LABOR SCENE City civic workers — join national body The following press release was received Monday ofthis week from the Vancouver Civic Em- ployees Union (Outside Workers) marking a big step forward in the building of trade union unity in B.C, The statement follows: The Vancouver Civic Employ- ees Union (Outside Workers) has become Local 1004 of the Cana- dian Union of Public Employees, The national union is affiliated to the Canadian Labor Congress and has 95,000 members, The Vancouver union repre- sents 1,500 Outside Workers em- ployed by the City of Vancouver, the Parks Board and the Pacific National Exhibition Board, It has been an independent union since T951, Mr. Stanley Little, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, writing on behalf of his Executive Board, invited the union to, take out a Charter in a letter dated July 15. The members voted for affilia- tion on August 10, The _ letter of acceptance from President Little was dated August 19. In_his letter of acceptance President Little stated: “May I take this opportunity to express the view that your. participation with our union in the Province of British Columbia will do much to bring about organizéd unity in the province, and. particularly in the Greater Vancouver area, which by virtue ofits importance, ~ has strong influence onthe public employees throughout the prov- ince”, Jack Phillips, union secretary,; who participated in the discus-‘ sions leading up to the affiliation, said he was very pleased, “Our policy has always been one industry, one union — and a united trade union movement in Canada, We have much to gain from this affiliation and we be- lieve we can make an important contribution to the national union. “Our sincere appreciation goes out to President Stanley Little, Secretary-Treasurer Robert Rintoul, the National Executive, and all those who over the past few years have worked hard for this affiliation”. JACK PHILLIPS } Longshoremen in B.C. have votedi by a majority of 1,584 to 778 to accept a new three-year wage jcontract with the B.C, Mari- time Employers Association, The vote ‘of acceptance ended the threat of a strike tieup in seven B.C,!ports, as the longshoremen had previously voted by a thump- ing 94,8 majority to strike in the event that asatisfactory wage contract was not forthcoming. The new wage agreement pro- vides for a pay hoist of 50-cents an hour, plus. numerous fringe benefits covering working condi- tions, pensions, vacations, etc, The International longshore- men’s and Warehousemen’s Union has some 3,400 members and -holds union jurisdiction in the ports of Vancouver, New West- minster, Victoria, Prince Rupert, Port Alberni, Port Simpson and Chemainus, aie ok All of the table officers and business agents of Local 213. International Brotherhood © of Electrical Workers (IBEW) who acted ‘against the Lenkurt Elec- tric workers in their strike, were roundly defeated in Local 213 elections, A slate of candidates pledged to restore democracy and auton- omy in the local union were elected by substantial majorities, In the case of democracy-auton- omy candidate’ President John Leslie, who received slightly less than half the votes, with four con- tenders for the position in the field, a run-off vote will beneces- sary. Leslie supporters are confident he will top the poll, * K * ‘ The new two-year wage con- tract agreement. between the United Steelworkers Union and Alcan Ltd, at Kitimat and Kemano, came at the“zero hour” last week when the 2,000 workers involved had decided by an overwhelming vote to “hit the bricks” if nego- tiations broke down, According to union internation- al representative Pen Baskin, ‘the total package for 1966, which includes across-the-board wage hikes, work bonuses, shift dif- ferentials, lonely pay bonuses and other fringe benefits, will equal some 32-cents an hour increase, while next year the package in-~ crease will be upped by 26-cents an hour, The new wage contract boosts the base hourly pay rate at Kitimat to $2.64 this year and $2,85 in 1967, The “lonely’? Kemano workers will draw an extra 20- cents an hour bonus above their Kitimat union members, COMMUNIST YOUTH AT PNE. Photo shows young people at tthe Communist booth in the Arcade Building, handing out leaflets and copies of the PT. They are at Booth 27 in the specialties: section. _ RAILWAYS Cont'd from pg. 1 would be the suggested removal of all government restrictions on railway carrying tariffs, thereby allowing the companies to set their own price tag on all rail services. Thus the rail companies would be in a position to “afford” paying Canada’s rail- way workers wage rates compar- able: to other Canadian wage standards, The government “formula” as presently stated would there- fore grant the railway