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THE B.C. LUMBER

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November 2, 1942

LETTERS

Camp Comments

“Every Reader a Correspondent”

ROUNDS SUB-LOCAL NOW HAS
IWA-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

A well-attended meeting of

the Lake Log Sub-Local of the

IWA at Rounds last Friday unanimously endorsed the estab-
lishment of a union-management “Production-for-Victory” com-
mittee; the first operation in which the union’s efforts to in-
crease production has been officially recognized by any com-

pany.

A joint committee, composed of

Brothers Reg, Williams and Carl
Collins from the Burma Road side;
Jim Roberts from the skidder;
Hughie Wade from the flyer; Bro.
Sabeston from the railway and con-
struction crew; Joe Bagan from the
fallers and buckers, were elected to
represent the union, The company’s
committee, announced later by the
management, will include Superin-
tendent Earl Oats, Foreman Oscar
Olson; Jack Maloney, foreman of
the falling operations; Frank Rowe-
bottom, logging engineer; Jack
MacMillan, bullbucker; and Jimmy
Hunter, timekeeper.

A meeting of the Production
Committee was planned for early
last week when a chairman and sec-
retary were to be named, produc-
tion problems discussed and steps
taken to develop the fullest co-op-
eration bétween management and
the union to fill the government's
urgent war needs, One of the first
problems to be tackled by the Com-
mittee will be the question of ab-
senteeism and ‘with the excellent
way the management has cooper-
ated with the union in connection
‘with wages, achievements should be
in the making.

The meeting also saw two films
and heard speakers on behalf of the
National War Finance Committee's
Victory Bond drive. Later the crew
voted in favor of setting a $15,000
quota for the 200-man crew, elected
88 canvassers with Hughie Wade
as convener to put the drive over
the top. News that the IWA Bond
Committee at Chemainus was al-
ready a thousands dollars over their

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Camp Demands
‘Lift the Ban’

Fredricks Arm, B.C,
Oct. 6, 1942.

To the Editor:
Please find enclosed a list of
names requesting the removal of
the ban on the Communist Party of
Canada,

If this meets the approval of the
International Woodworkers of Am-
erica, I suggest that the IWA take
up the matter and insist that the
ban.on this and all other anti-fas-
cist organizations be eliminated, so
that they can participate fully in
the war effort.

Out of sixteen persons in this
jcamp, fourteen signed this request.
|No tme like now to camp the mat-

ter right on the doorstep of the
Minister of Justice at Ottawa.
Yours truly,
IWA-CIO Shop Steward.

Hooker Cuts Knee
At Alice Lake Log

Alice Lake Log Co.,
Port Hardy, B.C,

To the Editor:
Jack McLaughlin, hooker on a
cold-deck, cut his knee quite se-
verely recently while cutting a sap-
ling which was across a guy-line.
He was rushed to Coal Harbor hos-
pital immediately.
Fraternally,
IWA Shop Steward.

quota was taken up as a challenge
by the Lake Log crew and I want
to assure you brothers and sisters
at Chemainus that while your
record is one the IWA can be proud
of, Lake Log will be up on top just
as they have beeh in the past,
Victory Bond committees at You-
bou, Ladysmith and other Cowichan

Points, also reported their quotas
filled.

Rates and

PAc. 8375
Vancouver, B.C.

EPORTS

YOUBOU WAGES
INCREASED AS
MUCH AS $1.60

Further consideration of the wage
scale at Camp 3 and 6, Youbou, re~
sulted this week in an announce-
ment by the Regional War Labor
Board of another substantial gain.

According to a letter received
by Secretary Valley of Local 1-80
from the Regional War Labor
Board, wages in one category are
up as much as $1.60 a day.

Chokermen wages have been
raised from $5.90 to $6.48; head
loader from $8.25 to $8.90; hooking
and rigging on the cold deck, $8.90
to $9.25; skidder foremen from $9.75
to $10.00; whistle punk on the skid-
der, $5.90 to $6.48; skidder engineer,
$9.28 to $9.78; locie engineer, $8.95
to $9.25; locie fireman, $6.50 to $7.00;
hustler from $6.40 to $8.00; head
brakey from $7.95 to $8.45; second
brakey from $6.50 to $7.00; straw
boss on the grade, $6.76 to $7.26; pit-
man from $5.90 to $6.24; steel sharp-
ener from $6.50 to $7.00; and bridge-
man $7.00 to $7.50. The cook, second
cook and “baker were raised 50c a
day to $7.75, $5.40 and $5.90 respec-
tively, and the flunkey, dishwasher
and bed-maker 45c to $5.25.

Another wage increase, retroac-
tive to October 1, has also been de-
clared for Industrial Timbers big
sawmill at Youbou.

The increase for both camps and
mill, which followed quickly upon
organization of these operations by
IWA Local 1-80, are retroactive to
October 1 and details of the awards
already have been sent out by Bro.
Valley to the three sub-locals af-
fected.

