THE B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

May 29, 1940

E Why’ We’ re For

Unionism

by “Slump & Starve”

Form Portola, California, comes news
this week that the IWA has established
a minimum 75¢ per hour wage. Green
chain employees in the mill secured the
coveted increase in an agreement con-
cluded with the company last week. Log-
gers in the woods operations had already
nailed up a 5e increase to their credit.
As a result of the gain, organizing com-
mtitees have been set up in a number
of surrounding camps and towns and ex-
cellent progress is being made in or-
ganizing the entire district with the IWA
blazing the trail for higher wages.

The first conviction following the
Grand Jury investigation of the Ku Kiux
Klan was that of Henry Cawthorn, de-
scribed by the State as the chief of the
KKK wrecking crew, who was found
guilty of flogging Pierce Tony, an or-
ganizer for the Textiel Workers’ Union
of the CIO,

Wage increases have been won for two
hundred employees of the Chrysler Sales
Corporation in a contract signed by Local
47 of the Watch Workers’ Industrial Un-
ion of the CIO. |

‘The Ford Motor Company was ordered
by the National Labor Relations Board
to reinstate with back pay 94 workers who
were fired from the St. Louis plant for
union activity, and to bargain with the
United Automobile Workers (CIO) and
to post notices informing workers that
the company will not interfere with their
organizational rights.

UNEMPLOYMENT INOREASES.

OTTAWA, Ont, — Industrial employ-
ment in Canada continues to decline—
according to figures just issued by the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics. On April
1, 1940, there were 15,596 fewer persons
employed in industry than on March 1.
March figures, in turn, were lower than
those of February,

In the great industrial province of On-
tario, which, with Quebec, shares the
cream of the war contracts, there were
proximately 5,000 fewer people em-
ployed on April 1 than one month earlier.

Homer Martin, AFL auto union, re-
signed as president two weeks after the
General Motors election, which AFL pro-
Pagandists said was a “stunning defeat
for the CIO;" the CIO won 49 plants,
the AFL 5.

COUNCIL EXPULSION
FORCES WA ACTION

Seventeen Vanocuver Trade Unions
were suspended from the Vancouver
‘Trades and Labor Council last Tuesday
night This action was taken by Charles
Hughes, representative for the American
Federation of Labor The supension order
was the latest major move taken by the
Council since delegates adopted an AF
of L resolution ordering that certain dele-
gates and sympathizers be expelled Rep-
resentatives of the suspended unions at
@ subsequent meeting issued the follow-
ing statement:

“The action of AFofL representative
Hughes in suspending the 17 unions was
prompted by a motion at the meeting
of the Council on May 17 which has re-
sulted in the unseating of President E. A.
Jamieson of the Council.

“The pretext used was that these
unions were not in accord with the
resolution of the AF of L demanding
the expulsion of certain delegates and
their active sympathizers. This major
split in the Vancouver Mrade Union
movement was taken in desperation by
Jamieson to retain his position.

“Phe suspended unions are represen-
tative of thousands of organized workers
in British Columbia who believe in their
right to choose their own delegates and
to conduct the affairs of the Trades
Council in a democratic and Canadian
manner,

“These thousands of Canadian work-
men are suspended from their affiliation
to labor’s central council by an outsider
who knows nothing of the local situation
beyond what a discredited president has
told him.”

In a call to all AF of L and CIO unions
in the Province, issued by the IWA, B.C.
District Council today, it is stated: “As
the first step towards unification, our
union has undertaken the calling to-
gether of a “Unity Council,” which will
meet to draft democratically:

1. A policy to bring unity.

2, A constitution and
3, An organizational and legislative pro-
gram for much-needed labor legislation
to aid labor in organizing and protecting
trade union rights.

Already all CIO and many AF of L
affiliates have expressed their willing-
ness to participate. B.C. workers have
the strength, and with an organization
which will honestly and aggressively
fight to beat back the attack of Big
Business, it can turn the jresent offen-
sive on our rights (which is being aided
and abetted by certain careerist, bureau-
cratic labor fakers) into a sweeping and
victorious advance for higher wages, bet-
ter conditions ana greater social security.
As the largest single union in B.C., with
a potential membership of 30,000, we call
upon your union to join in the crusade
for 2 COMMON SENSE PROGRAM OF
THOUGHT AND ACTION, BORN OUT
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR.
Phere are still over 63,000 industrial
workers in B.C, to be organized, not to
mention the agricultural workers and
unemployed—and yet reaction has ad-
ded another to the already existing three
major divisions of union organization.
The improvement and even safeguarding
of working conditions and wages, de-
pends on the launching of a powerful
organizing campaign to bring the unor-
ganized into trade unions. To organize
we need amendments and improvements

Attention, Loggers!
Jack Matsui, formerly of the New
Lion Hotel, has moved to take over
personal management of the popu-
lar HOTEL EAST.

All communications regarding the
‘New Lion should be directed to Mr.

Matsui at the

HOTEL EAST

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My friends, let me start this coumn
by making a clean breast of everything
including why you have not had the bene-
fit of my spiritual leadership for the past
two months. Ive been — working. Yep,
I actually found me a master up the
West Coast of the Island.

Shan’t mention anything about the out-
fits up there, as most all of you are more
or less well acquainted with that coun-
try, its side hills and its mythology.

However, a new chapter was written
into the sagas of that territory about
two months ago. It appears the push in
one of the most northerly outfits is one
of those guys who takes a personal de-
light in putting good men on the tramp.
Seems to be a hobby with him. However,
he ran into a snag and got himself into
a hang-up where he couldn't get any
slack, when he tangled with a chaser
whose signals he would not take, after he
had grabbed the throttle from the donkey
puncher. He, needless to say, came out
@ poor second best, and his dash to camp
made the retreat from Mons look like
small potatoes.

In the ensuing excitement the police

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were wired for on the pretext that the
chaser was “bushed,” “cafard,” or plain
bugs. However, the minions of the law
found him to be quite rational. Needless
to state, the chaser was canned. How-
ever, for obvious reasons no charges were
laid — the chaser being built substan-
tially and the push’s “instinct” had al-
ready warned him that a second encoun-
ter would be to inis further detriment.

Most everyone in the camp and vicinity
expressed their pleasure with the action
taken by the chaser. It seems that in the
only language some people, including
Hitler, will understand, strong organiza-
tion will halt the discharging of workers
just because some neurotic has been vest-
ed with a little authority. It may be in-
citing to mutiny or riot, but it seems in
some cases a good massage in the
hands (or what have you) of a competent
masseur or two, helps a lot, and in this
case from what I heard—it did!

of the ICA Act, but both these things
can only be achieved when we have a
unified, progressive union centre to
lead the campaign. This can only be es-
tablished if the active spirits in each
local union, and on each job throw them-
selves with all their courage and energy
into the crusade.”

(SSS Se EET

JOHN STANTON

Barrister, Solicitor, Notary

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