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WSITORS

Peace workers in Surrey have prepared this float which they plan to enter in all

coming fairs in the Fraser Valley. In the meantime, the float with its message of
peace in Vietnam is being seen by many tourists and residents in the Fraser Valley.

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Probe of U.S.

Canadian

relations urged by labor

A royal commission to probe
various aspects of Canadian-
American economic relations is
being sought by the Canadian
Labor Congress. Announcement
of the proposal was made last
week by Claude Jodoin, CLC
president, following a meeting
of the organization’s executive
council,

The commission would be asked
to investigate:

1, The nature of capital flows
between Canada and the U,S,

2. The extent of U.S, owner-
ship and control of Canadian
industries,

Bolshoi Ballet
to be honored

The Vancouver branch of the
Canada-U,S,S.R, Association
announced this week there will
be an afternoon tea in honor
of the artists of the Bolshoi
Ballet on Sunday, July 24 at
1:30 p,m. in the Hotel Van-
couver Ballroom, The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Tea will be $1.00, For invita-
tions phone 987-1691 or 683-
1464,

3. The extent to which Canadi-
an export trade may be constrain-
ed by the limitation of some
subsidiaries to serving the Ca-
nadian market or providing the
parent company with raw ma-
terials,

4. The extent to which indus-
trial research and development
in Canada may be affected by
U.S, control,

5. The potential adequacy of
Canadian capital to finance more
industrial development,

6, Whether the price paid in the
outflow of dividends and interest
is too high for the value of ser-

vices received.

7, The extend to which sub-
sidiaries may be directed by
policies of the U.S, government.

8. The effect of the Canadian
and U,S, tariff structure on their
economic relations,

9, The extent to which sub-
sidiaries may be less voluner-
able to the actions of Canadian
monetary and fiscal policies be-
cause of their link with parent
companies outside Canada,

Arms shipments to U.S.

Cont'd from pg. 1

As a member of the three-
nation International Control Com-
mission, set up to police the
Geneva Agreement, Canada
should be one of the first coun-
tries to refuse to violate the
terms of that agreement,

However, Prime Minister
Pearson and External Affairs
Minister Paul Martin have tried
to get around the Geneva accord
by taking the stand that Canada
doesn’t ship. arms directly to
Vietnam, but only sells to the
U.S. and what the U.S, does with

them is their own business,

However, the federal govern-
ment is fully aware that the in-
creased flow of explosives and
weapons and parts of all kinds
are earmarked for the use of
American forces in Vietnam in
violation of the Geneva agree-
ment. This slight-of-hand trick
by Ottawa to get around our
responsibility in Vietnam is a
disgrace to Canada, It lessens
the role Canada could play as a
neutral to bring about peace in
Vietnam and tarnishes our good
name,

LABOR SCENE:

Carpenters win shorter day;
score hig gain for all labor

An important victory for all
of B.C. labor was rolled up
this week when the Carpenters’
Union signed a contract with
30 independent contractors in
B.C. which establishes the 7}
hour day starting from October
next year.

The carpenters have also won
a 40-cent an hour wage increase
over two years on the present
$3.49 an hour, plus improve-
ments
benefits.

The important breakthrough by
the carpenters opens the way to
establish the shorter work day
in the whole construction industry
and will give a strong stimulus
to the entire labor movement to
fight for shorter hours,

Meanwhile, the 322 companies
represented by the Amalgamated
Construction Association, is

maintaining its anit-union stand,

In a pamphlet put out recently
they threatened to close down
the industry rather than concede
to the union’s demand for shorter
hours,

A government-supervised
strike vote is being taken among
about 4,000 carpenters who work
for firms represented by the
Amalgamated Construction Asso-
ciation. Results are expected in
less than three weeks.

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Faced with the threat of a
strike deadline last Monday by
about 5,000 Cominco employees,
the Consolidated Mining and
Smelting Co., agreed to terms
of settlement with the Mine-Mill
union,

In a. joint statement the com-
pany and union said agreement
in. principle had been reached
for a new contract. Harvey
Murphy, union regional presi-
dent, said “everyone is very
happy about the agreement.”
Local union meetings are being

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LENKURT

ELECTRIC
CO.

in. pension and welfare

held this week at which members
will vote on the new proposed

settlement,

Covered by the contract are
about 3,500 workers at Trail;
1,132 in Kimberley, 200 at Ben-
son Lake on Vancouver Island,
170 at Bluebell near Creston,
and 115 at H.B, at Salmo.

