FROM PAGE ONE "VICTORY" straight time in excess of nine and one-half hours. The Union was able to win two important conditions from the employers which Were inserted in the Memor- andum of Agreement for the protection of thestrikers. These were: e All court cases arising out of the strike to be aban- doned by the party con- cerned without costs to either party. e Time on strike to count to- wards the 200-day qualifi- cation period during the 1968 and 1969 vacation years. Negotiators for the Union were Regional President Jack Moore, spokesman; Local 1-423 President Bill Schu- maker, secretary; Local 1-417 President Bob Schlosser; Lo- eal 1-405 1st Vice-President Jack Munro. CLC ENDORSES NEW HOUSING POLICY The CLC convention re- corded its unanimous support for 16-point housing policy with strong emphasis on giv- ing priority to the needs of the low income and lower middle income groups. To help overcome the hous- ing crisis, the convention call- ed on the federal government “DROP PARITY OR WE MOVE" Massey-Ferguson has given its 6,000 striking workers in Canada an ultimatum: “Drop your demands for parity or M-F will move its Canadian production to the U.S. within 18 months.” The company threat fol- lowed rejection by the work- ers, members of the United Auto Workers of America, of a company settlement pro- posal which did not include wage parity with the com- pany’s employees across the border. The M-F workers in To- ronto and Brantford went on ’ strike last April 19. The offer was based on a formula of wage increases granted M-F workers in the U.S. but did not establish parity. The average hourly rate for Canadian workers is $3.12. 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The resolution noted some increase in public housing ac- tivity, especially in Ontario, but pointed out that the total housebuilding program for Canada is still falling far short of the need. Other points in the CLC program included: provincial rent review boards, subsidiz- ed mortgage rates for lower income groups, massive land assembly programs by gov- ernments with land held in the public domain in perpe- tuity, multiple units built in planned urban developments, education for support of pub- lic housing, and more active support by labor of “the third force” in housing — co-opera- tive and limited dividend pro- jects. Speaking to the resolution, a carpenter, Lorne Robson of Local 452, said that housing costs have gone so high that the men who build them can’t afford them. He attributed the rising costs to land specu- lation and soaring interest rates. BROADWAY PRINTERS LIMITED printers and lithographers since 1911 SOT rei) rn 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, B.C. Telephone 876-2101 WHALEN THEY USED TA PULL TH’ PIN IF YA RUN OUT OF SNOOSE . . . NOW THEY HITS TH’ ROAD IF TH’ SODY POP MACHINE DON’T WORK! EXPELLED PULP MEN REINSTATED Pat O’Neal, vice-president of the International Brother- hood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, reports that two of the eight members of the union from the Prince George Local 612, expelled for violating the constitution have been reinstated to good standing with all rights and privileges. The two men had asked for and received a review of their expulsions. O’Neal stated, “In the course of the review it became clear that both men had been badly misled by the Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada. One of them, in fact, had been falsely shown by the PPWC aS an executive member of its Local No. 9.” O’Neal added that had these matters been brought to the attention of the officers or had been raised in the appeal to the International Executive Board, the expulsions would not have taken place. Our union believes that all mem- bers are entitled to a just and fair hearing. These two cases clearly demonstrate this pol- icy. SEAFARERS BACK IN CONGRESS The seventh biennial con- vention of the Canadian La- bor Congress endorsed the de- cision of its Executive Coun- cil to admit the Seafarers’ International Union to its ranks. Some opposition to the move was voiced on the con- vention floor particularly by spokesmen of the Canadian Maritime Union. CMU Presi- dent Jack Stanles labelled the SIU “a hoodlum empire” while CMU secretary-treasur- er James Todd hit at the $240 membership fee which had to be paid “without any guarantee of a job.” The Executive’s position was defended by CLC Presi- dent Donald MacDonald who said, in effect, that most of the criticism voiced was past history. As for the $240 join- ing fee, that was incorporated in the SIU constitution by democratic decision. Further complaints would be taken care of if they were to arise by proper constitutional means. The CLC Executive’s deci- sion was upheld by a large majority. NOVEL CONTRACT CLAUSE Latest novelty negotiated by the United Steelworkers of America: Schooling-out-of- town for children of workers in an isolated community. It is contained in an agree- ment between the Steelwork- ers and Consolidated Cana- dian Faraday Ltd. and covers workers at the copper and nickel mining site at Werner Lake, about 12 miles from the Manitoba border. The children will get $1,000 per year to further their edu- cation out of town because there are no classes beyond Grade 8 in Werner Lake.