Iron Joint Labor Council is the pe the recent deéision of BC a government to award tion. 4ectric the power distribu- A eens to the Sechelt area. oe Uncil resolution call it “a a w2Y of our power resources” : verse mands the decision be re- eee * * * 3 erie of beer parlor waiters ain’, Westminster, scheduled to ed at Monday this week, was avert- “bers of tf last minute when mem- eon €verage Dispensers Union, + 939, voted t - ttibutors 0 accept a con “ry sick benefit-medi in- an Nee plan, t-medical i x " * * * “been, pe Percent wage boost has Vanadian by 4,000 workers in cifig e National and Canadian Otels in Victoria, Vancou- on, Wien aeay, Jasper, Saska- bee City, beg, Ottawa and Que- Boa five months of strike a Electrica] about 20 members of Tetum eS Trades Union (COL) have Drydock to their jobs at Burrard endorsed €ir action has been “Te Jara by all other unions in Vv * * * * * \ _Up their convention Week, delegates to the | Parley tur ckinghouse Workers’ ecutive Wet thumbs down on an s, P¥oposal to- double the a eye Bee cont tnment policy of ~ Visio, x Tol of radio and tele- Week ri Celved solid support this Couve, ey members of Van- SSciatig €condary Teachers’ As- ing n at their annual meet- { They wired Prime aurent to hold off f the “radio lobby.” * which will lead to for ORVILLE BRAATEN “Fences around our markets” of the Vancouver Street Railway- men said. ; He pointed out that the re- solution’s restrictive character was in conflict with the executive officers’ own report submitted to the convention. In its report on ‘its legislative proposals sub- mitted to Ottawa November 8, 1954 there appears the follow- ing: “It is the view of our affiliated membership that trade in the wid- est possible terms should be en- couraged with all countries.” x x x A similiar retrograde step was taken on a resolution covering the need for a ban and the destruc- tion of atomic bomb stocks by all countries. Substituted for excel- lent resolutions was an altered one which, while it declared positively that “the maintenance of world peace is the greatest single pur- pose in the world today,” fell short of the mark on disarmament. It substituted phrases about the need ‘“‘to- inspect and restrain na- tional armaments, atomic and non- atomic” under the authority of the UN, straying far from the airtight one adopted at Regina last year calling for an end to all H-bomb tests and urging the Canadian gov- ernment to take the initiative in gate Douglas Carr told the conven- tion. 7 His comment came during de- bate on a jobs resolution substitut- ing for 11 motions submitted by local unions; and it served to il- lustrate how far removed official top leaders of the TLC are from _ ‘Ca lineman. the real thinking down below on/|the UN. seeking a ban of the ter- the issue of trade and jobs. TOr-Weepons. A trade resolution earlier rejec- * * * On the important jobs resolu- tion, warnings were raised that next winter would see a return to mass unemployment at a new high. Delegates endorsed the idea of all affiliates seeking “substantial wage increases in 1955 and 1956,” and a comprehensive public works gnd housing program. ; “Another separate proposal was to convene a “tripartite commis- sion” of labor, management and government to tackle the creation of new jobs. . _ Delegate R. H. Brown of T ronto Printing Pressmen. said the key to providing jobs was to combat “foreign exploitation of our natural resources.” — k x * = Debate flared up on the conten- tious issue of political action with rf ted by the convention, because resolutions chairman A. F. Mac- Arthur’s ruling that trade would be all right if it were carried on with countries employing “free labor,” opened up insistent ques- tioning by delegates as to whether South Africa, Venezuela, Spain, Brazil’ and numerous other coun- tries should be cut off our trading lists. Orville Braaten of Vancouver Pulp and Sulphite Workers charged that the policy would “place fences around our mar- kets” and would make no sense to the unemployed. ; r|. Taken literally, the chairman’s interpretation of “free labor” would immediately cut our country off from 40 percent of the world markets at.least, Charles Stewart ne TAKEN FROM OUR AR STOCK To CLEA 7 ' CANADIAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY. ~ SOCIAL and DANCE ,Russian People’s Home 600 Campbell Ave FRIDAY, JUNE 17 — 8:30 P.M. a procession of CCF speakers urg- ing immediate adoption of the CCF as the political arm of. the TLC. Delegates settled for “non- partisan political action and edu- cation consistent with the principle of electing our friends and defeat- ing our enemies.” Some have in- terpreted this as a “vote as you _\like but vote” campaign of post- || ers. The CCF delegates were split on the issue, the more cautious seeking to soft-pedal the political arm demand until the merger con- vention early in 1956. Vancouver Pulp and Sulphite delegate Orville Braaten saidr charges along McCarthy lines. * * * good deal of care by TLC officers Was seen in the final voting for Office. / « Two vice-presidents came close to being toppled. William Jen-} oves for Ontario got in by a bare! 73 votes, his first serious challenge | in years. He received 312 votes: to William Acton of Windsor’s| 239. Acton. had demanded that. the executive carry through a country-wide campaign at the local level for health insurance. Carl Berg, Prairies vice-president, just squeaking through wgain as at Re- gina, this time by a mere two votes. He received 272 to Don Swailes’ 270. Jodoin and secretary Cushing were returned. by accla- mation. - The anti-administration voting gave some indication of the dis- satisfaction among the rank and file on TLC leadership and is a warning to: them: not to plunge ahead too recklessly on the terms of the approaching merger. Among other policies endorsed by the convention -were: Proof that there was need at} this pre-merger convention for a! | a “Surely we’re big enough to go| . out and organize our own political arm and not have any political . party do it for us. Labor needs a party of its own. We have to | -acssesems build our own political arm and : shape it the. way we want.” There was notable restraint on the part of those who in the past have found it necessary to beat the drums of hate against “Com- munists” in the trade union move- E L S | NK | ment. - President Jodoin frequently : D A Y spoke of how “democratic” the 3 convention would be, while mak- SAT. JUNE 18 ing sure their main polities would | : g0 through, | © TORONTO vs Z A ete: The Case of eorge Gee, dealing with the a peal of a wien ee: paisate VANCOUVER on his abitrary expulsion from the AFL Brotherhood of Elec- | Peace workers in the two trical Workers, was closely read ., cities will compete in ecol- by delegates. Gee-was expell- _ lecting signatures to the ed and barred the right. to a job | World Appeal. Against on orders of the U.S. interna- Atomic War. Volunteers, tional office using trumped-up | needed any time from @® Condemnation of the “bar- baric racial policies” of the gov- ernment of South Africa. @ Regular radio and TV cov- erage of the various parliaments of Canada while in session. . @ Full benefits to jobless ‘strik- ers, when they go on strike to enforce a majority. ruling of a conciliation board and the same |in cases where employers force a lockout. © Upping of jobless benefit payments to two-thirds regular wages paid. ® © Support for those unions presently engaged in a struggle |for’guaranteed annual wage plans. 10 a.m. -.5 p.m. at our office. 144 West Hastings. © HELSINKI CELEBRATION — Concert Vancouver Folk Singers, of the UJPO Conducted by Claire Klein “The Plight of Willy _, Atombomb” A dramatic reading "Dance Refreshments SAT., JUNE 18 ; 8:30 P.M. 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