Carpenters settle wage demands for 43 cents over two years An eleventh hour wage contract settlement last weekend between carpenters and building contractors headed off a strike which would have involved approximately 6,000 car- penters in the province. International Brotherhood of Carpenters had voted June 18 to take Strike action if no satisfactory wage increase was forthcoming, but no strike deadline’ had been. set. The settlement affected 8ives the carpenters a 48-cent an hour basic wage increase Covering a two-year contract A’ breakdown -shows the in. Crease to be 19 cents ‘retro- active to April of this year, With an additional 7 cents pay- able October 1. The final 17 Cents will apply April 1, 1958, bringing the carpenters’ hourly rate to $2.68. All local unions of the B.C. Council of Carpenters and Lower Mainland Locals are affected by the increase. wage demands a 75-cent an Hour Original were for Charge immigration dept prompts strikebreaking TORONTO Immigrants who refuse’ to act as strikebreakers at the Struck “Lever Brothers plant here are being threatened by immigration officials, Charles Buckman, United Chemical Workers’ delegate charged at Toronto Labor Council. He said “an untold number Came to the plant from the Mmigration department look- ng for jobs.” Along with let- ters for the company’s person- nel manager, he said, they car- ried “a veiled threat that if they/did not go to Lever Bro- thers they weren’t to come back to the immigartion de- partment for help in finding employment.” The United Steelworkers’ Union charged that the depart- ment was using immigrants to try to break the strike at Gaspe Copper at Murdochville, Que. Council called for an investi- gation. hike, but protracted - negotia- tions and lack of unity be- tween provincial and Lower Mainland union leaders con- vinced rank-and-file members that the 43-cent offer was the best that could be obtained under the circumstances. One union official told the Pacific Tribune that “given a militant and united leader. ship, the carpenters could have got a much better pack- age deal, but we got the’ most we could get with the leader- ship we had. We have settled, - but we are not too satisfied.” The sole “fringe benefit granted the carpenters is unique in the history of organ- ized labor. The new contract stipulates that a carpenter is not entitled to a coffee break, but may take two swigs daily from his thermos bottle in no time flat. On no account how- ever, must he permit ‘his work. mate to join him in a swig from the same bottle, since that would use up time for which the contractor cannot affor@ to. pay. 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JULY 13 — A sund-raising CONCERT and DANCE for the Finnish-Can- dian Festival delegate ‘Ozzie’ ahti on Saturday, July 13, 9 - ee P.m. Clinton Hall, ‘2605 East €nder. Refreshments. Ad- Mission 75¢, JULY 14 ganic FILM “Russian Ballet and Folk Dances” to be shown at the Russian People’s Home, 600 Campbell Ave., on Sunday, July 14 at 8 p.m. Famous artists. Everyone welcome. JULY 91 KEEP THIS DATE OPEN! Barbecue and Supper. Watch next week’s PT for time and place. JULY y) — 5th ANNUAL LABOR PICNIC — Sunday, July. 21 from 1 p.m. onwards. Ukrainian Child- ren’s Camp Grounds, 25th Ave. South, Websters Corners. Games, musical program, food. Everyone invited. Sponsored by ~Dewdney Constituency Committee. BUSINESS PERSONALS BIG %7 USED FURNITURE STORE — 1420 Commercial Drive. Phone HA. 4058. (For- merly % Transfer and Mov- ing — N. Stoochnoy). WASTINGS BAKERIES LTD. —Scandinavian products a specialty. 716 East Hastings Street. Phone TA. 9719. SMOKE RECTOR CIGARS Only Union made cigars in Vancouver Sold at Hotels and at 214 UNION ST. (All hand rolled) PATRONIZE POLITANO’S BARBER SHOP — 204 Main St., 2 blks. north of Hastings. O.K. RADIO SERVICE — Latest factory precision equipment used. MARINE SERVICE, 1420 Pender St. West., TA. 1012. REGENT TAILORS LID. — Custom Tailors and Ready to wear. For personal ser- vice see Henry Rankin at 324 W. Hastings St. Van- couver 3. PAcific 8456. HALLS FOR RENT RUSSIAN PEOPLE'S HOME Available for meetings, wed- dings, and banquets at rea- sonable rates. 600 Campbell Ave. TA. 9939. : CLINTON HALL, 2605 East Pender. Available for ban; quets, Weddings, Meetings, Etc. Phone HA. 3277. WORK WANTED WORK WANTED — Carpentry and repairs, alterations and cabinet. work. Call MU. 3-7089. PENDER AUDITORIUM (Marine Workers) 339 West Pender LARGE & SMALL HALLS FOR RENTALS Phone PA. 9481 Yuri Polyakov (left), coxwain for the Soviet Union’s rowing squad, is seen pinning a fraternal badge on Princeton University rowing coach Don Rose in Henley, England. USSR sportsmen have participated in the Henley Royal Regatta for the past three years. Gert Whyte's SPORTLIGHT ARE CANADIAN soccer offi- , clals justified in squaking about the “poor refereeing” of Mexican Officials in the two games which resulted in Mex- ico’s victory over Canada? I don’t think so. Main “beef” is that the Mex- icans- didn’t appreciate the Canucks’ rough style of play, particularly body-charging. But soccer is an international, not a Canadian game, and in World Cup play our style of rough-house is always barred. It seems to me, then, that we should strive to conform to the international style, if we seek success in future tourna.. ments. This may appear to be a contradiction of what I have written on previous occasions about international hockey tournaments, when I castigated the Russians for objecting to Canadian body-checking. The difference is that hockey is a Canadian game, and as the birthplace of the sport (and its main centre for many years) this country has a right to set the rules. Body-checking has always been an integral part of the ice sport. In the past two years the Russians have recognised this. Their leading coaches have publicly criticized Soviet play- ers. for objecting to Canadian “roughness” and have set about to change their style of play to conform, in defiance of the European tradition. banning bodily contact. The Swedes and Czechs have begun to follow suit. In hockey we were right to insist we should set the pat- tern; -in soccer we have no such right. 50 xt xt Several of the “Horses to Watch” we gave you in this column a few weeks back have hit the winning circle, at good prices (Edwayne,, No Home, National Valor, Moodyville.) Here are a few more which should click soon: Duncan, Rosyth, Mabe Mike, Soul Talk, Miss Colleen, T. Drive, Col- wood Girl, Arden Hope, x x xt Many months ago we ran a feature article on Althea Gib- son, “The New: Gibson Girl.” Now she has won the Wimble- don tennis championship, the first’ Negro girl in history to take the big one. Breaking the race barrier in baseball was a big job (it’s only 10 years ago that Jackie Robinson went up to the Dodgers from Montreal) but cracking the snob tennis bar- rier was even harder. Con- gratulations to Althea Gibson, who pioneered in this field. A correspondent writes, “Do the Russians allow horse racing, and dg they allow bet- ting?” The answer is SMies ** Russians have always been mad about horse racing, and attendance at Moscow’s Hippo- drome racetrack is a habit that extends far back into the time of the Czars. Today you will see many government officials, ballet. conductors, workers, writers and artists lining up to bet every Saturday. In the spring there are trot- ting and pacing races, then on June 2 the flat racing season starts. The Hippodrome, which opened in 1831, has three tracks — two for trotting and flat racing are a mile in length, and the steeplechase track about two _ furlongs longer. All betting is by tote, as in Canada, Aside from Moscow, there are main tracks in Odessa, Ros- tov, Kharkov, Sverdlovsk, Lvov and Pyatigorsk. a double July 12, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7