June 26, 1941 . THE BC LUMBER WORKER Page Three Prov. Police Intimidation Protested By Union; Not» Authorized By Labor Dept. IWA-CIO B.C, DISTRICT COUNCIL "304 Holden Bldg., Vancouver we June 9, 1941 ‘Honorable Geo, S. Pearson, Minister of Labor, Victoria, B.C. Dear Sir,—On June 2nd, last, at Port Hardy, our Union's organizational boat, “MV, Annart,” was making a routine call at the North Coast Logging Company, _ where a number of our members are em- ployed. Provincial Police Constable McKay, sta- tioned at Port Alice, visited our boat to check up on its registration and clear- ance papers, to which, of course, we have no objection. However, in the course of conversation with our organizer on board, Constable McKay remarked that “T am warning you not to agitate for any strikes, If you do, we have to crack down on you and your organization and stop you altogether,” In view of the fact that our organi- zation is not agitating for strikes and has not agitated for strikes, it very strongly resents the intervention of the Provincial Police Constable in its normal and legal business, As you know, the right of an organization to bargain collectively is guaranteed by law and there is no rear son why Union Officers should not go! about their duties without being subject to intimidation by police officers, In this case we specifically want to iknow whether your Department author- ized this constable to warn our organizer and if so, under what law or regulation the order was issued. If Constable McKay ‘was not authorized to issue such “warn- ings" we presume he did so on his own volition and we ask that he be severely reprimanded for having interfered with our Union's lawful business. . We wish to point out that we are fully aware of the law regarding disputes and ~strikes and that our organization is going out of its way to live up to these laws which. govern employer-employee rela- tions under wartime conditions, even though our members feel these same reg- ulations are,"in many cases, not in the » Interests of labor. Trusting you will investigate this mat- ter and that you will see that such in- timidation is discontinued, I am, Yours very truly, B.C. District Council, Nigel Morgan, Sec. MINISTER OF LABOR June 11, 1941 Nigel Morgan, Secretary, B,C, District Council No. 1, IWA, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Sir, — I beg to acknowledge re- ceipt of your letter of June 9th with ref- erence to a statement you claim was made = Victoria Millworkers! 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A week prior to the payday of the 23rd, notice was given about a statement re- garding rate of pay, amount of hours, and deductions, ete, At 12 noon, when men received their pay quite a few were elated at the raise they presumed they would receive. How- ever, at the close of the day employees received pamphlets (distributed by the union) describing fully what they had actually recelyed. The War Savings Certificates, which the men had been receiving since last fall, were turned into cash, and 3 (three) cents were added. This produced the illusion of a real big 5c raise, Many employees also found that they had received only their certificates in cash, ‘This caused many harsh feelings among men who received less. This unrest is undoubtedly what Mr. Cameron desires most of all: class dis- tinction among employees to hinder the organizing efforts of the men. Expressing my opinion I would say: Organize and join the Union now, not only to better working conditions and wages, but also to give our brothers who are serving in the army, the air force and the navy overseas something better to come back to—to show them what we here have done, and to assure them of a decent livelihood. Come, come, one and all, the IWA. and join “THE ECONOMIST.” by Police Constable McKay at Port Alice. Zcan say without any hesitation that nd authorization has been given by the Labor Department to the Police Department to in any way interfere with persons car- rying on Union activities. Our law is very clear as to the rights of employees to organize, and so long as individuals are obeying the laws of this Province they have no need to worry about what the Police Department will do. I question very much whether Con- stable McKay had any authority to make the remark that he made. I shall be pleased, however, to draw the attention of the Police Department to this, Yours very truly, Geo, S. Pearson, Minister. PATRONIZE our ADVERTISERS HASTINGS STEAM BATHS 164 EAST HASTINGS ST. Government Registered Massours in Attendance J. WEPSALA, Prop. Also Agent for Norwegian and Swedish American Steamship Lines. Highland 0240 ALWAYS OPEN Meet Your Friends at MANITOBA HOTEL 44 W. Cordova St. Outside Rooms — Elevator Service Steam Heat — Reasonable Rates Centrally Located PA, 02267 N.J. THOMPSON, Mer. To Organize Fo To the Editor: A lot of the boys are hesitating to fought to preserve democracy, which to collective bargaining. We are told enjoy. They feel, as all workingmen thing to say about the post-war world ’Tis Patriotic Duty Of Canadians it is unpatriotic. I fail to see it. Everyone tells us that this war is being and there is no doubt that labor, as always, is playing the greatest part. But those from the laboring classes who have joined up have not done so only because they feel it is their duty to protect the freedom and liberty we now greater measure of social justice spread amongst the working classes. That is one of the main reasons why they are fighting. By joining the army and causing a comparative scarcity of labor, they have left us at home, Is there any better way than to improve working conditions here and now? When the war is over and the boys come home, are they going to be faced with the same thing that happened after the last war? Not if we can help it. By organizing now and improving working conditions now, we will have some- come back this time we want to be able to show them what they’ve been fighting for. Is that unpatriotic? I don’t think so, r Better Living join the Union because they feel that certainly includes the worker’s right also that it is the workingman’s war, do, that afterwards there must be a when the time comes, When the boys MILLWORKER. Jordan River Organized C. P. 8, Log Company, Jordan River, B.C. To the Editor: Well, it's quite a while since any news came from this camp, so here it is: This camp is highly organized now, all belonging to the IWA, with the exception of a few who will get wise to themselves, no doubt, Practically all the married men are in it, too, so all you married and single men in other camps who don’t belong to it, get wise and join up too. Before this camp was organized we had no dry room, poor mattresses, medium wages, no camp committee, Now we have a dry room, better wages, camp committee, with some of the married men on it, good mattresses and fair wages. 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