sr ALBERNI,
mtes endorsed by the
=; District Joint Labor
—, AFL and CCL, won
Prity of seats on the
'and school board in.
Blarsday’s civic election.
#2, Dowling and “Red”
S endorsed for aldermen,
Solls, while a third labor-
‘ candidate, J oseph Hum-
t out by a small mar-

be. veteran alderman
1 odford.

t hiries would have been

jad he entered the con-.
‘er, but he had only sig-
* s intentions of running
#s prior to election day.
ewling and Humphries
se ers of the International
fj kers of America. Blow-

'of the more progressive
-siness men of the com-
nd is no newcomer to
ties, having served the
as an alderman a few
E>.

‘own and. Bill Goddard,
|; a member of the Inter-
Longshoremen and
F;emenis Union, and both
» by the labor council,
ted te the. school board.
| Stephens, also an
“nember, and the third
(orsed candidate for the
pard, lost by a bare 35
- Mrs. W. C. Hamilton,
© he mayor and a veter-
-. board member. Two
®o Mrs. Hamilton ran
t backing of the council
& d the poll, but this year,
elected, she dropped to
) xd place.

NI, B.C. — Labor and
7e forces in the “old
» Alberni, although fail-
2ct any candidates, re-
jlarge and encouraging
‘h has laid a firm foun-
future civic campaigns.

Valker, vice-president of
P5, International Wood-
ff America and a mem-
§, the Labor-Progressive
das his running mate
dJor-endorsed slate Hans
* president of the Al-
-F Club. The two unity
‘Ss, Tunning neck and
Fed of election by only
8 odd votes.

.e@ intention of the elec-
mittee to organize a
” association in order

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HARRY BALL

Wage Law Breach Alleged

e Regional War

Board this week annonnced that
the management of Keystone
Shingle Mill, where members of
the International Woodworkers
of America, Local 1-357, are on

strike, will be prosecuted on
eight charges of infraction of
wage scales ordered by the

Board. This move by the Board
places the management “away
cut on the limb,” and definitely
indicates that demands of the

strikers for acceptance of indus- |

try-wide standards are

just.

wage

Attempts by mill management
in the meantime to offer a wat-
ered down version of -the indus-
try-wide Master Agreement to
the strikers as a basis for. ar-
bitration were flatly rejected by
the committee.

The union also reported that
mill management had released
striking union members, in a
move designed to intimidaté wor-
kers into abandoning the strike.
Unemployment Insurance’ Com-
mission officials, however, noti-
fied both union and management
that attempts to discharge strik-
ing personnel will not be toler-
ated by the Commission.

The company has proposed to
negotiate wages, but it has been
pointed out by union officials
that neither company nor union
has authority to negotiate wages,
as wage scales are set by the
Board.

Support was pouring in mean-
time from all locals of the Dis-
trict, and strikers and their fam-

At Royal City Mill

Labor | ilies were standing solid. Anoth-

€r appeal has been issued for
Support to see striking workers
through the Christmas season.

White Charges

Discrimination

A charge of discrimination
against women employees was
made against the Burrard Dry-
dock Company this week by Wil-
liam White, newly-elected presi-
dent of the Marine Workers and

Boilermakers Industrial Union
Local No. 1, as the North Shore
shipbuilding company announced
that it would lay off all women at
present employed in the plant
and replace them with male em-
ployees.

White pointed out to P.A., that
the decision has been made in de-
fiance of regulations laid down
by federal authorities which sup-
posedly guarantee six-months
employment following discharge
to war veterans. ;

“One worker in the yard, whose
case we have on record. was re-
leased from the army just three
weeks ago, and is new faced with
the prospect of being thrown out
of employment”, White stated.

White flatly charged the com-
pany with pursuing a policy of
discrimination against women
employees and stated that the
Marine Workers and _ Boiler-
makers Union will fight to main-
tain the right of women em-
ployees to hold their jobs.

ing.

nominating

A Bigger Campaign In 46

A suggestion that the Political Action Committee of the Van-
“couver Trades and Labor Council consider nominating a can-
didate for next December’s mayoralty contest was put forward
by President Birt Showler at this week’s regular council meet-

“There is no reason why our PAC should not take this matter
under consideration,” Showler stated, in commenting favorably
on the report of the recent civic election campaign given by Wil-
liam Rigby, United Fishermen’s Union, and the AFL council’s
campaign manager ofr the United Labor slate.

Rigby told delegates that the labor campaign had proved the
need for a year-round fight for labor representation in the
city government, with special atention to getting every trade
unionist and labor supporter oh the civic ‘voters’ list. —

“The results of the campaign, which placed our council secre-
tary, R. K. Gervin, in the city council, and gave the other three
labor candidates very satisfactory votes, fully justified our de-
cision to enter the election contest,” Rigby sated. _ .

“The conclusions to be drawn are that we were quite correct in
a united labor slate, though unfortunately, we did

+ 33
not enter the campaign soon enough.

tz Stipe
ADVOC

| coming year for the implementa-

Burnaby last week-end.

elected to the school board.

~The election of the two LPP
candidates to the Burnaby coun-
cil. eompleted a campaign con-
ducted in the community around
a broad program of civic im-
provement. The LPP council
members will fight during the

tion of a program including tax
reform, a housing program, im-
proved health and_ sanitation,
more equitable distribution of the
tax revenue, public ownership of
the BCElectric, a fog free air-
port on Burnaby mountain, and a
rehabilitation program for ser-
vicemen.

It was Harry Ball, re-elected
to the council for the third suc-
cesive term, who spearheaded
opposition to an attempt to tie
the municipality to an agreement
with. the BCElectric regardi-g
purchase of electricity and which
led to the defeat of the proposal.

During the campaign a cam-
paign was carried on to expose
the Tory-Liberal .coalition, mas-
querading under the Non-parti-
san banner, and strong unity was
urged among the working class
for the election of labor repre-
sentatives. Mrs. E. J. Brewer, in-,
dependent candlidate who was
elected with LPP suport, is the
sister of Margaret Black, well-
known LPP Provincial Commit-
tee member, and will sit on the
School Board for her first term.

JOHN STANTON _

Barrister-Solicitor
Notary Public
502 Holden Building
MA. 5746—Night AL. 2177M

Progressives Elected
lo Burnaby Council

Two members of the Labor-Progressive Party, and
one candidate for School Board, with LPP support, were
elected in the recently concluded election contest held in
Councillor Harry Ball,
labor councillor, and C. W. MacSorley,
in the Burnaby municipal council, and Mrs. E.. J. Brewer,
running on an independent ticket with LPP support, was

il, popular
were elected to sit

Atomic

discussions. Since the London
foreign ministers’ conference,
British and American imperial-
ism has been dealt sharp setbacks
-in Europe. Elections ‘in.-several
Balkan countries have given vic-
tories to the people: and deéfeais
‘to reaction. France elected 4 ma-
jority of Communists to the na-
tional asembly, exploding the
hope for a western. anti-Soviet

bloc. All these happenings are
aimost certain to. have their ef-
fect cn Bevin's and Ryrnes’, posi-
tion at Moscow, and equally cer-
tain to influence the final out-
cone of the discussions in a more
positive way.

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8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22. Members and
and their children, and friends cordially
invited.

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