Canadian labour movement will remember 1959 as
x of the Newioundland less strik

shear and
British Colun
Unions needed gov-

unemployment

(o all Canad:
re is no sign that mos‘
jOus-

ard for
ernmental policies ite would end | th

e | ther t govern
wees too! ook labour's pleas seriot

a of the

I ie year that Premier

eae placed his name in, toa’ 's rogues’ galler:
hi: 1

are still out of work.

B.C. Unrest
‘eavy unemployment

rals supported the anti-

union Ws
B.C. civil servants engaged t!

an
pay ‘ostmen seek ae
letive Pati ing rights.”

In the private adit of the
economy, wage increases were

it of the
e ues Pie jobs.

rei Nothing
is been

movement as par!
provincial “abate
for th

done to prevent another | ii

r | history

in a bitter fight over
wages and at one point the prov-
n the brink of a civil

battles, strikes,
c ie protest meetin,
formed Ae e

court
's — these
labs

Here,
pebouee used

their 1960 sessions, oe ery for
restrictive trade uni islati
increased.

Pdecicd to eae their
the sow the
legislature i a Victori
The British Colts ia Feder-

IWA

STRIKE

mb a
ation of Labou ir by an Sree eles
y vets d_ to
he

these reasons, organized |
to tur ee its attention to poli-
. The Beane federations oh

Smallwood Sara his inten-
tion to smash the

The IWA, which had been leg-

- political action programs and in
seven provi

certified in xccordance with
Smallwood’s own labour Iegisla-
tion and which had the Backing of

omil as NS vin

h

eaperaoh aAUEBC Labour eaters

AbcOSewstit ihe | conviction’ tae

things eee cine toitetcteasedics
e West Coast province.

Banwit POR THe

IUR AR ORME

“Strong Unions
va Are An Asset”

responsible unions EHO CN EIS
society. Thei

at all, as Mr. Siaailyroca's spar seem to think. Strong tac
many,

a necessity — to modern

public policy than it does now.”

inces came clearl;
3 ; ae a unanimous conciliation boa: —Toronto Star
mm “support of the Proposed new /was outlawed by a simple tele CLC vs Diefenbaker :
political pai n unswick | tive stroke of the pen. Freedom of| The Canadian Labour Congress bargained with its employees and|in a Toronto courtroom trying to
political education program was peeaton was dead in New-lcarried on a running fight with|"@8* increases were signéd into|defend himself against charges of
established, while a large seg- |foundla the poveneat over ane el een att euedens ioe oes aes combine sy Seventeen
ment of the Quebec labor move- teste fromioida sections of | mute to: wovernmen? Boards and)” iitcect story, hel Bederal alsol asked itu causwenicomnces
E B. a : Ree cnt cick sot delegations. Mr. Diefen baker aa erent story. a deral|also asked to answer combines
< Rn eel criaflwood held fast and ca ‘his | When filling posts that by Mra eats SSE a (Sa
new pi ly in Prince Edward | Por cnmen organized a company | dition go to Geeta ane gaining rights and a raise by Fin-| The Price Spreads Commission
: Island, where there is no tabor| ynien th ace alee Y lSiubbed the Congress, ance Minister Fleming. report was a smack-in-the-face to
igned yellow-dog’ ea thiecaean’ 1 t In Ontario and B.C. particularly, |the fo industry, revealing ex-
federation, wasn gress re |contract with the lumber barons Ap eg era uy Ls s f ' th a 7 horbi i
: fers here was improved, thanks to| civil servants fought with ittle or|horbitant profits and unnecessary
é Ported i rihree MinvetersDierenbale the government's acceptance of | Success fo ‘or sprisidera ton from] expenditures on promotion. The
strike ot Be arand fused to disa allow, the legislation the CLGis Donald MacDonald for| “er, -CBIONe! ss Aa) Ee escoy eto ene aa eens
loggers for a pay raise for hat broke logger’ en|the C: t Relations |CTOW" cor oregon wor! St i ation in the industry that is
et ana he = iia val Bene etn 5 out on st: trike ‘or two months. lominated by a few big chain
Rea ee cn °"| sesistance m the mainlan ig Business stores and’ food companies
panustion from t urs! inions the loggers and their ,fa- Civil Service Troubles While profits were high during he TV s fal in ¢
¢ milies finally ha te give up and} Governments were the toughest the year, ise business Gea have | also put inGREE ‘cits before the
ee pacereiniienteremicr remove the p employers of the year, The major | everything its ay. Big| public and bservers feel
exception in Saskatchewan | Business” himself, i aie that 1960 ce ee “busines not
i L whe ‘CF governmentspent the latter "val of 1959 |unions, on the defensive.

cent of the popular vote under ieee
leadership of Finn, Jr.
Corner Brook newspaperman he
quit his ji eee eee news censorship
uing the

At last eee athe loggers, most
of whom want to belong to the
IWA, are infiltrating the com
pany union imposed by Mr. Small-
wood. The work to jou a sirene

arty foreeS
al

In
\--|of the

1959. In March the old
officers were swept out of office
ss newoomer Don Gillis, who won

nti-communist campaign.

Nati Presiden’
pas Sallenged Mr. eae in ae
ain

a
z
a

ald | ERLE a
December a referendum vote
30,000 Mine-Mill mem! nes)
split the. national union into

“caste effectively limiting ae

At the turn of

militant union
although some of the ie union
personnel have been blacklisted
throughout the province.

The old guard that dominated
Mine-Mill local 598 would like tc

mei voted to apply
ir Tilston. ‘with t ‘LC. In
8 Mine-Mill was shove out of
CL because che ommun-
Pisin leader:

NEW

PARTY

to a new

The big event was a
ar in Winnipeg. aie site
sh sentatives os ‘rom the union

oa _dsleraes to the
of Labou:
a % day early to

-|limited the

also backed the New Party by

s
aly for big business,
far ee of ae
pansion prog’
without mie: aut
rket.
Tight money, high interest rates,
government hold-the-line policies
cd prosperity for the
major yy of Canadians. Farmers,
eek eae epinloyess
and large, bystanders
yyment

an
were fi
t to the bond

e

- New Party and the
, for the second year
| unanimously en-

down },

PIERRE PA

51 WEST HASTINGS ST.

the Year

RIS & SONS

VANCOUVER 3, B.C.

“te Count Ourselues
In NothingfElse So Lich
Ax du Remembering
Our Good Hriends.”

A Happy and Prosperous 1960 to All of You

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