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Labour Briefs | AFL-CIO

REPUBLICANS defeated the Kennedy-Ives labour bill in

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pete funds. The Bill was backed by the AFL-CIO a Rete ae com- of sie NAM, the Chamber of Commerce, Teamsters, and Mine ‘Wo ker:

AFL-| cio. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, pats as the Committee on Political Education recently, planned to t the vicious attacks

of employers,

| Civil Servants |Secure Support

The Canadian Labour Con. No Dis erie Ga rece marines aye ee holds tru oth pri

phan s a puke hae ae Bore wage an an salary-carn- A statement issued by the CLC’s | ‘TS: sorerument ss ee | Bee ell Ceara vide salary increases i

Fee yee the victinns af | Unfair to those concerned but con- EES Coe mu ceuene Scns trary to the needs of the country.

“Coupled as it is with the in-

issues in the fall congressional elections. UNITED ape teerte cesently Leas a cheque for $50,000 ‘L-CIO L: and Dry Cleaning o assist in he drive to wit Aner over from the ;ALARIED OFFICERS wa ex] ane policy-making posts States under

yelled unions are barred from

in a ruling made recently by the AFL-CIO Executive

Y TV SERIES has been initiated by AFL-CIO, and |i"du

EEKL ese shave been taken to produce a weekly 15 minute film for public ne. broadcasts.

Sete ge astra aah bn ne United | dec:

ges. creasing evidence of patronage,

not being able to bargain collec-|the g nt’s decision hi s and | sulted i th di:

other conditions of employment, |apprehension as to the Bata at all cise ce government employ- | all ae ries of government em- ces” rey of arbitrary | ployee:

othe believes

Congress that 4

“Taereavemualiving eo changing wage scales in vac justify a substantial in-

of civil servants,

fore on an acress-the-board even though ee may be'neci cessa! with re-

Hae

es. It believes fans trad eee

UNITY HOUSE, location of the last meeting of the AFL-CIO, |° con owned peat operated by the International Ladies Garment Workers | CO"S"S | peeves Hamuumaver | PAM oct is cin ? ould be i employees the right families low-cost vacations. It is situated on a 780-acre estate, is ee purchasing and to|to bargain collectively should be pedited.” t is operated at a $50, 000 a year loss to the Union, as it is|_“ “not operated to make money.” - CONSTITUTIONAL CO TION of the AFL- W D ] LOPE EER Tas Sonar eetoeay Gene ver tIes, Leda Next tro meet Labour ins ue ings of the Executive Council will be held in Washington D.C. 3 AU: CPA) — Several |loudspeakers on nearby private hundred strikers stood outside |lawns, and replied “no contract, the yards of the Davis Shipbuild- |no work.” ing Company here listening to a 0 loudspeaker duel between the two thousand cic) company and their union, th uck recently to back up de- Nutonsl - Federatdon vof Metal niands toe hig teetie perce Trades (CCCL). ion pany pro:

ALBERTA IWA MEMBER, _ Angelo Parolin, winner of the Western Can-

adian Px held at Hinton, Alberta, in p August: Angelo is shown in the doorway of the bunkhouse at Camp 4, North Western Pulp & Power ed, with his trophies.

The union won, as company of- g. ficials failed in a packete one company’s unsuccessful

e ck-to-work eat had an-

move. ba The company set up loudspeak-Jother side, as union officials ersvin' the yards, ahd spokesnien | chaczealtiaelcorenenieteteotueg

for nfeikers to return to/all the men and made some per- i i calls S.

urged the vork, at workers’ home:

y sine wide _ | gaining ae “reduced, vite eal ha:

Swedish Federation 60 Yrs. Old

Swedish Labor Federation, cel-

izat in the country with a embership of 1,422, ind it elation to Population is ae

Baas federation in the fre

affiliate is the metal-

eons union, ends smallest is the Se Lt trial Pea Sine ou of the per

bar-

peace a rule prevaile rs ae Sweden, sathonh in ye 5 a

month of Sao “| oc

curred

An all-time low for lost t cecuting Fors insect coat was achieve 6, and in re- eat years peat oH lost fewer working days than wae soins na- pee with a free trade union move-

“CLC News’ Dropped

A (CPA) — “C ible.” monthly newspaper News Section n La- | The ni

CE TU general secretary J. H. Oldenbroek Ra that Bue Swedish Federation tio:

et ganizations, a

and ha into 1 Hee of bene- fit to the entire nat

ti be print i colo Ail stock o!

r Congress, has been dropped, Jon a different io! i a

‘othe \f Reason -

“Canadian Labor,” tl ‘LC’s jation of th corte amount of

eae overlapping, he sai publi-

.C public relations director | cation: hi te aring

ck Wil aes said that the news| monthly, although it was planned

section would be four pages in|at one time to ma ic length, increasing to eight pages |News” into a weekly.

Housing Starts Upped

_ OTTAWA (CPA)—Starts on the construction of new Can- homes increased nearly 50 per cent in the first half of this | to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, e starts totalled 72,

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