THE 8B.c. LUM BER WORKER Page Three UNION BULLETIN PUBLISHED BI-wenxLy BY B.v, DISTRICT COUNCIL Woodworkers of America H. Bergren E. Dalskog "President Vice-President Secretary Nigel Morgan ‘Mill Organizer - Don Cameron MANAGING EDITOR NIGEL MORGAN Room 506, HOLDEN Bipc., VANCouvER, B.C. PHONE TRinity 4464 MAKE PAYMENTS To: “B.C. LUMBER WORKER” J the next column we publish the declaration on Defense and Labor stan- dards, endorsed by the B.C. CIO Unions in Convention last week-end. We ask every member, in his own interest and for his own understanding of this ques- tion, to read this declaration carefully, and to give it the widest circulation amongst others, During recent weeks the people have been drenched with a revolting war hysteria—a not-by-any-means small pro- portion of which has been whipped up by the industrial overlords of this coun- try in an attempt to defeat the rising demands for increased wages to meet in- creased taxation and increased living costs. Let no one doubt the patriotism or the CIO, the IWA, or organized labor and the Canadian people generally. But in the face of what is transpiring in Can- ada today, what choice have we but to view the Government's program with suspicion and misgiving? How else can ‘we judge it than that it menaces the very end it purports to attain—the safety and security of the nation and its people, s As against the present program being pursued with Big Business blessings, the declaration of the B.C. CIO Convention stands in clean, clear, dispassionate con- trast. It is based on sanity, on reason, ‘on democracy, As the declaration states, the first line of defense is the basic industries of the nation in which the CIO is ending the chaos of the open-shop. Through the protection of the right of the workers in the mass production industries to or- ganize and bargain collectively, stability and high, efficient production levels can be maintained. If these ‘rights are flaunted and labor's enemies make a labor-baiting, open-shop ‘Roman Holi- day” (as they are attempting to do) of national defense, industrial warfare will return, bringing instability, disruption and anarchy to the nation’s productive system, j Who then best serves national defense _ —organized labor, wanting only decent working and living conditions, the rights of freedom of speech, assembly and ac- tion, the right to work and live in peace; or labor's enemies, profit-hungry, and willing to throw the nation and its in- dustrial life into strife, turmoil and chaos to satisfy their hunger? Let those who seek the enemies ot peace, democracy and national defense turn their eyes on the enemies of labor. Tt is in their ranks that the real “fifth columnists,” the “Trojan Horses” and the “saboteurs” lurk, High-speed production for national defense will reemploy some of the na- tion’s million unemployed, but thousands of idle workers will remain, as the CIO @eclaration points out. Any national de- fense program must reckon with tnis problem, and be prepared for the day when the war orders cease and the pace of our industries slacken, again casting millions out of employment. If the misery and suffering of Canada's unemployed is continued and intensified, national suicide, not national defense, will be the result. ‘The declaration of the Convention ban- ishes any doubt on the position of the ‘CIO. It is the declaration of a Canadian : by a Canadian organization— ‘program “to assure the security of our Sation, to preserve the peace of our and to save us from the real Column who in Canada as in ce, Belgium, Holland and Norway, ‘be found in‘ high industrial and ad- trative positions—amongst the Fifty and not amongst the trade and unemployed. COFFEE SHOP | @ Confectionery ¢ Tobacco per’s General Store) % The B.C. Industrial Union Council, its officers, constituent unions and member- ship are fully prepared to discharge our responsibilities in the national emerg- ency, to the best interests of the people of Canada. At the outset, let us state most unequi- vocally that we are, and always shall be, unalterably opposed to any movement or activity of subversive character, Trojan horses, Fifth Columns or Sixth Columns, which are aimed against our nation or the basic democratic institutions upon which this Dominion was founded. The Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions is the labor movement in our first line of defense—the mass producing in- dustries of mines, mills, factories and workshops. By the strength and dis- cipline of our organizations, the affili- ates of the Congress of Industrial Or- ganizations have substituted a maximum of industrial peace and stability for in- dustrial warfare, in these first lines of defense. We are prepared to lend practical, wholesome and feasible co-operation in any undertaking to protect this nation. ‘The ideals and objectives of the Con- gress of Industrial Organizations are an essential part of national policy. They are inherent in our democratic society. They-are predicated upon the maintenance and preservation of labor’s rights. Throughout any national emergency, labor's rights and other social and Iabor legislation must be preserved. These rights include: J. The right of wage earners to or- ganize into unions of their own choos- ing. 2. The right of organized wage earn- ers to bargain collectively with their employers. 3. The right of wage earners to free- dom of speech, assembly, action and worship. This declaration of labor's rights is regandcip-listentL HT HT HT T designed to stabilize industrial relations and promote industrial peace. It does not contemplate industrial strife. It seeks to improve the relationship be- tween wage earners and their employ- ers; to increase the productive effici- ency of industry; to maintain labor's existing wage and hour standards, and to improve these standards with chang- ing economic conditions. Any national defense program must contemplate this kind of co-operation. It is imperative for the national wel- fare that steps be taken to end unem- ployment. It is recognized that large numbers of idle workers will be re-employed through the impetus given our economy by the present situation. But it must also be recognized that industry gener- ally, especially the mass producing in- dustries, is capable of turning out maxi- mum production with a much smaller working force than ever before, due to tremendous strides in technology. This means that large numbers of able- bodied and willing workers will not find places in private employment; and sight must not be lost of the necessity of pro- viding for them. And after the current war-stimulated recovery has run its course, what then? - When war orders stop, as stop they will, millions who will have been em- ployed in the armament and related dustries will be cast out of their jobs. For them, their families and for millions of others like them, provision must be made, lest misery and suffering, the like of which no civilized country has seen before, trail in the wake of “war boom” dislocations, We realize fully that Canada today faves many great problems, but we also feel, and feel very strongly, that some of the gravest of all, are the internal problems which have faced our people for many years past, We hold that the creation of confidence and hope in the hearts of our people is as vital to na- tional defense as the manufacturing of aeroplanes and cannon. CIO Declares Position On Defence And Labor Standards I am old and bent with age, My limbs are stiff and sore. The woods have taken their dread toll. I can’t-work any more. But there was once a time, hoys, When I was young and well. ’Twas then I used the axe and saw, And many’s the tree I fell. I used to work with hi-ballers, Yes, some were good men, too, I've worked in all the big camps From the Charlottes to Youbou. ’Twas with a Svenske, Peterson, I learned to fall and buck. And many’s the time he cursed me, When the bucking saw I stuck. Or when upon the springboard I crowded the falling saw, And barely dodged the timber As it thundered down the draw. But gradually I learned the tricks, Till I was timber-wise; By having lots of patience And after many tries. ‘Till, when up on the springboard I could take a mighty sweep, And stand up with the best of them And make the axe bite deep. Then when I was in town And from the woods was free, I spilt my money like the rains And financed many a spree. But now I’m old and bent with age, My limbs are stiff and sore. T'll_ never see another camp, For I can work no more. we have tried to keep that hope alive, but today, as our problems grow greater and the suffering of the unemployed Canadian workers becomes more acute, we feel that morale is of prime im- portance to our national defense and that cutting relief standards or refus- ing any longer to face our internal problems, particularly unemployment, is very definitely not the best way of building it. Finally, we the B.C. Industrial Union Council meeting this 22nd day of June, 1940, in Vancouver declare in unequivocal terms that we will defend the free demo- cratic institutions of this country and a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. We offer this program in a sincere en- deavor to make our contribution toward achieving the goal which is in the heart of every true Canadian—to assure the se- curity of our nation, to preserve the peace for our people, Buy... 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