ber 13, 1942 THE PEOPLE Page Three Q Sms 5 ,#. provisional committee of ser Mills employees, with ™ sanction of IWA Local "7 and District Council, has je application for a separate rter to the sixth annual vention of the International odworkers of America, sting in Spokane, Wash. ith Fraser Mills organized dy 100 percent,-mill workers in (Royal City have established c Own office under direction of : Greenall, who was recently Minted sawmill organizer for ® district by the IWA interna- al office. derating in the past under IWA il] 1-217, with headquarters in Holden Building at Vancouver, new local, when it receives its ‘ter, will be located in New tminster, and will elect its own > of officers independently of former Sawmill local in YVancou- It will operate under District neil Wo. 1 of the TWA as an pendent local. Jorm Civic aborGroup jormation of a Civic Labor Ped- jon to participate in the forth- ing civie elections was an- need this week by E. E. Leary, sident of Vancouver Labor neil. urpose of the Federation, as ined by Leary, is to guard the rests of Jabor in the civic field, sxamine the program and plat- n of each candidate and recom- id support for those candidates ) will best serve the interests of ? working people of this city and ngthen the important part Van- ver is playing in the national %- effort, 7 have been asked to become firman of this ederation by a a Ti aber of trade unionists,’ Leary | The People, “and I have ac- ted because I believe such a imittee will be of great service / our city. For many years this \* has suffered from a lack cf orous progressive government, | I fee] that the present city meil has failed to give the in- ration and leadership so neces- y at this time. With the growth of the trade on movement, with labor play- * an increasingly important part the war effort and our national generally, it is important that or should take a much more ac- e interest in the administration four civic affairs.” Sommittee members include rep- sentatives from all important in- stries, including W. Stewart, ilermakers and Tfronshipbuilders lion; Bob Stewart, Amalgamated ilding Workers; Aubrey Foster, ilermakers; John McPeake, Boil- makers; Lang Mackie, Dock and ipyard Workers; W. Burgess and orge Miller, United FPishermen’s uion; W. Gateman, Fish Cannery d Reduction Workers; Nigel organ, International Woodwork- 5s of America; Herbert Watson, uited Steelworkers of America; m Shearer, Canadian SBrother- od of Railway Carmen; Charlie ewart, Div. 101, Street Railway- en; Howard Lyons, United Car- nters and Joiners;- Miss Sheila aye, Hotel and Restaurant Work- s; John Stanton, legal advisor to any city trade unions. raser Mills Workers Ask Separate Charter |Councit Delegates Laud Pearson On Collective Bargaining Stand Delegates to Vancouver Trades and Labor Council last week in- structed Secretary Chris Pritchard to send a letter commending Ifon. George S. Pearson, previncial labor minister, for his recent stand in favor of compulsory collective oar- gaining. In the statement referred to, Pearson said he recognized that “most of our disputes are over the refusal of companies to properly bargain with the properly elected representatives of their employees, and further by the positive refusal of all employees to accept union agreements,” and declared he had “come to, the conclusion that the time is now ripe to seriously con- sider amendments to the act so that employers shall be compelled to bargain with the properly elected committees of their employees and where the majority of the employ- ees can be shown to be bona fide members of a properly constituted trade union employers shall be com- pelled to recognize the union as a bargaining agent for his em- ployees.” WEA Sponsors Series Of Labor Broadcasts TORONTO, Ont—A series of broadeast discussions on questions directly concerning labor has been arranged by the Workers’ Educational Association and the National ESOS Council on Labor Forum. Presented by the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation over its na- tional network each Wednesday night, workers and gd0vernment of- ficials will discuss such problems as selective service, cost-of-living bonus, collective bargaining, pro- duction councils, wage ceiling and compulsory savings. Basie idea of the series, according to WEA Secretary Drummond Wren, is to give workers a platform from which they can state their case to the government and country generally, to Increase war produc- tion by ironing out present mis- understandings and by promoting better understanding among work- ers, employers and the government. Listening groups to discuss the broadcasts will be formed by work- ers all across the Dominion send- ing reports to their Labor Forum regional representatives and to the Forum’s national office. These -e- ports will be used in making up local newscasts to be given region- ally at the end of each Wednesday evening broadcast. Regional representatives have been appointed throughout the country. Those in Vancouver will be Lawrence Anderson, Ship- wrights, Caulkers and Joiners Sec- tion of the Amaizamated Building Workers of Canada; Nigel Morgan, We, as TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES, Welcome The PEOPLE because we know it will add strength to the labor movement as a whole. — Business Agents — @ M. McLEOD, North Van Ship Repairs & Burrard Dry Dock @ J. WILSON, Welders @ A. FOSTER, @ A. C. Radio Speaker eee DRUMMOND WREN District Secretary, International Woodworkers of America; and Tom Price, Secretary, Vancouver Aero- nautical Lodge. YY. and Burners Hamilton Bridge STAUB, West Coast Shipyard bbbhbobhbbbbrolatrtrtrbrtrbrtrbtolr toto DO Oe Os i Mi i So os Li hi Li Li Rn i Ln LOCAL NO. 4 Greetings to THE PEOPLE Labor’s New Voice in British Columbia Boilermakers’ & Iron Shipbuilders’ Union PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. Shipyard Union Hits Absenteeism Concerned because absentee- ism appears to be “assuming the proportions of a major bottleneck in the shipyard in- dustry,” officials of the Dock and Shipyard Workers’ Union, Local 2, have issued an urgent appeal to their membership to take no more unauthorized time off. “Without speedy construction of the ships we are now building we can lose the war,” declared the union’s leaflet. “The possibility of an immediate offensive, the success or failure of a Second Front may depend on us who furnish the tools of war. Shall absenteeism cost us Victory?” Declaring that workers have many justifiable grievances still to be settled, the union urged that these matters be taken up jointly in labor- management committees and not by individuals who feel they should take out their grudges against the companies by staying away from work. ‘In Stalingrad the men and women fighting with superhuman courage to protect the whole democratic world are not talking time off whenever they feel like it,” the statement said. “‘There is no absenteeism amongst these men and women fighting our enemy. Shall we fail them be- cause ‘we don’t give a damn’ whether we work or not? Or shall we help them to fight for a better world for all of us? “Right now there is only one Major problem before us—the de- feat of Hitlerism. If we fail in that, we ourselves, without unions and our democratic rights are lost. So let's get on with the job! No more lost time! No more absentee- ism! Every ship that hits the water is another nail in Hitler’s coffin.” Greetings to Dock & Workers 703 HOLDEN BLDG. Meet To Discuss Day Nurseries Goncerned with the many war- time problems of consumers, the Housewives’ League of British Co- lumbia has called on Open Forum meeting, to be held Monday, Oct. 19, in Burrard Hall. Among things to be discussed will be shortages of housing, fuel and beef, and the need for day nurs- eries in Waneouver for working mothers and those engaged in vol- untary war work. Mrs. G. Selman, from the Co- ordinatinge Council, will lead dis- cussion on housing; Mrs. J, Bird on Day Nurseries, the Fuel Admini- strator of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board on fuel, and Ross Chetwynd, formerly of the Cariboo Stockmen’s Association, on beef. eee eee | Greetings to First Issue The People We wish you every suc- cess, knowing that the labor movement will benefit accordingly. DOCK & SHIP'YD WORKERS’ UNION Local 1 1116 Broad Street VICTORIA, B.C. The People Labor’s New Voice for “Maximum Production Behind an All-out War Effort’ ad Shipyard Local 2 VANCOUVER, B.C. CCL