£HE B.C. LUMBER WORKER * Page Three LUMBER WORKER "Bi-weekly Bulletin Published by _ ‘B.C. DISTRICT COUNCIL _ International Woodworkers of America a . Managing Editor NIGEL MORGAN _ Room 506, Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. iX Phone, TRinity 4464 Payments to: “I,W.A., B.C. D.C.” _ BRIEF GETS SUPPORT As a result of IWA representations a great deal of publicity has been given the ‘cause of the Iumber workers’ inclusion for unemployment benefits, 2 number of woodworking plants have been included under the Act, and assurances have al- ready been given that the possibility of including the loggers will be given im- mediate consideration when the Unem- ployment Insurance Commission is set up. ‘The following letter from James Sin- clair, M.P. for Vancouver North, is typical of the many pledges of support received "by the IWA. “Please accept my thanks for the very excellent brief your organization sent me stating the case for the inclusion of the loggers into the Unemployment In- surance scheme. May I be permitted to congratulate your Executive, for I can sincerely say that your brief was the best of the many submitted to Members. Tam sending you under separate cov- er, copies of Hansard which are self- explanatory, You will see that all the B.C. Liberal Members and one Con- Servative Member hammered away in the House for seven hours to try to force them to include the loggers right now under the Act. While we were not successful in this demand, I do feel- that because of this very strong pro- test made right on the floor of the fouse, the loggers will be quickly brought under the scheme by the Com- mission itself as promised by the Min- ister. I can assure you your brief was ‘well used by all of us in our remarks. Yours sincerely, James Sinclair, Member for Vancouver North. The IWA made the submission as an Interim Brief, and now, proposes to start Preparing statistics and additional ma- terial to complete the task. It is of prime importance that the loggers should be included for the benefits of this legis- lation, although the boss-loggers are vio- lently opposed. It should be clear to all by now that there is only one way of ac- eomplishing this, and that is through or ganization, Legislation, like wages and working conditions, must be carefully studied and looked after. The operators have shown how to look after such matters and pro- tect their vested interests, and if we want “social or job security we've got to pull our weight, which will only be possible when we join with our fellow workmen in an organized, co-ordinated manner. Wage Increase Needed The slogan put forward “Equality of Sacrifice” does not seem to mean the same to the Government as it does to the people. We accepted the principle of equal sacrifice literally, but a glance at the financial pages of the daily papers will show that dividends are still being paid in stocks and profits are rising by leaps and bounds. Mr, Ralston de- elared himself when he stated that in his opinion taxing the rich was not the way to raise money for Canada’s war effort. Frankly, we thought that this ‘Was what was meant when the “Equality re Sacrifice” slogan was put forward; ver, now that we find out how mis- en We Were, we feel that we are not entitled to wage increases but our ty to our dependants demands that ‘make a determined effort along these How can anyone believe that lowering living standards of the people of Can- a, while a small minority are still huge profits, can be in the best of a country facing the tre- responsibilities which Canada today? We maintain that the ean be accomplished is by now. Let us go out Pritchett Urges Support Of Industrial Union Council By H. J. PRITCHETT ( AMP ACTIVITY My compliments and greetings to the CIO workers in British Columbia on the establishment of the first Provincial In- Camps are running full blast ana in| ustial Union Council in Canada. amps are runn’ F ; most cases putting on additional men.| The National Office of fthe CIO recog- Wage increases seem to be the order of | nizes. the importance of such @ council, the day as far as logging is concerned,| by the issuance of the Council Charter, with reports coming in weekly of new|and likewise every member of the CIO, geing ime spat recent ys fom Como [every Local and. Iterations body, Jers have received 50 cents per Gay in-|S80wld recognize the importance of the crease, or 65 cents per M, with a 10 cent | Industrial Union Council and the bene- bonus for logs under 70 feet, and 75 cents | fits to be derived by immediate affilia~ and a 10 cent bonus for all over this| tion. length. No Local Union can carry on its work Comox Log at Countenay is now in full | properly or effectively without it, It is production and men in that area are/ through the Industrial Union Council about as scarce as hen’s teeth. The bosses are getting pretty jittery and |" : have taken A Tot of high school kids | @ffillates over a particular area can be out working. Last report was that they | organized and directed with force. It is had 17 sets of fallers out and wanted | through these bodies that the organiza- 17 more. Comox Log, Tansky, Campbell | tional work of any and all CIO organiza- River, Carney and Larson, Kearns, Tom Brown and Woods Bros. have all put through a 10 percent wage increase, so the move launched last January by the The Councils disseminate the informa- IWA, B.C. District Council and the sub-| tion necessary to the well-being and sequent distribution