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“Plans

by which membership in New
Party clubs may be obtained. The
New Party Clubs have been pro-
posed to permit the activity of
individuals who are not now
members of affiliated trade unions
or the CCF. In some instances,
trade unions are indirectly spon-
soring such clubs because of a
constitutional ban on discussion
of politics in their unions.

Provincial
Founding Convention

The Provincial Committee for
the New Party will undertake the
necessary arrangements for a
founding conveniton in the
province. A great deal of con-
sideration is being given to pro-
vision for representation of both
sections, and the manner in which
trade unions will affiliate at the
provincial level.

The IWA official stated that
care would be taken to provide
the Union’s membership with
complete information for discus-
sion. A series of seminars during
the months of January, February
and March will be planned to aid
such discussion.

During the months of April,
May and June, a finalization of
opinion must be attempted in
order to guide delegates attend-
ing the founding convention.

One-Day Strike
Wins Settlement

A successful one day strike
was conducted by members of
Local 1-417, IWA, following
the government supervised
strike vote held in the Thomp-
son River Logging, Clearwater
Timber Products and Birch
Island Lumber Company oper-
ations November 30.

The crews voted 78% in favour
of strike action to back up the
Union demands.

NEWLY SIGNED agreement gained for the crews of the Thompson River
Logging, Clearwater Timber Products and Birch Island Lumber Company
eperations in Clearwater and Vavenby, is examined by Cliff Michael,
Financial Secretary of Local 1-417, IWA, left, Frank Capostinsky,
General Manager of the Companies involved, centre, and Union Sub-

Local Chairman, Ted McKay.

BS of Lace! 3-417, IWA, J. Noslo-Bubb, left ond N.
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Enthusiasm Evident

The IWA spokesman said that
the committee is impressed with
the remarkable enthusiasm with
which the New Party has been
greeted. This was made clearly
evident in the nominating conven-
tion for the by-election in the
federal riding of Esquimalt-
Saanich.

With the approval of the Pro-
vincial new Party committee the
nominee, Glen Williams, was
unanimously named New Party
candidate for the Federal by-
election. The convention was rep-
resentative of both the CCF and
local trade unions in the riding.
Members of Local 1-118 IWA
and 1-80 IWA are active on the
campaign organization.

The newly-named candidate is
neither a member of the CCF
nor of any trade union, it is re- eka
ported. He is at present employed
as a social welfare worker.

Trade unionists are again re-
minded that they should now
give attention to plans to exer-
cise their right to representation
on such matters in their own
federal ridings. The B.C. Feder-
ation of Labour has made pro-
vision for the establishment of
constituency committees repre-
sentative of trade unionists who
live and vote in each riding.

munity Chest.

Automation
Eliminates
Handicraft

Everyone knows that auto-

But not everyone realizes that
among those most affected by
automation are the blind.

Down through the years they
have been taught to do such work
as the making of brooms and
mops.

But automation has made this
type of work more and more un-
profitable. Automatic washers and
cleaning machines have replaced

mation is displacing, in particu- {many of the old-style brooms
lar, those kinds of work where | and mops.

simple hand-methods have been And it is also important to
largest. | note than the dumping of large

On the afternoon of December
7, the Union put up a picket line
around the Thompson River Log-
ging operation because of what
they interpreted to be an illegal
lockout by the Company.

The Union’s militant action
forced the General Manager of
the Companies involved, Mr.
Capostinsky, to call in the Union
Negotiating Committee and a

new agreement was signed.

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2248-50 East Hastings St.
Vancouver, B. C.

Logger Boots + Safety Boots

SHOE MANUFACTURING

TAKING part in Vancouver's first Union Counselling Course in welfare and health services are, left to right:
Harry Pickering, I.W.A. Local 1-252; Robert Alexander, Sheet Metal Workers; R. O’Black, I.W.A. Local
1-217; John Slingerland, Electrical Workers, Local 213; and Paddy Neale, Secretary, Vancouver and
District Labour Council who attended the dinner at conclusion of course. Eighteen unions took part in the
eight-week course which was conducted jointly by the Vancouver and District Labour Council and the Com-

quantities of brooms from foreign
countries, with very low-cost
wages, has also diminished the
Canadian market.

The association believes that it
has become necessary to find em-
ployment for sightless workers at
various types of machinery.

It is very easy to see the diffi-
culties that automation and cheap
foreign imports are raising for
the traditional ways in which

the blind have sought self-support.
The Gazette, Montreal

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