The Editor: For many years the IWA has been a defender of the Lord’s Day Act and has suc- cessfully prevented Sunday work in affiliated mills. This issue will have to be dealt with in the current IWA nego- tiations with F.I.R. demand- ing permission to operate the mill on a continuous basis so as to assure more efficient use of equipment. Actually, in the gospel of Mark chapter 2, verse 28, we read that the Son of Man (Jesus) is Lord of the Sab- bath, so the Sabbath is the Lord’s Day. According to Exo- dus 20:10, this Sabbath is the 7th Day of the week; the same Saturday that Jesus kept and which the Jews still keep, and which is kept by some sincere Christian denominations. Most Protestant churches, in sincer- ity, observe the first day of the week, or Sunday. Many Protestants, however, may not be aware that they are follow- ing the Roman Catholic church in the changing of worship from the 7th day Sab- bath to Sunday, the Ist day of the week. This came about in 336 A.D. when the Catholic church thought to accommo- date the Pagan Sun-worship- pers, and that way win them for the church. At the same time other pagan holidays were adopted. On “the day’ of the sun” the pagans celebrat- ed the shortest day of the year and the new sun. Most ency- clopedias will give additional information on the Lord’s Day change. In “The Convert’s Another anti-labor decision from the courts may jeopard- ize the arbitration system of settling disputes that arise during the life of union con- tracts. The Supreme Court of On- tario has ruled an arbitration board overstepped its legal jurisdiction by ruling on whether persons are em- ployees of a company. The decision involves Cana- dian Industries Ltd. and District 50 Local 13328. The company contracted out security guard services to a private concern, displacing some employees covered by the union agreement. The union grieved that since the new employees were totally under the CIL’s control, the new guards also should pay dues and come under the con- tract. . The board agreed in a 2-1 decision. Prof. S.A. Schiff was chairman. The company ap- pealed, though the question was never raised at the ar- _ bitration level. The company ‘only sought to exclude the guards on the grounds that security personnel in Ontario can’t belong to unions that include non-guards or unions that affiliate to central labor bodies like the Canadian Labor Congress. Catechism of the Roman Cath- olic Doctrine”, page 50, Peter Geierman says: “We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Roman Catholic church in the Council of Lao- dicea (A.D. 336) transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.” This was prophe- sied in Daniel 7:25, where the prophet spoke of “one who would think to change times . and Jaws”. (Douay Version). Our present system of mea- suring days is adopted from the Romans, which is from midnight to midnight. But ac- cording to Bible reckoning (e.g. Leviticus 23:32) we are to keep Sabbath from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset. When I came to realize this, Jesus’ question came to mind: (Mark 7:7, 8) “Are we to lay aside commandments of God and teach as doctrines the commandments of men, OR keep God’s fourth command- ment as designated clearly in the Holy Bible. I inquired about being re- leased from Sabbath work which involves the afternoon shift (Friday night after sun- down), and the alternative presented by my employers was either to be prepared to work afternoon shift, or ter- minate my job. My decision must be governed by a higher authority than man or em- ployer. I thank you for this space in your paper and would like to give my regards to the many acquaintances I have made in the IWA, over the past 19 years. W. D. VAN APPELON The court ruled, however, in favour of the company lawyer’s argument that only the Ontario Labor Relations Board can decide who’s an “employee”. The union counsel argued unsuccessfully that the labor board decides who’s an employee only for the purposes of labor relations law. Nothing stops a company and union from agreeing to cover any employees by con- tract, and that’s what CIL and District 50 did in their agree- ment covering guards. The union probably will appeal. Unless the decision of Mr. Justice J.H. Osler is reversed, it could mean anti- union management will be able to frustrate any arbitration hearing by arguing the grievor isn’t an employee and declar- ing the courts have ruled the arbitrators can’t rule on the. issue. Frivolous appeals by managements, with their greater resources (writing off their legal bills on their taxes) could string out any arbitration indefinitely. Another possible remedy could be new law to reinforce arbitrators’ rights to interpret what union and management meant by employees covered in the contract. “LOGGERS GOLF OURNAMENT eh ii aae STR a Mie THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER __ YOU THINK I’M GONNA SPEND THIRTY BUCKS ON GOLF CLEATS WHEN I GOT PERFECTLY GOOD CAULKS? WORKERS SING AT THE JOB JAPANESE FIRMS MELODY MINDED Japanese company songs are a source of wonder for foreign visitors. They can never quite believe the spectacle of hun- dreds of workers at, say, the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., with sales exceeding $2- billion, bursting into song. But every morning at the of- fices in Osaka, voices are lifted in the company anthem, which translates like this: -~For the building of a new Japan Let’s put our strength and mind together Doing our best to promote production, Sending our goods to the people of the world, Endlessly and continuously, Like water gushing from a fountain. Grow, industry, grow, grow, grow! Harmony and sincerity! Matsushita Electric. At the Honda Motor. Co. plant, the workers’ song opens with a nice bit of imagery: When the oak sprouts into green Think about a Available in multiples of $10.00 — no maximum. Dispelling the clouds with its growing treetops But then the lyrics get down to business, moving from “youth with ideals in their hearts” to more vigorous ref- erences like “‘the construction of blood and sweat”’ and world- wide expansion before ending with a rousing exclamation: Oh, what a diligent posture, our Honda. Not all Japanese companies are so melody minded. Nippon Steel and Sony, for example, have no song. Toyota plays the 365 Steps March from Expo 70 for morning exercise along the assembly line but has no special lyrics. Even companies that have a song might not sing it very much. “We rarely sing our comp- any song,”’ Miss Kiroko Kanari said rather sadly, speaking for Japan Air Lines, “except on special occasions like cere- monies and brush-up train- ing.’”’? Some might regret this since the JAL song is particu- larly rhapsodic: There! See the star-like craft. Rainbow-colored lanterns shine in the magic night High above all the storms and clouds upon the earth, Onward, peacefully, the silver bird of hope. A more virile note is struck by Suntory Ltd., Japan’s biggest distillery, which uses its song for an unabashed commercial for a wine it calls Red Light: What a manly name Red Light is, Shaking the axis of the earth. The sun rises with a roar at dawn. Our company, beloved company, With its bright future rising. However, the Suntory song is heard only on Founders’ Day although new employees are taught it when they join the company. The same holds true at Nikko Securities Co., one of the Big Four of the Japanese securities business. There the stock market salesmen are taught to sing of ‘‘vitality in our glitter- ing hearts.” Commerce Growth Savings Certificate for yourself or as a gift. <> CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE =e.