Wand trade unions,’ to i; local union aftiliated “ouvert Labor Council ‘jabor liaison ofticer to roblems with board fives’ was endorsed at wis meeting of the i wi. appointment of la- ®@ officers will not meet mand for representa- =, war boards, such of- = assist in countering Wa the cost of ving. of liaison officers wo receive all pertinent x report violations of | to the WPTB and mggestions or com- mthem, Hddy said. : * * ok : = sabe inequalities be- ericans and Canadians io defense projects in west were dealt .with Bspondence was read McHwen, LPP provin- Ezer, now making, a orthern B-C©. and the facil passed a xresolu- n: the ©Ci to send an ( "o the Yukon and urg- Whe question be taken i the Western labor mm it arrives in Van- June 23. “ \Saunders, Dock and miVorkers delegate, said adians were reported ng one dollar an hour Americans doing the 7 “Miiminatine ~ such Fialities through ad- ty the Western Labor )i make it easier for who go there later,’ out. & a disturbing report ident Ed. Leary that ‘falling down on the ation “job,? delegates | motion to approach mment for a better - collecting plasma. . ampbell; United Steel- elegate, declared: “I more a matter of hay- orrect organization to td and the way to do fay the recent TB pic- 2 obtained. The Red , it is having financial ‘but I say that be- F unions, management bgovernment facilities ound for a mobile Arht on the job... Ys. are unwilling or They do not find time | the way from .the _they were apathetic Sd not have given so s to the bend drives.” * * - mment at the undue ‘eturninge halls to the Labor-Furmer Temple phe ese Neal, Dock and Ship- cers delegate, remark- he minister of justice leasing fascists at the -our troops are invad- se to@ accomplish ‘thie of fascism, but he return these halls to ! who built them with money.” ch could appeal for IS no use saying that- fe to the General Hos- - st was sent to the fed-_ ‘Farmer-Labor Unity‘ Griffin Nominated In New Westminster __ NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C€.—Hal Griffin, editor of The People, was accorded a standing ovation by some 150 delegates and members of LPP branches from Burmaby to White Rock and Langley when he was nominated as Labor- Progressive federal candidate for New Westminster constitu- ency at an enthusiastic nominating convention in Russell Hotel here last Sunday. HAL GRIFFIN Will Vote On New System _ A radical change m the British Columbia fishing industry was foreshadowed this week when the Salmon Canners Qperating Com- mittee made an offer to the Uni- ted Fishermen’s Union which would put buying of all species of salmon on a-straight poundage basis, an arrangement long pro- “posed=by. the union. Throughout the negotiations operators insisted that buying by the pound would involve in- creased costs and under no cir- cumstances could they change to poundage buying for northern fish. After long sessions between the*union and operators, the dat- - ter finally offered to buy all pinks and chums by the pound beginning in 1945- - The negotiating committe has forwarded the operators’ offer to ‘all locals with instructions to con- duct a ballot among members. “Fhe committee also anet with Guy Williams, Native - Brotherhood representative, to discuss the new proposal. Although arrangements could have been made to purchase sal- mon by the pound this year, it is stated that a year’s preparation will enable the new scheme to be introduced more efficiently. - A joint committee representing the United Fishermen’s Union and salmon ecanners will be set up immediately to gather informa- tion about the average sizes of- salmon in different areas in order to imsure that there will be a minimum of confusion when the new system goes into effect in 1945. : The Fish Cannery, Reduction Plant and Allied Workers’ Union is anticipating a favorable de- cision in its negotiations for an 8-hour day. Cannery workers are paid on a monthly basis, and the union is asking that overtime be given for all work in excess of a month of 26 eight-hour days. Two briefs have been sent by the union to the Regional War Labor Board. Jack Greenall, acting TWA dis- trict secretary, presided at the convention. The nomination was proposed by Clem Willingale, business agent for the Pacific Goast Poultry Producers Association, and seconded by School Trustee Mrs. Ann T. Lowery of Surrey, while those speaking in support included Councillor Percy Smith of Coquitlam, president of TWA Local 1-357, and John Bowles, secretary of the PCPPA. Guest speaker was Gary Gul- thane, secretary of the Shipyard General Workers Federation, representing the LPP provincial executive, who declared that if the farmer-labor unity demon- strated by the representation at the convention were carried into the constituency as a whole ‘the Suecessful outcome of the cam- paign was assured. Roy Lavigne, in the Fraser Valley, was unan- imously elected as campaign manager. LPP organizer - Campaign Arouses interest PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.—With the nomination of Bruce Mickle- burgh, young Prince Rupert school teacher, as lLabor-Pro- gressive candidate for Skeena ‘federal riding, discussion of the future of this district has reached a high point of interest. At Hazelton last week the meeting at which the two LPP speakers were scheduled to ap- pear conflicted with a citizens’ prayer meeting to be held in the Anglican Church at the same time. Mickleburgh and Mc- Ewen met with Rey. Ganon Bird and -arranged to attend the pray- meeting first. The Rev. Ganon Bird thanked the LPP xepre- sentatives before his congrega- tion and fol}owing the ‘prayer meeting he and many of those present attended the LPP meeting. Tom McKwen, who is speak- ing at Prince George this week- end, will visit the following cen- ters: Quesnel, Wells, Caribou Mines, June 20, 21, and 22.5 Bridge River, Pioneer, Bra- lorne Mines; June 24, 25, and 26. : Murphy To Contest East Kootenay Seat PERNIE, B.C.—‘‘We have worked together and fought together on picket lines in the past and now we will work together in the future to make these coal and metal mining towns strongholds of democracy,”’ declared James Sloan, form= er president of the Mineworkers Union of Canada and veteran HARVEY MURPHY coal miner, as he pledged sup- port to the nomination of Har- vey. Murphy, organizer for the International Union of Mine, Mall and Smelter Workers, as federal candidate for East Koot- enay constituency, at a nomina- tion convention called here last Sunday by the Dabor-Progres- Sive Party. 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