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: B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Workers’ Education
Urgent World Need

By Kalmen Kaplansky, Director,
eerie | oY aes ae
n Labour

Can;

International Labou

e 900 delegates, advisers and cpaetvers
orcas in this year's delibera tions.

Con
noe. in Geneva
fe (Danaea ies

ged to work together
ahddadire 26 sone Wi ighly impor-
tant decisions.

One of the unofficial sidelines
of the I.L.O. Conference was the
tavo-d: weekend meeting of
the trade s from the Brit-
ish Commonweal! The British
Trade Union Congress acted as

"is sister trade
monwealth, It
iafermal _ gatherin| ea

- | 99.9%
from the ranks, They are now in
to | with mosque sialling dieldrin or
ly | DDT.

of their leadership came

plantation workers of Cey!
Illiteracy
spokesman from

problem — illiteracy. This pro-
blem affects many trade-union or-
ganizations in Africa and

they ca:
guage, they become open prey to

e
are
The Nigeria
brought out another interesting | ever:
Thi

UNICEF
FIGHTS
PLAGUE

e rains diminish over

region

contributing jeeps,

id
human and economic

resting places with in:

boeia IN PROTECTING Na workers spray the

demagogues. _ Good _trade-union

ith their more fortunate  ter-national field. We have a po:

=
&
a4

es extern and eervedia
seful

Lack a eee
One of the most interesting re-
ports was presented by the dele-
gate from the Malayan trade-union
iow boasts
m-

10,000. pl dintation
workers—a truly remarkable feat,
considering the general political
situation in that of the world.

he Malayan delegate high-
lighted the problem facing Asian

in
trade-union organizers. Their main
worry is that by-and-large trade

ment of pandertstanding oad ee
y to labour principles
Tite, diene ( are prallen Gs
dues. In most of these countries,
the w

ati it is
Sines inposibl to eolleet: unio,

sss, ae of that sae ere i is no

tor pert nt head-

aaa ap time acrataties and
abou ir Education

Most of ae speakers expres

the desire for

ectings, how to negotiate agree-
ments,

The ICFTU plays an important
ane in his field. The labor col-
lege in Calcutta, India, trains

ieee tenon members Hom

Brera the pene: Ay erece such

the Mal
tau “union Sr ovenctt can in ne
main be ascribed to the fact that

= leadership to their fellow t

a num of countries in
ibe ot eae aie return to theis
ative land and can give genuine
rade-
unionist
What is ded, however, is
more than one Sieben college, The
need for rank-and-file training is
so urgent that most of the Asian
and African spokesmen actually

ieee in the Com mooie tive contribution to make to the
0 make it possible for thew labour

10 i its educational Soue|eadl slice a
As one delegate said the labor col-| great deal is Eau oon to
lege in Grint js just “like a|learn. The 1c a month per capita
drop in the ocean.” me ic ri

estas ion, indeed,
rade-union brakes
@ Commonseath One felt
eae in the face of such dif-
i culties, And yet these ee
aoe union
reate:
ne

It was ae
aie! Labour (Ganacess gv anmereeleds
investment in workers’ education,
organization and solidarity the
world oves

e

sto
build

pened polities
and strike

owen ariew lop a ran
file fence and to raise

‘ILO Fights
|Slave Labour

rhaps the most notable
Ret Gea of organeey labour
in the ILO C
y

outa slave

is convention now goes to
Nemo t governments for
a pledges each mem=
ir OW!

nation ae thei n consti-

procedures appress,
not make use of slave o1
_ : nt 7

standard of living of the renee
The least we in aa ada can do
to assist them some modest
way in their eae heroic effort

COL RISES
AGAIN

education
Sone ‘political views; for

Canadians Acti

Claude Jodoin anes led at th Canada’s consumer price in-
meeting. Generally speaking, C ex advanced 0.4 per cent
nadians enjoy a great deal of re-|} from 121.1 to a new high of

gnition at Conferences,|| 121.6 between May and June,

ther Jodoin was elected vice-|| 1957, largely as a result
president ofthe Canis er food prices, the Do

A 0
¢ Governing || minion B
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