) 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 << When this puzzled Arabian father Brought his undernour. Good Neighbor Cure Se ished child to a U.S. Army Air Force: base in North Africa, Capt. Lester L. Blount gave the youngster treatment and part of his personal supply of vitamin pills.to help the child on the road to health. 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. 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