Tse re Ny (sa Vea I |, Thes Farman Were th S509 2 Wh th Chose the ot P Say hi Coulg es Vietnam 0) € a settlement”, The. "tary Ward W: “MONUMENT TO VIETNAM” Sculptor condemns _War in Vietnam Prepar ed eham this Sculpture as a protest against the war in + I made it in place of carrying a placard,” fe . € words of North Vancouver sculptor Jack Mitte, V2t4 this Sculpture, “Monument to Vietnam,” won a a. Week from the Vancouver Centennial Com- int : ae the Pacific Tribune, Harman said he as “This ietnamese woman to depict the horror of dapae® Us, ment has no arms or legs, depicting the Im,» ing, and the flesh is tortured, depicting the When Way asked a in yj eon he thought should be done to end the Ret ones stand ane told the PT that “Canada should take he U.S, that the Vietnamese people themselves a ae < e ee Pantod to Harman last Saturday by Sec- th y LaMarsh at a ceremony at the Queen Que Th e eatr * Elizabeth eee aurea. It is on public display at the ae —George Legebokoff photo government should pack up and Tuc? city co Xan) SSday on” COUuncil split a apitent erue gion al et up Megs °alled «mutn © Stop what Y dip Tut ME landionges> Ploita- @ i Coun ? he i stron lag Sg ee Ndicates that ne ne nud that the to oppose it, Adams charged that Rankin’s, motion would be “a long step to- ward socialism,” to which Rankin replied that if things like rent controls are creeping socialism he wishes there was some way to make it move faster. Rankin said that some large apartment house owners and landlords had increased rents exorbitantly and lower income groups “are usually the victims of these unethical practices.” He said an appeal board should be resurrected the “socialist bogey” FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1967 VOL. 28, NO. 29 Je Tribune 10¢ BIG DRIVE ON TO Stamp out injunctions A massive drive has been launched in B.C. to end the use of anti-labor in- junctions. The drive has been spurred by the recent jailing of three leaders of the Fishermen’s Union. Used widely in recent years by employers to break strikes, the labor movement is now determined to win legislation which would wipe out the anti-labor injunction. The increased viciousness in the use of injunctions and the one-year sentences handed out to three top officials of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, along with a fine of $25,- 000, has aroused every trade union in the province to the danger it faces unless the use of injunctions is taken out of the hands of the employers. A petition launched by the B.C. Federation of Labor calls for the “government of British Columbia to bring in legislation at the next session of the Legis- lative Assembly to put an end to the use of injunctions in labor disputes.” Sponsors of the peti- tion are aiming to collect 250,- 000 names from the general pub- lic and trade union: membership. The petition is also being backed by a publicity campaign including posters and bumper cards reading: “Stamp Out In- junctions.” Meanwhile, the Fishermen’s Defence Committee, set up June 22 at a conference of unions in the Labor Temple, and made up of leaders of many large indus- trial unions in B.C, has issued a wide appeal for funds to con- established where tenants could take complaints about rent hikes, Rankin said tenants should also \be protected from other prac- tices: When given notice to va- cate they should be given reasons; apartment rental rates should be posted in a public place in the block; there should be three months advance notice of rent increases; there should be stand- ard housing regulations, He said an appeal board such as he proposed would adjudicate the facts and would probably have A PETITION We, the undersigned, hereby vu bring in legislation at the next the use of injunctions in labour disputes. This is the petition launched by the B.C. Federation of Lab or. Unions and the general public have been asked to gather names on the massive petition to end the use of injunctions in: labor disputes. duct the fight against the large number of injunctions issued against the UFAWU, A special financial appeal list is being widely circulated in many local unions and at many plants, mills and camps throughout B.C., asking for funds to help the Fish- ermen in their fight. The UFAWU reported last week that many unions and individuals have sent contributions to the union’s de- fence fund. Backing the province-wide drive against the anti-labor in- junction, Nigel Morgan, B.C. the effect of discouraging unjus- tified rent increases, At Tuesday morning’s council session Rankin put forward a six-point program for city-pro- ‘yincial action to protect tenants, and moved the motion for the city to seek the setting up of a provincial rental board, He charged that “the present B.C. Landlords and Tenants Act is probably the most ancient we have on the books as far as: renters are concerned. It was enacted when property rights Leader of the Communist Party, said this week-in a press state- ment that, “The use of injunctions in labor disputes is a major weapon of the employers in their effort to prevent working people from improving living standards and working conditions, and should be wiped out by the next session of the Legislature.” “The battle against injunctions cannot be left to labor alone,” he said, “It should have the active and energetic support of all demo- cratic organizations and people, See INJUNCTION, pg. 8 were much stronger than human ‘rights,” 3 Rankin said landlords should also be. required to provide an adequate level of repairs, main- tenance and occupancy standards and urged penalties for any in- fraction of tenants’ rights, Expressing support for Ran- kin’s campaign against exhor- bitant- rents, delegates to the Vancouver Labor Council Tues- day night instructed their execu- tive to bring in recommendations on the problem of high rents to the next council meeting. ai saa al