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pe neering study made by
Pacific a copy of which the
Wotes J Tibune has in its office
ack Davis as giving the

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es Capital would be found
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1 government’s positi
peer of selling ae ae ON STRIKE FOR BETTER DEAL. Photo above shows most of the 120 grain hand- of the planning commission ?
] euUs, water ers at Alberta Wheat Pool elevator, members of Local 333 of the Brewery ram for 1966-70 * ee eae that the $25 million pro-
| in workers Union, who walked off the job last week to underline demands for eis ie hed ps 3 imaginative outlook appropriate to a
that the statement Davis says seniority and other conditions of work. —FISHERMAN Photo period of economic boom,
Former city alderman George Cunningham, who headed a

LABOR ROUNDUP:

+ Will pay Cc
and that Sd anada for water
i Pcie long” tera it expansion in the pro d i
at fin ct posed plan, He said the plan f -
f0 inves nt it Canada’s interest V LC bac ks pu | p worke FS | “not inspiring.” plan for 1966-70 is
ars in a billions of dol- °
he Us r diversion projects e A ° | C | L fi ht The final draft of the plan is s
ie cheduled to go to the voter
Bie ic Gvater that | n nacis Ss. g Dec, 9. Over and above the $25 million referred to, there ei ie
proposals to spend $8,280,000 for waterworks and $10 million

Vancouver Labor Council has
pledged all-out support for strik-
ing members of Local 5, Pulp
and Paper Workers of Canada,

William Stewart, secretary of
the Marineworkers & Boiler-
makers Union, Local 1, has been
elected chairman of Vancouver

Union urges expanded
5-year plan for city

The Union News bulletin of the Vancouver Civic Employees
Union, Outside Workers, charged this week that the city’s pro-
posed five-year plan for public works is “too small and too weak %

The September 11th membership meeting of the union voted
to support the proposals in the draft plan, but called for a more
inclusive plan in line with the needs of the people in an expandin
economy, $

The Union Newsbulletin quoted J, S, Shakespeare, chairman

committee to advise the planners, suggestéd a 20 percent

for a new Georgia viaduct, Interested organizations have been
requested to give their opinions to City Council by September 30

