re THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER November 13, 1940 NEW REGULATION IN _ LOGGING INDUSTRY Two new orders were recently re- leased by the Provincial Minimum Wage Board which affect the logging industry. ‘The first, entitled “Order No. 1, 1940,” sets the minimum wage at not less than 40c per hour for the logging industry which includes all operations in connec- tion with carrying-on of logging, péle, tie, shingle bolt, mining prop, and pile cutting as well as all operations such as driving, rafting and booming of these logs, etc. The following exceptions are made: (1) Track and Grade employ- ees can be paid as low as 37%c per hour; (2) Cookhouse and bunkhouse employees as low as $2.75 per day; (3) Shingle-bolt fellers, buckers and splitters not less than $1.30 per cord on a pro rata basis; (4) Watchmen in camps where operation jis suspended are exempt; and (5) such other exemptions as may be granted from time to time under the Act. The second, entitled “Order No. 39 (190).” established a minimum for First Aid Attendants of $4.00 per day with 50ce per hour for all overtime where such is due to first aid duties. Where addi- tional First Aid Attendants or assistants are required, they shall be paid on the same basis. The order also specifies that all transportation and actual expenses in travelling with a patient shall be paid in addition. CHRYSLER WORKERS (Continued rrom Page 1) Minister of Justice Lapointe, M. J. Cold- well, national chairman of the CCF, Mrs. Dorise Nielsen, Unity M.P., Hon. R. B. Hanson, Conservative leader, Hon. Norman McLarty, Minister of Labor. After pointing out that “we believe that Canadian soldiers including many of our own members joined His Ma} esty’'s Forces to fight Hitlerism abroad and preserve liberty at home,” and whereas “they have been used to parade through the Windsor ‘plant of Chrysler Corporation as a means of intimidating workers in the plant on the day on which they were to vote for democratic trade union action; and whereas such gross misuse of His Majesty’s Forces ir a fundamental violation of our Canadian democracy,” the resolution declared, the local protests “this subversion of the duties of the soldiers of our country” and demands appointment of a parlia-~ mentary committee to enquire into “this unCanadian practice.” Investigation of other acts of intimidation was urged, in- cluding the prevention of the use of a union sound truck as being contrary to Defense of Canada (Regulations and a ban on leaflet distribution. Join Your Friends at Fifth Columnists In High Places, Says C. Cameron - Government Must Prepare Better Program For New Crop of Returned Soldiers “Our generation has failed miserably to provide for our young people,” Colin Cameron, M.L.A., told the Legislature on Tuesday of last week during the course of the debate on the Speech from the Throne. Only through the coming of war had the country been able to provide anything for the young men and then it was only to the pick of the type that had defied the government two years ago. Labor Bureau Marks First Anniversary This month marks the passage of the first year since the Pacific Coast Labor Bureau of Canada, under the able direct- orship of John Wigdor, was established in Vancouver. Since the opening of its office, the Bureau has actively assisted many B.C. trade unions, including the I.W.A,, in ar- bitration cases and in preparing of sta- tistical material which has been of great assistance in negotiations for wage in- creases, The bureau's primary function is to serve as technical adviser and spokes- man for unions in negotiations or arbi- trations of wages, hours and working conditions. It prepares and presents arbitration cases, makes surveys of par- ticular industries, and detailed financial reports on individual corporations. Fur- ther, it prepares briefs and arguments relative to legislation affecting labor. In addition, it audits the accounts of unions and installs improved accounting sys- tems. The officers of the LLW.A. appreciate the value of the advice and assistance of a trained accountant and statistician in dealing with cunning and well-organ- ized operators and join with a host of others in the labor movement in wishing the Bureau the best of success during the coming year. JOIN THE IWA AND HELP BOOST OUR PAY A BUCK A DAY! 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 “Make It Home” 445 GORE AVE. SEymour 0308 Cameron agreed with the Leader of the Opposition that “the kind of coun- try we have after the war will be that given to us by the men in military serv- ice.” But, the CCF member pointed out, the same thing had been said during the last war, but the country had been snatched up by real estate men, lawyers and financiers. In seeking out “fifth columnists,” Cameron believed the government was looking in the wrong place. In France, he said, the authorities had found the real “fifth columnists” included in the leaders of industry and finance. “We might be well advised,” Cameron added, “to look in the same direction in Canada for our potential Fifth Columnists.” Was Canada quite free of such persecutions as practiced by Himmler’s Gestapo, he asked, The member for Comox was severely critical of Sir Edward Beatty and S. G. Blaylock of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company at Trail for not halt- ing shipments of war metals to Japan. Cameron wanted to know if “democ- racy” necessarily meant “free enterprise” which he described as really free play for executive industrialists. The speaker also drew the attention of the House ito Kurt Gruenebaum, a lead- ing banker in Germany until a year ago, and now a member of the staff of the Foreign Exchange Control Board at Ottawa. The CCF member had a violent ex- change with Premier Pattullo when he suggested that this time the returned soldiers might not go away from the steps of the Parliament Buildings, An- swering a pointed question of the Pre- mier’s, Cameron hinted that the new crop of returned men might use force to get what measures they wanted if they received the same treatment from the Provincial Government that had been accorded the unemployed for some years past. PALACE CAFE 41 WEST CORDOVA STREET 938 GRANVILLE ST. A Satisfied Customer 1s Our Best Advertisement 100% UNION HOUSE NOTICE! ARE YOU GOING AWAY?—Sults or Overcoats stored, 25¢ a month. Pressing done while you wait. Buy your next Suit or Overcoat from us. Bargains in New and Left-over Clothing. 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