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B.C.

LUMBER WORKER x

Bit ie Booals

SQUIRE (1-85) BLAST.
T’Y OF 1-71; 1-363 GAINS 200 MEMBERS

NEW SEC
“1-85

Business Agent, Jack Squire

108 Second Avenue North, Port
Alberni. Phone P.A, 1052

In a statement over CJAV on
June 30, the following was said
in part:

Every union man knows in this

area that the IWA is bargaining
for every camp, mill and plywood
plant from Kennedy Lake at the
mouth of the Canal to Camp 8
at Great Central Lake. The point
that a few of them don’t take into
consideration is that by paying
dues into the WIUC they are bet-
ting on a dead horse.
Yor one reason, any dues paid
into their union here, must be
used for Mosher’s wages—they
have so few members that the
few that do pay are only paying
enough to keep him going. There
cannot possibly be enough left
ae for any honest union activ-
ity.
Their present campaign in this.
area has been circled round their
weekly broadcast, the printing of
their paper, - ‘the occasional
zip to Camp One. In doing this,
there is only one purpose behind
it all, trying to undermine the
WA during their present nego-
Yiations,

Take tho instance of their pres-
ent slanderous attack against the
IWA about B.S. & W. employees
working on Saturday for time
and a half,

This campaign. was not only
conducted here, but also through
the medium of their mouthpiece,
the Pacific Tribune—the so-called
Labor paper of B. C.

The queer part of the whole
deal is, that the only two sup-
porters the WIUC have in B.S. &
‘W. Mill, were the first to offer
to work on that Saturday.

Further the men at Bloedels
have not worked on any Saturday
before this, and so far as the
membership are concerned, it will
be a long time before they work
it again.

The IWA Committee at Bloe-
del’s checked into the matter to
make certain that an emergency
did exist before they signed a
permit allowing the Mill to run
for that one Saturday only.

The Pacific Tribune, as usual,
makes mountains out of mole-
hills and says that the IWA of-
ficers made an agreement with
the Company to work the 48-hour
week for an indefinite period.
Well, we assure Mr. Mosher that
it is indeed “very indefinite” be-
cause there has been no Saturday
work since that time.

Already in this area we have
held two meetings of large sub-
locals, BS & W and the Alberni
Plywoods.

They have taken a firm stand
on the present negotiations, and
have wired the District Officers
of their intention to resort to
strike action if need be.

At the Local meeting this Sun-
day, and at the Quarterly District
Council Meeting on July 9, the
stand of the membership will be
made known to the Negotiating
Committee, and we know in ad-
vance that they will have a de-
termined and straightforward
policy. :

District Secretary-Treasurer
George Mitchell addressed a well-
attended meeting of Local 1-85
on July 3, reporting in detail on
progress of current. negotiations.

Resolutions passed unanimously
tendered full support to the Dis-
trict Policy Committee and gave
assurance of militant job action
if required.

1-118

Financial Secretary,
-R. J. Whittle
++ 715 Johnson Street, Victoria
Phone Garden 3012

Following a Labor Relations
‘Board vote held at Mannings Es-
quimalt plant, for the four en-
‘gineers, who had applied for cer-
ification under the International
Union of Wea Engineers,
Local 918, the [LWA was issued
gente the certification ae oo oa
ployees, except confidential anc
engineers,

‘This is another example of AF
L chiseling on industrial unions.

,

Last week, the U of OE, Local
918, approached the engineers at
B.C. Forest Products, Victoria
Division, but we understand, did
not meet with too much success,
Mr. Wark doesn’t believe in or-
ganizing the unorganized appar-
ently, he would sooner raid an-
other union.

Every employee in a plant or
camp is an essential part of our
industrial union, the IWA. °

The following operators nego-
eat independently with the Lo-
cal:

Builders Sash & Door Lid.
Shawnigan Lumber Yards Ltd.,
Dalziel Box Company Ltd., Sooke
Lake Lumber Ltd. R. A. Green
Lumber Co. Ltd. and Colwood
Mills.

Preliminary steps to commence
negotiations have started in all
cases with the above mentioned
employers.

Local membership meeting
Monday, July 11, 8:00 p.m., 715
Johnson Street. A complete re-
port on negotiations will be given
at this meeting. Let’s make this
meeting bigger and better than
the last.

A good union is made up on in-
formed and alert membership. Do
yourself a favor and attend.

1-367

Business Agent, Neil Shaw

General Delivery, Haney,
Phone Haney 219

Representatives of Local 1-367
visited all the camps on the lake,
meeting with a very good recep-
tion in’ most camps; though we
did find a number of workers sit-
ting on the fence, taking the af-
titude “let the other brothers car-
ry the load and we'll accept the
benefits”,

In the camps where the IWA
has a contract, it was an easy
matter to get the brothers on the
check-off; but in other camps
cash seemed to be a rare commo-
dity. In these camps, a good rep-
resentative was appointed to col-
lect initiation and dues and we
are looking for good results.

