) British Columbia.

ai] smelter,
tor and Sullivan mine are now
mbers of the union, and that
» membership will move as soon
>; possible to open negotiations
))h the management for recogni-
4 of the union as collective bar-
gning agent.

Success in attaining a majority
gone after a lightning organizine
eapaign lasting only two months,
bhlighted by the smashing of the
simous Blaylock Workmen's Co-
jrative Gommittee, and put over
™ the tremendous enthusiasm. of
— workers for bona fide trade
Monism.

Negotiations _
Will Now Open

TRAIL, B.C.—The International Union of Mine, Mill and] -
mmelter Workers has cracked the citadel of company unionism

The union leader also reported
Success in other directions. Ne-
gotiations will set under way with
the management of Granby Gon-
solidated, operators of the Copper
Mountain mine near Princeton this
week. The Copper Mountain local
of the IUMM&SW has held a
Iajority among the employees for
some time.

In addition, meetings have al-
ready been held with the manage-
Ment of the Emerald Mine at
aslo, a tungsten property “oper-
ated by the Dominion government,
Where the union has 100! percent
of the workers signed up. ~

Wine Union

ers
\

'Hundreds of union membe

was held here May 8 by

Pory Loan Campaign, led by
ekers carrying flags of the
fed Wations and a large banner
{| the name of the union and
fi number in huge letters. Dele-
6s irom Kimberley mine and
entrator joined the parade,
f Chase J. Powers, Internation-
B Board member, IUMM &SW,
also on hand.

Hie parade was marshalled by
stewards, carrying placards
| the slogans “Back the At-
> Cooperate for Greater Pro-
jon,” and “Victory in 1943.”
eakers at the rally were Fred
2, president of the Trail local,

Joan With Big Parades

TRAIL, B.C.—First parade of organized labor in twenty-six
Wine, Mill and Smelter Workers.

2ets of the town to piedge their support of Canada’s Fourth

Backs War

Local 480, International Union
TS marched through the main

centrator employee and wife of an
airman, A. Palm, Kimberley miner
with over twenty years Service with
the Company, “Duke’’ Hyssop, sec-
retary of the union in Kimberley,
and Harvey Murphy, international
representative, TUMM & SW.

The whole town was alive with
union buttons and victory loan
tags, report union members, and
the meeting cheered speakers’
mention of the victory in North
Africa, and roared approval of de-
Mands for an early attack on the
continent to defeat Hitler in Eur-
ope.

A similar parade was held in

Piete of Kimberley, a con-

Kimberley on Thursday.

WA Seake
Vith Fifteen

Ges for certification were
| late last week by Local 80
Pials; and within three days the
HW’ department had swung into
m,

erations covered include two
pS and sawmills of Industrial
ser Millis at Youbou, three op-
ons of the Take Logging
the giant Chemainus
nill of the Victoria Lumber
Manufacturing Company as
as camps in the Cowichan
area, Comox Logging at
Bay

205€ on Vancouver Island, ex-
ng the Port Alberni area, and
few. exceptions the union has
lajority of employees in the
9S and mills under its juris-
on. In the Chemainus mill only
employees are not. members,
a2 similar situation prevails in
© operations.

»€ territory covered by Iocal
piciudes ail operations south of
ay

Jificials of the BC Department of Labor were busy this
®'k examining membership rolls of Local 1-80, International
fodworkers of America, in accordance with the union’s re-
ast for certification as collective bargaining agent in 15 major
ing and sawmill operations on Vancouver Island.

Agreement
Camps, Mills

nion Wins Majority At Trail

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War Labor Board in Ottawa.

action to place before the hearings
their proposals for an acceleration
of the nation’s production, for an
end to anti-labor practices and for
genuine labor-management part-
nership in industry to meet the
needs of war and, from almost
€very group, their dissatisfaction
with the cost of living index and
their insistence on a more accur-
ate system of indexing that would
clearly reflect the obvious rise in
living costs causing so much dis-
tress among low-paid workers fo-
day.

