Bill fo hog-tie labor at New US. labor’ legislation designed to throttle unions ‘a By JACK PHILLIPS By virtue of the new labor “reform” bill, U.S. unions are now under the direct control of federal and state governments and the courts. This in a country-where the economic and political life is dominated by the monopolies ally hostile to labor! Some believe this law is nec- essary to break the power of James Hoffa of the Teamsters. But what would they say if a policeman fired wildly into a PATRONIZE CEDAR FUEL . & TRANSFER Phone: 556-R-3 Cedar, B.C. For Your Carpets call JOHN CAMERON TRADE-INS - TERMS .& HOME SERVICE Bus. Phone - RE 8-0412 Home Phone - CY 9-3865 Special Rates To Trib. Readers ROOFING & SHEET METAL REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel Reasonable Gutters and Downpipes NICK BITZ BR 7-6722 GAS HEATING SALES AND INSTALLATIONS © COMMERCIAL @ INDUSTRIAL ® RESIDENTIAL Harry C. Weinstein GAS CONTRACTOR 3823 W. 12 or 315 Powell AL 2991-L MU 3-5044 ae George Gee G & B HEATING Lid. Gas - Oil - Electric - Plumbing - Sheet Metal INSTALLATIONS —. SERVICING No Down Payment — 6% Simple Interest First Payment October 1, 1959 4415 Hastings Street and the courts are tradition- dense crowd of pedestrians in order to stop a suspected bank robber? Instead of going all out to defeat’ the Landrum-Griffin bill, the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO lobbied for a compromise bill, thus placing labor on the defensive. What would you think of a Canadian law which stipulated that your union had to supply each of its members with a copy of the collective agree- ment, as this law eses? Vrould you not take the position that ‘trade unions can regulate their own internal business without such outside interference? If the new Act confined it- self to protecting this and oth- er basic rights, and if it guar- anteed every union member against discrimination on grounds of race, color or pol- itical affiliation. there would be less room for complaints. But in the main. the Act sup- ports honest trade unionism the way a hangman’s rope sup- ports the cordemned man. A study of certain key provisions will prove this point. Civil suits and injunctions maybe resorted to by union members who maintain their rights have been violated. For example, a member can #9 to court for redress because the president ruled him out of order and the sergeant-at-arms escorted him from ‘the hall when he refused to sit down. Criminal penalties, up to $1,000 and one year in jail, can be imposed under this sec- ‘| tion. All union members are free PENDER AUDITORIUM (Marine Workers) 339 West Pender Large & Small Halls for Rentals Phone MU 1-9481 CY 9-4919 to criticize the union publicly, in the press or through any other publicity medium. This “right” is tailor-made for dis- ruptors. ~ Ne ‘ When a member ‘complains to the U.S:"Secretary of Labor that an election was irregular, the Secretary may apply for and receive ‘a*court order for a new election. This too is a conyenient tool for cisruptive elements. All unions must file annual financial reports. with the Sec- retary of Labor, which then become public property, avail- able to anyone, -ineluding the bosses. While trusteeships are lim- ited to 18 months, the parent union can obtain an extension by showing good eause. -Ob- viously, government agencies will be in a position to pick and choose when and where to lift an administration: Members who--in* the “oe five years have been convicted be conducted in public United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union ha 4 forwarded a letter to Mr. C. Rhodes Smith, chairman the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, urging tal all future hearings before the commission in respect to the allegations of Combines Director T. D. MacDonald 2 the UF&AWU be held in public. The union also requests in its letter that all evidence or other materials in Mr. Mac- Donald’s “Statement of Evi- of a felony, or were in prison because of a conviction for a felony, or who were members of the Communist Party, are barred from holding’ any of- fice, including that. of shop steward. Thus, a union officer convicted on a charge of as- sault after a picket line scuffle would be barred from office. while a practising criminal who had kept out of court for five years could succeed him. Communists, who have always been staunch foes of corrup- tion and = gangsterism, are grouped with ex ~ convicts deemed to be criminals. Picketing and boycotting are severely restricted. If a plant is-on strike, it is against the law to picket a steamship dock to ~where the scab-produced products have been taken. An agreement by the longshore- Continued on Back Page see UNIONS dence” in which h serious allegations ag union and its officers, be available to the UF& Correspondence from bines . commission © offic the union indicate don’t approve of public! ings, describing the union quest. as “unusual.” The UFAWU conten that this is a most “unusual” it quiry and its “unusual” nature was readily recognized whet “Parliament adopted a eee | Bill to permit continuation & collective bargaining for years, even though Mr. aise Donald (Combines Direciot) alleges that such bargaining constitutes a breach of the Ac and of the Criminal Code.” The. UF&AWU have fit warded letters to the BO Federation of Labor, the Cait dian Labor Congress and 0 all B.C. 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