6,000 support Dare strikers

@ Continued from page 5

young man, who later hosted
the speaking portion of the de-
monstration, introduced himself
saying, “I am a Dare striker.”
His* explanation of the strike
set the tone for the addresses
that followed. After the intro-
duction, David Archer, president
‘of the Ontario Federation of
Labor, made’ a short speech
welcoming “the participation of
all the trade unionists assem-
bled here and especially all of
the progressive and democratic
organizations that are lending
their support to this show of
solidarity.”

Archer was followed by Bev-
erly Norris, a young woman
who has been on strike against
Dare Cookies Ltd. for almost
a year. She began by thanking
all those at the demonstration
for their massive show of sup-
port of the Dare strikers and
thanked all those who have
been actively supporting the
strike through their boycott of
all Dare products. She then ad-
dressed herself to a point that
had been on the minds of many
throughout the march. She told
the audience of the possible up-
coming decertification vote by
the scabs who are now work-
ing in the plant.

“Mr. Dare can talk of decer-
tification,” she said, “but we are
not beaten and this struggle
will not be finished until all of
the strikers are able to return
to work with a, real contract.
We are prepared to conduct this
battle forever — through more
demonstrations like this one
and through the boycott.”

Other speakers, following Ms.
Norris’ speech, took the plat-
form to voice their solidarity
with the Dare strikers, includ-
ing representatives from CUPE,
the Steelworkers, UAW, the
Public Service Alliance, the Na-
tional Farmers’ Union. and the
NDP.

An especially welcomed speech
came from a Spanish worker
from the Barcelona CEAT plant
where he, along with his fellow
workers have been locked out,
and who represents the Span-
ish Workers’ Commissions in
Spain. Speaking through a tran-

UAW local 1967
elections held

TORONTO — Last year the
United Automobile Workers In-
ternational,’ supported by its
Canadian District, landed on
Metro Local 1967, (Douglas Air-
craft) and compelled them to
return to work although they
had voted twice against the
terms of the agreement. In justi-
fying its position the Inter-
national and Canadian District
claimed that the strike leaders
did not represent the member-
ship and were keeping them out
against their will.

Last week the workers (the
largest local union in Metro)
elected their executive
swept in those who had led the
strike, headed by Jack Kirkby
who was elected president. Ex-
President Johnston, who led the
internal forces supporting the
International was defeated by
Kirkby by a vote of about 1,600
to 1,000.

Kirkby, a well known left-
wing spokesman was elected
along with five members of his
slate on the first ballot. A run-
off for the other four posts was
conducted last. week and. his
slate won two more Offices.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1973 — PAGE 10

and

Striking Dare workers marching under the banner of Local 173
United Brewery Workers.

slator, he brought greetings
from the Spanish workers to
the Dare strikers and explained
why it was important that in-
ternational support be given to
this kind of solidarity. ‘“Whe-
ther the struggle against the
multi-national corporations is
here in Kitchener or in Spain,
it involves all of us and unity
is needed to defeat them,” he
said.

Although the Communist
Party of Canada was not repre-
sented on the speakers’ list,
the Tribune interviewed Bill
Stewart, Ontario leader of the
Communist Party, who took
part in the demonstration, for
his appraisal of the demonstra-
tion.

LABOR SCENE

BY BRUCE MAGNUSON

The weekly column, Labor
Scene by Bruce Magnuson,
which appeared last in the
May 9 issue of the Tribune,
will return in July. —

Bruce Magnuson is con-
valescing after a short peri-
ed in hospital for minor
surgery; and will return to
the Tribune following his
annual vacation.

646 million bushels.

Grain deliveries from western
farms since the start of the crop
year are about 90 million bush-
els ahead of last season. At
April 11 they totalled 646 mil-
lion bushels compared to 556.3
million for the same period in
1971-1972.

Queen's Park lobby

@ Continued from page 5
to their community about the
attitude of their MPP.

“The questions we’re stres-
sing? First of all, the demand
for a guaranteed annual ade-
quate income for all people in
Ontario. We’re also calling for
full employment policies, safe
and adequate housing for all
people at prices they can afford,
prescription drugs and dental
care to be included in OHIP,
and the equalization of the tax
load in the province so that in-
dustry and the large corpora-
tions .assume their corporate
responsibilities by paying their
fair share of taxes.

