4 ¢ ; B.C. LUMBER WORKER =

RETROSPECT

'Y years ago last October, organized la-
bor on this continent Barges. on the craft-
industrial union issue. erage y or

dang the Atlantic City convention of thi
n Federation of , the dele,

18, "024 to 10,933, Gating ‘the ranks of the trade

union movemen:

e same month, the leaders of six major

unions, already formed on industrial union prin-

Organization, and made overtures to

p the cleava

he Congress of Inc

within the aes of the AFL. It has
since Seal that mis:
Now, happily, time tas Pieted many of une
misunderstandings which then existed. The
ers of craft union:

Wit) next few weeks,
imultaneousy developed in
ae 1835 40, will ‘be bri

nty-year iierval Wines the birth
develo) OSS

pendent union, fopms abe integral part of Tabi S
new Eonsolidated str

The fidelity wath orhich the CIO-CCL served
its mission has wrought g great sont for the work-
Nor ric a. Millions orkers, many
of them eoiniiekilled or unskie, nae brought
within the ambit of trade union benefits.

he logic of A position taken by the CIO soon
became eldent ie mass 0 i woukers In the
nation, as in the la mt, each greaized group of

it imperative t 0 seek its welfare
rovement of standards for the

iN
inrkes
lasrened: by tl
education, ee ihe revived interest in legislative
activities.
It was mainly the CIO- -CCL that spearheaded

the fight for such legislation as the V Act
in the U.S. and b Labor Relations Acts in the
pr horas of the Dominion. It was mainl 10-

d the fight against the Taft-Hartley
ct aad ‘its ne step- Siac as wel as
restrictive d by in the

Tpainton:

had its angentions: a ae dark days of
reat depression’. It threw its entire re-
the fight against Beailisés poverty
ity, and lea’ ned alte masses of North
n workers with n iopes and ideals,
soa ton labor to claien 3 its ightful place in
t e.

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The aoe lied record of he Se CCL is a
glorious ord accomplis all these
fields based. a rea to its original ue ‘pose and
dedication to the needs of the mon people:

He sp’ init will ges ont Tt will fi na’e Ee irasaton
rms an . er new names, but it will mater
perih i in reali
The 10-CCL qierg the Canadian merger
of this twenty- gen ex-
t

~A PLACE = HISTORY

Premier Rescues

“Hooked”

2e RONTO

to get his Labor Minister “off the Hg

had told the 250,000-member
tion of Labor (TLC) that he

serious an suggesting an amendment
is Act. The ree jatar, pr omised a full-scale dis-

Relatio:

anetOR on the contentious

(Minister

(CPA)—Ontario’s Premier Leslie Frost had

of ” after the Minister
¢ Ontario Provincial eden

Ponce el whether they we
to the Ontario Cones

ion of the proposed tra

anada natural g as pipeline a
: he provincial lt
The

‘lial
bent “out TRAD GR awe rae con-

Scapa ride tio
iy bier members of the union
delegation.
= Are Ou Serious?”
OPFL had suggest that

nte
often Srondea ict -yoilioeople are

eally serious in making such a
request

otested sharply
tat ite ‘ rederation ia not come
ightly

lightly and we won’t have them,
said.

>
®

Premier Intervened

i aft

the Minister pean that he
would BES os eae 0:

union anil rtment offi- |

cials, Mr. Daley ot ‘himself to
discuss the matter
aan

aay

mi ra °
Labor (CCL) created something
ofa pr ecedent in being accom}
nied to their meeting with
ceniatives bf its Taal | gov-
ernment by officials of
farm groups. The OFL
tl :m

to drop unless some effec
measures to arrest gins. scans
were introduced in

Be

" Farmers’ pee
Stresing the inter
farmers coal andere SEHOS
or Bes potas Treas Cle’ leve
ief,

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a that today’s Eee

proy
Ontari ‘io

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took 2!
legal limit for co
inoceies was only

eek

ion
Ate 10

Election Act
(Change Vetoed

OTTAWA (CPA) — A Bill
that soul’ sriend the ‘advenee
0) ctor W

retary ol
The Bill, 0:
erewdks s (CC.

's, transportation work-

ers, RCMP aug eee ss the

reserve ad-
ance DAS

CCL Viey
Seong Pau for the C

Lin:
St. oe ae the offi of “the
400,000- ae debe savas
that wid

er of cere
Tena, and the
length of the vacation period, in-
pe re

He led that thousands
thor a of workers and ihete
‘amilies are dise: a

a gross injustice and a mani
denial of democracy.”

Strike
Wins
Hike

MONTREAL (CPA

oe
and one ae aad state ;
tory holiday. ;
he iti ba, a oa
ed out folloy f the
“nia

i i ae ed

onefi f

pute a meeti
union ‘and management represen-
tatives called in New York by

President, Jaco Potofsky.

Th 6 Que ¢ Clothing Me nt

ata ante
iy

1 and a further 24 Gane
ary 1, 1957, cc a
February 1a
svelainie et addition, he “othe
ing workers will receive an extra
paid: statutory holiday making a
total of six annually.

“Has your w
since you married her?”

“YI say! She’s changed my
hours, my friends and my habits.”

e changed much

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a confi
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led in the merged bate with the best tradi-
tions of the AFL-TLC, to usher in a new day for
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an Tao asta for the
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