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LABOR ROUNDUP:

Labor demands takeover
of Brewing monopolies

Vancouver Labor Council at
© Meeting last Tuesday unani-
Mously called on the Bennett
“*vernment to place the Brewing

Stry in B.C. under public
Wnership,

At virtually the same time,

biennial convention of the
iecian Union of Public Em-
see was demanding that all
: ce telephone monopolies in
oe — including B.C, Tele-
ie — be nationalized. (Next
= ai PT willcarry a full report
_ “1@ CUPE convention),

an labor council demand for a
€ takeover of the brewing
ron Poles came after a letter
mM the Beverage Dispensers
was read to the meeting,
, tae Dispensers have been
ai a out of work as a result
i Wor € five week strike of Brewery
BEY seco.
“bear letter pointed out that
couy Was available for the Van-
een, Market from Tartan
I ee at Prince George and
. ae. Brewing Co, of Creston,
deen Ament Liquor Stores have
the one Tartan products to
Boa ics but the Liquor Control
hep and “Attorney General Bon-
Ri refused to permit Van-
hotels to buy Tartan,

Mi © Beverage Dispensers have
“kegs assured by Tartan that 2,000
Yainy f beer could be shipped
Gary into Vancouver from Prince
Peniog” After a three week
Steppeg that figure could be
Up to 3,000 kegs a day,
Seve, ctling for the takeover,
Monon ee eeates pointed out the

ly nature of the brewing

interests that have the sizeable
West Coast market sewn up and
pointed to the complete lack of
provincial government initiative
in the beer strike,

One delegate charged that com-
pany negotiators have left the
province since the strike began,
in direct contravention of the
Labor Relations Actof B.C. What
was the government going to do
about this, he wanted to know,

“Delegates clearly felt the next
move was up to A,G, Bonner,

6
After hearing a report on the
strike by Local 9-601 of the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers
Union, the VLC is considering
setting up mass picket lines at

B—A Bulk Plants and Service
Stations,

The union is already picketing
at more than a dozen cities and
towns in B,C. and desperately
needs more bodies to man the
picket lines, besides the help
it is already receiving from or-
ganized labor,

Local President Fred Geddes
told council the main cause of the
strike is lack of job security due
to automation, He listed three
reasons why the strike has thus
far been confined to B—A (a sub-
sidiary of Gulf Oil of Pittsburgh),

They are:

(1) The union has B—A organ-
ized on a national basis.

(2) The company is big enough
to break away from the skirts of
Imperial Oil — largest of the huge
oil monopolies,

Natio

the Co Communist Viewpoint on the Federal Election

HEAR

NELSON CLARKE

nal Campaign Manager, Communist Party of Canada

DELL HOTEL (lower hall) North Surrey

SUNDAY, SEPT. 26, 8:00 p.m.

Auspices: Delta-New Westminster Committee

Communist Party of Canada

(3) B—A is wealthy enough to
provide job security and adecent
settlement, thereby setting an
industry wide trend,

“We're endeavouring to dry up
this company’s market and we’re
succeeding,” Gedded said,
“We're gearing for a long, hard
struggle because this company
hopes to break our union and in-
flict a defeat on the labor move-
ment, But we serve notice it
won't be done,”

The Oil Workers paid special
tribute to unions like the Fisher-
men and Teamsters, who are out-
side the “official” trade union
movement, but have thrown their
full support behind the strikers,

Acting on a request from the
OCAW, the council agreed to
press the Canadian Labor Con-
gress for re-instatement of the
Teamsters Union, Several dele-
gates pointed out that other unions
should likewise be re-admitted,

Bill Stewart (Marineworkers)
received the biggest ovation of the
entire evening when he spoke on
this question, saying: “It’s long
past time that unions outside of
the CLC be re-admitted.”

Listing the Fishermen, Mine
Mill, Vancouver’s Outside Civic
Workers, the UE, Teamsters and
others, Stewart pointed out: “The
expulsions of these unions proved
nothing and accomplished nothing
except to divide the ranks of
labor.”

He urged that every union in
B.C. should send in resolutions
to the forthcoming convention of
the B.C. Federation of Labor
calling for the reuniting of the
labor movement,

Stewart was followed by spea-
kers from the OCAW, Amalga-
mated Transit Union and others
who echoed his statements, It
was obvious that the overwhelm-.

