IN TORONTO THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER CLC CONVENTION TO A special commission which has examined the structure of the Canadian Labor move- ment will propose that the Canadian Labor Congress adopt a code of ethical prac- tices to govern its affiliates. The commission report, which will"be dealt with by the CLC convention in Tor- onto in May, is known to press for inclusion of such a code in an official statement of policy by the congress. The commission report will be re- leased after distribution to CLC affiliates. The code is aimed at bar- ring those who engage in cor- rupt practices from union of- fice and at enhancing free and full participation in union self-government by all union- ists. The preamble to the sug- gested code notes that al- though the overwhelming majority of unions both preach and practice the prin- ciples of democracy, union members in too many cases have forfeited their rights to union citizenship through apathy or indifference. A few unions, the report declares, do not provide ade- quately for the basic elements of democratic practice in their constitutions. Others do not practice or implement the principles set forth in their constitutions. The commission is under- stood to emphasize that the basic corrective is not the es- tablishment of new principles, but the exercise of rights at present recognized. All unions are urged to try to ensure maximum attend- ance and participation by the STUDY NEW CODE FOR AFFILIATES membership in union meet- ings and affairs. The commission is expected to propose in its reports that its suggested code include there measures: © No persons who consti- tute corrupt influence or who engage in corrupt practices should hold any union office. © No person should hold union office if he has been proved guilty through union procedure or in the courts of preying on the labor move- ment and its good name for corrupt purposes. © Each member of a union should have the right to full and free participation in un- ion self-government includ- ing the right to vote for local, national and international of- ficers, honest elections, to stand for and hold office and to voice his views on how un- ion affairs should be conduct- ed. e Each union member should have the right to fair treatment in the application of union rules and law with the requirements of due pro- cess observed notice, hearing and judgment on the basis of the evidence and a method of appeal to a higher body. e Fach union member should have the responsibility to excercise his right of un- ion citizenship and to loyally support his union. The commission adds that the right of a member to criti- cize the policies and person- alities of his union officers does not extend to the right to un- dermine the union as an in- stitution, to advocate dual unionism, to destroy or weak- en the union as a collective bargaining agency or to carry on slander and libel. e The CLC and each of its affiliates should hold regular conventions at stated inter- vals and these should not be more than four years apart. e Officers of the CLC and each affiliated body should be elected by referendum vote or by vote of delegate bodies in free elections with ade- quate internal safeguards. e The CLC and its affil- iates should have the power to impose disciplinary meas- ures with respect to their own local and subordinate bodies including the power to estab- lish trusteeships. But these powers should be used spar- ingly and only in accordance with constitutional provisions and autonomy should be re- stored promptly upon correc- tion of the abuses requiring trusteeship. LAZARUS REPORTS ON PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU By MORDEN LAZARUS Scores of newspapermen have tried to probe into the very mind and soul of prime minister -elect Pierre Elliott Trudeau and in a few short months millions of words have been written and spoken about him. What is he? A philosopher. An IBM — Intellectual, Bohemian Mil- lionaire. Canada’s best adver- tisement for the GAI—Guar- anteed Annual Income . . which he enjoys but doesn’t believe in. INDEPENDENT MIND An independent mind. A man who bitterly attacked his predecessor, Lester B. Pear- son, in the publication he ed- ited, CITE LIBRE, in April 1963, as a man who betrayed “the program of his party as well as the principle’ .. . and joined the Pearson cab- inet two years later. A proponent of a just so- ciety — with a means test. Pierre Elliott Trudeau came by his belief in social justice through his repugnance for injustice. He studied socialist thought, voted NDP in 1963. One of his friends was Professor Charles Taylor, of McGill University, whom he cam- paigned for as NDP candidate in 1963. He switched to’ the Liberals and ran against Tay- lor in 1965 — and beat him. This was his way of entry into the Liberal Party and parliament. Pearson elevated him in 1967 to a cabinet post. In his short career as minis- ter of justice, he distinguished himself. What will he do as prime minister? _ BEEN VAGUE _ On many issues he has been deliberately vague both be- fore and after his election as party leader. _ On others he has been clear gh for a start. He is nationalism. He is for He is for a strong central government. He is for the present medicare program soon to come into effect. But he is against any more social legislation without restric- tions. He is for a just society — with a means test. No one seems to have ask- ed him where he stands on the Carter Report on taxation or on where he stands on the subject of trade unions. On both these matters he will have to take a stand soon. He is now the leader of a party with pronounced upper middle class, corporate and management support. But he also is the leader of a party with strong anti-union tendencies. Some of its lead- ers are outspokenly anti-in- ternational unions. ANTI-UNION His fellow-cabinet minister and leadership aspirant Paul Hellyer used an anti-interna- tional union pitch two days before the Liberal convention opened, calling on Canadians to break away from their U.S, BROADWAY PRINTERS printers and lithographers since 191] > 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, B.C. Telephone 876-2101 ties .. . Canadian unions, but NOT companies. But Trudeau is another case entirely. In 1949 he strongly supported the union in the historic asbestos strike in Quebec. The union was an affiliate of Quebec’s CNTU— the Confederation of National Trade Unions. JEAN MARCHAND His strongest supporter in the leadership fight was Jean Marchand; minister of man- power in the Pearson cabinet, former CNTU secretary. Mar- chand has been: fingered as the man who demanded the introduction of Bill C-186, an amendment to federal labor legislation which the Cana- dian Labor Congress and its affiliates are bitterly opposing. But another of his support- ers, Bruce Mackasey, acting minister of labor, is supposed to be opposed to the Bill. Where does this leave Tru- deau? Columnist Douglas Fisher writing in the Toronto Tele- gram April 4th, asked Tru- 4 BIG REASONS to stay at the BLACKSTONE MOTOR HOTEL © 132 Rooms completely modernized New dining lounge facilities Plenty of FREE parking Low rates: Single without bath __.... $4.00 With bath or shower, TV — $5.50 to $7.50 Write or Phone for Weekly Rates 1176 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER, B.C, Telephone .. . 681-7541 CAA Member deau supporters, “What are Trudeau’s ideas about labor unions?” and said this ques- tion “has invariably produced praise for Paul Hellyer’s at- tack on international unions a few days ago in Toronto.” “But it is not just interna- tional unions, it is any labor union which automatically triggers any angry response,” according to Doug Fisher. “This is a management party. The Liberal Party is execu- tive suburbia in politics . . . UNION MATTERS “Not only is the Liberal Party in convention anti- union, it is abysmally ignor- ant of union matters.” This is the part which P. E. T. heads. Under Pearson, it was bad- ly split — right, left and cen- tre. Laurier LaPierre, profes- sor at McGill and. an NDP federal vice-president, dis- agrees with Trudeau pro- foundly. “Trudeau,” he thinks, “pro- vides style to Canada’s New Frontier and new politics. Unfortunately and tragically for all of us, he does not pro- vide a new sense of values. He has admitted that he is a functional politician and, he could have added, in the tra- dition of Mackenzie King. A return to Mackenzie King is all we need to destroy this country forever.” Mackenzie King, prime minister for over 20 years, believed in ghosts. Maybe that helped. Nobody asked Trudeau if he does too. 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