i a _ BNIcK BITz Drive to organize unorganized — to he launched hy longshoremen Organizing the unorganized will become and Warehousemen’s Union in Canada, affiliated workers on the west coast still outside the union. attending the recent “founding convention” here. J. R. (Bob) Robertson, inter- national first vice-president and director of organization, who attended the conveniton, gives some of his impressions in the current issue of The Dispatcher, official ILWU or-_ gan. He writes: “Our Canadian ILWU locals have had to deal with some- very unique problems and solve some issues we’ve never faced, For example, each local has had to negotiate separate- ly; there are deep-sea long- shoremen and coastwise long- shoremen, with separate con- tracts, different wage scales and conditions. For many years some longshore locals were in the ILWU, others in the ILA. Only recently have they all been affiliated with us, and even more recently has ILWU extended: to -warehouse. and terminal operations. , “Now a movement is grow- NEW LOCATION DOWNTOWN 590 WEST GEORGIA Vancouver, B.C. PHONE MU 5-5014 Castle Jewelers Watchmaker and Jewelers Special Dis- igs count to all ¢ Tribune Read- # ers. Bring this 4 ad with you. § GAS HEATING - SALES AND — INSTALLATIONS ® COMMERCIAL ® INDUSTRIAL : a @ RESIDENTIAL Harry C. Weinstein GAS CONTRACTOR 3823 West 12 or 315 Powell AL 2991-L MU 3-5044 2:2 TR ROOFING & SHEET METAL Duroid, Tar and Gravel Reasonable Gutters and Downpipes BR. 7-6722 ing looking toward the devel- opment of a truly independent Canadian labor movement, not just an arm of US labor, de- pendent on bureaucrats in far off headquarters. _ “We have always encouraged such moves. ILWU affiliates in Canada have always had com- plete autonomy. What is more we shave never taken a dime in per capita from them, be- lieving that all their funds should be used to strengthen and broaden Canadian unions. On many occasions we -have advanced money -to them to help them in their organizing efforts, as we should. “Some of the results of our program showed up very well at the recent historic founding convention, in the basic issues -discussed and the general pro- gram hammered out. Here are some results of convention dis- cussions: “(1) Canadian ILWU workers recognize the absolute neces- ~ sity for a single contract cover- ing all ILWU operations. This not only avoids costly delays, and overlapping items of ne- gotiations, but it also keeps “=the employers from trying to play off one group of workers against another. (2) To accomplish a single contract, convention delegates recognized the need for pull- — ing all-the locals of British Co- lumbia into one basic, consoli- dated local. Each area would continue to be properly repre- “sented in terms of geography ‘OPEN DAY and NIGHT Hastings Steam Baths Expert Masseurs in attendance — MU, 4-0644 766 E. Hastings, Vancouver OVALTINE CAFE 251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. - QUALITY SERVICE “Everything in Flowers” FROM , ‘EARL SYKES 56 E. Hastings - MU. 1-3855 Vancouver, B.C. TED HARRIS. 757 East Hastings St. _ Vancouver 4, B.C. Painters’ and Paperhangers’ _ Supplies oe Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45¢ - Now 19c a roll a major goal of the International Longshoremen with the aim of bringing in some 3,000 waterfront and This was decided by delegates and special needs, but the out- look is for a single, centralized headquarters to conduct union business in an efficient manner. (3) If the first two points can be accomplished, then a much higher degree of uni- formity can be gained in rates of pay, conditions, safety rules, welfare, pensions and much else besides. (4) Finally, with the total. strength of the entire member- ship mobilized and working to- gether, our Canadian brothers hope to be able to build a new and modern home for the ILWU in Canada—a building of their own in which they can take pride. A youth unemployed com- mittee has been formed with participation from the youth sections of the Association of Ukrainian-Canadians, the Fed- eration of Russian-Canadians, the Finnish Organization of Canada and the Socialist Youth League of Canada. The immediate. project of the Committee is a free con- cert-meeting to be held in the Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender St., Sunday at 2 p.m., March 1. This meeting is to be a send off for a youth delegation leaving for Vic- toria that week to tackle the legislature on specific prob- lems of youth arising from the severe unemployment situa- tion in the province. “Not only are youth the first fired and the last hired, Youth trek after | unemployed rally but thousands of youth have not found jobs since graduat | ing from high school last — June. These young people d0- not even qualify for unemploy- ment insurance benefits,” said Monica Samuelson, provincial secretary of the Socialist Youth League. zt She went on to say that — no attention has been paid by — either the provincial or fed- eral governments to the Ul fortunate situation of these young Canadians and that the lobby intended to get a hear- ing by the government Victoria. Sa PATRONIZE CEDAR FUEL & TRANSFER Plone: 566-R-3 Cedar, B.C. 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