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By WILLIAM KASHTAN
The Teamsters have finally been expelled from the
Canadian Labor Congress. aroun COMMON prog rem
df Casey Dodds is correct in
his statement to the press, the {ment today. | : 1 Demonstrating the growing
} Officers of the Congress made The officers of the Congress SUPPORT 5 Pa fe | desire for unity in labor’s
| ho last minute attempt to meet.|.would have been better advis- : AD | ranks was the conference of
; with him and. other Teamster | ed had they examined the. un- FREEDOM . = | waterfront unions which met
| Officers in order to work out | derlying factors which brought BOYCOTT | in Vancouver’s Hastings Audi-
Some compromise settlement |about the charge of raiding SOUTH AFRIGAN | torium last Thursday to set up
of the question. | against the Teamsters. GOODS: sal | @ port council. While the CLC
This is the fourth union ex- The fact is that changes in | S nisi 4 dis th t ischial Eran Meeting| was expelling yet another
Peed from the CLC since its industry arising from techno- is tess r Se on he rug- At a recent meeting of the} union from its ranks, the
founding Ghnmeniion. logical developments, as well || ® es 0 the ree : rican |) local of the Farmers Union of| waterfront unions got together
RVREt now? as the growing process of con- people i Sesion a B.C. in the Websters Garmens; to work out a mutual assist-
According to the press the |} centration in industry, have eee ramen “ia uced }/ area, it was unanimously de-| ance program that could beat
Officers of the Congress will | tended to blur over existing above, ¥ - as been Is- cided to organize a public | back the bosses offensive and
ener. “aiviae the spoils” | jurisdictions. sued by t e BG, Commu- meeting on the dangers of) win gains for the membership
® Mong its various affiliates, Today iWey ahenatres GIbar nist Party . Room 502, | Tadiation. All groups in the! of their unions.
2| that is, it will hand over the | cut as they may have been in Ford. “Building, ents: (Saee e em ege = TOR COREE EO eae
5 Jurisdiction of the Teamsters | the past. Automation and oth- ver. They sell for 35c per }) support. Eigse cre 4 pt ea
to other unions. er changes will make them 100 and can be ordered | : | Men > Union! was aeuded. aa
) There is talk that the Can- |’even less clear in the future. from the address given een cna Le pes coy: OR ane ee
3 adian Brotherhood of Railway, To stand by the constitution here. | The M Ser es 2 Race BOY; 34 sm epee S
e Tansport and General Work-|in such circumstances may ap- Hi Re ‘ ae 2080, News Re Pulp, and Sulphite Workers
{ts will be given the main jur-| pear to be sound but it is not lace Of the Farmers Union of/ Local 333, Grain Workers, Ma-
y —-Sdiction, the best kind of prop to lean ee See si ie Boilermakers, Marina
m WM this is true-the trade un- |-on, aemeat Pai ote Reusch Enginers, Teamsters Lonals i
y} %0n movement is entering an|» In this. particular instance eae a }and 605, Vancouver Harbor .
if Ugly and dangerous phase of | both the Railway Clerks and : erate Digaped that UleaH:| Employees pad 5 ag Unites
f} ts lite. the Teamsters have a case. 2 E RP OU largest ie Fishermen and Allied Works
syne é oh r, is sympathe-| ers.
' a eae Ce sent ea NR anh a ak aia tic to our problems. They have; The conference decided to:
P Canadian. Congress of La-| contract, while the Teamsters indicated their willingness to] @ Give unlimited support to
F) Por “sold” Mine-Mill’s jurisdic- | can argue that Merchandising BSsist. organized farmers in|the Grain Liners" and the
e their just demands. Labor real-| I.L.W.U. presently in negotia<
|

tion to the Steel Union for
$50,000. Some of the trade un-
°n bureaucrats could reason
herefore — ‘sf it was done
Store, why not now?”
Ng a& proposed division of
ay raises interesting ques-
ae _Where and when was
ae — given to the officers
with +, Congress to dispense
... Jurisdiction of unions?
| say Nder what authority can it
' eg or that group of
Oni. must belong to this
at union?
© gave the Congress of-

r fie ;
“ts the right to create and

’ Car ‘ :
of . Sy empires and dispose
Orkers ag j , .
7 Cattles Ss if SREY, were

KS he right wing which dom-

cae the Congress is really
ing § Quite far and establish-
Which angerous precedents
the 4 will adversely affect
nae interests of organized

N 2
“Pen ®W is not the time to shar-

2 Titionn aggravate internal re-

Rover, ps in the trade union

Meedeg vt when what is sorely
ity e is the maximum of un-
3 Tanks. Solidarity in labor
The

HiSizag Plex problems or-

A 0: labor faces today will
| Ons

© Solved by expelling un-

Th ‘
| Oly S78 be more easily

Centre,

ia inh Dtingibs all unions
° Y united trade union
T
ne Problems will not be
; Y raiding., They can
Speeadea organization
ese Tganized,
Deeg elementary truths
Mon oe © Permeate every sec-
: ‘he trade union move-

“file

service is trucking and is
therefore their jurisdiction.

