B.C. district union news, January 1, 1955

              of.the €&n£dim Ki^-KI^CcH^^Jiavc• been'engaged in
ssfe&ssnf /the-eff'ectjvcness of bur/Union.-'in Canada and
>^»<tfrtKoiwv fif the Canadian section of -the Union.
Officers'
discussions with the vie
the further strengthening^!
.. • djiri**3^3Ei.. •, essrp!^*is£d
' ^'iaalima&k rights of'the.
' Ca&a&iaa awabctship "to" elect
- their owe leadership, -be re-
."' «p^$Me f o r their own ergani-
''. utioft, adasiMster- • their own
• f-aads.» . arfch. properties " and
--faa&e^pwe^aea* j ^ t s - ve^ed.
-• ..ia. ...the":'Canadian.....' mem1»rsbtp,
Uaioft m.tte United States, and •.•
they will have oar support in
.Canada..;'We are confident that
the people of the U s i i c d States
•fcvill -eve d u a l l y ^defeat this iegls-.1
iaSooP and that the trend to
Fascism in that country w i l l be
reversed; —:——
aod to advaaee^p^ieie* in con-
However- at the same time,
every effort mui! be exerted to
tp be conformed to, and sub­jugated
by VS, •legislation.
,Thaseunions i n Canada which
are- dominated by their VS.
leadership can no longer be con­sidered
International Unions,
but rather the Canadian sections
-have became mere colonies ^af-
Uxv&ty with their 6*3 ^siionai., g t t j ^ m ^ their ^roocratk
needs >-aad. aiqHraiiaas-ft
was fvriht
ttitt *h% ina4«t**«hif» o#
OaSea, In bcth the
Stat** and Canada, will net fa**
privileges, and their right to
evolve policies in their own na­tional
interest, be secured to the
Canadian mem&ership, f r ee
from any efforts of this legis-the
United States unions.
Our Union has retained its
TntemaffomlWm over t h e se
years, i n its-true sense, because
, Caotinuad on peg* 5
s o n o n B o nn
VANCOUVER: All officers of the B.C. District
.Union were acclaimed at the 12th Annual Convention
inuary 1°. Ken Smith was returned again as presi­dent^
and Les Walker as ^secretary-treasurer, with
George W. Anderson again District 1 Board mem-,
ber, and Rod Black for a second time Board member
for District 3.
Only change is in District 2, where Clem Thomp*.
^ n ^eptkced^V^ an inter­national
representative, as Board member for that
district. Brother Thompson is pic&ident of "Local
«r«f# thm JmiB*rt***o« into Cea- . u t i o n aod consequent domina­tion
by the United States gov-era&
enL •
TOO MANY EXAMPLES
We have seen too many ex-
•«mp!es in Canada where "the
United -States dominationof ou>
trade anions,..enforced .by .Taft-'
'Hartleyite union officers who
atsa «f any of the awacta
T*H H*rti*y «nd BrownoIMSut-
\mr aafUaimr lobulation of «h*
Khut*4 Sister « H M theCaa-arfien
eflleees end attmbarshta
tfceuJd not bo subjected to or
otanlaefed by the toffsfatioa of
• feroi&a country. -
~^3^r^.i!dt'-HirtffT^am1 iBf*™rn ' • hnvr*-- ^ m c ... ms*n>m<>nt& of ~
• e&Wier" . lef&latioa • with- its US.--government policies, has
';aal&*aaced '• iatetiliojr of eisfofe- •. restricted the .rights of Cana*.
• Sc4\. conformity ' by .the "trade' dlan . u n i o n i s t - and enforced '
• a a k a •"• toovtn*& with'" the '.pre- polities detrimental -to the; Can-*
"vailing p c i k k » ; of Mhe' United-.;' adian workers and.|heir national.
.Rates' fwerament. cr'Tace de^ . interests.
iVf®timtc!'W&i -;fee- vig^rodsly re— - 1 We will-.'' not stand for. "Hie ;.
listed 6y the a^berahip'.of • oar Tights of the Canadian people
' C o o p e r a t i o n , N o t D
VANCOUVER: Fifty d^Ic^atcs, and some dozen visitors to the | 2 t h Annual
Convention of the B.C. I^s|rict Union of MincMill heard International President
John Clark review the r ^ Won 1?ut extens^
optimistic note for the/future.
The convention wa^opened a()ays, went over into a tight
by John Stehr o>^Local 289, four, with all committees work-
Metal and Chanlcal Workers . „ t
of this c i t y ^ e host-ibcal. and >ng overtime to finish within
alihough/projected for three that l i m i t ^
"I would be disappointed if
we weren't the focal point of
reaction in the struggle for the
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