THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

2nd Issue June, 1966

1-367

THEY ALSO BACKED REPORT

FOUR HUNDRED MEMBERS of Local 1-367 at the meet- ing held in Mission June 25 to discuss the Local’s recom- mendations on the Nemetz’ report. The Local’s executive was the only executive among the eight Coast Local

Unions to reject the report.

DEMONSTRATORS JAILED

Twenty-five trade unionists charged with defying a court injunction at the Tilco Plas- tics plant in Peterborough, Ontario, were given jail sen- tences June 27 by Chief Jus- tice G. A. Gale of the Ontario Supreme Court.

Five of the men — union leaders — were sentenced to two months in jail while the other twenty were given 15 days each.

The 25 unionists were con- victed of contempt for their role in a two-day mass dem- onstration outside the Tilco plant last February which the Textile Workers Union of America was striking. They were charged with violating a court order limiting Tilco pickets to 12. Counsel for the unionists maintained they were simply exercising their right of public protest against the unfair use of injunctions.

Claude Jodoin, president of the Canadian Labor Congress, said that if Mr. Justice Gale was right in interpreting the law, then the law must be changed.

“Atter all, workers are citi- zens of Canada and they have the right to peacefully demon- strate so the public can know their point of view.”

Jodoin said the congress and its provincial and local affiliates would continue the struggle to put an end to the

use of injunctions in labor dis- -

putes.

David Archer, president of the Ontario Federation of La- bor, charged that labor was being legally hamstrung by the readiness of the courts to grant injunctions in strikes while consistently ignoring the failure of hardline em- ployers to bargain in good faith.

Civil liberties of union members were being under- mined, Archer declared, when their right to demonstrate in support of those on a legal strike was denied. The judic- iary, he said, had an extreme- ly narrow view of a picket line as merely a method of disseminating information rather than an integral part of a crucial trial of strength.

The OFL in its brief to the provincial government earlier this year coupled its demand for an abolition of injunctions in labor disputes with a sug- gestion that the government consider legislation to outlaw the hiring of outside strike- breakers during a legal strike.

The OFL and the CLC are discussing plans for a new conference to review strategy in the battle against injunc- tions. The parley is expected to deal with other current is- sues such as compulsory ar- bitration and the implications of the Freedman report on collective bargaining.

WRONG

Note found under a wind- shield wiper: “I have just smashed into your car. The people who saw the accident are watching me. They think I am writing down my name and address. They are wrong.”

The Working Man's 3 Best Friends:

LOCAL 1-367 PRESIDENT Glenn Haddrell is shown pre- senting the Executive’s views of the report. On the plat- form with Haddrell are other Local officers and. Interna- tional 2nd Vice-President Ron Roley (second from left) and Regional President Jack Moore (third from right).

(1) A cool head

(2) Steady hands and

(3) Well-shod feet (DAYTON'S of course)

NO BETTER BOOT AT ANY PRICE

THE MEMBERS voted on the report at the end of the meeting but the results were not released until all opera- tions in the Local had balloted.

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FOR MARRIED WOMEN

“First there should be an inerease in the amount which

housekeeper, a babysitter or whatever other household

% a married woman is allowed - to earn before her husband’s

income tax exemptions are af-

help is necessary.

“In the third place, the salary paid to a wife who is employed by her husband, or is in a partnership, should be treated as separate income in her own hands.”

i oir ale Mag Stamomacer: ngsway) in House Com- mons, June 7, 1966.

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