3 B.C. LUMBER WORKER WINDSOR (CPA)—The ma- jority report of an Ontario con- ciliation board has denied most of the major demands made by the United Auto Workers’ in their contract dispute with Ford Co. of Canada. No pay increase was recommended in the report of the chairman and’ company nominee but the com- pany request that seniority be put on a plant-wide basis rather than the present com- pany-wide basis, was rejected by both the minority and ma- jority reports, The three-man conciliation board was composed of chairman Mr. Justice W. F. Schroeder of the Ontario Supreme Court, com- pany nominee J. J. Robinette, Q.C., and union representative Drummond Wren. In the majority report, signed by Mr. Justice Schroeder and Mr. Robinette, union demands for a 380-cent-an-hour pay increase were refused on the grounds that benefits granted to the union dur- ing the last 12 years combined with a drop in the sale of auto- ES UAW PAY HIKE mobiles, made a pay inerease im- practical. Mr. Wren, however, contended that figures submitted by the union showed that the company could afford to pay the increase out of its profits without passing it on to consumers. Majority Report The main recommendations of the majority report are: Main- tenance of company-wide senior- ity; three weeks’ vacation with pay after 15 years’ service; and an increase from $5 to $6 in hos- pital benefits. The majority re- port turned down; a 30c wage in- crease; a “master”? national agreement covering all Canadian Ford plants; the union shop; and introduction, by the company, of an apprenticeship program. Union representative, Drum- mond Wren, supported; a wage increase of 6, 8 and 10 cents an hour for laborers, semi-skilled and skilled workers respectively; the union shop; eight statutory holidays; working time in excess of 40 hours a week to be volun- tary. ASIAN COLLEGE PROVES VALUE Six courses have been given at the Asian Trade Union Col- lege, opened in Calcutta in 1952. The Regional Activities Fund of the International Con- federation of Free Trade Unions, to which several CCL unions contribute, pays for the course, as well as the students’ living expenses in Calcutta. Each three-month course has been attended by 25 to 30 trade unionists from India, Pakistan, Malaya, Hong-Kong, Thailand, the Philippines or Ceylon. Stu- dents have included miners, rail- waymen, sailors, factory and plantation workers. Serve Labor The students are nominated by a national trade union which pays part of their travelling expenses. ‘They are pledged to serve the labor moyement after completing their course. During the course, they also benefit from the ex- change of views with workers from other countries and with different creeds. In the classroom, library and yeereation room, they learn that the labor movement has a com- mon ideal providing a world- wide bond among workers, The spirit of brotherhood experienced at the ICFTU school carries over to the work for which they are trained — the development of democratic trade unions in their homelands, Busy Study Week "The six-day study week is var- ied, with lectures alternating with discussions and workshops. Subjects include the place of trade unions in a free society; organization and union adminis- tration; collective bargaining; la- bor law; and economic and social problems of Asia. The students visit local factories, union offices, Jabor courts, and attend public meetings. The workers’ educa- tion centre at the nearby dock shows them how to carry on 4 adult education projects in their own communities. Language is the chief problem. English is used at present, as no one language is common to all Asian countries. Evening classes in English are given to students whose knowledge is inadequate | and short courses precede the vegular course. More Causes The College also holds two- week courses in different areas in Asia, to assist union leaders with local problems. Hindustani and Marathi were the languages used at a recent short course at Khan- dala, 70 miles from Bombay. This course was arranged through a graduate of the college. = Most of the students keep in touch with the College after com- | pleting a course, Their reports show the value of this leadership training in more effective con- duct of all the activities of their unions, OTTAWA (GPA) — Canadian manufaacturers sold more TV sets but fewer radios in April and the first four months this year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. TV sales were up 329% in the month and 42% in January - April, while radio sales were down 34.5% in April and 259 in the four months. 