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UNION ACTION NOW The following article, given to us by a labor representative, is a statement written by David the benefits of unionism to the thou- ts ss DRY Te servite ALL US TODAY FOR PICK-UP & DELIVERY PHONE 824-2250 Ontario Federation of Labour an printed in the Toronto Daily Star on January 1 1970. hy are workers dissatisfied? Why are students rebelling? What's happening to our way of life, our values? Tenants are oppressed by high rents. Prospective homeowners discover that land speculation has driv- en the cost of building lots beyond their reach. Families with incomes of less than $10,000 a year are crushed by inequitable taxes and soaring costs. The small farmer can't earn a decent living. B. Archer, President, Medicare is too costly, automobile insurance reates unbearable, pollution sickening. Many of us have begun to wonder if the struggle for wealth and status is worth it. After all, we aren't on this planet very long, and surely there must be a better way of making our ex- istence here meaningfe! and rewarding. We are dissatisfied with things the -. FOR way they are. We want something X Ng Srey second by injunctions against secondary: i done, and we want it done now. » tS FOR boycotting . ae ae Organized labour has an important ~~ UNITED Unions must be freed from legislative 1 role to play in getting something done. The union movement has always con- sidered itself progressive and in the vanguard of social change, but we CALL pendent on the charity of the govern- can no longer take that image of our- Dan Imbeault ment with its $1.30 an-hour minimum selves for granted. wage. + We must find some way of bringing Schreiber Recently, legislation has been intro- TERRACE BAY NEWS sands of unorganized workers in small plants and in _ a permanent feature of our industrial society. SPEEDY, EXPERT SERVICE CALL REMBER VAN | &STORAGE VAN LINES FOR FREE ESTIMATES 824-2089 APRIL 16, 1970. we depressed areas who are working under substandard conditions for starvation wages . Unions cannot afford to concern themselves only with the organized workers - one-third of the work- ing force - for whom they have already won better wages, better working conditions, and a degree of democracy in the work place. In Ontario, for instance, thousands of workers are denied by law the right to join a union, even if they so desire. Landscape gardeners and security guards are ex- cluded from the Labour Relations Act; so are school teachers, firemen and policemen; so are domestic servants and agricultural workers. =a Se ee er 4 The worker in the beer store can join a union: the worker in the liquor store cannot. Do our governments really believe in collective: bargaining? And do they really accept unionism as soy If tse purpose of labour legislation is to prevent undue exploitation of the worker and protect his basic rights, then the right of association must be guaranteed. As long as two-thirds of the work force remain outside the ranks of organized labour, unions will be powerless to make any meaningful improvement in their material and social well being. If unions are to play a part in assist- ing less fortunate workers, they must be allowed to use their full economic power, namely the strike and the boy- LE cotk. They must be allowed to aid their | fellow workers by refusing to handle struck goods; their pickets must be | allowed to persuade the public to boy- cott struck goods. Both these actions are now prohibited, | the first by non-strike legislation, the | shackles and interference from the courts. Otherwise, the underpaid and exploited worker will be helpless, de- duced - cont'd page 10