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LUMBER WORKER Ist Issue, June War On Unions Seen so far as I can cenecnert to be F Prediction that Premier Bennett in the next provit incial | tri In BRIE lel 3 ike : 8 1 general ¢ ection will seek endorsement of a anti-union policy, |the first Canadian election ai is . ecently by Financial | Post writer Bruce | sought mainly as a contest be- He said: “Premier Bennett has deliberately head-on caltision with the power of organized Bho unions fe poppies eine in the BS lief government representing itself as IN BRIEF SAID haber po ni la has never been in better shape ae e i - He wan completely overlooked that in yor that they will une 4 nearly e suppor! the only frie ond of the unorganized 15 out of work, as compared to the 327, Says Mr. Hutchison, aaa hae mil vite aa Pees Pee public he same month, 1 tue to the 2.6% increase in |known political observer: “The price index real wages had declined by a|Canadian electorate will get its icle continues: “Mr.| “. . for if Mr. Bennett's labour, sats 1 first chance to vote on a basic sata CaS combines a strongly endorsed! Ds tantia amount. . . za national issue. What are ste poe vulgarity with a cold despite all te many blunders and ig Proper functions, powers grasp ese roots Siecle ; y NEWFOUNDLAND STRIKE DONATIONS are now close to [Privileges of labour unions in’ a |has Medee dat alneee naaloney paces aa ain the half million mark, reports the Canadian Labour Congress. ‘The made enneorcery of British Columbians is ready to |*8 ee a re a official to the fund- uggests an lection next |back him ae t the unions.” —|and perhaps ra ederal jurisdei- raising project has le. Contributions is Pineal Unione ait sauna, when Premier Bennett As a result, he is con-!tion as been th Dist ted to $214,000, ¢ United States up to a ist amounted to $2: From Page 2 IFTH ANNIVERSARY of the UAW strike against, the W G mW + Co. |. was celebrated recently at ie ai Wisc. rices vs Gd es 5 ee pies of UAW Local 833 are still ‘holding oat against the plumbing A ted nm despite repeated effort: Total Seu profits fale to break the strike and des union. agement has taken the lion’s share, of salary and wate income derived from industry, and conceals this fac! PRIVATE “sguusttors” or “stooges” hired during the CBC cf y producers’ in Quebec recently cost the Canadian taxpaye uch has been said about the|agement compensation, through re of priv: 174,500. The, foc! jired the “services” of four See ate | increases eased in hourly wages, | Salaries and stock bonuses, mou “dicks.’ This information was tabled in the Commons in reply to a| hut little has been said about the abe over(cokedtsiVeny disci question by Frank Howard, M.P. (Local 1-71, iy AWAY, metithat see and supervis. {Sion of this matter. ory officials have received sub-|,, (and speculation ba one a | pn stantial salary increases each year. BStELICTD HH GUS Ge the Ce. THREE HUNDRED WHITE COLLAR WORKERS e ___|ments in inflation, Raw farm land were fired recently by the Montreal city govern th Canada nited Jis frequently passed from dim- Se orca: status: A clause in their five milion in 1950 an fans poration fo bul acerca |e protits is a 2 a cio] BONE u cone act eal cs yee a as months’ satisfac ry Petintited te euieaeeoneahalt |avowdirenclaniiascmetcanlin ct manded by the owners of industry, eee hey automatically become permanent er a the employed forse of produc- | of SES on howsng costs My conclusiontis fe ewanerols S. n workers, The impact of man-! known to all of us icy determined by collective bar- ‘he actual facts are that wages played no part in ing as such is not the cause © CLOTHING IS NEEDED URGENTLY, ponent IWA officials in| the anaes e World War II. palTton and that it has very little — do. with ployment & OG ny enti te biria ia’ g Grier Gla po kees) iy estan ti valllation=cneer can Torok || nes aan y-eeeraie mena eed : i men to face the actual facts. There | having more money to invest than | uted to inflation. To maintain fu th |have been three inflationary per-|there were usuable sources. Wage|¢™Ployment, we must maintain iods sin Vorl ar ts he |increases played no part in any |effective demand. effective de. first arose after the release of|one of these inflationary periods.