i I F 5 : Hi - Bi-weekly Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated with Congress of Industrial Organizations VOL. 9, No. 15 VANCOUVER, B.C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940 <> (238) cio Building Best Defence IWA Sends Three Delegates To Toronto Convention To Establish New Canadian Labor Congress With CIO-ACCL Merger VANCOUVER, B.C.—Seven British Columbia delegates will leave this evening to attend the joint convention of the All Canadian Congress of Labor and the Canadian section of the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tion, which convenes in Toronto September 9. Amongst the delegation from B.C. will be three delegates from the International Woodworkers of America, including International Representative Nigel Morgan, Presi- dent Fred Wilson of IWA Local 1-80 and one other delegate from IWA Local 1-71. Other B.C. delegates are Ed. Boyd from Nanaimo U.M.W.A; James Robertson from Cumberland U.M.W.A. and James Thompson of the Inland Boatmen’s Union. Activity leading toward the establishment of the new “house of labor,” which was the result of A.F.L. splitting tactics, was gaining momentum this week from Atlantic to Pacific, as unionis right across the Dominion named delegates to undertake the historic and important role of charting a new course for industrial unionism in Canada. Important CIO unions in addition to the IWA which will be represented will be the United Mine Workers of America, the Steel Workers, the United Automobile Workers, the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, the United Rubber Workers, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, the American Newspaper Guild, the amalgamated Clothing Workers, as well as the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees and other A.C.C.L. affiliates. If completion of the merger can be®toward re-establishing labor unity in worked out successfully, it will leave but! Canada, H two major labor groups in Canada, with] A ietter sent out by the Canadian Com- the new Canadian Labor Congress having C.LO. vresident JOHN L. LEWIS It will be a fitting answer to those who 9 a larger membership than the A.F.L- affiliated Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. “If a progressive program is laid down, and an aggressive organizational policy adopted, the merger may well be the greatest forward step yet taken by labor in Canada,” said Nigel Morgan, before leaving this week. “If a powerful Con- gress is built it will be the first step 1.W.A. ORGANIZERS COMMENCE DRIVE SEATTLE, Wash. — The CIO-IWA drive on wood got off to a flying start last week, with three organizers report- ing for duty on Monday in Eugene and two others Inunching a campaign on the same day in Longview. ~ Assigned to the Eugene area were Max Gardner, W. C. Funk, and James Freeman, the regional office informed the Timber Worker. George Brown and ‘Chet Dustin were asigned to Longview. A special Canadian Assessment Ac- count has been opened in Vancouver and already IWA Local 1-71 has paid its first installment on the fund which is to be used exclusively for B.C’s own mittee for Industrial Organization last week said in part, “It is most important that the largest possible number of dele- gates attend. A large and enthusiastic participation will do much to demon- strate to the people of Canada that Ca- nadian workers are determined and cap- able of winning industrial democracy. | have tried to hinder and those who may contemplate further opposition. We urge you to send the full representation al- lowed under the draft constitution even though it may strain your treasury. The success of this new Congress will be worth more than money in the days just ahead.” : AF. Here’s one for the book. known to the sleeping officials of own offices. Efficiency: Believe It Or Not?! In Cincinnati Paul Fuller, CIO Regional Director, advises, the U.C.W.O.C. local did the painting job on the headquarters of the A.E.L. building trades department. It so happened that a U.C.W.O.C. contractor was the low bidder on this job. He did the entire work with U.C.W.O.C. members un- Not until the work was completed did the A.F.L. wake up to the fact that the U.C.W.O.C. had stolen a march on them right in their (Editor’s Note.—U.C.W.O.C. is the new CIO-sponsored United Construction Workers’ Organizing Committee). the A.F.L. SIXTIETH WORKER KILLED IN LUMBER Bringing the toll up to sixty already this year, the B.C. lumber industry ac- counted for two more lives again this week, The first ‘fatal accident reported was I.W.A. ABOLISHES BUSHELLING IN ORE. OPERATION LABOR DAY MESSAGE By JOHN L. LEWIS Let Labor Day 1940 be the occasion for a re-dedication of labor to its task of creating in their nation, the kind of a democracy that no alien pholosophy or nation can conquer. The Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions stands second to none in its deter- mination to defend their nation and its democratic way of life. And labor will devote its energy without surcease to that end. The very roots of effective defense of any nation lies in the loyalty of all its citizens. That loyalty must be grounded in the deep conviction that democracy the best way of life. It is the proud boast of the fascists that they have ended unemployment. Our boast, our only answer to that boast must be that democracy, too, can end unemployment, It can, labor believes, end unemployment and insecurity with- out the destruction of human and civil rights, without the creation of an arms economy which, like a moloch, devours the youth and strength of the nation. ‘The enemies of labor seek in the guise of promoting national defense to re- sume their attacks on labor’s rights. They would destroy our civil liberties. They would erode the rights ¢f collec- tive bargaining. They would increase the hours of labor, They want to con- seript into the army millions of our workers. At the same time these enemies of labor join in the brazen attempt on the part of large industrial interests to hold up our national defense until they are guaranteed extensive profits free from proper taxation. Already the U.S. na- tional defense production is lagging be- cause some American manufacturers prefer 18 per cent profit from Great Britain to 8 per cent profit from their own country. I do not believe the Am- erican people will long tolerate this condition. Labor believes there is no conflict be- tween effective national defense and labor's program of complete security and full employment. The productive resources of the country are so great, both in’ manpower and in materials, that we can add the burden of national defense to our economy without in the least impairing its capacity to provide our people with things they need to live well. Let us have an end to unemployment. Arms alone will not do that, Let us wipe out insecurity of the aged. The* building of cannon alone cannot do that. Let us provide opportunity for our youth. Conscription is not the answer “Organize the Unorganized” campaign |that of | Herman 60 JEWELL, Ore. — Negotiations by the| to that ‘ in lumber. All locals are urged to start | Laine, 66-year-old fal- oe tease? ¢ TWA Local 532 last| _ Only the kind of program sot forth s : ee ee ocal 5-32 last) 5. the CIO can establish the most: ef- collecting the assessment immediately |ler for the Vedder | woodworkers ; > i a y 2 for as soon as suffiicent monies are to | Logging Co., who was have been week brought final elimination of | fective defense of democracy. “The hand here, organizers will go into the Jalmost instantly pet eos bushelling in the Van Vleet operation in| strength of such a ee oe ‘field to augment and extend the present | killed last Thursday ee ne the Jewell district, Day rates were set| with the growth of the CI as growtl organizational work, Local seeretaries {when struck on the | Jan. 1, 1940. || at $685 for buckers and second faller| that is steady and increasing. and camp delegates from all over the head by a log. The other woodsman lost, also belonged to a falling gang; Peter Birkholm, a 46-year- old bucker who was working with a power-saw crew at Bloedels Great Cen- tral Lake operation, Birkholm, who was a native of Denmark, leaves a sister in his homeland. and $7.10 for the head faller. ‘This latest accomplishment puts all the operations except two under the Jewell loeal's jurisdiction on a day work basis, and indications are that the final elim- ination of all bushelling in this area will | be gained before long. " Fach year finds a greater member- ship than last. And the only way that the things which the CIO stands for can be made certain is through the continued organization of the un- oreanized into industrial unions. The CTO pledges that this progress will not rence.