FROM PAGE ONE “THE NAKED TRUTH" whenever he so chooses. Rarely does he assume such power without the intention to use it. His at- titude at the outbreak of the ferry strike revealed his attitude in regard to labour-management rela- tions. The record of the Social Credit government in its progressive shackling of B.C. unions belies the assurance that this power will be used sparingly. The savage sentences ($1,000 or three months imprisonment for individuals and $10,000 fines plus a daily increase of $150 a day for unions) indicates a readiness to crush any offending union when the Bill is placed on the statute books. The Minister's comparison between the process of law in the courts and compulsory arbitration is not valid because one of the Bill 33 provisions pro- hibits the right of appeal to the courts in defence of workers’ civil liberties. The Minister made it evident that he had the IWA in mind during his speech. His references to the Interior IWA strike, previous government inter- vention, one-industry towns (i.e., Port Alberni, etc.), statements by the International and Regional presi- dents, and newspaper reports purporting to express the view of the International Union support this asumption. Mr. Don Lanskail of Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. on a CBC-TV panel counselled that unions should “wait and see.” Earlier Mr. John Billings, F.I.R. president, in an article declared that bargaining talks with the IWA has been a waste of time. Clearly the Bill is seen by coast lumber corporations as an escape hatch to free them from any count- down bargaining under threat of strike. Can any- one imagine that our union’s most urgent demands and well-founded argument will carry weight with a Bennett-appointed commission in face af opposition from the powerful multi-million dollar corporations. The Minister has attempted to extol the virtues of compulsory arbitration. At the same time he nulli- fies the advantages of genuine mediation by pro- visions for binding and compulsory enforcement of the Mediation Commission's decisions. Dictated settlements are the opposite of mediation. If the disguised dangers of Bill 33 are realized by all trade unionists they will call for a day of reckoning at the polls. I KNOW YA LIKES TA TAKE TH’ OTHER SIDE OF AN’ ARGUMENT... BUT MAN ... YOU KNOW WHAT A LOGGER THINKS OF BILL 33! “THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER “Now, IF You dusT-SiT THERE FOR A MINUTE, THE WHOLE THING WILL BECOME PERFECTLY CLEAR To, Uae : Wee FROM_PAGE ONE “GENERAL STRIKE NOW OUT" means of settling industrial disputes and it will be under this convention that the Fed- eration will petition Ottawa to disallow the Bill. While the move is not like- ly to bring any tangible re- sults, the Federation believes it could be a source of em- barrassment to the govern- _ment. However, more concrete re- sults are expected from the other ten executive council resolutions approved by the delegates. These include plans to: © Give 100% support to civil servants in their strug- gle for full collective bargain- ing rights. © Mobilize the full re- sources of the Federation be- hind any union endangered by the Bill provided that un- ion, in the opinion of the Fed- eration, warrants the support. e Ask all trade unions to have their members make a NEW LABOUR PAPER? Negotiations are taking place for the sale of the Co- operative Press premises and printing plant in London to Mr. Robert Maxwell, a weal- thy publisher and Labor MP for Buckingham. As Mr. Maxwell has been known for some time to be interested in launching a new Labor daily newspaper, these negotiations have touched off speculation that a new paper is in the offing. Unconfirmed reports have mentioned a figure of £700,- 000 for the Co-op premises and plant. Until last year the plant printed the Co-operative and Labor Sunday newspaper “Sunday Citizen” (formerly “Reynolds News”) , which had to cease publication because of financial losses. donation to publicize the ine- quities of Bill 33 and defeat the government that intro- duces compulsory arbitration. © Urge all local unions to make an immediate donation to the “Defeat Bill 33 Fund” in order that the Federation can start on its campaign to defeat compulsory arbitra- tion: © Work with the respective labour councils to set up area conferences throughout the province to mobilize rank and _ file support against compul- sory arbitration. e Arrange meetings so that the general public may hear the views of civil liberty, church leaders and labour air the dangers of Bill 33. e Have Local Unions and members make their views known to their MLAs and the public media through letters and personal contact. e Continue the programme of lobbying individual MLAs and finding out their view of the bill. e Ensure that as many trade unionists as possible are present in the House while the Bill is up for debate. The proposed Bill has al- ready been given second read- ing in the House and political experts are predicting that the government will ram the Bill through in a night ses- sion sometime in the near future. Because of this possibility, the Federation is determined to publicize the restrictive features of the Bill as widely as time will permit. Regional president Jack Moore has already slammed the Bill by pointing out that it would completely restrict the freedom of collective bar- gaining by substituting indi- rect government compulsion for democratic bargaining procedures. He also warned that if the Bill is enacted, it is bound to make a mockery of the forth- coming Coast negotiations by allowing the government to assume power in an indirect and disguised fashion to dic- tate the wages and conditions for IWA members. While the government de- nies these accusations, the fact remains that the Bill gives the cabinet authority to impose compulsory arbitra- tion in any labour dispute it considers against the public interest. There is little doubt that in the event of a Coast forest industry strike, the govern- ment would move swiftly to impose this section of the Bill. FINNISH JUSTICE When a visitor steps off a plane in Helsinki, he is usually asked how the landing was. The reason is simple: the airport was built by drunken drivers. Finnish drunken driving laws are among the strictest anywhere and first offenders almost always wind up on airport and road-building crews. Drunken drivers are all equal before justice and Mem- bers of Parliament, professors and businessmen have served time in work camps alongside bricklayers and factory hands. The typical sentence for a first drunken driving offence is four months. It can be as high as eight years for causing death. In addition to a work camp or prison sentence, the offender almost always has his licence suspended for between one and ten years — or even for life if he h caused a death.