St a) palin Labour's Provincial Parliament —Photo by Sunday Federation Plans Action To Meet Workers’ Needs Voy. XXIV, No. 20 <8 2nd ISSUE, OCT. 1957 - VANCOUVER, B.C. 5c PER COPY Ss “Control Not Our Desire’ Attitude toward trade union- ism expressed by the employ- ers through the Bar Associa- tion, the Chamber of Commerce and latterly in oppressive poli- cies exemplified at Murdoch- ville, Que., has brought in its wake “a tidal wave of union opposition”, declared President Claude Jodoin, when he ad- dressed the Second Convention of the B.C. Federation of Lab- or October 24. As he related the substantial accomplishments of the merged Congress, he referred to the pre- diction made a year ago, that “labor would control Canada”. Such fears had been completely “dissipated, he claimed. Labor had no interest in control, but simply desired the best conditions pos- sible for all Canadians. Results “Elated” He expressed himself as being “elated” over the results of the merger. All provincial federa- tions have been merged, he stat- ed, and all but two Councils had completed the local merger’ plans. "He informed the convention that the Executive Council of the Congress had only recently given consideration to the de- mand for readmittance of unions formerly expelled for infractions of Congress policy. _ Congress was quite prepared to consider any such application, he stated, provided the obvious ‘conditions were observed. These he described as a demonstration meet conditions visions of the Constitution. The enforcement of such condi- stitutional obligation of the of- ficers of Congress. Democratic Aims Served He praised the growth of the of good faith, and willingness to| B.C. Federation, and explained which would| that strong Federations formed show compliance with the pro-| an essential part of the organ- izational plans of the national body. The intention was, he ex- tions, he pointed out, is a con-| plained, to develop fully demo- cratic administration, as opposed to all forms of totalitarianism. New affiliations were reported See “JODOIN” Page 2 Four days packed with vigorous debate, strenuous committee work, colorful demonstrations, and informative reports, all exemplifying fraternal goodwill and an intense interest in the welfare of the province’s industrial work- ers, achieved for the second convention of the B.C. Feder- ation of Labor the completion of a staggering agenda touching on every aspect of trade union interests. Despite close attention to con- vention business in an attempt to adjourn Saturday, an extra day was required to clear up all items on the order paper. The volume of business before the convention was so great, that only the extensive preparations made in advance by the Federa- tion’s officers enabled the dele- gates to return home without the usual last-minute order to “refer unfinished business to the in- coming executive”. The slate was clean when President Bill Black brought down his gavel for ad- journment after a lusty rendi- tion by the delegates of “Solid- arity Forever”, 5 Able Committee Work Resolutions received from af- filiated unions numbered 138, al- though this did not exclude emergency resolutions dealt with See “FEDERATION” Page 3 se a ae RE-ELECTED as officers of the B.C, Federation of Labor at the Convention, October 24-27 were (from left, standing) Pat O’Neale, Fourth Vice-President; Vic Midgley, Second Vice-President; Bob Smeal, Third Vice-President; (from left, seated) Joe Morris, First Vice-President; Bill Black, President; and George Home, Secretary-Treasurer. £ LISTEN TO Green toldLJOR 7°00 p.m. Thursday L s ° CKPG - fst and t CJAYV = 6:30 p.m. Thursday 3rd Thursday - 6 p.m.