_ Thousands of people line up for their fish at one of two herring sal Allied Workers Union and CKNW. Some $20,000 was raised at t ! CK NW’s share will go to the Orphans Fund and the UFAWU’s share to the construction of a home forretired fishermen and other workers.in the fishing industry. es sponsored by the United Fishermen and he sales held December 2 and 9 of which —Richard Morgan photo PRICES Cont'd. from pg. 1 Significantly, the most fantastic profit of any B.C. company during this period was rolled up by the giant food monopoly, B.C. Packers, which dominates the fishing industry. Its profits rose 667.4 per cent in the third quarter of 1973 compared to the same three months in 1972. The forest industry continued to show high profits with 8 of the biggest companies showing a profit increase of 200.9 per cent in the third quarter over the same period last year. The three largest real estate companies in B.C. showed a gain in profits of 132.8 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year — which explains in large part the fantastic increase in housing costs during that time. While the corporation rip-off continues apace. workers’ wages continue to fall far behind the ris- ing cost of living. Average weekly wages in Canada rose by only 6.9 percent in the 12 months ending August. This has been more than wiped out by the 9.3 percent rise in the cost of living, published by Ot- tawa. As workers in B.C. prepare to enter wage negotiations in nearly all major industries in the province soon after the new year, they are faced not only with the need to catch up with the rise in the cost of living, but also to go for substantial gains to protect their standard of living in 1974 as well as gain some of the benefits from increased production brought about by ad- vancing technology being in- troduced in B.C. As 1973 comes to a close, all signs point to 1974 being a year of major struggles by workers to protect their standards of living from infla- tion which is impoverishing the people and enriching the giant cor- porations. oranges. ny. All Kraft products. What not to buy this Christmas As readers of the Pacific Tribune look forward to the Christ- mas season, there are several boycotts presently in progress for whieh the labor movement in this province asks support. Below is a list of products for your Do Not Patronize List: All California grapes and head (iceberg) lettuce. The trade un- ion movement also calls for a boycott of Super-Valu stores, the only retail food store which continues to handle scab grapes. All products from Chile, particularly Chilean wines among which are Pinot Red and Pinot White. All South African wines and brandies, most of which are under the Paarl label. All other South African products including Outspan All Portuguese wines which are listed under several labels, in- cluding Brizard, Dao, Faisca, Gonzalez, Harvey’s, Kophe, Malmsey, Sercial. Several Portuguese liquors are also bottled by the LCB including LCB Fine Old, LCB Medium Full, LCB Old Taw- All Angolan coffee among which are many major brands. Those using Angolan coffee are: Sanka, Yuban, Tasters Choice, Nescafe and Chase and Sanborne. Maxim, Maxwell House, Brim, Vietnam aid objective reached, new aim set The Canadian Aid for Vietnam Civilians in Vancouver announced in its Fall-Winter bulletin, which JOBLESS Cont'd. from pg. 1 the Liberals, would likely be part of an overall strategy toshift to the right on expenditures for social security programs. The Liberals would appeal to the country for curbs on social spending. If this is Liberal Party strategy, it would shed more light on the re- cent report of the Economic Coun- cil of Canada which “warned” Canada was overspending on social welfare programs, and the editorial campaign of the Liberal Vancouver Sun recently to cut back on social security programs. came off the press this week, that it had reached its objective of $250,000 in cash donations, and had now set a new target of $300,000. Under the heading, ‘Let's meet a new commitment for aid to In-: dochina,” the bulletin says on the front page: “The suffering is by no means over, even though the full-scale war and bombing have stopped. Reports from Indochina tell us of hundreds of thousands of civilians left homeless, sick and crippled ‘Chairman of CAVC is Dr. Alan Inglis. Contributions can be sent to: CAVC, Box 2543, Vancouver 3, BC) GET RESERVATIONS NOW (PHONE: 683-9655; 684-3254) FOR New Year’s Eve WITH CONGENIAL COMPANY, GOOD MUSIC “‘OLSON’S BAND”’, TURKEY SUPPER, REFRESHMENTS, AND FAVOURS FOR ALL AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICE IN TOWN. FISHERMENS HALL MON., DEC. 31 —9 P.M. TO ? AUSPICES: FRANK ROGERS FISHERMEN’S CLUB e SINGLE $8.00 ~ COUPLES $15 «. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1973—-PAGE 12 By SAM VINT At a packed meeting last Sunday in Woodworkers House, IWA Local 217 tradesmen unanimously reiterated their demand for an across-the-board increase to in- clude all tradesmen listed in the agreement as well as apprentices and firemen. The November 28 book-off un- ited: all tradesmen and made it clear that they were determined to win their just demands and wanted no part of Forest Industrial Relations (FIR) president Don Lanskail’s attempt to impose pari- ty with the tradesmen in the pulp industry by manipulating the rates paid to various categories. The “final” offer brought con- siderable protest from tradesmen. by the fact that it excluded firemen and second and fourth class engineers. In addition, third class engineers would receive 3 cents, apprentices 15!z to 20 cents, heavy duty mechanics 22 cents, elec- tricians and painters 28 cents, and millwrights. pipefitters, welders and auto mechanics 38 cents. Tradesmen in the sawmills, plywood plants and logging camps have been disturbed for some time over the fact that they are working much less than their counterparts in the construction section of the IWA with the result that millwrights, welders, and pipefitters actually earn $1.25 an hour less. while electricians earn $1.34 less. by comparison. In many cases. more skills are necessary than in the construction field and tradesmen justifiably feel that the rates should be the same. An article in the Province last week noted that the IWA wants a summit meeting with coast forest employers to discuss tradesmen’s wage revisions. In his letter, releas- ed last Thursday, IWA western 7§. signals tough employer . stance for 1974 talks regional president Jack Munro said that the industry's position regar- ding the revisions would cause a wound that would take years to heal. He warned that the final offer presented by FIR could only lead to a major confrontation. He also criticized the new presi- dent of FIR, Don Lanskail and said that I can assure you that if this new procedure of attempted blackjacking of the IWA is the new look of FIR, it is a course that can only lead to complete chaos.” A subsequent article in the Sun carrying a reply to Munro from FIR executive committee chair- man Roy Whittle suggested that a meeting could be held December 14 or 18 for discussion on several labor problems. The recent announcement by MacMillan-Bloedel that the Red Band shingle mill, on strike now for 18 months, was to be closed and the cutback in production at Van- couver Plywood coupled with the final offer of FIR on tradesmen’s wage revisions all point to a major attack on the IWA by the forest in- dustry employers. lt is clearly in- tended as a prelude to major con- tract negotiations coming up June 15, 1974. The struggle of the tradesmen has many similarities to the struggle of the fallers in 1972 and the employers are making every ef- fort to promote divisions among the production workers and the tradesmen. The difference this year is that the tradesmen are con- ducting their fight within the framework of the IWA. Unity is the key in the struggle and a united membership will en- sure success. The production workers need to recognize that the struggle of the tradesmen is their struggle and stand solidly behind them. ‘ 300 250 PROFITS BASED GROWTH IN CORPORATE 1972 LEVELS ON MID- 200 150 100 50 Seo 41H QUARTER 1972 Ist = 2nd = Sro QUARTER 1973 ) —— Graph published recently in the Vancouver Sun financial pagesshows the spectacular growth in corporate profits in B.C.