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THE FISHERMAN
July 19, 1938
Jobless To Search B.C. For Work
ORGANIZED LABOR TO PUSH FIGHT AGAINST BILL
Trades Council Elects
Special Committee
To Map Ways and Means
ELECTION of a special committee of five members to consider ways and means of combatting George S. Pearson's Conciliation and Arbitration Act at the last meeting of Vancouver's Trades and Labor Council gave indica-ation that the province's organized labor movement is prepared to go right down the line in its effort to.have this legislation repealed.
Action by the council followed submission of a brief to the provincial cabinet some weeks ago, in which delegates of the B.C. executive of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada demanded substitution of the act by labor's Bill 62.
Among those elected to the committee were C. M. Stewart, Sam Shearer, Alex Fordyce and W. Stewart. PREPARED FOR AMENDMENTS.
Delegate C. M. Stewart, who was one of the delegation which interviewed the | cabinet at Victoria, reported to coun-cil that the cabinet seemed prepared to consider some amendments, but not until the next session of the legislature.
Delegate Shearer was applauded when he declared that another four months' waiting was too long for the trade union movement.
In discussion on the question, Pearson's Bill 94 was described by one delegate as a "vicious piece of legislation which is crippling the trade unions."
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DAVID SCOULER FEARED DROWNED IN WRECK
Police Discover Smashed Boat on Table Island
VICTORIA, B.C.—No further trace has been found since last Monday of David Scouler, well-known fisherman who operates out of this port, and authorities are now convinced that he was drowned when his troller was wrecked off Table Island.
His boat was discovered last Monday, July 11, on the rocks off Table Island, and a search since then by provincial police has failed to find any trace of the body.
Scouler was a member of the Pacific Coast Fishermen's Union, and had many friends among fishermen on the coast.
Continued
Miller Urges
strike, in which members of the B.C.F.A., S.P.S.U. and P.C.F.U. voted for one union in B.C.'s fishing industry. READY TO ACT.
This resolution has been kept alive in word and deed by our two unions, the S.P.U. and the P.C.F.U. In addition, we stand ready now as in the past to implement that resolution, and will continue to work hard for the amalgamation of all fishermen's groups into one union, a union that will guarantee democratic rank and file control. Such a union would of necessity be built along industrial lines, but with seperate divisions covering the different fields of fishing, with separate meetings to decide the particular problems.
The objective of "one union—one card —one headquarters," can be achieved, and with correct work and the backing of all fishermen, will be achieved in the very near future
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.—Value of commercial fisheries for Prince Edward Island for 1937 has been set at $870,299, fisheries authorities have reported here. This compares with $953,029 in 1936. *
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Hop Freights For Interior After Forcing Pattullo To Back Down
Will Canvass Major Centres in Province In Attempt to Land Mythical Jobs
FRESH from one of the most important political victories in recent years, the first contingent of 200 single jobless boarded the freights for Kam-loops Monday night, keeping faith with their agreement with Premier Pattullo to seek work throughout the province in return for relief allowances of $6.40 every ten days.
Under the leadership of the Relief Project Workers' Union, other organized contingents of single men will board freights later in the week as part of the men's campaign to prove jobs are non-existent and force the government to recognize that works projects remain the only solution to the single unemployed problem.
--<$> Meantime the people of B.C., whose
Continued support of the two-month struggle to
Weakness
Immediately after the meeting an Action Committee was set up where a lengthy discussion took place on the entire situation.
Meantime, early Monday morning, June 27, gillnetters at Goose Bay received word that the Smiths Inlet men had voted for 40 and 45 cents and arbitration, and acting on this, took a secret ballot of the Goose Bay men, who voted strong for arbitration and against the S.P.S.U. Incidentally, the vote at Goose Bay is no indication of the solidarity of the men, in my opinion, since they were the victims of all sorts of rumors spread by the cannery manager and were without information of the real situation.
After hearing delegates from Smiths Inlet, the Action Committee for Rivers Inlet also decided to take a secret ballot over the whole inlet at each camp and cannery, as well as a repeat vote at Goose Bay. Smiths Inlet, which had decided against fishing until it heard the results at Rivers, was also asked to take a repeat ballot but decided against it. MAJORITY FOR SJP.S.U.
Total vote for the two areas gave a majority of 124 to support the S.P.S.U. by staying in until July 3. The majority for the two inlets to accept the canners' offer was 165. About 850 voted, although very few Indians cast their ballots.
There was no fishing at Smiths until Wednesday, June 29, when mass meeting at Margaret Bay voted by open ballot to go fishing. Several leading members
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gain government assistance was a major factor in the men's victory, were still discussing with pride the right-about-face performed by Pattullo and Pearson. After several tense days in the capital, which saw a total of 900 jobless congregate in the city, the pressure of aroused public opinion in addition to brilliant tactics pursued by the men forced the cabinet to grant relief.
Under terms of the agreement, unemployed residing in the province will, upon registering, be given two days' government work at $3.20 a day, or if no work is provided, will receive $6.40 every ten days, a maximum of $19.20 a month.
Those classed as transients will receive 43 cents a day until August 15, when they will be giveji transportation to the prairies.
Employment agencies will be opened at Vancouver, Victoria, Kamloops, Pen-tioton and Nelson, and single men cannot draw two consecutive relief checks from any one of these offices.
of the B.C. F.P.A. were present at this meeting.
Checking up on the total membership represented by the organizations putting their names to the telegram despatched by the operators on June 25, it was found that the P.C.F.U., which refused to agree to canners' terms until its membership had approved, had almost as many members at Rivers Inlet as all other unions combined. Of these, the two Indian organizations had 433 members, B.C. F.P.A. 71, Amalgamated Fishermen's Ass'n 60, U.F.U. 7, Vessel Owners' Ass'n none. On the other hand, the P.C.F.U. had 439 members in the inlet. A breakdown of the membership held by the different organizations at Smiths Inlet at the time of voting could not be made. SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE.
On July 2, a special meeting of P.C.F.U. delegates, executive and G.O.C. men, was held at Open Bay. The conference was a successful one, with plans drawn up which will assist greatly in organizing the fishermen throughout the area. One of the major decisions made was to take B.C. F.P.A. members into the P.C.F.U., and already many boats are packing plates over the B.C. F.P.A. stencil.
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