Expect Answers

“Every MPP has been sent a
copy of the brief that we hope
to discuss with them. By June
7 they should be very familiar
with its contents, so we expect
answers. And we expect some-
thing is going to be done.

“We hope that this lobby will
raise the understanding of

“This was a very fine and
united demonstration of work-
ing people,’ Mr. Stewart said,
“backed by broad sections of
the community. It indicates, I

_ would say, the readiness of the

trade union membership in On-
tario to take militant action
against the monopolies and in
support of their fellow union-
ists.

“Particularly evident and
most important was the number
of women in the demonstration,
showing the growing awareness
by working class women of the
need to enter into the battles
of their class.

“The weakness of the demon-
stration it seemed to me, was
its lack of direction or focus.
The main point, ‘made by Bill
Woodbeck, speaking on behalf
of the United Electrical Work-
ers, and echoed by others, was:
‘Let’s take the battle to Queen’s
Park.’

“Great emphasis was placed
on spreading the boycott, and
the importance of that cannot
be underestimated, but it would
seem to me that what could do
more than anything else to
‘break the log-jam and force the
company to the wall would be
20,000 workers at Queen’s Park
demanding that the government
compel Dare to settle with its
workers immediately on terms
satisfying the werkers’ reason-
able demands.

“In any case this strike must
not be lost and the leadership
of the Ontario Federation of
Labor should read this demon-
stration both as a sanction and
an instruction to move the
whole power of the OFL into
action to ensure a victory.”

people in the province,’ Mr.
Carson continued, ‘‘and to get
the coalition organized further.
When people see what we want,
we hope that they will join
with us to get something done
about ‘it.

“As a matter of fact, we sup-
ported the teachers in their
protests against the cutbacks in
education, sending out material
across the province. These cut-
backs are going to really affect
the children of low-income peo-
ple, there’s no doubt about that.
With the quality of education
being reduced, it’s not only go-
ing to hurt them now, but es-
pecially for the future.

“We hope to get a really
good turn-out at this lobby,” he
concluded, “to make our de-
mands that are in the interest
of the people. of Ontario felt in
the legislature, and heard by
low-income and working people
all across the province. so that
they will join. with us-in the
future.”

By CHRIS HANSEN

EDMONTON — The Conser-
vative government in Alberta
initially refused to make any
more changes in one of the most
anti-labor labor acts in Canada.

The implementation of Bill 35
would mean. an individual trade
union membet would be liable
for up to $10,000 fine for an ille-
gal strike. Individual employers,
however, would be liable for a
fine of up to only $1,000 per day
for an illegal lockout.

On May 1, however, a demon-
stration by 2,000 construction

workers forced some changes in _

the act. The fines were cut from
$10,000 for an individual trade
unionist charged with going on
an illegal strike to $1,000. The
fines still remain at $10,000,
however, for union officials in-
volved in an illegal strike.
Commitment Broken
Labor Minister Bert Hohol has
given both public. and private
commitments to all the building

‘trades unions that he would pro-

vide legislation prohibiting em-
ployers from avoiding collective
agreements and certifications by
the incorporation of new com-
panies. He now refuses to stand
by that commitment and has
come out with Bill 35.

Soviet-FGR ties

@ Continued from page 5

out of its state of permanent
crisis and dissention. And only
on the extreme right-wing flank
of political life in the FRG—in
the camp which has forgotten
nothing and which has learned
nothing—led by Strauss, is there
“moaning and teeth-gritting.”

Receding into the past,
Strauss and his like-minded col-
leagues would like to lead all
their country into the icy dark-
ness of the cold war, but that
time is past.

The detente, while not remov-
ing ideological contradictions,
will help to make peace really
inviolable.

Members of the largest West
German concerns, these kings of
steel, chemistry, power and
automobile building are hard to
sunprise by the scale of possible
deals. But the conviction of the
CPSU general secretary when
he spoke of the possibilities of
long-term economic cooperation
between the USSR and the FRG
for 30, 40 and even 50 years
ahead about giant projects of
joint development of power re-
sources on a multilateral basis,
made a deep impression on his
experienced listeners.

At 'the beginning of the talks
some of them expressed doubts
that the industrial potential of

majority. .

State closely tied to France.

France does not announce the dates of its nuclear
Pacific, but sources.in Paris said indications were tha

‘that the government can

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among the aspects which mak ;
this one of the most anti ;
pieces of legislation in Can™
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the place of the dispute — ™

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provisions allowing em ade
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if the trade unions do not be
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