The rank and file upsurge in the

labor movement is generating.
Pressure for new demands at the

bargaining table — demands that
cannot be won without regional

| and national struggles, said Com-

 Munist Party labor secretary Bill

Stewart to B.C. trade unionists

Nov. 29.

Stewart told some 65 B.C.
Federation of Labor delegates at a
CP-sponsored meeting in Van-

 Couver that Canada’s economic

Crisis has provoked a tremendous
fightback on several fronts: peace,

i the economy, social services and in

_ the environmental movement.

“The organized trade union
Movement is moving to the centre

ofthe fight back, giving it a sense of

} §= Unity,” Stewart said.

a

Workers who have been told for
years that the capitalist system was
the best defender of their rights are
Now being told they must surrender
their rights to defend that system,
he said.

__ “The response of the working
Class is, ‘No way.’ We’ve heard
People today saying they are not
Prepared to forego democratic,
€conomic and social rights for any
System.”’
_ The result is growing pressure
from the rank and file against the
Tesistance of the leadership for new
Strategies that emphasize mass ac-
tion and unity.

Where trade union leaders have
tried to sell other tactics, as they did

LABOR

at the recent Ontario Federation of
Labor convention, ‘“‘they come in
with their guns smoking and the
delegates send them out with their

tails between their legs.’’

The first demand of the
membership has been for mass,
extra-parliamentary action,
Stewart said. The Solidarity move-
ment in B.C. developed because
election of the NDP was a remote
prospect and workers realized “‘it
does not serve working people to
counterpose the parliamentary and
the extra-parliamentary
struggles.”’

The B.C. movement proves that
“struggles in this country will not
be resolved in the stinking, fossiliz-
ed legislatures unless people are ac-
tive in the streets along with that,”’
Stewart said.

At the same time, workers are
seeking to link their economic
struggles with their political strug-
gles, particularly when it comes to
the right to a job.

Resolving this problem — either
by ashorter work week or with new
economic policies — can only be
achieved through a national
fightback, he stressed.

Stewart said it will be the job of
the left in the labor movement to
keep pushing for policies of action
and unity, particularly when the

top leadership of the Canadian °

Labor congress is proposing to
deepen divisions between the
Building Trades and the CLC.

Workers won’t surrender
Tights, says CP’s Stewart

An overwhelming sentiment and
demand for unity characterized the
B.C. Fed convention’s opening
two days, CP provincial leader
Maurice Rush told the delegates.

“There is an overwhelming feel-
ing the struggle isn’t over, that the
fight must continue — that the job
isn’t finished.”

Despite the achievements of the
strike movement in November,
“no one can say more couldn’t
have been won if the NDP and the
private sector had put their full
weight behind Operation Solidarity
— which they didn’t,’ Rush
asserted.

One source of this weakness has
been the willingness of some
leaders of the movement to endorse
restraint while rejecting the
Socreds’ methods of restraint, he
said.

‘Restraint is only a fig leaf for a
complete change in the economic
system. We need an alternative
policy to mass unemployment and
those alternatives are available.”’

While the NDP played a
welcome role in the legislature, said
Rush, the apparent absence of
NDP MLAs from the Oct. 15
march in Vancouver suggested
“the NDP went into hiding”’ dur-
ing the past weeks. 2

To make the fight in the
legislature effective, the NDP must
speak out and become part of the
mass movement outside, said
Rush.

~ CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING _)

COMING EVENTS

LEGAL SERVICES

DEC. 10 — Fraser Valley YCL party

Starting with lasagna dinner, 6 p.m.

At 13969—113Ave., Surrey. Dinner
_ $6. For directions, 581-4870.

DEC. 31 — Big NEW YEAR'S
__ BASH for COPE. Tell your friends!
~ More Info. 872-6003.

DEC. 31 — Federation of Russian
Canadians New Year's celebration,
600 Campbell Ave. Dinner, 7 p.m.
Dancing to 1 a.m. Advance tickets

CR i a AS

Including writing, s
‘Ciation. 3

$16, ph. 253-8180, 255-6488,
3430.

