B.C. LUMBER WORKER July 16, 1953

eenadian Labor Takes World Role

Increased assistance to underdeveloped countries, both in the form of economic aid and trade union organization, will be sought by a delegation representing the Canadian Congress of Labor at the third world congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. The CCL delegation, composed of four delegates and an ad- visor, will be one of the largest attending the congress

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which is to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, this month.

The group will be headed by Donald MacDonald, Ottawa, CCL national secretary-treasurtr, who is also a member of the ICFTU executive board, Other CCL dele- gates will be Harry Chappell, Ottawa, president of the Cana- dian Brotherhod of Railway Em- ployees and Other Transport Workers; William Mahoney, To- ronto, assistant to the Canadian Director of the United Steelwork- ers of America; and Harold Daoust, Toronto, Canadian direc- tor of the Textile Workers’ Union of America. Martin Levinson, Toronto, director of the CCL’s department for International Af- fairs, will accompany the dele- gates as an advisor.

Development Fund

The CCL has filed, for con- sideration at the congress, a resolution expressing approval of the United Nations’ decision to set up an international develop- ment fund to provide investment capital to economically under- developed countries. The resolu- tion seeks increased assistance in this form and calls upon affiliated trade union bodies to seek sup- port for such a: program from their governments.

Coupled with the move for Greater economic aid is another CCL-sponsored resolution asking

increased union organizational | efforts in these countries on a long-term basis, Such a° project would be an extension of the present ICFTU program to which the CCL is, on a per capita basis, the largest contributor.

A third CCL resolution asks that the world labor body use its influence to formulate a more adequate program to deal with emigration from countries where no reasonable amount of national or international effort can pro- vide the people with.an adequate standard of living.

“Deepest Abhorence”

Another resolution voices “deepest abhorence” of the racial policies followed by the Malan government in South Africa and pledges full support to the demo- cratic people of South Africa in their struggle.

The ICFTU now represents 54,- 000,000 workers in 78 countries or territories in North and South America, Europe; Asia, Africa, and Australia,

Following the Stockholm meet- ings, Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Chappell will confer with a num- ber of union leaders in Great Britain. Mr. Chappell will also attend a meeting of the Interna- tional Transport Federation in Copenhagen, Denmark.

G.M. Penalizes : Loyal Workers

, OSHAWA — The Oshawa local 222 of the UAW is vigorously protesting the action of General Motors in penalizing workers for taking time off on’ Coronation Day. The union is taking their objections through grievance

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LONDON — Repercussions from the incident in Ja- maica, where Canadian Steelworkers Director C. H. Millard was made to sign an undertaking that he would not ad- dress trade unionists during a visit to the island, were felt in the British Parliament recently when Labor members questioned the government on the matter.

Labor member D, Jones asked Secretary for.the Colonies Oliver Lyttleton what action he propos- ed taking in connection with the

antly clear that, generally speak- ing, he would not condone the refusal of any colonial govern-

Jamaica Ban Jars Britain

ments, so far as he had any re- sponsibility, in refusing to permit the workers anywhere to be ad- dressed by officials of a trade union. Colonies Secretary Lyttle- ton replied that he was glad to give that assurance and added that he wanted to make it very clear that there was no criticism, implied or specific, about the at- tions of the ICFTU.

incident and whether he was

aware that the National Workers’ Union of Jamaica had affiliated to the ICFTU and that Mr. Mil- lard was an ICFTU official.

Mr. Lyttleton replied that the application of the ban was within the competence of the govern- ment of Jamaica and that he did not propose to take any action in the matter.

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“The manager of GM, Mr. Wacker, got an OBE from the King,” said union official Malcolm Smith, “he should be stripped of the honor by the Queen for sus- pending workers who wished to honor her coronation.”

In a press statement Mr. Smith Said:

“A great deal of unrest and resentment has been caused among the employees in the General Motors plant because of the action taken by Manage- ment against employees who were patriotic enough to take time off on Coronation Day to pay homage to Queen Eliza- beth. We have, been advised by Scores of our’ members that they have been given suspen-

sions of one to two days for taking time off in order to at- tend various functions which were arranfed in the City to celebrate the occasion of the crowning of our Queen. This is in. strong contrast to the patriotism which has been preached by members of Man- agement down through the years, and is all the more sur- prising in view of the fact that Royalty conferred an honor on the President of General Mo- tors of Canada immediately after the war. I may say that the policy of the Union is go- ing to be that of fighting this dictatorial action of the Com- pany by every means at our disposal.”

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STRIKE LOSSES ECLINE

OTTAWA — The time lost through strikes and lockouts during May this year was less than one-seventh of the time lost during May 1952, the Department of Labor announc- ed here.

Preliminary figures show 30 lockouts and strikes during May 1958, involving 4,748 workers for a time loss of 36,127 man-work- ing days compared with May, 1952, when there were 44 strikes and lockouts involving 23,360 workers for a time loss of 248,- 575 days.

Five Stoppages

More than half the time lost in May of this year resulted from five work stoppages. They were feed mill workers at Peterbor- ough, Ontario, and Saskatoon, clothing and hosiery workers at Montreal, garage workers at Fort Willaim and Port Arthur, alumi- num ware workers at Wallace- burg, Ontario, and household ap- pliance workers at Guelph, Ont.

Based on the number of non- agricultural wage and salary workers in Canada, the time-loss in May, 1953, amounted to only 0.04 per cent of total working

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