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UNION BULLETIN

Published Bi-Weekly by the B.C. Coast District Council, 1.W.of A.

VANCOUVER, B.C., JUNE 27, 1939

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DISTRICT PROGRAM
POPULAR AT LAKE

By E, A. “TOD” McLENNAN

Since our Iast report to the Bulletin
the Local continues to forge ahead on

the program laid down at our District
Convention, The Local has initiated

some hundred and fifty new members
during the past two months and many
old ones have been brought into good
standing, Due to the lack of forces our
efforts have been more or Jess confined
to one or two areas and credit is due
to Brothers Wennerlow and Bergen to
thelr untiring and ceaseless work in
the field.

CAMPS BUSY.

All camps are running to capacity and
double shifts are operating in some of
the smaller outfits, Fearing a protracted
shutdown during the fire season the evi-
dent intention of the operators is to have
"large supplies of logs on hand if com-
pelled to shut down for any length of
time.

SOCIALS POPULAR.

On the social side we have yet to reg-
ister a flop; our dance at Honeymoon
Bay, the dances and smoker at Lady-
smith and the splendid success of our

of the 10th was judged by many as the
best held at the Lake for many years.
Some four or five hundred dancers swing-
ing a wicked foot to the strains of Wes
Morris’ Orchestra, One feature of the
event was the large attendance from out-
side points, especially Youbou, Duncan
and Chemainus. Many millworkers and
their ladies were present from those
centres, ‘Thanks are due to the various
business people who donated prizes, in-
cluding Mr, Pete Hardy of the Riverside
Hotel; Mr, Cecil Bradshaw of Duncan;
Powell's Store; Martin's Store of Duncan,
and others,

AUXILIARY ACTIVE.

‘On May 80 the Ladies’ Auxiliary staged
@ party for those children unable to go
_ to Victoria to see the King and Queen.
Over fifty children were present. Games
were played and all the youngsters had
3 ee ‘their fill of ice cream and other good

" Gredit for the success of our social
ts must go to the Ladies’ Auxiliary
‘the Lake and the sub-locals at Rounds
Ladysmith, The Local is sponsoring

thall games and we are looking
to games with the camps in the

joint dance at the Lake on the 10th were |f
all outstanding social events, The dance |[é

be

It is denuded areas like the above which |
provide the setting for the double mace
which is proceeding in B.C. lumber in-|
dustry. A tragedy which is costly of
human life and destroying natural re-
sources, The “high lead” system of
logging is daily laying waste the few re-
maining timber stands as the above scene
bears witness; and it is daily causing
more than its share of lumbering acci-
dents,

With a longer and more general shut-
down this spring, logging accidents have

MODERN MUSIC *

winning ticket,

SWEEPING ORGANIZATIONAL GAINS

FOLLOW PASSAGE

OF LABOR BILL

PORT ALBERNI, June 23.—A
Camp crew was held last night, the

special: meeting of the Sproat Lake
centre of discussion being camp con-

‘ditions, wages and the new amendment to the Criminal Code: making it a

and laid plans to get them improved.

criminal offense to discriminate agai

inst an employee for belonging to a

union of his own choice. The crew discussed some existing grievances

‘High Lead’ Destructive Of
Human Life And Timber

already passed last
year's appalling record
for this date by four
additional deaths and
scores of accidents,
Already 32 men have
met their death!
Reports reaching
this office since the
last issue include the
Gunnar Hoglund, who was

32

Workers have
been killed in
Jogging accl-
dents in B.C.
since January
Ist, 1939.

following:

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Get Your Tickets for the Woodworkers’

Final Summer Dances

REFRESHMENTS

Return Trip to Gan Francisco World’s Fair and Expenses; oe Railroad
Watch; Twenty-five Dollars; Stetson Hat; and Fifteen Dollars to seller of

PRIZES

Alberni Community Hall — Friday, June 30

Final Drawing at Vancouver:

Hastings Auditorium, 828 East Hastings — Fri., July 4

|| Council;

®ORGANIZERS ACTIVE.

‘The meeting was addressed by Fred
Lundstrum, secretary of the B.C. District
and Ernie Dalskog, recently
elected secretary of Alberni Local 1-85 of
the International Woodworkers of Ameri-
lea. Lundstrum stressed the advantages
of the new legislation, which has been
obtained largely through the strong cam-
paign waged by organized labor. He

||went on to clearly point out that with
the favorable market conditions \which _

B.C. lumber operators are enjoying> to-
day, and with the new protective measure
recently passed by the Federal Parlia-
ment, Labor cannot afford to lie down.
“We have a golden opportunity now to
organize B.C, lumber, and we cannot

||let it slip by,” he continued,

Ernie Dalskog, popular loggers’ or-
ganizer, spoke of the problems confront
ing the local, He urged the crew to take
an active part in building the Union if
they wanted to improve their working
conditions and gain greater economic se-
curity. He opined that the Sproat Lake
crew was in a position to be the vanguard
of a spearhead to forge a loyal and pro-
gressive organization that would be a
credit to any community, just as the
I.W.A, is at Lake Cowichan, In that area
our union is not only viewed with the
highest of esteem, it has obtained notable
improvements in job conditions and
wages,

‘A committee of three was elected to

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MAYOR SPEAKS
FOR 1.W.OF A.

His Worship Rae aye Telford,
M.L.A,, will be the guest speaker on the
ween Gold” Broadcast tonight at 7:45
p.m., when he will
address a special
message to B.C.
lumber workers, |
“Why You Should}
Join the Interna-
tional Woodwork-
ers of America.”
Mayor Telford,
who is recognized
as labor's outstand-
ing radio person-
ality in BC, is
known throughout!
the country as a

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staunch champion of the people's cause.

SPROAT LAKE MEN TAKELEAD |
MOVING FOR WAGECUT RETURN