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THE B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

Protest Jackson
Internment

Protests against the internment
of C. S. Jackson, International Vice-
President of the United Electrical,
Radio & Machine Workers of Amer-
ica of Toronto, continued to pour
into Ottawa last week. Amongst
those dispatched from B.C. was the

following one on behalf of the IWA:
PRIME MINISTER McKENZIE KING,

OTTAWA, CANADA.

LW.A. members meeting today in
Vancouver deeply resent Hitler-like
action of government in interning In-

Victoria IWA-CIO Local 1-118 Gains
Good Agreement With Substantial

Increases;

ternational Vice-President 0. S. Jack-
son of Electrical Union, We interpret
act as 2 direct attack on organized
labor, particularly after release of pro-
minent fascists Masoli and France-
shini. We respectfully demand immedi-
ate release of Jackson.
(Signed) NIGEL MORGAN,
Canadian Representative

Shipyard Workers Condemn
Order-in-Council PC-7440

Thirty-three delegates from eleven unions in the shipyards and allied

trades including Canadian Congress
Labor and Canadian Federation of

sworkers met in conference on Sunday, July 20, in the Fishermen’s Hall.
Victoria and Prince Rupert were represented.

The conference was called by the Shipyard and Allied Trades Co-
ordinating Committee, formed on June 22 at a similar conference, for the

Vancouver,

purpose of united action around the ci

in the shipyards regardless of affiliation.

All delegates voiced vigorous opposi-@
tion to wage-pegging order-in-council
PC, 7440 jointly supported by the employ-
ers and the Canadian Manufacturers
Assn, and expressed their desire to co-
operate in united action on the general
problems affecting them all. The follow-
ing resolutions were passed unanimously:

1, That a committee be established to
coordinate the efforts of the unions in
the shipyards and generally administer
to thelr welfare. 4

2, This Conference recommends that
joint shop stewards councils of all ship-
yards unions be established in the separ-
ate yards.

8, This Conference recommends instal-
lation of proper ventilation and gas equip-
ment for welders, burners and painters
and further that the TB. Clinic, the Pen-
sions and National Health Departments
be notified of the conditions existing in
the shipyards.

4, That in order to keep all sections
and districts informed as to the activities
of different committees that regular re-
ports of all meetings be exchanged.

5, That this Conference reaffirms the
stand taken against P.C, 7440 and

6. That we demand the immediate and
unconditional release of all trade union
leaders and anti-fascist leaders now de-
tained in concentration camps across
Canada, so they may once again take
their proper place in society and be re-
turned to their families,

Alberni: Worker

ee SZ endwasiuran

To the Editor:

July 15th was the opening day for the
A.P.L, Mill here, which has been shut
down since the first of July for repairs.
‘The proceedings opened in fine style;
seven men, all workers on the green-
chain, collapsed from the speedup and
heat, some had to be carried off,

This green-chain has no cover of any
kind so the workers are exposed the
year round to the elements. When our
“profit-mad” management was ap-
proached some time ago to put a roof
over the chain, they said it would cost
too much and thelr insurance rates
would be increased. I wonder how long
the Workers in this plant, owned by that

of Labor, American Federation of
Labor affiliates, representing 3,587

ommon problems affecting all unions

Improved Conditions

Shingle Weavers Make Gains and Show Lead for Other
Millworkers to Follow; Active Organizational
Drive in Progress in Victoria

VICTORIA, B.C.—Victoria IWA-CIO, Local 1-118 announced this
week the signing of an agreement with the Horton Cedar Manufacturing
Co., embodying a $3.00 per week increase in wages for all employees of
the shingle mill. Conclusion of the agreement climaxes an organizational
drive started in March and several weeks of neotiations with the Company.

The agreement gives recognition to a Bargaining Committee to be
elected by the employees, states that there shall be no discrimination
against any member of the Union, and makes provision for immediate
arbitration (independent of the Provincial ICA Act), in the event of the
Committee being unable to reach a peaceful and amicable settlement of
any dispute that may arise. x

Another clause grants seniority rights and states “in the event of work
becoming slack and it is necessary to reduce forces, the men shall be laid
off in the inverse order in which they have been hired and when it be-
comes necessary to increase forces the men shall be rehired in the inverse
order in which they were laid off. No new employees shall be hired until
the list of former employees is exhausted and all employees shall be re-
turned to their positions as of prior to the time of layoff.”