workers a little in the way of a “modest” wage hike, and the railway com- panies a lot by removing all re- strictions on “what the traffic will bear.” FRep WeiGe? wir RECORD IS PERFECT, JITTERS, HY SPoIL IT BY ASKING FoR A RAISE °°’ LABOR Cont'd from pg. 1 would be a signal victory for the people of B.C. “Since my nomination it has been decided by the trade union movement to concentrate much of its attention on the Little Moun- tain constituency and to make it a point of focus of trade union dissatisfaction with the anti-labor legislation of the Bennett govern- ment, , “Labor unions are calling for the unity of all democratic forces in the riding behind the N.D.P. canadidates and the defeat of Labor Minister Peterson, “Under these circumstances, in consultation with my Party and the Little Mountain Constituency Committee, I have decided to withdraw my candidature in Little Mountain in order to throw my efforts and the efforts of my Party in that riding behind the labor union’s campaign to defeat the Minister of Labor.” The two NDP candidates in Little Mountain are Bob Clair, - IWA leader and editor of Local 1-217’s paper, “The Barker,” and Joseph Corsbie, a leader in the Credit Union movement, What Communist HOMER STEVENS Vancouver East _ *The Communist Party sees the policies of giveaway of our natu- ral resources by the Socred ad- ministration to the monopolies, _ primarily American, as the ma- jor issue to be placed before B.C, voters,” Stevens told a meet- - ing in the IOOF Hall, 339 Kam- loops St, recently. Stevens also declared that as an active trade unionist, he would _ carry a strong campaign against . the anti-labor policies of the Ben- nett government, to eliminate - anti-labor legislation and for a _ progressive government pro- _ gram to deal with the effects of automation and technological services as a result of Socred policies, Stevens criticized Ben- nett for the short election notice which will disenfranchise many of the voters of Vancouver East who are on out-of-town jobs, The Stevens election commit- tee phone number is 255-6859, MAURICE RUSH North Van-Seymour **Premier Bennett and the Soc- reds will go down in history as the ‘big giveaway government’” the Communist candidate for North Van-Seymour told anel]ec- tion meeting at Lynn Valley last Sunday, Rush said that most of pur forest lands have now been alien- ated to U.S, monopolies and that a half dozen giant concerns can- _ trol our major industry. ‘In 1965 candidates are saying. alone,” he said, “these giant monopolies were granted timber licences equal in area to twice the size of Nova Scotia.” ‘The result of the Socred give- away is that B,C, at present is living off the sale of its raw materials most of which are ir- replacable. Much of our present prosperity is due to this ‘sellfor a dime, buy back for a dollar’ policy. Unless new policies are adopted now we will continue to sell our birthright, and future generations will curse us for allowing Premier Bennett to = away with it.” Rush said his party advocates new economic policies which will see more and more of our natu- ral resources processed in B,C, He also urged that forest lands ‘and natural gas and oil resources be restored to public control, JAMES BEYNON Vancouver Centre “There is no provincial sports and physical fitness program in B,C, and young people are large- ly the victims of professional sports,” James Beynon, 20-year- old shipyard worker and a Native Indian, said last week, “While Bennett is making much noise over the $500 homeowner grant for 19-year-olds he ignores the fact that more and more B,C, youths are forced to leave the province to utilize their trades and professions, This is so be- cause the Socreds have turned our province into a raw material hinterland for American in- dustry.’’ Beynon promised he would make the plight of the Native people a major plank in his cam- paign, ‘‘Nowhere is the bankrupcy of the government’s Indian policy more clearly evident than herein. August 26, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8 Vancouver Centre and I intend to expose the hypocricy and cruelty of this policy,” he said, JEAN McLAREN . Surrey “The time has come when the Social Credit government must be challenged because it serves the interests of big business and not the interests of the people,” said Mrs, Jean McLaren last week, She said that if elected she would fight against the sellout of B,C,’s natural resources to fo- reign interest. Using the Colum- bia River as an example, Mrs. McLaren said she would fight against implementation of the Parsons Plan for water diversion now under consideration, The Surrey candidate said she will fight for new secondary in- dustries in the riding to create jobs for young people leaving — school, Ey P :