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THE FISHERMAN
November 10, 1961
DELEGATES GIVE STRIKERS HELP
Delegates at the BC Federation of Labor convention last month took up the hat and collected $582.37 for strikers at three separate operations after hearing spokesmen from the affected unions tell their story.
Strikers from Westeel, Wool-worth Stores, and Taylor Pearson Carson marched in to the convention bearing strike placards. Delegates backed their applause with good hard cash.
Unions involved are Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (Woolworths and Taylor Pearson Carson) and the United Steelworkers of America I West-eel Products).
FEDERATION ANSWERS EMPLOYERS
Wage Conference To Unify Demands
Unions affiliated with the BC Federation of Labor which will be negotiating for new agreements in 1962 will meet in a special conference "to assure the maximum possible coordination in the pursuit of contract objectives."
This was one of the key decisions**' of the  BC   Federation  of Labor
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convention held last month in Vancouver.
Submitted by Painters and Decorators Local 138 and covering a similar proposal from the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union, the resolution called for the provincial meeting to be held "at the earliest possible date," after pointing out that affiliates had been "at a disadvantage in contract negotiations since the last convention because of anti-labor propaganda,; restrictive legislation and insufficient coordination."
An amendment by the general resolutions committee restricting the conference to "affiliated unions" brought vigorous protest from many delegates.
DECISION "UNFORTUNATE"
Delegate L. Robson from Carpenters Local 452 described as "unfortunate" the committee decision to invite only affiliated unions.
"A number of unions are not affiliated. Some of them are key unions. Their fight is our fight. We
i should include all the unions of
! the province," he declared.
Pointing out that the convention
] "must not be unmindful of the 12.000 Government Emplovees, the 10.000 to 12.000 Teamsters, the Fishermen, and   Civic Employees,"
j Charles Stewart of the Street Rail-
i waymen's Union said he was "satisfied the executive of the Federation will not be so proud as to back into the Federation
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Supporting the resolution as amended, S. Thompson of IWA Local 1-217 said, "We will not be able to meet with success if each and every union heads out in all directions." He pointed to last year's conduct of negotiations as showing the "great need for cooperation and coordination. One union settling can cut the ground out from other unions."
"EMBARRASSED"
W. Black of the Hospital Employees Union Local 480 reported that his organisation had won a five percent increase last year but it had been "embarrassed by lesser settlements."
"Every delegate here will recognise the schmozzle of last year," Bill Stewart, Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union, declared.
"When we meet the employers, there are a dozen different unions
with a dozen different demands. | cal 360, argued that "When you The result is that the workers last have a conference, it doesn't neces-year took a beating. Everything is sarily mean that you join or affi-
up _      profits and productivity — liate. Unions on the outside," he
but real wages have gone down, warned, "might be setting the pat-"To prevent thousands of trade tern for the rest of us." unionists from participating is "Surely we are broad enough to surely not what we meant when discuss ways and means of helping we said solidarity at the be- the workers in the province," C. ginning of this convention. We Shane, Tunnel and Rock Workers should throw it open to all trade Local 108, told delegates, union organisations and say W. S. King, Locomotive Firemen 'You are welcome to attend'." and Enginemen Local 341,, said "FRONT DOOR" j that "By excluding any portion of
Arguing for the amendment, P. the workers who are fighting the Baskin, Steelworkers, said "There same battles as we, we will be is a front door for these unions to ! making a mistake. We can act in enter; let's not trv to get them in ; a unified manner." through the back door." O'NEAL SUPPORTS
In an obvious reference to his1 E. P. O'Neal, secretary of the Unions raid on the Mine Mill and ! Federation, brushed aside criticism Smelter Workers which is outside j of the resolution's limitations, the Federation, Baskin said, "There ; claiming that the organisation's is quite a number I would not like j policy has been to help all unions to see invited and quite a number in trouble.
you might not like to see invited." | "We were of tremendous assist-G. LeBourdais, Oil and Chemical ance to the fishermen during their Workers Union, praised the sup-! strike (of 1959). It was because port his organisation had received of the immense fight of the BC from the Teamsters. Federation of Labor and the Cana-
"When you get on the picket- j dian Labor Congress that that line, you don't mind extending strike was resolved," he claimed, your hand for help. We have to : The UFAWU could not offer a put meaning behind this unity correction of O'Neal's statements and solidarity and put on a real I on the floor since it was repre-push for unity next year." : sented only by observers.
M. Mosher, Longshoremen's Lo- At any conference called by the cal 503, said the resolution was Federation in the past, O'Neal "long overdue," adding that the said, "other unions have been wel-kind of unity needed "might be come to attend as visitors." He the way to get_ the other unions saw no change in that policy.
A motion to refer the resolution back to committee for revision was defeated.
• TopBC
Federation
of Labor
officers
re-elected
unanimously
at sixth annua]
convention
last month
were
/:'. P. O'Neal, secretary, and R. Smeal, riffht, president.
Hand-picked Slate Elected
MIGHT SET PATTERN
G. Pembleton, Papermakers Lo-
Federation Heads Banish Opposition
The red scare was used by leaders of the BC Federation of Labor to eliminate two "progressives" on its executive and assure election of a hand-picked slate.
The slate, decided at a caucus'' called right in the convention hall
following one of the sessions, was mimeographed and openly distributed to delegates by "right wingers" who had earlier set the stage for their actions in a Vancouver Sun story that warned of a takeover by "left wing" delegates.
The two organisations were left without representation on the Federation executive.