Provision is made for the 48-hour week and states no employee shall

be discriminated against for refusal to work overtime or on holidays.
‘The following holidays shall he observed:

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IWA OPPOSES PARTICIPATION IN
NATIONAL LABOR SUPPLY COUNCIL

WHEREAS: The re-appointment of representatives to the National Labor
Supply Council does not actually give labor any voice in the many vital questions
of wages, living standards and collective bargaining because of tne limitations
of the actions of such a board as imposed by the recent Orders-in-Couneil:

AND WHEREAS: These  Orders-in-Council, which the National Labor
Supply Council is asked to put into practice, are in direct opposition to the basic
needs of the Canadian workers, revealed by the following:

1, That labor is to be accused of profiteering if it seeks adequate wage stand-
ards_—while employers are to be protected in their profiteering and guaranteed
excess profits to the amount of 25 per cent,

2. That speed-up in industry is demanded and only lip service Pp:
protection of life and limb under these excessive speed-up conditions, as is proven
py the recently issued accident figures for Canada, which show the accident rate
of recent (war) months up to double the pre-war figure.

3, That wage rates are to remain fixed at the extremely low pre-war figure
and if labor is sufficiently well organized in a particular plant, it will be bought
off by a bonus instead of a genume wage increase.

4, That strikes (the only real weapon labor has) are banned, while at the
same time the government permits industry to ignore recommendations of gov-
ernment boards for collective bargaining, etc.

5. That these Orders pay lip service to the right to organize and being free
from discrimination and intimidation, while workers are denied this protection
and some hundreds of workers are today out of work because of such discrimin-
ation, while the government does nothing to help them.

6. That the Orders agree in principle with collective bargaining, but the gov-
srnment does nothing to institute such collective bargaining, even in its govern-
controlled plants, and refuses to make collective bargaining a condition

aid to the

ment-

under war contracts.
7, That in its summary, the Orders provide for the complete abolition of the

trade union movement and abrogation of all rights won through the hundreds of

years of trade union struggles.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the IWA B.C. District Council go

on record endorsing the action of the Canadian Congress of Labor representative
in resigning from the National Labor Supply Council, and that we declare our
tem annasitjon te representa
| || sponsibilities of the National Labor Supply Council;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this District Council demand the
complete rescinding of these subversive anti-labor Orders-in-Council and demand
that the government enforce collective bargaining, especially under all govern-
ment contracts and in government-controlled plants;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this resolution be forwarded
to the National Office of the Canadian Congress of Labor andi affiliated bodies.

Endorsed Unanimously by the IWA — B.C. District Council

tives being sent again, so that labor cannot be said }-

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great million-dollar “democrat,” H, R. line. There is a  secretary-organizer

McMillan, are going to stand for such
callous disregard of our health and safety.

Fellow workers, let's organize! Organ-
ize and show our bosses and the men
around us we're men, not mice. Let’s all
go down to the Union Office in the Port
Alberni Workers Hall and put ‘er on the

there and I imow he'll give us all
possible advice and help in our endeavors
to put a stop to this, Everyone around
us seems to be getting organized, and
through their unions getting higher
wages, better working conditions and
getting treated like human beings, Let's

all Sundays, New Year's Day, New Year's
Eve after 5 pm., July ist, Labor Day,
Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day, Chirstmas Eve after 5
pm, and all other legal holidays de-
clared. Time lost on holidays shall not
be made up on Sundays. An arrangement
has also been worked out for discontin-
uation of overtime work.

‘The agreement provides, for establish-
ment of a Safety Committee to be elect-
éd by the employees, to inspect at any
time all machinery, equipment and de-
vices and report any unsafe or unhealthy
conditions to the management.

In addition to the benefits listed above
the agreement gives the highest scale
of wages in the shingle Industry in B.C.
‘The wage increase will amount to ap-
proximately an 866 per cent return on the
$1.50 dues pald to the Union, without
any consideration for the other gains
made in improvement of working condi-
tions,

CIO Gains
Half Billion

Wage increases negotiated by the CIO
so far in 1941 put an extra half billion
dollars into the pockets of American
workers this year.

Says Philip Murray, CIO president:
“This is service, this is meat, this is
bread, this is butter, this is carpets on
the floor and music in the home—e real
service which our movement performs
eer thnoreenlannf America.”

Engagement Announced

The engagement was announced
on June 29 of Miss Molly Sargent
and Mr. Axel Anderson of Lady-
smith. We join a host of friends in
congratulations and wish them both
years of happiness,

titled to, quit beefing and get down to
doing something about it.

Yours for a unior in Alberni,

UNION-MINDED.

get after these things we are all en- —

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