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Bee 7 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

STRIKERS WIN
UNION’S SUPPORT

At-the last Regional Executive Board the decision
“was made fo give all-out support to the 3,000 members
of Regional Council No. 5, in the Southern United States
who have been on strike against the giant
Weyerhaeuser Company since last February 10, for
better wages and working conditions.

To give the members in Regional Council No. 1, a
first hand impression of the conditions in the South, the
Regional Executive Board invited two of the strikers to
visit and tell their story.

The two who accepted the invitation were George
Mizell and Wallace. ‘‘Doc’’ Ford, both of whom are
rank-and-file members. For three weeks they visited
operations of Local 1-357, New Westminster, Local 1-
367, Haney, Local 1-417, Kamloops, Local 1-423,
Kelowna and addressed the crews. They also attended
a number of Annual Delegates Meetings where they
also spoke.

Shown on these two pages are pictures of the crews of
the Weyerhaeuser operations in Merritt, Kamloops
and Lumby, who were addressed by George Mizell.