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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

MOORE WARNS J. V. CLYNE
IWA IS PREPARED TO FIGHT

Regional President Jack
Moore has warned MacMillan
Bloedel head J. V. Clyne that
the IWA will not be intimi-
dated by his threat of closing
down the forest industry if
the Union persists in its pres-
ent contract demands.

Clyne, in a statement to
company shareholders, said
that the industry would be in
for a lengthy strike if the
IWA persisted in its demand
for 50 cents an hour pay raise
and other fringe benefits.

He made his threat after
telling shareholders that com-
pany profits were insufficient
this year to give employees
such a wage increase.

Moore replied by pointing
out that MacMillan Bloedel’s
earnings increased by 62 mil-
lion dollars between 1966 and
1967, and its capital expendi-
tures increased by over 100%
. .. from $52 million to $120
million.

He went on to say that:

“In spite of this huge ex-
pansion program, paid for in

the end by our members, the
company made $74 million
last year.

“The money for a-substan-
tial wage increase is there
and we are going to get it.

“Clyne says we're going to
have to fight for it. That’s not
news. Nobody ever got a nic-
kel from M.B. without fight-
ing for it, or without intimida-
tion from Clyne.

“The more threats like this
one that he issues, the harder
the fight he'll get, and the
more of that money we’ll get.”

INDUSTRIES LEAVING SASKATCHEWAN
UNDER THATCHER'S LIBERAL GOVERNMENT

The serious setback in in-
dustrial development, which
Saskatchewan has suffered
since trading a CCF govern-
ment for a Liberal one, was
detailed by Gordon Snyder,
NDP member of the legisla-
ture for Moose Jaw North.
Mr. Snyder is a locomotive
engineman, a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, Lo-
cal 521. He was speaking in
the throne speech debate.

Mr. Thatcher has gone
across Canada announcing
the establishment of new in-
dustries which have not ma-
terialized, while established
industries in the province
were being shut down.

NEW INDUSTRIES

Among the new industries
which Mr. Thatcher imagined
but which no one has ever
seen were the following:

A heavy water plant for
Estevan; a $5 million chemi-
eal plant for Prince Albert,
announced September 1966; a
Volkswagen centre for Re-
gina, announced August 1966;
a $25 million iron pellet plant
for Regina.

Even worse, said Mr. Sny-
der, the government was out
of pocket $400,000 for a road
to service Primrose Forest
Products at Meadow Lake,
which never went into pro-
duction. Also missing was an
asbestos pipe manufacturing

plant announced in June,
1965.

NO RESULTS

Several potash develop-
ments have been repeatedly
announced without tangible
results, while TISCO Steel
Wire Plant, announced for
Moose Jaw last October, also
joined the spectres of vanish-
ed industrial hopes.

Meanwhile _ industries
which had been well estab-
lished before the Liberals
came into office in 1964 were
now, in many cases closing
down or reducing their oper-
ations. Mr. Snyder gave the
following examples:

Hardply Corporation,
Prince Albert, closed down,
laying off 96 employees in
April, 1966;

Burns Foods Ltd., Regina,
closed a section in June, 1967,
laying off 80 employees;

__ Intercontinental Packers
Regina, closed Septem-

1965, representing a loss
jobs;

Norcanair, Prince Albert,
closed its maintenance opera-
tion in June 1966, eliminating
50 jobs;

OIL COMPANIES

British American Oil Com-
pany, Regina, transferred 22
employees to Calgary in July
1967;

Mobile Oil of Canada Lid.,
transferred 30 employees
from Saskatchewan to Ed-
monton in May, 1966;

Robin Hood Flour Mills in
Moose Jaw closed September,
1966, eliminating 160 jobs;

Western Decalta Petro-
leum, Regina, closed its office

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Inland Cement,-Regina,
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Interprovincial Steel Mill,
Regina, was working only a
three-day week.

INCREASE TAXES

Mr. Snyder said that in-
stead of being able to widen
the tax base by the increase
and diversification of indus-
try, the Liberals were having
to cut services and increase
taxes upon individuals.

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WATKINS: 33% OF CANADA'S
ASSETS ARE FOREIGN-OWNED
«WE ARE IN DANGER OF
LOSING OUR INDEPENDENCE
COMPLETELY...

“WAIT HERE, PLEAGE”’

ONTARIO FACING
RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION?

An NDP MPP in Ontario, Cliff Pilkey, speaking in
the Ontario Legislature accused the government of intro-
ducing legislation to restrict labour in that province.

He stated the government was “kiteflying” in the
direction of “some legislation along the lines that they
have in British Columbia.

The motion introduced was ostensibly to allow “mem-
bers of trade unions the right to choose the political party
to which contributions from their dues payments will be
directed. The resolution was in fact an attack on basic
tenets of trade unionism — the right of trade unions to
make their own democratic decisions without political
interference through restrictive, reactionary laws.

Government of British Columbia