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"duced majority. Author railroad workers from striking.

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tant Longshoremen win
: a minimum wage as
‘swer to mechanization| record as favoring compulsory

Phe] Convention votes to| firemen.
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lo. 4p, succumbing to

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ig moved, first province-| show of unity decides to go
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delegation of trade

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io Act and its admin-| (13.3% of the labor force) B.C.

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C N is called\ for by the| citizens are jobless.

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Ine 8ency of the U.S. gov-| will be taking place in various

Year in Review

C. Labor Made History

Since Last Labor Day

he labor front in B.C. during

, are reprinted some of the reverses and gains that were
y, 1960, and Labor Day of this year.

a

e Canadian Labor Congress
brass vetoes B.C.F.L. Cuba
delegation.

e Mayor Alsbury goes on

arbitration for policemen and

DECEMBER, 1960
e Okanagan Labor Council
1] urges Diefenbaker not to g0
ahead with the present Colum-

bia Treaty.
e The’ VLC, in a militant

Cuba delegation, despite ob-

ke wcCOuver Labor Council| jections of the CLC.

g JANUARY, 1961

e BC. Labor Relations
e| Board turns down an applica-
tion for certification by Can.
e| Ironworkers Local 1.

d e Prince Rupert Labor

Foy 4W from the B.C. Feder-| Council condemns CLC atti-

tude on Cuba delegation.
e Western Dist. Convention

| for trade and solidarity with

. Wa ‘
be ters of the river across| all countries, especially Cuba,

and for an end to CLC policy

an .. Fed. of Labor aims| which excludes many militant
Iie ‘S at a 77-hour day as| unions.

FEBRUARY, 1961
e ILWU demands that Can-
ada pull out of NATO and

NORAD.
e Unemployment march on

© condemns the rise of| City Hall while police with

tear gas stand by.
e Dominion Bureau of Sta-
reveals that 77,000

e Pacific Tribune calls for
i united stand in forthcoming
negotiations which

a| industries in BC:
@ VLC calls on BCFL to
cision

per Fairclough to in-; Cuba.
°n behalf of Hamish

MARCH, 1961

e 2000 jobless lobby Vic-
We Want

®l backing, rushes| Work!”

mA :
Noe Lents deeply distu

rbed the labor movement in B.

the past 12 months. Below,

® The VLC overwhelmingly

goes on record — withdraw
from NATO and disarm unila-
terally.

e UFAWU convention ap-
peals for all-in unity in form-
ing ‘New Party.

e Intl. Brotherhood of Car-
penters re-instates 22 members
who were suspended from
Local 452 five and half years
ago.
e Harold Winch says that
Tim Buck’s call for support of
New Party was “promoted by
capitalists.”

e Bill 42, prohibiting the
use of union funds for politi-
cal action, is passed in the
Provincial Legislature.

e Marine Workers union
wins 21¢c an hour over a 3-
year period.

APRIL, 1961

e George Lakusta expelled
from IWA for running as Com-
munist candidate.

e VLC condemns the US.-
inspired attack on Cuba and
pledges full support to the
people of that country.

MAY, 1961

e BCFL says “Hands Off
Cuba”!

e B.C. trade union delega-
tion hosted in Moscow.

e 14th convention of B.C.
Communists calls for a Trade
Commission in People’s China
which would mean thousands
of jobs for B.C. workers.

JUNE, 1961

e Attempt to scuttle China
grain deal by U.S. Govt. stirs
up a barrage of protests in
B.C. labor circles.

e Trusteeship lifted on
IBEW Local 213 after six
years.

e VLC unanimously opposed
to Canada joining the OAS.

e Building trades unions
settle for last year’s agree-
ment.

e IWA caves in to bosses
line of no wage increases and
opens the flood gates for an
all-out offensive. “A tragic

Cc In May the B.C. Federa-
shows the demonstration at

| US. or demanded “Hands Off Cuba.” Above Bee Lion of Cuba. Many unionists

Onsulate in Vancouver at the t
th the picket line.

ime of the iny.

