ct September, the Canadian ; ae Public Employees will a ee its second national : = 10n, Formed as the result : ae of a merger between fice National Union of Fiona Bealovecs and the Na- Eoin Nion of Public Service . yees, CUPE is encounter- § muticulties in consolidating oa as-the national union of ~~1€ Service employees.

ee the merger there have Paaucrawals of the Toronto © Workers and four locals “eee other locals have aie bossible withdrawal; Conteg TS have been lost to the ‘th pee tion of National Trade on in Quebec; Vancouver © Workers (Independent)

ha Ye been excluded from mem- Ship,

aa difficulties CUPE is ex- ‘Paks ting in consolidating its the eo be separated from “Which . of the industry over

aa has jurisdiction. For ions tous divisions and local repre which comprise CUPE Sent workers in. various

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Voted Be erence in the U,S, ae ugust 13 to “turn the tion «, UTCeS” of the organiza- Sheq € cessation of blood- . d war,” in the event of

Perilous S escalation of iet= me conflict. of the Viet

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W atip 2 thus giving its leader- fy ince’ Teign to throw itself a Sdlutig. the peace struggle, the “0 stressed that the jitas on of the SCLC re- Negro ay of complete

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Leon, ae Dr. King called for tatement nal and unambiguous” of Willin S by President Johnson the BH gNess to negotiate with ie a Liberation Front of

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public services which are dis- tinctly and firmly under the di- rection of either provincial or municipal governments,

In the various provinces and municipalities in which public service workers are organized there exist considerable differ- ences as between wage levels, working conditions, collective bargaining relations and laws, union organizational and admin- istrative costs, etc.

To unite all public service employees, working under such diverse conditions, under the banner of one national union will be no mean task. That serious difficulties of consolidation should arise is inevitable under such circumstances.

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“T held back,” he stated, “until it got to the point that IfeltI had to speak out, The time is so po- tentially destructive and dan- gerous that the whole survival of humanity is at stake.”

He did not wish to place blame for the threat to world peace, nor to argue the military or political issues involved. But, he declared, “Neither the Ameri- can people nor the people of North Vietnam is the enemy. The true enemy is war itself, and. people on both sides are trapped in its inexorable destruction. ;

“what is required is a small first step that may establish a new spirit of mutal confidence and respect—a step capable of breaking the cycle of mistrust, violence and war.”

Dr. King called upon both sides to demonstrate their desire for “good faith negotiations.” The U.S. contribution to such a dem- onstration of good intent should be a new diplomatic machinery which would pave the way for halting the bombings without in- juring the U.S, national aims or giving the impression of ap- peasement, he said.

He told the press he was “so sorry that our nation is in the position of following the policy in .Vietnam recommended by Barry Goldwater.”

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It appears that the task of unit- ing public service employees into one national union has two main inter-connected features; (a)how this union can achieve 100 per- cent organization in its juris- dictional field; (b) how this union, in the face of regional and local diversity, can be so constructed as to best serve the workers’ struggle to raise wage levels and improve working conditions, and establish national standards in the various provinces and muni- cipalities in the country.

To accomplish these objectives CUPE requires maximum unity of its ranks, It needs to be strengthened wherever it is weak and its ranks extended into those areas as yet unorganized, This is why an earnest effort should be made by all concerned to reach agreement on those measures necessary for the solution of differences now existing between the nationed office andits various regions and locals,

These differences include those of whether local union business agents should be national union appointees or elected local union officers; the amount to be paid by local unions to the national

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office in per capita payments; the return of the local unions which have withdrawn; the affili- ation of local unions such as the Vancouver Outside Workers (Independent) to CUPE,

These problems can be solved on a mutually acceptable basis if all concerned take into account the imperative need of strength-

ening the union nationally while ensuring regional and local au- tonomy andthe rights of member- ship.

In the interest of achieving long-lasting stability for CUPE, as a useful organization for all public service employees in Ca- nada, it would be worthwhile for

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the national convention to initiate a deep-going study of the union’s present organizational structure,

Taking into account the afore- mentioned structual differences existing in the industry, as well as the two-nation character of our country, the most unifying and beneficial structure for CUPE might well be: fat of a federation.

A federation could conceivably allow for better co-ordination of aims and purpose on a provincial and national scale, while provid- ing the organizational means for the establishment of maximum unity and bargaining strength at the municipal level,

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