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U.S.A. Presents Brief

INTO—A brief presented WA the United Sieelrorkers of Am (cue) to ee erin Committee of the Ontario Legis

aich is saath iz vincial Lab: Seitocs Act calls tee

is nges,

-wide tateaicings the training of skilled persons in indus- ions,

Commons Passes ULC. Bill

OTTAWA

growing ee of ‘Canada’s aes by increasing by ae

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Bell Tariffs Boost Opposed

be paid. The law

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CENTRAL AMERICAN yraie\ unionists atten

eh ing the Poses Trade Union Seminar in Panama

months ago walked off eight coach Navona "est “indie aatis feveispert demands fora wage

Park Appointed Mahoney's Assistant. O—Eamon Park, 42, has been appointed executive

TORONT assistant to William Mahoney, soak director for Canada of the United Sasa of America (CLC). Mr. Park joined the Steel-

worker: staff i in 1942, and was cea is CCF M.P.P. in Ontario in 1048 for hild Oil Strike Settled VANCOUVER—A strike by members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union at the Imperial Oil refinery at Toco, B.C., ae alte eeks. The refinery is the only Jersey dard plant organized by a a fide union. Imp:

Stan is a subsidiary of aes Oil of New Jerse:

EEN IN TORONTO: A car| Motor vehicle accidents caused

with a Quebec license plate, al pacneethe siretraedtar’of 1953,

iting Canada”. | of 1952.

Wes sa date of the pert issue chs the B.C. LUMBER YORKER is Jenuo [See 27th,

OTTAWA Asn Bika 08 TE Photo ton, D.' age Canada’s ae ‘d of Transport Commissioners tl ae by Jim Bury, Assistant Secretary of ORIT. Bal ee Saee Company has no need to raise its rates for tel: ae service, but should instead adopt a “more prudent” policy for sania . iatio alts who are opposing the Bell's application for 2 boost i in n| SS H WW DOE S 2 5 IN CRE ASE IN tariffs which dd §2 : ae A STS JUSTIFY CAR — Tentative Concessions Made By Govt. L BOUR CO JU % F W OTPAWAPeine Minister join Dieetater a: te sos] PRICE BOOST OF $100? ry Suge! the provinces, nclnding By MORDEN LAZARUS ial aid to argument betwe Biltommorierstanditheianto prea ees : eae . 36%, an hrysler near! Yo.” depressed Maritimes, and the inclusion of “mental Mand are Pracererrcecntyaendediina ee BS ‘AW said that car ae See coset eee prices could be reduced by $100 a car. ,Th © |net shareholder investment in ’56 s : manufacturers upped prices about $100 a car. n in ’53 because they Ie hed. ge ee eeeeur Supports SIU the tie may be broken. Tn Washington a | ack = much of thir profits a at eo ittee headed by Kefauver has “nvited the MONTREAL—The International Confederation of Free Trade «| Ua Te ata tate wate ccomo nieces uproduced meteuaed BGR G8 uae ea len ni lia - cars a year n oie © URE figures. “Maybe early next year the public will get an | for only six Mae an eas as Poa members of the Seafarers’ Internatio g Car-buyers are paying for that

on every car they

In the meantime, very shr eae worke by Wall Street Jour- ie

in the sample car nal reporters es opened up som: i

Ford Vice-Pres. Spanien Ford

Burden & i overhead) 125

one ae

180| _In the profit columns , of GM, g5| Ford and ichnvsle “In 1956 GM

earned before income taxes, 38% |1 50 {return on what it calls its ‘share-

holders’ ne aeeness In ee GM raucied almost 60% o:

excess capacity buy.

inter Peas uations. Qussior said that wages rose 18.6 cents an| ~ - hour in the past year. This wage SE CE Fe Gir an oer eed increase woul id have boosted costs FARMERS ')"less than 25/0 Ans Al hen the automakers Aasy How do you account for price] SUPPORTED bo Boren of Ai it $100 a car? ate re i isthe Gee of costs Steel price increases? It is true| “The Canadian Labour Congress, ay Du j es ondenie if sens ie that - the 1 industry boosts|in a statement issued recently by eens f Be or $2,600 in the US.As [PHCES, way out of proportion toJits president, Claude Jodoin, of- selling f an wage incre: But even the steel| fered full support to the govern- Mate rials, ae and price increases affected the price ment i ey action it might take - inside z ea of the sample car by o1 to the putas ine apewer roductive labor . 3] So where should one look for | of earache enone the cause s: i

‘ie st a eae working fu nt

ies are important purchas of

fan products, so, too, the tas rmer

net oes Mr. Jod

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- $1; miheccaieesaddea suggested cane of 31.6% ($546) excise, overhead ($1) and other “items such as

(80) to get the final list

axes price of $2,586. th ith Leh Tabor: costs of

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Representing the Organized Loggert and Mill We Twicm MONTHLY ON PUBLISH ERD THIRD THURSDAYS BE International Woodworkers of ‘America (CIO: District pee Be DISTRICT OFFICE) Joo Morris “_ Joe Madden

. Hodgson acoee Bred, Fileber

lise Ty ‘price increases based on labor costs?

Says the W.S.J.: eareeens sae that wage increases cat ‘diy explain away. all a pried

L labor costs goil into the making a the cai T Ctotal direct productive labor See of

patch ier Bt Allen

bseription Rates —.....-.§2.00 per annum aoe Representative ———, ‘A. Spencer

‘ mathorings Be od Clee ab I THIS Office ‘aet Ottawa

facturer”) are estimated at NO’ MORE than $200. eae if ee

rated non-productiy bor were added, the ‘AW. ion bill wouldn’t be more than about $300.

wages of $2.47,an hour, this would indi | b 425

man-hours of hourly-rated labor

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