une New Year’s resolution that the an all make: “Let’s increase Trib Circulation of the Pacific Une during 1954.” aaa @ young worker who t to Vancouver recently who wing us ee ; “Tts fasy,” he told me. “People na — friendly, and want the than . hy, I’ve collected more ting $19 in tips, which I’m put- 4 esa eied for the financial drive come arch, when I hope to be- sk an Honor Press Builder by in $100 : ative ae on the day the aoe be no edition of the PT 4 Week, because of the holidays, % ordering a’ few hundred xtra Copies at the printshop this : ene I'm hoping that more Office Salesmen will come into the hee Monday, Tuesday and Dane 2% ‘Unlike the daily turn nee of our news doesn’t . in a few days — be- othe We print stories that the real a dare not handle; the ; news eeu to international at € fight against Bill 7, the Det gn to win an appeal for a ihe Sentenced to 14 years Holiday time ; e “4 time is also a good time he P sub renewals and win atop ‘rs. When your friends between Christmas and New ang Year, Set out that sub book eS * Sign em up, Rita Whyte Fron hing in Flowers” ARL SYKES — ~ Hastings st. pa, 3855 LABOR BRIEFS Victoria Labor Council (AFL- TLC) has reaffirmed its opposition to any restriction on the right to picket or strike, during a discus- sion on Bill 7 at a recent council meeting. * * * International Woodworkers of America this week protested to the Canadian Maritime Commission at Ottawa that the Union Steamships’ Lady Cynthia was used to bring 125 loggers on an overnight trip from Port McNeill to Vancouver, although the vessel has no sleep- ing accommodation. “The men were charged first class passage for this type of ser- vice,” said Fred Fieber, secretary of Loggers’ Local 1-71. * * * Canadian labor recorded a sweeping civic elections victory in the smelter town of Coniston, On- tario, eight miles out of Sudbury, when an entire Mine-Mill backed slate of candidates was elected to office December 14. It was a staggering defeat for the International Nickel Company candidates who have dominated Coniston civic politics for 30 years. Last year a former member of Mine-Mill was elected mayor. He received an acclamation this year. Along with him went six union members, two of them stewards. The group had a program of pro- gressive legislation for the town of 2,500, paving of streets, higher taxes from U.S.-o.mled Inco and lower taxes for homeowners. a3 56g, Sow ANCOUVER, B.C, Spanish War veteran dead: CHASE, B.C. Word of the death at Yellow- knife, NWT, of Mark Haldane, veteran of the Spanish War, has been received by his family here. Haldane was one of some 300 British Columbia volunteers who served with the Mackenzie-Papi- neau Battalion, part of the Interna- tional Brigade which fought with the Spanish Republican armies against Franco’s fascist forces. Wounded in action, he had a leg amputated and after his return to Canada in 1939 he contracted TB. Since his discharge from the sana- tarium he had worked at a num- ber of jobs. He is survived by two sisters at Chase. sa SRBC RC BSC ECB I UPR EEN SE ‘ MAX Si eeghs OF THE SEASON B LDBERG PLUMBING & HEATING § Vancouver 4, B.C. PAcific 8627 Sng Season’s Greetings BA R D from ~~ “NDAL’S GROCERY & CONFECTIONERY : é WHONNOCK, B.c. . “ SERENA RT NT NT RT RTT RT RT RT STRIRTRERTNT Ncouver, B.C. ERR BIE UR BER BI BER BE Greetings To All Our Patrons | NE FERRY MEAT MARKET 119 East Hastings St. PA. 9588 IWA rejects ‘loaded’ formula to end strike International Woodworkers of America this week rejected Judge A. E. Lord’s biased “settlement formula” for the hard-fought Northern Interior lumber strike, now in its fourth month, because his re- commendations “do not provide for any recognized form of union security.” Judge Lord recommended a five and one-half e:nts hourly pay boost, but condemned alleged union violence and said: “This union must appreciate that they cannot attain their ends by unlawful acts. It only serves to put their organ- ization in disrepute. To my mind it is impossible to suggest, in view of the above, that this is a re- sponsible union entitled to com- pulsory checkoff or a union shop.” As the compulsory checkoff has been one of the key issues at stake, hopes of an early settlement now appear dim. Judge Lord is to hold a similar “enquiry” into the Southern In- terior strike after Christmas, but unless he sharply reverses his opinion on the “responsibility” of the IWA, biggest union in British Columbia, no positive results can be anticipated. Labor Minister Lyle Wicks in- dicated that the government would not act on an operators’ request to hold a secret ballot among the striking woodworkers. The IWA will hold its own secret ballot of its membership in the Northern Interior this coming week, district president Joe Mor- ris announced. A union statement expressed “bitter disappointment” that