At a meeting of the Spring
Creek Logging Sub-Local, on Fri-
day night, June 10, the following
committees were elected: Chair-
man, Sam McPherson; Secretary,
F. Johnson; Shop Stewards, N.
Haynes, Paul Bilyk and Frank
Chernicki; Grievance Committee,
F. McKinnon, W. Phillips, W.
Johnson and E. Johnson; Safety
Committee: W. Johnson, N. Hay-
nes, McKinnon, F. Chernicki,
Charlie Stewart and E. Johnson.

To date the following brothers
have been elected to the follow-
ing committees:

. Unemployment Insurance Com-
mittee: P. Bain’s Mill, L. Monson.
Eddy Match Co. Ltd., Lloyd John-
son. B.C.F.P. (Hammond), John
Watts. E. C. Walsh Ltd, P.
armies

jocial Committee: P. Bain’

Mill, A. H. Henderson. nee

The-award handed down by the
Conciliation Board for the em-
ployees of the Chilliwack Saw-
mills has been referred back to
the Board at the request of the
Local, as clarification was re-
quired on conflicting statements,

Brother Fred Soon reports suc-
cess among Chinese workers at
Pete Bain Sawmill at Whonock.

There are about 50% white and
50% Chinese in the camp, a num-
ber of them being already in the
union, (Local 1-367, Missiom).

However, the Chinese brothers
had tended to lag behind, and
Brothers Neil Shaw, the shop-
steward, and Fred Soon held a
meeting in the Chinese Bunk-
house with the result that all 16
of the Chinese workers joined up,
Fred says great credit goes to
the shop-steward for his organ-
ization talk to the men.

1-363

Financial Secretary, J. Holst

Box 83, Courtenay,
Phone Courtenay 135

All camps in Local 1-363 have
been visited during the last
month and the organization is
proceeding very well. This is
proved by an increase of 200 new
members for the month of May,

S FALSE REPORTS; FIEBER

All small operations are still
working with the exception of |
Fanny Bay Shingle Mill which |
closed down due to the unsteady’
market conditions for shingles.

At Bloedel’s Camps One and
Five a number of grievances were
taken up with the management
rand were satisfactorily settled
with the exception of the ex-
change on the pay cheques.

A discussion with the manage-
ment of Iron River was held re-
garding the status of an em-
ployee to ensure that fairness
and seniority were complied with.
Shop stewards and committee
members have done a wonderful
job in this camp.

On. Wednesday, June 22, a
meeting was held at Elk River,
Camp 8. Safety and grievances
were put on the agenda to be
taken up with this company.

Members in all camps are very
interested in negotiations which
are’at present going on between
the IWA and Forest Industrial
Relations. They fee] the Union-
Shop Clause should be in the
agreement this year.

We have been asked by mem-
bers of this Local to express
thanks to Brother Tom Bradley
for all the assistance and advice
that has been given by him while
working in this area.

On behalf of the Local we wish
to congratulate all shop stewards
in camps and mills for their co-
operation and for the good job
they have done in organizing in
their respective camps.

1-217

Financial Secretary, “Stu”
M. Hodgson, R, 218, 175 East
Broadway, Vancouver. Phone
FAirmont 9530.

An agreement has been signed
by this Local on behalf of the em-
ployees in the Venetian Blind De-
partment, Jones Tent and Awn-
ing Ltd., with a fifteen-cent an
hour. raise to male employees
and proportionate increases for
female employees.

At the special meeting held on

June 26, a full report on progress
of negotiations was heard, and
the question discussed at length
by the members.
A resolution was forwarded to
the District Council proposing the
organization of strike committees
on all operations without delay,
aand in preparation for any
eventuality, c

The popular warden, John
Busch, proudly announces , the
birth of a baby daughter, and is
accepting congratulations and
handing out cigars to the mem-
bers. It is expected that he will
soon be able to resume his broad-
casting duties.

1-357

Financial Secretary
L. E. Vandale,
533 Clarkson Street
New Westminster, B. C.
Phone N.W. 3137

Herbert Gargrave is represent-
ing the employees on a Concilia-
tion Board in the dispute of
Western Crown Manufacturing
Company.

The first. meeting has not yet
been held, but apparently with
the idea of clouding the issue a
bit, the management has shut
down the Wooden Ware Depart-
ment for one week- The idea is
that the crew take their holidays
now, although both management
and’ men had previously agreed
that the holidays should come in
August.

The men have taken another
vote and agreed that the August
holiday time still holds.

A feeler is going out from most
of the mill owners around here
to get employees to voluntarily
work one week, and holiday one.
week, where they are entitled to
two week’s vacation. However,
the suggestion’ is not meeting|
with favor, this Local turning it
down cold. The men agreed that
where a man is entitled to two
weeks’ vacation, he takes two!
weeks,

An interpretation of Section 16
of the ICA Act has been asked
by this Local from the Labor Re-

In his reply, Mr. Pitcairn Hogg
made it clear that the Act is not
concerned with the men on the
job, but with the job itself. While
any dispute is under way, wages
may not be raised or lowered, nor
conditions changed . . . but work
on a machine could be speeded
up, or the machine itself used for
another type of work for which
it was not intended.

