THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

CLOSE VOTE RETURNS HAYNES
AS B.C. FEDERATION SECRETARY

Ray Haynes won election to
his third term as secretary of
the B.C. Federation of Labor
by a margin of 33 votes over
Ed Sims, president of the
Vancouver Labor Council.

The vote on the last day of
the Federation convention
was 276 for Haynes to 243 for
Sims.

Haynes, who is from the
Retail, Wholesale and Depart-
ment Store Union, served the
unexpired term of former
secretary E. P. O’Neal, who
resigned in 1966. He defeated
Charles Stewart, of the Amal-
gamated Transit Union, in
1966.

The incumbent Federation
president, Al Staley, of the

Carpenters Union, defeated
Rod Beaton, president of
IWA Local 1-288, by 402 votes
to 96, to retain the post.

IWA regional president
Jack Moore retained the first
vice-presidency by defeating
Jack Groves, of IWA Local
1-118, by 441 votes to 72.

George Johnston, of the
Amalgamated Meatcutters
Union; Len Guy, of the Typo-
graphical Union; and Pen
Baskin, of the United Steel-
workers of America, were
elected second, third and
fourth vice-presidents respec-
tively. Guy beat Charles
Stewart by 276 votes to 238.
The others were returned by
acclamation.

Del Pratt, IWA regional
second vice-president, and
Wyman Trineer, president of
IWA Local 1-357, New West-
minster, were elected to the
Federation’s executive coun-
cil.

Others on the council will
be:— Bill Apps, Canadian
Brotherhood of Railway,
Transport and General Work-
ers; Ron Bone, Office Work-
ers; Don Crabbe, Canadian
Union of Public Employees;
Bert Johns, Telephone Work-
ers; Charles Oates, Beverage
Dispensers; Jim Kinnaird,
Electrical Workers; Bill Sy-
mington, Packinghouse Work-
ers; Jim Torrance, Paper-
makers.

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THE IWAIS
ON
STRIKE

ne BETTER WAGES =
WORMS CORDITIONS

WIVES OF STRIKING IWA MEMBERS of Local 1-405
take over the job of picket duty to allow their husbands to
attend Union meeting in Cranbrook. The ladies, from left,
Eleanor Lode, Sonya Loucks, Audrey Rushcall, Verna Gri.

“PUBLIC EMPLOYERS WORST IN CANADA"

The managements of public
institutions are the worst em-
ployers in Canada, according
to Bill Dodge, executive vice-
president of the CLC

In a ringing defence of the
right to strike, Dodge told the
B.C. Federation of Labour
very few strikes have occur-
red in public bodies that have
actually jeopardized any im-
portant community interest.
Yet there is growing clamour
across the country for anti-
strike legislation and compul-
sory arbitration of disputes.

“The major problem,” he
said, “is the fact that the man-
agement of most of the insti-
tutions of government and
essential public services has
to a great extent been put
into the hands of persons with
absolutely no sense of respon-
sibility towards their employ-
ees.

“Because of the field in
which they operate they are
almost always supported in
the positions they take by
governmenits. It is impossible

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to commit the trade union
Movement to acceptance of
the withdrawal of the right
to strike so long as there is
no commitment on the part of
employers and governments
and the general public to a
vast change .of attitude to-
ward. their, emvloyees.” _

He agreed that unions have
to face up to the necessity for
a comprehensive and search-
ing examination of strikes
which may jeopardize some
imvortant community interest.
But even if some justifica-

tion could be found for com-
pulsory arbitration, the plain
fact is it is not an effective
instrument for the prevention
of strikes. No. board, commis-
sion, arbitrator or expert can
make wage decisions as effi-
ciently as the free bargaining
process where the right to
strike exists. In the final ana-
lysis, it is not strikes but the
right to strike that forces em-
ployers and employees to act
responsibly. 5
To assume that compulsory
arbitration would prevent

strikes is to ignore the basic
causes of industrial conflict, |
said Dodge. In the final analy-
sis the only way to eliminate
strikes is to eliminate the -
causes of strikes.

The right to strike is an in-
dispensable ingredient and
legitimate instrument. of the
collective bargaining process.
Elimination of the right to
strike means elimination of
free collective bargaining.
That the trade union move-
ment oft Canada will never
accept.

SOLID LINE of Local 1-405 members picket Crestbrook
Forest Industries to prevent company moving a truck
and crane to the Crozier Lumber Company at Parkgate.

CELGAR-CASTLEGAR strike committee.