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WA halibut dinner to be held June 19
Canadian longliners no longer sail to the Bering Sea for the early halibut fishery and vessels have not yet made their first landings from the main Areas 2-3 opening. But one thing is certain. When the UFAWU Women's Auxiliaries central council holds its annual halibut dinner on June 19, the fish will be fresh and cooked as only fishermen's wives and daughters can cook them.
So, circle that June 19 date on your calendar and note the times of the two sittings, 4 and 6 p.m., at the Fishermen's Hall, 138 East Cordova Street. And remember, reservations are recommended.
Tickets at $3.50 each for adults, $2.50 for pensioners and $2 for children under 12 may be obtained by phoning 274-4483 or 299-2191.
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—Preparing and distributing a position paper on unemployment and labor's program to provide full employment.
—Making concerted efforts to arrange, through affiliates, the widest possible distribution of the federation's current pamphlet on unemployment and wage controls.
—Considering organization of public forums, in conjunction with community groups, to discuss unemployment, its causes and ways of solving the problem.
—Recommending to all trade unionists attending the forthcoming NDP convention to seize every opportunity to focus attention at that convention on the unemployment crisis.
Labor council reports to the special conference from various areas echoed the same theme: unemployment is growing, the duration of unemployment is extending for many workers, and unemployment is particularly severe among women and youth, with some areas reporting unemployment of 50 percent for women workers.
At the conclusion the conference federation secretary treasurer Len Guy said he was particularly disturbed because "much of the present unemployment is hidden — young people ready to enter the labor force, and women re-entering the labor force, are unable to do so. Their plight does not show up in government statistics.
"In addition, many federal government programs, such as the Canada Works and Young Canada Works programs, are providing short-term, token wage jobs which mislead many young people into believing that there is an active government program to relieve unemployment. As a result, these young people do not actively protest their unemployment.
"Most significant of all," Guy asserted, "is the fact that technological change is destroying future job opportunities for all time so that in certain industries, like communications and transportation, we find a steadily diminishing work force, despite the fact that total output in those industries is increasing."
And in Ottawa May 11, CLC president Joe Morris warned that the anger and frustration resulting from continuing government inaction on unemployment "may well lead to a degree of tension, unrest and even violent disorders seldom if ever witnessed before in this country."
Morris said the CLC has proposed several measures to stimulate the economy and alleviate unemployment, but the government has ignored them all and has done practically nothing to fight unemployment.
These measures include a one month moratorium on income tax collection for people earning less than $15,000 a year, followed by a five percent reduction for the same category of people, a $50 increase in old age pensions, and
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NDP national leader Ed Broad-bent, voicing his concern about the unemployment crisis, said May 10: "We are building a nation of unemployed, and the tragedy is that it is the unnecessary result of government inaction and misguided economic policy."
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reported that no lives had been lost, unlike the disastrous 1975 season when 14 fishermen perished, but 37 lives had been saved by improved deployment of aircraft and vessels, and eight vessels and a barge sunk.
This, said Ogden, reflected improvements made in the search and rescue program in response to representations made by the UFAWU and others, "but in no way does it lessen the need for further improvement, particularly in the capability of the aircraft and vessels deployed, in weather reporting and in instituting marine training programs.
UFAWU representatives attending the Herring Vessel Safety Committee's meeting — Archie Kaario, secretary of the standing committee on navigational aids and safety at sea, Homer Stevens, Ole Husvik and Bert Ogden — argued that unspent money in the committee's budget could well be used for safety alarms, fume detectors and blowers.
In particular, they pointed out, survival suits were subject both to a 22 percent federal import tax and seven percent provincial sales tax. By exempting survival suits from these taxes, the price could be substantially reduced, enabling more fishermen to obtain them as life-saving equipment.
Delegates to Vancouver and District Labor Council's May 17 meeting heard a moving appeal by James Stuart of the South African Congress of Trade Unions asking the Canadian labor movement to oppose apartheid in every way possible and assist the struggle for basic political rights in his country.
Stuart, who is in exile in Zambia, also expressed gratitude for the support SACTU already has received from CLC president Joe Morris. Stuart read a letter Morris presented to the UN security council calling for a ban on arms sales to South Africa.
Stuart told delegates he is confident victory will come soon against the South African regime "because history and time are on our side."
In an earlier interview with The Fisherman, Stuart pointed out that although SACTU exists in a country where it is illegal for blacks to strike and where black trade unions have no legal status, it was still able to organize strikes of more than half a million workers.
Stuart said SACTU is fighting for full trade union representation as well as full economic and political rights for all workers.
"The future of South Africa," he predicted, "belongs to the
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working class regardless of race. Only through organization is there progress."
Stuart was in Vancouver to take part in a conference May 14 and 15 called South Africa — A Time for Change, sponsored by the Canadian Council for International Co-operation and the South Africa Action Coalition.
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