| ! | A ( | Aznar oo HMA Ul lll 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, Available for 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, the First Time in Vancouver © TRANSISTOR RADIOS— Made in Latvia — from $49.95 @ GENUINE iar te Eve here oa aly Squirrel eran © SAMOVARS, ACCORDIONS, CHILDREN’S & ADULTS’ BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES and many more SOVIET Items available for Fall Delivery. CCME IN TO: GLOBAL IMPORTS (Ukrainska Knyha) 2643 East Hastings St. Vancouver 6, B.C. 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