|mand falls below our capacity to war controls and was peccinitated An bearer of the period | produce, them unemployment UNITED PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS doubled its rep by the pent-up wartime demands,| 1949 fo. 18 will show that | results. resentation in the Manitoba Legislature upon the ele of | Payments ica of Rigel kept staly tising, while 7, . s _ ; titute a very two of its members in ie recent Manitoba eeeiane ve compulsory cay) nes md tow in pos jurli| Gieedgci( yin ee Wastes hari aah! Ute Peters held the Elmwood seat, and Lem Harris t ‘ lie ear vand” remained (stationaty (yt eT 557 manea Seen he Wi arris riump hed | “The second occurred during the} from 1951 to 1955 inclusive. If [¢r- In 1957, wages and salaries in the Winnipeg eee of Logan. Korean crisis, because of the gen- management's argument holds |together made up almost 68.4% * eral scramble for war materials true, prices should |of total personal income, To in- male ice 1 have gone ae as each as wages, Bie maces as ye as possible s entean | ebut the didn’t. They went up |and as fast as possible, is one way Rr RR HG recent workcss’ Union st tur rosene convene MeGaretaiefiodswarccaused: hy if Cos aia purchasing ., 3 pea tg period far les: tion. At the same time, he patauished, Ge office of Secretary-Trea- r abreast of our rising pro- surer, which he had also held for 27 y Wages have infrequently risen faster than the dha capacity. increases in productivity. Wages can rise without Professor Suiiier Slichtersee LOSS OF 322 SEATS in the British “uncial Elec tiond) fesse ise eration: if elven A share (of exorbitant: Pacis | HacgacdlUnicecio mao suffered by’ oe British pebour ay . In 1956, be bad y An can] question is: “Have) Tn manufacturing, during the Ameriein. Peeples recently that sal a net gai ses al Beas of Bs wages gone up faster iy pro- pices ants ah ete BUCS rose Hees an. eee Mee = © lost in the more recent Conservatives wor ved hae a ductivity, since the {32 onty| fae aac eaneeye in these elections but t! Se ious Pa repor ; |50:31% fin bolstering tncomen a ctions but the La aie att activi Pinotted The answer is adh in ri ve % consumption, tts keeping the to be poor aaa Be king in enthu During 1952, 1953 and 1954, net cing more reports be the Gor Here we find that in the nine g| Rew aocea nae to years from 1946 to 1955, that pro- | $64 and undistributed pre- ENQUIRY INTO THE AREDNORE es the Communist-led Bate ducti ity rose 23.18% above the | fits ploughed oe ea nounted to $1, If increases in hourly wages. Electrical pate Union h: las been demanded. The ETU funds pay vel real wag eS 000 or a extra share-| was one ‘ae the main factors in Paeditxo) se ca 016060 TA’ Gther- words, prot | ho ee ena we $2,563,000, | preventing a recession from be- recession from vere 0} ‘T sixth fisgcse ae in the United Kingdom, with a eaibershl of mincressedioversthel nine | O00eBued 955) profit before taxes | coming a depression, they should 240,000. Five members of its fmeestne Council of 11 are professed | years by about 2.39% per year, |were only $59,000,000 higher than| be one of the main factors in : 39 | t i a Communists, as well as three of its national officers. compounded, and real wages by |i 1951, on the face of it, only uring from a recession to abou per year. on the new capital. full employment era. This Caused The Abéve is being swept along with the powerful North American seni that inflation is our way of life—and that we can live KEEP YOUR le a — with I safely: MONEY SAFE " ere is any doubt that this is a correct statement, con: eco Hace aie a hese neural of labour Peistone: Ormeniaed labor has virtually sold itse Ifand a art of the public on the SE eee Ged to hives eabsaanaloegeneeaa when you’re travelling ! (or Ea decrease in hours with pay sheaue unchanged) each and every yea flation as a basic way of life and its deteciimeGon to have os 7‘ Traveller’s See Protect you against loss of your money : ae Roth Amero comes nae wane eee ae Bare ee while travellin this right to i a Wakes aur: “me ‘gm a little to a lot each ah is questiones nite result is likely to be tirade of abuse. ‘You can obtain Traveller’s Cheques at our nearest branch — The skeptic is declared at best an old fogey and arch-conservative h han 700 to serve you aes and at ne selfish, skulking enemy of the working man. abor mnomists—who are a special kind of economist dicated to ean that wage inflation doesn’t i i Meg i tain that labor i % prices, even tl THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE pee Ae outrun Cera productivity cal men nat RE j machines they work wi i at) ts alpabl; that regul - a paaaaa mins Sa ME weed wl age a “oe Reprinted from the B.C. LUMBERMAN