- While all other oil companies
have finalized agreements with
the Oil, Chemical and Atomic
Workers ‘Union (OCAW), with the
Provincial government’s formula
®n job security under automa-
n included, British-American
-(B-A) continues to “hang

Ugh” on concluding a settle-
Ment,

| Union pickets at B-A plants
# Which were removed following
“A acceptance of the govern-
| Ment’s proposals to avert a gen-
| “al strike in support of the Oil
Tkers, have now been re-
| Placed at all key B-A operations,

. B-A has announced its “readi-
of TESS” to accept a similar union
Ha Contract as that agreed upon by
“€ Other oil companies, but now
Wants to carve up the single pro=
_ Yitcial seniority list now obtain-
| °8, and divide it into three
| Separate areas, This the OCAW
' Tejects since it could lead to a
Virtual torpedoing of the job
Security formula and lead to
| “idespread discrimination,

a At press time the Union and

PBA representatives, together

chief. conciliation officer

} “8 Clements were scheduled to

j “eet in an effort to reach a final

| Settlement, The B-A strike is
}

‘}} ?°w in its fourth month,
7 * *k *

52s

|
mn a lengthy brief presented
~® the Cabinet this week, the Van-
| “uver Construction Association
| * demanding the Socred’govern-
J} Ment bring down additional re-
| Strictive labor legislation to curb

| York stoppages and mystery
| Picketing,

to

Claiming to represent some
0 Contractors and building ma-
} “Tal suppliers, the VCA wants
V ae Trade Union Act amended in
Hy x €r to limit strike action tothe
| Yal locale of. the dispute, and
] Compel mystery pickets to

4rry cards of union authoriza-
and identity, The VCA would

SO like to end.work stoppages
| 4) Seeking a legislative cure for

| "ystery ilinesses,”
* * *

oe 123 Pacific Great Eastern

| Sig P) workers who “booked off
“last week are gradually
Sing whittled down under man-
Sement intimidation, threats of
‘Spension or dismissal.

of nembers of the Brotherhood
i, Railroad Trainmen, the prime
Sue in dispute is the trainmen’s

. ——EE
George
__Kassian

1 vowing a long and multiple
3 ess and a recent major op-
nation, George Kassian, veteran
me unionist and founding mem-
T of the Communist Party in
*Stern Canada, passed away on
ta ner 15 in St. Paul’s Hospi-
» Vancouver in his 63rd year.

Since it was not possible to
: Ounce funeral arrangement at
ian °Ss time, information can be

} q.. °Y phoning MU 4-1415 Thurs-
Ps °Y or later,

Next week’s .PT will carry a
k Morial tribute to George

“’Ssian

mt

F LOCAL 213
INTERNATOAL BaoreaRNEe
SE RLISTREAL WORKERS

ping B-A?

Other oil-firms signed
—what’s stop

soe

is still on strike at Westing-
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is s
house and Square D. Two other firms which were struck at the same time, Fed-

eral Pacific Electric and Elworthy Co.,

have since settled with Local 213 of the

ions. Above photo
IBEW and picket lines have been removed from these operat .
sews elven pounding the bricks in front of Westinghouse’ Service and Repair

depot on Industrial Ave.

inability to get leritimate griev-
ances dealt with, because of cum-
bersome and unworkable
grievance procedures,

The PGE (that is, the Scored
government) refuses to negotiate
grievance differences with the
union, claiming that these can
only be settled as per procedures
set down in the union contract,
which union trainmen have found
from experience to be utterly
worthless and unworkable.

In the opinion of many PGE
trainmen, and other unions sym~
pathetic to the plight of PGE
workers, the Socred government,
in the capacity of an employer
in this case, is setting a pattern
for anti-union activities. More-
over, in the opinion of many
trade unionists, its operation of
PGE trains with untrained office-
staff personnel replacing booked
off sick trainmen, demonstrates
a callous disregard for public
safety, and is regarded as a
special form of scabbery.

Meantime the BRT in Ottawa
in opening contract negotiations
with the CNR, will seek to in-
troduce the recommendations of
Mr. Justice Freedman, viz., that
CNR negotiations with the union
will take into consideration the
need to spell out new working
conditions brought about by tech=-
nological change (automation). In
short, that union - management
negotiations take place - before
drastic technological changes in
CNR operations are made, and
that the issue of job security be
implicit in new collective agree=

ments,
Ke Pak

Following the certification
vote between Mine-Mill and the

—Photo by Edward

Steel Workers Union at Sudbury
last week, Mine-Mill issued the
following bulletin to all locals,
auxiliaries and staff:

“More than 400 members of
Local 598 met in the Sudbury
Union hall on Sunday evening,
December 12th, to adopt an im-
mediate action program follow-
ing the failure to achieve the bar-
gaining rights at the International
Nickel Company in the govern=-
ment supervised vote on Friday.

“The official returns of the
widely publicized vote showed
6,174 Inco men voted Mine Mill,
and 8,207 voted for Steel.

