oc MBOR SCENE: | ! e ‘Slaten: Federation of Labor in { hhe ' at issued May 8 called on ASsociati Uction Labor Relations tog the to “stop trying to ‘bilities » bargaining "respon- Wsident chac)elegram to CLRA “deration ae Connaghan, the | egvtit ; Cll” ite a ue 8reements. f | Kites I} Dolio, i Mligy ee May have found this a nm Under the previous » Wwe i me rene believe you Menez” that the present 1S committed to a PHIL a RANKIN, chairman of the Vancouver Speaking at the Courthouse in downtown Vancouver d asylum for Barnardo Arrano and called for opening pulp unio -based Canadians for Democracy in Chile, is last Saturday. The rally Canada’s doors for Chilean Fed backs building workers, ns to join forces policy of non-intervention, except at the request of both parties. “We fully support this policy. We urge you to return to direct negotiations immediately, instead of causing a lengthy or wasteful dispute in the construction in- dustry by trying to dodge your bargaining responsibilities.” x * A significant move toward unity of pulp and paper unions was hailed this week following a meeting last Friday in Port Alberni of representatives from four United. | Paperworkers In- ternational Union and three Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada who met to formulate a common four- FRED WILSON Kingsway ERIC WAUGH Burnaby-Seymour point program aimed at improving their current two-year agreement. The meeting agreed to demanda general across-the-board wage increase, a cost-of-living ad- justment clause, a separate in- crease for mechanics, and wage rate adjustments for paper- makers. This is the first time the two unions have cooperated on con- tract issues and will hold a further meeting in Vancouver Thursday, ~ May 16,to discuss a joint strategy to achieve the program.