Laundry -in Nanaimo before and fter the union was established, and the mass dismissals of work- ers for several months in an ef- fort by the firm to smash the union. ie “These girls were hailed into court like common criminals,” said McAusiane, “for refusing to tolerate the firing of two of their fellow workers. -“Qur job’ must be the establish- ment of real. political action com- mittees in every nook and cor- ner of this province,” the CCL vice-president said. “We will _stand shoulder to shoulder with ae BEY inne 25d EM Srey ‘break the law,” Wincn declared. inch of the road for unity.” Nigel. Morgan, LPP provincial leader, praised the enthusiastic support of the audience,. including representatives of CCL and AFL unions present, who contributed $1,001 towards the $50,000 fund of the B.C. Federation of Labor to fight Bill 39, “It is unity such as this,” declared Morgan, “that will bring about the death of Bill 39 and similar fascist-like legis- lation.” Morgan. strongly criticized the action. of Acting Labor Minister Kenney in becoming judge of the charges aainst the-Nanaimo strik- ers, in place of a labor relations board, while the labor department laid the charges. Exposing the fallacy of the government's course, Morgan asked: “Will Mr. Kenney, acting as judge, find Mr. Kenney, the prosecutor, guilty?” “The LPP pledges its fullest support to .the laundry workers THE VANCOUVER © }Escape From Yesterday with : . ee h "plus. . ~ +}. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .. duly 25.- 26 — 8:30 p.m. } Lower Hall, Pender Au 338 W. Pender St, ADMISSION, 50 CENTS ICA Act. » Satine eth ata cee and any other union attacked under the provisions of _ this Act,” Morgan told the audience, adding that the LPP intended to ‘participate in the united move- ment proposed by the B.C. Fed- eration of Labor convention, for the purpose of defeating sitting Coalition MULA’s with labor rep- resentatives. Harold Winch, CCF opposition leader in the provincial legisla- ture, pledged the full support of the CCF to the Nanaimo laundry workers’ action in defying the “There are occasfons when it is absolutely ethical to oppose the law, and if necessary “Alt those who break the law in a fight for justice were mor- ally and ethically correct, and I say that we have a similar situa- tion, when these ‘terrible’ crimin- als behind me (pointing to the Nanaimo strikers on the plat- form) have broken a _ capitalist law,” the CCF chief -declared. (Queried by the Pacific Trib- une regarding an alleged state- ment by CCF president Colin Cameron in the News-Herald, Monday, charging the trade unions with being “the reai au- thor of Bill 39,” Harold Winch said the report was untrue. “That’s just the way Cameron was reported by the News-Herald, he didn’t say that. There isn’t any conflict whatsoever between Mr. Cameron” and the official CCF position of being “against the anti-labor features of Bill 39.” Cameron spoke at the Stanley Park CCE Forum Sunday eve- ning, the same night as_ the anti-Bill 39 rally.) Harold Pritchett, secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labor took up the collection amounting to $1,001. Of this amount, the ship- yard workers at the North Bur- rard Drydock contributed $225 at jtheir day last Friday, and Mal- colm MacLeod, Shipyard Federa- tion president, presented it at the meeting. Also contributing were several AFI, unions, IWA Local 1-71, and Local 1-357, New West- minster. Scores of LPP and CCF members were credited with gen- erous donations. HIGH QUALITY LOGGERS AND W@RK BOOTS HAND- 7 JOHNSON‘S BOOTS ; 3 West Cordova Street - - - - - - - Phone MArine 1612 MADE | NOT ONE | DEFECTION ———— .. yes Darling, go on, and then what did you tell the nasty union?” Commission, | Bill new anti-labor Act. Already the AFL Street Rail- waymen, Division 101, have taken up a collection among their mem- bers of $70 and donated another $200 to the Nanaimo strikers’ fund. They also elected two dele- gates for duty on the Nanaimo picket line this Friday. Other unions announcing substantial donations ® were the Fishermen, Carpenters and Joiners, Printing Pressmen, Gas Workers, Seamen and Electricians. 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