Add to these the facts made
public at the CLC convention
—that Frank Hall signed a
sweetheart agreement with the
CPR and the dissatisfaction
among the men because of the
lack of militancy displayed by
him, and one has a real-mulli-
gan stew,

It boils down to this: Expul-
sions will not solve the under-
lying factors -which brought
the charge of raiding in the
first place.

At the moment it is the
Teamsters who are involved.
Tomorrow it may well be some
other union whose jurisdiction
has. also become blurred be-
cause of changes in the struc-
ture of the industry.

What the Congress ought to
do is examine, together: with
all its affiliates, the signifi-
cance of these developments
and the kind of changes need-
ed in the structure of the trade
union movement to meet them.

The solution lies in stimulat-
ing support for one union in
every industry.

It may take time to accomp-
lish,

It may come up against
many obstacles from inside
and outside the trade union
movement.

But solved it must be.

Neediess to say it will come
all the sooner as the rank and
in each of. the unions
concerned take up the cudgels
and fight for it.

In the meantime expulsions
must be ended. It settles no-
thing, but weakens the trade

union movement.

The 11th session of the Gen-
eral Council of the WFTU |
opened in Peking on June 5.}
Photo shows a Negro trade

union leader speaking on the)

role of trade unions in the|
struggle against colonialism.

U.S. union leaders
on trip to Soviets

NEW YORK, N.Y. —Eleven
officials of United States’ Un-
ions have accepted an invita-
tion ‘to visit the Soviet Union
within the next several weeks.
Ten of the group are local or
regional officials of AFL-CIO
affiliates; one is executive
vice-president of International
Brotherhood of ~ Teamsters,
Harold Gibbons.

Included on the delegation
are officials from the Dining
Car Workers, Hotel and Rest-
aurant Workers, United Ser-
vice Employees, United Shoe
Workers, United Auto Work-
ers, Textile Workers, Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, Meat
Cutters, American Federation
of Teachers, Railway Clerks
Union.

Contact between the peoples
of our two nations is now
more important than ever

stated the group.

to signals from a bell.

handles five
pigs all day,
to work to a schedule and give
the pigs better attention. His

pigs are putting on
faster, and what is more, these

Senior cifizens —
ask choir support

purpose of singing for pleasure

the direction of Charles Daw-
son would welcome members
and engagements. For informa-
tion phone TR 4-5629.

izes: ‘Give the farmer a fair
deal on the land, and he will
not leave the farm to take jobs|
in competition with labor as
they have done in the past.”
e

Psychology and Pigs
(From the May 24, ’60 issue

of Peking Review)

“No one would think that
Pavlov’s researches on condi-
tioned reflexes would prove
useful to a Chinese swineherd,
but it has. After studying
Pavlov’s works, he applied it
to his vocation. He trained his
herd of pigs to wash, feed, ex-
ercise and even to go to sleep
For
every porker he used to be
able to manage, he now
and more with
of chasing after
he now has his
“bell-drilled” pigs at his beck
and call. This has enabled him

ease. Instead

weight

porkers keeping regular hours
are found to be less disease-
prone.

A Senior Citizens Mixed
Choir has been formed for the}

and performing at concerts for
organizations of all kinds. ,
The Choir, which is under

tions.

® Set up a continuations
committee consisting of one
member from each waterfront
union,

@ Investigate the effects of
automation on waterfront un-
ions and seek out measures to
protect workers from the ef=
fects of automation.

@ Joint assistance between
all waterfront unions in dis.
putes with employers.

@ Call a further conference
when required.

The conference was charac«
terized by the fact that all de-
cisions were unanimous. Dele-
gate after delegate hammered
at the harmful effect automa-
tion was having on the jobs in
their industry. While not op<
posed to mechanization and
automation the conference
made it clear that labor would
have to win a program that

would look after the workers ‘

displaced in the process.

Shih Chan-chun, above, was
leader of the Chinese Moun<
taineering Team which scaled
the summit of Mt. Everest on

May 25.

June 17, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7