j S
Peaking i :
n :
we Davis pee Senrenius who are fighting thegiant monop- Labor Council’s Organizing A A.
© sche ed support of oly Canadian Industries Limited. Committee, As chairman of one B k t ft b
me :
Mestion is Bn said the key of. council’s committees, he will ac e I ion on US
a T export ec oe The local, which has been on automatically sit on the VLC eS
ater to ge amounts of strike at CIL’s Anacis Is,opera- executive Pp bl d
F the ; a . z
; Will,” he ae “I believe it tion since August 23, sent aletter a res, U Ic urge
: to council’s Tuesday night meet- :
It wj “Like punch > ve
‘ is the ill be recalled that Davis '8- The letter outlined reasons ers” is ie MF ee ae aai pice veer pmibege tn. S 4
over. hydro expert in the Liberal for the strike, which primarily Abci Madde fie SPublic Cate Goldie, lawyer representing 10
; pect Gnd that he was the Settle. azounds Ware standards, Commission hearing Eee seni eee tas acto a
S senior citizens presented i
last «) 0 WS re-elected in th ing i Nae o ala
2 lection by charging that ie VLC secretary Paddy Neale ea: oaaeiaee NOON Agate eee oe
, “sel Columbia treaty was a expressed the sentiments of the plaints over B.C ae ae preree yaks a
| Te Sut of Canada and that t overwhelming majority of council gs hot et a Al i
y aty si at the Boer fusal to produce important ma- so this week the 1 wn
Reo), Ould be completel _ delegates when he stated: “This ; Busi Aye
¢ Sotiateg pletely re terial asked tor dad thedimitede eee eee eed
hi €d. He is also th local doesn’t belong to the Cana- : bri ; : ae
6 has e man ~© terms of reference laid down by * rief opposing higher tcares
for a major responsibilit dian Labor Congress, but 25 nie y (s ; ee
Bishi ponsibility S ; the B,C, cabinet for the hearin ee page 11), as did the Women
Ses oT Oueh the ‘present workers are on strike against ®S+ against High Prices Committ
f, Provisions with the major OR of the worst employers s Major attention was given this Which was represented by nee
: tact: S of the:old treaty in- the country and need our help. week to crossS-examination of Elaine Podovinnikoff, :
; - Cannell unanimously adopted U § hits The hearings will move to Vic-
ot Mase Week Northern Affairs 2%  executlve recommendation gered toria next Monday where Robert
aay Arthur Laing is re- ‘at all affiliates be urged to help 7 d Strachan, NDP leader, is expect-
oe have issued a blunt. the strikers. WILLIAM STEWART rade pact sa to, sUbraie p bret, Last yeek
P int ; o the U.S. that Canada e the Victoria Committee of the
f res0ur to manage its own water The opening arose when Chris The United States government Communist Party presented a
7 Posie; es and not surrender any Approximately 400 fair em- Trower, Amalgamated Clothing last week voiced strong opposi- brief to City Council urging a
iH he a “This is our water,” ployees and 40 semi-permanent Workers, was transferred East tion to Britain’s largest-ever fight against the fare increase,
i fein “We shall manage it to and casual employees of the PNE py his union and resigned the single trade deal with the Soviet and advocating a rapid transit,
s a nation of power, We are now represented by the Van- chairmanship. Union—an $84 million contract low fare system to solve Vic-
Tet Not surrender any position COUVeT Civic Employees—Out- to build a terylene plant atKras- toria’s growing traffic problems
A Tength,” ‘ side Workers, The union has just Stewart, one of the veteran noyarsk, :
‘ concluded a two-year contract trade unionists in B.C., was Meanwhile, the Central Council
tha, St Canadians willagreewitn With the PNE on behalf of the elected on the firstballot, polling The cas ee ee
f Sern hit the entire recora. 2eOvLy-o eamcee Moraes 63 of the 111 votes cast, He was of long-term credits guaranteed distributing a petition against the
fi ee an. ee opposed by CharlieOates,Bever- by the British: government, Tide ee cpeasene ee nner, Penton
Public deception, Laing’s _ 22° pact calls for a 19 cent an age Dispensers Union (32 votes) U.S. has been attempting to im- is also circulating in Victoria,
7 peent is probably aimed at hour wage boost over the two and Bill Dunsmuir, Bookbinders pose maximum five-year credits ate PUC is not expected to an-
é tno SR aaa mee years, (16 votes). on all NATO countries dealing nounce its decision for several
, Bie i voawayofour tee with socunisiRGintibe tise ee eee ee ee
wy See Ces is under way, while Union officials point out that of the economic cold war waged to take advantage of the petition,
i T eet Pits go ahead ona dedie see eee of these workers have J py the Un,S, againstsocialist which is reprinted below, to ex-
© x. Rceiihcod is that on this Peco eee ee level for some countries, press their opposition to the fare
7 pation, AS’ oh the Colurbiac {tune Mise Olen Nee receiv- boost.
j Serwill not match the. deeds. 106 00 OF SO cena hour when The threat to worker’s jobs
; * the agreement was signed, posed by automation and the need
{ sy ETGhid also-be cecalled that to guarantee that workers share Pp ETITI re) IN
Ore and during the last Feder- The union is confident, how- the benefits of automation high-
fi Bection campaign Laing was © en will be. Hebted this year’s Labor Day ek a oe
: Crit the most outstanding changed within a reasonable time, parade in Toronto. ponsored by the Vancouver Central Council of Ratepayers
‘ ;
7a of the draft Columbia
Way ‘. He condemned its give-
sg] t Berres and said at one We the undersigned are unequivocally opposed to any
eS Peak preety. Ma dead and increase in bus fares and believe that any transit deficit
m
gi © y more avorable to should come from the general revenue of the B.C. Hydro &
J 2 ould be required, Yet Power Authority.”’
e bine. a member of the Liberal
i ee vnich pushed through the
ia sellout, Address
dl ° Residents in B.C, will also re-
fi a that only recently Laing
yf] an yed a promise made to vet-
if a living in the Fraserview
v a project which caused a
é Y uproar in Parliament.
' WY
$1 oe People of Canada and B.C,
t 5 have to be on guard against
iP ee caw ay of our water re- a)
. . pS which are the most valu-
ye s in North America, These “STOP U.S. AGGRESSION IN THE CONGO”. This is one of the demands raised in
if ces must be used to build the above demonstrations in Dar-es-Salaam, capital of the United Republic of
ada, and not sold for a quick Tanganyika-Zanzibar on August 20th. Last week the Organization of African Un- Please return petitions to V: .
i jrotit to the detriment of ee a d ity, meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, called for an end to the fighting in the Rm. 106, Ford Bldg We See Cena enn oureleare
| Ure [ : and Congo and appealed to “all powers at present intervening in the int | affai Z edHastings, st Manuals dhenein® 172
v enerations of Canadians, of the Congo” to halt this interference. Se
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