NEWS DIGEST
Items of Interest To
Labor In Capsule Form

iscri amination Ban Defeated
oF su, Li

Cen
teve sd Cheat gules with NB. A “horrowers ‘and the refore bee ee
any ision.
ea les ompany U
OTTAWA—The Supreme Court upheld a kat-
chewan Labor Relations Board which charged ‘the “Marshall pala

he Sas!

some members of the union Merete committee were employ
ival

ral Wwerer Eill: potroduced

Seca in cases of employees having less

loe Noseworthy Dies
OTTAWA—Joe Noseworthy, CCF M.P. for Toronto-' South h York
from 1942-; 45 and 1949-56, died here in hospital after a heart attack
complicated by pneumonia, A self-made man who became a Toronto
high school teacher, Joe was a vigorous fighter for labor in Par-
iament.

. Investments ida
reign investment

oT special DBS compil a m on
in C .S. capital invested in cn ada has more
than doubled and that by 1953 more than half of all capital in the
Canadian petrole'

um, mining, ene a electrical apparatus in-
dustries was controlled by U.S.

Robeson Deni J Entry
‘AW A— Paul pepeeone cers re itone and avowed comm
01

Het §
or visitors. Robeson aeovided: in Gafiada last February

Clement “Atle e Hor
(—Earl Attlee, for:

e Labor Party, was
created a Knight of the Most Nol oble Order ar Ae Garter—the exe
th.

the ex

WIN MAJORITY AWARD

OTTAWA (CPA)—Contract improvements equal to
about one-half of the CCE of 145,000 nenoeeRene
railway employees have been recommended by a three-man
conciliation board. The board’s hearings in Mantréal on the
demands of the 16 unions involved and representatives of

the rail companies, las ste for six weeks.
subi

bring stability to the industry”.
and | It ne bree with
i the th _ the con-

© of the

‘mal
siaton noniabe, CRE Lewis,
ommiended an 117% wage
staged over i months, inten

tract, “the sn tectve
third si the ‘negate and
the ete date of health and

tributory health and vas plan | welfar
in a new two-year contract. Com-

steer phan concedes
board, Paul Smith, Q.C., wrote

‘complaint against the
arene set sists was the fact
a that, even with t © proposed pay

workers’ wages
pe os to

would still not Mt “hn
the level of

scribing the
sed
Bae ee of the. aun pee

concessions and des
mi an

8% across-t -the- ‘boa: rc

290 failed to present their UL
and were

ae v eblective of achieving a
peaceful settlement of the dis-
pu isk $

le the unions were reluc-
tant ‘te accept the conciliation

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increase,
Mis feet on tae 1955 level, ef.
eecNe June 1, 1957. wert
n addition, Thanksgiving Day, | cep’
st aie this year, ‘and Victoria |i
Day, starting met year, were | sent:
recommended as additional paid| ings and the
A

e expected to take strong

a turn-down by the rail-

me

make

txibutory health plan, amounting
wo ways almost inevitable.

0 five cents an hour a be

indus' ooks for re-checkin

e (averaging 25c¢); Fit Accepts presumed not to be inerested in
company Payment n a letter to Lab re-inter-
fox. a: healligandetekm accepting the con- pecans a section rae the Act
three additional Baw ciliation ae ca te eport, the | allov further 6,002 eo

holidays (for a total of cight).| unions’ com: chairman, iene and another 6,000 we:
hey sought a one-year contract. | Frank H. ‘Fall, otal that “It ap- | cov: nder anther “entitle
11% Wage Hik ment, ae cases of U re than
Under the terms of the con-| dations are a compromise be-| 70,000 claimants rin vere not
ciliation board report, the work n regular benefits is under
would receive a 6% wage in- loyees’ case and the de- consideration said the Minister,

Barnett Reminds

Za
co
2

quuteeadd o
number of wi

under the old Act, normally
haye been entitled to benefit,

m Barnett (CCF Comox-
Alberni) said that Parliament

sive, highest honor in Britain—by Queen Elizabe'

EXCEE MILLION

OTTA A (GRA) — MM lember- ; As the two major labor con-
shi resses—the Trades and _Labot
Congress of Canada and the Ca

Labo:

ree, the
their combined mem-

total membership “climbe d
during

L were sw elled by 4.6%.

see iG by congr oud individual groups
Beate and Labor Congres fcanada affiliates...
pana Congress of Labor “ait

abor
ee Federation of Labor, Congress of
Industrial Organizations afiiates only.... 1,01
International Railway eee *: 44,000
Unafilaten International 78,000
liated National, Maple & Loc: 100

D egactnent |

100,000 Take
UIC Loss

shared equally by employers | In order to meet this situation, Labor Minister See promised
ai
eee ae a a come ie set up an ae man commit- | “ em 0 bring oe something
into effect on Jai na a i eS ni Ia Hall a: Suni oy constructive by May 15th or
The general co: ‘om- | to call a strike vote of the work- | earlier.

mittee of the rail unions edecacal ers . tie railways do not eaten

reluetantly, to accept the major-| the provisions of the conciliation

ity report “to avoid eonlee atl eae report.

Posts

Filled

HINGTON (CPA) —

osts in the

PA)—The re’ d Ja
uary 25, 1956, some iy ve Fits

OTTAWA (C
intion by, UaboriMinisteelGeere
0

new organiza tion.

Insurance Act became effective The old Act stipulated 180 days
failed to qualify under a new | contributions in the previous two
sectionof thet cOuled trai team en

Out the total that did not
aust, ‘ir s GTeRE | alts cou the
ms” ittee

0.
mands from MPs that the Act
be improved to plug such loop-

that nearly 100,000 claimants | ants failed to qualify for unem- Oscar Jager, former associate
for unemployment insurance | ployment benefits because ey editor of the Communications
benefits in the four months lid not have 30 wee! eks? Ul e workers CWA News, has
after the new ‘Unainbloe sent butions in named Director of Publica-
ue ond Public Pela Jo

‘tn reply

ac ask dete ctenies
Knowles Wiis North
entre), i Minister said that

to qualify for 10 weeks or more
seasonal benefits. So far as oan
lar benefits were concerned,

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