a2) CCCL States Terms GRANBY, P.Q. (CPA)—The 100,000-member Canadian and Catholic Confederation of La- hor is in favor of national labor unify but it will not be sold out merely to achieve that unity, CCCL Secretary General Jean Marchand stated in an address to the convention of the National Federation of Textile Workers (CCCL) here recently. Mr. Marchartd said that, per- sonally,. he was in favor of a united central labor body in Can- ada but the entry of the sydi- cates into the Canadian Labor Congress must be conditional on the special character and prob- lems of the CCCL being recog- nized and respected. Support Lack Earlier the CCCL official had decried the lack of support given by the international unions to the syndicates in their recent con- tract struggle with Dominion Textile. He also called for a re-organi- zation in order to make it more efficient and better able to serve its members. The question of the CCCL joining the CLC will be discussed at the annual convention of the syndicates to be held in Montreal during September. Discussions of a possible merger of the two groups started shortly after CLC was formed last April. On sim ‘e- MEN! Watch for the HUB’S big SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE! There will be bargains in clothing and furnishings that are TERRIFIC! Free Credit too. 45 EAST HASTINGS Atkinson (standing). 2 = oT eee Jacob C. Clayman (left) Director of Organization and Union Label Campaign, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and Sol Spivak, Man- ager, Joint Board, Toronto (right), accompanied by George Droneck, Amalgamated local representative, visit the District Office of the IWA and outline the campaign plans to District Secretary-Treasurer George Mitchell (seated, centre) and Safety Director John T. ance jobs. Daily press comments that the dispute could lead to a with- drawal of 30 unions with 10,000 members from the 1,018,000- member CLC, were described by a CLC official here as a gross ex- aggeration of the situation. While there is some concern at the jur- isdictional problem arising so soon after the formation of the new Congress, it is felt that the matter will be settled amicably by negotiation. President’s Letter The problem arose when the AFL-CIO Building Trades De- partment, in a letter signed by most of the presidents of its af- filiated unions, suggested that building trades locals use their influence to slow state mergers in the U.S. The letter, which also reached Canadian locals of the unions involved, suggested that July 27th. Publication date of the next issue of the B.C, LUMBER WORKER is August 2nd, Deadline for ad copy is July 26th and for news copy = President .. Ist. 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The AFL-CIO Executive Council called on the Building Trades Dept. to withdraw its let- ter which AFL-CIO President George Meany described as a “direct violation of the spirit and letter of the AFL-CIO constitu- tion”. The situation, as it affects Ca- nada, was raised with Pres. Meany by CLC Executive Vice- President Gordon Cushing and Secretary-Treasurer Donald Mac- Donald during their recent trip to Washington in connection with DISPUTE WITH BUILDING TRADES REACHES TOP AFL-CIO OFFICERS OTTAWA (CPA)—A jurisdictional dispute among af- filiates of the AFL-CIO in the United States which has extended into Canada is giving some headaches to officials of the newly-formed Canadian Labor Congress. It involves a conflict between construction and industrial unions over jurisdiction on certain building, installation and mainten- the dedication of the new AFL- CIO headquarters there. One of the main problems the dispute could raise in Canada would be for the building unions involved to withhold their per capita investments to the CLC and thus leave the new Congress short of anticipated income by about 10 percent. YOUR UNION MEETINGS / TUNIS WINS NEXT MEET BRUSSELS (CPA)—The 5th World Congress of the Interna- tional Confederation of Free Trade Unions will be held in the city of Tunis, Tunisia, the ICFTU Executive Board decid- ed at a recent meeting. The nomination of the North Afri- can city as the venue for the next Congress marks the first occasion on which the 54,000,- 000-member body has decided to meet outside Europe. Previous ICFTU Congresses have been held in London, 1949; Milan, 1951; Stockholm, 1953 and iVenna, 1955. An interim was held in Berlin in 1952. 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