B.C. LUMBER WORKER CANDID SHOTS BY THE CAMP INSPECTOR There’s nothing like a little bit of a challenge to keep the Union on its toes. Sometimes its the challenge of pre- paring for strike action. Sometimes, its the challenge of keeping a camp well organized. Sometimes its the challenge of organizing a new camp. Here in the Charlottes the IWA has faced those three challenges in the past month or two. The preparation for possible strike action was unnecessary, for the particular company af- fected backed off from their orig- inal proposal to act like God and make all decisions. ’Nuf said about that, though, for a recent comment by the Camp Inspector didn’t make the company officials feel too happy and we always want them to feel happy and con- tented. There have been four unorgan- ized camps here in the Charlottes that the IWA has had their eyes on for some time and they have now met that challenge by organ- izing these unorganized camps. Kimdis This is a small float camp of Kelley Logging Co., employing about 18 men at the peak. Hear that the Union applied for certi- fication near the end of July. At the time they applied, the com- pany were moving camp and only had eight employees. Of these, eight were members of the Union. Pretty good majority, I’d say. Wilbur Tyndall, formerly a cook at Jeune Landing, arrived here as “Stew Burner” the other day. He looked pretty shaky the first day on the job, but he’s all set- tled down now. Queen Charlotte City Besides a liquor store, a beer parlor and a licensed Legion, I discovered that there are also a couple of logging camps here. Well fortified with a bottle of “Qld Smokey”. and a bottle of “Qld Crow” (to chase the black flies away), we paid a visit (as Mike Sekora would say) to Wil- liams Logging Co. Ltd.'s crew. Viv Williams has about 22 em- ployees and 16 of them joined the IWA. On this basis the Union ap- plied for certification on Aug. 1. We elected a three-man camp committee here consisting of chairman, Brother Young; secre- tary, Brother Smith, and job steward, Brother Krug. We in the IWA welcome these brothers to our Union. 3 There are two or three gypoes around Charlotte and they will surely come under the wing of the IWA in the near future. There are two other large op- erations which will have an or- ganizational drive directed at them in the next few days and your Camp Inspector will give you a blow by blow account of Alliford Bay camp and Axel- Berg camp. Alliford Bay Scandal This is the new camp that is to replace the old Aero Camp of Kelly’s. That IWA fellow was up here on August 7 and signed up the crew. Understand that he got 28 of the 32 employees in one night and the Union applied for certification. We got a pretty good cook here, easy to get along with, jovial and he belongs to the Union. He was telling us the story of another cook who used to get up at 2:00 in the morning to make the hot cakes for breakfast. When they were ready, he put a wet cloth -over them and let them steam until morning. You can imagine what they looked like. Something like eating fried glue. Anyway, this old blacksmith was trying to pick one of them up off the plate with his fork. After a while he slammed his fork down and snorted, “I’ve seen hot cakes cooked in every fashion, seen them cold decked, and stacked 2 hundred different ways, but this is the first shortly after that. time that I’ve ever seen them boiled.” The cook left The only problem with this camp is that it’s too close to Queen Charlotte City (one liquor store, one beer parlor and one Legion, plus “after hour sales”). Say, now that you mention it, I think that T'd better go over and inspect those joints! Printers of . The B.C. LUMBER WORKER NDNA LIMITED PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS An Employee Owned Co. 944 RICHARDS STREET © PAcific 6338-9 Two East Germans were talk- ing. “Now that Schimmelhorn is minister of war,” said one, “I feel much safer.” “Why is that?” asked the sec- ond. “Don’t you remember? When he was minister of coal, there was no coal.” Tax Law Changed For GAW OTTAWA (CPA) — Benefits paid out under guaranteed an- nual wage plans, or supplemen- tary unemployment benefit plans, will be taxable for in- come tax purposes but the con- tributions paid into the GAW fund by the employer will not be taxable, under new rules proposed in the 1956 amend- ments to the Income Tax Act. The long-awaited decision with regard to GAW payments means that, since these payments are generally tied in with unemploy- ment insurance benefits, only part of the payments received during layoffs will be taxable. For example, if a worker receives $30 a week in unemployment in- surance benefits and $13 as a GWA payment, only the $13 would be taxable income. Section 79A Section 79A of the revised In- come Tax Act defines a supple- mentary unemployment benefit plan, as an arrangement, other than an arrangement in the na- ture of a superannuation or pen- sion fund or plan or. an employ- ees’ profit sharing plan, under which payments are made by an employer to a trustee in trust for the payment of periodic amounts to employees or former employ- ees of the employer who are or may be laid off for any