August 9, 1938

THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Page Three

Alberta Labor Act Working OK, Says Hon. L. Maynard

Canada’s 32-Year-Old Cab- inet Minister Visits Local 71 Headquarters

Honorable Lucien Maynard, Min- ister of Municipalities and Relief in the Aberhart Alberta Cabinet, was an unexpected but welcome visitor to union headquarters Local 71, Sat- urday.

The minister is holidaying for a few days on the coast with his wife and family, and until interviewed by a re- porter for the B.C. Lumber Worker, had managed to elude the Vancouver press.

Thirty-two years of age, Honorable Maynord is the youngest cabinet minister in Canada. Though only interviewed for a few minutes, the impression left with this paper’s reporter is that he is a human dynamo, a democrat, and unlike the usual cabinet minister, is one of the boys.

Questioned regarding the working of Bill 49, the Alberta trade union bill which became law April 14, 1937, Mr. Maynard stated the legislation has met with. general approval of labor. -There hay been no. disputes so far under th NO INDUSTRIAL ASS’N DICTATORSHIP.

Informed of the attitude of B.C. em- ployers towards the B.C. labor Bill 94 and the refusal of the Department of Labor to enforce the conciliation pro-

- visions the minister expressed surprise, but did not want to be quoted. He in- timidated it was much different in Al- berta,

To our reporter’s statement, “Appar-

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¢AUXILIARY PICNIC AUGUST 21

Besides having a good time, all wood- workers and friends in town August 21 can help the ladies in their hospital work by attending the picnic at Seymour Park. This picnic was originally set for July 10, but was postponed because of rain.

Seymour Park is just past the north end of Second Narrows Bridge, bordering on Seymour Creek. Trucks will pick up ticket holders at Cassiar and Hastings street at intervals, and convey them to the picnic grounds. Take Hastings Hast ear (No. 14) to Cassiar street.

Dancing in pavilion afternoon and evening. Tickets 10 cents (bridge tickets extra). Proceeds for Hospital Fund.

ently you have no Industrial Association dictating the policies of the government,’ the minister smiled.

The Alberta minimum wage board is quick to step in to enforce the minimum wage. “Usually,’ Mr.. Maynard stated, “all that is necessary .to have the em- ployer abidé by the act is to send around an inspector.” :

The minister refused to be quoted in the policies and program of the Social Credit government, reminding the re- porter he was on holiday.

Honorable Lucien Maynard is a brother of George Maynard, former business manager of the B.C. Lumber Worker.

This is the Alberta trade union act which Hon. Lucien Maynard states is working to satisfaction. No long-winded document this. Unlike the B.C. bill No. 94, its purpose is not shrouded in a superfluity of “shalls’ and “shall nots,” which, under the pretence of being fair to both sides, is fair only to the employer. Clauses 1 and 2 give the name and defi- nition of terms:

3. It shall be lawful for employees to form themselves into a trade union.

4, It shall be lawful for employees to bargain collectively with their employer or employees, and to conduct such bar- gaining through the employees’ trade union, and through the duly chosen of- ficers of such union.

5. It shall be unlawful for any employer hereafter to insert any clause in any written contract of employment, or to impose any condition in any verbal con- tract of employment, or to continue such

where such clause or condition seeks to restrain any employee from exercising his rights under this Act and any such clause or condition shall be null and void and of no effect.

6. (1) Any person being an employer who intimidates any employee, or threat- ens any employee, or employees generally, with loss of employment, or discharges employees from employment or penalizes or threatens to penalize any employee or employees generally from belonging to a trade union, shall be guilty of an of- fence and liable upon summary convic- tion to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs in the case of a natural person, for each such offence, or in de- fault of payment to a term of imprison- ment of not more than thirty days, and in the case of body corporate, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

(2) Every person who is a director of or has the management of the business of a body corporate which commits any act in contravention of this section, shall

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7. This Act shall come into force on

the day upon which it is assented to. (Assented to April 14, 1937).

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HOTELS GIVE FREE ROOMS TO STRIKERS

Showing their sympathy for organ- ized labor and giving active support to the Blubber Bay strikers, the manage- ments of the West, Broadway, Manitoba, Regent and New Lion’s Hotels and the Warren Rooms volunteered free rooms for the Blubber Bay witnesses during their stay in Vancouver.

It has been necessary to bring many witnesses down from Blubber Bay in- volving considerable expense. At a time when money is needed to feed the str- kers and provide expenses, the donation of free rooms from the hotels mentioned is real assistance. ‘

The New Lion’s Hotel also provided rooms free for the ou-of-town delegates to the B.C. Coast District Council Con- vention. We ask our friends to keep the names of these hotels in mind.

Balloting For Officials On

Members in Vancouver Can Vote at Union Hall, 130 W. Hastings

Balloting for the election of officials for Local 71 and for the B.C. Coast Dis- trict Council is now proceeding.

Ballots have been sent out to delegates in camp.

In addition, arrangeménts have been made so that members of one local can vote in the headquarters of a sister local.

All members of B.C. locals of the I.W.A. in Vancouver can vote at the head- quarters of Local 71, 130 West Hastings Street, upstairs.

Nominees are as follows:

For District Council: President, H. Bergren. — Vice-President, Jack Hole and Henry

Lundgren. Secretary, Fred Lunstrum. For Local 71: President, Hans Petersen and Arne

Johnson?

Vice-President, H. Lundgren.

Secretary, Jack Brown & Bert Farrell.

Warden, John McCuish.

Conductor, A. McNeil and J. Pollock.

Trustee, Paul Karbe and Olaf Whitney.

Where only one name appears on the ballot, the person is at liberty to write in the name of any person he chooses. Only one to be elected in each office.

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