LABOUR IN CANADA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 July 1927, Page 9

LABOUR IN CANADA.

ABSTENTION FROM POLITICS. NO STRIKE FOR TWO YEARS. A persistent query by visitors to Canada irom Great Bui,bam and the other Domqinioois iLs: Why has the Labour Party in Canada wo few members —not ■more than three an a total of 245 members of the House of Representatives at Ottawa, with proportionately small representation in the Provincial ’Parliament ?

The reason is simple.! The majority of trade unionists in Canada belong to unions which are affiliated to internationail unions in the United States, which, in turn, are affiliated to the American Federation, of Labour, whose constitution does not permit it to enter politics. Canadian unionists belong to these unions lor the vast benefits they bestow, in the matter of isic-k and accident pay, medical comforts, etc., betides the influence they wield in securing better pay and working conditions. The ideal of the Canadian working man is to get something like the huge rates of pay of his fellow unionists in the United States, and the gap is being steadily bridged without political action. The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada, which annually presents Labours legislative programme to the Government at Ottawa, is designated as “the legislative mouthpiece of the internationally organised workers in Canada.” The influence and wealth ctf these great American unions may be judged: from the 'fact that the Trainmen’s Brotherhood, one of the railway ‘unions, pays its president a princely Salary. Canadian working men get higher rates of nav thaii workers of Australia. New Zealand or South 'Africa, y.nd are content with the legislative benefits conceded them by the two main parties in Parliament—the Liberals and Conservatives. There lias been no strike of any kind in Canada for the past two years.

DEATHS. WOODS.—At Hawera, on Monday, July 4th, 1927, Charles Clarke Woods, of Brinces Street, Hawera; aged SO years. Deeply regretted. FUNERAL NOTICE. The funeral of the late Charles Clarke Woods will move from the Church of England for the Hawera Cemetery on THURSDAY, July 7th, at 10 a.m. Friend please accept this intimation. ARTHURS LTD., Funeral Directors, Hawera. AMLEHN. —At Hawera, on Monday, July 4th, 1927, Otto, dearly beloved son of Otto Amlehn, of Ballroyl, Switzerland; aged 24 years. Deeply regretted. R.I.P. FUNERAL NOTICE. . The funeral of the late Otto Amlehn will move from the Catholic Church, Hawera, on WEDNESDAY, July 6th, 1927, at 2 p.m., for the Hawera Cemetery. Friends please accept this intimation. ARTHURS LTD., Funeral Directors, Hawera. STUART. —At Hawera, on Tuesday, July sth, 1927, Charles, dearly beloved husband of Charlotte Stuart, of Den by Road, Hawera ; aged 73 years. Deeply regretted. FUN ERA L NOTICE. The funeral of the late Charles Stuart will move from his late residence, Denby Road, Hawera, for the Hawera Cemetery, on THURSDAY. July 7th, 1927, at 2 p.m. Friends please accept this intimation. ARTHURS LTD., Funeral Direetons. Hawera.