temporary or indefinite period.” A decision on the tax liability of GAW payments in the United States made recently by the In- ternal Revenue Commission speci- fied that such payments would not be considered as wages for income tax purposes but would, nevertheless, be. considered as taxable income. PACIFIC LOSES MEET OTTAWA (CPA) — The first biennial convention of the Can- adian Labor Congress following its formation in Tornoto last April will be held in Winnipeg, Man., the CLC has announced. The conference will be held during Auril 1958. One year in advance of that, however, the CLO’s “little na- tional convention” — the general board meeting — will be held in Montreal at the end of April next year. All Congress affiliates are represented at general board meetings. Other Announcements Other announcements made fol- lowing the CLC Executive Coun- cil meeting here were: A oolitical education conference to take place September 10 and 11. MRS. DEL RIO, wife of the President, Local 1-367, IWA (ight), stops to assure Cora Phelps, the loggers’ nominee for Klondike Queen, that the campaign is progressing nicely. Congress Counts | 1,050,000 Members The Canadian Labour Congress is growing steadily and, with the anticipated affiliation of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen and Enginemen will reach a total of 1,050,- 000, it was announced today. Progress made since the es- tablishment of the CLC through the merging of the Trades and Labor Congress and the Canadian Congress of Labour was reviewed at a meeting ‘of the Executive Council held in Ottawa. Provincial federations and lo- cal labor councils of the two former groups are proceeding with plans to merge. A series of conventions for this purpose is being planned by federations in the westrne provinces in Septem- ber, October and November. It is expected that the eastern prov- inces will hold conventions eaxly in 1957. 10,000 Members In creasing emphasis is being placed on organization and a series of meetings is being held with unions in various industries. As a result of these conferneces, excellent progress is being made toward reducing friction over jurisdictional differences. It is an- ticipated that over 10,000 union members will take part in various phases of the Congress’ educa- tional program during the fall and winter months.~ In addition, three prominent union officials will represent the CLC at a world seminar for trade unionists being held’ in Mexico, October 1 to 19. They are Max Swerdlow, CLC educational direc- tor, Ottawa; Milton Montgom- ery, United Steelworkers, Hamil- ton; and Elroy Robson, Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employ- ees and Other Transport Work- ers, Ottawa. The seminar is be- ing sponsored by the Interna- tional Confederation of Free ‘Trade Unions and an invitation is being extended to hold the 1957 gathering in- Canada. Educational Program As part of its educational pro- gram the CLC is setting up a special committee to study indus- trial training in Canadian peni- tentiaries. The group wil lwork in co-operation with the John Howard Society. C. H. Millard, Canadian direc- tor of t henUited..StVlit SHRDL tor of the United Steelworkers and a CLC vice-president, was honored by the executive in con- nection with his recent appoint- ment as organizational director of the International Confedera- tion of Free Trade Unions. Mr. Millard will leave in October to make his headquarters in Brus- sels, William Mahoney, assistant Canadian director of the Steel- workers, was named to succeed Mr. Millard as CLC vice-presi- dent. A. R. Mosher A. R. Mosher, honorary prsei- dent, was named es fraternal delegate from the GLC to the convention of the British Trades Union Congress to ve neld in Brighton, England, Sept. 3 to 7. A political education confer- A political education confer- ence will be held by the CLC in Toronto, September 10 and 11. A report on political ducation, plac- ed before the executive, drew at- tention to the fact that the labor ministers returned to office in the three recent provincial elections all hold membership in CLC unions — Hon. Arthur Scalling, New Brunswick; Hon, Antonio Barrette, Quebec; and Hon. C. C. Williams, Saskatchewan. General Board First meeting of the CLC’s General Board, on which all af- filiated unions are represented,. will be held in Montreal, with April 24-25 as tentative dates. The next CLC convention is planned for April, 1958, in Win- nipeg. gras SPECIAL FINANCE PLANS ‘ARRANGED FOR IWA MEMBERS ' JOHNSTON MOTOR CO. LTD. 7th AVE, & MAIN STREET IWA DISTRICT OFFICERS Deve PLYMOUTH’S Fou JOHNSTON MOTORS THE STYLE-PACING CAR OF 1956 WITH PUSH-BUTTON “TOUCH & GO” (Right next door to B,C. District Council No. 1) \ VANCOUVER 10, B.C. ERROR NOTED In a news item appearing on Page 1 of the 2nd July issue of The B.C, Lumber Worker, it reported the brand name of clothing retailed by the Hudson’s Bay Co., Van- couyer, and produced under unfair labor conditions was named as “Hyde Park” brand. This was inaccurate, it is indicated by the Amalgamat- ed Clothing Workers. The brand-name of suits manu- factitred by the Seott Cloth- ing Co. Ltd., under sub-stand- ions, is “Baycrest”.