Bs an

B. C. LUMBER WORKER

d
are not getting their joe back when business
turns up.
uestion faces the unions, because of
rt tl

that
salle 2 aie an increasing army of jobless
frend: is s clearly shown in

pie uO of the large indus-

car industry, since World War II,
the caput) per vou as increased 19 per cent.
dae. re cnaes have been

s dow
© industry employed Rs pan
orkers as eee ope when

be employed 637, 000 w

In Beetelapinent. pts lost 101,000
jobs.

auto industry, each output
worker in Mier
48 this was 6.7

per
was 8.1 cars and trucks, Rau
ars and truc °
ad cars

a

of the Atlantic.
bour’s total loss of jobs in this industry
100.

Lal
amounts to |
In the soft coal industry the 1948 output
per alas was 1375 tons. re 1958 this rose to
2,016 t This was due to a 46% increase in
ificioney resulting pi modern methods an
labour-saving equipmen
he number of workers employed in Hate
ida in 1958 aed ve ee as compared t
the 1958 figure of 2' i
re labour er oor 000% job:
igures qusted above are
rends are evi-

yed in production, over ail,
than ten year: se
hes: Dict underline the statements made

soaipimcnts. ae no longer goed enoug
think in teri af seasonal porloyment with
spat proviein of “made work.” The oniy

icy that will remedy the situ ation is one o}
full employment . for full employment
m e into consider tion are displacement
s by improved technology.

eniplayers "alain that these facts jus-
sen freeze. Labour’s cohelasichs are
more Toe in pointing to the need of reduc-

oa

ing the hours of work.
All the
ost heavily Eee
Hons in indus the
age of fori

Unless measure:

wemen will be throw

cause human misery,

surveys indi

re-tr. vaitiWe in occu}
whieh Be have the nece
le

icate that the workers
under changing pier

man or woman over f

ain ee proposal that sal
s com

launch

n the economy, if they
pations for

eee ape

eal with

these factors which are rai pidly | builing a chro-
nic unemployment et go

on the si phos 68

cra
main there. Not only will a iahoiane faclect

t will represent a

ut
naedlese ics to the nation’s nodGeeee program.

“Y’Mean Yer Talkin’ “Abokt a Better Share and Not a Better Shear—
An’ That This Ain’t The International Woolworker’s Meetin’

”

nadian Labour Congr Be.
anes it has a vital Teartta on
our 18 tion here, I quote a
brie! rpt;

e
ating

of the

bargaining is one way to get
it. It is better ‘t some
risk of inflation than to let

our sooneny stagnate for lack
ction.

of a

We are all boung g ee with
ae bap ort the
demand f ee mediate pub
lic investigation into the wea
pro: eet: ‘ice A aa” ships in o!
basionindusl

From page 3

a series

CCF jen commi ittees
rea

‘Decisive Year"

he aftairs of Union has
Bae pinad Satie into the

Vv:
{new Bes ese gia n aod
‘0- pe is. Bee i will m

tu:
for ueneA of all aspects of
the sub,

Members of this Union should
On| a such discussions ae
we ermine a_polic

By eats efficiency in administra.
Hen. and oe improved bargain-

our interests. There is one
quirement that we cane ayaa
‘0 meet

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mployers

By approprate and united ac

fon we can make this a decis

hess SY or the greater good of
ple.”

‘Did I tell you be notice
hen the sous boiled over?”
wl did. wee exactly.

Mariaed enti a
the protection ong.
who steady the ages for thes
while ties paint the kitehen
ceiling.
* *

will lorse the
ew stit (ies Aine the ap-
reach referendum.

mployment
decisive year

Ui
will be a
re witht et to the crisis caused

ted, Ba order a forestall their
legislation.

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show posenyse that while we are
way out of the re-

a sult ‘Ow:
ig pool of joble: ee sioreenss that
may ae develop into a chroni

posed situation.
‘ised Constitution and By-
eet next year as
the Vi (es fern Ca-

District Council has ee an
important con
for a

structure.

Those principles, which we
have fostered in this

plans and m
efficient union panini
less to

District,

ploy
ment as a natural state of atf-
fairs. As the Canadian Labour

Congress told the ee Min
e|ister last month, we do

it the xe
isthe of high pat cit
than we are about the risks of

strong, will be incorporated in
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