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To Demand

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Vol. XXIV, No, 21

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Ist ISSUE, NOV. 1957 - VANCOUVER, B.C.

Columbia and acr
ee action on the part
deman ergency aie on
and itieter serena:

Rapid increase in the rank:
‘oss Ca: ey this

s of the pee in a
week has evoke on

of the trade union mov ee to
the part of Federal, Erode
Trade unionists are in general

€ di.

n of leading
F

ebru-

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ary and March.

A spirit of militant determin:

Action Now!

peace GP! distress has already ed too

in British Columbia to be ored.
Booming, antag 4 fev official dom, claiming tl such
unemployment is usu: ue and inevitable, do not araeide a
good enough answer
The present unemployment i is not the nasal seasonal
adjustment. Unusually ala eee signs appe me ae
present situation whic sh point to the prospect
wanted labour surplus of disastrous nil realy
next year. Thi: workers

the carats experiences suffered in former depression
ears.

f the j 4 Hed A

of re post-war years, logic compels the admission that
next January or A eat may see more than one half
a million workers i
Alread: y, busines -esvtes and government revenues
vei

economic fie le
Unempl loyment is an-economic disorder that must be
arrested in its earliest stages. Once this malady one
all parts of the economy, the return to normality is s!
and aa
Not only should consideration be given to the effects
on ie ea deiys Still «m
found in the workers’ homes. Those w!
ths of enforced idleness during the “hungry

on human lives, especially those of the younger
generation.

The “don’t panic” official propaganda has been over-
worked. A 1 in f i
is even more stupid.

The practical and realistic attitude is to act in the
manner required to me pepeapies working who are able
and willi ing to wor! k. It ci done.

There’s plenty of aed ties to be done, and needed
to be done. Willing and skilled workers are availal able. In

effective

Bo!
public “planning to establish ae of full employ.
y. The start ca:

long term in
i ae, obvious and

be made now by planning to
immediate needs.

for the mainte-
y f producti d that i ge provide,

ah Beh eth le by our resources. If ‘this raped is
even only partially fulfilled, there will be no unemploy-
ment

All trade unionists have been alerted for action. They
del i ¢ +

union movement to demand and secure an effective and
: ai Nieviation of di -

INDUSTRIAL

ag

BACK AFL-ClO STAND

IWA national Presi
peered pice president

ident A. F. Hartung was re-

of the Tndustrial Union Department of
the L-CIO at the Second Constitutional Convention in
Washin C, early this month. District President Ji
Morris, who was in attendance as o} of the del

rep ported on return that at the IUD o

‘is occasion was shown.

Of the AFL-CIO.

ressure necessary to alleviate the
growing distress.
In Ottawa, labour representa-

egan to appéar, and promises
were made to step up public works
ae

Approximately four _fundred
delegates were sin taba ie
presenting a total me:
throughout 71 pe) indus
unions of 7,200,000 v

Purposes Reaffirmed

Although important constitu-
imendment:

UD purposes, the main
was centred on ways and meat

a ciinatiog, jurisdictional dis.

a convention, in effect, re-
affirmed the seceeten ie the
IUD “to prom the interests of
industrial union: s ‘within the 'L-
CIO consistent with the Bancple
establi ished in the AFL- C1O%e

prevail ov. d right
which any Sitiliste ae it has
in exercising its jurisdictional
clai

not be tole rated in

ee e able to deal construc-

tively with inter-union rivalry we

a long way

the unorganizet
The only Solution

The pesolution adopted by the

re

assembly nized “the
problems o! i

oward organizing

a

boycott still harass our unions,

ia pecernary, as ayethods a union
organizatio

“Intolerable”
It was stated by ean
Walter Reuther: “The AFL.

ea Baad re-emphasize the
asic principle underlying the
aadgen ae the interests of the
whole labour movement must

their members and the united
lab U!

the good Health rand, ‘progress of
our united m

See “IUD” Page 2

stall find, I aay ve, that we will |*
d

al Danger See
a canadi Labour Congies
renened is settee ts

e Heaters of his Cabinet,
with the intention of urging emer-
gency measures,
e Vancouver and District La-
Council at a large shop
ewieds! meeting laid plans for a
monster demonstration at a mass
public meet: doit
eon ia Au

planned similar action.
TWA Local Unions, although

co! er conditions in the
Taabers indie, all lent full ae
port to these tion program ow

lined for ution through ae

Rally Nov. 29th

the Van-

Public rally to Soa unem-

ORGANIZ!

International Union, Local 16-' oor

pany’s British Columbia Di

aD ED

ED LABOUR in the Vancouver area show their support of the Oil

Chemical and Atomic Workers

Fi

fice, November 12th, in Vancouver.

LISTEN

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7:00

Thursday

p.m.

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Ist and 3rd Thursday
6:00 p.m.