Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 6 free monday.-. December 3. 1951 garment workers Union gives Cheque to Herbst presentation of a 5500 Cheque to Sam Herbst Western Canad representative of the International ladies garment workers Union . Was made saturday night at a banquet in the for Garry hotel. The sponsored a the executive Board of the three locals in Winnipeg in Honor of the visit of Bernard Shane Montreal International vice president and Sam Kraisman Toronto manager the unions. Arthur Mno Namaro Federal Deputy minister of labor and dressed the meeting. Mickey Mitchell business agent of the Union made the presentation to or. Herbal in appreciation of his service to the Union. Difficult times or. Kraisman told the gathering the Needle trades Industry was going through difficult times. Or. Shane said the . Was also having a bad slump in the Industry pie had Learned at the los Angeles 1 markets conference in september that one shop in. Los Angeles employing about workers was closed Down. Speakers Felt that re general recession in the Industry has hit Winnipeg us badly is other parts of Camilla hut there arc Hopes of improvement next year. All the speakers Felt that labor costs had very Little to do with the recession. Or. Macnamara said he challenged the statements made by employers to the effect that higher wages were Tho reason for High prices. Prices too High it May be the Industry has priced itself out of the he said. He understood Winnipeg was going through great difficulties and to help it along some de Fence production was shifted Here. However he was hopeful that the recession in the Needle trades Industry would not last Long. Labor leaders said that employ ment in other than the garment Industry was High Bank deposits High workers had blink accounts and yet the pc Nile did not Send Money on clothes. The leaders criticized employers for seeking reduction in wages. That was not a solution Union leaders maintained. Unprecedented High Mark by Chain stores is one Factor definitely contributing to the present Gener Al recession in the Needle trades breath 12 pies Dir tasting chlorophyll tablets Windatt Coal co. Ltd. Coal Coke Wood 506 Paris bldg. Phone 927-404 License no. 2 throughout Canada it was contended in a statement issued alter a conference of garment Union Lead ers. A statement on policy noting existence of the slump was issued by or. Shane. The officers reviewed the Market situation in the Gar ment Industry conditions of unions in Canada which have a reported combined membership of the statement said the Confer ence holds the following reasons definitely contribute to the Rece Sion 1. The High and still rising co of living. 2. The abnormal Rise in pric and Cost Woolen cloth and othe textile materials which undo Lave increased the Selling Price garments. As an example a Yai of woolens which sold for s3.00 ago now Sells for at Lea 3. Unprecedented High Mark up by Chain stores. 4. Unprecedented amount garments imported by the larg departmental stores especially the distress merchandise which dumped on the Canadian Mark Short sighted the present recession the stall further said has created desire among some Short sight employers to depress wages an working conditions. A delegation from the and the millinery International Union in co operation with the employers associations of the a ment Industry intended to ask the ederal government to tighten thaws against dumping of the Disi merchandise in Canada. Another delegation from the unions Only. will ii rare the authorities to place government orders for garments needed for the armed forces with Union shops. In resolutions the conference Aid 1. It would at All Cost maintain he present improved working con Ilion and wages of its members 2. Its local unions Are in a excellent organizational and Finan no position. 3. Labor relations of the organized groups or the association of employers show a constructive approach in relations with Thi Union in their desire to maintain stability in the Industry. 4. It would fight any employer Short sighted enough to try Evad ing or from Union control by undermining stability o the Trade through depressed i one Resolution said the Union assisted by the trades and labor Congress of Canada plans a Campaign to inform the Public Tindall Trade unionists that the Chain stores mis represent imported garments in their advertisements by cell i ing them the facts Are the statement canadians produced ladies garments of the same styling better and sell them at lower prices be cause there is no duty imposed on them. Further the importing of the ladies garments creates unemployment in the Jie Edle trades Industry in Canada. . Issues Call for More i nurses n armed forces Washington dec. 3c Nyht . Assistant Secretary of Cle ence Anna m. 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