, NATIONAL LABOR FORUM mh Me s 9to 9:30 P.M. > . Every Wednesday *. CBC Bi-weekly Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, (CIO), Affiliated with Canadian Congress of Labor Sel VOL. XI. No. 19. ae VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1942 Broadway ESP> Printers Ltd, (279) Bloedels Lose Supreme Court Action To Block Negotiations * The trade union position, under the accepted interpretation ~ of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of British Columbia, was upheld by Justice J. M. Coady of the Supreme 2 $ Court when the judge denied counsel for the company, C. Mc- Alpine, an injunction to restrain the duly elected arbitration board from considering the dispute. The question of union recognition is only one of the questions to be arbitrated, Mr. Justice Coady decided. Other questions include grievance committee procedure, vacations with pay, Ford Workers ' Lift Output . Over 60 Percent DETROIT, Mich. —Here’s a news item that ought to please workers and soldiers. Production at Dept. 81 of the foundry in Ford’s River Rouge plant has been increased 60 per cent, thanks to the efforts of a joint labor-management output committee. Some time ago management of- “ficials spoke to the union about disappointment over the depart- ment’s production rate. ‘The joint committee swung into action fast, They found five rea- sons for the low output: ~ 1, Absenteeism—men were taking days off, breaking up working teams. 2, Laek of proper maintenance of equipment — furnaces, not kept in : proper répair, were frequently breaking down. = 3, Failure of supervisors to in- struct the men in foundry tech- niques — extremely important be- eause of large numers of new workers, _ 4, Failure of supervisors to in- struct men in the proper care of their intricate tools, _ B. Actions of some old-fashioned foremen who thought that yelling _ and sereaming could take the place of cooperation. (CUT ABSENTEEISM. ‘The labor members of the com- mittee handled the absentee prob- lem themselves, A two-week cam- of education about the dam- “to production cut absenteeism n to a minimum. On the other lems, management and union entatives tackled them joint- ot equally good results. » believe the success of this ise has been due to the overtime pay for overtime work, and safety and health conditions. ‘The ruling, in effect, also upholds workers’ right to choose its own union representatives to negotiate on their behalf with the chosen rep- resentatives; whether they are em- ployed by the company or not. The arbitration proceedings began on October 13 before an arbitration board consisting of Mr. Justice H. B, Robertson, chairman; R. V. Stewart, representing the company, and Herbert Gargrave for the em- ployees; and came to an abrupt end when counsellor McAlpine an- nounced his intention of moving to restrain the board. The establish- ment of the board culminated a series of unsuccessful attempts of the workers' committee to have the employer, Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, negotiate a union agreement with Local 1-217, International Wood- workers of America, Arbitration proceedings are ex- pected to reconvene immediately, unless the company decides to ap- peal the decision to the higher court, Need Ration Cards in Camp According to a recent announce- ment from Ottawa, workers in the lumbering and logging industry must take their sugar ration books with them when they go to jobs in camp, Under the regulations, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board states sawmill and logging camps that supply meals to employees are classed as institutions, which means they must obtain ration books from workers fed in the camps for two weeks or more and send in the necessary coupons in obtaining cookhouse supplies of sugar, tea and coffee. the willingness of the men to co- operate,” commented President Otis Eaton of the union’s foundry unit. Representing 11,270 Act’ Legislation Emergency Conference, Inter- national Executive Board Mem- ber Nigel Morgan stressed the importance of compulsory col- lective bargaining in these cri- tical times when we are fight- ing for our very existence. “Canada cannot afford to con- tinue to lose valuable hours of production because certain em- ployers insist on maintaining their outworn opposition to legitimate trade unions, at the expense of the war effort,” he said. Answering the appeal of General McNaughton, Canadi- an commander overseas, for “immense supplies of equip- ment and munitions” the dele- gates unanimously pledged themselves to scrupulously avoid industrial