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Painters’ and Poperhangers’ Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45c—Now 19c a Roll TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE Union structure urgently needs democratic changes By OBSERVER If you belong to a local union chartered by a parent body (in- ternational, national or provin- cial), your constitution will like- ly have provisions like the following: e “No Local Union may be dissolved while there are at least twelve members in good standing.” e “Upon the dissolution, sus- pension or revocation of the charter of any chartered Lo- cal Union, all funds and prop- erties shall revert to the International Union to be held in trust until such time as the suspended or defunct or- ganization may be re-organ- ized or be able to conform to the Constitution and laws of this International Union.” No one quarrels with the idea that the funds and property should go to the parent body instead of being divided up among the mem- bers in case of dissolution, But what about a situation where 800 out of 1,000 members, after due and careful deliberation, vote to disaffiliate but not to dissolve? If, after meeting their finan- cial obligations to the inter- national they have say $100,000 and a building worth $150,000, should they keep their assets? Or should the head office take it away from them? In some Cases, the fear of losing such assets will discourage the local union from breaking an old tie. This writer is acquainted with some locals where the members have established parallel so- cieties under the provincial So- cieties Act, in order to transfer all assets above a certain level, to be used for “social and wel- fare purposes,” That should il- ALD. GEORGE McKNIGHT, of Port Alberni, told a meeting in the Cour- tenay Legion Hall recently that “the cost of education should be lifted ‘from the homeowner and the tax im- posed on the extraction of natural resources.” McKnight was speaking _at a meeting called to discuss the re- gional college proposed for Vancou- ver Island. Angry Lytton mothers hit Gaglardi KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The Labor Council here has entered the Lytton ferry fight by asking the Human Rights Committee of the B.C. Federation of Labor to con- duct a thorough investigation into the Lytton mothers’ battle with highways minister P.A, Gaglardi for better ferry facilities, The council said at the meet- ing last Thursday. that it was bitterly opposed to Gaglardi’s «high handed and arrogant tac- tics in condemning the people of Lytton to a life of backwardness and degradation.” Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees local president, Bill Fer- guson, charged that Gaglardi “has condemned these people to second class citizens.” Last . week the “ Anxious Mothers of Lytton” sent ablister- prejudice ing letter to Gaglardi charging that “your refusal to provide an -adequate ferry service is not because of cost but because of your attitude toward us who are most dependent upon the ferry.” About 260 Native Indians are isolated from Lytton because of inadequate and dangerous ferry service across the Fraser River.,. Two months ago a car went off the ferry and four lives were lost. “Only God can help the adult or child who gets sick or injured during the fourteen hours a day that the ferry is closed. Two babies have been born at home in the last six months because the mothers did not come during the hours that you have prescrib- ed. You have sentenced us to a ‘harsh and underprivileged exist- ence,” says the letter. lustrate the problem of local rights, The standard relationship bet- ween a local union and its parent body is that of a local branch to the head office of a business cor- poration, Then there is the local which has been in conflict with its in- ternational office over an extend- ed period, The international has imposed a trusteeship on a num- ber of occasions and many mem- bers have been suspended for five, ten and fifteen years, Others have been expelled, As a last re- sort, the international office may order the local divided, to make two, three or four smaller locals, Any member advocating a vote on whether the local should leave the international would face ex- pulsion and perhaps loss of his job. This raises the question of the voluntary concept of trade union- ism, The average international constitution is drawn up by high- priced lawyers, It is designed to protect the establishment from the membership. No provision is made for a local to go inde- pendent, or to switch to another parent body. If every local union had the right to withdraw from its parent body, after meeting reasonable requirements, very few would withdraw, and the parent bodies would be more responsive to the wishes of the membership. The need today is for amalgamations at the local level and mergers at the national and international ~ level, If the local union was free to withdraw from its parent body, American control of our labor movement would be greatly re- duced. The relationship would be ° more of a voluntary one, based on mutual interests and co- operation, You cannot have true international solidarity unless co-operation is voluntary, Organized labor is progress- ive in its social demands and conservative in changing its own structure, That poses a challenge to the true pioneers in the labor movement, the radicals, Someone has to heat up the debate on such issues, eee eeecccvcscoccesesesesees OVALTINE- CAFE 251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE eeceeeseseceessece @rmeaeeecoeeesece Classified Advertising FARM FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES A. KORCHAK 367 No. 5 Road-Richmond Phone — 278-5878 DUNDAS B-A (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) Complete Auto Repair and Service for All Makes Government Certified Mechanic and SERVICE V. W. 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