Cou ncil Charte r Marks New Day For Pr. George Unions Le eras Patasies te Inelorcational Wesducrbers of Amertes visita Comaeatta t Vol. XXII, No: 23 29 Ist ISSUE, DEC. 1956 - VANCOUVER, B.C. = 5c PER COPY wages and working conditio; negotiated at the end of a long but successful strike s which had pre iled before. a vast improvement over the disgracefully poor gram of the Congress. Also a guest speaker on the oc- casion was the 1WA Associate Director of Research and Education, Joe Miyazawa, who urged enthusias- tic participation in the educetional program sponsored by the national movement. He pointed to the em- ergency in the educational field, and stressed the value of adult education as promoted by the trade unions in Canada. Congress Vice-President, Joe Mortis, in his address to the Council said in part: “T know t is council will | secure a new for trade unionists in this city. Through the council, trade unionists will demand a voice in those phases +| of civie life, which touch the lives of the workers and their families, The stence of a functioning council ures them that they | will gain that right. 5 More and more, this council | will claim for trade unionists | their rightful place in the life of riet, based on the fact the di that the workers form the larg- est, and, shall I say, the most SUEZ CRISIS FACTS Threat to world peace in the Middle East crisis is so grave as to require a mobilization of world opinion behind a strengthened United Nations was the opinion expressed by IWA District 2nd Vice-President, Stuart, M. Hodgson, when he outlined the trade union point of view on the Green Gold radio program recently. He quoted the resolution passed at the recent merger convention of the B.C. Federation of Labour and said in part: “Recently President Claude Jo- doin, who had left for 2 meeting of the governing body of the ILO, was urged to arrange his itiner- ary, in order to attend a meeting of the executive board of the ICFTU in Brussels. There he was joined by Secretary Donald Mac- Donald. The rapidly deteriorating international situation was the reason for the request that the titular members of the executive hoard attend. ICFTU Acted Without delay, the ICFTU is- sued a demand for prompt and vigorous collective action to end the threat to world peace which is seen in the Middle East situa- tion, The ICFTU said that the free and democratic trade unions of the world, which are proud to be the vanguard of the forees de- termined to build a just and last- ing peace, could not be silent in this fateful hour, a L think I should quote a para- graph in that statement of the ICFTU: “The grave problems which have rent asunder the Middle East fer many years, cannot be solved by military INDEX RISES The consumer price index rose to a record 120.8 in October, the - second consecutive month a new high has been reached, the bur- eau of statisties reported re- cently. x ‘The bureau reported the index, based on, 1949 prices equalling 100, advanced .4 per cent in the month from 119.8 in September, the previous high. ‘The inerease of .5 points is in the “other” commodities and services subindex and to a Tesser degree in the food index, i | force, but only by a sincere en- deavor on the part of all the interested nations to arrive at a general settlement. i See “CRISIS” Page 11 Forced “Confessions’ Exonerate M. « B. Co. productive seetion of the popula- tion. Since your labor built this city, suggest that you have a perfect ht to a say, and a very large | say, in the affairs of the city and surrounding district. I hope that when I return on my next visit with this council, that you will be lable to tell me about the good See “CHARTER” Page 9 Last issue of this publication published a description of the manner in which tactics employed by MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd., in the treatment of all accident vi tims had arrogantly set aside all possibilities of labor - management co-operation in accident prevention. It was shown that the instructions issued to foremen, and enforced by threats that they would be given “additional foreman training” tended to exert police pres- sures rather than encourage co-operation. - Lacking any reasonable explanation from the company, the only interpretation of management’s action open to the Union is that it intends to by-pass the Union, and use ‘ the big stick” to terrorize all injured employees inte “confessions” that the com- pany is never to blame for accidents. Evidenily, it is a new “gimmick” to relieve the company of the expense of correcting accident hazards created by supervisory negli- gence or unsafe equipment. ‘The results of this policy are seen in the following excerpts from a safety report. Tt will be noted that in each instant the employee is required to record his complete acceptance of blame, whatever the circumstances, even when company equipment is faulty. Incidents Occurring During the Month of March, 1956 FOREMAN-EMPLOYEE INTERVIEWS INJURY SUSTAINED Contusion, abrasion and swelling to right leg. Laceration to left_wrist, Laceration to left hand, Pinched left knee, Green Gold-CJOR MacMILLAN & BLOEDEL LIMITED Canadian White Pine Division DESCRIPTION OF ACCIDENT Taking carrier block off pile, hleck slipped out of hands scrap- ing shin of right leg. Checking stock coming out of machine for size—chain came off —piece came off sideways cutting left, ist. * Cleaning float. Hit hand against shovel hanging om post. Pinched knee between edge of conveyor and slab while rolling slab over so that it could be re- moved. ACTION PROPOSED BY EMPLOYEE Will take firmer grip of block when lifting from pile. When pile-up occurs, stop the feed and then clear away lumber. A storage place for all tools and equipment so that they can be put out of the way. I will take more care. See “CONFESSIONS” Page 10 | Morris Outlines Labour's Program At All Levels Charter of the Prince George and District Labour Council was presented to the officers and members of that Council by National Vice-President, Joe Morris, of the Canadian Labour Congress at a banquet held in the north- ern city on Saturday, December 1. The Congress officer addressed the large assembly, outlining the present pro- SULLIVAN © MOURNED yw members. in District No. 1 were profoundly shocked this week at the an- nouncement received from IWA International Head- quarters that the Assistant Director of Organization, Tim Sulliyan, had passed away suddenly as a result of a heart attack. The deceased had served as many years in the capac- ity of president of , District d 6, Klamath Falls,- and was well known throughout the Pacifie West Coast dus s an ardent trade unionist. District Officers, acting on behalf of the IWA in British Columbia, immediately rec- orded their regret because of the loss sustained by the Union, and forwarded mes- sages of sympathy to the ing relat Joint Talks Resumed talks between the IWA and the Pulp, Sul- phite and Paper Mill Work- ers will be resumed in Chi- cago at the Congress Hotel ‘Top-level on Dee. 15 and 16, Progress was made at the earlier conference, and upon adjournment of the discus- sions, the pa: ipating com- mittees took time out for further examination of the issues involved. District President Joe Morris, District No. 1, will attend as a member of the five-member committee. In- ternational President A. F. Hartung heads the commit- tee. Other members are: J. E, Fadling, District No. 23; Harvey Nelson, District No. 5, and Burke Christie, Dis- triet No. 9. Committee Scans Field District Committee to study and make recommendations re-~ garding the organization, struc- ture and administration of the International Union as re- quired by the 18th Interna- tional Convention met recently in Vancouver. * District President Joe Morris presided, and at the conclusion of the two-day sessions an- nounced that satisfactory prog- ress had been made in the dis- > cussions. The conclusions reached by the committee will be co-ordin- ated with similar equiries now under way in all other districts of the International Union. The consolidated results will he placed before the 19th Consti- tutional International Conven- tion. 7.00 p.m. t CJA V - 6:30 p.m. Thursday Thursday (> CKPG - Ist and 3rd Thursday- 6 p.m.