See LABOR SCENE BY BRUCE MAGNUSON In my last two columns of Labor Scene I have sought to prove that AFL-CIO policies do not fit the needs of Canadian workers and consequently ought to be kept out of Canada. I have also tried to convey the urgency of measures to pro- vide for Canadian self-govern- ment of Canadian members of so-called international unions. There is not the slightest doubt that failure to take such meas- ures will play into the hands of the monopolies who are out to rob the workers. The ruling class of this country, same as in the United States, want the workers to bear the burden of capitalist crisis for which they, the workers, are not responsible. But self-government for Cana- dian members of international unions will not come about through raiding, secession move- ments and dual unionism. Cana- dian history is full of abortive efforts to bring about instant changes by establishing “pure” Canadian unions. The road that Canadian labor has travelled is dotted with failures of such cru- saders, self-appointed saviors of the working class, who turned out to be nothing but splitters of trade unions, much to the profit of the ruling class of the time. : Class Struggle Policies What role has been played by these splinter groups of bygone days? The Canadian Federation of Labor? The One Big Union? The All-Canadian Congress of Labor? They did not survive be- cause they were not based upon a principled class approach to the role of trade unions in a @ Continued from page 5 at a press conference arranged by the Vietnamese, and the ob- vious answer had been given by Hoang Tung, editor-in-chief of Nhan Dan — namely, that this was something to discuss with the Pathet Lao and not the government of the DRV. Mr. Sharp and his party, and the journalists, TV and radio crews, all seemed impressed by the genuinely friendly welcome accorded them by their Vietnam- ese hosts and the people of Hanoi. While the talks between the government spokesmen were proceeding, the Canadian press contingent, after a splen- did luncheon and an hour-long society of exploitation of man by man and the need for class struggle policies to fight against the boss. Instead they became the tools by which the boss di- vided organized workers and made them fight against one an- other while the boss-class rob- bed both. No, it cannot be done from the outside by self-appointed ‘saviors. If Canadian labor is to have self-government it has to come from conscious struggle on’ policies and programs carried forward by Canadian workers to transform their own organi- zations from what they are to- _day to what they want them to be, while maintaining solidarity and unity to carry on the strug- gle against the boss-class on a principléd and uninterrupted basis. Recently: Labor Minister John Munro chastised the AFL-CIO for its co-sponsorship and sup- port of the Burke-Hartke bill which, if passed, would cut ex- ports from Canada and other countries to the United States and consequently deprive tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of Canadians of their jobs. That would obviously be a calamity. No arguments about that. Dead End Projects But that is how our system operates, on a dog-eat-dog basis. If the working class tails behind the capitalist class and supports its policies, as the AFL-CIO does, then it is the natural thing for them to take measures to preserve their jobs at home. Protectionist walls, however, erected by the government of their ruling class, the U.S.-based multi-national corporations will CONTINUE ICCS PARTICIPATION also rob the working people of the U.S.A. What has U.S. big business to lose? Nothing! They hold political power, they own and control the land, resources, means of production, the mass media and the government itself. This is precisely what Mr. Munro wants the Canadian trade union movement to do. He wants Canadian labor to stay within the capitalist orbit and support the ruling class, the Canadian bourgeoisie. This is .the meaning of bourgeois na- tionalism, which is a narrow and moribund philosophy — the op- posite of true patriotism, the philosophy of petty-bourgeois despair and dead-end projects like dual unionism. For the ruling class this is a marvelous philosophy. It permits them to fight their bourgeois competitors and the working class at the same time. What better position could they hope to be in? Finger in Pie The defection of old Bert Her- ridge from the NDP to the -Lib- erals in Kootenay West, B.C. in the last Federal election proved that the Liberal Party (presently the ruling capitalist party in Canada) had its finger in the pie of union raiding in that prov- ince. The statement by Labor Min- ister Munro is another exposé of the Liberal Party’s “pay-triot- ism” on behalf of Canada. (I have always thought that the Abbott Plan of 1947-48,. was a Liberal Party plan for a con- tinental partnership of the Unit- ed States and Canada in the interest of the Canadian mono- MOSCOW — In a wire sent to Hanoi, to the visiting Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mitchell Sharp, the Canadian delegates to the International Consultative Conference of the World Peace Congress called on the Minister to ensure Canada’s con- ~ tinued participation on the International Control and Supervisory Commission. The delegates also called for Canadian recognition of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam and for the granting of visas to Vietnamese invited to Canada by the Quebec Vietnam Moratorium Committee. press conference, were taken on a tour of the capital and shown some of the damage done by American bombers during their savage last effort to win a war they had already lost. At Bach Mai hospital, where more than 100 bombs were dropped, there _ was heavy loss of life and some 30 buildings were destroyed. The Canadians were also driven through working-class areas which had suffered heavily dur- ing the December bombing raids, and were surprised and touched by the friendly smiles and hand waving on the part of the people every time the bus pt pk Be ae Ee PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1973—PAGE 8 Self-government, not secession polies and at the expense of the people of Canada.) But when one Bob Aceti writes in the Hamilton Spectator that John Munro represents 22 mil- lion citizens of Canada in the interests of labor, who is this man trying to kid? It is almost as disgusting as the circus per- formance that the Committee for an Independent Canada put up in Ottawa at its annual banquet, where Canadian Unionism_be- came the after-dinner fare for Liberal Cabinet Ministers, after filling their bellies with Cana- dian pot roast served in sauce of Canadian beer. Doug Swanson, whiz kid from Trail, who is crusading on be- half of the Liberal Party and Cominco to splinter the Steel- workers union at Trail and Kim- berley, appealed for support from these gentry for pressure on the B.C..NDP Government to force a vote on the issue of his union versus the steelworkers union. Unity, the Way A Toronto Star story reports that a telegram was sent to Premier Barrett, urging a certi- fication vote for the “new” Trail* local. But there is absolutely noth- ing that a Liberal-sponsored drive for “pure” bourgeois- nationalist unions is going to do to improve the independence of Canadian working men and wo- men, be they organized or un- organized. Such independence, if it is to mean anything at all, presupposes independence from the ruling class and a united front with the world of labor. This means a change in pro- gram and policies and not orga- stopped. Earlier, at the press confer- ence, Hoang Tung had stressed the difficulties of achieving genuine and lasting peace, but expressed confidence that, with the aid of all peace-loving forces of the world, peace can be won. The aggressive forces in Saigon are not strong enough to esca- late their present “nibbling” military ventures unless they receive encouragement from Washington, he said. The Cana- dian government recently threatened to withdraw from the International Commission because of certain difficulties the Commission experienced in performing its duties. But these difficulties, Ottawa should rea- lize, spring largély from the ac- tivities of the Saigon govern- ment, which constantly tries to hamper implementation of the Paris Agreement. Canada has publicly proclaim- ed its desire to work for a genu- ine peace. The DRV approves, but to make the wish a reality, Canada must adopt an impartial stand as a member of the Inter- national Commission. This means recognition of the fact that there are two governments in South Vietnam today — the ~ administration in Saigon and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Canada should treat each of these governments on an equal basis, and stop pre- tending that Saigon is the only legal government. nizational gimmick th on pseudo-radical PMO cq ering and appeals to nationalistic prejudices: it? 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