FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1974

VOL. 35, No. 10

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dealt with by anyone but the

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LOBBY URGES SALES T
‘ AX REPEAL
‘| | Tenants turn to
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ilitant acti |
militant action i
g- Following the success of prohibit evictions without just [| r re
N tenants at the Maplewood cause. Collective bargaining
Garden Apartments in North rights for tenants. The im- ; "
n Vancouver in compelling — mediate construction of low 6
a their landlord, through a rent _ rental housing by a provincial -
le strike, to negotiate an agree- housing corporation.”’
le “ment with their represen- Eriksen told the PT that i
it tatives, tenants on the lower hundreds of tenants have i
e mainland, faced with already signed the petition
a skyrocketing rent increases, and he urged readers of the & €
A are turning to militant action PT to sign it and mail it in to: 6 ij
is in the face of government in- Bruce G. Eriksen, Downtown ®
e action. Eastside Residents Assoc., . i
ig The. PT has received 320 E. Hastings St., Van- i
n reports of protests from many couver, B.C. V6A 1P4.
areas. In a North Vancouver Copies of the petition are i
r complex, Mountain Court available at that address. Premier Dave Barrett and the profiteering, stop price and rent a maximum of the rise in the ‘
n Apartments, tenants are NDP government were calledon increases, and wherever ex- cost of living index; establish
0 meeting to plan action against to take steps to protect B.C. cessive charges can be shown on — rent review boards before which i
P soaring rents. One of the joint consumers from inflation, to roll essential consumer items, that a rent increases would have to be - ii
‘owners of this cone : back prices and curb profiteer- roll back of prices be ordered. justified; provide collective ; i
Werner Paulus, president o ing. bargaining rights for tenants and
the recently acquired Dunhill This action came Wednesday Bee Snes es Sales Tax, or es aceiagt unjust evic- |
Development Corp. when a representative delegation jy doet sur : € amount of the tions: treat housing as an essen- !
In Burnaby, tenants at the from the B.C. Co-ordinating |. ee mate ae this fax is tiaJ public service with ten per- |
be Willingdon Apartments have Committee to Roll Back Prices 1.5.) PR iat ne SIN Heats” ot the provincial bade ast iE
e called an emergency meeting presented a brief to the NDP jnoce in oh sie 7 and aside each year for the next iit
n Tuesday to protest a $40 boost caucus and MLAs. brackets. Call p= eerie decade for housing; the provin- ii
t, across the board. In addition to the well- eliminate the 12% fed ae | ° cial government to provide
k Last weekend the Down- documented brief entitled, “The tax on manufacturing financing for homes with interest
e town eastside Ecesace Crisis of Accelerating Inflation,” raat rates in the six percent range. ia
Association published a large the delegation took with them a ¢ Support the tenants dem j i
Bi advertisement in both Van- series of resolutions adopted ata _ that rent increases be limited to A eee jones gi “ilk
d couver dailies calling on the conference on February 9 in Van- . P = rag pg ie
e : . etition and Minister of Municipal Af- AE
public to sign a Pp couver, attended by 85 delegates fairs J ae Aaa Pee
' demanding the NDP govern- frGi 59 aroenisntions: airs James Lorimer, and inter- hit
f i its housin : viewed MLAs from all parties. api
ment implement its § The resolutions urge the The brief was ‘presented to th iW
‘ policy and act to put a halt to provincial government to take NDP canes As Ethel Oss 2 ae
e unjustified rent increases. the following action: Pen a pean Stry, ay
. Signed by Bruce G. Roe : ane aint president of the Co-ordinating i 4
© 1 Friksen, the petition Tenant tn New Vau a Send a letter to Ottawa on Committee to Roll Back Prices. i h
a. , ates iamedinté Heaea ee s carrie : behalf of the people of B.C. sup- Bob Hamilton, representing the aby Fa
‘ establishment of rent review Setar mbes a Bee porting tie petition. now. peing Vancouver and District Labor
n boards with the power to Squall = 3 nis. “apples | circulated by the committee Council, introduced the delega-
ri y ons which calls for action to halt tion.
S The opening line of the brief i :
| warns that the people today ‘‘are { :
n faced with a crisis that cannot be ti
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council urge

| City labor urges Congress

follow Paperworkers lead

While Canadian members of
‘the United Paperworkers Inter-
national Union prepared to vote
on amicable separation from the
international in a referendum
slated for April 30, delegates to
the Vancouver and District
Labor council Tuesday night

The two-part resolution
presented by the executive of the
d the Congress to
welcome the UPIU decision and
call on its international affiliates
to “hold a similar referendum or
Canadian convention on this sub-
ject if so requested by the Cana-
dian members and to respect the
wishes of the Canadian members

as shown by such referendum or

convention.’

“What we're discussing here,”’
CUPE representative Jack
Phillips told the delegates, “‘is
one of the most significant

developments in the Canadian:

trade union movement.
“Those of us who have been ad-
vocating an independent trade

refuse to concede to their
members the right to establish a
national union should they so
desire.”’

Phillips challenged the argu--
ment that only by maintaining
organic ties with international
unions in the U.S. can the mul-
tinational corporations be
fought, and pointed out that the
recent convention of the AFL-
CIO voted to press vigorously for

the enactment of the protec-
tionist Burke-Hartke bill which,
if passed, could mean the loss of
some 300,000 Canadian jobs.

“Obviously the dominant
leadership of the AFL-CIO
doesn’t give a damn about the

will protect our livelihood, it will
be a sad day for Canada.”’

He also attacked the campaign
of AFL-CIO president George
Meany against the world move-
ment towards international
detente and the easing of inter-
national tensions and called him
a ‘“‘decrepit cold warrior’? who,
on such a vital question, “‘is to
the right of Richard Nixon.”’

See LABOR, pg. 12

ETHEL OSTRY, president of the
B.C. Coordinating Committee to
Roll Back Prices, who presented a
brief to the government urging ac-
tion to roll back prices.

government — the crisis of
accelerating inflation.”’ It warns
that if the same rate of increase
continues in 1974 the rate of infla-
tion will be 16%.

The brief makes these major
proposals:

e That government action be
taken to cut back by at least 25%

See PRICES, Pg. 2

See

YACITIC TRIBUNE—STRIVAT, MARCI ZS; 1774 —T ROLY

voted unanimously to send a union movement have some ise ae aoc a aH
resolution to the May convention times been accused of being oe ra ; a and ae 7
of the CLC urging the Congress splitters. But I submit to you, ape pha peers US and ni,
~ to call upon its international af- that the worst splitters are those ete is Fata cath us .
filiates to take similar action leaders of international unions against the De andional cor
Where requested by their Cana- who refuse to recognize that | oyations and for policies that
‘dian membership. Canada is a separate nation: who P P i