>a sa fF SSeS eS = = =a SS. Gren Se —=—oS = eae! eRe eT oe howe Bone ee a oe cee By to mre A cata aE tee Eat BS a Tt ee ~ full. “There are no genuine nego- | tations in the railway industry. No employer will bargain in : Bood faith with unions that he _ Reither fears. nor respects. He Will only respond to unions that Possess real power to hurt him — unions that are entitled as a last resort to strike for an un- imited time to back up their _ ©Ontract demands. While there Is no real right to strike, there Can be no real collective bar- 8aining. From the companies’ Standpoint, why should they Make any concessions to unions that they aren’t forced to Make? .. .” The above is a direct quote from the address by D. N. Sec- See president of the Canadian totherhood of Railway, Trans- Port and General Workers, ag at its 29th regular conven- On at Toronto, Sept. 17, 1973. IS concedes quite clearly that €re are no alternatives to the it to use the strike weapon; it. without it, collective bar- ae becomes a ‘meaningless re frustrating exercise in Utility, vA the Other Hand... Wwever, three paragraphs further on in his eorent of ae Important issue in railway €0tiations, Mr. Secord states me following: - . Throughout the media- Sha and conciliation. stages, we iene to impress on the govern- : the need for a more’ ratio- coll and effective way to make €ctive’ bargaining work in tion ~ «4° Tailway. industry. Evidently sd Minister of Labor was in- ay anc to some degree by our his ™ments. He has announced Intentions of setting up a Scale inquiry into the whole : T relations scene on the rail- a8, out of which, hopefully, aed some workable re- Benui €ndations for establishing ‘ che eB otiations in place of Out arade that has been acted oie long. If the inquiry will wishes nothing else, it at least expose to public repres just’ how arrogant and nies? id the railway compa- tually eg resations policies ac- aig viously Mr, Secord is contra- two 2 himself, seeking to face and ays on the fundamental Ndivisible democratic right BY BRUCE MAGNUSON Ws esha Surrender of the right to strike means capitulation to strike. He seems to have for- gotten about the Freedman in- quiry, and the subsequent in- quiry into the findings of that inquiry. He seems now prepared to look for some miracles to come from yet another inquiry into the previous inquiry of yet an earlier inquiry, the findings of which have been pigeon- holed and forgotten by the gov- ernment. ; The collusion between the government and the railway companies is clear enough in the public view without any further inquiry. Any new in- quiry is simply a gimmick to brainwash the public in prepar- ation for a state and monopoly assault on the right to strike by _workers in all public service of this country. It is a devise for winning support for week-kneed trade union leaders for state and monopoly policies which stab organized and unorganized workers alike in the back. The Liberal -Labor Minister, Mr. John Munro,.has made his posi- tion clear. He wants to break up the limited progress toward bar- gaining unity achieved ‘to date by railway workers, and frag- ment them even more than ever before. i ' Stanfield Plan As for the Tory Leader, Mr. Stanfield, who sought to appear as a champion of the railway workers by supporting another 4¢ in wages per hour to meet increased living costs this year, it is important to keep the rec- ord straight. Mr. Stanfield also stated that strikes and lockouts are unacceptable weapons in negotiations in essential ser- vices. They must be replaced, but simple compulsory arbitra- tion is not the answer, says he. Instead, he proposed the estab- lishment of a “Public Interest Disputes Commission” to do the job of dictating settlements for the workers. “This Commission would advise which particular services are essential” said Mr. Stanfield. eae Nor did David Lewis chal- lenge the use of Parliament as a strike-breaking agency. For an- other 4¢ per hour wage increase this year Mr. Lewis could have been placed in the position ‘of voting for the strike-breaking bill, rather than against it. None of the parties in the House of Commons defended the right to strike nor challenges the right of Parliament to legislates against that fundamental demo- cratic right. Straightforward The only truly country-wide party — but which at present does not have any member in Parliament — which defended the right to strike in a straight- forward and unambiguous man- ner was the Communist Party. It said that “the non-ops are perfectly justified by a parlia- mentary majority.” The attack on the right to strike is not confined to public service workérs alone. It is be- ing pushed in the private sector ~ as well. It is being posed as a question of finding a better way to settle contractual relations between employers and unions. The Unit- ed Steelworkers of America is presently pushing its ‘“Experi- mental Negotiation Agreement” in the U.S. steel industry, (ENA) as “a better way.” The main point in this agree- ment is to eliminate the pos- sibility of a nationwide strike or lockout in the Steel Industry of the United States. This has been done by a class collaborationist capitulation to the steel com- panies; by voluntary surrender of the strike weapon in favor of so-called voluntary arbitration. In fact, it means the integration of the USWA with the U.S. Steel Industry on a program of safeguarding and increasing in- dustry profits at the expense of the workers who are members of the USWA in the United States. Any and all efforts to bring this policy of class collaboration, and sellout of workers’ interests into this country must be resist- ed‘ by the combined strength of the Canadian trade union move- ment. It is of interest to note that the USWA still remain a Mc- Carran Act-imposed discriminat- ory