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Mar aim d, Salsberg Se 8 Fi Vi I f d L g, L _ Eight Canadian companies, six of; About Gold Mines them in Ontario, were named in thet Turning to the gold mines of Om. Legislature yesterday by Joseph B.l tario, Mr. Salsberg said: "The gold Salsberg (LP. St. Andrew) as hav- "an" (owner: 'lt Wither" Ct)ntat1;1io " . o ere v10 en reSIs ance o e ' ing _'iol,t".eti the spirit and Intent democratic process of collective bar- of Dominion and Provincial labor gaining and the acceptance of trade regulations. Nir. Salsberg rose to unions as a permanent feature in reply to.an editorial in The Globe their relations with the miners. The and Mail of March 3 which de-. miners' union, to avoid conflict and manded that he n.ame the facts and in compliance with every law and give details of his previous House regulation. refrained from using 'teyes.. their organizational strength to en- The eight companies charged by force such a democratic procedure Ivy. Salsberg are the Ford Motor, and entrusted their case to a con- Co. of Canada, Windsor; Wright-) ciliation board headed by the for- Hargreaves Gold . Mines, Ltd.,: mer Justice McTague. But the mine Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd., the! owners refused to abide by the Canada Bread Co., Ltd., Toronto,; recommendations of that concilia- Canadion Westinghouse Co.. Hamil- tion board, thus provoking the un- ton, the Electro-Metallurgical Co., fortunate Kirkland Lake strike in Welland. the Halifax Shipyards and 1941. the Imperial Optical Co., Toronto. "Since then individual gold-mine At the outset Mr. Salsberg denied owners have challenged and re- the truth of the charge in the edi- oisted the miners' attempt to gain torial that he is "ir the business oil recognition for their union," Mr. stirring unrest hy hurling wild ac-; Salsberg continued. "They com- eusationsn . " He referred to a re- pelled the miners to follow a pro- cent radio speech in which he longed and tortuous path, necessi. pointed out that many employers tating the removal of barrier after lid abide by the new labor regula- barrier which these companies and tions and as a result many in. their lawyers set up, before they. dustrial crises were peacefully won what is universally recognized l "After a year and a halt ot Effort*l solved. as the essence of democracy, name- the union ap??a.let.i for a concilia- Science of Obstructionism l ly, the recognition 9f the miners' may}. bo.a.rd., which Is now. being set "But I did say that undemocratic) 'd')1/l'ly." the collective bargaining "i1i1s"",'d'aai1ut)1aeng""tQet"td'e1otmteg, 'dl, "2'),""i,artdtx, g:m:notlh?g:set1o "The latest of these obstructions will not. continue to sabotage thel conclude collective bargaining Ire the actions of the Wright-Har- ftyyflli?tior.t board or that It ,,willl, agreements and to recognize the greaves Ltd. and Sylvanite Gold abide hy Its recommendations. trade union of their workers " s . Mines Ltd., who appealed the de- Check-Off Clause .. aid . . . the member for St. Andrew. "I Lemons of the Ontario Labor Rela- In theccasewof the Electro-Metal- said further that obs r i i . " -----"-r-r..._r-_.-----r--rq- urgical o., elland, Mr. Salsberg was elevated into a 'ltd,1f,1,iet"1sd1, "on? Board and who have secured said the company flatly rejected . . the infamous decision from the Na- the union' re uest t . 1 . f "very legal trick was employed to tional Labor Board which has al- . s q .ts or me utuon o violate the spirit of the act and to , . a umor.t security and check-off . . _ ready been condemned by all par- clause in the pro osed re d prevent. the attainment of improved: ties in this House a few da .. p newe ' labor relations." , " ys ago. agreement. After prolonged delay, Mr. Salsberg then turned to the) S'o-strike Policy the. .Dominion Labor Department tase of the Ford Motor Co. Thel "It there are no strikes in the notitied.tre union that the com- experience of approximately oool gold mines," said Mr. Salsberg, "it pany reJected the recommendations office workers of the company, are! is due to the fact that the miners of the conctliation board, IIT. Sals- majority of whom Joined the Unit- and their union, the Mine, Mill and berg "a": .on Jan. 17 of this: year ed Auto Workers' Union and who Smelter Workers' International .the Dominion. Labor Department tried to achieve collective bargain- Union, CLO., rigidly adheres to a sent m h/real representative to Ing, "is an outstanding example ,hO~Strike policy." meet wit tthe "my" but the of the kind of blind, provocative op- The Canada Bread Co. situation {management 2/J,fh'"if', agamant It} position which many groups of gas next dealt with by the iiiifirci'i'ttise're/lfQ o accep e ammo" o workers have lo contend with and rogressive member. The trade l ' l. ' . . which frequently leads to drastic! union formed by the employees, at- sa'fshbearHaliiaiéctSelciiipigrdsd i'ttri,dMori action," Mr. Salsberg declared. filiated to the Canadian Congress) the 'lf,',?,',, 'ill, e e an .o . ' . . a check-off and union Mr. Salsberg charged the com.! of Labor, was certified a year ago security clause A Government- Pah)' with finding technical 9"" by the now defunct. Ontario Labor appointed conciliation board recom- cuses not to open negotiations withl Court as the bargaining agency for mended in favor of the union "but the union. with delaying by every" the employees, he said. He charged the com kl e1 . t'd th . ' . th o ith "delib . de- pany rec" es. y reJec e e conceivable device the judgment ot e. C mpany WI erate recommendation Unfortunatel . . la in tact "" . ... -. . . . y Government labor bodies. He as- .r g ICS m its negotiations the union leadership could not re- . with the union . sorted that the company was taking " . . sist the pressure of the workers advantage of the no-strike policy To th.is .day the company has and a strike in the shipyards fol. of the union to obstruct every ac- evaded S'gnmg an agreement," as- lowed. he said. tion of the union to achieve har- serted Mr. Salsberg. ."rt there Mi Referring to the Imperial Optical monious relations with manage- .no St.°ppage of p.roduftiop .?i. bread Co., Toronto, he said that through- ment. This company. a branch of a "L" this large baking plant, it ts only out the negotiations, which started United States company. refused to tecause Itlt, tles.iir.'e ofthe .workers July l, 1944, the company has} sign agreements with the same t? Tld, ndustrial strife, m -war- blocked every attempt to arrive ati union with which the parent com- mfg ' 2se,i,ttVrovocation ts a". an agreement. The union was offi-; pany has contractural relations in mar 2itilset2t . 5 cially certified Oct. 25, 1944, but the) the United States. he said. . a s erg traced. the history company refused to meet with the of the management-union activities . . itt til N 22 in the case of the Canadian West- "gaming comm ee 1ultl ov.. ' . ' . . . Just three days prior to the expira- inghouse Co., Hamilton, starting in . t th 3Gday r' d id d December, 1943. He termed the ac- :0"ch page," gape to prov e tions of the.co_mpany "unmistale y"Agreement has. not yet been agreunobstructionism and provoca- achieved," said Mr. Salsberg.