District Council of the Interna-
tional Woodworkers of America
announced this weels that their
brief is now being prepared for
presentation, and asked for sug-
gestions from all locals, sub-locals

and shop stewards for inclusion in
the brief.
Main points to be emphasized,

Labor organizations and unions of every affiliation cover-
ing all important industries in the country have swung into

according to Nigel Morgan, inter-
national board member, include the
urgent need for a genuine labor
code guaranteeing ‘workers the
right to organize and right of col-
lective bargaining, and outlawing
of company unions, to bring fed-
eral legislation in this connection
in line with recent amendments in
BC and in one or two other
provinces,

Second point in the IWA brief
will deal with the unsatisfactory
nature of the present cost of liv-
ing bonus. The union will also ask
a program of stabilization of
wages through an upward revision
in low wage groups, and will urge
establishment of joint labor-man-
agement production committees
and appointment of a government
production coordinator for BC lum-
ber in order to meet vital war
needs, :

Many Unions Prepare
Briefs To Lahor Board

Evidence of Jabor’s realization of the imperative need for
a win-the-war labor policy was seen this week in the response
from every corner of Canada to the hearings of the National

Other groups preparing to sub-
mit briefs are Vancouver and Dis-
trict Trades and Labor Council,
Dock and Shipyard Workers Union,
Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuild-
ers Local 1, and Amalgamated
Building Workers of Canada, Ship-
wrights.

Under chairmanship ‘of Mr. Jus-
tice McTague, the board includes
also J.-L. Gohen, labor’s represen-
tative, and J. Lalonde. :

A principal criticism from most
of the groups already submitting
briefs has been directed against
the inflation bogeyman and Fi-
nance Minister Tlsley’s denial of
wage increases in order to combat
any possible inflation. Labor states
With one voice that failure to ade-

ure to increase production of war
materials and consumers’ goods is
a Major cause of inflation. Sub-
Standard wage rates are not seen
by labor to be the cure-all that
lisley has pictured them to be, and
the demand for adequate wages
will be heard throughout the hear-

ings, according to present indica-
tions from union spokesmen,

All camps and mills seeking cer-
tifications under the ICA Act have
already elected negotiating com-
mittees preparatory to meeting
Witn the management, according
to Nigel Morgan, TWA board mem-
ber. As soon as the labor depart-
ment finishes its checkup the
union will immediately seek the
opening of negotiations with the
employers for union recognition.

Meanwhile the fate of the TWA’s
application for payment of time
and one-half for all overtime work
in the industry is still in the hands
of the Regional War Labor Board.
The union submitted its request
for overtime pay in the form of
a 40-page brief, which is still be-
ing studied by the War Labor
Board.

Logging and sawmill workers
are the only ones in BC war in-
dustry not covered by the time
and one-half stipulation usually
required in all government permits
for overtime work,

Soviet Sailors Banquet Guests

“But how can there be any question about equal pay for
men and women? We take such things as a matter of course.
If a woman works like a man, why shouldn’t she get the same
wage?” said the blond, modishly dressed young woman.

“Of course,” added the man in
the dark blue uniform standing
beside her, ‘‘we don’t expect women
to do as heavy work as men. But
to us there aren’t ‘women’ and
‘men’—just workers. Just com-
rades.” =

The young woman and the young
man were both sailors, aboard Rus-
Sian ships now lying in drydock
in Vancouver, and the conversation
took place at a reception held in
their honor last Saturday at the
Croatian Educational Home.

The young woman’s name was
Tasia.

When their ship docked, she ex-

plained, they had seen ‘women
working in the shipyards, running
machines and tossing rivets. They
were glad, she said, to_see Cana-
dian women taking an active part
in the war effort.

From the seven women workings
on her ship, she wanted the women
shipyard workers to know, she
brought a message.

“We want to tell you,’ she said,
“that just as you Canadians ad-
Mire the Soviet people and Red
Army for their part in the war,
we in Russia admire the Canadi-
ans for their splendid defence of
all that we are fighting to pre-

serve. We extend our hands across

the sea to you. We are fighting
the same fight—we shall win the
Same victory. Our peoples will be

friends,”
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