Judge Lord’‘s recommendations “failed to offer the strikers ade- quate protection in the exercise of collective bargaining rights.” Meanwhile, support for the strike continues to grow through- out the province. The executive of the United Fishermen and Al- lied Workers Union, forwarding a $100 donation to the IWA, inform- ed the woodworkers that all UFAWU locals have been urged to give financial aid. R “Our union feels very strongly on this matter since it is appar- ent the woodworkers are facing the same kind of anti-union drive which we experienced in the fish- ing industry during 1952 and early 1953,” said UFAWU secre- tary Homer Stevens. : The IWA strike affects the whole interior of B.C. area from Fort George to the U.S. boundary. A union statement sums up the situ- ation: “In the Prince George area, cOov- ered by Local 1-424, we have been on strike since September 27 and there is no sign of any let-up or settlement in sight . The employ- ers have loaded the courts with injunctions to try to restrain “us from doing even peaceful picket- ing. “The Southern Interior, which covers Local 1-405, 1-417, and 1-423, has been out on strike since October 13. The operators here have also resorted to injunctions in these local unions in an effort to restrain us from any kind of picketing. “Production of the Interior was the highest last year it has ever been; and for the first six months of this year, both sales and pro- ruction have exceeded the high of last year. Yet the employers are trying to force the union to accept last year’s contract which gives us only a basic rate of $1.30 which makes a spread of 19¢ an hour be- tween the coast and the interior. “This is the largest spread in the history of the industry, even during the depression years. “Attitude of the employers in ZENITH CAFE 105 E. Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. UNION HOUSE Minn nnn med trying to force us to sign last year’s | i of striking their operations to force a reasonable settlement. “Our picket lines are strong. Our /membership is in good spirits. contract again this year left the | union with only one choice — that | They are prepared to put up a fight. Your financial assistance will aid them immeasurably and your moral support along with it will assist them to victory.” Fishermen’s leader hits U.S. entry bar The U.S. State Department this month barred Reg Payne, president of United Fishermen and Alllied Workers Union, from attending a meeting of the Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission in San Francisco because he is a member of B.C. Peace Council. : he was still out fishing. On arriving home he went to the U.S. Immi- When the UFAWU executive council selected Payne as a delegate, gration Office in Victoria to obtain his U.S. entry permit. Looking at a blue card in his files, an official told him, “Sorry, you can’t go. You are barred as a member of the Peace Council.” “Why should that bar me?” Payne asked. “Because the Peace Council is on the list of subversive organizations of the U.S. Attorney-General,” was the reply. “No member of the Peace Council will be admitted to the United States for any reason.” In an interview with The Fisher- man, organ of the organized fisher- men and shoreworkers in British Columbia, Payne said: “Tt seems quite a contradiction for the nation that consistently talks about its peaceful desires to take the actual step of barring people on the grounds that they belong to an organization which works for peace. “However, when you see how far they have gone in recent weeks to smear Lester Pearson and ex- president Truman as Reds and fel- low travellers, it should be no sur- prise. ; “1 believe firmly in my rights to work for peace in accordance with my conscience. The U.S. State Department has no right to brand me as subversive. It’s a catch-all phrase used to cover up their own attempt to subvert and destroy democracy. “Another aspect of their refusal Auto Workers planning mass lobby to Ottawa BRANTFORD Alarmed by mounting “depres- sion-like layoffs,” the country’s big- gest union, United Automobile Workers, is planning a mass lobby to MPs and government leaders in Ottawa early in January. The proposal, made by George Burt, Canadian UAW director, has been endorsed by: Canadian District Council 26, representing 75,000 workers. i REG PAYNE is the attacks on the rights of trade unionists,” he ie was elected by my union to attend — a meeting of scientists, manage- ment and labor, which happens to be held in the United States. By refusing me the right to enter the country, they have: trampled on the rights of organized Canadian — fishermen.” Art Burchett, secretary of the ‘UFAWU Tofino local, was appoint- ed as an alternate. delegate and attended the conference. S. H. 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