strife, and to co-operate with management to boost production. After hearing Bert Marcuse, Director of the Pacific Coast Labor Bureau, who do the IWA statistical work, delegates voted to extend greetings to the Trade Union Conference called by the CCF in Vancouver and to pledge full support in actions of the Vancouver meeting on the question of collective bar- gaining. District President Har- old Pritchett presided over the one-day Conference. Marcuse explained some of the difficulties of getting fair wage adjustments and spoke of the social aspects of collective bargaining. I.W.A. Attorney John Stanton addressed the Conference on the legal aspects of the LCA. Act. Harold Winch, M.L.A., CCF Leader of the official Opposition in the B.C. Legislature, was unavoid- B.C. Woodworkers Support Call for Canadian ‘Wagner NANAIMO, B.C., Nov. 1—A vigorous appeal to the Federal and Provincial Governments to enact compulsory collective bargaining legislation immediately and thereby remove -the cause of two-thirds of Canada’s labor disputes and pave the way for greater co-operation between management and labor received the unanimous backing of logging camp and sawmill delegates in the largest woodworkers’ conference ever held. Delegates representing every division of the industry and from every lumbering centre in B.C. packed into the Nanaimo Eagles Hall today and pledged amongst other things, their determination to work as never before to obtain maximum production to fill the vital war needs of our Allies-in-arms. In the keynote address to the? United States Woodworkers Get $2} Cents Minimum PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 28.—The Pacific Coast Lumber Commission Tuesday established a uniform minimum pay rate—82% cents an hour—for the first time in the United States Douglas fir industry by wiping out 2 long-standing wage differential in Oregon’s Wil- lamette Valley. Chairman Ben H. Kizer said the increase would add $120,000 a year to the pay cheques of 3500 workers in 15 Willamette Valley operations, The new minimum is seen as a. victory for the IWA-CIO, which recently organized the Willamette Valley operations and made rep- resentations to the Commission. IWA Urges Compulsory Collective Bargaining 103 Delegates from 67 Logging Camps and Mills Accident Toll On Increase A brief radio message from Alert Bay to B.C. Police headquarters in Victoria reported the death in a logging accident on Oct. 27 of E. Hendrickson, chaser, employed by the Moore Bay Logging Com- pany. Further details were | Woodworkers lacking. have Beal The death of | yied in B.'s another logger is tambentice reported this dustry since week from | Jan 1, i942 Chamis Bay. Don MacKenzie, boatman, was se- verely injured when he got caught in the wraps on the Calm Creek Niggerhead. He was rushed im- mediately to the Zeballos hospital, where the doctor found it necessary to amputate his arm as gangerene had set in. However, his condition was so low from the injuries sus- tained that he died shortly after- ward. His home was in Tofino, B.C, The death of Pete (Boxcar) Brandstrom, 82-year-old logger, oc- curred at Pacific Mills, Camp A-35, on Oct. 20, Brandstrom was killed by a falling snag which was pushed down by the haulback. His burial took place at Queen Charlotte! City, Oct, 23. A native of Sweden, he is survived by a wife and two children in Vancouver, Membership Is tended the Annual last Sunday. that this meeting of the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America (CIO) endorse the Victory Bond drive of the National War Finance Committee and urge all members to give the campaign their full sup- port and further to urge all locals; ably detained in Vancouver and consequently unable to speak, (EDITOR’S NOTE: A full Valley Reports Local 80 Quadrupled NANAIMO, B.C.—A large representative delegation at- Meeting of Local 1-80 held in Nanaimo 1 Endorsement was given to the IWA’s Production- for-Victory program and the following resolution was unani- mously adopted by the meeting: “THEREFORE be it resolved? sub-locals and shop stewards to actively associate themselves with their local committee in making the drive an outstanding success, One of the highlights of the an- nual gathering which had members present from 13 sub-locals, was the report of Secretary Valley that the Local has four times the paid-up membership that it had two months ago, when he became secretary. The meeting was unanimous in adoption of a resolution calling on the pro- vinclal government to amend the report will be published in the next edition.) (Continued on Page Two) eres.