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The proposals in the report by
former justice of the Supreme
Court, Ivan C. Rand, released
last week in Ontario, have
stirred up wide protest
throughout the labor movement.

Among the 56
recommendations made to the
Ontario government on labor
relations are some which
propose that unions become
legal entities subject to court
‘action;
government power to order back
to work employees involved in
strikes in “‘essential industries,
business or services’’: prohibit
mass picketing and economic
boycotts: and continued use of
injunctions in labor disputes.

A statement released by
Ontario Communist Party leader
Bruce Magnuson, said:

“The implementation of Ivan
C. Rand's proposals would mean
a disaster for the trade union
movement. Its aimS are to
deprive labor of all effective
powers to protect its interests in
a society dominated by private
monopoly in industry and

commérce. _

“*The proposals Puts
government and other public
servants in a position Of second

- class citizenship. In fact the

report seeks to utilize every
potential conflict between labor
and management, and even
within labor itself, to foment
wider schisms.

“For these and undoubtedly
many other reasons as yet to be
discovered on more detailed
study of this document it is not
worth the paper it is written on
and must be scrapped.

“As an answer to Mr. Rand
organized labor ought to
undertake an immediate

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campaigp for adoption of a
Charter of Labor’s Rights.”

S. A. Little, national president,
Canadian Union of Public
Employees, said in a special
statement that *‘the suggestions
by Mr. Justice Ivan Rand that a
semi-judicial body have the
power to end strikes is destined
to cause more trouble than it will
solve.”

Pointing out that public
employees in all other provinces

‘(but Ontario), in most States in

the U.S., and most western

nations, have the right to strike,

Little said: ‘I stress that there
are examples where a strike by
public employees is »the only
course of action to bring
attention ‘to their legitimate
grievances. . .

“Once you take this right away
the public employees feel
helpless and frustrated, and this
in all probability will lead to
more strikes, probably in the
‘midst of collective agreements
‘and ina scattered and dangerous
way that will lead to a
breakdown of any employer-
employee relationship that
might exist.”

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“It has no specific housing
yogram. It refuses to commit

itself to a housing program of, -

say, 2500 new units a year for the
next 10 years.

“TEAM supports a ward
system, but only in general
terms and in such a way that the
Establishment will continue to
control City Hall.

“Tt wants an over all plan of
city development so that land
assembly can be carried through
for private development. This is
another way of saying that it
wants City Council to

expropriate private land in.

choice areas to be turned over to
private promoters for their
enrichment.

“After all its talk about the
need for a new party with a new

program, TEAM has come up:

with very little that is new.”’

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CANADIAN DELEGATION IN ROMANIA. Above is the delegation of Canadian Communists meetin

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with Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu and other members of the Central Committee of the Communisy
Party of Romania. The delegation led by Tim Buck, spent 17 days in Romania in July holding discussings ang
visiting many important areas. Other members of the delegation are William Beeching of Saskatchewan
Maurice Rush of B.C., Mel Doig of Quebec and John Boyd, representative of the Canadian Party on Worlg

Marxist Review in Prague.

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present concerns of the RCP and of the CP of Canada, and exchanged views on problems of common int
including the international situation and the Communist and working-class movement.

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LABOR SCENE:

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Ottawa license scheme
will victimize fishermen

“The federal fisheries
department’s new measures for
controlling entry of fishing
vessels into the B.C. fishing
industry are unacceptable to
organized salmon fishermen
because they diminish the rights
of men already in the fishing
industry, and increase the power
of the big companies that now
dominate the industry’.

That was the position set forth
by the United Fishermen and
Allied Workers Union last week
when the proposed new licensing
regulations were announced by
federal fisheries minister Jack
Davis.

A later union statement
demanded that the Minister
submit the new license
limitation scheme to the House
of Commons before such
limitations take effect.

UFAWU acting president T.
(Buck) Suzuki said the license
limitation scheme announced by

| fisheries minister Davis came as

a surprise to the union, with the
uhion receiving only 48-hour
, hotice of the announcement “‘and

‘ no foreknowledge of what was to

that | am unable to thank each

CARD OF THANKS

To all my dear comrades and friends who have sent me
expressions of their deep sympathy and joined their sorrow with mine at
the passing of my beloved husband Charlie Stewart, | send my grateful
thanks on behalf of my family and myself.

So many hundreds of cards of sympathy, floral and financial
donations in aid of the war-stricken children of Vietnam have come,

kindness and sympathy, much as | would like to.
The suffering of the children of Vietnam was one of Charlie

Stewart's greatest sorrows during his last years, and | would like to
express my grateful appreciation for that tribute to his memory also.

and everyone individually for their

its statement that the intent is to

- Mis. CM. (Annie) Sfewart & Family.

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be announced’’. In earlier
discussions with the department
re licensing, deputy fisheries A.
W. H. Needler had given the
UFAWU an assurance that
“nothing would be done without
prior consultation with industry
organizations,’’ Suzuki said.

The new regulation
discriminates against fishermen
in that the fishing license will
now be issued to the boat instead
of the fishermen. Should a
fisherman lose his boat by
accident or shipwreck he cannot
replace his boat and continue’
fishing operations. He must buy
another licensed vessel (if he
cart?) or secure a new license for
his new craft, should he be able
to purchase one through the
fishing companies which now
finance the majority of vessel
purchases.

Such a regulation increases the _
ability of the companies
financing boat purchases to
discriminate against fishermen,
and drive them out of the
industry. Both white and Native
fishermen will be seriously
affected by such regulations.

In its September 6 statement
the UFAWU states that ‘‘the
most obvious contradiction in
the department’s proposals is in

‘curtail the size of the fishing
fleet and, on a long-term basis,
reduce productions costs’. Yet
the vessels producing 10,000
pounds and under to be governed
by this
regulation, ‘‘account for
approximately one percent of the
total salmon production’ by the
department’s own admission.

In its demand that the new

_ licensing regulation be brought
before the House, the union ~’

. standing committee on

_ with those of the minister

non-replacement .

states that; ‘Submission of th
government’s scheme to the
House of Commons, allowing the
whe
and fisheries to hold heanne
least would enable fisherme,
through their organizations, ¢
opportunity to present thej,

views, which are at variane

and hj
departmental advisers,”’ his
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The 31st Annual Cony

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of the International Wooat
workers of America, Wester,
Canadian _ Regional Counciy

No. 1 opened its sessions Monda
of this week in the Georgj
Hotel, Vancouver. =
The high point in the Iw
convention however, wil] like]
center around the leadershj
issue, in which incumbent Re
ional president Jack Moore aK
IWA Local 1-217 president Syq

Thompson will be the chief
tenders. ges

—

STEVE STAVENES, UFAWU leag
was released from prison let
Saturday after serving a year a
term for contempt arising out anil
court injunction. Union secret

Homer Stevens is due to Gry
released on September 25. be