Thee from ocred government's notorious anti-labor Bill 33 (Mediation Commis Ons; tuc tanks of labor as unions fought against slave labor and to sion Act) brought forth mass protest defend their rights. Photo shows tion workers demonstrating against Bill 33 during this year’s long dispute. Quilt case not closed— e g : death preond Inquest into the tical Fred Quilt was a poli- Harry ae States lawyer the G en who represented loops ty at the Kam- “white epore than that,” he said, of an in € Jury’s finding’s were Crystay cer Minate nature. it is the Clear that the RCMP and Men ca tey-General's depart- from ; “20 take little comfort Th S Indings.** Trib ke Mterview with the S dec anki recalled the iries Aeon Was that Quilt’s Sing re Ccured while he was Whicie , 2°Ved from his own and. th and put in the police car, Unknow ded from trauma of ‘my WN Origin, Year, =i are only two wavs the “Ours, Suld have occured. of own »°n the RCMP officers Baki sg Vidence: Constable ON met the man fell from € road, or on Con- When he ewell’s evidence that, Fred Quilt on his further action feet the time he pulled to get him away from the truck, he fell on the road. That was the evidence of the officers. “Christine Quilt’s evidence is that Constable Bakewell held on to the side of the car and jumped up and down on Fred Quilt, Rankin said. The attorney-general’s head- lined statement that the RCMP should handle people in their charge with kid gloves would seem to indicate, on the best construction of the jury s recom- mendation, that the RCMP ought ought to have considerable training in handling people. intoxicated or otherwise. whom they are taking into “protective custody.” He said he would be meeting in the near future with the Fred Quilt Committee on the ques- tion of Christine Quilt attending at Williams Lake RCMP detach- ment to swear an information against Constable Bakewell for causing death either by criminal negligence, manslaughter, or non-capital murder. Rankin said he felt that the cor- - oner’s inquest has focussed attention not only on the Indian peoples’ fight for justice in our court system, but also on the appalling conditions Indian people live under — their housing. lack of communi- cations, health and welfare ser- VICES x “It has also brought forward the understanding that to better their lives the Indian people themselves must organize into relevant organizations to fight for their needs — which, of course, includes participation in present organizations to change their approach — that is, no collaboration with present governments and their phony policies,’ Rankin concluded. The Fred Quilt Committee commented on the inquest last week, making it clear they were not satisfied with the jury find- See QUILT CASE, pg. 7 tI | stake in the provincial election. Collectively, the trade union membership can be the decisive factor in assuring the defeat of the Bennett government on August 30. This is the opening line ina special appeal to B.C.’s trade unionists being issued this week by the Communist Party and which will be widely distributed to working people in all indus- tries. Charging that ‘what big busi- ness wants, big business gets” from the Socred government, the Communist Party state- ment says: “The labor record of this government over the past 20 years has reflected its open bias in favor of the monopolies. ‘The big industrialists and financial tycoons contribute heavily to the Socreds. but unions are not allowed to con- tribute to a political party or candidate out of dues money. The Trades Union Act was amended to severely restrict picketing and to make it easier to impose financial penalties on unions. The use of court injunc- tions against unions by the employers was made easier by the political climate created by the Socreds and the lack of protective legislation. “J.V. Clyne of MacMillan Bloedel asked for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes and the Socreds enacted the Media- tion Commission Act (Bill 33). The Employers Council of B.C., the self-proclaimed voice of big business, is calling the tune in terms of labor legislation. ¢ (8) an exic:; : existing strj the Lieutenant. g stri ‘In June of this year we saw the massive raids on con- struction union offices by the RCMP to gather evidence that these unions had not complied with an order-in-council under the detested Mediation Com- mission Act. . . This action, initiated by the Socred Attorney- General, was unprecedented in Canada. It demonstrated that this government will stop at nothing in its attacks against organized labor.”’ The Communist. Party message to trade unionists calls for the restoration of collective bargaining in B.C. It takes a stand for repeal of the Media- tion Commission Act (Bill 33), and urges the outlawing of injunctions in labor disputes; it calls for the repeal of Bill 3 and of all regulations adopted by the Socred government imposing a wage freeze on workers. The Communist Party calls for the adoption of a ‘‘Charter of Labor Rights’’ to guarantee freedom of association, full collective bargaining for all (including government em- ployees), and the right to strike and picket. The party also calls for full equality for women workers and an increase in minimum wages. ++ Charging that the name of the See OUST BENNETT, pg. 8 © employer shall lock Out his all immed; : mediately Cease, This is Section 18 of Bill 33 under which the Socred government imposed compulsory arbitration and slave labor legislation in B.C. Passed in 1968, the unions have fought it ever since. The Communist Party calls for the defeat of the Bennett government and repeal of Bill 33.