B.C. WORKERS WIN WAGE BOOSTS [eevee NAUWUM JEL A _ — | Rank and file militancy decisive It is some kind of an index of the maturity of the trade union movement that the of- fensive against wages which usually follows in the wake of a crisis, ‘has not succeeded this time. It was not that the on- slaught was any less ‘vigorous than usual. The last two years have seen the most intensive eampaign of anti-labor propa- ganda in years. All of the old malarkey about dwindling markets, the inflationary ef- fect of wage increases and so forth was played to a fare- thee-well, and it must be ad- mitted, made serious inroads into the thinking of middle class elements, pensioners and even,, to some extent, the workers themselves. Coupled with this was a de- fiant attitude of the employ- ers which in 1958 led to one strike or lockout after an- other. Aiding and abetting the bosses were the courts and the government with a series of injunctions, orders-in-coun- cil, and finally the viciously reactionary Bill 43. The high point was reached, perhaps, when Judge Manson opened the Court House at one min- ute past midnight in his haste to slap an injunction on a union whose strike had commenced 60 seconds: earlier. To the everlasting credit of the workers of this province, they stood firm in the face of all such attacks, and won their point that labor’s ans- wer to the crisis of over production is higher wages PATRONIZE CEDAR FUEL & TRANSFER Plone: 566-R-3 Cedar, B.C. DENTAL PLATES ‘After practising Dentistry in this Province for over FORTY YEARS the Dental Association have recently taken objection to my meth-. od of conducting my prac- tise. Dr.R. Llewellyn Douglas 712 Robson St. Vancouver 1, B.C. (Corner of Granville) Phone: MUtual 1-4622 and greater purchasing power. Led by the Plumbers, building trades men_ stood solid through a whole sum- mer of lockout until their de- mands were granted. Seamen, contending with strike - breaking actions by both federal and provincial governments, plus the de- moralizing effect of the SIU’s inter-union cannibalism, never- theless stood firm and extract- ed a 1 percent increase out of the CPR and Blackball Ferries. The longshoremen gained the respect of the whole labor movement by a solid and dis- ciplined strike which won from the Shipping Federation a wage increase of 21 cents per hour, a jointly-controlled pension plan, and many other gains. On the whole, the average wages in Vancouver increased by $5.37 during the 12 months ended January 1959. Going into 1959 bargaining, the unions have faced a num- ber of perplexing questions. Were the unions too exhaust- ed by their prolonged 1958 struggles to put up a serious battle this year? “Would Bill 43 cripple them in any case? The rank and file militancy which stood ‘the test of last year’s struggles seems to have determined the shape of this year’s bargaining. The shipyard unions follow- GAS HEATING SALES AND INSTALLATIONS @ COMMERCIAL @ INDUSTRIAL ® RESIDENTIAL e e Harry C. Weinstein GAS CONTRACTOR 3823 West 12 or 315 Powell AL 2991-L MU 3-5044 ROOFING & SHEET METAL REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel Reasonable Gutters and Downpipes NICK BITZ BR. 17-6722 ed by the building trades, ‘ad- vanced the seven hour ‘day as the key demand. This was the logical answer>to an un- employment crisis arising from over-production ‘accom- panied ‘by sharply rising -pro- ductivity. Few ‘wars are won the first skirmish, and ‘no employer has thus far conceded the seven hour day in the current negotiations (though the bak- rs have had it for some time). In the course of refusing this demand, however, the bosses have made substantial conces- sions in wages the stand’ ard formula in the building trades’ being 24 cents per hour in the two annual instalments. In the past few months a dozen or more civic unions in the lower mainland have wrung from reluctant munici- pal councils increases in wages ranging from five to 10 percent. : In industry generally, out of 92 wage increases report- ed by the Trade Union Re- search Bureau since the begin- ning of the year,.533 have been for more than 10 cents or five percent Attention is now being foc ussed on negotiations in two ay industries—woodworking and fishing In both industries, Low cost European — tours offered youth This summer Canadian young people will pe. vit q youth from more than 100 countries at the Seventh i Youth Festival in Vienna, Austria. The festival itself take 10 days and Canadans -will have the Sereay ° ca i ling in Europe afterwards. Tours of Austria, Belgium, , Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Po- land, France, Hungary, Ger- man Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union have been arranged. The young Canadians will be able to choose what countries they wish to visit.and will be able to make the tours at the lowest possible cost. They will stay in youth camps and hos- tels on most tours. Here are the costs for some of the countries: the employers are taking adamant stand, which ® nv diculous in view of the ‘hoot ing profits which have re recently revealed in poth © dustries oul USSR: two wean at $6 e day. f i Bulgaria: no definite limit at $3.50 per day. ion Poland: no definite limit at $3.50 per day: iy German Democratic af lic: one, week at $5 per i Hungary: no definite limit at $3.50 per day: oi All arrrangements ate through the Canadian resi Arrangements Committee iff Box 57, Postal Station ! Toronto 4, Ontario. 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