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Bi-weekly Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated with Congress of Industrial Organizations

VOL. 10, No. 2

VANCOUVER, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1941

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IWA LOCAL OBTAINS RE- INSTATEMENT

Domecrasf hush Sve!

DORISE NEILSON, MP.

Industry’s 1940
Profits Soared

WASHINGTON—(FP)—Profits of in-

dustrial corporations have sharply in-
creased during the first nine months of
last year, the Federal Reserve Board re-
ports, profits for 554 large industrial cor-
porations showing a 40% rise.
“The earnings of the corporations dur-
ing the third quarter of 1940 were 10%
smaller than in the preceding quarter,
the board’s bulletin notes, but it is point-
ed out that two tax Jaws have been
passed this year and that many corpor-
ations made deductions for tax purposes
in the third quarter.

Despite these additional taxes, the iron

» and steel industry profits for the third
three months of this year were 55%
‘above those for the second three months.

~ he figures comparing the first nine

[SUBJECT OF

NIELSEN ADDRESS
TO B.C. MEETINGS

Sponsored by the Vancouver Civil Lib-
erties Union, Vancouver Branch, Mrs.
Dorise Nielsen, Canada’s only woman
Member of Parliament at Ottawa, will
address a public meeting at the Auditor-
ium, 1805 Georgia St. West, Vancouver,
on Tuesday, January 28, at 8:00 p.m.

Mrs. Nielsen will speak on the sub-
ject of Civil Liberties and the dangers
threatening them in Canada,

Dr. G. C. Sedgewick, Head of the De-
partment of English at the University
of B.C. will preside. Dr. Sedgewick is
Honorary President of the C.C.L.U.

Mrs. Nielsen will be introduced to the
meeting by Mrs. Laura E. Jamieson,
M.L.A, (Vancouver Centre), Chairman of
the Board of the Civil Liberties Union.

Mrs. Nielsen has recently addressed
very large and successful meetings in
Toronto and Montreal.

She will speak in the Victoria City
‘Temple the following night at 8 p.m. and
on Thursday, Jan. 30th, at Nanaimo
Miners’ Hall.

Wage Adjustment Saves 70
°'Cents A Day For Fallers

VANCOUVER, B.C.—Success of collective action was demonstrated
early this week with the reinstatement of three fallers at Kelly's Camp,
Limestone Bay, through the efforts of IWA Local 1-71.

The three men were turned down when they applied at the em-
ployment office to be re-hired, and a new set of fallers was signed up
in their place. Immediately reacting to this case of discrimination, all
of the fallers, including the new set, took action through the union.
Several meetings of the men were held at the Union Hall and a com-

readily agreed to negotiate, with t!
the three men reinstated, but the
ments in wage rates for bushel w

Mrs. Dorise Nielsen sits as an inde-
pendent and represents the Constituency
of North Battleford in the House of
Commons.

Mrs. Nielsen’s eloquent voice has been
heard in the Commons in protest against
the oppressive use of the Defense of
Canada Regulations. Recently in Toronto
an enthusiastic audience of 8000 persons
cheered her in Maple Leaf Gardens, at
a meeting under Civil Liberties Union
auspices.

SEATTLE, Wash.—International Pres-
ident O. M. Orton left Sunday for Wash-
ington, D.C., to attend the meeting of
the CIO National Executive Board. Kar-
ley Larsen, president of Northern Wash-
ington District Council, accompanied

him.

Fall short of requirements in

in 1941,

hours, degrading conditions for

is strength, and are equally aw,
‘Mivide and rule.” They therg
smearing campaigns against,
and sepiet labor Teag

TO ALL MEMBERS, INTERNATIONAL
WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, B.C. D.C.

Our recent District Convention shows ee gains in wage
increases, improved conditions and increased membership for 1940.

of living it indicates tremendous progress and lays the basis to
strengthen our Union and improve conditions for the woodworkers

The organized lumber operators view with alarm the gains our
Union has made and the popular appeal our program holds for the
woodworkers, This is natural when we understand that their con-
cern is motivated by theix desire for the continuation of the open
shop, which permits speed-up and the resultant death rate, long

millions in war profits to the lumber operators,
Therefore, it requires extraordinary vigilance on the par
every Union man to detect disruptors within our,
viously placed there by the employers
Jabor’s tried and trusted leaders by
The employers know from their ow

view of the ever-increasing cost

the workers but unprecedented

mittee contacted the head office of Kelly Logging Company.
Faced with the combined determination of the men, the company

he final result that not only were
whole falling crew gained adjust-
ork,

The action taken by these union
members should set an example
by which others can benefit, and
shows that such discrimination or
other grievances that occur in
town, can be adjusted before you
return to camp, through organized
collective action, and only in this
way.

The men involved are to be com-
mended on their determined stand,
and we can look forward to a
further consolidation of the union
in their camp. when they get back
‘on tie You. ~~~.

INTERNED LEADER
RE-ELECTED BY
ACCLAMATION

Meeting in Port Arthur,

re-
cently, the Lumber & Sawmill Workers

Ont.,

Union (AFL), with considerable mem-
bership in the “bush-camps” of Northern