iiuians behind eight ball

NATION

under Ottawa labor code

During the recent debate inthe
House of Commonson the Federal
Labor Code, David Orlikow,
N.D.P. Member of Parliament,
deplored the fact that workers in
the Yukon and Northwest Terri-
tories are excluded from the
Provisions of the bill, Referring
to the Native Indians he said:

“T should like to remind hon,
Members that in the Yukon and
Northwest Territories a substan-
tial number of people living there
are of Indian ethnic origin, I
have figures taken from the 1961
Census which shows that of the
14,500 people in the Yukon, 2,000
are Indians and of the 28,000
People in the Northwest Territor-
les almost 5,000 are Indian,”

“The whole record in Canada
Of the treatment of the Indian
People has been such that con-
Sistently the Indians have earned
less than other people in Canada.
For the year ending June 1, 1961,

© average annual earnings of
ll Canadian workers, on wages

NDP victory i

or salaries, was $3,191 while the
average earnings of all Indians
who worked were $1,661 or just
over half,”

“In a report prepared for the
province of Manitoba on Man-
itoba’s economic future it was
estimated that the per capita
earned income of Indians in nor-
thern Manitoba was only $155a
year. I am certain that if the
same kind of study were made
of the economic position of the
Indian and Eskimo population of
the Yukon and Northwest Terri-
tories we would find that the
annual earned income of these
people would be no higher than
the Indians of northern Manitoba
to whom I have referred,”

*T do not think that the govern-
ment should exclude the prov-
isions of the bill now before us
a group of people who are under
the jurisdiction of the federal
government, I think the federal
government has a responsibility
and duty to cover these people,”

n Ontario

byelection scores upset

The New Democratic Party
Scored a stunning upset in the fed-
€ral riding of Waterloo South in
e- election Nov. 9, winning the .
by vitionally Conservative seat

Ya big rity.

MAX SALTSMAN

The vote was: Max Saltsman
(N.D.P.) -12,508; James Chaplin
(P.C.) 9,876; Roderick Stewart
(L.) 5,168,

Stewart, the N.D,P. candidate
in the last elections, switched
to the Liberal party recently
in a move that appeared motivat-
ed by political opportunism
rather than principles, His decis-
ive defeat may have ended his
political career,

Saltsman, 48, a Galt alderman
and businessman, led the N.D.P.
to a victory as astonishing as
the recent N.D.P. win in River-
dale provincial riding. Even as
the votes were being counted the
runner-up for the Ontario Lib-
eral candidate in Riverdale,
Charles Templeton, was telling
a Liberal Club rally at the Un-
iversity of Western Ontario that
the Riverdale phenomenon “could
not be duplicated” in a federal
election,

‘Labor code by Christmas’

ean Labor Congress
ofa urged the federal gov-
pect to act quickly in im-
ene its new labor legis-

On, Prime Minister Lester
arson said last week that the
an Standards code would be

with before Christmas,

Fe Sor many years the labor
Vement has urged the adopting
els type of legislation,” CLC
«-sident Claude Jodoin said,
be © of its greatest values will
ae an incentive to the estab-
Ment of uniform standards
oe provinces, The provincial
5 pe ctures will soon be in ses-
thas a ve feel it is important
he legislation now before the
ine of Commons be adopted
ae delay so that it will be
i able for consideration by
Provinces,”

Main elements of the bill, which
4 es some 500,000 workers,
* a minimum wage of $1,25

per hour, a standard eight-hour
working day and 40-hour working
week, seven statutory holidays
and two weeks’ vacation with pay
after one year of employment,

' At the time Bill C-126 passed

its second reading in the House
last month, it was stated that
passage of the legislation would
mean pay boosts for 50,000 em-
ployers who are working under
conditions which are below the
minimum level set out in the
bill,

The labor movement has backed “
the bill but points out some weak-
nesses, The seven statutory holi-
days should be raised to nine,
In the era of automation, govern-
ment should be considering a
minimum annual wage as well
as a minimum hourly rate, Ex-
clusion of Yukon and Northwest
Territories is also criticized,

(See story above.)

10 DAYS LEFT

350 subs still to come
on our target of 1500

MAKE EACH DAY COUNT!

UP-TO-DATE BOX SCORE:
City — 390 subs; 198 P/S Total — 588

Prov. — 392 subs; 151 P/S Total — 543
Grand Total — 1131 subs in on 1500

Total New Subs = 96

Sub Drive Results

GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER ISLAND

Club Club

Quotas Achiev. Quotas Achi
Subs) P/S Subs P/S Subs P/S Soke Sp ye
Bill Bennett 50 25 30 5 Cowichan
Broadway 60 . 15 42 13° Nanaimo =. us 2G —
Eiank Rogers eo 2 2 Victoria 30° <40-7220: = 12!
eorgia - T
Kingsway 45 20. 4? a otals 180 -fot- 139 93
Niilo Makela aa : 6 1
Olgin 10 =
Point Grey a5 an as 2 PENNEY
Vanc. East 44 Haney-Map.-Rg. 15 ) =
South Vance. 45 20 35 13. Mission . 10 ; a9 3
Victory Square 35 10): 33342 Totals 25 4 16°42
North Burnaby 40 10 34 9
Edmonds 35 15 9 6
North Shore 50 20 AA 24 OKANAGAN
City Misc. NOH 00; Io o5
Totals, 583). 295° ayo. 198 mes ae Wo
Notch Hill 15 2 7 8
PROVINCIAL GENERAL Vernon 20° 5°77. 9 8
Totals 50 9° 32 16
Fernie-Michel 10 2 4 i
Powell River 25 = 24 =
Sointula 15 an 9 — DELTA
Steveston 5: Bs 1 _
Trail-Rossland 45 10 28 4 eee 15 8 11 ae
Correspon. 2 16 Aes 8 8 3 an
P 5 ) 4 New West
Prov. Misc. 30 5 18 Fig e es ee 40: AD 22% 25
Rupert — = re ae Surrey 22 2 19 9
Totals 155 208: MOTD abe Sophy: FQABO 2° AS 25
VANCOUVER ISLAND gh Done ae gifler  A5
Alberni BO gees 25. 22522, 005 Prov. Totals 565.
: : 3
Campbell River 10 3 12 1 City Totals $83 pide nes oe
Fyumbedang 15 s Gr'd Totals 1148 489 -782 349

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