B.C. LUMBER WORKER

AROUND THE LOCALS

LOCAL 1-424, IWA, Prince George, has gained certification in the operation of the Fort St. John Lumber Co. Ltd., over the protest of the company, and after a hearing before the Labour Relations Board.

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THE PRINCE GEORGE IWA LOCAL UNION is forcing the pace with Northern Interior Lumbermen’s Association on the question

of category revision for engineers and firemen, in line with similar |

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JACOB HOLST, Local 1-424, IWA, Prince George, has been named to act on an arbitration board dealing with the alleged unjust dis- missal of two members of the Civic Workers Union by the City of Prince George. e

eigeae Ae BANQUET under the auspices of the newly-formed Prince George Labour Council, will hear IWA District President Joe Morris on recent developments in the B.C. trade union movement, Dec, 1.

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LOCAL 1-357, IWA, New Westminster, has recently disclosed the purchase by that Local of property on 12th Street, upon which it is intended to build a new and modern IWA building.

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CHRISTMAS PARTY for the IWA in New Westminster to be held on Dec. 16th, is engaging the very special efforts of a large and energetic social committee at the present time.

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DISTRICT SAFETY CONFERENCE of the IWA is scheduled for

November 24th. Many IWA delegates are planning to attend the

opening sessions of the B. C. Safety Conference on the preceding day. Chime eee

LOCAL 1-217, IWA, is planning to hold their usual monster Christ- mas Party for TWA kiddies in Vancouver, on Dec. 23rd, in the Geor- gia Auditorium,

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Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER is November 23rd. Deadline for ad copy is November 15th and for news copy November 16th.

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ANGUS MacINNIS, LLD, MP, (second from left), attends the merger convention as an interested observer, and is told about the latest developments by (from left) Mel Kemmis, Bakery Workers; - Bill Griesbrecht, Enamel. Workers, and Jimmy Black, Prince Rupert Labour Council.

Public Ownership Stirs Hot Debate

After stormy debate in the recent merger convention

of the BCFL, the decision was reached to support public ownership in principle of power development. and distribu- tion, provided that suitable provision would be made for the collective bargaining rights of all employees effected.

In his support of the resolu- tion, proposing public ownership, Delegate Arthur Turner, MLA, United Steelworkers, turned on some of its opponents and stated, “the words are the words of Lo- cal 878, (Office Employees, BC ER), but the voice is the voice of the BCER.”

Ev King, Local 378 Business Agent and other delegates were immediately on their feet shout- ing, “retract, retract”. King marched up to the platform still shouting, “That’s a lie!”

Retraction Made

Chairman Midgley, calmed the troubled waters by’ suggesting, “In all fairness, and for the unity of the organization, I think it would be in good taste for the delegate to withdraw his remarks imputing motives to other dele- gates.”

Turner agree, “I will be guided by the chair, and retract.”

The resolution was strongly opposed by Local 378, OEIU, and the Electrical Workers because of their restricted bargaining rights under the B.C. Power Corporation, a Crown company.

Civil Servants Excluded

The course of the debate dem- onstrated an overwhelming opinion favoring public owner- ship, but at the same time a very natural concern with the rights of government employees.

Delegate Ed O’Connor, govern-

ment employee, who deplored the attitude of the government in not allowing the same rights for gov- ernment employees in the matter of bargaining as now extended to all other workers.

His proposed proviso broke the deadlock.

Income tax is the fine for reck- less thriving.

DRONECK - CAMPAIGNS

A Union Label drive is un- der way inthe major centres of B.C., promoted by the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers of America, to acquaint owners with the value of stocking up their stores with union-made goods.

The drive, headed by George Droneck, B.C. representatives of the A.C.W.A., has set up local Union Label committees in these areas which will distribute Union Label literature to unions and the public.

All Union Goods

While this drive will concen- trate mainly on the clothing in-

dustry, the resulting publicity, it is felt, will further the cause of

all union-made’ goods.

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“FELLOW- WOODWORKERS” explained these two when found in animated conversation about the future of the Pulp and Sulphite Workers and the IWA. It was further explained that Pat O'Neal, Prince Rupert, Pulp and ‘Sulphite president, was an IWA member ‘away back when”, and that District President Joe Morris was making the most of this fact.

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