THE B.C. LUMBHR WORKER Page Fivo LUMBER WORKER Bulletin Published by B.O. DISTRICT COUNCIL n Woodworkers of America Managing Editor NIGEL MORGAN "Room 504, Holden Bldg. Vancouver, B.C. § Phone, PAcific 9727 Make Payments to: “LW.A, B.C. D.C.” — Of Sacrifice ‘Everything which will aid the war ef- fort and speed final victory will receive the full support of labor in this critical period in world history. It is by this yard-stick that we must measure the war budget announced by the Federal Minister of Finance. ‘An 80 percent increase in war expendi- tures and the highest income taxation in Canada’s history has been adopted. The need for sacrifices is understood by most Canadians and total war is being de- manded by increasing numbers. Labor realizes that Nazi economy is geared to the waging of war for world conquest and destruction of all that-labor holds dear. Labor understands the enormous sacrifices which are being made by the people of Britain, the U.S.S.R. and China and they are prepared to fight on the standard of living front as they are pre- pared to fight on the promised second front in Europe, However, the budget shows that the government is not yet ready to do what millions of Canadians demand: EN- FORCE EQUALITY OF SACRIFICE. "Equality of sacrifice doesn’t mean plac- ' ing the biggest burden of payment on the small income group, which is the vast majority of Canadians, but placing heavi- er burdens on the very small group that possesses the lion’s share of Canada’s economy. As has been pointed out by the IWA, it isn’t so much what a person or company pays, as what they have left after payment which counts, and which determines equality of sacrifice. There is no doubt that the new budget bears heavily, unduly so, upon the mass of Canadian workers who are least in the position to pay. ‘The proposal to limit all profits of 4 percent on capital investment is the general demand of the labor and farm organizations, and if the government enacted this, greater support would be received for the undeniably good features of personal taxation laid down by the budget. Also, although Mr. Isley re- jected the proposals to place a ceiling on personal income, as U.S, President Roosevelt has proposed, his arguments against such an act were inexcusably weak. This should be done, for although large incomes are taxed up to 96 and 98 percent the amount left cin be in some cases as high as’ $50,000 a year in the case of a million a year income. The budget, while supported by the people in some of its aspects, must be supplemented by measures to make war sacrifices more equitable. The IWA urges placing of the load where it can easiest be borne by: (1) Conscription of ‘profits above 4 percent on capital invest- ed; (2) Maximum income of $15,000 year- ly, all above that to be taken by the government for war purposes; (3) the raising and stabilization of low wages; and (4) Cheaper foods made possible by government intervention against mono- polies and middlemen. Better Wages Will Stabilize Lumber “Nothing is doing so much to encour- age labor turnover and thereby impair the production of vital lumber products for the war as the wage variations and ridiculously low scales being paid by certain log and sawmill operators,” de- clared a logger in the semi-annual Con- ference of IWA-CIO District Council No. 1 last Sunday. (Recognizing the profound truth of that declaration delegates voted unanimously for an upward revision for low-paid workers and stabilization at a standard commensurate with workers’ needs. Wages in some smaller camps and par- ticularly in B.C, sawmills, in comparison with a number of other organized indus- tries, leave plenty of room for improve- ment. In fact, some cases are a definite menace to the morale of thousands of production workers and a definite ob- stacle to an all-out war effort. The IWA is determined to carry the campaign for an upward adjustment in low paid brackets to a successful con- clusion. Equal pay for equal work, with- out discrimination on account of race, sex or age, is another matter requiring immediate attention. Discrimination for the above reasons, in the form of lower wages to Chinese, Hindu and female workers, is a “Quisling” in our war ef- fort. This is recognized in the United States to the extent that a basic principle Gives: you that “extra” flavor you'll enjoy to the last drop. isement is not published or displayed by the Liquor rol Board Tees or by the Government of British Columbia. CONFERENCE (Continued from Page 1) second European land front to’ destroy Hitler in 1942. Pointing to the great responsibility members of the union owe not only to themselves. but to their families and their friends, the Conference urged LWA members to give their full and loyal sup- port to the building and strengthening of Canada’s army, navy and air force and urged its membership to join and help to organize civilian defense and protev- tive agencies; such as the ARP, the Re- serve Army and the Pacific Coast Rang- ers. The convention adopted a resolu- tion directing a special appeal to the Federal government to supply the Pa- cific Coast Rangers with all the arms and equipment which can be spared from the regular army. A strong protest was voiced against the continued use by thé government of the of the National War Labor Board is, “WAGE RATES SHALL BE SET FOR THE JOB REGARDLESS OF SEX, RACE OR MARITAL STATUS. BE- GINNING RATES SHALL BE THE SAME FOR ALL WORKERS.” Labor, and particularly trade unions, has done a Herculean job in fighting to boost the morale of our production fight- ers. It can be said that tremendous ad- vances have been made and the produc- tion army in Canada is geared to produce as never before. But it must be remem- bered that a large majority of Canadian workers are as yet unorganized and as such in a large measure outside the field of influence and responsible direction of organized labor. ‘This is a people's war, and in the words of: the CIO in the United States, it re- quires a people's program with equality of sacrifice; a program which will ad- vance war production by safeguarding the health and strength of Canadian workers, reducing man hours lost to Can- ada’s war effort by labor turnover and help to achieve maximum production to defeat the Axis.» REGENT Lots of the best Imported on hand. 324 West Hastings The Home of Union Made Clothes line of semi-ready Union Made Suits and Coats Defense of Canada Regulations against proven anti-fascists, and a resolution unanimously adopted calling for: (1) the cancellation of all internment orders or immediate release of all anti-fascists; and (2) the lifting of the ban on all antl- fascist organizations and papers; and the restoration of their property. Another resolution urged the govern- ment to establish collective bargaining rights for Canadian labor by law, as the United States has done through the Wag- ner Act, Z The action of the officers of the Ca- nadian Congress of Labor, in endeavoring to achieve labor unity in Canada, was praised by the Conference, and the CCL and the CIO urged to continue their ef- forts towards achieving international trade union solidarity with a conference between all labor organizations in the United Nations to carefully plan labor's part in the defeat of the Axis. Two dele- gates were elected to attend the Annual Convention of the Canadian Congress of Labor in Ottawa next September; the delegates being President Harold Prit- chett and Secretary Nigel Morgan. 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