hieieaes Salmon fishermen prepare strike, Non-union purchases ~ accuse operators of stalling Stalling by operators has caused salmon price negotiations to break down and fishermen are preparing for strike action June 22, the day they are scheduled to leave port for the opening of the season. “When faced with a deliberate refusal to bargain in good faith we have only one move representing United Fishermen and Allied. Workers Union, Native Brotherhood of B.C. and Fishing Vessel Owners As- sociation of B.C. Operators have stubbornly refused to make any offer at all to the joint negotiating committee. - “The Fisheries Association is stalling,” says the statement of the joint bargaining commit- tee. “This deliberate strategy or manoeuvre of declining to put any offer on the table is nothing less than stalling. It makes an absolute mockery of negotiations. It renders their fine-sounding statements about ‘considering each others view- points and problems’ into noth- ing but a lot of words. A smokescreen of’ talk to cover up their lack of sincerity. “We consider there is noth- ing to be gained by ‘pleading’ for an offer. The canners know we are prepared, at any time, to enter into collective bargaining. But bargaining must include the exchange of definite proposals. Refusal-to make any offers places the full onus of responsibility squarely on the masterminds of the Fisheries Association. . . “There is. only one answer to stalling by any employer group. The fishing companies are no exception. In fact, they ~and that is to prepare for strike action,” says a statement have, every year, shown that the ‘big: stall’ is their favorite strategy. The answer is to prepare for strike action.” The statement then advises that fishermen hold meetings not later than June 14, elect strike and policy committees and take a secret strike vote in issued by the joint committee preparations for strike action June 22. Fishermen’s price proposals, with last year’s prices in brackets: sockeye and red springs, 34 (30); cohoe, steel- head and white springs, 25 (24);, pinks and pink springs, 15. (12); chums, 15: (10-17). Education investment not burden, declares Spragg Some rural schools in various points in the province may be forced to close next year because of shortage of teachers, it was reported to a meeting of B.C. Teachers’ Federation. execu- tive this week by presfdent Ian D. Boyd. School districts in the Interior are those most likely to be affected. Next term 1,700 new teach- ers are required-in the prov- ince but only 750 have been graduated from teacher train- ing institutions. In addition, some 650 teachers will leave the profession in June, many to seek better-paying jobs, a trend that has been evident over the past decade. Boyd pointed to another danger — the lowering of standards of admission to the teaching profession. in order to obtain the present supply PHONE OFFICE SUPPLIES “PRINTING 550 Powell St. TAtlow 9627 or write for STATIONERY MIMEO PAPER and - Union Printers Lid. SUPPLIES INVITATONS Vancouver 4, B.C. of teachers, inadequate as it is. Taking part in a panel on “What Can Be Done To Assist High School Chemical Educa- tion,” J. A. Spragg of the BC. Teachers’ Federation termed the shortage of teach- ers “a national emergency.” Hitting references to the “cost and burden of educa- tion,’ Spragg said it is “high time we started to make peo- ple realize education is not a burden, cost or load, but an in- vestment.” anger city unionists ‘he labor movement is*mad at Vancouver City Council be- cause of two decisions that body made recently — to purchase | non-union caps for firemen and to buy non-union made bread. In particular unionists are directing their fire against Ald. Bill Orr, who voted in favor of the scab products in both | cases and réferred to’ union members as “donkeys” during the debate on firemen’s caps. Last year caps were pur- chased from a Vancouver firm which had a union contract. This year, despite the protests of organized labor, aldermen voted to award the contract to a non-union firm in Hamilton. Loudest voice in favor of this action was that of Ald. Orr. : Again, last week, the city fathers ignored labor’s de- mands and awarded a bread supply contract to Golub’s Baking Ltd., a non-union firm, by a vote of four to two. The four who voted for the non- union contract were Alder- man Bill Orr, George Miller, Jack Cornett and Anna Sprott. Aldermen’ Halford Wilson and Earle Adams opposed the motion. Alderman Frank Baker abstained. Before the vote was taken, Vancouver Labor Council sec- retary Ted Jamieson present- ed a VLC brief urging that Golub’s bid be rejected. The brief pointed out that ALD. 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