Bee LUMBER WORKER The United Auto Workers convention has re-elected Walter P \Reuther as president proved a jump in dues from Support for federal civil servants in their drive for a wage increase is mounting across Canada. irs, a regular five-minute weekly programme on Labour affairs, @ yettard every Tuesday at 830 p.m. over labour matters, will be station CKWX. B.C, Federation of Labour's ti * Pea tne Pere criabja has dropped from 55.18% in 1955, to $3.8% in 1958. by acclamation. The UAW also ap- $3 to $5 a month. hia * * of the working force organized in trade unions ) Canada’s, was ready when the 1957-58 rece: * Organizing Committee reported CLC Labour To Be Held The Canadian Labor Confer- ence will hold a conference on social security Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2, executive vice-president | Stanley Knowles has announced. The .conferen to be held Niagara Falls, will centre on two main issues, the extension of hos pital insurance into a more com- prehensive program and improve- ment in the old age security pro- gram, Mr. Knowles said. Practical Terms “Tt is our thought that these Gomerence ‘Nov. 30 and other issues should be dealth with in very practical terms, and that this shoud be done in the light of Congress policy, the ap- parent trends in social securit legislation and voluntary pro- grams undertaken by unions and others.” A group of experts, including | Prof. John Morgan and rot. Malcolm Tayor of the-University | of Toronto. will lead the discus- sions which will be closed to the | press, Mr. Knowles s: B.C. Nurses Win New | Bargaining Rights British Columbia’s nurses have won provincial-wide barga- ining rights starting in 1960. The plan recently received the unanimous approval of the B.C. Hospitals Association and has already been accepted in prin- ciple by the Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia. The new system means standard wages and work conditions throughout the province, although ) statements from hospital offi | indicated they may try to use the system to wages down, rather than try to raise provincial levels One official said, in announcing the hospital’s acceptance the plan, that it insures distribution of keep of ntirsest/ throughout thesprowince | and prevents one area from offer- | ing wages and conditions that | Jother areas could not offord. Kamloops Labour Council Hears Co-op Representative “The importance of Labour and Cnoperatives working together,” was the theme used by the Co-op Representative, Mr. William Monk, when as guest. speaker ke addressed a recent meeting of the Kamloops Labour Council. He pointed out that the goals nf the two organizations were the same and that a joint effort would further both causes. the} polic: he stated, that anyone is eligible In a_ brief of Co-op's organization and description for membership and all profits are returned in patronage refunds. The interest aroused in his speech was indicated by the great number of questions asked of him by those in attendance at the question period held later. Ine: Pu Swedish “Frontal Attack Averts General Recession Sweden, with an economy that is remarkable similar to At the Saved ment \ ment’s plans have heen widely out the Western world The “frontal attack”, as itv called by the Labor Market Board, the directing agency of the government, assumed two prom- inent form © to increase mobility of labor or to transfer of personnel from sectors of unemployment to expanding sectors. @ to encourage emergency investment mainly in building and other forms of construc- tion under an assurance of tax exemption, As a result of these measures, the worst features of the reces- sion were effectively overcome. Labor Mobility vase the transfer of the government set schools throughout the n Idle worker. while no direct compulsion to leave home and retrain at a goy- ernment school, found his unem- ployment insurance cut off 1 he refused the retraining oppor- tunity. Loans, first To sonnel, training country under per- up travel and living ex- nd rent money were all ble to unemployed workers who wanted to be retrained. The loans would be written off if the worker stayed three months at his position. The cost to the Swedish gov ernment of this part of its anti- : ession program is estimated at $6,000,000 a year and is regarded as a sound investment to produce better-educated working force. The up-grading of 10,000 to 20,000 ion hit. signs of an economic downswing, the government launched a frontal attack on unemploy- th a variety of weapon: The success of the govern- hailed by economists through- employes each the demands of Sweden's industrialized economy. ‘To overcome the normal idity of capital during the ri sion, a sy: conces Was authorized that resulted in the of close ta $400,000,000 tment funds during the of 1957. Much of | this time autumn money went for new buildings and machines, incidentally giving full employment to many workers. Sweden’s First Try This was Sweden's first attempt in trying