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LABOR ROUNDUP

Resistance by monopolies to legitimate workers’ demands all over the province is stiffening and industry after industry faces the prospect of protracted, hard bargaining ahead.

Most of B.C.’s key unions are entering into negotiations at a time when monopoly profits have never been-higher.

Heading the list of unions en- gaged in the battle to secure some gains from these super profits is the IWA, represent- ing over 25,000 workers in the coast logging industry.

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The second New York school boycott on March 16 was responded to by 268,000 students. In some schools the absence rate went as high as 90 percent. Picture above shows some of the demonstrators at the Board of Education buildings to demand integration of schools now.

Nazi Bormann ‘alive’

A new report that Hitler’s deputy, Martin Bormann, was alive in Brazil came from the Brazilian town of Sao Paulo last week.

Police there confirmed anews- paper report that a man claim- ing to be Bormann’s brother had told them Martin Bormann was living in Brazil’s Matto Grosso State. They said they were hold-

ing him.

Martin Bormann disappeared from Berlin in the last days of the war and was sentenced to death in his absence by the Nur- emberg War Crimes Tribunal: in 1946.

There have been several pre- vious reports that Bormann escaped to South Africa.

The ‘White Man’s’ burden

CAPETOWN, S.A. — A white police officer accused with other policemen of murdering Afri- cans, stated in the Bloemfontien Supreme Court; ‘

‘J don’t think there is a pol- ice station inthe country that does not use violence during question- ing.’? This policeman said he

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knew. it was ‘*illegal . ~ “but he always tried not to leave marks’’ on the victim.

Another accused cop explain- ed that the reason for ‘‘trussing’’ an African prisoner ‘*so that he was helpless, blind-folding him and then giving him electric shocks was that he might believe he was being attacked by a‘‘ Tok- oloshe’’ (an evil familiar in Af- rican folklore). The job was to work on their nerves and scare them’’.

Another method of torture is the ‘‘plastic bag’’ treatment. The constable explains; ‘‘I have been taught to use it on suspected persons . it is common in

-investigations. The African is

trussed in a helpless position and then the plastic bag is used to suffocate him. This particu;ar African didn’t die, but another did under plastic bag treatment.’’

The Ass’n of United Ukrainian Canadians ; Presents

DANCES of the UKRAINE

AUUC SCHOOL OF DANCING & UKRAINIAN FOLK ORCHESTRA

SUNDAY, APRIL 5th - 8 P.M. Queen Elizabeth Playhouse

Tickets $1.50. Students $1.00

Available at AUUC Hall, MU 4-9720 People’s Co-op Bookstore, MU 5-5836

Negotiations between the union and companies have broken down and the IWA has requested ap- pointment of a conciliation of- ficer. The lumber barons have

* countered union demands with

proposals which would: * Increase board and lodging

§ costs to loggers.

* Provide straight time pay for overtime work in some brackets.

* Cut wages to fallers and buckers in the woods.

* Inflict other retrograde measurers upon woodworkers.

A major battle also seems to be shaping up over union de- mands for a one year contract. Employers would like workers to forget about automation and mechanization and accept along- er agreement.

Mine Mill officials: have re- ported that contract talks have broken off with the giant Con- solidated Mining & Smelting Co. operations at Trail and Kimber- ley. Union meetings are being held to determine further action.

Union demands are centered

-around a 15¢ an hour wage

boost, plus overtime pay for all hours worked on weekends.

More than 4,000 workers are affected in the two localities.

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Vancouver’s Outside Civic Workers were scheduled _ to meet as the PT went to press on Wednesday to discuss a con- ciliation award which would give them 53¢ an hour against their demand of 19¢ an hour.

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Speaking about Canada, Dr. Foulkes called for the negotia- tion of a non-nuclear role for our country by the Pearson Govern- ment, The rejection of nuclear arms on Canadian soil would leave Canada in a better posi- tion to work for complete and general disarmament, he Said.

