= = Bae, te! Nye eae ester = SS oF Pe eS Ce Wp Ses Lee Pa ie Peat te tts = OS a ki Ts ot Sn NR « i LEFTY,” of Vancouver, Mites: In the Pacific Tribune September 29th, there is an i 4 | 8 certain structural changes in — | for ay ‘ “dVocate Sion, ty a itstria ti, {ticle by “Observer”, advocat- x trade union movement, such ~ «+. No provisionis made Ocal to go independent, or _ switch to another parent body.” ee Present time there is a Ission established by the Which is discussing struc- and the general feeling trade unionists is that the ; a Needed in Canada is to a Workers in industry into ; ective trade unions; that a eM too many trade unions dictions many conflicting juris- S Which has a detriment- Effect on the workers, Con- Eeitly, I am rather amazed ist es experienced trade union- as “Observer” seems to more and more divi- ture ‘Mong Seq a trade union movement, tay in B,C,, has had Union experiences where local S have left because they er E ti. © in conflict on policy, tac- - temating Programs with the In- 8 mal or National unions, Mage te attempts have been iq 20 Split off, to find a more trade union andthis plays direg A into the hands of big ‘ally. >S Who are interested at i 5 i" Mes in bargaining with sev- ions in an industry. op gusider the example in B.C., tion to A when they left the ‘ form a more “perfect” Union, the Woodworkers’ al Union, which had Ca- Bein naence, ete., but Work 10n was futile and set the Bag ® in the lumber industry Many years, Ww the ¢ have had the situation in Niners Miners’ Union when the erg >, Set up the Mine Work- the , Mion of Canada against Cntr, aucratic, domineering Lewis exercised by John L, of 4 a the United Mineworkers’ Were . 1% The mine operators Wong wehty happy to have two he the industry to play Years 4inst the other, After ten erg. fighting, the Mine Work- to + oo of Canada came back Amen; United Mineworkers’ of Ca, ee FARM FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES at KORCHAK 7 : p No. 5 Road-Richmond The Mine Mill & Smelter Workers’ Union was a mighty effective union established by the workers in this industry and were well on the road to uniting the workers in the whole indus- try but with the onset of the “cold war,” Mine Mill was ex- cluded from the central labor bodies and experienced 18 years of strife among the workers, The rights and wrongs of this have been recognized but the major beneficiary in this was Contributions to the discus- ston on problems facing B.C. labor are welcome in our Open Forum. In recent weeks we carried a series of articles by “Observer” hoping to stimulate such a debate. Additional articles will appear by him in future issues. We ask that contributions be kept down to 300 words and that letters be signed by the author. If a ‘non-de-plume” is desired please indicate. kditor the employer. The competition between unions in the mining industry led to many disasters for the workers, Today this is in the course or being overcome, However, the question is rais- ed now by certain craft unions in the building trades, and I refer to Mr. Malange of the Op- erating Engineers, who proclaims that workers should have the right to “choose” unions any- where else, except in the build- ing trades industry and is pro= ceeding to carry on division among workers in the mining industry, thereby receiving the full support of the employers who want to see more than one union in an industry. I am surethese facts are known to “Observer” who suggests now that solutions to the problem of denials of democracy and bur- eaucratic control, can be found by locals leaving the parent body. He also states that the right to withdraw from the pa- rent body should be established in the constitution. The fact of the matter is that the governments, in the various Labour Relations Acts, have es- / DUNDAS B-A (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) Complete Auto Repair and Service for All Makes > Government Certified Mechanic and SERVICE V. W. SPECIALIST Holes Ph, 255-6828 tablished such a procedure be- cause they want it that way, British Columbia is outstand- ing in this regard in that every ten months of an existing agree- ment the employees can change their trade union, It is actually an invitation to workers to shop around for other unions and the government has established the facilities for such action, That is why we have the continuous raiding. I am sure labor never asked for such provision in the Acts, We do, though, have a situation where workers have no such rights and that is where tne em- ployer signs aclosedsnop agree= ment and provides the hiring rights to “his” choice. Some of these outfits have turned into job trusts and the workers are - ' denied the right to join a trade union for their own protection under the law. The fact is that militant work- ers would fight inside their own trade union to bring about chang- es because nothing would please reactionary leadership more than to have local unions secede, or to threaten to leave their organi- zation, In other words, this would be deserting the struggle. I can cite many examples, There are unions now engaged in B.C., which not only have the closed shop and hiring rights but ‘have also closed their books, and in order for a worker to work on any of these jobs he has to pay for a permit from these outfits, Our objective has been one union in the industry — an in- dustrial union which bargains on an industry-wide basis, The mat- ter of trade union democracy and the fight for Canadian trade union- ism must be carried on within the trade union movement itself, The trees in Vietnam will bloom again The above two woodcuts (actual size 26""x30"') are by Prof. Rontzin of the Ger- man Democratic Republic's Academy of Arts. They are part of a prize-winning collection of 24 exhibited at Prague, Berlin, and Paris. The above two woodcuts won special honors. They will be presented to the two PT press clubs who do the best work in the current circulation drive. PT DRIVE NEWS With the drive past the halfway mark we now have 380 subs in and 1020 to go. 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