Page Four THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER August 15, 1942 IWA Ballot on ICA, Forestry Amendments REFERENDUM BALLOT RE AMENDMENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT, THE B.C. FORESTRY ACT, AND TO DETERMINE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGENCY FOR THE WORKERS IN THE WOODWORKING INDUSTRY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Ordered Circulated to All Employees in the Mills and Camps in B.C. by the Last Diets Conference of the International Woodworkers of America Mark Your Ballot With an “X” BALLOT No. 1 Are you in favor of the International Woodworkers : . Yes No * your behalf as your sole collective bargaining agency? [| of America acting on BALLOT No. 2 Are you in favor of the International Woodworkers the workers’ needs; and Yes [x] No the Provincial Department of Labor to convene a joint industry-wide con- ference of employers and representatives of employees elected to discuss: (1) The establishment of sound and harmonious industrial relations in B.C. lumber; (2) The stabilization of wages throughout the industry at a standard commensurate with (8) The establishment of management-labor “Production for Victory” Committees to meet the urgent requirements of the United Nations for victory over the Axis. il of America requesting BALLOT No. 3 such offense? Yes No Are you in favor of amending Clause 5 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act to provide that it.shall be compulsory for any employer to recognize the Union of which a majority of his employees are members, and to bargain with the duly elected officers of that Union as a collective bargaining agency or be liable to a fine of $500 or imprisonment for each EF] BALLOT No. 4 Yes Are you in favor of amending the B.C. Forestry Act to make it compulsory for the employer to deduct Union dues from the payroll at the request of a majority of his employees, as has been provided for in the mining industry? ® (TEAR OFF HERE) Name: John Doe Address: 2002, Icicle Avenue, Snowton, Y.T. Employed by: Lousy Log. Co., Mouse Bay, B.C. No. 0000 “LW.A. Referendum Ballot” re Amendment to Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act and B.C. Forestry Act, and re Collective Bargaining. The referendum ballot regarding the amendment of the ‘Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act,” the “B.C. Forestry Act” and to de- termine the collective bargaining agency for workers in the lumber industry got under way this week. The ballot, ordered circulated to all employees in the logging camps and mills in B.C. by the Mid-Summer Conference of the Iwa, will Island immediately. commence on Vancouver The purpose of the ballot is to clarify a situation which has developed in the past few years in this industry, detri- mental to the workers employed, to the and most employers particularly to industrial productivity. This move is the first point in a campaign being led by the International Woodworkers of America to bring about harmonious man- agement-labor relations through the es- tablishment of sound collective bargain- ing practices, thereby eliminating all avoidable waste of labor power and cor- As soon as the vote has been completed, the respondingly increasing production. results will be tabulated, placed in the hands of the Provincial Department of Labor, and if not acted upon, will later be turned over to the government and the leader of the Mpposition. The ballots will be distributed to the Locals, Sub-Locals and Shop Stewards as required, who will also receive in- structions on how to take the ballot, A sample of the ballot will be found on this page. All four propositions should be voted “YES” or “NO” an “X.” The name of the voter, his or on with marked with her address and the name of the com- pany they work for must be written in on the numbered stub below. When you the stub should be torn off and placed in a box and the ballot placed in another recept- acle marked ballot box. When the vote has been completed in each Camp, Local or Sub-Local, it should immediately be forwarded to the IWA B.C. District Council, 504 Holden Building, Vancouver, B.C, together with the name of the serutineers who conducted the vote. have conipleted your vote, For further information or copies of the ballot, apply to the B.C. District Council, In the LABOR DAY Issue of New ADVANCE International Youth and International Trade Unions call upon their governments for a Second Front against Fascism NOW! 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