TNEWS DIGEST :

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

2nd Issue, September

Items of Interest To
Labor In Capsule Form
Workers Develop ooseaagh Relationship

Alta—Workers in Latin America, the Carribean
merica are devé a closer relationship and

and No Ami jeveloping

at the two-week seminar of the International eee or
Free

L America

Union ‘Requests Royal Commission
Lae aa oh pee (Canadian
fo} port Work-

ers, a a sa to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker ied ee
Royal Commission to investigs a a slats of the govel ne
owned Trans-Canada pipeline: especially the Haaing. oO

the Bee Mr. Smith's ee eae that the “paper profit-

the enkicca public,
Health Plan tte Objective
EN Seres ree
Labor Congress is rapesbenatee 1 eal ‘ke:
oi MacDonald cre ae ecre! ba Treasurer, ld RO eds o

tion bear

Minister Blasts Liquor Interests
GALT, Ont.—A Uni d

that 90 per cent of th

liquor busi-

3, two oO!
which ere aan eee | in Canada. Rev. J. R. Mutchmore,
of nay y Board of non cee Gee Social Service, also

charged tha mani brewing | interests were

bottle of beer for one ee not eee taxes,

Agreement Reached

OTTAWA (CPA)—The first
agreement between the Asso-

of Radio and Becusion
Taaalaees of Ginads id Of-
fice Employees’ Tnternational

Union, Local
cently in Ottawa, ‘provide an
across-the- rs

in-
‘oat Rie

%-hour,
ah eae ‘wen vith ‘ames and-a
half for

7

The Long and
the Short of it is...

Reuther Versus Hoffa

k Times says that the

ihe article by Jabor pores A.

Clash Divides Ranks

Raskin in

H. the
ntest between Reuther ierd

Be
“His aim, as he defi

Hoffa i in the U.S. labor moy pect “will have a widespread ines it, is to
impact on our industrial society give everybody a better life by
“Two powerful Detroit union | never lets himself forget that a| cutting eee slices of a bigger
chiefs,” says Raskin, “have be-| leader who tosses off “Reuther | economic He disclaims any
come symbols of the cles of | Plans” for Sai over we eee interest in 2 Sabor movement that
forces in am inter-union struggle| with the regul of serves as.a selfish n pressure
as intense and ema as the 2 emb = ate aa iis group. His motto: Labor must go
year war between t ie AFL aad members content on Hine bread-| forward with the community, not
the C oe nd-butter front at the expense of the community.”

icy eyes and rocklike fists,
has emerge aoe bruisi
set-to with Senate rackets in-
Reenter coniden it that

can slug his int

ari iver’s seat of “he mammotl
International Brotherhood
Teamst ether he captures
the presidency or not, he seem:

pposi
e two ie wi Her ayes
Rue America on wheels are
opposites in their associa-

the battle between et
putiees and _ philosophi

\OTHERS

M
ot gaemonkess in southeastern Ghani
ni

ow in operati

WAIT with their infants on the porch of a health centre

a, one of ten UNICEF-aided centres

‘deci

course of our

| N. AMERICAN LABOR

NEE

orkers in Latin America, the
Caribe and North America are

closer

S CLOSER TIES

said. In Jamaica union organiza-
tion had raised the basic wage of
orkers from 12 cents an

m, even

3
ae

double time); the union sh hop a Hvala eae Latin American and Caribbean}
The Hub hos sold the finest. | Check-off ‘ union dues; t ae unions said at the two-week
statutor, oli lus any - ‘ms seminar.
Union M al Mente West. and y idays plus aa pro: :
ded friendly service for | ter days’ sick leave S A_ conference wo! of
ever 70 years. cumulative; special leave of one} and economic re! His mind port th America Sate we ie in
day per month to a maximum of | skips so far ey ae rie bar; pained = Caribbean and) Latin America
0 s for ona purposes as| table in its ueprints for a better] was su; ted! y one
ge of employee, or sick-|tomorrow that his cai peu Artin saiamthereoracc ated ling on
7 Ne death of the i as bor find the part ee some What North Am-
(uit ay fn paid vacation most a ira nf keep up vith ii erican s fearei
T ae B of -a-quarter days pe do aghast critics develop snrene in other areas await
as oh Si dust try. deprive them of jobs. The tra
month to a maximum of 15 days is the labor cide tagemetGunlt he Cannuetel|

HASTINGS

per year; non-diserimination be-

movement's
— But he

most Shinsless speaker

understanding through the
movement, spokesmen for

se
labour

hour in yos2 to H cent:
Another said the co!

proved that despite wide differ-

ences in living standards workers

in various pa Ss oh the world cowl

confer ence

radio’ was mnaking people

iy

some Latin American countri
At the same time people ii in the
it No

was becoming more united, he

arning that rth
are auto-
made progress
their own struggles.

porate and have

by

tween nd

appointments and salaries.

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