* fused to have any part in the Company Page Two THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER LETTERS Camp Comments “Every Reader a Correspondent” Pt. Alberni Local Starts “Organizational Drive PORT ALBERNI.—A tremendous upsurge in the desire for unioniza- tion in the Alberni district was evidenced in meetings held in the Victory Hall by the IWA last weekend. On Sunday afternoon a meeting of wood- workers was held in the IWA Hall the organization. BLOEDEL'S CREW ASK CONCILIATION MENZIES BAY, B.C. — Employees at Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, Camp 4, Men- zies Bay, last week, after hearing IWA Vice-President Bergren and their Ne- gotiating Committee report on the refusal of the company to enter into an agree- ment with their employees, voted over- whelmingly for the establishment of a Conciliation Board under the Provincial Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Conciliation Officers James»Thomp- son and Jack Place visited the Bloedel camp last Tuesday to investigate the dispute after the company challenged whether the union had a majority of their employees, and also presented to the Labor Department a letter purport- ing to be a statement declaring members of the Grievance Committee had not called the meeting at which the vote for Conciliation was taken, The declaration was taken around by the Company Per- and plans laid for the extension of Sunday night a hall full of loggers and ‘mill workers from the Albernis was ad- dressed by Colin Cameron, MLA, and Nigel Morgan, IWA Int'l executive board member. Both speakers stressed the im- portance of organization, not only from the viewpoint of betterment of wages and working conditions but also for winning of the war against Hitlerism. Morgan outlined the IWA’s “Production for Victory” program and urged upon workers the importance of working for the smashing of Fascism in 1942. Saturday night the IWA’s Victory Hall was crowded with dancers who attended the dance sponsored by the Alberni IWA Ladies’ Auxiliary. At the dance a sale of five-dollar bonds to assist in financing improvements to the Victory Hall was launched. Ninety dollars worth of bonds were subscribed at the official opening of the drive, and six of the five-dollar bonds were purchased by the Alberni IWA Ladies’ Auxiliary. are determined that their rights to or- ganize and bargain collectively shall not be denied. FIRST RETURNS OF OCI STRIKE VOTE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. — First results of the Queen Charlotte Islands’ strike ballots have just come in from the Allison Logging Company. Loggers at both Allison’s camps voted overwhelmingly for strike action failing the immediate establishment by the gov- ernment of a Conciliation Board under the Federal Investigation and Disputes Act or settlement by negotiation with the company. The vote at Allison Lake Camp was 44 in favor of strike, 3 no; and at the Allison Beach Camp 79 yes, and 2 no. At the same meeting employees author- ized District President Harold J. Prit- chett and District Secretary Nigel Mor- gan to make application on their behalf for a Federal Board of Conciliation and recommended appointment of Arthur Turner, CCF MLA, as the union repre- sentative of the Conciliation Board, Loggers in all Queen Charlotte Island camps after eight months of attempting to get negotiations opened with the man- agement were forced last week to take a strike vote in order to have a Federal Board of Conciliation established and their case arbitrated by the government. Results of the strike vote in the five other Queen Charlotte Island camps will be known early next week and it Is anticipated the government board will be established shortly afterward. sonnel Manager, Noble, which the union charges was rank intimidation on the part of the company. Some members of the committee signed the statement under pressure, while others flatly re- attempt to kill the application for con- ciliation. After the visit of Thompson and Place fo the Menzies Bay camp the union agreed to make another attempt to get negotiations with the Company on the agreement; failing which further action MALASPINA GARAGE (Opposite Malaspina Hotel) NANAIMO, B.C. 2 Fleet of 10 New 1941 CHEV. U-DRIVES REASONABLE RATES... PROMPT SERVICE will have to be taken. Union members Ask for “GEORGE” * WEST Cars Fully Insured . Office and Stand - - - - Phone PA cific Hotel West Ltd. FRED R. MARCHESE, Mer. ——S 0936 TAXI * . . Reasonable Rates West Hotel, 444 Carrall Street 8374 FLASH! As we go to press word has just been received of the vote from two more QCI camps: Kelley, Lagoon Bay, 43 yes, 0 no; Kelley, Rafting Camp, 10 yes, 1 no. | CAMP ACTIVI 3. RB, Morgan Log Co,, Queen Islands, — The Cumshewa camp been reopened; 25 men are employe at present with an expected 100 me: when operations get into full swing. will be a truck show with approxim 3 miles of road, The road timbers being sawn by a portable sawmill, Pacific Mills, Camp A-35, Queen Char- — lotte City, B.C., is now equipped with new dry-house. Kelley Logging Co, Q.C.L, B.O—Th bullbucker is in town trying to rustle fallers. There is a big shortage of fallers in all Queen Charlotte Island camps. George Pearce, Safety Inspector, and Andy Whiskers, Fair Wage Officer, for the Provincial Department of Labor, ar covering all the camps on the Queen Charlotte Islands. K & W Logging, Forward Bay—Good — camp; wages are better than any other — camp with the exception of the Queen Charlotte Islands. New bunkhouses are being built. This is a 100 per cent union camp, Chokermen are getting $6.25. The grub is not so hot but a new cook is coming in any day now. Hooray! Call Creek Cedar Co., Call Creek, B.C.— ‘Three gangs of fallers, 1 rigging man and the blacksmith quit. This camp is 12 to 14 miles from Minstrel Island. There is no gas boat to transport injured men to hospital in case of accidents. Western Log Co., Jackson Bay, B.C.— At the beginning of the month only the _ cold-deck crew was working, but the rest of the crew was expected soon, How About a Donation to The Boat Fund? Moderate Rates and Centrally Located ~~ 3 - PAc. 8374 — PAc, 8375 ee 444 Carrall Street Vancouver, B.C. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Control Board or by the Government of British Colu :