“A central point adopted by the
membership meeting on Sunday
night called for the immediate
opening of the Falconbridge col-
lective agreement to win interim
wage increases for the hard-
pressed. work force. In addition,
the talks- with this Company will
continue in.an effort to establish
the new Cominco pattern on pen=-
sions, which is unexcelled in its
benefits in the country.

“The immediate needs of all
nickel workers and their families
will continue to be the first and
foremost. concern of Local 598,
said the statement that was un-
animously adopted.

“In aclear challenge to theSteel
union, the membership’s policy
statement said: What concern
will Steel Local 6500 show for
the men at Inco, who are equally
anxious about a wage increase
and the pension question? ...We
in Local 598 feel and accordingly
propose that Steel move for im-
mediate negotiations at Inco on
these questions as we are doing
at Falconbridge.”

Elections show
some labor gains

B.C. cities and municipalities
elected their civic bodies last
week and, generally speaking,
labor and labor-endorsed can-
didates made a good showing,
winning election in many in-
stances, While our space limita-'
tions prevent a complete synop-
sis, here is how the voting went
in some of the key areas:

COURTENAY: Harry Harris,
long-time peace activist, was
elected alderman, placing third,

KAMLOOPS: Mrs, Celia Mc-
Innes, local labor council secre-
tary, placed fifth in a field of
six aldermanic candidates, with
three to be elected, Winning 873
votes, she was 245 votes short
of election.

NANAIMO: Walter Tickson,
IWA activist, received 640 votes
in his aldermanic campaign while
running sixth in a field of six,

NEW WESTMINSTER: Doug
Stout, a teacher, and T.R, Rad-
bourne, .a railroad unionist, top-
ped the aldermanic polling, Run-
ning One-two, both had the
endorsation of the Vancouver &
District Labor Council.

PORT ALBERNI: Contesting
a one year term for aldermen,
George McKnight, IWA executive
member, placed second in a three
man field, He rolled up a very
strong vote—653—and fell only
116 votes short of election,

REVELSTOKE: Art Parker,
active member of the NDP and
prominent in the Save the Co-
lumbia for Canada campaign,
topped the aldermanic balloting
with 789 votes,

TRAIL: F.E,. Buddy De Vito
polled a very impressive vote
in his first try for the mayorality,
Garnering 942 votes aiid placing
a very strong second in a fieldof
three, De Vito missed election by
only 114 votes,

VANCOUVER; Harry Rankin,
ratepayer and VLC endorsed

alder manic campaigner, got.

25,228 votes, placed sixth in a
field of 14 and missed election
by 1,077 votes. Dusty Greenwell,,
independent but ratepayer-en-
dorsed parks board candidate,
drew 15,422 votes while running
sixth in a seven-man field,

VERNON: Bill Halina, execu-
tive member of the NDP and an
active member of the AUUC for
many years, won election to city
council,

VICTORIA: A.W, Toone, Vic-
toria Labor Council secretary,
won election as the capital city’s
mayor. A member of the NDP,
Toone becomes the first labor
mayor of Victoria in a long time
—if ever.

CASTLEGAR: Harry Mad-
docks, member of the NDP, was
elected mayor,

BURNABY: The BCA and labor
endorsed slate swept the polls
and defeated every NPA candi-
date in Vancouver’s neighboring
-municipality, Reeve Alan Em-
mott was re-elected, Councillors
are Andrew Blair, James Dailly,
Russell Hicks and George Mc-
Lean. Elected to School Board
were J.W. Daly and Elizabeth
Starkey,

COQUITLAM: Mark Rose, fed-
eral NDP candidate for Fraser
Valley, topped the aldermanic
poll, He won 2275 votes while
leading the other eight candi-
dates. His running mates were
Ernest Ray, who missed being
elected by only 72 votes, and Dr.
R.P, Roy, who was 432 votes off
the winning pace,

SURREY: Labor endorsed can=
didates made an excellent show-
ing. Len Shepherd, long-time
CCF MLA, was elected council-
lor, placing fourth in the field of
18, Other labor-backed candi-
dates were Jock Smith, who ran
sixth; Harry Ball, seventh; and
Floyd Hamilton, ninth,

Bob McLaren, School Board
contestant, chalked up 4122 votes
while placing third in a four-man
field and missing election by
1089 votes,

HUAC prowls again

Agents of the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee have
seized all records of transac-
tions by the U.S. Worker with

the First National Bank for the

years 1963, 1964 and 1965,

No explanation was given for
this hijacking of the banking rec-
ords of The Worker newspaper

oy the representatives of the

notorious witch hunting commit-
tee, who carried out their seizure
operation under the legal cover of
a subpoena,

The committee has been under
widespread attack by civil rights
leaders, labor spokesmen and
clergymen for its whitewashing
performance during several days
of public “hearing” on the Ku
Klux Klan,

Recently, Rev. Martin Luther
King warned that HUAC would
soon turn to Negro freedom and
civil rights groups to balance the
books for having taken a faint jab
at the Klan,-Seizure of The Work-
er’s books looks like the opening
shot in such a drive,

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