IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
iN’ BRIEF
WAGE “PACKAGE” of 30 cents an hour for skilled, and

18 to 27 cents an hour rof runskilled workers was won by 6300

cmuleyes s of Massey Ferguson, To EON. ees ney on a three-
y A pension

plan, simil: feature
of the settlement. Costofiving fecealator clause was also re-
turned to the contract.

RACTING-OUT OF ee wt no fae for the Mon.
treal Fur Workers Union as a result of nb /agreemien6
patterned after those already in Bed in Windsor and Toronto
to protect the quality of work.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE eet from Canadian union:
increased 70% in 1958. A total of $47,588.00 was efiannelled.
uoneh the CLC to the eae as compared to $29,107.00 in 1957,

ms contribution for 1958 was $5,250.00.
INCREASES won by the Brotherhood of Locomotive
percent, bu Sh Bey retroactive pon May

n May rest
a

of
INE ENGINEERS are sonslsey erger with the]

Brot cae
eral Workers. The NAME oes Sout

Haliburton veneer factory of W. 0. Bai ly
appointed peer fired and re-hired 30-0 ae employees, a
stated tt they would not negotiate a Salen peeh the TWA.
x has been referred to the Ontari ir Relations
Board.
$38 MILLIONS in SUB payments were made to members

laid off by the big three auto firms in 1958.

COMMITT! F ONTARIO LEGISLATURE a jbicd

regarding

2 two-year study. Most of these are opposed by the Ontar

Federation of | Labour, as “very. bad for labour.” One of the

ched in’ such term: almost any strike. It is
prapeeea to ven picl iaetlag in n uraditonat genus and strike
votes until a Union is in-a legal posi

speaking for 1700 of

Federation Plans
Monster Petition

Announcement was made by William Black, President of
IWA

fhe Federation's President | ernment, we requested that a
ate national con eee be conven-
“The B.C. Federatio! pe ed, a
bour has been alarme: Ne
erovaney unemplenaa “vn
ning
Hoa (eat “with
the es oa assistance
allowances which are being
to our people in dis-

0
ernments and *atonspatis

of “other interested taterna te

ganizations, such as the Cana-
dian ae ete.

The Petition

The B.C. Federation of La-

bour will place in your hands

a petition. We hope to col-
t hun

may be an easement
poe pane situation

ce that

joslhg nl ees al chattels,
3. By providing low rental jn
homes, highways and other pro-

overnments a4
is grave situation.
n Labour's brief to the Gov-

vincial projects.
. By ring, in
tion with t] ral

knee te mie, “To get a
te bud, mi
fen cine

EE

must
ates “at employment Sos for
all ot pee ‘The only thing
Pe us to date from
real cPOUBTE has been govern-
ment spending ee oon
depending. Dry
these avenues ang the chien
economy would fall flat om its
‘i

onders wha
alt pl
the sottictans “a the
f World War state tt

aguin es na ent

this spring and summer, though| lect two hundred thousand empl
a ug aa axlonas of capitalism to] signatures. We want you wa richly distress ial poi
ne unemployment at| whole hearted rt and we ihe so righly endowed as Can-
a. rites his acts as a brake ant it now. The mantle of
on the ie of commodity lab-| giving protection, of looking |), 14 i a ae or Ot ee
our. If there is any improve-| after our people, falls on our | ayn wnat must rhe neg saat
ment er, it will be SIN « The employed have |r,.01, tne prices of ing Soe
wiped out with a greater re-| every right ee er eee ES eae wih gs hog
occurrence of unemployment abot the the times. uaa é
next winter. he peution’ ae be. the fol- eae adahae i ee
he British Columbia, Federa: towing suggestions for alleviat-| iy on soclal assis
ur attempted to ge
eee he seriousness of this providing social assist- prices, must be a terrible
problem with
rally at Victoria x week or so 9 nei it. octor: “This paelias wel
. There will be no Jet up el aparece wee revent et you scene of in your
P i from jisn’t it ter of |

never been the ‘slightest
of heredity in our omnes

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