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Vol. 16, No. 48

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VANCOUVER, B.C.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1958

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Nes: haytite protests by union it ed Vancouver Board Nek aS city council this M, cided to buy 600 kegs ,, © trom Japan because Mn 2 hails were “20 per- Yop tlow the loeal price.” h. ® difference of $1,000 iy M nail prices tendered, fy aldermen gave local Mite pr “sympathy,” but Nan a Japanese firm, T. he epi & Co., the contract Mean it was “cheaper.” Resins t2Y noon the work- te " of Morrison Steel & ident Coe” headed by ine se Jenkins of the korg Orkers and Boiler- bing. took time off the job Main St City Hall in protest Bios, decision. A picket h iy, 82 put the case brief- ‘on Ader the pretense of YC, - City council deprives AC. ‘ Ms of contracts and | *tkers of jobs.”

WA strikes seven lants in Interior

pet’!mational Woodworkers of America struck seven of the

iy Plants in the southern interior Tuesday this week, stop-

“8 Percent of lumber production in a bid to win a wage

Ny ” of 19 cents an hour and bring ‘interior woodworkers € up from $1.53 to the $1.72 base rate on the coast.

Some 1,200 men are on strike, and operators have threatened to close down the remaining eight major plants in the southern interior, em- ploying another 1,000 workers.

Plants on strike are: S.. M. Simpson and S. & K. Plywood at Kelowna; Boundary Saw- mills, Midway; Grand Forks Sawmills, Grand Forks; Cel- gar Development Co., Castle- gar; Celgar Development, Nakusp, and Kootenay Forest Products, Nelson, plus _ all KPF logging operatons.

Operators claim the strike is illegal, but IWA officials said strike notices had been sent by registered mail to plant owners last Friday. Under B.C. labor laws notices must be received’ 48 hours prior to strike action being taken.

No early settlement is ex- pected.

IWA vice - president Fred Fieber said the union “has no intention at this time of ap- proaching the operators, be- cause we have made our position clear,”

MARCHING PICKETS “BLAST BGE GOUGE

Led by independent aldermanic candidate Mona Morgan and veteran civic paigner Effie Jones, a picket line of 35 men and women paraded in front of the sw k B.C. Electric building on Burrard Street for more than an hour Saturday, carrying pl cad d ; claring the “15 cent Fare is Unfair.” The demonstration against the BCER’s late ae i hike won broad support from onlookers. eee

“Fares Go Up, Up, Up— Higher than Grauer’s Towers,” proclaimed one placard. Other slogans: “Students Can’t Pay For Education and this build- ing, too.” “Housewives Pro- test Fare Increase.” “Mr. Grauer, How Much is Enough, 19 percent?” “Pensioners Can’t Afford 15 cents.” “Sup- port Mona Morgan’s Cam- paign to Roll Back Fares.”

Television filmed the parade, and brief shots appeared on Channel’ 2 news roundup at 11 p.m. that, evening.

Petition forms handed to spectators urged. them to sup- port Mona Morgan’s campaign to roll back bus fares by sign- ing an appeal addressed to Premier Bennett, urging the cabinet to “withdraw the B.C. Electric fare boost until the Appeal »Court rules on its legality.”

Response to the demonstra- tion: was enthusiastic. People loudly voiced , their approval as they were handed leaflets, and young people leaned out of YMCA windows across the street and clapped and cheer- ed the marchers.

“To allow_this fare increase before the Appeal Court has made its decision. on the legality of the hoist is nothing but brazen contempt for the wishes dnd wélfare of the peo- ple,’ Mona Morgan told re- porters.

“The fare boost may still be thrown out — but if this happens the public will have no way to get their money back.”

Effie Jones (left) and independent aldermanic connidate

Mona Morgan (right) are shown leading a picket-line dem- onstration outside the B.C. Electric building on Burrard Street, in protest against the latest bus fare increase.

Jobless unionists stage parade

Unemployed members of the Marine Workers and Boiler- makers Union staged a pla- card parade Wednesday this week to demonstratively stress the need of governments at all levels to do something about unemployment, other than talk about it.

Some 250 unemployed ship- yard workers paraded through a.city. route which took them to Vancouver’s three employ- ment centres on Carral, Beat- ty and Robson streets, shout-

ing as they passed: “We want jobs!” and demanding that the Diefenbaker government begin, without further delay or buck-passing, to imple- ment its pre-election promises of full employment. Secretary-treasurer William Stewart of the Marine Work- ers told the Pacific Tribune that approximately one-third of the union membership are unemployed, with probably half of that number with in- surance benefits exhausted

and only a small percentage eligibile for ‘supplementary benefits. The jobless marine workers demonstration carried placards demanding that un- employment benefits be paid to all until jobs are available, and for the governments at all levels to get busy with the promotion of works projects to provide jobs.

Slogans read: “Dief—Work, not Relief.” “We want jobs— not promises.” “Trade with all countries,”