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THE FISHERMAN
January 11, 1955
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G. NORTH—Editor —
Phone: MArine 1829
Published Every Tuesday Except the Last Tuesday of Each Month by The Fisherman Publishing Society, 301 Powell St., Vancouver, B.C.
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Wage Parity With U.S. Logical Labor Policy
"^E see no reason why Canadian workmen doing the same work should not get the same pay. Canadian shareholders in U.S. firms get the same dividends as shareholders residing in the U.S." — George Burt, Regional Director, United Auto Workers.
"The Canadian steel industry has approximate price parity with the steel industry in the United States ... it refuses to accept wage parity." — Martin Levinson, Minority Report of Conciliation Board in United Steelworkers vs. Steel Co. of Canada, August 23, 1954.
The great debate over wage parity between Canada and the U.S. goes on. In spite of a series of Conciliation Board majority reports which completely reject the very idea of equal wages for Canadian and U.S. workers, the movement toward wage parity continues and grows stronger. There is reason to believe that the wage gap between the two countries has actually been getting a little narrower in the last few years. In a few major industries, such as metal mining and pulp and paper, a measure of parity, for some classifications at least, has been achieved or approached.
A comparison of hourly earnings (including overtime, shift premiums, piece work earnings, etc.) for the same industry in the two countries shows that the gap has been reduced quite considerably in a number of cases since 1950. This comparison can provide only very tentative conclusions, however. The average hourly earnings tend to cover up important differences which can be examined only by comparing the rates for the same classification. Still, the trends of average hourly earnings do point to a reduction in the wage gap.
A comparison of average hourly earnings for August, 1954, shows that the margin between U.S. and Canada ranged all the way from a. low of nine percent (pulp and paper) to a high of 69 percent (coal mining).
When we compare actual hourly rates for the same classification in the same industry in the two countries, several interesting and important facts come to light:
1. The sharpest differences are in the building trades, among the major industries.
2. In the large manufacturing plants, the difference in rates is lower at the bottom of the scale (laborer) than at the top end of the scale (skilled trades).
3. The differentials in office workers' salaries appear to be similar to those for industrial workers' wages.
For a long time now it has been popular to shrug off the wage parity question with: "Sure wages are higher in the U.S., but it costs a lot more to live there!" In actual fact, there is a good deal of evidence to show that this is simply not true.
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A YOUNG MISS with a rather questionable looking pooch remarked that she thought she would enter him in the dog show this year.
Said a naturally surprised friend, "Do you really think he stands a chance of winning?''
"Oh, no," she replied, "but think of the nice dogs he'll meet!"
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THE Alabama farmr passed away and the preacher came to his wife to get some information about the poor man to use in his eulogy at, the funeral. "Is he a Mason, an j Elk, a Woodman? Did he belong I to the Chamber of Commerce, the j Ku Klux Klan?" asked the preacher.
The bereaved wife asked, 'What's the Ku Klux Klan?"
The preacher explained, "Well, I guess you might say that's the devil under a sheet."
With a timid smile, she said, "THAT he was!"
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A MOTHER gave her daughter explicit instructions to reply in the negative to everything her boy friend suggested when he took her out on a date.
"All right, honey," said the bright young fellow, "I'll put it this way ... do you mind if I hold your hand?"
"No," said the girl without a moment's hesitation.
'Would you mind if we parked on a side road?"
"No," was the prompt reply.
"Dearie," sighed the young swain, "you and I am going to have a heck of a lot of fun if your mother is on the level about this."
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Pink Nets For Pinks?
THE HEAD of a leading department store was passing through the shipping department, and saw a boy lounging against a box, whistling cheerfully. "How much do you get a week?" he asked the boy.
"Ten dollars,'' was the reply.
"Here's a week's pay, you loafer —you're fired."
When he next saw the foreman, he asked, "When did we hire that boy?"
"We never hired him," answered the foreman. "He just brought in a package from another store." ★ ★ ★
THE M.C. on a recent radio show asked a contestant how long she had been married. She replied, "Four years and I have three children."
The M.C. remarked, "You must like having children."
"Absolutely," was the guest's reply, "I wouldn't think of having anything else!"
A discovery has been made in Tokyo about the attraction certain colors appear to have for fish, with the result, it is said, that the entire fishing industry may be revolutionised if the idea is universally adopted, according to Answers, London.
Japanese zoologists claim, after a series of experiments, that fish were most strongly attracted to objects of a pink color (can this have some political significance?).
It was then arranged that fishermen should cooperate with the scientists. Nets were dyed pink, I and increased catches were made. ! Previously it was thought that ! nets should be black so as to be I almost invisible, but the success I of the experiment soon became known and now fishermen all round I Japan's coast are reported to be [ using the new pink nets. I Recent statistics show that there has been an increase of 60 percent in catches over the period since the new nets have been used.