‘ing sentiment of the meeting

favored inclusion of all unions
now outside the CLC,

It is expected this issue will
receive top priority in the debate
from the floor at the BCFL
convention early in November,

WOMEN CALL FOR ACTION

ON HIGH COST OF LIVING

The demand for a commission
to enquire into the prices of food
and other necessities of life was
put forward this week asanissue
in the Federal election when the
Women Against High Prices
Committee in* Vancouver sent a
letter to all candidates in the
election asking them to take a
stand,

The letter to prospective MPs
states: “Throughout the past
months the sharp rise in the cost
of living has been a major worry
to all homemakers, Several
leading economists have indi-
cated this sharp rise could lead
to inflation.”

Four steps are urged in the
letter to check and control the
inflationary trend now, the major
one being the establishment of a
special commission,

The women’s committee also

proposes that a representative
of labor be on the commission and
that business, consumer groups
and old age pensioner organiza-
tions, as well as all interested
people, be encouraged to present
their views to the commission,

A key proposal put forward by
the women’s group is that during
the enquiry no government grant
an increase on the price of such
staples as milk and dairy
products and meat, Further, that
there be'no increase in the price
of public utilities such as gas,
electricity, bus or ferry trans-
portation or telephone services,

The letter, signed by chair-
man Elaine Podovinikoff, con-
cludes by stating that “pricesare
increasing more rapidly than
costs justify and that some con-
trols are necessary,for the pro-
tection of the consumer,”

Pearson’s auto pact —
a sellout of Canada

Cont'd from pg. 1

Here was an example of the
Canadian state, represented by
the Pearson government, en-
tering directly into anagreement
with giant U.S. monopolies to
place the Canadian public at the
mercy of these monopolies and to
strengthen their grip over the
Canadian economy,

When the pact was first signed
in January of this year the Com-
munist Party of Canada was one of
the first to criticize it, Inastate-
ment issued January 22 the Party
asked: “What guarantee is there
that the $50 million loss of Can-
adian customs revenue now
transferred to the big auto com-
panies will be used for expansion
of production facilities?”

It also asked Prime Minister
Pearson: When will Canadian-
made cars be brought downto the
U.S. price level?” — a question
which has remained unanswered,

The Communist Party state-
ment pointed out that since, under
this pact, all decisions and con-
trol “will rest mainly in the hands
of U.S, companies and _ their
Canadian subsidiaries, our na-
tional sovereignty and indepen-
dence is involved,”

It also added this point of con-
cern to Canadian workers: “One
of the premises upon which suc-
cess of the automobile industry
agreement seems to be based is
the maintenance of lower wage
rates in Canada, In effect this
means to impose a double yoke
of exploitation upon Canadian

workers and to increase the
profits and monopoly control of
General Motors, Ford and Chrys-
ler,” ‘ :

The statement concluded by
urging Canadians to consider na-
tionalization of the auto industry
in Canada and together with this,
the design and production of a
100 percent Canadian car,

Such a step, said the state-
ment, would better serve the
independent development of Can-
ada,

The course proposed by the
Communist Party is still the
answer to the present giveaway
agreement, Prime Minister
Pearson should be compelled in
the course of the election cam-
paign to disclose the full rami-
fications and secret agreements
surrounding the deal,

Since the pact has never been
placed before Parliament — an
act of the Liberals which under-
mines the sovereignty of Parlia-
ment — the public should press
for commitments by all parties:
that one of the first acts of the
new Parliament should be to
conduct a full debate on the
agreement,

Canadians should also press
during the Federal election cam-
paign for nationalization of the
car industry in Canada andaction
by the new Parliament in laun-
ching plans for an all-Canadian
car industry, owned and con-
trolled by Canadians,

Party, told the PT,

nothing of the sort,

Nelson Clarke corrects
wrong statement by CBC

“The statement which I gave to the CBC on Tuesday,
September 21 was distorted on its evening regional newscast,”
Nelson Clarke, national campaign manager for the Communist

“CBUT,” Clarke continued, “quoted me as saying that we
would support NDP candidates, but ‘only progressives.’ I said
I pointed out that we were calling on the
people of Canada to reject the drive of the capitalist parties
for majority government by electing the largest possible number
of progressive candidates to the House of Commons.”

September 24, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3