B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Ohe Union's One Christmas Wish...

'N THIS i ue the B.C. Lumber Worker becomes | the i for he

earnest wish tha’ tg i i joy during the Yuletide eva nion’s Christ:

The Uni tmas wish i: an e1 hrase. It is actually the climax of a continua wish ‘xpress in practical action during all the preceding nd . The

nion has constantly rendered high quality aoaie e to build the patel Basis of hepple ier vine fs dor. a families dependent imber industry is d Alberta.

The ues of this oe give oO He ees Graphic recone of developments which claim made on behalf of the Union. The following ist summarizes these developments, in their sequence a ort.

e Loggers’ Local 1- us in convention reported a new high | in organizational gai:

Certifications granted t es TWA j in the East Kootenay region marked the pa se of the WIUC, ba sesulong higher wage standards he workers in t!

we officials Bcd an important part in representa- tions t the: Provincial Government, and gained some

B.C. Wood antat ete ith

the aoe and added another Local 1-252 to the District Council

ee cae and the Staff Seminar

m IWA members and

IWA educational

stinct adganeea in the

nual Di

ant readied the sion for a memorable eae with the

ict Convention also disclosed that the IWA bi ined its highest recorded embership strengt! aaa Hnancla resources. Abert ereuniection was also shown to a firm Ing.

ee itch saw opening phase of contract battle with the eopleyers evading every single major issue in contract. relati

Union rejected award of vonciliaton Board and was given a 00% strike vote authori Last-minute settlement panini r W. A. C.. Ben- nett in attendance, gained eibetantal "penefits for the lumber spares fueluding a wage hike, the union shop,

and three w

IWA issue i ling the profits-price otal and the probable eff

WA di sea Soviet ae in Hungary, and won general public approval.

District suppor strike action authorized by m bers of Local 1-252 IWA won ercentable, seraaaer throughout Vaitaer millworking plan‘

H

‘WA shared i: in the welcome extended ce B < unions to trade union di an, ‘al and south xmnctics.¢ en route to the ICF my ae ae Banff, Ed as named as District delegate.

Sie cal Union sent largest delegation to IWA iptetrationah Con ig and unanimously approved i in the Union’s Constitution and

.C. unio: inaction

ms in vigorous action to protest government in face of mounting

eee nt. ond Convention of the B.C. Hederation of Labour seturned Joe Morris, Stuart M. Hodgson and George ythe to seats on. its Executive Council Convention likely he pace

for the trade union movement in Can: nions backed Reese eae evhich arrested

attention in the House of Commons. above list is an abbreviated account of the wide inge of activities undertaken by the IWA to safeguard the welfare of the lumber workers in B.C. and Alberta. It is a record that will bear closer and more detaile i i it i oud

orking and living

the ir Union for eke action,

orke: os te collectively depend on

RING well-baby clinic, Maria wé

kit are contributed by UNICEF.

DU! ante three-months-old Pablo, The scale and other medical equipment, pana yitamins and Maria’s

tion: immediate nurse's

sae the pnbras' and il of Afri ican

union’

Hartung Squeeze

PORTLAND, Ore. F. Har International Woodvorieis “of America AFL-CI e labo:

, issued a warning to members or movement today ” when he charge ed that “Pacific ee t employers, sensing-an eco-

ave dec! cided put the heat on to destroy collective bargaining agreemen: nade over the past two decades. i “The ale Big’ _ Outfits in the Part of the current economic and Pacific Ne

Scores Play

rtung, President of the s

lower the ue on working men

heart like a one-armed band

scene, Big business Pro a

it it $8 ‘mil

spent balance was up. — age jon, according to the re

ee Washington, fe sabotag

Workers won parity wage demands from the Canadian

Ohio

a gine

mpany, at Coe:

Conaitaut Brateanieeaien F naltyag Neuplopheecond: GH Treapaet

Palen Tasho, FERAEE tec Broadcasting Unions To Merge

other page to the infamy of labor roadcasting unions in a referendum lations in northern Idaho; Ket-| approved in prii ner erger. About 62 per cent of the

chikan Spruce Company, at (Ket ship pee the Atvcition of I Radio epee Eoaltyes a

chik Jaska, that hi e 87 it of the © members ional

a penny-ante scare

to see if they can’t save a a nickles as a result of the Republi- | of percen| ntages—and like any tribe’) paid by mite one rs on the | an recession,” Hartung ‘decaced: of cannibals is veriat in its aR basis of 40 c per ton, and ie IWA leader then cited the|tite only by the ngth of its|revenues fron wii sources upped ent strikes of IWA members intended victim.” the total to aboitt $157 million. against what he called “the ‘Mr. Big’ outfits in the Pacific North- estern lumber industry.” Har- Newfoundland che Averted (ig tung listed Weyerhae: imber, ) = a sti a e which could have isolated the provinee Company, which wah in his words, | of Newfoun: outposts was averted wl

Nat

to relations, a fe Foss Tog aa Barge y, at ma, Washington,

ARTEC will consider the Niagara Falls, Ont. November 11-15,

question at ite:

national conveliioaaaal tae

turn the clock back to the roaring twenties.

“All of these outfits,” Hartung charged, “ “are flexing their muscles

and return panels industry t sexe vis mployer res

“this Program is just a sti

are soa gee what comes natur-

or Bikes can fatty

ae predicted. Rare Syaaiieas be- cause of its own natural appetite,

will take advantage of the present political and economic clinageytd degrade and enslave the working men and women of the country. The best a for them to do that

OUR } AUTO INSURE RATES DID N on August Ist.

increase ae TO SAVE Pes Munise

o-Operative Fire & Casualty Co.

Co 68 EAST BROADWAY

es ae Unions and other ported by IWA Local

we 1-217 Savings, Broadway &

‘hie dy Union, pala 21, 774 Columbia

tee FH SAS IWA (Victoria), Credit tna: Box Courteney Credit Union, Box 952

is to destr Har ig ‘describ ed the current aur AE the lumber industry against the IWA as just

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