UNEMPLOYMENT loomed large in B.C. since last Labor
Labor fought back. The above picture shows the
march to Victoria since the Hungry

Day.
biggest jobless

Thirties. 2,000 took part in a lobby to the legislature int

March demanding jobs.

mistake” says Syd Thompson.
JULY, 1961 |

e Vancouver Sun injects it-

self into internal union affairs

by calling for a change in

policy after New Westminster
local of IWA quits VLC.

© Shell Oil attempts to stop

Jerry LeBourdais from visit-

ing Cuba as part of a 5-man
B.C. union delegation, but Le-
Bourdais and his union fight
back and the company retreats.
® Workers at Taylor Pear-
son & Co. go out on strike.

AUGUST, 1961

e The glass industry in Van-
couver comes to a _ standstill
with a strike at 4 firms and a

lockout at 8 others.

® VLC backs striking work-

ers at the Royal York Hotel
and asks CLC to organize an
international boycott of the
CPR until the strike has been
settled and all scabs fired.

@ VLC raps the bargain sale
of NHA mortgages by the gov-
ernment, claiming it will make
millionaires overnight at the
expense. of the Canadian
people.

‘e B.C. Federation of Labor
launches petition for repeal
of Bills 43 and 42. Also issues
circular urging public power
policy with benefits passed on
to consumers.

e Date for B.C. Federation
of Labor convention set to
open October 23. Provincial
NDP Founding convention set

for October 27-29.

East Berlin Action

Continued from page 3
Times. only half that number
showed up.)

PARASITES BLOCKED

Citizens of the GDR residing
in East Berlin or the German
democratic republic now re-
quire permits to cross to West
Berlin. This means that the
“Grenzgaenger” — East Ber-
lin residents who work in West
Berlin — will no longer be
ollowed to continue their para-
sitic mode of existence, letting
West Berlin capitalists profit
by their work, and sharing all
the benefits of the socialist so-
ciety. where they live, but to-
wards which they have contri-
buted nothing. Instead they
harmed it by their inflated pur-
chasing power deriving from
the illegal currency speculation
when they exchanged their
Westmark wages into East-
marks, at the rate of one to
four.

The “Grenzgaenger” will im-
mediately be absorbed into the
thriving socialist economy of
East Berlin and the republic.

There is severe dislocation
in West Berlin’s industry, due
to the absence of these 60,000
Grenzgaenger. Some, especially
small and medium firms oper-
ated with 80 percent Grenz-
gaenger on their staff.

Closing of the borders has
completely disrupted the busi-
ness of the currency speculat-
ors. The chain of exchange of-
ficers is collapsing, 80 ex-
change centres throughout
West Berlin have given notice
to their staff and are closing
down.

TRADE THREATS
On the political front too,

bad tidings chase each other
for Brandt and Adenauer, who
have tried to involve the West-
ern countries in some kind of
action, like breaking off trade
relations with the Socialist
countries. The entire British
press has finally awakened to
reality and strongly condemned
Bonn’s playing with fire. Even
the U.S. has been put under
such pressure from its aliies,
that strong measures have been
ruled out. So the talk from
Adenauer has been of break-
ing off trade with the GDR.

The London Times remarks
sarcastically, that Adenauer’s
suggestion to the West about
breaking off trade, would only
cause trouble in his own back-
yard. Adenauer then hastily
declared, that he would not
contemplate any measure that
could harm any section of
“free” Germany. ;

On this day of ‘‘desperate”
news. it is little wonder that
the West Berlin radio derives
such comfort from the state-
ments of John Diefenbaker.

In East Berlin and the GDR
life goes on very normally.
There has been an upsurge of
patriotic feeling. even amongst
people who stood aside or had
misgivings with this or that
poley. They associate them-
selves with this state as their
state. and see in the measures
taken. necessary steps to safe-
guard their country. and
peace. ; ; |

Is the government of the
GDR uncertain of its people, as
West papers maintain? The
GDR has just armed iis work-
ers. Which Western couniry

would dare take such a step?

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