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political gains, and to plan ahead, to
prevent any war-crisis from robbing labor
of its rightful status,

Endorsation of the District Union
Contract and Wage Scale was given un-

Tri-Council
Conference
Call Issued

Last week the Vancouver Labor Coun-
cil, Canadian Congress of Labor, issued
a call to the Prince Rupert Labor Council
and Island Labor Council to meet in a
tri-council conference the first week in
June.

The purpose of the conference will
he to discuss the following points: (1)
Organization of the unorganized; (2) A
legislative program; (3) Establishment
of a labor press to be known as the

“Western Unionist”; (4) Unemploy-
ment; and (5) The enforcing of legisla-
tion on labor’s right to organize and
bargain collectively.

Harold J. Pritchett, secretary of the
Vancouver Labor Council, stated that in
his opinion this was one of the most im-
portant conferences on the agenda of
organized labor at this time. He also
said that In all probability a delegate con
ference of the unions affiliated to the
three councils aboye mentioned would
be called soon after the conference of
the officers of the councils,

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LOCAL 1-80 MOVES TO IMPLEMENT
B.C. DISTRICT IWA-Cl0 CONTRACT

Owen Brown Selected to Carry on Organizational
Work in Ladysmith Area; September Deadline
Set for Opening of Joint Negotiations

NANAIMO, B.C.—At a conference of delegates representing every major oper-
ation on the central and southern sections of Vancouver Island, an objective
of 2000 members by September Ist, was set by IWA Local 1-80.

Reports of steady and encouraging union progress, and determination to achieve
one hundred per cent organization in B.C. lumber were cheered by delegates. The
conference devoted its discussion to the problems of organzing the unorganized
woodworkers on the Island; to raise wages 10c per hour, to establish union con-
tracts for the betterment of working condition, to preserve labor's social and

animously by the delegates, and plans
were outlined for preparing the organi-
zation for opening of negotiations with a
number of major operations early in the
fall. In the meantime all camps prepar-
ing to participate in the joint negotia-
tions are urged to concentrate on build-
ing membership with a view to establish-
ing as near to one hundred per cent or-
ganization as possible. A policy com-
mittee, to co-ordinate this program, to
prepare for negotiations and any subse-
quent developments was established.

Card of Thanks

Mr. and Mrs. John Lake wish to
thank the membership of Sub-Local
1-80 at Ladysmith for their generous
support of the collection which was
taken on behalf of Ray and Doreen,
the two orphaned children of the late
Brother Ted Puska, who died as tho
result of injuries sustained while em-
ployed at the Comox Logging and
Railway Company operation at Lady-
smith,

MR. AND MRS. JOHN LAKE.

Bach camp is requested to elect one rep-
resentative to this Central Policy Com-
mittee and notify Secretary Greenwill
of their choice as soon as possible.
Selection of a full-time organizer for
the Ladysmith area, where District Secre-
tary, Nigel Morgan, has been giving
spare-time help until recently increased
activities made it impossible for him to
continue, was concurred in. Owen Brown,
an Executive Board Member of Local
1-80 and active since the unions inception
was elected. Another important decision
of the conference was the decision to
make Nanaimo headquarters office for

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By EVAN LANE

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AVE when the tide of war momentar-

ily flows northward, Norway no
longer occupies a place in the headlines
of the daily press. Occasionally some
feature writer concerned more with bol-
stering propaganda than reporting truth
gives an account of what is happening
inside Norway, but none has told how the
Norwegian working class, and especially
the organized labor movement, is lead-
ing the struggle for national independ-
ence.

Confronted with the active and passive
resistance of the entire working class,
the Quisling regime has been frustrated
in all its efforts to “educate the Norwe-
gian people in the spirit of responsibil-
ity.” Mass arrests, executions and terror-
ism haye only served to strengthen and
consolidate the people's resistance. Ille-
gal newspapers and leaflets are cireu-
lated. Posters are defaced and the walls
of public buildings chalked with defiant
slogans, Every anti-popular measure de-
creed by the Quisling regime only shrinks
still further the small support the regime
has among the people.

