OPERATORS TELL BOARD Re Vol. XXIV, No. 10 <>"? 2nd ISSUE, MAY 1957 - VANCOUVER, B.C. bd 5c PER COPY RE-ELECTED Joe Morris Again Wins Top IWA Post e re-election of Joe Morris as President of Di east ii cae port submitted by results 0! mm con- fa by the Toca ee aa the preceding sixty ie pate the nature AFL-CIO Removes kk kkk kk Unions Rebuttal Will Conclude Hearings Soon kk Kk * in an elaborate 112-page brief, aa with charts, iphs, and tables, the Coast luml erators took great eek’s hearii of thei: e paint the blackest possible picture of the industry’s position in a to j their continued and determined opposition justify all TWA contract demands. At the conclusion of the ses- D. Beck sions, during which bot atiag George, 3 ene warned: i made their general submissions, ee Hise e Labor’s highest tribunal|the Board adjourned to permit i le on thi te ’ a ee on this continent, the AFL-| preparation of argumen alia Woes 2 a CIO Executive Council, has|buttal. Management's rebuttal of] We are in for a sera ar ee ee pees nara: |fhe Union's argument will com- It will seriously affect the tly as a wiee-president of |mence on May 22nd. The Union’s| feonomy of the provines ine) We that Peeadieation it was an- | ™8ument in rebuttal will follow | Rope if will not be necessary.” ss 2 7 | and en sessions. nounced a week. He was ae me eon dace fee 7 ae pout guilty of “gross mis-| | It may be expeties mS Sth involving cost, as one of i etx, |2damant opposition, and indicat fe eS precede "the C Chatman gai {ed that the Union's membership President George Meany stated | both a ies toge ether in camera | ™ust therefore be ready: to fight and’s report is for-| 0% provinee- wide scale, tion in our minds that he is com- the interests of the members. he Ethical Practices Commit- tee of th 'L-CIO pe oe organization o1 der at the eeenateeats cesemas : the Teamst inioi con stantially influenced by any cor- rupt influence”. The Teamsters Executive Board asked for and was granted president declared th of the material” until then. Hayes, chairman of tl iil “Practices Committee, BH until May 24 to reply. Teamster | jee “BECK” Page 8 fed to the Minister. His atti- | forced to do fade, expressed during the Oe The attitude expressed by the essions has i ed that employer: i will exert a determined effort to|the Board revealed a determina~ conciliate the differences which|tion to make no concessions to lie between the contending par-| the workers in the industry. ties. stripped of all pe: istic em- broidery, the pith of the employ- Union’s Rebuttal Prepared following paragraph. The IWA District Negotiating Genes was called into con- dinuous sessions during the hol I No Contract Improvements day weekend and engaged in “ a oP anacnly Worl preparation of the Union’s ease ened conditions, the operators in r me do not propose any worsening As the public hearings neared hatever oe pe for employ- ees. renew the to an end, the Local itary een ress aortas yextablishedy amie ed to the District Office that | much better market conditions, og wasted caches by the| and which were considered fair District Policy Committee, to| _2t that time. ‘They cannot agtee Teddy’ jserike committees’ in all'| Tau sthe proposal shat there Reese hould be higher wage rates or other cost-raisin, ions.’ Buckle On Armor It was pro inte by Hs District solos that jorting to the Vancouver and District, Labor Council, |#0# all the statements made by District Secretary - Treasurer, See “BOARD” Page 3 asi made by Unions on the voting which mance ed on May 26, were tabu lated by a committee elected b; is- ict Exeeuti y tl ‘ive Board, etal Wm. J. MacKenzie, Local 1-118 al represen ting: various idates were also in ainch: oe the count. Of Alse elected w: Ist vice-president, 2nd iecrrnil erg a Hodgson cmap ee it, ed Fiel oe MORRIS" pt 2 WHAT'S INSIDE Page ponte’ ate 4 LISTEN To ———_ = 2 Green Cold-CJ0 Mexican Workers Mark May Day 7:00 p.m. Thursday CJAV - 6:30 p.m. Thursday § CKPG -| Ist and 3rd Thursday - 6 p.m.