ve “TiN MACHINE ISN'T WORKING SOON, WE'RE -- GolNG TO REPLACEIT WITH PEOPLE! ” -Yugoslavs hit ‘hooliganism’ at National Day celebration A sharp. protest against - “eriminal acts of vandalism” - perpetrated by Serbian, Croa- tian and Macedonian national- - ists in Toronto during the dele- _ bration of the anniversary of Yugoslav National Day Nov. -. 27, was made last Saturday in a resolution to Prime Minister Diefenbaker. The resolution ce “Everything in Flowers” FROM ; | EARL SYKES 456 E. Hastings MU 1-3855 Vancouver, B.C. Sicaviile Island B.C. Automotive Service Co. Ltd. Wally Sklaruk ~ He Special Lub. — $1.00, with Oil Change We buy and sell |} USED FURNITURE SPORTING GOODS We are reasonable. 2 We are at 573 E. HASTINGS ST. 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SMITH W sxcpert Watch & &2.4/ Jewelery Repairs (i a = @ © Spécial Discount to Tribune Readers 1179 Denman St. MU 2-1948 or MU 5-8969 “Old We Have An Excellent CLEANE : for Dental Plates LLEWELLYN DR. R. DOUGLAS SUPPLY CO. ONE DOLLAR POSTPAID Suite 3 MU 1-4022 |EARN AS LITTLE AS 45 AN HOUR- jhas been steadily declining in The resolution also demands = that Canada officially condemn|- The needle trades industry, | once a thriving proposition, recent years aid we workers are being called on to bear the brunt of the crisis: : Operating under a Minimum Wage Act that sets a figure ot 60c an hour as a minimum wage for female workers, com pared to 82c for the same clas- sification ‘in the province of Quebec, the industry is fast re- establishing the old sweatshop conditions which existed before organization. Of the approximately two thousand workers comprising the ‘needle trades industry in Vancouver less than half are organized. Officials in the Ladies’ Gar- ment and Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers, the two unions representing the organized workers in the needle-trades, estimate the average wage in the organized section of the in- dustry to be $1.35 an hour. In the unorganized operations, they claim it would be stretch- ing a-point to say that there existed a $1 average: These averages obscure much lower pay for many workers. Employers in the industry are openly attacking the unions and have offered a seven-point sweep ‘away established condi- tions and ‘seriously weaken the organization. e “ape intous involved’ have had some new blood introduc- ed recently precisely because the tough new conditions shap- ing up could not be met by the old leadership which has be- come very cosy with the em- ployers and divorced from the membership. It has been apparent for the last several months that the new leadership has been mak- ing some effort to organize the unorganized and consolidate existing organization. The whole question of the conditions Breveltne in the Shocking sweatshop conditions — in city needle trade industry By WILLIAM STEWART In the heart of Vancouver women are slugging it out anywhere up to 11 hours a day for as little as 45c an hour. program . for settling negotia-|. ‘tions © ‘this. year which would is put back on the day rate for ‘the job. - garment industry was exposed in the Vancouver Labor Coun- cil last summer. Now with the-co-operation of both the B:C. Federation and the VLC, the newly-formed Needle Trades Council .has undertaken a public campaign which began on December 4 to clean up what they have dubbed “‘The Garment Jungle.’ Their drive is a three-prong- ed affair. First they are mak- ing representations to the Pro- vincial Labor Department for an increase in the minimum wage standard for the industry. The unions are asking for & minimum of $1.25 an hour (the figure set as a target by or- ganized labor in B.C. It is probable however, they would like to see a minimum at least in line with that prevailing in Quebec 82c per hr.). Secondly, an effort is being made to organize the 1,100 un- organized workers. Officials freely admit that this is a tough nut to crack and forsee a hard uphill battle on this front. The third feature of the drive is a public campaign to con- vince workers to buy union label; and shun those: garments. made in non-union shops. - « : - Piece work «is used to ‘sque- eze out the last drop of labor and in cases where particular ability allows an employee te reach above a_ sub-standard wage on piece work rate, she Attempts to organize are met with immediate dismissal - of any’ employee implicated, and even in the union shops em- ployers are able to pretty well dictate the terms of labor. e In order to learn how these conditions are able to prevail in an industry with one of the oldest histories of organization in the labor movement, ‘the Pacific Tribune went to some battles, they claim, andthe. out- of the giatiners. Here is their opinion: The needle trades was. tough industry to organize. 1 took hard slugging work and militant policies and leadership - to accomplish the task. - : However, graaually busines unionism took over from’ th old militant policies, and labo bureaucrats like Dave Dub sky seized hold of the unions” with the help of red- baiting” and the bosses. me In Vancouver,-up until quite recently, the leadership of the unions were much closer 10 management than to the work- ers. Grievances were allowed to pile up and any ‘worker who | complained about conditions was told by both the union and the companies that lots of peo- ple were lined up at the gate for the job. The plain facts ‘are, they claim, that most workers eveD in the union shops were be- ginning to question the value of the union. This feeling was of course, encouraged and. blown out of proportion by the employer. Under these conditions it was of course, impossible to. organ- ize the unorganized-workers in. the trade, and things just got worse and worse. Finally faced with tough — competition the employers -de- : cided to'put the screws to their — employees knowing ~ full-well the weakness of the unions. “This is behind. the— present come therefore; will go a long way. towards determining ‘the future of, ‘the needle: trades unions in B.C.-, : - They welcome: the tebe. he ing taken by the~ “present of- ficials but point out that union label buying will-not solve the problems of Vancouver needle trades workers. pete What: is required is a re- turn to the militant policies of fighting every legitimate giev- ance of the. workers, ‘a’ sharp battle to bring the wage. level of the-entire industry: up, and an organized, consistent “cam- paign,.” involving the entire membership, to organize the unorganized shops. : NOTICES BUSINESS PERSONALS “WANTED DEADLINE FOR COMING EVENTS COLUMN — Ali copy must be in the Pacific Tribune office no later than Monday, 12 noon. % TRANSFER — 1424 Com mercial Drive. Call Nick, Al 3-0727. 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