to the in- vestor's cautious by the lure of tax perience in had followed the Canadian pattern of too little and too late. The aim of the 1957-58 program was to attack unempoyment with a variety of weapons mod ate recession in economic acti’ should be met by moderat measures. The employment meas- uers we have adopted can be re stricted in time and place — made selective, in a word — better than general measures. They can be applied at the point where at any moment they are most needed... They can be put into effect more quickly than general measures and can be with- drawn more quickly when no longer required, said Bertil Olsen, head of the Labor Market Board “The effect .on unemployment has been fh in time at the right moderate instinet lp Worker s Convention Backs Political Action The International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers gathered at a convention in Montreal, has given its support to the political education and action program of the CLC. The convention which united a thousand delegates at the Queen Slizabth Hotel, also supported the political program of the AFL-CIO which collects one dollar per member in order to help the election of pro-union. candidates. Elections J H. Lorrain, of Montreal, was re-elected to one of the vice- presidencies Mac Gamahtenmulnntone Canadian delegates from the west Make saving a habit with a SAVINGS ACCOUNT at TH BANK E CANADIAN OF COMMERCE 800 Branches in British Columbia succeeded on two occasions to have the recommendations of the Constitutional Committee rejec- ted, and an eleventh vice-presi: dency created. The post was given to H. L. Hanson, of Powell River. While declaring itself against merging with other unions, the convention confirmed the agree- ments the International Brother hood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper workers has with the Paper- makers Union and the Inter- Union. national Woodworker: Unemployment Picture Brighter The unemployment picture looked a little brighter in Sept- ember, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics has reported. However, there are still an estimated 213,000 persons out of Alberni Dist: New Westminster. Duncan & District Cre place; and tht often the essence of anti-cyelical policy. a practical and _administ the last. resor’ rests on the simple pre-requisite of always having in_ readiness, both public and private secto plans which can be set gg ly and on the exact seal Innovation as: government also effected largest and to combat inflation, the government obtained an agree- ment with the company by which surplus pro! were transferred. to a central bank and frozen for fiv ars. Phe profits were released in annual installments that coincided with the recession and its disposal brought relief to wide areas of unemployment. Industry was not alone in shar- ing the fruits of its forced savings. he unions persuaded the go ment that 30 per cent of the @ should be diverted to forest re- improved technical man= search, agement of farmer-owned timber- social welfare lands and certain government itself schemes. The took 42 per cent of the fund in corporation tay River Mate Sadder But Wiser Man The Canadian Merchant Ser- vice Guild (Canadian Masters, Mates and Pilots) reports that they have uncovered a situation where the Mate on an unorg- anized tugboat on the Fraser River was paid a total wage of only $306.45 over a FOUR MONTH PERIOD, which amounts to $76.61 a month. This man’s gross wage for the period October 9 to 31st inclusive in 1958 was only $106.45. A Mate occupying the same position on the same ship under the Guild Agreement would have received $408.66 per calendar month worked. Wiser Man Unfortunately this employee believed that he could make his own agreement with his employer to the effect that he would be paid up to $200.00 a month. He is now a far wiser and more understand- ing person than ever before. Some people like to learn the facts of life the hard way through indi- vidual effort. The time has never been more important than now to follow the motto of the Guild “MUTUO AUXILIO VALEMUS” which means “Pull One Rope’ work and looking for jobs, despité the renewed automobile produc- tion in Ontario and the start of relatively heavy pulp-cutting pro- grams in Quebec. CREDIT UNION DIRECTORY IWA Credit Unions and other Credit Unions supported by IWA Local Unions in B.C. Credit Union, 209 Argyle Street, Port Alberni IWA 1-217 Savings, Broadway & Quebec Streets, Vancouved 10 IWA (N.W.) Credit Union, Room 21, 774 Columbia Street, Local 1-118, IWA (Victoria), 904 Gordon Street, Victoria Chemainus & District Credit Union, Box 229, Chemainus Lake Cowichan and District Credit Union, Lake Cowichan, Courtenay Credit Union, Box 952 Courtenay Union, Box 1717, Duncan Prince George & District, 1046 - 4th Avenue, Prince George Nanaimo & District Credit Union, 499 Wallace St., Nanaimo Ladysmith & District Credit Union, Box 154 Ladysmith, B.C, dramatic control of investment in — industry, pulp,