Political Action Advocated

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VOL. XXVI No. 16

VANCOUVER, B.C.

ist Issue

5c PER COPY Sept., 1959

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International

e gi Ss aes
Convention

Fights Anti-Union | Laws"

or theme of aie IWA scat Convention in

Major
Minnea Anolis, Se;

@nion Appeals {False

Judge's

egal bat
Organizer, Ernest Boulet wi
operation of the Golof!

movement The story of this
by step ae mers to be
ee

tle in B.C. courts, launched by International
ou! ard

r
t of far-reaching importance to

Order

mi
struggle as it developed step |n,
the

one of the most colorful in

Act
s reresident Cla

Reports
Censured

tual statement made by
ude Jodoin, at
the opening of the CLC-CCF
Seminar in Winnipeg recently

ow pi of

egional Preside: oe
Morris, does not Bibuadae

pelizcal action that

rave, nese of
ing! ee vere anti-

stressed by guest ey Ado! ph
A. Smith,
Stan Kn

the Canadian ongress.

Stan Knowles reminded th
convention of the Samuel Gom-
per’s political theory, “Unions
should reward their friends an
punish thei mies.” This slogan,
he sated , had been coined in
an was a time when

er
seers assumed little re-
gonelniiyain in the field of indus-

est Boulet

dow:
mending the standard Southern

ployer r Rejects Awar

was ser
eects “atthous further at-

na Judge held pee the
the Labour Rela-
not apply
independent contractor, and

tn “Ton could b
chaser, lessee, or

arstere ec.
The most significant pees &

Judge Dawson’s jud

a3
a
8

ist be ee
A tlois f Bill 43.
is fe

ihe illegality | ¢

y said out ae the Judge was the
on-

text of the letter Boulet stele,

‘tn accordance with the Labou

Relations Act, et
Rae writing

not be con-|D!

the time in the national
dai as
tbatim eee states
President “Mortis, it very
Et
political party along she; Imes ae
Be eed by the Congres:

hanged
changed”, he
aa lize that
be listed
enemies. Sa no other
ay we protect abo jour’s
interests han by political action

ta
governments
conte Gar
wi

tion.
Liberals, Conservatives
Failed

“Mr, Jodoin stated emphatically
that neither the Liberals nor the

a dominate te new political tee “oh
Like B

ed to protect labour’s interest
“The Buse ncerstanding of red
when Presi a aso loin Ta ined
that the Con s did not seek to

ritis

“At one eetaee in his ies Jo-

REPORTS”

tempts v
agreement “before the strike dead-
lin a

thie point the pein in-

ms
Union, however, proceeded

with plans for strike action a

established its picket ae ae

oe il 43, and applied to His

udge E, P, Dawson,
“al for a ae restrain-
ing all picke

iT andl Granted

At the time of hearing

uber before the Judge,

counsel contended that the
s legal, and that the

Editoriot

IWA Pix in 5-8
Safety ecsnen6-7
Mosher onsen 9

loft to right: R
Hervey Nelson, ‘Disector,

LISTEN TO -————___—__-

Green Gold-(J0

SHOWN co he IN MINNEAPOLIS ¢
ie Eddie, aereroatiensl i:

rhea 3; a

Among the decisions rendered
Be the convention were the fol-
lowing;

spore _ that Building
nada

the

ai

Labour

Local Union
e ae to
munity services drives.

com-

e@ _Reatfirmed support of the
cs

w

ae cated an exchange of
representatives with the work-
ers’ organizations in the Soviet
Union.
© Instructed the Executi

tions policy, cent cmordinated
puelisting effort.
© Registered “cape ion to
the “reform bill” recently en-
aed by Congress.
© Gave support to the Steel-
workers’ strike,
the cists of
ers,
43.

¢ who it
onnections i in ‘the fores'
pEodcts Sanaa try.

© Added the Yukon ai
thw: est Territories to the
Western

ni
See “POLITICAL” Page

Hal Gei;
ing, ng, Charlotte Kaupp,
id Betty Janway, office

srieted eat Treatens cat Gassner,
Lily “Albrecht, AES staff members; J.

7:00 p.m.
Thursday

: CAP

ie IWA ai
office staff; William Botkin, tration
E. Fadling, Region No. 3 Executive Board mi

fst and Last Thursday

6:00 p.m.