2 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 1st Issue June, 1963 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Passmore. At quitting time on May 11, he informed the woods crew that their services would no longer be required as he was sub-contracting out the work. When informed by the erew of what had occurred, the Local officers requested the assistance of a Regional officer and Regional Ist Vice- President, Jack MacKenzie, was sent in. Vice-President MacKenzie and myself immediately held a meeting with the Company owner who informed us the Union Contract didn’t mean a “damn thing” to him. As far as he was concerned, he paid the cheques, he would make the decisions and it was his intention to use ‘sub- contractors. The same evening a con- tractor moved his crew into the woods in preparation to start work the next day. However, that night the wild life suddenly became very ac- tive where the sub-contrac- tors were located. The next morning they picked up their equipment and moved out. They have not been seen in Passmore since. The Company owner then attempted to get the IWA members ‘to sub-contract the work but his offer was vio- lently rejected. Faced with the prospect of having work at a stand still in the operation he capitu- lated by going to the IWA Office in Nelson, and pleading with the Local officers to let the crew go back to work. This the Union agreed to, after first making it plain they expected him to live up to the spirit and intent of the contract he held with the Union. Vice-President Jack Mac- Kenzie and myself held a meeting with the crew prior to their going back to work at which we expressed our appreciation for their mili- tant stand during the dispute. It was undoubtedly their ac- tion which defeated the Com- pany’s attempt to by-pass the Union and use sub- contractors. Strachan Condemns MSI Plan The so-called “new” medi- care plan put forward by the doctor-sponsored M.S.I. is not a comprehensive medicare ‘plan, claims Robert Strachan, Leader of the Opposition. There are no new principles in the latest proposal, Stra- chan states, and this is at least the third time that this false hope has been held out to the people of B.C. by M.S.1. “Open enrollment” schemes have been an- nounced by M.S.I. as far back as 1960. The statements made in the latest announcement that costs compare favourably with other plans are untrue, Strachan added. For example, he said, the cost for coverage for a family under the Gov- ernment Employees’ plan is $9.10 per month, whereas the M.S.I. rate will be $14.25 per month. Strachan pointed out that no scheme can bbe considered a medicare plan unless it gives comprehensive - cover- age and protects every per- son in the province at a price all can afford. Nothing the doctors have proposed so far meets this requirement and there is no doubt that only a government -sponsored plan can achieve this objective. Two-thirds of Canada’s population 15 years of age or more were married at June 1, 1961, says a report based on census information. HANEY BUSINESS GUIDE ESQUIRE MEN’S WEAR (Graham Mowatt) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing “THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” HANEY PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR For Everything A Man Wears * WORK, SPORT or DRESS * Woodward STORES (PORT ALBERNI) itp. YOUR FAMILY SHOPPING CENTRE SHOP AT WOODWARD’S FOR A COMPLETE SELECTION OF aK Kehr Ka KKK | STAR WORK WEAR "UNION MADE’ BY B.C. CRAFTSMEN Your guide to better value BRITISH COLUMBIA We Can Afford To Sell The... BEST For LESS! En Local 1-71 Officers Re-elected INU BILL WILSON President BOB PICKERING Vice-President ERNIE FREER Financial Secretary Douglas To Address Conven?ion New Democratic Party Leader, T. C. “Tommy” Doug- las will be one of the chief speakers at the IWA Interna- tional Constitutional Conven- tion which is being held Sep- tember 16-20, in Vancouver. GAR Te pean tah ob tug T. C. DOUGLAS Mr. Douglas is tentatively scheduled to address the con- vention on September 18, at the Bayshore Inn. Others who have accepted invitations to the convention include Walter Reuther, pres- ident of the United Auto Workers, and Nicholas Zonar- ich, director of organization of the AFL-CIO. Pearson Denies Sale Of Crown Companies A fishing expedition by one of Prime Minister Pearson’s right-hand Parliamentary men was speedily disavowed by the Frime Minister under pressure. John Davis, the Liberal member for Coast-Capilano, and one of Mr. Pearson’s Par- liamentary. secretaries, trot- ted out the right-wing’s often stated desire that crown cor- porations be sold. once they begin making some money for the taxpayer. Economist Davis urged sell- ing some of the crown corpor- ations and letting obsolete in- dustries—he cited coal as one example — die of a natural death without any death-bed ' government assistance to pro- long the agony. Hastily, Mr. Pearson told questioner David Orlikow, Winnipeg North New Demo- crat, that Mr. Davis was not speaking policy. But there was little doubt that Mr. Davis reflects the appetites of the big business circles who invested hand- somely in the Liberal election campaign and now seek their dividends. One apple that business long thas eyed is Polymer, which insists on returning a profit to the state despite all the right-wing dogma pro- nouncing this to be impos- sible under government plan- ning. Mr, Davis, an economist specializing in power, said freedom from taxes or at least income tax gives crown corp- orations an unfair advantage over private business. “I think we can devise ways of getting the government out of business as well as into it,’ he said. 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