anata tutti

The BCFL and Vancouver
Labor Council are pulling out
all stops to make this largest
labor lobby in many years a
success. Local unions are elect-
ing big delegations, and hun-
dreds of workers from Camp-
bell River to Victoria, and
from Chilliwack to Vancou-
ver, will take part in the
“great invasion” February 2.

‘The lobby will seek to con-
vince Premier W. A. C. Ben-

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- Montreal.
“mass march was similar to
ttha on the Quebec legislature
on September 9, 1957 during
the strike at Murdochville.

The big demonstration came
after CBC workers in Toronto
had given strong backing to
their Quebec colleagues, and

the CBC had backed down
from a threat to fire 1,800 of
its employees in Montreal un-
less they returned to work
January 26.

The government as a result
is under heavy pressure to
take action to settle the strike,
which is arousing nation wide
concern not only because of

_ the strike-breaking attitude*of
the CBC but because it is
widely felt that its attack on
the bargaining rights of highly
popular French Canadian art-
ists is a threat to the unity of
the French and English-speak-

_ ing nations within Canada.

The march was _ bolstered

by the support of the Cana-
dian Catholic Confederation of

Labor, the Quebec Federation

of Labor and the Montreal

Labor Council and many of

_ werst

; 2000 CBC workers

march on parliament

OTTAWA—-More than 2,000 Montreal CBC employees
and other supporting labor forces staged a mass march on
Parliament Hill on Tuesday this week demanding govern-
ment intervention in the month-old CBC television tie-up in
Arriving in Ottawa by car, bus and plane, the

Montreal’s unemployed work-
ers.

Since the 74 French-Canadian
CBC radio and television pro-
ducers started their strike
December 29, seeking recogni-
tion of their CCCL-affiliated
union as a bargaining agent,
the CBC has engaged in the
possible strike-break-
ing tactics.

Numerous demonstrations in
Montreal have taken place
during the past five weeks and
the militancy of the workers
has not been dampened by the
use of mounted city polce, pa-
trol cars and arrests.

The CBC artists have been
staging nightly musical and
variety shows at the Comedie
Canadienne theatre called
“Difficulties . . . Temporaires!”
in support of a combined un-
ion strike fund. Nightly re-
ceipts have exceeded $2,000.

It has been stated that the

CBC is spending $7,000 a day.

in hiring bodyguards to pro-
tect the few scab workers and
their homes. i

nett and his Socred govern-
ment that some 50,000 people
without a job in B.C. consti-
tutes an emergency and must
be treated as such.

Every member of the legis-

lature will be buttonholed by +

labor men asking such ques-
tions as: “What is your posi-
tion on unemployment? Will
you support jabor’s program?
What about adequate compen-
sation? Moratorium on debts?
Municipal taxation?”

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Immediately following the
BCFL lobby, a delegation from
the general executive board,
locals and women’s auxiliaries
of the-United Fishermen and
Allied Workers Union will
spend Tuesday and Wednes-
day in Victoria next week to
lobby legislators on issues of
concern to union members.

Unemployment — and par-
ticularly the question of un-
employment benefits for fish-
ermen — will be high on the
list of matters taken up.

A meeting will be sought

800 nurses consider
hitting the bricks”

Some 800 nurses in eight
Lower Mainland hospitals are
discussing strike action be-
cause the hospitals have re-
jected a unanimous concilia-
tion board award recommend-

ing the nurses get a $20
monthly increase. Base rate
is now $260.

The situation results from
refusal of B.C. Hospital In-
surance Service to pay for the
wage hike.

The hospitals involved are~

Burnaby, Children’s, Grace,
Mount St. Joseph’s, St. Paul’s,
St. Mary’s, .Royal Columbian
and North Vancouver.

with the cabinet during the
time the delegation is in Vic-
toria.

The UFAWU has warned that
efforts are afoot to bring in
amendments to the B.C. Labor

“JOBS NOW’ DEMAND
E UNION LOBBY

“Action on jobs now!” is the demand that a mass trade union lobby organized by
B.C. Federation of Labor will present to the provincial government next Monday, when an
estimated 500 labor men will descend on Victoria by ship, buses, cars and planes to force:
attention to the plight of the unemployed. .

Act which will weaken - the
trade union movement. This
question, plus subjects such as
a much - needed increase im

trade, will be discussed with

the cabinet and. MLAs.

Socialism-is winning”
CPSU Congress told

MOSCOW—Eyes of the world were on Moscow. this
week as the 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union opened Tuesday morning. ‘The six-hour main
report, delivered by Nikita Khrushchev, reviewed a period of
tremendous economic advances, stupendous scientific achieve-

ments, and continuous exer-
tions for world peace. It look-
ed ahead to even greater
strides forward in the next
few years, and envisaged the
winning of a peaceful eco-
nomic battle between east and
west.

Khrushchev said the new
drive would win “millions to
socialism” and defeat the
forces of war.

“Peace in the world and
plenty at home” was the theme
of his report.

The new seven-year plan
launched by the Soviet Union
will give citizens of that coun-

Peace Council lobby —
presents brief to govt

ment to recognize China with. ,

VICTORIA, B.C.—“For the
sake of peace and for the sake
of our_own prosperity we must
recognize China and commence
to trade,’ a Peace Council
brief presented to the B.C.
government this week states.

A mass lobby of more than
50 people arrived in Victoria
on Wednesday morning by
boat from Vancouver, and
after marching from the dock
to the legislative buildings
the delegates buttonholed
MLAs and cabinet members.

The brief asked the legisla-
ture to adopt a resolution call-
ing upon the federal govern-

try the highest living stand-
ards in the world by 1970, he

said. Communist countries now .
“stand at the head of all pro .

gress.” Tribute was paidi te

“the guiding role of the CPSU .

and its central committee,

headed for. many years by J. ,

V. Stalin.” est
Premier Chou En-lai of

China, speaking to the Con-

gress on Wednesday, said “the
day is not far off when the
socialist nations will
capitalism in the field of
peaceful competition. Soviet
achievements will make this
possible.” :

out further delay.

“More than any other part nt

of Canada, the Pacific province
of B.C. stands to benefit from

trade with China,” said. the.

brief.

“China wants to buy pulp —
and paper, ball bearings, ma- .
chinery of every description, .

chemicals, ferrous and non-
ferrous metals, and fertilizers.

“In exchange Canada’ could
take tea, rice, hog bristles,
walnuts, soya beans, many
types of essential vegetableoils,

types of essential vegetable oils, .

chemicals, pharmaceutical pro-
ducts, and many more articles.”

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