Fire fighters work fur after the ship was hit

a Victoria

during

B.C., informing them that u

of all rights and privileged en- joyed under their charter.

This action by the Federation climaxed a partisan strife that has ben conducted by the leader- ship of the Victoria local for a period of over six months, which culminated in the decision to cease payment of per capita dues to the Federation. At present a small percentage of the dues. pay- ments of each affiliate of the

Federation must he paid to the Federation.

In a letter directed to the mem- bership of the Victoria Boiler- maker’s Union, Shipyard Federation Secretary pointed out that during the course

of the war the trade union move-| It stresses the importance of the

Mass Layoffs. InjGreece

LONDON.

— Reports

Athens deny the accuracy of For-| S'rensthening of closed

eign Secretary Anthony Eden statement before the House of Commons recently that no dis- missals.on a mass scale are being made in Greece. In one case, an

. ~electric company in Athens, whose personnel saved ‘its instal- lations. from German destruction, has discharged about 700 out. of 2100 workers, almost all of whom were leading trade unionists. The plant director has refused to reinstate the workers.

The Greek Republican paper a Nea reports that ex-premier General Plastiras has declared himself ready to head a fight for democracy and that Nicolas Za- chariades, left-wing leader who recently returned to Greece after years in exile, has stated his willingness to serve under Plas- tiras.

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Unions Protest Stalli By War Labor Boa

The dispute on the question of the price to be p ; rivets driven in Vancouver shipyards still remained up this week, as the National» War Labor Board turned ct

lously to extinguish flames

nl 1945, are paid up to date immediately,

Garry Culhane,| points out that the ex

frowi ment of conditions including the

on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Saratoga

an air attack off Iwo Jima. It has since been fully repaired.

Inion Suspended By Shipyard General

A letter has been forwarded to the Exe cutive members of the Shipbuilders’ Union Local No.

orkers Fed.

Boilermakers and Iron 2, Victoria, by the Shipyard General Workers Federation of €ss per-capita payments due the Federation from February, the Victoria local will be subject to suspension

ment has won many important gains. “There are numerous in dications, however,” the letter continued, “that a major cam- Ppaign is on foot by big business to blot out wartime gains in the hame of returning to open com- petition for markets. This drive is aimed at breaking the strength

of the trade union movement by outright attempts to set veterans against labor in a batle for jobs, | 2nd to divide labor in its’ own house—within the unions.”

| The letter then isting agree- ments in the shipyards are sub- ject to cancellation at any time.

bership in the Canadian Congress of Labor. Thus, the deliberate ef- fort of its officers to withhold per capita places the union in jeopardy. The privilege of at- tending conventions when they are held shortly, and participat-

ing in the important decisions facing the shipbuilding trade un- ion movement will be suspended.

“Your union wili be disquali- fied from the Canadian Congress oz Labor councils and conven- tions unless arrears in per capita are paid up,’ the letter warns. “Tsolation and disunity méan dis- aster—that is the bosses’ gain.”

Federation

The issue is now left with the executive of the - Victoria local. The Federation has been left with no alternative but to suspend .the

unions mobilizing unitedly to. un- dertake negotiations for new agreements. “In the forefront: tebel uni lead A ] of our demands in the postwar | ;. 1S PeReTe: nappea

has been directed in an open let- agreements, must. be the 40-hour ter to the membership of the ‘lo- week and with no reduction in

: ; cal, and it is felt that a sufficient weekly earnings, two weeks’ va- bloe of'members will realize the cation with pay, seriousness of the position in which their leadership has placed them and appeal for reentry into the Federation and the payment of per capita: The attitude of the leadership has been scored by the

and an improve-

shop pro- visions.”

It points out that arbitrary in- terference of the National War Labor Board in rejecting joint | Federation as “Inexecusable,” and union-management applications | in fact stems from political dis- for improved wages, or piecework | agreements between the leadex- rates as in the.case of the Vic-| ship of the union and the Federa- toria rivet price-list, must be | tion non-partisan line. stopped’ “The Wage Control] | Order must be amended to allow | free negotiations for upward ad- Justments in wages,” the letter ing further eco

states. the Victoria local, the Federation

The letter then states that the| will impose suspension on the Boilermakers Loeal No. 2 has | union. eae . placed itself, by the decision to discontinue per capita payment, in a serious situation. the local is part of the Federa- tion, per capita payment is neces-| of the sary for continued enjoyment of| was formed in’ Oslo. this. week. the privileges extended under the} The cabinet was agreed upon by. charter, and for continue :

No reply to response” has

yet been received from‘ the rebel executive...

LONDON. —'A new coalition

‘Norwegian Labor’ Party,

; makers’ Union and _ the ship- | builders. Thé unwillingness of Vancouver shipbuilding _compan- | ies to negotiate a price-list based

#|on a fair days’ work has caused

a slowdown in the whole industry for a period of two months, and the latest action of the War Labor Board has done nothing to aid in a final solution of this question.

The dispute arose upon sub- mission of a price-list for rivets driven on transport ferries by the Boilermakers’ Local-No. 1 to the shipbuilders, which was based on the rivet prices prevail ing in Victoria. This price-list the local shipyards refused to consider, and submitted a list to the union which cut rivet prices in some cases 30 percent. The Boilermakers have pointed out to the- shipbuilders that the prices upon which the union list

the letter, or other |,

was based have prevailed in Victoria ever since construction cf transport ferries commenced.

The Victoria Machinery- Depot and Yarrows Shipbuild- ing Company of Victoria have Paid these prices since such | construction started, and up to the time that construction was commenced in Vancouver, the prices prevailed to the mutual: Satisfaction of both company and union.

With the commencement of construction on transport ferries in the immediate offing, the

Yivetters of the Vancouver ship- yards held a meeting at which conditions of work, the problems of construction in the new craft, and a proposed list of prices based on the Victoria list were discussed to some length. A com- mittee was struck off which pre- pared a list, which was presented by the union to the shipbuilding companies) The companies’ in turn presented al counter-propos- al to the union, in which rivet prices were considerably cut.

As no agreement could be reached on rivet prices between companies and union, the rivet-

based. on the union. This practice has been followed to the present time.

The situation was further com- plicated by a decree by the Vic- toria shipyards that rivet prices

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ters, following procedure con- tained in their agreements, pro- ceeded to drive daily quotas |

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Victoria local of the

would be cut, which.,con a ghange in working cori Acting on the company’s ey jon, the rivetters of Ve ceased work. To prevent a of shipbuilding, the come} Victoria agreed to make |; submission of the rivet Lit vailing for acceptance I War Labor Board: = i

The joint submission wh viewed by the Board, alt Board decided not to acce submission. In ‘the mea | action on the matter in Vi | ver had been delayed, p: acceptance by the Board Victoria price-list.

| At present, no agreeme been reached between co | and union in Vancouver as method by which agreeme ? be reached on prices to } in construction. It is ay ledged that conditions on tle construction merit an iner¢ & rivet prices. Nature of & used, the ‘type of rivet driven, the comparatively £ 7 cus nature of the work e # to merit a substantial in: 3 The union, due ‘tothe co @ proposals shipbu

of - work : for—-thé- members | ja been placed in- the positiceS= having to -uphold their den The. shipbuilders on the if hand have remained adam: 2 their stand that they wi F consider the list propose P the union. w3 1 2

Bill White, President o § | Boilermakers’ and- Iron ' builders’ Union Local No. = & presented the union’s case 1 Board, but as yet no satis# decision has been handed { It is hoped that agreemen: { soon be reached between | shipbuilders and union and

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