The peace movement, said Dr. Foulkes, has a specific role to play inover-coming the obstacles to disarmament through educa- tion of people. In North Amer- ica, for example, the military- industrial complex in the U.S., which derives huge profits from the present arms race, is one of the biggest blocks to any dis- armament negotiations. Peace workers must prove to people the feasibility of disarmament. They must show how military spending could be diverted to peaceful projects without econo- mic chaos and mass unemploy- ment of workers presently engag- ed in arms industries.

Dr. Foulkes ended his address optimistically. Peace workers must and will replace the pre- sent inertia of people with a de- sire to fight actively for a new way to peace, he said. ‘‘I believe peace will prevail.’* These words summed up the feelings of allthe marchers,

New anti-labor legislation

Se#tion 56 of Bill 14 (an Act to Establish the Bri Columbia Hydro and Power Authority) contains some prov

ganized labor.

Point 1 of the section states that “where all or any of the Labor Relations Act (LRA) is made applicable to the Authority. and where a Conciliation Board has been appointé under LRA to deal with a dispute between the Authority 2 one or more of its employees, or a trade union, the repor the Conciliation Board is binding in every respect upon t parties.” : ;

Point 2 states that ‘‘No person shall declare oF aut orize a strike, and no employee o f the Authority shall str and the Authority shall not lockout any employee or employe

Point 3 declares that ‘‘Words and expressions used” this Section shall have the same meaning as those wort and expressions used in the Labor Relations Act.’”

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The import of Point No 3 may be better understood wht it is known that an amendment to the LRA brings “th words and expressions’’ of both Acts into ‘harmoniol similarity, in order that the ‘no strike’ ban and compl sory arbitration can be extended to unions other than tho under the ‘‘ Authority."

Stripped of its legal verbiage, under Bill 14, insofat organized labor is concerned, the inalienable right to stl is prohibited, and a vicious form of compulsory arbitl® tion imposed.

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Last Thursday a meeting of Supervised strike yote 1

86 executive members and Job Mediately. Stewards unanimously voted to recommend rejection of this award.

Shipyard workers, tering their eighth week of stl {0 have voted by 90.1 perce! John Hayward (Amalgamated reject the latest company ® ! Transit Union), acting as union. g 40¢ wage increase, spre representative on the concilia- four years. They had origi tion board, brought in a min- rejected a 30¢ boost on 4 ority report recommending a12¢ year contract. an hour increase and refused to

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If the meeting on Wednesday ~— «*Morale is higher on inert night endorses the recommenda- et line now, than when We tion for rejection, the union it- hit the bricks,’’ one of the sttt self will apply for agovernment- ers told the PT

Alberta Socreds hit for Columbia hearings stand

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One of Alberta’s major news- rect papers, ‘‘The Albertan,’’ carried a leading editorial in its March 24th, issue strongly takingthe Al- U.S. an option to build a berta government to task for not on the Kootenay near Libby: defending the province's interest tana. before the Columbia River hear- ‘‘If that option is taken up ings. diversion from the Kootenay 73 Pointing out that Saskatchewan tem through the Crow's was appearing before the hear- Pass will be ruled out ~¢c@ ings to oppose certainsectionsof ly for 60 years, and pre the treaty harmful to the prair- for all time; and a Crow ® ies, and that Alberta was not, Pass diversion, besides the editorial says: “‘Frankly, we on paper at Tet one of the find the Alberta government’s.. peneficial for the prairies casual attitude hard to under- whole, is the only one cab y stand,” of bringing B.C. water to 5°” The editorial goes on to state western Alberta. 5 that ‘‘Canada’s water resources “How, in the face of all tH ought to be harnessed co-oper- can Alberta-afford not 1? atively,” and adds; a deep and direct interest # **An important segment of Al- Columbia treaty hearings? berta — its southern quarter — thé editorial in conclusion, 4

has an immediate and d terest inthe Columbia treaty: i clause of that treaty giv

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VAST RECREATION AREA PROPOSED. Above is the plan drawn uP by,

Save the Beaches Association. The association was formed to block P

to bring industry into the area. The plan shows where beaches, p@ marinas could be established to serve the recreational needs of pe F of the Lower Mainland. 4

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