The eagle lays its eggs

LABOR ROUNDUP

Labor backs NDP petition against U.S. Viet policy

At the regular session of the eer and District Labor i cil this week, delegates dis- a a wide variety of issues. ae included an end to nuclear fea: U.S. aggression in Bie ae Student fees and higher — On, the urgent need of a ae investigation into the British Columbia Hospi- Insurance Scheme, (BCHIS,) step Urgent need for labor to ae the national campaign for S Care, “labor-management” *Perienced by the painters’ ae with university “brains,” tien of a government-oper- auto insurance system to

r : fak the big auto insurance acket, etc,

tvision 101, Amalgamated xa Union thanked the VLC ; ers for their efforts before Public Utilities Commission, nthe in calling upon Hydro 3 rity to call a halt to its f <i cuts in transit. While autho ve argued that it had “no . aby to do so, union dele- Boni Chuck” Stewart was of the os On that the VLC effort “will ata a slowing down of further In transit,”

gs executive motion op- € China’s recent nuclear ee test prompted considerable cea and was finally oo to include all nuclear del S. Oil Workers’ Union €gate Jerry Lebourdais stated 5a be wrong for labor to i out China for condemnation

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Bcc Secretary Paddy Neale

ted that the VLC “had long Sete nuclear testing by any On, whether French, Russian

American, Perhaps we should .

expand this opposition to under- ground tests as well,”

«Since this might appear as a special resolution against China,” stated C. Stewart, “I would include all other nuclear

nations,” * OK *

A resolution in the form of a petition which will come be- fore the NDP provincial con- ference when it opens this Sat- urday of this week was distributed to delegates with the request that they get as many signatures as possible and have all petitions in by Friday of this week, (See front page story.)

It is planned that the NDP Executive Council will present these petitions to the U.S. Con- sulate on Saturday during con- vention sessions.

Office Employees’ Union dele- gate Gibson stated that labor policies in Canada and the U.S. with respect to U.S, policies in Vietnam were not consistent, «“AFL—CIO Presid ent George Meany and its executive have fully endorsed President John- son’s policies in Vietnam. We had better get things straight... we don’t want to be in opposition to our American brothers. . .” Another delegate argued that “we shouldn’t get involved in all this anti-American stuff, we know where it comes from.” With these two dissenting votes, the delegate body voted solid for the petition resolution.

* OK OK

On the CLC «Charter for Health” (medicare campaign), secretary Neale reported that over 100,000 signed cards sup~ porting the campaign had gone from B.C. . -« “But,” stated Neale, “this means to me that labor has not as yet done a good

enough job in explaining the na- tional health plan to people. This is our job, to do a much better job, The big insurance companies and the medical profession are spending millions of dollars to defeat a full-coverage medi- care,”

Citing many examples of dis- crimination and profiteering by the big automobile insurance firms, VLC delegates were unanimous in their opinion “that the time has come to consider this question important, and that the BCFL and the VLC bring added pressure on the govern- ment for a government-operated automobile insurance plan to cut down on insurance premiums,

Secretary Neale declared that “every year the BCFL presents its program to the government, this important issue is included. But perhaps we should consider a stronger campaign, since itis obvious the auto insurance com- panies are making tremendous profits out of the people,”

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Voicing his approval of a pre- vious resolution calling for a thorough investigation into the administration of BCHIS, and centering mainly upon the need of public-owned chronic-care and rehabilitation hospitals, delegate Black, of the Hospital Employees related the low-wage and over- work conditions prevailing in pri- vate chronic-care hospitals in the province, and «which should all come under BCHIS, We are told this is a dynamic society,” stated Black, “dynamic for everyone except those working in private hospitals.”

With a number of women workers from the Edith Cavell Hospital present to support their delegate’s contentions, Black stated, “there is the private hos-

See LABOR, pg. 10

MAJORITY SIGN WITH UNION

Mine Mill applies for Sudbury certification

With well over 7519 signed application cards, andmorecom- ing in daily, Local 598, Inter- national Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers at the giant International Nickel Company (INCO) mines at Sudbury, made application with the Ontario Labor Relations Board on May 11 for bargaining rights for the 14,700 workers at INCO,

The present agreement between INCO and the raiding Steelwork- ers Union expires in 1966,

Preceded by a monster parade and demonstration in Sudbury, hundreds of. INCO workers and their families gave the Mine-Mill delegation to the Ontario Labor Board a rousing sendoff, indicat- ing the strong community senti- ment for the restoration of legitimate Mine-Mill jurisdiction in this great Nickel Range center,

Prior to and even during tem- porary lapse of its bargaining rights by Steelworkers Union raiding and splitting, Mine-Mill has maintained and promoted an active interest in the community

life of Sudbury and surrounding -

mining areas,

It has promoted numerous sports groups, taken an active part in all community health efforts and organization, andover the years has built up one of the finest Children’s Camps at Richard Lake, Ontario.

Mine-Mill’s applicationfor bargaining rights is based on the! central proposition that INCO “must be forced to extend some of the benefits of the unparalleled profit situation in 1964 and 1965 to its workers in the form of higher earnings, security and benefits at the bargaining table,”

Protest Comox

warheads

The B.C. Peace Council has widely circulated an open letter to Prime Minister Pearson protesting thein- stallation of nuclear warheads at Comox, B.C.

The open letter demands that warheads be sent back to the U.S. andurges the Pearson government to press Johnson to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam and the Dominican Republic,

Some of the Mine-Mill supporters who gathered to see their committee off at the Sudbury CPR station to apply before the Ontario Labor Relations Board for cer- tification and bargaining rights at the giant INCO plant.

Ryerson to

speak on

Confederation crisis

“Quebec And The Crisis Of Confederation,” will be the sub- ject of a lecture to be delivered by Stanley B. Ryerson of Toronto Wednesday, June 2nd, 8 p.m, at the University Women’s Club, 1489 McRae Avenue, Vancouver, B.C,

A member of the Canadian Historical, Political Science and Philosophical Associations, he

STANLEY RYERSON

will be attending the Conference of Learned Societies at the Uni- versity of British Columbia, May 28th to June 19th, 1965.

Stanley B, Ryerson was bornin Toronto in 1911, of English- Canadian and French-Canadian parents, He graduated from the University of Toronto and Sor- bonne (Paris) in modern langu- ages, After teaching French for some years at Sir George Wil- liams College, Montreal, he de- voted himself entirely to edu- cational and editorial work inthe left-wing movement,

A prominent Canadian his- torian, his writings have included «Le Reveil du Canada Francais,” a sketch of conditions in Quebec in the 1930s; “1837: The Birth of Canadian Democracy,” astudy of the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada; “French Canada: A Study in Canadian Democracy,” (1943); “The Founding of Canada: Beginning to 1815” (1960).

The lecture is sponsored by the People’s Co-operative Book- store. Association. Admission: $1.00 per person, There will be a question period following the lecture.

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