THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER BILL 33 A MENACE FED. SECRETARY WARNS The Secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labour told the Conference of the Western Joint Council of Brush & Paint Makers that the present Bill 33 mediation commission is nothing but a glorified and highly paid arbitration board. The Conference was held in the Imperial Inn in Victoria. “There is no difference be- tween the mediation commis- sion and an arbitration board except for the amount of money being paid and the fact that the parties are usually able to have some say in the selection of the arbitrators,” said Ray Haynes, Secretary- Treasurer. “The legislation, particular- ly Sections 18 and 19, is fright- ening and the first step is taking away the right of citi- zens to withdraw'their labour. “The answer to this type of legislation is at the ballot box. Trade unionists cannot gq on voting for provincial or fed- eral political parties unsym- pathetic to the aims and aspir- ations of the working people of Canada,” said Mr. Haynes. Some trade unionists, and even a few trade union lead- ers, are at the political cross- roads, They must decide very soon whether their political beliefs and their support for the old-line parties are going to be placed before their trade union principles and beliefs. These few trade unionists may have to reject their long-time political beliefs when they see political parties destroying their unions,’ added Haynes. PORT McNEILL SCHOOL NOTICE The Editor: We wish to place the en- closed notice in your paper to ensure that those people liv- ing in the remote areas of this School District are aware of the existence of the North Island School Dormitory in Port McNeill. This dormitory is maintained by the School Board to permit students from outlying areas to attend the North Island Secondary School, also located in Port McNeill. There may be people who are unaware of the North NOTICE TO PARENTS OF SECONDARY STUDENTS IN REMOTE AREAS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 85 Secondary students living in remote areas of School District No. 85, who wish to apply for residence at the North Island Secondary School dormitory for the school year 1968-69 should contact the secretary-treasurer, School District No. 85, P.O. Box 90, Port Hardy, 949-6618 before August 15th, 1968. educational facilities offered Island Secondary School and by this Board. its associated dormitory, and since your paper reaches all Yours truly, members of the logging in- A. Wilkinson dustry in the area compris- Secretary-Treasurer Board of School Trustees School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North) ing School District 85 we think this an ideal way to bring to their attention the WOMEN UMPIRES IN BASEBALL? ‘PLEASE SAY IT ISN'T SO MINISTER BACKS FED. VIEW A frequent labour spokesman for the federal govern- ment, John Munro, federal Minister without Portfolio, stated recently in Vancouver that the anti-labour Bill 33 will likely increase labour unrest and the incidence of wildcats. He added that denying labour one of its fundamental rights is not going to solve the problem of labour strife. LOCAL 1-85 REPORTS NEW LOGGING FATALITY Gil Ingram, safety director and business agent of Local 1-85 IWA Port Alberni, re- ports with regret that the Lo- cal has suffered another fatal accident in the woods. Thomas Walsh, a faller at Franklin River, was killed June 17th, while bucking a log he had just felled. Gil stated Walsh was. an experienced faller and had worked at Franklin River for the past three years. He was formerly employed at Camp Woss from 1956 to 1965. ‘The accident occurred while Walsh was falling Right of Way with another faller and a scaler who were work- ing 500 feet ahead. The men reported they last heard Walsh’s saw between 9:15 and 9:30 a.m. Just before 10 am., the scaler went to check on Walsh and found him dead. It was determined that while buck- ing there was a strain on the log, which when it broke still had seven inches of wood holding. This struck Walsh on the chest and crushed him to death. The inquest jury recom- mended that a scaler and fall- er should be working together when falling under the condi- tions present where Walsh was working. 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