The Quisling regime and the Nazis
whose bayonets maintain it in power
have not yet dared to move directly
against the Trade Union Federation or
individual trade union organizations.
Rather than disband the Trade Union
Federation, which has a membership of
800,000, the Quisling regime has placed its
agents in some of the leading positions.
The workers, however, are conducting a
stubborn struggle in defense of their
rights and Quisling’s agents have not
been able to win any support from the
rank and file membership of the trade
unions.

Unlike the Danish industrialists, land-
lords and rich farmers who have added
to their wealth at the people's expense
since the German occupation, the Nor-
wegian capitalists have not received from
Germany the same compensation for loss
of their British connections, and this is
one of the reasons for the sharpness of
the national resistance in Norway. In
Denmark the struggle for national inde-
pendence has been largely on a “moral”

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plane, but in Norway the struggle, in its
active and passive forms, has assumed a

stubborn character and resistance is
nationwide.
Another reason for the depth and

strength of Norwegian national resist-
ance lies in the fact that the national
struggle for the Norwegian people is
actually a renewal of their long historical
struggle against Danish and Swedish
domination. It is only 35 years since
dissolution of the union with Sweden
gave national freedom to the Norwegian
People and, historically speaking, these
years mark only a respite in their
struggle for emancipation.

During the past year the cost of occu-
pation has totalled 1,200,000,000 kronen,
and the burden of it has fallen upon
the Norwegian people in the drastic re-
duction of their living standards. Nor
does this reflect the entire picture, for
in the two months that total war swept
over Norway cities and villages were
razed, adding to the misery and hard-
ships of the people. In this situation,
the organized working class is assuming
leadership of the struggle for national
emancipation,

SOVIET UNION
BUDGET APPROVED.
A SOVIET trade union budget for 1941
estimating an income of 1,768,500,000
rubles and calling for an expenditure of
1,716,800,000 rubles has just been ap-
proved by the All-Union Central Council
of Trade Unions. The greatest expendi-
ture, 627,400,000 rubles, will be on politi-.
cal, educational and cultural work among
trade union members.
With rapid development of the Soviet
Union's national economy there has been
@ corresponding increase in trade union
membership, from 20,272,000 in 1935 to
25,500,000 in October, 1940, Payrolls, too,
have increased, from 56,211,000,000 rubles
in 1935 to 123,662,000,000 in 1940. This year

payrolls are expected to increase to 175,
000,000,000 rubles.

CITY

Office & Stand:
404 COLUMBIA AVE.

June 7, 1941

Lake Ladies’
Aux. Active

LAKE COWICHAN, May 29—A gen-
eral meeting of Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 30,
was held at the home of Sister Friberg
yesterday, with a good attendance, the
previous meeting having been held at
the home of Sister Hidund, and we had
the pleasure of receiving a visit from
Sisters D. Nichol of Duncan and F.
Pickard of Ladysmith,

A social evening was held on May 1,
with bingo and dancing. Winners of
prizes were Mr, V. Agen, cushion; Mrs,
H. Mountain, hand-made doilies; and a
match-holder as the door prize was won,
by Mr. Fred Olson. All prizes were do-
nated by Auxillary members.

The funds from the dance were used
for a trip to Duncan and Chemainus
hospitals, where cigarettes and flow-
ers were distributed. Six men and three
ladies were visited by the hospital com-
mittee. We also held a baby shower for
a friend at the home of Sister Godfrey
recently,

We regret that our Sister Secretary
has left the district, though only for a
short time, we hope. She will be greatly
missed by her many friends as well as
the Auxiliary, and her cheerful presence
will be missed at our meetings,

It was decided to hold a benefit dance
on June 14, in the union hall, in aid
of a friend. Tickets will be sold in ad-
vance.

In closing we extend best wishes to the
Lumber Worker and staff, and all our
friends wherever they may be.

PRESS COMMITTEE,
E. Brown, Secretary pro-tem.

American Can Workers
Organized Into CCL

Organization of the workers in the
American Can Company plant was com-
pleted last week by the Vancouver Metal
Workers Local No. 3, an affiliate of the
Canadian Congress of Labor.

Discussions preliminary to the opening
of a wage agreement between the com-
pany and the newly-formed union are
being held at the present time,

This brings the total up to close to
800 Vancouver metal workers that have
been organized by the Congress in the
Past few months,

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