Members of the Soviet Committee for the Defence of Peace are shown at a meeting in Moscow May 27 to plan launching of a massive signature campaign for the Stockholm Appeal. The campaign will reach the USSR’s entire population above 16 through hundreds of thousands of activists in every field of activity. Tass photo “B.C. labor will play full role’ Cont'd from pg. 1 in the meantime our action program is being implemented full speed so that our membership is ready and prepared for all even- tualities.”” Meanwhile in Toronto, at a special meeting of the executive board of the Ontario Federation of Labor May 24, the CLC’s action program and its campaign against the controls were fully endorsed. OFL president David Archer said there was complete unanimity among the Fedeeation’s vice- presidents in endorsing the CLC battle plan including the call for the preparation for the general strike. He also said that the OFL executive’s position fully reflected the attitude of the broader-based Executive Council of the OFL which represents delegates from each of the 50 labor councils of Ontario. : On the call for the general strike Archer said that the 800,000 member OFL was ‘prepared to support any plan of action President Morris and his executive may undertake to end the inequities of the federal program which have seriously undermined the ability of the workers in Canada to negotiate wage rates that will ensure a decent standard of living.” Len Guy, B.C. Federation of DAVID ARCHER, Ontario Labor Federation president, pledged full support for CLC action. Labor secretary, told the Tribune Wednesday that ‘‘the Federation will do everything in its power’’ to carry out the mandate given the CLC executive by the last Congress. ‘‘The B.C. Federation of Labor will do no less than the Ontario Federation of Labor in endorsing the program of action of the CLC executive, and we will play our full role,” Guy said. The Federation secretary said that it is his intention to discuss the implementation of the CLC action program with the officers of the Federation at the first meeting of executive members, many of whom are away at present. US wants continental approach New fish sellout looms The United States is attempting to impose in the salmon resource the same continentalism that has governed its approach to other Canadian natural resources, warned UFAWU business agent George Hewison who emerged May 21 from the latest round of Canada-U:S. reciprocal salmon talks. Hewison, one of _ several Canadian observers in the talks, said the latest U.S. proposal gave clear indication of a movement towards such a continental ap- proach — which this country has done little so far to stop. The proposal called for the creation of a new salmon com- mission, the jurisdiction of which would stretch over much of the coastline, from Cape Yakutat in the north to the Oregon-California border in the south. In advancing the plan, the U.S. effectively abandoned the prin- ciples which once formed the basis for the talks — reductions in in- terceptions of each country’s salmon towards the objective of equity in interceptions — and laid the basis for a new policy that would greatly favor the U.S. to Canada’s detriment. Although the talks have complex history, the basic issue involved is this: Salmon bound for either a Canadian or a U.S. river are frequently intercepted by the other country necessitating international agreement on the extent of those interceptions. The imbalances in interceptions have favored the U.S. and Canadian fishermen have sought a strengthened agreement with the U.S. which would reduce the number of interceptions and achieve some measure of equity. Ultimately — and this is_ the position the UFAWU has advanced — they want to establish the principle that each country harvest the fish produced in its rivers. An agreement in principle was’ reached in the talks in 1971 to reduce interceptions towards an equitable balance but Canada, faced with U.S. refusal to abide by those principles in subsequent negotiations has compromised and: retreated every step of the way — including the latest round of talks. “In the ten years since the talks began, the U.S. has made not one compromise on any significant - issue. Canada has been making all the compromises,’’ declared Hewison, noting that successive Canadian retreats now threaten to become a full-scale rout. The UFAWU warned of a sellout in 1974, following the conclusion of talks in February, and launched a major campaign to avert it, but since that time, talks have been going on privately between Canadian and U.S. - negotiators with the result that several already established Canadian rights have “ADMISSION — ~ $5. 00 s PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 11, 1976—Page 12 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW “2nd 2 RENFREW FOOD - _ _ ENTERTAINMENT - — DANCING ‘Tickets at eT Office, Co-Op Bookstore, Press Clu ‘ Members been removed from the bargaining table through Canadian con- cessions. Two of the more disturbing concessions involve Alaska which will be allowed some time before it becomes part of a interception reduction scheme covering nor- thern B.C. salmon. As a result, Canadian salmon intercepted by Alaskan fishermen will, for the purposes of the scheme, be deemed not to have been caught. In addition, Alaska Panhandle rivers whose fish stocks spawn in Canadian rivers are to be con- sidered ‘‘joint rivers.’’ Earlier recognition that they are Canadian stocks has been discarded. On that issue, when Canadian negotiators pointed out that this country spends $750,000 annually managing Panhandle rivers while receiving no commercial benefit; their American counterparts responded that their country was “giving away” salmon valued at $15 million annually to the Japanese, and, from now on, they intended to assume the full cost of protecting the North American salmon. Although the U.S. continet) scheme and the concessions accompany it have yet to be malized in an actual agreem® Canada’s retreat before Up demands has not given the any reason to assume that it coh not push the scheme through wi talks reopen in the fall. Moreover, a new factor — extension next March of the U) fishing. zone to 200 miles — % been added which has heightel Canadian fishermen’s fears 0 sellout. ’ “We'll no longer be able to @ some of the measures J, strengthen our position 4% formerly were open to Hewison explained. “‘But wel” still got some options left — 4, they’re only of value if the fed@ government is prepared to sl its ground. “The U.S. position has chai not one iota in ten years Wi Canada has compromised all way,’ he declared. ‘‘Unless is support from the fed government for a strong standyy ! the issues will be resolved in fa) of the Americans.” cscsiiaiees! ih ail sarah AIB rulings hit Cont'd from pg. 1 : those in the Canadian Labor Congress and those in the Con- federation of National Trade Unions and the independents. “The struggle in Kitimat proves the soundness of the decision of the : recent CLC convention to call a general strike against wage controls, if.and when necessary,” said Phillips. In Sparwood, over 1,500 coalminers are digging in for a lengthy battle with the Anti- Inflation Board following an AIB- ordered rollback of more than 50 percent in their negotiated set- tlement with Kaiser Resources. The miners, members of Local 7292 of the United Mine Workers’ saw the AIB order a cut from 17.42 to nine percent in the first year of a two-year agreement. The second year increase was reduced from 11.32 percent to six percent. The workers have been without a contract since January 1. UMW spokesman Danny Boyle told the Tribune Tuesday that the miners strike, which began May 15, was a two pronged attack. “We're striking against both the company and the AIB. We negotiated a settlement in good faith, had it rolled back and ap- pealed the ruling. Since then we’ve heard nothing from the Anti- Inflation Board.” Boyle said that in addition to the strike by the 1500 UMW miners, another 800 miners, members of Local 7884 of the Steelworkers, were on strike against Cominco’s Elkford operation, making a total of 2,300 workers on strike in the Crowsnest Pass. The steelworkers are seeking parity with the Sparwood miners and have staged demonstrations as well as collecting 2,600 signatures in support of the UMW strikers at Sparwood, in their fight with the AIB. Kaiser has been urging the workers to accept the AIB ruling and return to work at the reduced contract, Boyle Said. “But. we’re determined to stick it out until we get what we negotiated. The membership is 100 percent solidly behind the position we’ve adopted and they’re sticking with it.” Community Support for the miners’ struggle is running very high he added, and a number of community demonstrations, in- cluding one of more than= miners’ wives to back their 4 against the AIB. -‘‘The Crowsnest Pass area is affecteey this strike and the local @ munities have been very * portive,”’ he said. Of the 1,500 Sparwood mid approximately 800 live in SP wood itself and the rest livé Fernie and Coalman, Albé@ “Obviously the whole area | react to the situation,” he saidj } The UMW has indicated ™ consideration has been givelly spreading the strike to take if! entire District 18 of the Workers’ organization. 4) District includes all Le coalfields in British Colum), Alberta; Saskatchewan, ! ( Manitoba, and represents 4%) 5,000 coalminers. aa “We have something %]) stalemate right now in SparW but once the other areas are {r@ strike, we'll certainly be lool ; into the possibilities of spread) the strike right across District! Boyle said _ the Sparwo) agreement was the first Uy agreement in western Canada | ruled on, and the other settlam are currently before the Al? Ottawa, awaiting a ruling. 4 Boyle also said that if the § | a spreads, the UMW woul “discussing the possibility” , asking members : Longshoremen’s union ia 4 : the Roberts Bank superport | Tsawwassen, to stay off the ig respect for the UMW picket Roberts Bank is the shiPf if facility where all of the coal i Kaiser’s operations in Crowsnest Pass is loaded ab | ships bound for Japan. “Righty : the longshoremen are just not! ‘a position to stay off, but if thes) spreads that’ situation © | | change,”’ he said. 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