3 CCF Asks ~ha nges : VICTORIA, C= Ame ae went of the ICA Act, as pro- ypsed by Vancouver Labor - Pouncil, is being urged upon We government by CCF mempers in the legislature. ‘ecthur Turner (CCF, Van- Mc East) last week condemn- | actions of Col. C. EB. Edgett ad of the Industrial a- an of B-C., in blicizing to defeat )Edget » he said, is “foment- industrial strife and dis- -d~ and his actions should be ed as unfair labor practices” ) turther suggested a preamble £ clarify the spirit and purpose jthe Act, and that the defini- pl of— collective bargaining juld be strengthened by add- = the words “and the signing an agreement.” pert Gargrave (CGF, Macken- 7 urged removal of the three- “ath clause, or at least “if the ‘ernment will not remove this Fise, let them impose the same =riction om non-union men as ‘Union men, so that they too ‘Id not be counted till they @d been employed three @ jths,” -abor Minister -Pearson chal- }2ed Gargrave’s assertion that. p-clidated” Mining and Smeit- at | had engineered a _ labor- fiover so as to use the-three- gith clause to defeat certifica- efforts of the IUMMSW, @ al 480. He said he had figures ‘ch showed that the union had @ecr held a majority at Trail, | failed to produce the figures Haame his source. — =arson observed there had ma a 25 percent increase in~ ™ number of unions in the proy- » since the ICA act was nded last-year, and a 42 per- inerease in membership, fa cited the Jumber industry @® 2 case where the operators, ' had agreed to deal with la- , were now- cooperating, but #) not mention that their form- > ntagonistic attitude provoked 'rike which held up the pro- @ ion of war-vital Sitka spruce @ he Queen Charlotte Islands ® fall, and that if genuine col- ve bargaining now prevails shat industry, it is because de pressure throughout the ainee finally obliged the op- ors to-sign agreements. : sarson made no reference as vhether the government was jidering extending the new ral Jaber code ‘to include @