Ist Issue, Ju

Z B.C. LUMBER WORKER

MORRIS. DENIES
BOSS’ RUMOUR

perc ers’ claim that wage increases demanded by inet

inflation
be’ cues delit: misleading and ae
inaccurate iy “District Deeside nt ioe ‘Morris in a recent radio
address. is statement outlined the economic reasoning
behind the present, IWA negotiations.
lost simultaneously, offi- | wages on prices,
cials o} e Canadian Labour District President avis cited
Congress, and the B.C. Federa- | the official s{atistics to ¢ that
Reagent, Stated that they | vage increases have not caused

Bes 3 any inflationary trend at any time
and wages to det eetraine conclu- {in Canada.
Sively the effect of increased The District President stated;

The employers’ statements regarding the position
of the trade unions on inflation have been untru

Editorial writers who present| unions believe in inflation must rae
ie ees of the Ranlovers® a are| be challenged as untrue, The | ONE OF THE MANY SPEAKERS during the extensive discussion held by the repeats attending the IWA

offering all manner of| trade union mov. oieecos pee is peat (eats May 29, was John Squire, CCF-MLA, and Recording-Secretary of Local
opeeeee to wage increases on| nizes inflation as a real danger. 7 Port
the ground that wage increases) The workers understand, better | As a matter of fact, at the ey raised by industrial- |workers now turn out the same
are always inflationary. One writer| than any other section of the | present time in Canada, we see order to gain sighs vont of goods in
bd eae

P
rence to negotia' genet in| nation, how inflation can erode these elon nts operating in re- eee Degpite these facts, | week than two years ‘ago.

re! 4 s ago. It is
the cost ‘gaa Taeustry, went] living standards and reduce the | vers ad of Soudedseiee in| which can eee easily proven |be deplored that higher produ
so far y thai ee. fine value of low fixed incomes. anor su anes cS is consumers’| by the record, the employers |tion has brought to the worl
believe in joflation asa way of life.| Organized labour has been purehvaine pow: t is in short] keep on insistently distorting | higher living costs, and a 5

He sneered at the so-called Sa attentive to the needs | supply. In one bai ic in y the facts to transfer the blame |rising rate of nmemp logan
labour economists, quite forget-| of old age pensioners, suffering | another, capacity far e: for me onto the shoulders (See "W. ” p, 12)
ting that the trade unions almost| fr ss ihe results of inflated ability ot Satie to find Ais of Jabou ee ages, .
without exception have been quot: The trade unions have | custo: ae
ing quite orthod nomists in COnainaatly posed inflation, unsatis:! isfactory feature

lox eco: opposed i A most
support of their argument for a| and those policies which lead to | __~" examination of the record) |: Ceeaeaceecend situation is that
balanced economy. The employers’ | inflation. The workers have be Seite ke placing ae in] many industries, produeli ee only
argument is not impressive, as it| the victi inflation and not ases si Tee ide ql

gests that d ery ity, thel

of to about Have or FESSty bercent
ug that wage demands] the culprits in inflationary sit- es, shows very | oF capaci vertheles:
should be sternly repressed as an| uations. The worker e «high prices have not! £5 “managing” their prices that
anti-inflationary measure, never profited from ‘atta b beatae r sult of wage increases, | they are able to show substa
The writer ignores the warning p s poe tne ee tial fits, and it in-
sounded by orthodox economists | World War II, In Canada, the |S¥™ers for goods in short supply. i

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to the effect that if wage income | gains male by: the unions ‘have| , Higher prices in nearly al

es, incre: h
- det ‘ G jolicies one ite hi; oe
~ continues to lag behind increasing | been far than they ‘had a] industries are the Simterel? pelea [Eee ae
productive capacity, recurring re-|right to ee a Repeatedly, th Berous 1m
cessions must result. If the edit-|trade unions in Canada and the
Rin

Labour’s reasoning bas n the nomic facts
orial in question accurately por-| United Slates have made repre-| i, now surtined by the ance ceonounee of the most pope made by the Finan-
{ their respective gov) orthodox Post fee that
in the lumber ‘nds, Bt betrays | ernments Protesting inflationary Sy Re ciel anes seve aici
an extremely ei the | price rises, and offering to co-op-| The trade union movement ad-| Advisors, in a Feort to the Ariat dtomembershiplincreaes
present state Brattice sick erate nitiftacall plana swiich would | woes tereeoee economy deve-|can President stat Feng ce Pp
The sugestion that the ete strike a more equitable balance. |tops its capacity to pr rade all|ferable general formula — tHe uy
groups in it should share in the|wages, prices and profits a
The present situation cannot be dleneeibed ed increasing fruits of industry. If|workable relatio ae
infatonary, ae eo jods are not in short supply. Pri our ability to produce goods ra money wages ie
ar ser 's is expanding, every seg- | productiv
nent of the comandnie! ought a economy.”