According to reports the new
contract is expected to give the
miners and smelterworkers sub-
stantial increases in wages and
many fringe benefits, including
classification adjustments; holi-
days and shift differentials. It
is estimated that the total pack-
age will amout to about 52 or 53
cents per hour. Details will be

announced following local meet-—

ings.

Electrical workers carry
on fight for democracy

By ELECTRICAL WORKER

After walking off their job to
protest a company about face not
to work overtime almost four
months ago, the workers at Len-
kurt Electric, those that are left

of the original 257, had the final-

“coup-de-grace” delivered with
the signing of the new agree-
ment by Local 213 of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Elec-.
trical Workers (IBEW).

The settlement of 18% over
three years brings the base rate
to a magnanimous $1.60 per hour,
fell far short of the 16% over one
year originally set, A handsome
bargain for the General Telephone
and Electronics Corp., which, ac-
cording to NDP leader Robert
Strachan in the “Labor States-
man,” made a paltry $91 million
last year.

As for the overtime clause, it
couldn’t have been worked better
if the company had done it, Ina
plant where excessive overtime
had brought some of the women
employees almost to tears, and
was bitterly resisted to the point
of a walkout — the new clause in
the agreement now firmly takes
this monopoly to task and says
“you must give reasonable notice
to work overtime!”

Yes, and in case there were
some of the workers who thought
they may get home of an evening
to spend their lucrative earnings,
it further states “That all over-
time shall be fairly distributed
where practicable,”

The whole labor movement in
B.C, has by now felt some of the

“Have you ever taken part in a strike, picketeline, or any

other subversive activity?”’

repercussions of the sellout at
Lenkurt by the Jack Ross-Angus
MacDonald-Bill Ladyman “Ter-
rible Troika.”
feel. the results of this sellout
are the labor leaders now before
the Supreme Court, and the Local
213 members before the domestic
kangaroo court in the local.

At the latter hearings a state-
ment was read to the Local Ex-
ecutive Board by Les McDonald,
spokesman for all charged mem-~
bers, with some difficulty for they
attempted to prevent even that
elementary right — pointing out
that as the Lenkurt issue waS
before the court, to appear before
a union trial board and give evi-
dence could seriously prejudice
the future not only of themselves

put of the labor leaders arraigned —

there — particularly, as some
of the witnesses for the prosecu~
tion in the union trial are also
witnesses for the Attorney-Gen-
eral in the Supreme Court trial!

However, in spite of the laws
of sub-judice, and any other form
of natural justice, the trials pro-

ceeded anyway and all were duly —

found builty in abstentia, receiv-
ing terms of suspension from the
union of one year for John Kapal-

ka, three for Tom Constable, 14

for George Angus, 15 for Art
O’Keeffe, 25 for Jess Succamore
and 30 for Les McDonald, with
the other 20 receiving various
terms between one and 30 yearSe

But the local has arrived at
the crossroads, and an opportun-
ity in the local elections now
underway, presents itself like

nothing else could, for the mem- ~

bership to decide which way they

’ intend to travel.

Although the elimination of A.
O’Keeffe, J, Kapalka and L, Mc-
Donald from the elections re-
moved the strongest advocates
of Canadian autonomy and mem-~
bership rule, in the nominations
which took place last Friday, 2
solid slate of popular anti-Len-
kurt sellout and pro-local au-
tonomy candidates were put for-
ward,

The pro-International faction —
are also split amongthemselves, -

and are unable to come together
with single candidates for the
various offices — particularly
the pork chop variety! The result
is that out of the chaos of the
preceding months, the opportunity
now exists for the democratic
forces in the union, representing

all that is good in that extra- —

ordinary organization, to come
together and sweep out of office
completely the present officers
and their running mates,

July 22, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8

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