No unemployed in USSR says Island trade unionist By WALTER TICKSON Mariy friends and. fellow Workers in unions and the un- €mployed organization, on Warning that I was to visit @ie U.S.S.R. asked me to find eut hew the Seviet people live; Hew their trade unions func- fen; how much does an aver- @ge worker earn, etc? ~ Determined to satisfy the @triosity of all, including my 6@wn, I visited a number of _ @aéteries, farms, plants, union felis, hospitals, theatres, lib- Waties and other institutions. BY the course-of my visit to Wioscow, Stalingrad, Voronozh @nd Kichenov and Moldovia, I @Was able to gather enough in- _ Sormation to draw a fairly clear Picture of life in the U.S.S.R. f found no wnemployment. _ fixe total working force is 62 @itllion. Every factory has not- wees posted advertising job vac- @neies. Total labor shortage is € million. Average wage is 110 Wables per month. (1 ruble €qtials $1.08) The maximum Work week is 41 hours. They work 5 days at 7 hours @nd G hours on Saturday. Coal _@hifies, steel mills, etc., work § days at 6 hours, and 5 hours @ri Saturday. Workers under #6 and students work a max- ®mum of 35 hours per week With time off for exams with pay. Each factory is provided with a cafeteria where hot meals are served at an average Price of 39c to factory workers. Maximum rent charged can- wiet exceed 10 per cent of earn- ¥igs of the head of the house- Wold. Rent includes” heat and fiot water. The estimated-cost fo the state for free services +, @Nd subsidies amounts to 3,750 wubles per worker per year. — The functions of unions in the U.S.S.R. include setting of wage scales, bonuses and production quotas, labor pro- tection and administration of health resorts, Hbraries, theat- res, nurseries and kindergart- ens, technical training schools at factories and assistance to innovators and -inventors. No worker canbe dismissed by management. without approval of the union. In addition to the above re- sponsibilities the unions have representation on city councils, boards of education and other fields. The trade-unions, city | councils and other local organ- |izations are gradually replac- ing the central state organiza- tion. Canadian and American trade unions can learn - much about democracy from Soviet trade unions. In the U.S.S.R. there ig no discrimination be- cause of color, political or re- ligious views. No closed shop. Membership. in a union is vol- untary. Over 98 percent of workers belong to unions. No union decision can be made effect- ing the entire membership un- less two thirds of the member- ship are present at the meeting. Union dues are based on one percent of wages. Full time union officials de not receive special salaries but are com- pensated at their mormal em- ployment wage. ® Walter Tickson of Nanai- mo was one of three B.C. trade “‘wnionists who visited the Soviet Union at. the \ Hay eS ® GAMES ® DANCING from 11: EVERYONE SHEVCHENKO CENTENARY EVENT Annual A,U.U.C. Provincial Picnic Sunday, June 18 — 1:00 p.m. ® TASTY UKRAINIAN FOOD ® SPORTS Buses will leave 805.£. Pender By car — turn left-on 8th Ave. in Haney to old Dewdney Trunk Hwy., turn right to Webster’s Corner, then follow Picnic Arrows. IN CASE OF RAIN, PICNIC WILL BE HELD | ; ON SUNDAY, JUNE 25 ite = 30 a.m. WELCOME invitation of ; | Soviet-trade unions to take | part in May Day celebrations. | informative talk on her recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling strikes blow at democracy By a bare majority of five to four the U.S. Supreme severe blow at democracy. The Communist Party of the the decision as “a cold war McCarthyite decision which ization of Communists and non-Communists alike.” This latest decision of the, Supreme ‘Court. goes far be: | yond the banning of the Com- munist Party. It is a double- barrelled attack. By the de- cision of the McCarron Regis- tration Act it orders all Com- munists to register under pen- alty of a fine of $10,000 a day for each day not registered. By the decision-- on~ the “membership” clause of the Smith Act it declares Communists who should so register to be liable to five years in prison, Gus Hall, general secretary of the C.P.U.S.A., said this double-barreled attack “is the same as declaring the party illegal and then asking it to submit names for prosecu- tion.” i Hitting out at the action of any | Court last week struck 2 ~ U.S.A. immediately branded = opens the door to the victim- —— the follow-up. statement of Attorney. - General Kennedy that he intends to impose the court’s ruling, the national executive of the Communist Party of Canada sent the fol- lowing telegram Monday to President Kennedy: “The declaration by your Attorney-General that he in- tends to pursue a policy of active persecution of the Communist Party of the U.S.A. as a result of the div- ided decision of the Supreme Court upholding. the state control: and registration of the Communist Party is a shocking blow to civil rights and a victory for the -reac- tionary fascist-minded forces in the U.S.A. who are deter- mined’ to destroy the USS. the U.S. Supreme Court and Constitution and drive your ® snooping on ' “inquiries” about students at masters, Fulton said “we do Canada,” and sought to justify to preserve national security, RCMP questioning of Laval U Fulton defends RCMP Justice Minister Davie Fulton admitted to the House of Commons last Friday that the RCMP have carried on taking part in the ban-the-bomb movements.— Following the anti-Communist example of his U.S. lives of Canadians with the argument that if was necessary Fulton’s defence of RCMP snooping came after Quebec Liberal Gabriel Roberge and CCFer H. W. Herridge criticized Canadians Laval University who were have a Communist threat in the RCMP’s snooping into the niversity students. Annie Stewart at Chase River NANAIMO — Mrs. Annie Stewart of. Vancouver gave an trip to the Soviet Union at the Chase River home of Mrs. Barbara Galitsky on Wed., June 7, ; Many aspects of the life of the people of that country were graphically told and the predominantly women guests were impressed with Annie Stewart’s information about the care, upbringing and edu- cation of children in particu- lar, and the equality for wo- men in the USSR. Mrs. Galisky was hostess for Annie Stewart, her life- long friend and was assisted by her two daughters, Emily and Aggie who arranged a de- lightful repast for the guests. A tour of Mrs. Galiisky’s lovely garden followed the country to a dictatorship, 3 “For your government tO base its actions on the claim | that. communist. principles em? 7 anate from a ‘foreign power! ~ and. are not a world viewpoint ~ arising from world-wide ‘con- ~ dition is to fly in the face of 7 science and reason, and is but = the palpable excuse for con- 7 tinuing a policy of political © repression at home and | abroad. This policy arouseS ~ the indignation of democrati¢ ~ people everywhere. E “We urge you, Mr. Presi- dent, to seriously reconsidef this bankrupt and dangerous policy and instead to permit in your country the free ex pression of communist opin- ions. History shows that re military-fascisy pression cannot stifle these opinions. Nevertheless, state actions against members of the. Communist Party at this critical juncture of world his: - tory can only aggravate. the world situation and encourage the forces of war and political reaction, E é “On the other hand, re~ affirmation of the civil rights embedded in the U.S. Consti: tution and Declaration of the Rights of Man and abandon ment of McCarthyite persecu- tion would not only restore democratic liberties Communists of the U.S.A. but would be a great contribution to the cause of world peace and peaceful coexistence.” _ The youthful character of the Cabin revolution is show? by this picture of young Cuban girls who are some of th® thousands taking education to the Cuban people in every part of the country. This year is known as the “Year ? meeting. Education.” June 16, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8 to. thea