THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

Trade Unionists Take Note

IT’S OUR FIGHT TOO

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: | Denial by MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Ltd. of genuine union security to the
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Office Employees International Union now prevents settlement of the dispute involving al-
most 4,000 workers in Port Alberni.

THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE
The dispute could be settled overnight if the company accepted .. .

@® The same union security provisions now @ The same union security provisions which
included for more than 10 years in contracts have been accepted in the majority of union
with other unions representing the com- contracts in B.C., including competitors of
pany’s employees. | MB & PR.
@ The same union security provisions nego- @ The same union security provisions which
tiated by the Office Employees’ Union with have assured all workers in bargaining units
other Canadian companies and which have the democratic right to share in bargaining
proven mutually satisfactory. decisions affecting their welfare.
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
The Company's uncompromising atti- unionization of office employees?
tude on the issue of union security raises Does this wealthy company intend to |
questions which alarm all trade unionists. spearhead a drive for legislation to outlaw f
Does the Company plan to destroy the union security for all workers in the province? |

OUR ANSWER

Union security is a vital safeguard of col- Both morally and financially, the affi-
lective bargaining rights. An attack on union liates of the B.C. Federation of Labour stand
security is an attack on the right to bargain solidly behind the Office Employees’ Union
freely for better wages and working condi- and the supporting workers in Port Alberni.
tions,

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Interior Conferences

Scheduled for June

A series of educational conferences are to be con-
ducted in the three Southern Interior Local Unions by
Joe Miyazawa, Regional Associate Director of Research
& Education, starting June 19.

Purpose of the conferences is to acquaint plant com-
mitteemen and other key Union personnel with the
strategy to be employed during negotiations.

The following is the schedule for the conferences:
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GUEST SPEAKERS at the mass rally held in Port Alberni, June 6, to discuss Office Em-
ployees strike were William Dodge, Canadian Labour Congress Executive Vice-President;
Jack Moore, IWA Regional President; Robert Strachan, Provincial Leader of Opposition.

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