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Office and Stand on Source Phone SEymour (Continued from from Page 1) policy of running their mill at the fastest possible clip, forcing their employees to keep up.” Few adequate inspections are made of the machines, so when they break down they are repaired; run them as long and as fast as possible is the boss’ slogan for both machines and men. If some one gets hurt in the process he gets a few soft words from his boss to- his face and when he has been carted away to the hospital, providing he isn’t killed outright, he then gets a gen- eral panning for hav- ing the affrontery to become ensnared by the vicious speed-up and negligence, which actually is often the part of the company, Should he recover from his injuries sufficiently to apply himself again to this industry, he has no assurance that he will be given his former position or ever again be hired by this company, Thus millworkers face the following: A painful period of time on reduced “Compensation” pay; to be permanently maimed in some degree; loss of an arm, leg, hand or a number of fingers. Finally he may lose his life, as so many do, thus creating another sawmill widow, with one ‘or more children, Providing the family has made a sufficient number of sacrifices in the past years, the wife will have enough insurance money to bury her man decently, and then she takes HORSESHOE BARBERS 102 East Hastings St. There is more to a haircut than cutting off the hair... . Try the Horseshoe Barbers for an up-to- date stylish haircut, cB D. Cameron Pres, Plywood Local 1-217 Ask for “GEORGE” 0445 9401 UNION SHOP TAXI . . Reasonable Rates West Hotel, 444 Carrall Street DENTISTRY Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas and Associates MODERN METHODS at MODERN PRICES 470 W. Hastings, at Richards SEy. 5577 MILLWORKERS SHOULD FOLLOW LOGGERS Yapon herself the responsibility for gar nering for herself and her children suf- ficient of the worldly goods and educa- tional opportunities to prepare and en- sure for her children a position in society far remoyed from the dangers their father was forced to tolerate. Due to the company’s completely organized state in this industry and the workers’ semi-or- ganized state, we workers have been pay- ing the piper for years and we will con- tinue to pay to the fullest as long as the workers’ organization remains the weaker of the two and we neglect our obligations to ourselves and our dependents. The one and only solution then is unionism. The employers have it today and have had it for years, Today the employees can get it and enjoy its benefits for years to come and through this ‘will come the many concessions which have been gained elsewhere through unionization and which are rightfully ours, The employers have been gypping us out of them for years by merely using the power of their organization and we have neglected to use the power of our union to counteract. them. Contrary to boss propaganda, estab- lished industrial trade unionism has proven to be the only solution. We shall bring to the industry job security for the worker, higher wages, rigid equip- ment inspection, properly functioning safety and first-aid committees, stability to the industry through blanket wage and hour agreements, thereby preventing price cutting, All these are rightfully ours, As the operators have organized the industry on a national and interna- tional scale with world-wide connections, it is necessary for the workers to do like- wise and this can only be done through an international industrial union, In order to do this, each worker must take upon himself these national obligations. Set for himself personally the objective of a fully unionized woodworking in- dustry. Keep this objective forever be- fore your mind’s eye, Take advantage of the present opportunity advanced by the LW.A. Take out membership in, this great International Union, Meet the minor financial obligations, which will eventually be returned many times over. In the organizational stage whenever pos- sible, without endangering your job, at- tend as many union meetings as possible, If it is unwise to speak of your union in a laudatory manner, then refrain from making detrimental remarks about it. Consistency will bring this great change to the industry. Constantly applying these few rules to our daily routine will, within a short time, win for ourselves and the multitude of other slaves of the lumber- | CAMP AC With the first month of the not yet over, reports reaching ver concerning the extent of o throughout the industry reveal or two of the main outfits and ; gyppos not yet working, On Vancouver Island, from ¢; River south, crews are at work Elk River Timber Co., Bloedels, M¢ Bay; and at the Vanisle Logging formerly C.R.T. The Elk River Ti Co. crew shipped out last week, a number of gyppos are sub-contr for Elk River, including Currans, Bro and Joe Zanette. Further south, the Comox Loggin Company, after opening January 8, working a full crew, numbering to men all told, The Comox is running skidders and is said to be planning to in another skidder this week, There 35 sets of fallers at work. Gyppo camps. operating in the Courtenay area include Woods, Carney and Larson and Parkins, At Fanny Bay, Camp 7, of the Victo Lumber Manufacturing Co, is still shut down but is believed ready to reopen February 1, Tansky's outfit, which began. handing out “rubber cheques” just be- fore Christmas while the crew held the bag for several weeks, is now ready to reopen after having reportedly made good on back wages. Most of the crew took no chances and had a lien on two booms — sent to town, 2 The Seymour Inlet camps started up last week, and the fallers returned to Salmon River also. Quite a number of men have gone back to B.C. Pulp. Plo neer Timber Co, is about the only asso ciation up coast not yet reopened, and most of the smaller up-coast camps are reopening. PREVENT WAGE-CUTS_ | (Continued from Page 1) tions do not jibe with the “no-boat! stories, Certainly the profits of Canadian in dustry, which have increased 117 cent since 1934, as compared with a 35 Per cent increase in wages, demand the Canadian workers receive a bigger sh of the national income. And Canad woodworkers in partioular, given the le by the LW.A,, are believed ready to take a stand for “A DOLLAR A D. BOOST IN PAY.” ing industry a veritable heaven comp to our present lot. The loggers shown the way—how much longer can Moderate 444 Carrall Street Sm A Hotel West Ltc FRED R. MARCHESE, Mer. Centrally Located ‘Phone: SEy. 9401, SEy. 9402 afford to remain unorganized? 1 a hae Rates and