Back The Attack! = SG eR OSS : See Henk .- AL IL No. 17 hac St g he ad d sly § : 4 The Union Comes To Trail h i ; the s he : % ‘Now We Can Speak (ex | : ae By CYNTHIA CARTER 2 [Wy TIEN a day’s journey of the biggest cities in British i q Columbia, and on the site of some of the world’s = richest deposits of ore there existed until this spring a vast = ii 5 Cents Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, May 1, 1943 Keep these ships loaded with planes, tanks and guns for the offensive! Buy Victory Bonds! eudal empire. In this empire, men who went daily into the bowels of the arth to bring out the vital metals used in war production,— he capper, silver, zine, and the jead that the United Nations are fhrowing at MHitler, Mussolini md Hirohito — were afraid to that electricity was out of the question because, believe it or not, they “couldn’t get prior- ties for the necessary copper 1943 og ift their voices to demand what | wire.” ns(7as rightfully theirs. They At Kimberley, home of the is@ mew that the community was | cinivan enn “He empire also yog Wed with an iron hand, that | - eq. With the precious metals | ae “Hy “agitating” was taboo, that | ome profits—and silicosis. The leg = 72D TARO mad Ey eae ecetor bosses get the profits, and until tagvith trade unions was system- recently the Japs got a lot of | S| 1 RR sgitically ousted by the finest |i). setal All the miners got pj lacklisting ‘plan in°Canada, theo. ine silicosia. = le “The lab h h a Ra D ae all k ee system that was synonymous os 2 he men and women of labor who march on Ma ay will speak as mij vith the names Consolidated ees ee Jouns See ¥ if P Wining & Smelting and Granby |P2ny _ officials ave gen H i Axi i pains © Se & Me ecrauicd ais Shon cee ee one voice for Victory over the is this year. Whator of the vicious “Blaylock Hvhich prevailed in Trail and © Tust Report to Police,” so that ight with the flimsy excuse [7 EY towns in the empire were -& Trail, home of Consolidated dining and Smelting Company, Simberley and Copper Moun- ain. The workers who lived Sere, paying rent for company suses, and buying food and lothing at company stores; vere angry, with a smoldering ‘ger that occasionally burst Bato flame on occasions when, or instance, company rents Fere raised despite government mposed rent ceilings, or food rices in the second-rate com- vany cafeterias skyrocketed. At the top of the hill, over- ooking Trail, capital of the em- union tactics. But the workers too have traditions—they are in fact, natural inheritors of the traditions and ideals of men like Ginger Goodwin, or- ganizer for the “fightingest’’ uniormin the West, the old Wes- tern Federation of Miners. With indications that the amend- ments to the ICA Act would be passed, miners morale shot up as well. So when two officials at Copper Mountain-=gave con- tradictory orders which result- ed in the firing of a worker; a meeting of workers was called, a one-day strike held, and the company was forced to back down. inac, where lives the boss of frail, S. G. Blaylock—the orig- ®lan,”’ who has brought envy 2 the hearts of his manufactur- @ friends for twenty-five years Wy expounding his “peace’’ Simberley, not to mention the uiey profits which were hardly Dpwer—and often higher—than me million dollars a month. -)\VER the gateway to the town of Copper Mountain 3a sign reading: “All non-em- Woyees of Granby Consolidated Werything in Copper Mountain, iboye ground level and below, 7aS owned by Granby Consoli- lated, and the same low living londitions prevailed. There, for xample, the company who owns Jepper Mountain answered vorkers protests against com- 1eny houses lit only by lamp- by Consolidated overlooked the fact that the men had learned a valuable lesson, that Strength lies in solidarity. And when Harvey Murphy, Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ organizer ar- rived in town, he was greeted With open arms. On March 14 in the hall at Copper Mountain —for which the men had been assessed one dollar each month for upkeep — a meeting was called, and the men voted unan- imously to form a union local.” The company men attended too. At first workers only light- ly applauded the union speak- ers, Then, as Murphy came on the platform, and started to explain the workings of com- pany unions as opposed to the benefits of a bona fide union, the workers in the hall clapped, looked around at the company officials in the hall, and ap- plauded even louder. (See Page 7) SS | |) EB | 10 For The Second Front Now! sire, and belching smoke and 2 @ wisonous fumes, stands the VERYTHING apparently ‘reatest smelter in the world. settled down peacefully. qp E° ifs ES ge ==] Shere, also, is the town of Tad-| But there was one thing Gran- ‘ War Labor Policy? Company Spurns Day's Pay Offer 22) ee Se ee Boeing Loan Drive Stalled —See Page Three