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if Y existence is at stake.

Dangerous cooperation

rther demoralize a gen- : : : : :
than to furt 8 HE “cooperation” given by sea- What is required on the part

erally progressive membership.

faring union leadership to of the seafaring unions in their

The bosses have won the first current wage struggle with CPR

‘ 3 oe : Premier Bennett’s proclamation em-
“award” with their phoney propa-

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f ~ Majority conciliation board re- ganda. But if the IWA leadership powering the Socred government and Black Ball Ferries, is to seek
a highly respectful of the is prepared to rally its 28,000 to operate Black Ball Ferries under the support of the entire B.C. Labor
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f aoe Policy of “holding-the- members solidly behind it, then, authority of the Civil Defense Act movement to challenge the Socred
Wy On wages, has rejected the with the backing of the 100,000- is rapidly nearing its logical government’s action and its threat
*) hou demand for a ten cents an strong B.C. Federation of Labor, sequel. to their own and all unions.
i F Wage increase, and “awarded” the tables can still be turned, wage
i © union exactly nothing. increases won, the existence of a The government’s action, with Labor unity rather than class
i The IWA : great union safeguarded, and the the “cooperation” of union leaders, collaboration and backdoor “co-
A tec membership, on the concerted and well organized attack 2 : , : ear : :
Bimendation of its leaders and f monopoly capital upon labor's is pure and simple strikebreaking. operation” can win wage increases
i atorats: : : s re) . .
: te committee, rejected the wantedhrown back No other term fits. for the seafarers’ unions, and head
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7a S award and applied for a : , : jena off the very real threat of com-

é “AMent-supervised strike vote A wage victory for the TWA as ae * Se union tenes pulsory arbitration, which is th
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f Prior ¢ h a key union in a key industry is are publicly agreeing to compulsory %, : : ‘ ee
4 ani 0 : % + ; se Senta ‘ very opposite of free collective
§ Vised Vote sae ye nee we. decisive for the continued progress and binding arbitration, which not y opp
’ conducted i

g) OWn of all labor. A defeat for the IWA oily weemipounde thee tee ecror bargaining.

" vote in its numerous locals. The ; 5 ill be the
y “conducted vote showed ap- an ea ie ae ate (if error it was?) thereby doing The CCF Opposition in the
‘ ttrigenstely 90 percent in favor of rack on alldabor. harm to the whole labor movement. legislature also has the responsi-
j tents whereas the govern : 5 T fe If government and management bility of energetically fighting this
J thay phy ised vote did not reach she SisNe eae gage See succeed through such “cooperation” attack of big business upon the
‘ fOtal, but was> still a. two-to- and win, the IWA has to mobilize : : iy ae 8 y
ft a tetin favor. Some. 45 of 4 its entire fighting strength for de- in putting dog-collar legislation on elementary rights and standards
y oe of 121 IWA units — units cisive action. In this it can count seamen’s unions, they won't stop won. by organized labor and the
‘: Ich are decisive in any industry- upon the support of all organized hats working class. |
J again Om — showed a majority labor.
! St strike,
Ma |
© on. hy factors influenced the out-
; shut Ee a ees votes ae blunt terms just so the “good- but not in Canada’s f :
; “elle and layoffs in various Matron ee 4a ise pe cout : br ages :
Big 4 ne the sustained barrage blun erms just Oia go down, merican hydro-power inter-
i Iw ployer propaganda about the as Dalles is discovering so the ests in the Northwest have al-
th. Pricing the industry out of Tom goodwill chat on sete ae will ready made it clear that they re-
Y lente kets” and the complete be couched in terms of ‘joint de- gard any Columbia River devel- |
Y ttade of the IWA leadership on fense. = opment undertaken in the inter-
i Sie With hina’ and: cold: war as Diplomatic recognition and ests of Canada and Canadians as
i 8 Vitally affecting trade: McEwen trade with China, and perhaps “inimical” to: U.S. = “Canada |
j The IWA bo the “Soviet bloc?” Ah yes, there “friendships,” and, as Oregon’s |
ff Peparati leadership’s lack of we are in a bit of a quandry, noisy Senator Richard Neuberger
f for - — to mount a struggle With our classic capitalist econo- says, would be met with US.
f o E eee? and its reliance HIS WEEK U.S. President my falling down around our ears “tariff reprisals.” :
qe.t Bree non board to grant Eisenhower and _ his ‘mentor, and nothing but deepening eco-- As a fellow monopolist con-
| “iscrepen 8 explains the wide John Foster Dulles, are in Ottawa nomic crisis in sight, markets have trolling most of Sudbury’s Inter-
t cy between the two votes. on a “goodwill” visit. Now that just got to be had, and the voice of national Nickle and other Cana- |
fF vow SORT WAS fa6G. a2, eres Alaska has become a State of the hard-headed capitalist realists like dian enterprises. Dulles’ “good- |
Rally, ne. fl ‘t h Union, it is not at all unlikely James Muir, chariman and presi- will” will undoubtedly swing in |
Y ts Which ee Frode oe that the “goodwill talks” between dent of the Royal Bank of Can- the direction of U.S. control of |
y ing amount of cap-in-hand plead® these two Yankee promoters of ade can no longer be ignored. We Columbia power as it did in the
a With EOE “nperatorsto resume H - bomb “brinkmanship” and need China's business much more St. Lawrence Seaway project. |
j king vations” fon Ankreatetl of any their Tory hosts in Ottawa will than China needs us. In the “goodwill” talks there |
f will P proceed along the lines — as far Thus with much _ virtuous will be renewed vows to hold

