian Congress of Labor
Executive Committee here recently. An arbitrary retirement age
was both unjust and impracticable, he said, since the rate of aging
varied with the individual. He called on the CCL to launch a
program to break down the concept of the necessity for arbitrary

retirement.
1.C.F.T.U. Heads Named
BRUSSELS — Robert Botheau of France and M. A. Katib of
Pakistan were named successors to the late Leon Jouhaux and
Harihanath Shastri as Vice-Presidents of the International Con-
federation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).

Government Patronage Charged
OTTAWA — In deciding post office appointments in the Win-
nipeg area, the operations branch of the Post Office Department
sought recommendations from defeated Liberal candidates and
Liberal Party officials in Manitoba, Stanley Knowles (CCF Winni-
peg North Centre) charged during the discussion on Post Office !
estimates in Parliament, Mr. Knowles’ statements were on the same
lines as those made by Alistair Stewart (CCF Winnipeg North)
earlier in the session when he charged that patronage was rife in

appointments to sub-postmasterships in the Winnipeg area.

Unemployed Number 358,100
OTTAWA — The expected seasonal pick-up in employment is
not materializing as quickly as has been the case in recent years.
At May 20, the National Employment Seryice had 358,100 applica-
tions for work on file—an increase of 135,600 over the same date
last year. Compared with one month earlier however, the number
seeking work had dropped by 190,900, as summer jobs opened up.

his decrease was shared by all the employment regions.

U.S.A. Role Castigated
OTTAWA — The United States has used the excuse of a com-
munist threat in Guatemala to justify use of “town-bully tactics”
against that country. The role that has been and is being played in
that country by the U.S. is “one of the most shameful in her his-
tory”, Lorne Ingle, CCF National Secretary, charged in an address
to a Party meeting here.

Ottawa Meeting Site
OTTAWA — Ottawa will be the site for the 1954 meeting of
the Colombo Plan consultative committee, External Affairs Minister
Pearson has announced. ‘The meetings will be held from October
4-9 and are expected to take place in the Parliament Buildings. The
Colombo Plan is a scheme for assisting the under-developed nations
of south-east Asia which was formulated at a meeting in Colombo,

Ceylon in 1950.

T.L.C. Housing Project
OTTAWA — The green light has been given to the Ottawa
Trades and Labor Council (TLC) in its scheme for a 50-unit,

$500,000 Jow-rental housing project to be erected in the western
part of the city. Plans initiated by the labor body should result in

a start on construction by August and completion of the project
by June next year. Rentals are expected to range from $50 to $60

a month.
U.I.C. Fund $881,278,689

OTTAWA — Canada’s unemployment insurance fund stood at
$881,278,689 at March 31 this year which was $29,693,525 greater
than the total recorded one year earlier.

Ford Layoffs High
WINDSOR — With 850 employees facing permanent layoffs,
according to President Rhys Sale, some 2,700 of the 3,100 Ford
Oakville workers were laid off as a result of severe production
cutbacks of passenger cars. At Windsor 3,700 workers were put on
five to eight day layoffs, with only 3,000 remaining at work full-
time, UAW officials report. a

U.S. Labor Unity

WASHINGTON — A big step towards U.S. labor unity was
taken when 94 American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations affiliated unions, with more than 10 million
members signed a two-year ‘no raiding’ agreement here. A joint
AFL-CIO committee estimated that unions of the two congresses
had spent $11,418,000 in the years 1951-1953 on raiding or defending
themselves from raiding by rival unions.

Publicotion dote of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER
is July 15th, Deadline for ad copy is July 8th and for news copy

July 9th.

BCLonentVorven

Representing the Organized Loggers end Mill Workers of B.C.
PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST
AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY,
International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL) gm
B.C. District Council No. 1
DISTRICT OFFICERS:
wwe. Joe Morria

ewe. William N. Gray
‘Stuart M. He n
weiner Ered Fieber

fi Address all communications to
GRORGE H. MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer

_ 45 Kingsway - Phone FAirmont 8807-8

; Vancouver, B.C.

LOOK
FOR THE
NAME

Illustrated is the Cruiser’s
Stag of pure virgin wool

in mackinaw or kersey.
Mackinaw plaids are either
red and black; green and
black, or blue and black,

Notice the four large pockets in front, and the large
pack pocket in back, which opens at both sides... a
feature of both mackinaw and kersey garments.
These are two of the many designs of “Pioneer
Brand” clothing obtainable from your commissary
or favorite dealer.
Made in Vancouver, B. C., by Jones Tent & Awning
Ltd., they are designed through careful study of the
needs and desires of B.C. workmen,

FOR WORK CLOTHING
OF
UNSTINTED MATERIALS
DESIGN and
WORKMANSHIP

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present maximum benefits of
about $26 weekly for workers
who earned $48 or more weekly
be increased to a figure calcul-
ated on a similar actuarial base
for workers who earned between
$48 and $59.99 and those who
earned $60 or more weekly.

in the maximum amount a re-
cipient of unemployment insur-
ance may earn weekly at casual
jobs in addition to his unemploy-
ment insurance.

work stoppage” be considered a
reason for extending beyond two
years the period of qualifying for
unemployment. benefits.

$20 MILLION
PAID TO :
JOBLESS

ment was common to all prov-
inces, notes DBS, and initial and
renewal claims filed at local Un-
employment Insurance Commis-
sion offices during the month
dropped by 44,984, or 28 percent,
from April to a total of 113,427
during May.

were $20,709,106 against $25,-
881,926 a month earlier and un-
employed days numbered 6,575,-

003 against 7,997,163.

Increase Benefits

Urges CCL Brief

Increased unemployment insurance benefits were

sought-this week by the Canadian Congress of Labor in
a brief submitted to the Unemployment Insurance Com-
mission’s advisory committee.

The Congress urged that the| waiting period before benefit

payments start and payment of
compensation for the first day
of unemployment.

4, Elimination of a regulation
requiring that married women

Other Proposals

Other CCL proposals included:
1. An increase to $15 from $12

2. That “participation in a

Eliminate Wait
8. Elimination of the five-day

OTTAWA (CPA)—A small
part of the cost to Canada of
unemployment during May was
the $20,709,106 paid out to
beneficiaries in respect of 6,-
575,003 unemployed days. The
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
notes claimants on the live un-
employment register, who num-
bered 247,775 at the end of
May, had dropped sharply
from the 336,683 recorded a
month earlier. At May 31, 1953
there were 143,083 on the live
unemployment register. |
The May drop in unemploy- |

See for yourself—today.

THE CAN.

Payments made during May

must have worked 60 days fol-
lowing marriage in a different
job from that held before mar-
riage in order to qualify for
benefits.

Extra Benefits

5. Higher supplementary bene-
fits for those who have exhausted
their regular benefits. Supple-
mentary benefits formerly
amounted to about 80 percent of
regular benefits but when regular
benefits were boosted last year,
supplementary benefits remained
unchanged and now are about 70
percent of regular benefits.

6. Repeal of the regulation pro-
hibiting workers on a four-day
week from collecting benefits.

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