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* This was the headline carried in the special edition
n of the B.C. Lumber Worker published after contract
*sotiations between the International Woodworkers and

Forest Industrial Relations broke down. The IWA charged
that operators’ approach’ to negotiations was “provocative,”
and calculated to obstruct bargaining.

Re

UNKED TO TEACHER SHORTAGE

Salaries central issue at BCTF meet

The :
of the eo annual convention
4 ‘C. Teachers Federa-
tions - 74 up its delibera-

In
Thurs ee Hotel

Tecop 4 at week with a
iG et sos
"solution a of decisions and

Prob on educational
se and requirements.
~ ®enda os the convention

nS of and in the delibera-
the ; lts 700 delegates was
the ne € of teachers’ salaries,
line .¢ to bring them into

with living costs, and

Vancouver ,

with the great responsibilities
placed upon the teachng pro-
fession.

BCTF president Mollie E.
Cottingham told convention
delegates that not only would
B.c. “lose its best teachers
unless they were accorded the
prestige they deserve and paid
the- salaries they need,” but
“the shortage of teachers 1s
a threat to the quality of edu-
cational service in this prov-
ince.”

B.C. Gillie, secretary of a
BCTF committee studying the
teacher shortage, told the con-
vention that “by 1961 B.C. will
be short 5,100 teachers in
schools.”

Sharp disputes between the
BCTF and the B.C. School
Trustees Association this year
over salary negotiations in
some, 25 school districts and
involving approximately 2,000
teachers brought the threat of
“blacklist” by the BCTF, by

Burnab y Ratepayers asks council
hot to increase taxes on homes

50. COns

ayers
Chett
on

ppomeowners, among them:
Cation gg ATION: To raise edu-

Oney Standards more
Naby pee be spent, but Bur-
eens ike other municipali-
share bearing more than its
Eoverny the cost. The federal
ee, is in the best fi-
£0vern Position of the three
Cia) 5 ments, federal, provin-
eral Nd municipal, and “fed-

8ld to education is part
© answer to the tax bur-

R °n the municipalities.”
Bons: All traffic to: and
throy the Interior now passes
quae 8h Burnaby but inade-
high>, of the five arterial
palit 5 through the munici-
Droy;, -Inaintained by . the
“aoe government forces
tained on to streets main-
The by - the municipality.
Shou] Provincial government
d be pressed to build

BURNABY, B.C. — Burnaby Municipal Co
ideration of a comprehensive brief on municipa
Council. The brief, presented by a committee
nd H. Vogel, contained a number of recommen

adequate highways through
Burnaby and to classify munl-
cipal roads used by through
traffic as alternate highways,
with special maintenance
grants.

PROPERTY TAXATION: As-
sessments should be équaliz-
ed at true market value. Enabl-
ing legislation should be
sought to allow basic exemp-
tion and graduated tax at the
municipal level.

PUBLIC UTILITIES: Burn-
aby consumers can profit
directly from public owner-
ship of the distribution of el-
ectric power and the _ council
should “institute a survey with
the perspective of taking over
its own electrical generating
and distribution system.

uncil devoted its full meeting this week
{ finances prepared by Burnaby Rate-
of three, Scotty Gordon, Harold Prit-
dations for relieving the present burden

BUSINESS TAX: There is
now no business tax in Bur-
naby and the question should
be considered by council.

LICENCE FEES: Revision, of
the trade licenses bylaw to re-
move inequalities is overdue.

In its general recommenda-
tions, the brief urged council
to lower this year’s mill rate
“to the point where, with the
increased 1958 assessment, the
taxation on residential prop-
erty will not increase.”

Reeve Alan Emmott told the,

delegation that business tax

and license fees were now un-
der review and that Bart Mc-
Cafferty, municipal treasurer,
was discussing the assessment
and other recommendations in
Victoria,

having its membership decline
to seek jobs in the disputed
districts. May 31 was-set as
the deadline for settlement. As
in the trade union movement,
teachers are strongly opposed
to compulsory arbitration of
salary disputes, as now re-
quired by law. BCTF spokes-
men “agreed” to give the gov-
ernment’s inew salary concili-
ation machinery “an honest
trial.”

Convention delegates laugh-
ed and some hissed when Edu-
cation Minister Les Peterson
told them that “the govern-
ment has reduced the teaching
load and shortened: the teach-
ing day ...and done every-
thing in its power to pro-
mote tha jinterests of the
teachers and the teaching pro-
fession.”

Other demands of the BCTF
were:

@ An end to school over-
crowding, and _ effective
control over size of classes.

®@ Increased pensions, from
40 to 70 percent of salary
upon retirement. (Sharp
protest was voiced against
the government changing
presént pension legislation
without consultation, with
some of the changes termed
“detrimental.’’)

@ Strict adherence to BCTF
policy of support for a non-
sectarian school system in
B.C.

Among many teachers there
is a‘growing sentiment for re-
affiliation with organized
labor, in the belief that such
affiliation would. enhance
their efforts towards greater
freedom, and flexibility in col-
lective bargaining.

lay Day
rally but
no parade

“We can have jobs and
trade, we can win an exten-
sion of unemployment bene-
fits until work is found, we
ean beat back the attack on
labor, we can stop H-bomb
tests and win peace — IF WE
ACT GIN, UNITY}

This is the message of Van-
couver’s May Day Committee
in a statement being widely
distributed this week in thou-
sands of leaflets calling on
workers to attend the giant
May Day Rally at Exhibition
Park outdoor theatre Sunday,
April 27 — starting at 2 p.m.,
daylight saving time.

The May Day Conference
meeting in Pender Auditor-
ium here on Monday this
week, decided that instead of
a parade this year, all efforts
will be directed to organizing
the traditional rally.

Lateness in getting organ-
izational work under way be-
cause of the federal election
and the absence of many com-
mittee members who will be
attending labor’ conventions,
will make it impossible to get
full participation in the par-
ade the committee had hoped
to revive this year and the
plan has been dropped.

The May Day message fur-
ther states:

“Nearly 50,000 in Greater
Vancouver are without work.
Many face the grim prospect
of long unemployment. Some
have already beén cut off em-
ergency benefits. Thousands
more will be cut off supple-
mentary insurance by mid-
May. ;

“Meanwhile Victoria and
O:tawa fail to act on a much
needed public works program.
Diefenbaker remains mum on

trade with China and other

Socialist countries. While
nearly a million are without
work, or trying to survive on
small benefits, the federal
government spends $2 -billion
every year on arms.

“Wage standards and union
rights are under attack. The
bosses, their press and politi-
cal stooges are trying to put
the burden of economic crisis
on the workers.

“All over the world and in
Canada, too, the cry is being
raised:: ‘Stop the H-bomb
tests — start the summit talks
now.’ British labor is in action.
Canadian labor must act too..’

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