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Inflation is commonly held tojscarce goods, the prices of com-|be able to bi uy more than they
descri tite a situation in which the|modities are bid higher and high: bought before. Labour calls this a

Soreeer demand exceeds the cap-|er, and “inflation feeds inflation”. sharing in the resul{s of increased
city of the productive machine |In the present situation there are productivity ja sheng in thie

in sane, eater When more few of the economic clements that way is the osite of i | tae i
consumers are competing for|normally cause such inflat flation. ice Pie Fe rewarned rearme
The principle involved is Weise eters, (ols 1) general consensus of
Breen by the rading pees as fast as total tae out-
. The Council of Economic Ra per man hour.” act the effect
DUNCAN BUSINESS GUIDE ; unionization.
: d REN rae Comparisons made between price increases and nap
S increases in hourly wage rates are deceiving until i
meng pene pplied to unit of production. Conciliation Boa
bia
Duncan uy alles gts to protest the|be made a the labour costs of | ro. Se lat
Lake Cowichan ‘Gordon Rout . Shore aaa Sraestnee Sanaa Ae | Single unit of production, not enjoyed a
the rise in hourly wages, When a worker average ae rommare anaes paying
with the rise in prices. Frequently | carning $1.00 an hour produces}membership throughout 1958.
claiming hour, the pressur
s have risen 20 or ee gle of labour costs on a single item is al
HANEY BUSINESS GUIDE ahs or | two cents and not one dollar.
ions. This is quite| If the haurly wage of the worker 408 FIRMS
- was 49 ae ue $2.00 an hour,
“ESQU UIRE MEI nist WEAR | ne are related to a single | while his output climbed to one
jam : ante of a product, while hor aly hundred ee hee slic be no
Ce aie a a rie ae Dress Clothing i ‘ages may ap in the labour costs of a CONVICTED
STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” mate oe of pe ranging | single item, po fe wages
ie the thousands. i 1 i | Sin
RANEY BRITISH COLUMBIA ae apt athe loubled. dollars te sae paca Ss Bere bee

stly the pres- 5
ae ee labour costs are Tue by one mundred d items is still t

- statutes intended to protect the
on prices, the comparison should | cents per unit. Sok ee rs

t
n have been hired back ines the recession | bY Secetay ea _

O'Neal, B.C, Federati
PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE ere are eae Ge ducing more than bef Labour, in an address before
Labour cannot overlook the fact} Dominion Bur atistics | the Industrial and Trade Con-
BSeGREGOR'S MEN’S WEAR We Can Afford | that as hourly wages have re show that since ae is the | ference last mon! *
rything A Man Wears To Sell The... As | indu tr jal production index These violations concer a
, SPORT or DRESS BEST For LESS! ris es ophile the total em-|Acts as the Minimum Wage ne
industries, production levels for|ployment index has steadily ie Hours of Work At Foe
> recent months have been rising | dropped. nual Holidays Act, jhe Emi
while Hoe has been a dismaying} This is true in the fener sis ployment of Children pe ;
WOODWARD STORES coipz in the-srsels) We peibilk ial eres (nieve grees to charge a Semi-aonthly Payment of Wage:
ee wwe have been ¢losehy-fol- (aitglelteemfenteahtue rei Act, he said. : Bs
lowing the trends in the United |—labour—with respon: Sbility for is documented statement =
(PORT ALBERNI) LTD. States. In that country the Fed- piiey it Pea e when there | made me rere Bee Ps
“YOUR FAMILY SHOPPING CENTRE” eral Departi nent of Labour states, |@re jore pronounced attacks pam Jabour by iit
- ictacng indagtaes ber wages of cate workers, - id worse.
Closed Wednesdays All Day tent a p samie APES Oe aeoea ay the recent re- wi the Tg of se eee
* = goods with a million fewer em- | cession has meant that a substan-
Hffigne 100. Hours: 9- 5:30 {| p10, ally reduced: avarldng “areata
In Canada, the reports of the] been hired back. Fewer faci