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IWA Rejects ‘Arbitrator

HE recommendations of Mr. Justice Sloan for a settle-
ment of the IWA strike have been rejected by the union.
It was inevitable they would be since they fall far short of
the original demands of the union membership. Compared
with the gains made by the lumberworkers in Washington
and Oregon it is little wonder that DWA locals are voting

them down almost to a man. With the 40-hour week and-

union security, the 15 cent per hour increase could have
been accepted to get the industry back into production,
although it falls short of the daily skyrocketing of prices.
Only to mention one item—a pair of logger’s boots that
cost $18 three months ago, cost $20 today!

The history of the logging operators of B.C. is a history
of blacklist and union smashing. One has only to read the
tripe the operators’ Charley McCarthy issues daily, to sense
this latent union hatred and a hankering for a return to
the past. They pose as great democrats, but their political
kinship is Hitlerian in its content and objective. Hense,
their adamant Opposition to union security, and the reason
why unions such as the TWA cannot stop short of union
security. :

The operators also argue against the 40-hour week.

They talk about the demand for lumber? But they seem
to ignore the fact that with the demobilization of three-
quarters of a million men from the army, plus the displace-
ment of tens of thousands of war workers, the 40-hour
week takes up the slack in rehabilitation, and the same
time provides higher production in the industry, and great-
er leisure time for the lumber workers. But obviously the
boss loggers do not believe in more leisure time—except for
themselves.
oo: With the rejection of the Sloan recommendations the
strike is back to where it began on May 15, for 25c¢ across
the board, the 40-hour week and union security—the latter
two demands now more vital than ever since the operators’
have “tipped their hand” and shown what they most desire,
-an,open shop and a “revocable” union, which means no
union.

fhe procedure Mr. Justice Sloan has followed in sub-
mitting his report—by making its terms public and having
ministerial approval publicized before the IWA District
officials had an opportunity to consider its terms or voice
an opinion—is a departure from the principle of good faith
in collective negotiations. Further evidence of this was con-
tained in Sloan’s reply to the TWA protests, viz., that he
Was an arbitrator, not a mediator. There are certain pro-
visions in federal legislation clearly defining the status of
an arbitrator or a mediator in a given procedure, and the
“IWA, as well as the entire Canadian Congress of Labor
‘and other unions, have made it crystal clear, upon the basis
of past experiences, that they are not “arbitrating’” wages
and hours. That fact, we are informed, was made clear to
the Sloan Commission, but the latter apparently felt it
‘the better course not to mention that arbitrary powers were
‘implicit in his authority until compelled to do so. The com-
pulsion to do so arose with the premature publication of
his recommendations. And now, as the saying goes, “the

‘fat is in the fire,” but it is a blaze not of the union’s seeking.

"HE government has a job to do; not to hurriedly okay
'a set of untenable recommendations which serve the in-
terests of the boss loggers, but to follow the lead of Ottawa
in the present seamen’s strike, by demanding that the opera-
tors—the operators themselves, and not their hired Charley
McCarthys, meet with the union and discuss an across the
board settlement. Many operators desire to settle the dis-
pute and get back into needed production, but the Big
Shots say no, As long as they are permitted to obstruct
settlement by speaking through a group of hired clerks,
just so long will the present unsatisfactory relations be-
tween the operators and the union exist. The “Stuart Re-
séarch” speaks for no one; it is a hired propaganda machine.
+ Its radio Lord Haw Haw could just as easily have
Spoken for the Wilhelmstrasse as did the late William Joyce
- - - for a price. The democracy the IWA members fought
for on the battlefronts is not for the privilege of be-
coming the target of a hired propaganda machine,
but the right to sit with their employers face to face, and
bargain collectively for the rights, without which democracy
becomes a farce. ;

_ The issues are now clear cut. The strike enters a new
phase. To strengthen its picket lines, to draw on its great
reserves, and to win the public to the justness of its cause.
All labor knows that the fight of the IWA is its fight, and
With this knowledge, all labor stands behind the TWA in
its fight for the essentials of a prosperous peace.

