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     R A I LWAY SIT I K E! 
     
    
   
   
    
     A strike on Canada's railways would be, at any time, a 
     
     tragedy. Today, as we prepare to meet the threat of ex- 
     
    
   
   
    
     panding military aggression, such a strike would mean I 
     
    
   
   
    
     national disaster. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Boards of Conciliatioh, which reviewed in detail all the 
     
     facts of the dispute, said in their report: 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
          
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Our offer, which we published in detail, included these benefits for 
     
     our employees: ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     (1) A shorter work week for the great majority, with no loss of pay. 
     
     OI! (if the unions prefer) g 
     
     A substantial increase in "take home" pay. 
     
     These higher hourly rates would result in higher overtime rates. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,.) Acknowledgement by the railways of a moral obligation to put the 
     
    
   
   
    
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     WHEN APPLIED TO ALL EMPLOYEES. THESE BENEFITS WOULD COST THE MILWAYS APPROXIMATELY 537.000.000 I YEAR 
     
    
   
   
    
     "it is our tirm opinion that the recommendations herein 
     
     contained embody the utmost in the way. of conces- 
     
     sions which the railways ought to grant at this time." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Yet, the railways offered the unions concerned in this 
     
     dispute a settlement for more "generous than the Boards' 
     
     recommendations. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HERE IS wrm WE IIA Vl-' nomr      
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     5-day 40-hour week into effect at the appropriate time. The Board of 
     
     Conciliation said this: "The 40-hour week -is not in Canada, as it is 
     
     in the United States, the normal work week. On the contrary, the 
     
     evidence before the Board indicates that the 40-hour week is very  
     
     rare in Canadian industry." 
     
    
   
   
    
     (3) Separate consideration to be given the claims of hotel and water 
     
     transport employees on merit. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The welfare of every Canadian is involved in this critical dispute. The Board of Concilia- I 
     
    
   
   
    
     tion said: ''In the consideration of increases of this magnitude in railway wage scales 
     
    
   
   
    
     there is, besides the employers and the employees who conduct the negotiations, a. third 
     
    
   
   
    
     party, unheard at the council tables, whose, rights must be weighed-the ordinary 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canadian citizen." 'let's stopjhis railway strike NOW! The time to do this is not at 
     
     the eleventh hour, or after a strike begins. The time is NOW! I 
     
    
   
   
    
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