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as Dulles is concerned that Can-
ada too, is already “in the bag.”
Since Canadians will only he
given that portion of these “sood-
will” talks which Prime Minister

pontificating that we don’t
agree with “godless” China or
equally “godless” Russia, the
“goodwill talks” may get around
to lowering the “strategic ma-

onte NATO in sickness and in
health and to get on with the job
of constructing a ring of nuclear-
rocket launching bases in the
Canadian Arctic, pointed at the

John Diefenbaker considers good terials” barrier and get in on Soviet Union, symbolizing our
j for the public digestion, this some good business. It is also quite joint desire for “peace and friend-
y Phone MUtual 5-5288 column anticipates a few points possible that our two “goodwill” ship.” But here the rising tide of
( = Editor — TOM McEWEN which will be included in these visitors, knowing Liberal and economic crisis, plus a universal
| agin 3 alks — and which are definitely Tory reluctance to move without demand for peace and the ban-
; . Editor — HAIL GRIFFIN ane the public interest, in Can- their okay, will cut our throats ning of all nuclear weapons, will
j ubscription Rates: ada or elsewhere. in the process, as they have al- render such vows a shade lower
y One Year: $4.00 NORAD will undoubtedly be ready done by dumping wheat than B-flat.
4 Six months: $2.25 lauded as a great instrument of and other surplus products to the This visit of Dulles and Eisen-
Publishea kI t mutual “defense” — for the U.S. detriment of Canada. hower brings nothing to Canada
/ Room 6 sats af Canada of course, is to be the Between a round or two of which this country couldn’t very
‘ Va — 426 Main Street no-man’s-land in the Dulles- golf for Ike and a spot of fishing well get along without. At best
C Ncouver 4, B.C. Eisenhower scheme of H-bomb for J.F.D., we can also anticipate they are an evil omen of the hor-
mn eadian and Commonwealth war on the Soviet Union. But to the Columbia River development rors of H-bomb “brinkmanship,” '
ne At (except Australia): $4.00 tell that to Canadians in such getting a touch of “goodwill”... unwelcome and unwanted. |
‘nq ay, Australia, United States |
ff; other countries: $5.00 one |
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