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In contempt

Margaret Apps of Burnaby has
unearthed an old song, one she
Suggests should begin to echo
again in the assemblies of work-
ing men and women in B.C, and
Canada. “Rededicate this song to
the 10 longshoremen in Oakalla,
to the Lenkurt pickets — and all
Other trade unionists “in con-
tempt” of injunctions says Marg-
aret, Another way of saying ‘sing
while you fight.’

IN CONTEMPT

Build high, build high your
prison wall,

That there be room enough for
all

Who hold youin contempt, build
wide

That all the land be locked
inside,
‘ Sao ok ok

Though you have seized the
valiant few

Whose glory cast a shade on
you,

How can you now go home with
ease

Jangling your heavy dungeon
keys,

* Ok Ok

The birds who still insist on
Song,

The sunlit stream still run-
ning strong

The flowers still blazing red
and blue,

All, All are in contempt of you,

* OK OK

The parents dreaming still of
Peace

The playful children, the wild
geese

Who still must fly the moun-
tain too,

Like fists are in contempt of
you,

* ok ok

When you have seized both
moon and sun

And jailed the poems one by
one,

And trapped each trouble-
making breeze,

Then you can throw away your
keys,

IWA settlement

Gary Beattie, Burnaby, B.C.,
writes: I would like to comment
on your article in the July 2 issue
of the PT on “IWA unity and mil-
itancy score significant gain for
B.C, labor,” J disagree with the
majority of your comments.

To begin with the New West-
minster local kept its member-
Ship guessing at what was going
to happen after the deadline date
of June 15, after serving 48-hour
strike notice. Up to that date,

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along with our 94% strike vote
and constant tough talk about the
action the IWA was going to take |
after the deadline date, they sud-
denly turned soft.

On the evening of the 15th,
they (the union executive) came
to our mill (Pacific Veneer) and
lied to the membership who were
somewhat mad at the fact we were
not on strike as no progress had
been made and direct negotiations
had ended between FIR and IWA,
and told us that we would be
breaking the law if we walked
out. They told us to continue
working and wait,

Well, on the evening of the
16th the men were fed up with
this bluff and decided to walk
off the job. The union execu-
tive sent down a man and tried
to keep us at work, We took a
-stand-up vote and it was over-
whelmingly decided that we would
walk out. With this stand the
plant committee backed the men
up and proposed that we do this
in an orderly fashion,

After this had been decided the
union executive man lied again by
saying the union would supportus

. if it was the wish of the majority

at the mill to stay out, The
union then, at a mass meeting
on Sunday after the 15th, tried to
further split up the membership
by telling the men not on strike
to keep working and those on
strike that a vote would be taken
at each mill to determine if the
membership really wanted to stay
out, ,

Well, where is your unity here?
They didn’t offer us even one bit
of unofficial support. The report,
I feel, was a poor one and again
the union said its not what we
wanted but we would have to ac-
cept it as what else can we do?
What kind of militancy is this?

We got paid off a little (20¢
for the year instead of 50¢) on
the contract, but what of the items
that the rising cost of living won’t
cancel out such as sick pay, holi-
days, overtime and other basic
issues they said we were just to
ask for, are they not so justnow?

Must 26,000 men accept the
recommendation of one man, Ne-
metz, a man not wanted by us but
appointed by Bennett? No I can-
not agree with your article as
there was little unity and little
determination on the part of the
union to oppose the monopolies
and the anti-labor action of the
Premier — in fact they supported
it, I hope this letter brings
forth some comment,

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