WA MEMBERS LOCKED OUT. Photo shows IWA members picketing Weldwood plant at foot of Fraser Street this week. Company ordered two gangs off job and rest of men walked out in protest. It was part of employer pressure on the IWA to accept unsatisfactory settlement in contract dispute. CUPE parley in B.C. adopts economic aims VERNON — Directing their attention to the problem of in- flation and loss of purchasing power, delegates to the 11th con- vention of the B.C. division of the Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees meeting ‘here in Vernon last week unanimously adopted a. seven-point action program as part of the union’s economic policy. The economic policy statement presented to the convention noted _ that ‘‘big business interests, particularly the monopolies who control the economic life of Canada, are using inflation and price fixing as a means of in- creasing their profits at the ex- pense of the people’s livelihood.”’ Presented by Dave Werlin on. behalf of the B.C. executive, the statement pointed to economic planning at the government level to curb the monopolies as_ the ultimate answer but outlined the seven-point action program for the immediate future: 1. Substantial wage increases and cost-of-living clauses in collective agreements. 2. One year agreements. 3. The reopening of collective agreements where the negotiated increase is unsatisfactory. 4. A federal prices review board with power to roll back prices. 5. Unrelenting opposition to wage controls. collective - 6. Quarterly adjustment of pensions and social security allowances to compensate for increases in the cost of living. 7. Special consideration in negotiated agreements for lower paid workers. In another move to underscore their concern with economic problems, the 147 delegates opened their Saturday session on the steps of the Kelowna city hall. It was a protest against the lockout notice served on Kelowna civic em- ployees and an expression of support to Kamloops civic em- ployees who have been on strike for more than ten weeks. Both local unions are seeking parity with greater Vancouver civic em- ployees. A telegram was also sent to provincial labor minister Bill King urging him to use his influence to ' prevent the Kamloops strike from spreading to other Okanagan municipalities where CUPE is seeking parity. Several other resolutions were adopted by the convention in- cluding calls for: * No Canadian - diplomatic support, loans, credits or aid to the fascist junta in Chile; the opening of Canada’s doors- to Chilean refugees. * Elimination of all nuclear weapons through world agreement on arms reduction. * Shorter work week for outside civic employees who, in the main, work 40 hours. *~pupport.. for... the = B.c: Federation of Labor’s position on amendments to the provincial labor code. * Revisions to the Canada Pensions Act to allow pensions at age 60. * Greater emphasis on upgrading occupations normally filled by women in the municipal service, working towards equality of opportunity for female workers. * Support for the provincial gevernment in its efforts to obtain ‘fa proper return for the extraction of natural resources.” : In the election of officers, Harry Greene was acclaimed for a fur- ther term as provincial president and Dave Werlin won re-election as_ first vice-president despite a vigorous right wing campaign to unseat him. Verna King was also acclaimed as secretary-treasurer. CUPE officers re-elected at the provincial parle Werlin, first vice president, (on the right), seen h PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1974—PAGE 12 ‘NOT JUST PASSENGER SERVICE’ Labor calls for full” CPR nationalization + If Prime Minister Trudeau hoped to add a few votes to the Liberal’s campaign with his timed an- nouncement to take over CP Rail passenger services, delegates to the Vancouver and District Labor Council Tuesday night saw the decision for just what it was — a further subsidy to the corporation at the taxpayers’ expense. : In introducing a _ motion protesting the Liberal move, Seafarers delegate E. P. Himes told the meeting that ‘I don’t believe in taking millions of tax- payers money to give the CPR another subsidy and bail the company out on a service it never provided. Particularly,’’ he added, “‘when you consider all the wealth in mineral resources and miles and miles of land the CPR got for providing passenger service.” The motion, which passed unanimously, called for full nationalization of the CPR. Trudeau’s decision, if im- plemented would have the effect of bailing out the CPR on a service which the government has ad- mitted “thas no profit in it” and would effectively give government sanction for the CPR to renege on its charter by which it was given millions of dollars in land in return for providing transportation services. In other council business, delegates condemned what they called “misleading ad- vertisements’’ placed by the mining industry which implied that several trade unions were involved in campaign against the NDP government’s Bill 31. The ads appeared in Saturday’s Sun and called for support for a march on Victoria and noted in the ad copy that ‘‘you are involved if you are a member of the following ROLLBACK Continued from page 1 prices for food shooting up so drastically.” He charges that the reason is that between the producers and the consumers the giant food combines like Weston, are taking.a huge bite in profits. The Communist Party platform, now being widely distributed in B.C., calls for raising people’s living standards through higher wages, pensions, minimum wages and shorter work week, along with tax cuts for lower income groups as part of its program to lift the burden of inflation off the backs of the Canadian people. unions’’. More than 20 unions were listed as.,well as the Canadian Labor Congress and the B.C. Federation of Labor in a deliberate attempt to implicate them in the anti-government campaign. The executive motion con- demning the ads also congratulated the provincial government for Bill 31 which embodied the ‘“‘determination to ensure for the people of B.C. proper control of resources.” Several delegates spoke to the motion to make clear their union’s position on the legislation. Longshoremen’s delegate Frank -Kennedy cited a letter sent to- mines minister Leo Nimsick en-_ BUILDING STRIKE Cont'd from pg. 1 claims in an effort to confuse the public. The 10-pact unions charge that the CLRA is trying to play off one union against another in an effort to break the unity