aiptans ay 8 Continued Many Unions Appear At NWLB Inquiry experiences, deplored “the short- _ sighted attitude whch has been taken toward all war problems by some sections of industry and government.” “Nothing short of total effort is good enough now. We cannot af- ford now to take time out to set- tie old scores, or jockey for post- war advantage. We must have complete co-operation between all sections and classes in Our coun- try. The AFL Metal Trades Council of the important steel and ship- building centre of Sorel, Que., brought home to the inquiry the intimate connection between the problems of*labor and the prob- lems of national unity. At Sorel Industries Limited gov- ernment policy dragged out the union’s request for collective bar- gaining for half a year. At the Vickers Shipyard at Sorel “we are as far ahead as when we started our campaign two years ago.” The government's policies, the brief ssid, have “placed a wea- pon in the hands of the fascists in Quebec” which the anti-war disrupters have been quick te utilize. National unity demands “a Jabor act whch will permit speedy settlement of disputes ... which will outlaw company unions, which will permit the raising of sub-standard wages .. . which will force companies to negotiate with their organized workers.” The powerful metal monopoly, international Wickel Company provided a diversion when it sub- mitted a. brief in which it pro- fessed support for a labor code which would outlaw groups fi- manced by management. The INCO presentation was made by T. D. Delamere, a To- ronto lawyer, and R. L. Beattie, vice-president and general man- ager. The two company represen- tatives were put on the spot by the fact that the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, the organization FOR SALE | New Hampshire Pullets and Baby Chicks SOHN BOWLES Phone 51-M Cloverdale, B.C. 4 You'll Enjoy Our HOME COOKING at the Shelly Coffee Shop 121 West Pender —4 of INCO’s miners and smeltermen, appeared at the Labor Board in- quiry on the same day. J. Il. Cohen, labor representative on the Board, drew the INCO rep- resentatives’ attention to the fact that representations had been made that, contrary to their brief, they had signed a contract with a company union. INCO’s legal counsel claimed “we were under the impression” the company union “represented a majority of the employees.” But the fact of the matter is that several months after the company- union contract was signed, the lea- der of the fink outfit said pub- licly that his group lacked a ma- jority. The Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. brief was submitted by R. H. Carlin, international board member of the union. Second Time RT STAUB, business agent of the Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Union for the West Coast yards, left Vancouver for a basic training center this week as a member of the Canadian Army. This will be the second time in six years that this popular labor man has taken up arms against fascism. In 1936 he volunteered for service with the Loyalist Army in Spain, and went over- seas as a member of the famous Mackenzie - Papineau Battalion, where he distinguished himself in most of the important en- gagements of the Spanish war. His place as business agent will be taken by Norman Mc- Sween, executive member of the Boilermakers’ Union. 119 West Pender Now On Hand... SAM CARR’S THE FACE OF THE ENEMY ... The Pamphlet of the Year The People Bookshop 105 Shelly Building MA 6929 Vancouver The entire crew at the big Chemainus Mill of the Victoria Lumber Manufacturir are now members of IWA-CIO Local 1-80 except four. Pictured above are shop | ards whose good work made this possible. IWA Wins Pay Boost — For Chemainus Worker CHEMAINUS, B.C.—Wage increases ranging from 16 to 40 cents a day were won by workers in the big Chemainus mill as a result of an application by of America, Local 1-80, which Regional War Labor Board. the International Woodworkers was approved this week by the Retroactive to March 18 of this year, the wage increases will bring as much as $25 back pay for those affected by the board’s ruling. A number of categories where increases were applied for on the basis of comparative scales in the vicinity have npt been grant- ed and at the next meeting of the Chemainus sub-local these cases will be taken up and discussion held on the board’s action. Specific increases were granted to the following job classification: edger feeder from 65 to 68 cents an hour; tailer on the big edger from 65 to 70; resawyer from 68 to 70; spotter and helper on the gang saw from 65 to 68; tallyman from 70 to 75; resaw and ripsaw men from 68 to 70; timber deck control station from 70 to 7344; No. 2 control station from 70% to 73% cents. The Chemainus mill, operated by the Victoria Lumber and Manufac- turing Company, was fully organ- ized this year for the first time since it started operating over 20 years ago. Operators of the big plant had long boasted that no “union organizer would ever get on to the property.” To make sure of this, the company had operated an elaborate blacklist system and had surrounded the operation with a high fence. Early this year organizers for Local 1-80, led by DWA_vice-presi- dent Hjalmar Bergren and Or- ganizer George Grafton, succeed- ed in signing up a majority of the employees, and two weeks ago the IWA’s board member Nigel Morgan was able to report that only two men out of the plant's working force of 400 employees were not members of the union. One of the strongest factors be- hind this 100 percent organization Gov't Order Stalemates Fish Price Negotiations Negotiations between fishermen, represented by United Fishermen’s Union and Native Brotherhood of BC and cannery operators remained stalled this week waiting for some clari- fication of the government’s order-in-council freezing salmon prices. . The order, which can apparent- ly only be changed by order-in- council, was brought out suddenly last week With no consultation with either fishermen or cannery operators. “In all fairness, any govern- ment order pegging maximum prices of salmon to the fisher- men should at least have been based on the real prices paid last HOME of UNION MADE CLOTHING FRIENDLY SERVICE Established Over 40 Years year,” stated Wm. Burgess, sec- retary of the Fishermen’s Union, this week. “Instead, they are frozen at the minimum prices contained in last year’s union agreement. “For example, by agreement with the operators, prices on fall chum salmon on the Fraser River and from Cape Mudge to Victoria were raised, from October 12 to the end of the season, from a minimum of 23 cents to a mini- mum of 30 cents, and similarly ‘actual prices for sockeye and other species were higher than the minimum prices contained in the agreement.’ ~ Gear costs have also been ig- nored, as have the obvious in- creases in living costs. Union spokesmen also point out that the order in its present form makes it virtually impossible to negoti- ate for an agreement whereby all salmon would be sold on a pound- age basis, a point which fisher- mmen this year consider to be is the existence of a we ized shop stewards’ move! up on a department and zt" with each steward respon an assigned number of uni bers. a It was this highly-deve fanization that was re mainly for the Regional bor board's decision to wages in the plant. Shipyard 4 Unions T¢ Strike Ve All unions in Wesi and Hamilton Bridg yards, with the exce” United Welders, Cutt. Helpers Union which, s workers maintain, has” union status, will take vote this weekend or e: week. In the meantime ¢ in the yards will make aj for a government arbitrat to deal with the dispute the managements of the panies and the men. Managements have agre clauses in the agreement by the unions, according Stewart, Boilermakers’ president, except that ca the closed shop. 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