THE B.c. LUMBER WORKER Page Three ON BULLETIN PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY BY _ B.C. DISTRICT COUNCIL ational Woodworkers of America tt - - - Hi, Bergren esident - - BE. Dalskog Nigel Morgan Don Cameron | Organizer - e MANAGING EDITOR NIGEL MORGAN 506, Hotvtn Btoc., VAncouyer, B.C, Pont TRmuTy 4464 PAYMENTS To: “B.C. LUMBER WORKER” _____‘The employers, in their ceaseless plot- ting for the open shop, utilize the time- __worn tacties of distraction or out and out _ disruption, One of their main weapons is to lay off militant union men, camp mill delegates, transferring them _ from day shift to night shift and gener- ally making life as miserable as possible for them. In some cases they temporarily lose down whole camps and mills—oh yes, my friends don’t think the workers are the only ones that go on sit-downs, but of course the boss has a more deli- cate and diplomatic name for it than that—this is called the starvation method of defeating trade unionism. In other cases they work up a demand, through their stooges and paid agents, for co-operative committees, independ- ent charters, company unions, or Cana- _ dian labor organizations. And we must not forget, of course, the thread-bare but oft-used tactic of raising the ques- tion of race, color or nationality—using one section of the working people against another, with an ample amount of red-baiting. thrown in. Today, with our union membership rapidly increasing, and the operators fully aware of this fact; with a spon- taneous demand for increased wages to offset higher living costs, we must be on the alert, We can expect and must __ be prepared to meet and deal with all these agents, many of whom are well trained and equipped and who will employ all the cunning and ruthlessness they possess, in tite last desperate at- tempts to block the building of a strong union devoted to the improvement of Wages dnd working conditions, Already certain moves are clearly apparent, It is our responsibility in the next. few months to prove beyond a question that _ the LW.A. is so firmly established that _ those who have hopes of dividing and destroying it will be dismssed as vain and foolish in the extreme. ‘The enrollment of thousands of men and the welding of these thousands into @ modern, well disciplined series or or- _ ganizational units is only possible with the full co-operation and help of those right on the job. There is not a wrong _ against which we shall fail to protest or demand a remedy—there is not a tight to which any of our brothers are entitled which it is not our duty and _ Work to struggle and attain. So long as _ there shall remain a wrong unrignted or a right denied, there will be work for the labor movement to do. Attacked and denounced as scarcely any other institution ever has been,+the union ‘Movement has thrived and grown in the of opposition. This healthy vitality been due to the fact that this move- is a genuine product of social x indispensable as a protest and & struggle against the abuses of pres Social relationships, trade unionism IS Passed the trial stage. It has de- through years of struggle and * _ PUBLIC MASS MEETING 2 ings Auditorium — Thurs, March 21, 8 p.m. ed by the I.W.A., United Fishermen, Inland Boatmen, Salmon- "s, and Pacific Coast Fishermen's Unions, to hear a Liberal, ‘CCF and Communist candidate express their views on on issues and the war. “War Measures Act’ Takes WHY SHOULD YOU! By “GREEN-CHAIN” PETE Victoria, B.C. ‘The Company is good to me, I'm afraid to join the Union. They cut my pay and I agree; I’m afraid to join the Union. My wages, they are so high, My family’s starving; so am I— Y’m afraid to join the Union. I get the lowest pay on earth; Tm afraid to join the Union. I'm paid exactly what I’m worth; I am afraid to join the Union, I think the Company is fair ‘They lay me off but I don’t car My kids object, but I don’t dare— I’m afraid to join the union. We're stupid and the boss is wise. I am afraid to join the Union, And so they help us organize. I belong to the Company Union. The Company tries hard to please Us simple minded employees; They even pay our lawyer's fees. I belong to the Company Union. We never talk of workers’ rights. I belong: to: the “Company Union. They tell us that it leads to fights. I belong to the Company Union. The Company has always said That men who talk like that are Red. ‘We listen to the Boss instead. I belong to the Company Union. Each year we have a swell affair. I belong to the Company Union. The bosses and their wives are there. I belong to the Company Union. They give us food and lots of beer, But one thing does seem mighty queer: ‘We eat that good but once a year, I belong to the Company Union. There is no use going on this way— ‘Then down with the Company Union. Did you hear what we have to say?7— Join up with the I.W.A. We're wise to what it’s all about, So let’s all sing out— To boost our pay a dollar a day, We'll all join up with the LW.A. So now you see it’s up to you. You know what we all can do— Organize wherever we may be And march ahead with our brother employee, Don’t debate, it’s not too late; The I.W.A. has opened the gate For better wages, conditions and se- curity; All join hands and show your soli- darity, experience and earned a position of trust and confidence, Unionism has built up, and will continue to do so, the standards of life and living for all those who labor. Away Right To Fair Trial; Provides For Detentions Section 21 of the War Measures Act states: “The Minister of Justice, if satisfied that, with a view to preventing any particular person from acting in any manner prejudicial to the public safety or the safety of the State, it is necessary so to do, may, notwith- standing anything in these Regulations, make an order: (a) prohibitng or restricting the pos- session or use by that person of any specified articles: (b) Imposing upon him such restric- tions as may be specified in the order in respect to (1) his employment or business. (II) In respect of his move- ments or place of residence, (III) in re- spect of his association or communica-‘ tion with any person. (IV) ‘or- in’ re- spect of his activities in relation to the dissemnation of news or the propagation of opinions: (c) directing that he be detained in such place, and under such conditions as the Minister of Justice may from time to time determine.’ These sections are the complete nega- tion of the elementary rights of the person that formed the basis of the Magna Carta and substitutes for them the famous Nazi method of “disap- “pearance.” A person might just “dis- appear” and no one would know what has happened to him for apparently detention can be made without previ- ous trial and Without the person con- cerned being permitted to show cause why he should not be detained. The Minister of Justice is not restricted in any way in his decision as to how long the person concerned shall be detained or where. Yurthermore under Section 24 enemy aliens may be detained and interned by the R.C.M.P., and other Persons authorized, upon suspicion, and con- fined without a warrant. As already mentioned, this Section sets aside the Writ of Habeas Corpus and completely destroys one of the fundamentals of British justice, “trial before punish- ment.” SHUTDOWN? (Continued from Page 1) marks of such a move. The Logger’s Association is well aware that the campaign being waged by. the I.W.A. for a “dollar a day boost in pay” is winning strong support among a majority of log- gers on the coast. Hence the rumors of a shutdown, and in some cases, actual curtailment of production. To repeat, there is a possibility that some of the big association camps may decide to pull a short “strike” on their own for reasons mentioned above. If this happens, though, there is many a logger on the coast who has already decided to throw his weight behind the LW.A. in a move to press the big companies all the harder for wage in- creases as soon as the industry begins operating full blast. 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