of leaflets etc, and] srowth of every Local Union, The Coun- Cl paraamel work 18 Producing 8004 | cn is the vehicle by which the full power Union Steamships Ltd, has acquirea | °f the CTO can be thrown behind the de- from Canadian National Steamships, the|™@nd for a solution to any economic or Prince John and the Prince Charles, two | political problem confronting the work- ships aggregating 1,307 net tons, which | ers in the province or a particular area had been engaged on the C:N.S. fort-| of the province. The wedded bliss, en- pigntly service to Queen Charlotte | aured for years with the reactionary top s. ‘The Prince Charles was built in Eng-| leadership of the American Federation land in 1907, and the Prince John in 1910, | of Labor has come to an end. ‘The Bengoughs, Jamiesons and Moores are found in the darkest camp of reac- BOOST PAY A BUCK A | tion. in their support of features of an DAY — JOIN THE 1.W.A.! | Unemployment Insurance Bill that denies A REASON FOR C10: AFL VS. AFL A few weeks ago the CIO News| A-F-L. strikers were arrested and sent carried a story of Frank Dexter, of| to jail. But that is not all there is to Toledo, Ohio, an A.¥.L. representative, | the story as told by the former AF.L. admitting: that he organized a “hack | members. They appealed to Bill to work” movement to break the strike | Hutcheson for help. of the Oil Workers Union against the| Hutcheson, remember, is president Gulf Oil Company. of the Carpenters and Joiners. He is This was a case of an A.F.L. agent | 7/80 # member of the A-F.L. Execu- urging AE.L. members to scab on the | tive Council, and the persistent claim CIO. Such procedure smells bad | i that he is the dominant force on the enough—but here's one that stinks,| Council. When he cracks the whip,- Although it happened a few years ago, |¥0SY-cheeked Bill Green and several the filthy odor of A.F.L. official scab-| fer Executive Council members bery is still in the nostrils of the pop- | JU™P- ulace of Seaside, Oregon. The former members of Bill Hutche- This was not a case of the asx, |%2S wmlon’in Seaside say that when officials trying to break a CIO strike. | ‘N°Y *5Ked him for help, his gallant It was a case of one president of an| "PY Wa% “ou fellows are a tough AEL. national union acting as Iead-| PUM #0 and fight it out.” Two mem- ing strikebreaker against another | P&® Killed, others wounded, still others Asrtwilon. in jail, and the dictator of the AFL. Executive Council says, according to men involved, “You are a tough bunch, go and fight it out.” That's typical AFL, official policy. ‘The employees in the plant in ques-| Well they did fight it out. The AFL, tion were members of the Carpenters | stench drove them into the CIO. and Joiners (AE.L.). They went on| Seaside is what its name implies. strike. The strike was approved by| It is an attractive little seashore the parent organization. It was an) town. As one approaches the boun- official strike. Suddenly appeared the | dary line one gets a whiff of pungent president of the Pulp and Sulphite | odor. When a person asks from whence Workers, also A.F.L., and issued al it comes, former members of the AFL. charter to the scabs, To make matters | who are now in the CIO say, “It is the worse, according to the former mem-j stench left by two A.F.L. top officials hers of the A.E.L. who became dis-|—one a chief strikebreaker and the gusted with such scabbery and joined| other deserted his flock in the hour the ClO—the president of the Pulp| of need.” and Sulphite Workers, A.F.L., supplied| In the light of this story, and many additional strikebreakers against his| others like it, coming from betrayed, AJL. brethren, The strikebreakers | double-crossed and deserted men and were armed. They virtually “kid-| women at one time in the AFL, is it napped two fellow A.F.L. members and | any wonder that the humble toilers wounded seyeral others. of the nation are turning with hope tions is co-ordinated, properly geared and given strength. The story, as told by several par- ticipants then in the AF.L. fight, is substantially as follows: The A.F.L. strikebreakers had the | and confidence to the CIO? And who . | protection of the ww” while the|can blame them? that the political strength of the CIO{ benefits to workers in the basic indus- tries; the ejection of thousands of CIO trade unionists from the A.F.L. Trades Councils; and the most recent sell-out of the A.F.L, Burns strikers, a report of which appears elsewhere in this paper. President Lewis, in granting the CIO Provincial Industrial Union Council charter for B.C. expects us, by affiliation, to make per capita tax payments, and above all, to press forward with firm determination the organization of thou- sands of unorganized workers in the basic industries eligible for membership in the CIO in the province of British Columbia, Local unions not affiliated with the new Council should immediately take steps to affiliate and send the full q ota of delegates, pay their per capita obligations and, through the Council, work to build a powerful, united Inter- ~ ni ational union movement in the province of British Columbia under the banner of the CIO, WINDSOR TAILORS CLEANING — PRESSING REPAIRING Travelers’ Sample Suits Values to $35.00 — Special — $14.75 and up Liberal Allowance on Your Old Suit 32 E. HASTING ST. SEy. 6758 HORSESHOE BARBERS 102 East Hastings St. There is more to a haircut than cutting off the hair... . 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