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The plan proposed allows for any change in employment and the whole cost will be borne by the employer. However, the pos- sibility of local agreements on employee contributions has been left open. Basic Principles One of the fundamental prin ciples of the employers’ plan i | that the money in the pension fund shall remain part of the | employer's working capital up to the time when the pensions are to be paid out. Pensions would be payable at the age of 67 years for men and 68 for women with a full pen-| j sion based on a working life of] | 40 years for men and 30 years| |for women. Work performed | from the age of 25 years in the| | case of men and 30 years in the| | case of women will be considered | as eligibility for the pensions. ‘The trade unions will study the proposals submitted by the em- Get On The List! A civic registration drive, spearheaded by the Greater Vancouver & Lower Mainland Labor Council, CCL, is under- way to ensure that every work- er eligible to yote in the next civic election, is on the voters’ list by August 21. This action follows labors’ re- cent announcement that they will field a full slate of pro-labor can- didates in the election. Persons eligible to vote must be Canadian citizens, over 21 years of age, and have resided in Vancouver since January 1, 1954. Voters’ list will be open for registration August 9 to 21, at the Vancouyer City Hall, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. On August 19-20-21, the City Hall will remain open until 9:00 pm. ICFTU Supports Japanese Unions TOKYO.—The news that a thousand silk-mill workers in Japan have mobbed their com- pany president because he pre- vents married employees from living together, spotlights the fantastic conditions which prompted an ICFTU telegram of support to striking Japanese mill workers. The telegram, addressed to the Japanese Federation of Textile Workers’ Unions, pledged full support for striking workers in the factories owned by the Ohmi Spinning Company. Workers’ Demands The workers, thostly girls and young women living in dormi- tories on the company’s premises, are claiming the right to prac- tice their own religion and to lead normal married lives with- out the company’s intervention. ‘They are demanding an end to the company censorship of their correspondence and inspection of their personal effects, and the right to go out in the evening as they please, without the special permission of the company’s of- ficers. Conditions in the 10 factories of the Ohmi Spinning Company to which the strike is at present restricted are extreme, but such ployers, as well as the proposals on the same subject expected to | be published soon by a govern-| ment committee of enquiry, be-| fore making any commitments. | practices are widespread in many small and medium-sized enter- prises throughout Japan, espe- cially in the textile industry. Because most of the employees Husband and Wife care and treatment of one half sociologist. lication based on this survey. Make Health Team ‘The appointment of Dr. John Cumming, B.A. M.D., Ph.D., as psychiatrist with Saskatchewan Mental Hospital at Weyburn has produced what is probably a unique Canadian husband and wife medical team. While Dr. John, as psychiatrist, is in charge of the of Weyburn’s patients, his wife, Dr. Elaine, administers the balance in her capacity of senior “Both doctors gained their Ph.D. at Harvard University and they have collaborated in a major research project at Indian Head, Sas- katchewan, financed by a $15,000 grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York. They are currently preparing a book for pub- The doctors have two children, both boys. A Real Unio couver Sun to produce the daily of three British Columbia homes. relations with all its organized crat PHONE TAtlow 7140 FOR DAILY HOME CARRIER DELIVERY n Shop And No Mistake! No less than TEN unions work in harmonious ‘association with the management of The Van- issues of Western Canada’s leading newspaper that go into two out The Sun is happy to be a real Union Shop throughout, with agreeable fts ond personnel, THE I ; are young girls living on the premises, the Company can exer- cise considerable control over their private lives, This includes compulsory education under a system of forced Buddhism and an almost complete control over every other form of cultural and recreational activity. Hours of work are decided by the Company alone; overtime is frequent and rarely fully paid; welfare facilities, such as separ- ate dining rooms and dressing rooms, are sadly lacking; pro- duction competition forces abnor- mal effort out of women without regard to their physical capabili- ties; and the Company refuses to yecogiiize their union. This was formed a month ago by the Fed- eration of Textile Workers’ Unions after more than a year’s efforts. Previously the only union in the Company had been con- tYolled by the management who appointed all its officers. New Union The new union, which already has 13,000 members, presented its demands last month and when the Company refused to nego- tiate, the workers went on strike. Their leaders had been forced to meet and organize in the strictest secrecy because employees who had displayed any opposition to the Company union had been dis- missed. A number of workers have been injured by the violence of a “protective squad” which has been employed by the Com- pany to break the strike and suppress the strikers. Because many of the employees are wom- en of about 17 years of age with no experience in the trade union movement, they have received sympathetic support from widely varying unions throughout the country. Printers of, The B.C. LUMBER WORKER AON GU LIMITED PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS An Employee Owned Co. 944 RICHARDS STREET PAcific 6338-9