of PC 93884, the Wage Freeze
Order, and retention of price
controls as a protection to liv-
ing jstandards. Labor is also
faced with the necessity of elim-
inating the iong “cooling off
period” made necessary by pres-
ent legislation jcovering Jlabor-
Management disputes. gnd of
fighting the continued excesses
of the National War Labor
Board. The record shows that
not a single case can be brought
forward in which real wages of
workers: have been raised by the
National War Labor Board. and
its activities have been designed
to curb workers’ demands for
Wage increases and the obstruc-
tion of unions striving for up-
ward wage revisions to meet
soaring costs.

Stern charges that the govern-
ment has used the provisions of
FC 9384 to defeat labor’s wage
demands have been levelled by
reputable trade union spokes-
men,

CALL ENDORSED

On the west coast, the large
and powerful unions eovering
the province’s primary indus-
tries, have already endorsed the
calling of a wage conference,
and have recorded support of a
coordinated national wage cam-
paign, including consultation
between major trade union

bodies in the presentation of de-
mands. The fight for upward re-

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vision of wages is keyed around
the principle of an across-the-
board $2.00 per day increase.
The wage struggle will lead to
the demand for a shorter work
week with no reduction in take-
home pay. and the establishment
of broad coordinated action by
both major union congresses in
the over-all labor fight for high-
er wages.

Reduced hours in many of the
nation’s jndustries are already
making great inroads into the
wages and pay rates, and release
of price control while keeping
wages pegged, places an ad-
ditional burden on the workers’
already strained income.

The fight around a minimum
demand of 25 cents per hour, or
$2.00 per day increase for every
wage earner places labor in the
position of battling for survival.
The unions of British Columbia
are placing themselves in the

Laber Lobby

without further delay, pointing |

election of lobby representatives
out that notice to visit Victoria
might be short. While proposals
for the lobby had not yet come

before the Vancouver Labor
Council, it appeared obvious that
the CCL organization would

register strong approval of the
principle of united action and

send representatives from all
CCL affiliates. Veterans ‘were
also expected to send strong

representation in support of the
legislative proposals of labor.

The lobby to Victoria ,another

loans ere ee nm eee

A series of four fifteen-minute
radio plays, on current topics,
written by Fred and Cynthia

Wilmot, well known in Van-
couver labor and _ progressive
circles, are at present being

broadeast over the national net-
work of the Canadian Broad-

vanguard of that struggle, and
endorsation by the trade union
movement of the proposals for
coordinated action for wage in-
creases is seen as evidence that
labor is girding itself for the
coming battle.

easting Corporation.

stations

Broadcasts will be heard over
of the CBC National
Network on Monday evenings, at
10.380 p.m., February 11-18-25.

Se ee Goes Fo

The “Pacific Tribune”

N F2t week’s issue of our paper will mark the be-
. ginning of a new publication in the field of labor

journalism. The ‘Pacific’ Advocate,’ or as it has

been more popularly known, the P.-A., will be replaced
by the “Pacific Tribune.’’ .
__ Arrangements have been completed with the pub-
lishers of the ‘“‘Canadian Tribune’ for current feature
articles and other services, which we feel will give a
higher standard working-class paper to British Colum-
bia readers. The new publication will also help to elim-
inate the necessity of many readers having to contribute
to two Labor-Progressive periodicals giving almost simi-
lar coverage. ;

Our obligations to all subscribers of the ‘(Canadian
Tribune” and P.-A. will be taken over and fulfilled by
the publishers of the ‘‘Pacific Tribune.” ~

In cooperation with the publishers of the ‘‘Canadian
Tribune” our objective is to work progressively towards
the realization of a closer identity of regional papers,
in an effort to give our readers a better coverage on
national and international events, as well as to give
greater attention to provincial and local issues. We are
sure our British Columbia readers will concur in this.

Looking back over the years, when the P.-A. took
over from the old “People,’’ we feel a deep pride in
its work of bringing a Marxist-Leninist interpretation of
news and events to B.C. labor. Our aim is to continue
this great tradition in the “Pacific Tribune,’ and to
make the “P.-T’’ a worthy successor of a long chain of
Marxist-Leninist papers, which each in its turn, and in
keeping with the conditions of the period, wrote a
worthy page in-the progress and enlightenment of British
Columbia labor.

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in a series of united delegations
which have resulted in forcing
action on many pressing issues
from _ provincial authorities,
would ask implementation of the
united labor brief dealing with
many sore spots’ which labor
demands be remidied. Some of
the points included in the pro-
gram are:

@ Enactment of a permanent
federal labor code .employing
the principles of wartime order
P.C. 1003, but ineluding am-
mendments which would correct
defects in the bill as it now
stands.

@ That the provincial govern-
met give consideration to early
enactment of a provincial labor
code in the event that the fed-
eral government declares that
the emergency no longer exists
and removes P.C. 1008.

@® Amendments to the hours
of work act to reduce the weekly
limit to forty hours with no re-
duction in take-home pay, and
legislation covering overtime
rates in excess of eight hours in
any one day, or forty hours in
any one week. Rates would com-
puted on the basis of union
agreements established between
employers and unions concerned.

® Recommendation of a sixty
cent minimum wage, and pres-
sure for establishment of a na-
tional sixty cent minimum wage
rate.

@® Amendments to the Work-
men’s compensation act, calling
for 100 percent reimbursement
for occupational injury or dis-
ease, and coverage of disabilities
not now included in- compensa-
tion regulations.

Other points include Health
insurance, pressure for a nation-
al physical fitness and health
program, surgical and medical
care, maternity service and den-
tal care.

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CSU Charge.

Provocation

Charges that towboat opera u
ers have “broken the spirit &
agreements” held between inc
vidual operators and the Cas
adian Seamen’s Union —we
levelled this week by “Digge
Smith, West Coast represent
tive of the CSU. Revealing th
operators determined to ke }
CSU organizers from boardir :
ships or entering compan

docks, Smith charged that ac
tion of the operators was “par
of the plan to break organ-
ized labor.”

“There is no doubt that the
operators are afraid that th
CSU is getting too strong, 4
proven by agreements hele
pending, and certifications pend:
ing,” Smith told P.A. “They
have made up their minds thai
we are going to get no furtha
certifications and are using th
method of barring organizer
from wharves to stop us.”

Smith pointed out that exis!
ing agreements call for fu
benefits of orderly and lega
collective bargaining for con |
pany and employee, and charge
that placing of obstructions i
the way of accredited busines |
agents of the union constitute °
breach of contract. S

{

The union is at present nege |
tiating contracts with six of th
companies, with one certifica-
tion pending. Union spokesmen
had already expressed the hope
that negotiations would proteed
without any hitches, but the
most recent action of operators
indicates that. the union will
have to wage.a concerted drive
to force companies to live up
to conditions guaranteed to the
union by bargaining procedure. |

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