Also hours could be shortened,
thus cutting down take-home pay.

In short, as we have always
known, and as we have now been
told, the ICA Act is indeed not
concerned with the men, but with
machines and management.

We still have to be shown how
this makes for more cordial re-
lationship between management
and labor.

The regular monthly meeting
of the local will be held on July
31, and a personal touch in con-
clusion. Ray Eddey, business
agent, is off on a two weeks’ holi-
day trip. We hope he has a good
time and fine weather.

1-71

Financial Secretary,
Fred Fieber

9 Hastings Street East
Vancouver. Phone PA. 3623

At the semi-annual meeting of
this Local, amendments to the
constitution were prepared for
submission to the membership by
referendum.

Fred Fieber was appointed pro
tem Financial Secretary, owing to
the unavoidable, resignation of
Brother Leo Young due to per-
sonal reasons. 2

An active organization cam-
paign is being conducted by In-
ternational Organizer Mike Se-
kora, with increasingly important
results in terms of a growing
membership.

Mike Sekora reports in part:

In the camps around Minstrel
Island feeling is running high be-
cause of statements made by Al
Parkin on behalf of the WIUC.

At Boughey Bay he claimed a
24,000 membership for the WIU
C, although this had been contra-
dicted by Harold Pritchett when
he claimed only 4000 members.
From appearances in this area
even the latter was a gross ex-
aggeration.

When a WIUC badge turned up
on the job at Camp N, Engle-
wood, the wearer was urged to
take down the decoration or seek
other fields of activity. He took
it down, and later left camp.

Several operations in the For-
ward Harbour-Loughborough In-
let. area are shutting down,
among them Western Logging
and Booth Logging. The reasons
given are far from satisfactory
to the men, and are generally at-
tributed to a desire to handicap
negotiations.

Organizer Sekora is now really
stirred up about board rates.

He was soaked $3.00 for supper
and a night’s Jodging at Nelson
Spencer’s Camp, Loughborough
Inlet.

WIUC agents failed to wreck a
well-attended meeting at. Camp
B, O’Briens, Stillwater. The audi-
ence proceeded to set up a strong
IWA camp committee, Chairman
Frank Oldale, Secretary L. Bus-
ter, Shop Stewards W. Fleming,
H. Haines, Barney Wilson, and
‘Angus Miller. Barney Wilson was
elected delegate to the semi-an-
nual conference of the Local.

The bunkhouse at Camp Still-
water is 100% organized, ina
determined effort to back up IW
A negotiations.

At Glaspie’s Camp, Bute Inlet,
a shutdown is close, but what
they call the “spitoon union’ the
WIUG, is making headway.

A special meeting at Forbes
Bay Logging revealed that most
of the crew are now on the IWA
check-off, with a good camp com-
mittee.

Don MacRae,, Secretary, Sub-
Local 1-71, Camp Woss, Engle-
wood, reports the deep regret of
all members over the sudden
death of Brother Onufry Work-
um, following a collapse while
strolling with a friend during the
evening of June 11. This Sub-
Local desires to record apprecia-

Local 1-217, IWA — R

Meeting Arcadian Hall, Main
6th, Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. July,
10.’ Business: report on concilia~

i dings.
oes pistrict Council, TWA. —

ly Meeting, Steel a
Stain aa 10th, Vancouver, 11:

.m., July 9. Business: Report on
neggtiatior and general organ-
ization affairs.

— ee
Local 1-357, Regular Meeting,
Canadian Legion Hall, New West-
minster, 730 p.m., July 31. Busi-
ness: Report on conciliation pro-

ceedings.

effort to maintain an effective I
WA organization in the camp.
Weather has been hot and dry
in this area, the men are on early
shift, expecting q shutdown at
the end of June.

Maintenance and cold-deck
crews may be held in camp.

Fred Fieber

LEO YOUNG
RESIGNS

reached with the operators that
all references to board rates
would include both meals and ac-
commodation,

The resignation of Financial
Secretary Leo Young, owing to
personal circumstances, was re-
ceived with regret, and apprecia-
tion for his services expressed.
Organizer Fred Fieber was tem-
porarily appointed to fill the of-
fice for the balance of the term,
pending the annual elections later
in the year.

The disposition of the Loggers’
Navy will be determined by the
Supreme Court in September, it
was reported by the District
President. In the meantime, ar-
rangements had been made
through the present ‘custodian to
keep the craft seaworthy.

A protest had been lodged with
the Labor Relations Board re-
garding the WIUC certification
of employees of the M and M log-
ging operation at Forward Bay,
said President Alsbury. Proof
had been furnished’ that the ma-
jority of the men had signed the
IWA check-off, and that no vote
had been taken to enable them to
indicate their preference of @

could only be interpreted as a de-
liberate attempt by the Board to
embarrass the IWA durmg bar-
gaining talks.

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