r) Bight To Work Bars LUMBER WORKER 7 “Warning” What t the worker sells is not He ae ty, itis es ou ie seed ee Tf the ee of his laboui ene iS iy e recovered. He ci store It vale, be the PT oitoet folly to any te i wiles ee ee rods to oe e workers’ labour por pet ler Wages are always ee with a combina- ys and everywhere i: m open or secret a etecitant to “hold he tine” on mee to move their homes and perilies to Bienes: hes wages are ae and are BeeGicapped i in this respec There is a vast di! ff e between a trade union and a SS monopoly. Unions do not eeeriice the control over their peepee hae the business men do over the goods they sell. This sharply limits the power of the unions. Whether organize se that are organized are mostly in unions that cannot ae to oes the power of the employers they must face across the bargaining table. Right To Scab le proposed “ ‘right to work” laws are actually laws which out- law ms of us union shop. Actually if such laws are pee no puele x worker will get one minute’s additional tight to work. E: who have never shown the slightest interest in the civil eee ee shee employees now claim to seek these laws that their employees may enjoy “freedom”. ins and accepts all the nenetit pug bears no share of the ci eared All who benefit should a: e their share of seeponsibilee for le unions decisions. Friction saactably resul hen there are “fre riders” in the bargaining unit. The proposed lene to work” laws would give tl Be force of law to the “free rider’s” effort to get something for When a contract is signed, the union is held responsible for the jervanice o: within the bar; Epate unit. Unless ei the Gapplenics in that bargaining unit are members, the union can exercise littl What the employers actually want is a return to the “bad old days” of the non-union shop. In ph we in pn vanes there was no union conti act, No Wy P Ma nono sh, or an open shop, the employer can carry on an open ani ae Se OH: This is evidently De the pat ee des’ ight-to-work” laws are now enforced in a number of States in the U. S., pr incipally those in the South and gricultural. The majority , where civil li- of th States ar aoa ft in the low ee ee No Right To Strike Here The organized employers are trying to convince the public that of collective bargaining. Strikes would 1 Tent ae ane necessary, they fapou © propose a system of inateeial courts, with strikes made files n compulsory arbitration has been tried, it has failed to pre- es. In eae wyaete a system of compulsory arbitration has force f ior some the time Hosts a mene strikes has b t ulsory arbitration has increased mae ARTE of illegal atriess = a saat certainly would ec. hen vent strike; been in great in ratio itude taken by the Provincial ‘ou will find your best answer to the employers’ arguments, if Government in eae aaa itis ata ible to believe that arbitra- you consider through wi tion tribui als would be appointed, that col id function on a strictly im: Union. ion shop has so strengthened the Union ahatithactibeen partel basis. Because of t ision of such tribunals would be possible to negotiate contract benefits tee otter would have been the ca use of unending protest. The administration of such tribunals is dost. It is obvious, we because of this loyers are anxious to _ ¢liminate the union s| If trade unions are deprived of the right to str es all Some for m of the union shop and _nabieann a forms of bargaining become a farce. The employers can nn then use their supenen economic cae to fires the i whi ; per cent of the contracts under which Canadia; he whole : 1. A la v which wwould history of the ir ade wnion mavement ma es clear that : biti 1 Ll eee the right to strike, the worker is helpless, be- in good jth and in accordance with the then existing e his employer can aan refuse all his Teqitimte te ieee ements, constitutes a flagrant perversion of emails with impunity. e. Such a law "would deny to the unions the freedom 7 Be ae which the employers insist wpon ae them- Regulation Or Dictatorship ; ly ft hop has ds espr in ee agreements, it must caieere have Yous mion democ- : backed its adoption and also that aves have recog- racy. The ‘fice are oy at togle intervals’ by 4 weed the fact. secret ballot: of the membership. Major matters of ‘he union shop is the democratic way to conduct collective bar- ing. lega’ bargaining by majority vote of the employees in the pase ining unit. The fail Gi wil. (Ofihto meetings, Le fie ny ue of Partiomentard Siobediie It all these patter should now be ma inion shop, Sa ao in that unit then has the ri to a voice in bargaining deci- a f the bargaining unit benefit as a result is she Lan they are members or not. A non: eons whi ich always occurs under Pri ti of ‘Business Executives Wan the nature and conditions of al Better Working Conditions . of the executives inter- ed said they wanted more ost ‘5 percent embers of mi Union’ 's ecoiaine whether x any form of dictatorship. [earners in 1958 (DBS figures), M