Stewart was nominated, however, and failed election by only 16 votes winning 176 out of 333 cast while Greaves polled 130 votes.
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Delegates Deplore Raiding, Call for Clearcut Opposition
Delegates to the BC Federation of Labor convention made clear their opposition to raiding in the labor movement by turning back to the resolutions committee a watered down resolution which would have asked only that the executive of the Canadian Labor Congress "continue its campaign to end raiding and jurisdictional disputes among affiliates."
The original wording urged the CLC to "begin immediately a campaign to end raiding and jurisdictional disputes," the committee appending the words "among 'affiliates."
The resolution, which pointed out the need for labor to "draw closer together to fight for jobs and an end to restrictive labor laws," was submitted by Electrical Workers Local 213. It covered a resolution from the Marine Workers Union which flatly opposed raiding of any legitimate trade union "regardless of affiliation or non-affiliation."
INTENT CLEAR
Despite the motion of referral back to committee, however, the resolution never came back to the floor, instead ending up in the hand of the incoming executive but with the specific instruction of the convention that it should revert to its original wording.
Sharpest condemnation of raid-
ing came from C. Stewart, Street Railwaymen's Union, a member of the resolutions committee who reported that he had recorded his vote against the amended resolution in committee because it did not go far enough.
"We should be opposed to raiding, period," he declared. "It is cannibalism in the labor movement and should be eradicated."
In a passionate appeal for a clearcut policy, Stewart said that "Raiding doesn't add one bit of strength to the labor movement. It only helps the boss. It is blackening and besmirching our movement."
He condemned interference by the head of the RCMP investigation branch and the US secretary of labor in the Steel raid on Mine-Mill in Sudbury.
RAIDERS RAPPED
"This is McCarthyism of the worst kind. A lot lias been said about Hoffa (president of the Teamsters Union) but Hoffa is a saint compared to those who would encourage raiding and smashing of trade unions."
The Sudbury situation "should not be taking place," he declared. "Claude Jodoin (president of the Canadian Labor Congress) would have better served the labor movement if he had taken his place on the picket line in front of the Royal York Hotel instead of going into Sudbury," he declared to the applause of delegates.
Jim Barton, Plumbers Union, de-
The caucus, chaired by J. A. O'Neal, Pulp and Sulphite: and Moore, IWA official, dropped two j third vice president M. Kemmis, members of the previous BCFL Bakery and Confectionery Work-executive, R. Greaves of the Marine ! ers Union, were re-elected without Engineers and C. Stewart of the opposition.
Street Railwaymen's Union, both' with J. Morris declining nom-of whom had reportedly opposed ination following his narrow vie-some aspects of executive policy, tory last year, J. A. Moore was
- elected first vice president with
207 votes to 128 for S. Thompson. Both are members of the IWA.
R. St. Eloi, Plumbers, with 234 votes, defeated L. Anderson, Carpenters, to retain the office of second vice president. R. Haynes, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, was re-elected fourth vice president over M. deFeyter, Oil and Chemical Workers, by 225 to 107 votes.
Elected to the executive, with their votes shown in brackets, were R. Bryce, Powell River Pulp and Sulphite (295), C. Crombie, Vancouver Newspaper Guild (279): E. T. Staley, Victoria, Carpenters (237); S. Parker, Pt. Alberni, IWA (232); Lloyd Wishart, New Westminster Firefighters (229); J. Curtis, Fort St. John Oil and Chemical Workers (219); J. Hoist, Prince George IWA (214); P. Baskin, Vancouver Steelworkers (208); W. Symington, Vancouver Packinghouse Workers (200); E. Meadows, Vancouver Merchant Service Guild (192).
All were members of the official slate backed by Federation officers. In at least one instance, rank and file members of the Union the candidate represented were actively opposed to his election but in the words of one delegate, "The machine steamrollered over all opposition, regardless of how justified it was. But," he added, "this kind of approach doesn't make for a united Federation."
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scribed the resolution as "completely negative. It condones raiding because it says it is all right to attack non-affiliates."
L. Robson, Carpenters, called for a "principled statement . . . that we shall not, we will not raid." NO ORGANISATION PLAN
The convention failed to deal with organisation of the unorganised in spite of a net decline in the number of trade1 unionists in Canada reported by CLC secretary treasurer Donald McDonald. He revealed that for the first time since the war there had been a drop from 1,459,000 in 1960 to 1,447,000 this year.
"While it is not a very great decline," he said, "it is significant that there has been any decline at all.
"If this trend continues, the terrible things that have happened in recent years will pale into insignificance by comparison with what it to come."
A decline in membership affiliated to the BC Federation of Labor was noted in the officers' report but improvement in the situation was forecast.
According to the report, the Federation last year suffered a net loss of 9.000 members, leaving a monthly average of 94,000 affiliated members for the year. PER  CAPITA REMAINS
During debate of a possible increase in per capita paid to the Federation, which was recommended against by the officers' reports committee, delegate C. Worthing-ton, Carpenters, said the officers of the Federation were not doing anything to organise the unorganised "and until they are, I am opposed to any increase in per capita."
"How long are we going to go along with voluntary disaffiliations or disaffiliations ordered by the Canadian Labor Congress?" O. Braaten, Pulp and Sulphite Workers, asked. Referring to the $4,388 deficit reported for the past year, Braaten said that while this policy continues, "We are going to find larger deficits.
"We must," he declared, "unite more solidly than ever before. If our forefathers had run away from responsibility, we wouldn't be here today."
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