VW =~ Tahsis’ Ae “10, 1961 ruled that the LL.W.U. was mot appropriate for collective bar- gaining in Tahsis.. In December 1960 Laing Mackie was defeated for the office of Presi- dent of Local 503, but this did not deter him from continuing to raid the I.W.A. Even though the Canada Labour Relations Board gave jurisdiction to the I.W.A. and even though the members of Local 503, I.L.W.U. had repudiated his tactics, Laing Mackie continued to promise the Tahsis ship- loaders that if they disregarded the ruling of the Board they could still win certification and the right to transfer to other I.L.W.U. Local Unions. At this point the Canadian Labour , 1961, to cease and desist from their raiding tactics or stand expelled. On February 22, 1961, a meeting of the whole crew at Tahsis told the shiploaders that they would not sup- port them in any way to change Unions. Seven Days’ Notice Mackie apparently convinced the shiploaders that the I.W.A. could do nothing if they revoked their check- off and resigned from the I.W.A. Forty-six men did this and were given seven days’ notice by Walter Allen, President of Local 1-85, that they would be discharged unless they abided by the contract between Local 1-85 and the Tahsis company. On March 4, 1961, the shiploaders were discharged by the Company. On March 6th the balance of the mill ¢rew commenced loading ships and have been doing so ever since. On March 10th the shiploaders attempted to get an injunction forc- ing the Company to rehire them and to order that there is no valid con- tract between Local 1-85 I.W.A. and the Tahsis Company. Local 1-85 tion as a defendant because of the attempt to get the Court to rule the I.W.A. Agreement was invalid. The injunction was thrown out of Court as having no basis in law. Misled Group Laing Mackie by misleading a group of people in Tahsis and by ignoring rulings of the Canada La- bour Relations Board and the Cana- dian Labour Congress has only suc- ceeded in: 1. Bringing hardship on the people he misled. 2. Having the I.L.W.U. expelled from the Canadian Labour Congress. 3. Causing hard feelings between trade unionists. Comparison Puts Unions Miles Ahead Of Companies Suppose you compare corpora- tions and unions in terms of pure democracy. A correspondent in the Letters to the Editor column of the Toronto Globe and Mail did just that and concluded that the labour movement was miles ahead. ; Ray Martin of Windsor noted that along with about 300,000 other policy- holders, he had received a communica- tion from the president of one of Canada’s largest insurance companies. It was an invitation to authorize the company directors to cast the policy- holder’s vote at any general meeting for the next three years. Martin substituted “union execu- tive board” for “company directors” and wondered what the general atti- tude would be if a union requested authorization for casting a member’s vote for the next three years, failed to include an agenda, failed to men- tion dates and places of meetings for those three years. I.W.A. enjoined itself in this injunc- | IWA REGIO NAL PRESIDENT, Joe Morris, addressin Group left, Bob Ross, Regional 2nd Vice-President International Research and Education Director. g the Coast Wages & Contract Conference February 25, in Vancouver. 7 Jack Moore, Regional Ist Vice-President; Joe Morris; Elwood Taub, IWA Squire Shows Community From Union In compliance with a request made on behalf of the Western Canadian Lumber Worker, the following state- ment was made by John Squire, M.L.A. (CCF-Alberni) with refer- ence to reports recorded in the debate on Bill 42. The statement is as follows: Labour Unions are most generous in the use of their dues dollars for educational and charitable purposes. Labour unions also use the facilities of the payroll deduction for collec- tions outside of their dues for numer- ous charity and emergency relief drives that are carried on annually. A series of letters received from local unions and labour councils throughout the Province show that large numbers of union members contribute to scholarships in amounts ranging from $200 to $500 annually. The letters also show amounts donated either at the local considerable: Benefits Dues union for— Promotion of sports—$200 to Little League Baseball Club; Victoria Col- lege Building Fund; Alberni Senior Citizens Dinner; Hospital Co-insur- ance paid for sick members; C.L.C. Int. Affairs—I.C.F.T.U.; Low-rental Senior Citizen Project; $1000 a year or 7% of income to charities, com- munity projects, bursaries, etc.; Red Cross, Cancer, Heart, Polio Funds; Royal Jubilee Hospital; Victoria Uni- versity Building Fund; Children’s Jubilee Summer Camp; Human Rights Committee Work; Industrial Health Conference; Xmas Hamper for Needy. Family; Arthritics; Qr- phanage Christmas Radio Fund; Sal- vation Army; World Refugee Year; Cerebral Palsy; Lion’s Easter Seals; Association for Retarded Children; Solarium Junior League; Queen Alexandra Solarium; Unitarian Ser- level or at the plant level Some Jail Court chairman George Simp- son of Margate, England, believes in letting a man ply his trade— even if he’s a crook. When a prison warden told Simpson that a prisoner could not appear in court because his cell lock was jammed, Simpson asked: “Haven’t you got a safecracker in another cell?” vice Committee; March of Dimes; Football Club Jackets for team; C.N.I.B.; Donations to Local Swim- ming Pool; Amateur Sports Council; Central City Mission; T.B. Seals; Vancouver Poppy Fund; Springhill Disaster Fund; Muscular Dystrophy Ass’n.; Civic Centre Ass’n.; C.A.R.S.; St. John’s Ambulance Ass’n.; Older members no longer able to work assisted with medical expenses; Win- nipeg Flood; Victoria Labour Coun- cil Centennial Fund; and others. Besides donating to these bursaries and charities, the unions also assisted in collecting such funds as the U.B.C. Fund Drive and ‘Victoria College Fund Drive. “THE et my boot. THE ANIMAL BIT. Fina ais i Ta MAN (WITH DAYTON vs BEAR (with BITE)! 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