FOR SALE

ees

- ONE-PR. 205-14 steel-belted
_ Winter radials, on rims, like new,

$120. Other good tires. 321-9378.
COMMERCIAL

_GRAMMA PUBLICATIONS.

Complete printing services.
rochures, menus, leaflets, etc. A

union shop. 1595 W. 3rd Ave., Van.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,

Sat. 12 noon to 5 p.m.

—-

ROOF REPAIRS — New roofs. ©
_ Reasonable. Ph. 277-3362.

i ELECTRICAL, plumbing, ap-

Pliance repairs. Don Berg,
255-7287.

BILL'S PLUMBING, specializing
in all your plumbing and heating

_ Needs, 299-2167 or 274-0761.

TUTORING in English, any skills
i lling, pronun-

venings, .
Lowther, B.Ed., English and ESL

2 Re celiat teacher. 299-8262 after 5
-m.

a

WANTED

MEDICINE for Chile. Young
hileans are collecting medicine
8nd/or donations which can be

Sent to 1858 Parker St., Vancouver,

°F phone Carlos, 254-4076.

/hr. Miss Ruth

RANKIN, McMURRAY, BOND.
Barristers and Solicitors. Second
floor, 157 Alexander St. 682-3621.

DIRECTORY

COMMUNIST PARTY OF CAN-
ADA offices located at 102-2747 E.
Hastings St., Van. Ph. 254-9836.
For information on political issues

HALLS FOR RENT

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME —
Available for rentals. For reserva-
tions phone 254-3430.

WEBSTERS CORNERS HALL —
Available for banquets, meetings,
etc. For rates: Ozzie, 325-4171 or
462-7783

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CUL-
TURAL CENTRE — 805 East Pen-
der St., Vancouver. Available for
banquets, weddings, meetings. Ph

or assistance in political activity.

254-3436.

RANKIN & COMPANY

Barristers & Solicitors

4th Floor, 195 Alexander St.,
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1N8

682-2781

Offers a broad range of legal services including:
@ Personal Injury and Insurance Claims e@ Labour Law
e Real Estate and Conveyancing @ Criminal Law
@ Divorce and Family Law @ Estates and Will

CHRISTMAS PEACE APPEAL

We call upon our supporters and
friends for coptributions to the Rita
Tanche Mefnorial Christmas Peace
Appeal fund. All donations grate-
fully received by Olive Padgham.

The Fraser Valley Peace Council
15991 Pacific Avenue, White Rock, B.C. V4B 1T2. 531-1009

For new readers —
$2 buys a 3-month sub

ae |

r----—

lL sNAMES.... 4.2
ADDRESS.....
; 2a POSTAL CODE. 2 ace

Clip and mail to:
Pacific Tribune,
2681 East Hastings St.,
Vancouver, B.C. V5K 1Z5

Lowe

JOIN THE GREAT

SON

For any of your travel
needs, big or small. |
Let Globe Tours find dt
the best way for you!

Hawaii @ Mexico @ Fiji
Las Vegas ®@ Reno @ Calgary
Montreal @ Paris @ London

GLOBE TOURS [ay

2679 East Hastings Street 7
Vancouver, B.C. V5K1Z5 |

Remenber our
Gift Certificates

— SPECIAL |
ICE HOCKEY/by O. Spassky |
History, rules & skills

Regular $5.95 NOW $3.50

@ WHITE HOODS: CANADA‘S

KU KLUX KLAN $ 7.95
@ ROMANTIC REVOLUTIONARY:
A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN REED $ 9.50
@ JOY OF GARDENING pb. $19.95
@ CANADIAN FOLK ART hb. $19.95
SPECIAL FOR KIDS
@ THE THREE FAT MEN /by Y. Olesha |
Regular . $6.95 NOW $ 5.95 |
E | FAMILY
@ CLASS STRUGGLE/ “an educational game
for kids from 8 to 80” $19.95

OPEN 9:30 - 5:30 Monday to Saturday
and Friday nights till 9:00 p.m.
Christmas Hours: Open till 9:00 p.m.
Dec. 14-16 & 19-23

People’s Co-op Bookstore

1391 Commercial Drive, Van. VSL 3X5_
253-6442

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—DECEMBER 7, 1983—Page 11

as 3:7 1t8 4