The Committee reviewed its objective appointed : Committes; = FIRST MEETING 1i) J.M. Watson to chair the Benefit Programs and the iii) Gordon McHenry to chat: and; John Tiefenbach to hea changes likely to be requir of present and anticipated accred recomménded that the CCA funnel to the Prices and Incomes Commission an 1970 CCA LABOUR RELATIONS COMMITTEE CONSTRUCTION HOUSE , OTTAWA _SYNOPSIS_ ‘ee WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 1970 s and assignments for 1970 and i) J.C. Sutton to head the Joint Labour-Management Sub- > ; r the Sub-Committee on Labour Statistics d a sub-committee to study and report on ed in association structures as a result itation legislation. It was of the Commission in mustering support fo where determined stands were being ma It was recommended that the CCA cons the Government to introduce legislati information on excessive wage demands d attempt to enlist the hel» r the construction industry de against unreasonable demands. ider representations encouraging on which would apply anti-combines abour. The CCA legislation to restrain certain practices of organized 1 Present were: C.C. Belden, Chairman - oP aM. Al yen ' G.C. Becigneul Pat Darrah Michael Eayrs John Hennessy C.G. Heywood Lachine : Toronto Toronto Saint John,N.B. Toronto Hamilton Ottawa R.W. Marshak J.M. McHenry F. Reynolds Peter Stevens J.W. Tiefenbach J.M. Watson G.H. Durocher, Secretary -Ott Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto London Kitchene1 Construction bosses letter — exposes anti-labor program The PT reproduces parts of a letter which recently came into our possession which shows that the pattern of employer attacks on labor are spreading across Canada. The letter is a synopsis“of a meeting of the Labor Relations Committee of the Canadian Construction Association, meeting in Ottawa, April 22. The underlining is their own. There are three points of major interest to working people to which attention is drawn: First: The line: ‘John Tiefen- back to head a sub-committee to study and report on changes likely to be required in asso- ciation structures as a result of present and anticipated accredi- tation legislation.’ It would Jobs export at Roberts Bank Cont'd from pg. 1 Parliament that foreign interests now control 99.9 percent of Canada’s petroleum refining industry. Other startling figures released by Trade Minister Jean-Luc Pepin in Ottawa, based on 1967 corpor- ate income tax returns showed that: . Foreign owners of manufacturing corporations amounted to 56.7 percent, worth $22.4 billion. . Foreign ownership of com- panies in the oil and gas indus- try amounted to 82.6 percent, worth $3.7 billion. .- Total assets of mining corporations in which foreign capital accounted for more than 50 percent controlled 60.6 percent of the total industry, worth $6.6 billion .~Foreign ownership of the smelting and refining industry above , PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1970—Page 12 appear from this that the construction employers have knowledge of federal legislation coming down in Ottawa similar to Bul 22> in- B:G.. sand: are preparing for it. Second, the line: “It was recommended that the CCA funnel information on exces- sive waged demands to the Prices and Incomes Com- mission and attempt to enlist the help of the Commission in mustering support for the con- struction industry where deter- mined stands were being made against unreasonable demands.” This line reveals the close rela- tionship between the big companies and the Prices Commission in ganging up on (mone of it in B.C.) was 84.9 percent of the total. This week a_ distinguished Canadian engineer and scientist. Dr. Fred Knelman, chairman of the science department at Sir George William University in Montreal, told a Vancouver audience that the U.S. has plans for 95 percent of Canada’s natural resources. He said, ‘Canadians are at war and they don't even realize it. “We're in a cold war, over resources with the United States.’ Dr. Knelman said that with the U.S.’s current rate of growth they want 95 percent of our resources and want to leave ° us with five percent. He added that the U.S. is trying to pressure Canada into agreeing that Canada’s natural resources will be considered continental resources open to exploitation by the U.S. labor and imposing low settle- ments on construction workers. The same must be true in other industries. Third, -is the line: *‘The CCA consider representations ’ encouraging the government to introduce legislation which would apply anti-combines legis- lation to restrain certain practices of organized labor.” This line reveals the aim of the big employers to put unions under government: control through legislation under the combines act, restricting labor's rights and practices. Maybe “Tony” Peskett left Ontario too soon. They may have need for his union busting services down there if the above letter is any indication. The seizing of B.C.’s coal and copper ore deposits — as well as other valuable minerals — by U.S. and other foreign interests — is part of the U.S. drive to control Canadian resources. The building of Roberts Bank by both levels of government with public funds will expedite the U.S.-Japanese drive to control our resources. _ Premier W.A.C. ~ Bennett says he is not worried by the ~foreign takeover of Canadian industries. nor about the U.S. drive to “‘continentalize’ Cana- dian resources. “It's just a bunch of anti- Americans who are excited.” he said. Meanwhile. he merrily proceeds along the road _ of signing away the _ people's heritage for a pittance. while the people are denied the jobs and economic prosperity procesing of resources could bring to B.C. LABOR SCENE Lafarge pickets say: release cement now The Vancouver and New Westminster locals of the Carpenters Union carried signs demanding that the giant cement firm Lafarge - get down to the business of negotiating with the Teamster’s Union, and release Cement supplies for construction, when they picketed the company premises on Tuesday. Their signs also demanded. “Build Schools and Hospitals Now”! “Unless negotiations settle with the teamsters, the talks between union and management in the _ building industry will be useless’, said the business agent of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. * OK Steelworkers at Kitimat this week rejected Company of Canada’s wage offer during negotiations, voting 83.7 percent in favor of turning it down. Actually, the company offer would mean a mere 24 to 35 cents increase the first year and from 20 to 31 cents the second year, according to their own figures. More negotiations will be held, but if no settlement is reached, a strike could be in the offing. * KOK Hotel and Restaurant Work- ers Union informed the Tuesday ° night meeting of Vancouver Labor Council that Air Canada and CP Airlines are informing their crews who lay over in Van- couver that could either stay at the strike-bound Airport Inn or pay for their own lodgings else- where. The union, which is on strike or have been locked out by most of the hotels in the Lower Mainland, asked the support of labor in condemning this strike- breaking tactic of the major airlines. * OK OK Building and Construction Trades Council have demanded the resignation of Health Minister Loffmark. In a letter to the VLC. They said the callous attitude displayed by _ the minister and by the provincial government had created a crisis situation in the Royal Columbian hospital in New Westminster and others | throughout — the province. The demand for Loffmark’s resignation was heartily endorsed by the are undertaken by the companies to’ Aluminum. _—<——— delegates to the VLC meeting. * OK Federal Health and Welfare Minister John Munro has wired the executive of Local 1-217 that “I wish to reaffirm that the Federal government will share 50 percent of the costs under the. Federal-Provincial Assistance Pact regardless if the recipient of welfare is engaged in a union dispute.” 3 Bob Clair, of 1-217, IWA, said the workers who have bee? jobless these past weeks ha rejected the idea of Gaglardis food vouchers. He said, “The workers are*not going to 8? crawling on their hands and knees to someone __ like Gaglardi.”’ Josephine Hallock, one of the few women delegates to VLC, said ‘‘The people want cash, not food parcels. Whe? more men have to try to live welfare, they will finally realiZz€ how tough it is, and they perhaps do a little fighting to better the lot of those who have — to take it.” a Affiliated unions to the VLC were urged to choose a suitable candidate to run for the COPE slate for the civic elections in the fall. COPE is holding an all-day meeting on June 20 to selec candidates and consider 47 election platform. é Pritchett ' in Hospital Harold Pritchett, well-know? B.C. trade unionist, and leading Communist Party member, has undergone a second operation and is doing well at St. Pauls Hospital. : : Pritchett underwent 4? operation some weeks ago, but@ second operation a considered necessary. Pe readers wish Harold a speedy recovery so that he can once again take his place in people’s struggles. Carpenters picketing Lafarge Cement in Vancouver Tuesday-