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JNTERNATIONAlews" Service has issued a balance sheet of what iljiders the debits and credits rung up by U.S. Secretary cte Dulles for the past year.
One would think thything Dulles might have doneomote peace (and from thivpoint there appears to be vetle he has accomplished in thiction) would be considered a t and , ■ anything warlike would debit, j |
But there is a new pt in the INS newsroom ancother U.S. circles; the only tv^bits" INS can find are rejecthEDC and what is most astou, the "Indochina armistice"!
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The armistice was a vr for world peace, for freedo. the people of Indochina to h,ome say in their future, andjfeat for those who fatten onoita-tion of other countries sheir people.
Thus an advantage for anial people is considered a 'd for the U.S. and Dulles.
But ask the people of nee who have been contributiiieir sons to uphold a despotic iial rule which sucked the Uod of the Viet Namese and the exploiting ex-colonials whive been fighting off this yoke.he armistice was a debit or a lit.
Incidentally, on Dulles if side was the pact he signeith dictators Chiang Kai-shekid Syngman Rhee.
Those who believe in astoy will be sorry to hear that Mae Lys, local soothsayer, has pried that 1955 will see a "noty good" fishing catch in Britishl-umbia.
WEST COAST TURTLE Mike and Allan Morishita of Port Alberni are pictured above with a 30-pound turtle picked up at Spring Cove early in December by Tom Kimoto, secretary of the Ucluelet Local of the UFAWU. The turtle, with a shell measuring 16 by 18 inches, was alive when the photo was taken but died while Tom was trying to find out if the Park Board in Vancouver wanted it for the aquarium. Mr. W. N. Burgett, teacher at Port Alberni, sent the turtle to the museum in Victoria. Spring Cove is located at the mouth of Ucluelet Inlet.
Bill Stoler, long-time empl of Canadian Fishing Company recovering from an operation a spending the holiday season Vancouver General Hospital, is getting along nicely.
on sales for Atlas Superior Diesels which the firm handles.
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See Mr. and Mrs. Pat Walsh of
Whaletown, gillnetter "Dictator," are in the city.
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Nolan Lowe of Lowe's Marine Repairs, is installing a new 100 H.P. Cummins Diesel in the "Robert G."
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Dan Larsen of the 'Capella" has left on a black cod trip.
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In from Namu last week were Alex Gow, troller "Lolyn," and Bob Merkle, gillnetter "Lero."
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Spotted Gus Broshell, troller "Early Dawn 2" in from the west coast. He is tied up at Kanata
Another hospital patient we pleased to report as pretty w Marine Ways, recovered is CBC announcer N01 * * *
Hansen, who emerged victor in Met Jack Cryer and his daughter bout with a severe case of pnefrom Camobell River i% the city monia last month. Norm conduqast week. They have the trollers the CBC Fishermen's Broadca"Fisher Gal" and "Snuff-Snuff." heard at 7 a.m. each weekday. * * *
^ ^ Julius Barth, owner and skipper
)f the steel dragger "David Scott," We're sorry we couldn't publisiad a narrow escape December 30 a number of season's greetings ifhen his boat turned over on her our Christmas issue that several ojeam ends and later went to the the fellows wanted to pass alongpttom. There was a strong wind Here are some of them, a trifleJowing off the Fraser lightship late, but the sentiment is stillhen Barth pulled up anchor to there: sad out. He had just pulled up
ichor, and had the wheel hard Wes Abbott, of Vancouver, trol-ter when a sauall struck and the ler "Aleeta," extends his best pSel rolled over. Boyd Shannon
wishes to Harry Burroughs
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Ted Bings and Esko Kayra, trollers "Varden" and "Courageous" extend their greetings to all you folks in Kyuquot; this is a little on the late side as we hear Ted and Esko have left for home.
Leo Carter, troller "Spray 1," sends his greetings to all his friends.
Frank Ashcroft, formerly parts man on counter sales for National Supply Company of West Georgia Street, is now salesman for Chrysler engines, assistant to Mr. Dave Simpson. They are concentrating
the "Phyllis Carlyle," on his ly to pick up crabs from the avid Scott," saw Barth perch-on the side and picked him off. Vile the vessel was being towed :by the "Phyllis Carlyle," she Sk in 60 fathoms of water. The 'ivid ,Scott" was built in 1947.
* ★ ★ 1 Houston, Texas, last month, ti book burners were at work ajn. Joseph Maurer, chairman ohe (Catholic) Holy Name Union LLature Committee told the City C«icil that his group would take cot action if some 500 "indecent anficentious" books were not re-TNkd from the newsstands in Hofon.
>iong them were William Faitner's 'Sacntuary,' 'Fathers and Son by Turgenev and 'Crime and Pur.hment' by Dostoevski. I'm goii to read them all.
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