THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

SIGNS OF
THE TIMES

In the foyer of a Baghdad
hotel, two glass doors are
marked: “Entrance In” and
“Entrance Out.”

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Sign just outside a bridge
construction job near the New
York World’s Fair: “No Un-

authorized Trespassing.”
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On a Chicago billboard:
“Now you can borrow enough
to get completely out of debt.”

LABOUR FACTS

More than 27,000 workers joined the ranks of the CLC in
April. Affiliations have been approved for the Federation of
British Columbia Telephone Workers, 4,500 members; the
Lithographers and Photo Engravers International Union, 4,000;
and Loblaw’s Workers’ Council ,5,000. The CLC has also ap-
proved re-affiliation of the 13,500 members of the Interational

Union of Operating Engineers, which brings the total Con-
gress membership to 1,177,000.

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Total employment in Canada increased by 76,000 between
March and April, to 6,597,000. The total was 224,000 higher
than a year earlier. Unemployment declined by 16,000 to
371,000 between March and April and was 32,000 lower than
in April 1964. The labour force reached 6,968,000, an increase
of 192,000 or 2.8% over April 1964.

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