‘PACH IC TRIBUNE — PAGE 4

Warmonger's Hope

Tribune Drive A Signal Victory

For United Eff

VER the top, with $10,141.00

and a few places with money
to come yet. We print club
standings at the close of the
drive with the understanding
that important points like Prince
Feupert and Vernon will be
eredited with the amounts which
we presume are in the mails for
us. There will be some other
points with money and subs on
hand. There are a number of
points too that have not raised!
their quota and need more time.
We hope that clubs that have not
made their quota will really put
their shoulders to the whee] and
raise their objective too.

We heard doubts that we would
raise our objective at the be-
ginning of the drive—but im-
agine what would have happened
if all clubs had beat the gong

-like Grandview, East End, Vic-

tory, Square, Kitsilano, Zeballos,
Nanaimo, Aldergrove, Michel and
all those clubs that exceeded
their quotas.

There has been fine work done
in this drive to build our press.
Much of it will never be- prop-
erly acknowledged.

The drive committee will de
cide on the award of the shield to
the club in Vancouver and also
to one outside point

From where we sit it is a
close race between Grandview
and East End, both of which
have waged a splendid campaign.
Aldergrove, a small club, has
nearly 300 percent of its quota.
The drive committee will have a
difficult task on its hands.

There are some clubs that have
not made such spectacular show-
ings, but where exceptionally

fine work was carried on.

The Hastings East club with
Stables and Anne
led a hard fight to

Margaret
Chudleigh

top all quotas—of course the
$50 donation given by Erling
Biarnason, winner of the Frigi-
daire, helped, and we join the
club in a hearty thanks to the
Bjarnasons for their generous
sharing of their prize.

North Burnaby and Commer
cial Drive. Clubs have set an
example of per-
gstent canvas-
sing for subs
and renewals.
These clubs do 3
not let any subs
expire in their
territory, and
our mailing list
Proves the
value of the
systematic can-
vass they carry Ivan Birchard
on,

The Island clubs have nearly
all made a fine showing. From
Agnes Geisbrecht, Duncan, where
very good work has been done,
comes a bouquet to Paul Wain-
chuk of Rounds and other boost-
ers there. There is no organ-
ized club at Rounds but our
boosters there went ahead and
raised over $40 anyway. At Ex-
tension, the club raised many
times ‘their quota. Courtenay is
away over the top also, not ta
mention Alberni and Nanaimo

‘whose. records speak for them-

selves'and who have real man-
sized bundles to boot every week.
Victoria was fortunate in having
Mary Mezger as press chairman,
the women of Victoria set the
pace for the other teams. Mrs.
J. Shouldice sold the most subs
in. Victoria and wins a nice prize
donated by Nigel Morgan; 'R.
Mezger came next with subs but
Fians Kroeger, our bundle man,
raised the most money by his
own efforts and will receive a
book from the Victoria club.

ort

We wish to acknowledge excep—
tional activity for the drive of:
John Stanton, Kitsilano: Nada
Sikich, Georgia; George Bunka,
another wrestler who collected
t= subs and made generous do-
nations; Percy Budd, John Lesire
and Ray Allison of Commercial
Drive; Barney McGuire, Zebal-
los; C. B. Darwin, North Van-
couver: C. EF. Coleman and CG.
Sundmark, Salmon Arm; V. Ves
terback, Aldergrove; Homer EL
more, Nelson; George Anderson,
Copper Mountain; Steve Har
matny, Natal.

Mrs. Roderigue, Gladys Nelson,
Wong Chung and Bill Green-
wood,together with others who
have made cutstanding contri-
bution to the Success of the drive
will receive a Suitable token ac-
knowledginge their efforts.

We cannot give all the details
we would like to as space will not
permit, we can only say some
fine clubs have not been men-
tioned. The drive ‘was a good
one, it fell short of the 5,000 ob-
jective of new readers, but this
can be rێached in a week with

very little effort on bundle sales
alone.

Now the drive is over we must
Maintain the pace with new subs,
renewals and bundle orders.
We have got to establish a per-
manent steady income for the
Paper which will allow us to get
by on not more than one ‘drive
a year, if any. To do this we
oe to begin immediately plan-
ning our activities to maintain
that flow of cash Which makes
the wheels turn to allow the Pa-
cific Tribune to fight the goog
fight. KEEP THE BALL ROL
ING!

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1946