clause in its constitution against Communists to intimid- ate those who oppose the so- called “BETTER WAY,” as a snare and delusion to deceive union members and all working people. Police strike role criticized To | lic, RONTO — “The fact that e : Ven have been caught active- ; break ene in industrial strike- Reg, & @Spionage, as in the path Strike and others, asig 2 the anti-union em- Police n Police directives to Situationg » assigned to strike : 8," read a harshly-word- Co) iene by the municipal Counc} €e of the Toronto Labor The at its meeting last week. by contr ement was prompted Of deac ‘Nuing police harrasment Istic €ful picketers at the Art- Toronto -Uwork Co., a plant in for more Nat has been struck Course ,; an a month. In the ang ah the strike, 37 strikers Testeg PPOrters have been ar- The ; "esoluti Municipal committee’s Unanimou2y, wuich was passed legates Usly by the council de- tions tal, SO welcomed the ac- EXecutiy €n by the Toronto City © in demanding police explanations and accountability in strike situations. In another motion at City Hall, Alderman Karl Jaffary advised the police commission that the police “have a duty to ensure that those on picket lines are given an opportunity to present infor- mation to those attempting to cross the lines.” : The resolution at the Labor Council instructed the delegates “that when they have trouble with the police on picket lines they should document the situa- tion. In other actions taken by the Labor Council, the Executive Board recommended that the council restate “this council’s support of the 1973 United Way Campaign.” The executive- board’s recommendation was adopted by the council on the same evening that the trustees’ of the Toronto. Board of Educa- tion refused to give their endor- sation of the United Way Cam- paign, “because the United Way is ineffective and actually per- petuates the conditions it claims to be alleviating.” __ Condemn Coup In an Executive Board state- ment entitled “The death of a Democracy” the Toronto Labor Council condemned the over- throw of Dr. Salvador Allende by the military coup d'etat and urged that the “labor movement in Canada must oppose the crushing of this government of the democratic left.” The statement also recom- mended “that this Labor Coun- cil call on the CLC to urge the Canadian government not to ex- tend recognition to the present regime. It is further recom- mended that the CLC request the ICFTU to give all possible . assistance to whatever remains of the legitimate trade union movement in Chile.” “s ‘THE SATRAPS’ Pablo Neruda is dead. This man, a Communist, Nobel Prize-winning poet, senator, ambassador, was a source of inspiration to the people of Chile and mil- lions more around the world through his poems. Born 69 years ago. Neru- da began writing poems while relatively young; his first verses, Twenty Poems of Love and Song of Despera- tion, were published when he was in his twenties. The poem below is _re- portedly his last, written a few days after the coup. It first appeared in an Argen- tinian newspaper last week. Of the year 1973 Voracious hyenas And sellers, incited Neruda’s last poem Nixon, Frei and packet Until today, until this bitter Month of September With Bordaberry, Garrastazu and Banzer Of.our history, rodents Gnawing the banners conquered With so much blood and so much fire, Muddied on the estates, Infernal depredators. Satraps a thousand times sold By the wolves of New York. Machines hungry for dollars, Stained in-the sacrifice Of their martyred peoples, Prostituted merchants Of the American bread and air, Murdering quagmires, herd Of whoremongering chiefs, . With no other law but torture Sas hunger whipping the people. y, Aid democratic Chile— ‘ed is that there must be wide REGINA — A demonstration in support of the Popular Unity government of Chile brought out about 100 demonstrators here Sept. 22. After parading through downtown Regina, a meeting was held in Victoria Park. There were speakers from the organ- izing committee. Voice of Wo- men, the Saskatchewan Peace Council, National Farmers Union, The: Wholesale Retail Employees, the Metis Society, and the Communist Party of Canada. : All speakers emphasized the need for continued pressure on the federal government not to recognize the fascist junta; and called for further efforts to assist the democratic struggles in Chile. The meeting agreed to petition all levels of government not to recognize Chile, and or an em- bargo on Chilean goods. William Beeching, speaking on behalf of the Communist Party of Canada, said that his party fully supports, and is working for, the demand that the federal government shall not recognize the junta, and that the Popular Unity government should be restored to office. Some people, he said, at this meeting, are talking about the lessons to be learned. One of the cardinal lessons to be learn- and solid unity between all de- mocratic forces in order to en- sure the victory of the Popular Front. Allende understood this, and therefore understood the need for close Socialist and Communist unity. No one, he said, should ever have illusions that the military are a neutral force during moments of great social change and upheaval. The fact is that the military in Chile were always a potential counter- revolutionary force, and main- tained their contacts all through with the U.S. military people, he said. Propose world - ‘Allende Day’ HELS!NKI—The World Peace Council proposed today to de- clare Oct. 11 as Salvador Al- lende international memorial day. “President Allende, as sym- ‘bol of popular unity, was an embodiment of the striving of Chile’s popular masses for a better life, for a more just soci- ety — socialism,” says a Coun- cil statement. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1973—PAGE 9