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U.S. rightists
bombing ‘Wo

‘¢ Another part of the pattern of
terror stimulated by right-wing
groups,” is how James Jackson,
publisher of the New York
Worker, described the recent
bombing of their building.

The blast, at 4 a.m, a week
ago Sunday, wrecked a basement
room in the Worker building,
ripped out fronts in other build-
ings on the street and shattered
windows as high as 10 stories
above the street.

Jackson added: “It is not un-
related to the terror against
civil rights people in Chicago,
nor to the atmosphere created

SHARP

Cont'd. from Pg. 1

Immediately following Sharp’s
announcement in the House, the
government adjourned Parlia-
ment until October, at which time
the new measures are expected to

be introduced,

Meanwhile, the announcement
by Sharp has led to widespread
criticism of the government from
labor and other quarters,

There is evidence of a sharp
split inside. Liberal ranks over
the Sharp. announcement, which
is widely recognized as a capit-
ulation by the Liberals to the
pressure of big business, and
represents a sharp turn to the
right by the government,

blamed for
rker’ offices

by the rightists, like the Veterans °

of Foreign Wars, whoare against
anyone who opposes the war in
Vietnam or is for civil rights.”

A previous attempt was made
last May to bomb the building
which houses, in addition to The
Workers’ offices, the Communist
Party’s national and state offices.

Henry Winston, national chair-
man CPUSA, charged that the
bombing was part of “the or-
ganized criminal activities of
the fascist, ultra-right that go
unhindered and unpunished.”

He, along with Jackson, con-
tended that the Federal Bureau
of Investigation had the building

_ under “every known form of sur-

veillance” and that they believed
that the FBI should know who
planted the bomb, Despite pre-
vious.attacks on Communist Party
offices New York police and the
FBI have never made any arrests,

The bombings of The Worker
offices has brought widespread
protest from many circles in the

U.S. and around the world, There .

is a growing demand that those
responsible be brought to justice.

This week The Worker opened
a campaign against the terror
and appealed for a $10,000 fund
for repairsand security to ensure
the continued publication of the
paper, Contributions can be sent
to: The Worker, Box 28, Madison
Square Station, New York 10010,
Ne

same

LABOR SCENE:

CLC parley to air
injunction battle

Sponsored by the Canadian

’ Labor Congress (CLC) an im-

portant national conference on
labor legislation and other vital
issues affecting labor organiza-
tion will convene in Ottawa on
September 27-28, The conference

is scheduled to open on the 27th

at 9:30 a.m. in the Convention
Hall ofthe Chateau Laurier Hotel,

Conference program for the

opening day will centre around
the topic “Labor and the Law
Regarding Injunctions”, with John
H, Ostler Q.C. presenting the
basic outline for delegate dis-
cussion, .

In the Wednesday sessions of ©

the conference the subject of
“Residual Right of Management”
will be studied with A, Andras,
Director, Legislation and Gov-
ernment Employees’ Depart-
ments (CLC) presenting the open-
ing report. This will be followed
by discussion on the subject of
**Compulsory Arbitration”, pre-
sented by NDP-MP David Lewis,
and Dr. E.- A. Forsey, Director
Research Dept, (CLC),

While this important confer-
ence, according to CLC infor-
mation, will not bea policy-mak-
ing body, the substance of its
reports and delegate discussions
will be expected to make recom-
mendations for definite and posi-
tive actions on all these basic
issues facing organized labor at
the present time.

* * *

The Call to the eleventh annual
convention of the British Colum-
bia Federation of Labor (BCFL)
has gone out to all BCF L affiliated
unions and central Labor Coun-
cils. The convention is scheduled
to be held October 31st to No-
vember 4th inclusive at the Bay-
shore Inn, Vancouver, and will
open its first session at 9:30
a.m, Monday, October 31. |

Because of the intensified at-
tacks upon labor by the combined
forces of government and
management through the media
of exparte court injunctions,
police provocation, as in the Len-
kurt Electric strike, and the jail-
ing of Longshore union leaders
cited for “contempt”, it is ex-
pected the 11th convention of the
BCFL will be much more than
an annual “routine” event,

* * *

The wage contract negotiations
between 400 non-operating em-

ployees on the Pacific Great

Eastern (PGE) is deadlocked ac-
cording to chief conciliation of-
ficer Roy MacDonald,

PGE Federation have turned in
a 95-percent vote for strike ac-
tion, but so far have not served
any strike notice to the govern-
ment-owned PGE management,

The Socred government had of-
fered PGE non-op workers the
18-percent increase as
contained in the Pearson rail
“formula”, but PGE workers with
a conciliation board recommen-

te

Kamloops NDP candidate Lance Ran-
dal donned a CUPE picket placard

. outside the school where he is em-

ployed in janitorial services In Mon-
day’s election, Randal received 3,-
122 votes against Socred Phil Gag-
lardi.

dation of a 50-cent wage hike in
a two-year contract, do not re-

gard the proposed federal 18-

percent as satisfactory.

Another factor which may
precipitate strike action by PGE
workers is the announcement by
PGE general manager J.S, Broad-
bent that steps are being taken
for a “layoff” of 1,700 PGE em-
ployees not involved in the “non-
ops” dispute. Dave Chapman,
spokesman for the PGE workers
stated that “we have not as yet
served strike notice” despite the
fact that so far there “has not

been any honest negotiations to=

wards a settlement as far as the
company is concerned,

* * *

Indifference by the School
Board employers, the Trustees,
to the big gap between the wages
of their 140 workers and the
rising cost of living, led to 4
seven-day strike in the Kam-
loops area by members of
C.U.P.E, Local 900. Illustrating
the solidarity of the workers was

the 100 percent strike vote — ~

89 ballots, 89 affirmative!

Following the all-too-familiar
employer pattern, the trustees
delayed settlement for ten
months in the apparent vain hope
that by some ‘magic’ the problem
would disappear — or the union
weaken.

The resultant strike, which
was carried out with a high level
of organization and determina-
tion, brought complete victory
within a week.

The support of both organized
labor and parents played a large
part in the quick victory. This
was exemplified in the Kamloops
& District Labor Council’s im-
mediate response which included
their affiliate building trade
unions walking off new school
construction jobs.

Particularly heartening was-to
see members of the Teamsters’
Union who, although not affiliated, —
refused to cross the picket lines
at the bus compound, Teamsters’
representative Pete White walked
the picket line. The Kamloops
Labor Council put $1,000.00 in
the hands of the Strike Committee ~
to help meet strike needs.

One unique feature of the diS-
pute was that the N.D.P. candi-

‘date for the provincial election,

Lance Randle, a sub-foreman of
the school workers, divided his
time between election campaign-

ing and doing his stint on the —

picket line. This news item, hit-
ting the front page of the local
press complete with picture,
made a sharp and telling con-
trast to the deluge of flamboyant
Socred “propaganda”,

“Have you a gun that would kill [deas?”

> —Rakadjiev {Sotial

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