An application is now before the
Board which has the joint backing
of both union and company for a
wage increase for the employees of
Lake Log, Hill Log and H. Ww.
Hunter Logging Company at Meads
Creek. The application, which is
based on the gains made at Camp
8 and 6, Youbou, and consequently
is almost sure of adoption, will in-
crease wages for about 80 percent
of the crew.

Valley Reports

(Continued from Page One)

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitra-

“|tion Act by Including compulsory

collective bargaining; another im-
portant contribution was the re-
drafting of the Local’s by-laws and
the provision of additional office
help and resources to make for a
more efficient administration of the
Local’s business and to allow the
secretary to give more attention to
field work. , :
President Owen Brown was re-
nominated for president and was
unopposed, Brother Herman Val-
ley, segretary of Local 1-80, and
one of the founders of the organi-
zation, was re-nominated for finan-
cial secretary, John Ulinder, secre-
tary of Ladysmith Sub-Local, will
oppose Secretary Valley. Fred Wil-
son, of Cowichan Lake, was nom-
inated without opposition as record-

QCI Conciliation Board

Commences

Conciliation proceedings in what¢

is the largest, and probably the

jmost important, dispute the IWA

has yet engaged in, got under way
in Vancouver this week. The board,
under the chairmanship of Judge
Harper, commenced investigation of
the long-standing dispute between
IWA Local 71 and the four Queen
Charlotte spruce companies. For
over 13 months the IWA has been
negotiating to try and reach a
settlement. Finally, faced with a
flat refusal on the part of the op-
erators to bargain with the union,
of which 90 percent of the spruce

‘loggers are members, the IWA was

forced to apply for a Federal Board.

First action “of the Conciliation
Board was to decide to appeal to
Ottawa for authority to spend some
$1500 to bring witnesses to Van-
couver, to save the necessity of the
Board going to the QCI spruce
camps. IWA representative Nigel
Morgan, who is appearing for the
union with Attorney John Stanton
and Local President John McCuish,
asked that the hearings be held in
camp. However, it is now probable
that twelve witnesses will be
brought to Vancouver and the
hearings continue here on Nov. 9.

Airman Wants to Hear
From the Bullcook
To the Editor:

Iam writing to inform you of my
change of address, which, from Oc-
tober 24 onward, will be as follows:

R.151621 LAC Lehti, H. W.,
No. 2, B & S. School, RCAF,
Mossbank, Sask,

I enjoy the privilege of being able
to receive our paper regularly and
so keep in touch with the onward
Progress of our union. To me it
seems as though those Fraser Mills
jads are right on the beam!

What's the matter with the old
Bullecook? Is the old coot getting
lazy or is he just admitting to his
reader that he never could write
anyway? About two paragraphs in
the last issue, and not even that in
the previous one! I hope the old
buzzard doesn’t get peeved but he
should try to keep up my morale
by continuing with that blarney
that he, no doubt, calls “wit.” What-
ever he may turn out in his column,
it would be better than nothing at
all, so long as it stinks of the
woods. Otherwise I have no com-
Plaints,

Thanking you for your coopera-
tion, I remain,

Yours truly, HENRY LEHTI.

ing secretary. For the three posi-
tions of vice-presidents, the six
nominations were received, namely,
William Sutherland, John Atkinson
(Youbou), Jack Atkinson (Lady-
stnith), Ralph Godfrey, Len Hd-
wards, James Gilchrist, and John
Parkinson.

J. R. Sedgewick was nominated
for warden; Ernie Pickard, Wilf
Killeen and Tommy McDonald for
conductor; and Dave Mason, Tom
Dewar, J, R. Jenkins and James

Carson for trustees, _

Hearings

CAMP ACTIVITY

By ROVING REPORTER

SEYMOUR INLET CAMPS.

Dumaresq Bros. Used to operate
two camps but have now combined
them, Two machines working on
A-frames; one diesel and one
steam; eleven men on the two ma-
chines, which is very short-handed
(no chokermen), ten men on boom
and rafting, four gangs falling.
Thirty-three men there. Poorest
camp accommodation in the whole
Inlet. Bedbugs in bunkhouses, Has
had a good show, Biggest outfit and
strongest financially.

Johnson’s Camp. One machine,
eight men, one gang of fallers. Very
good accommodations and very best
of board. Fair show. Is dealing
through Dumaresq & Kerr; prob-
ably backed by them.

Kingery Lake. Family outfit; usu-
ally has a gang of fallers and rig-
ging man or two hired; was not
| working at the time we were there,
but expected to get started.

Ashley. Poor bunkhouses and
none too good board. Chuck Green-
ing contracting, Twenty-two men
there. Very steep ground. Supposed
to be good timber,

Maigrot. Six men; board fair;
some good bunkhouses; a couple
should be burned. Steep ground.
Not a good show. One machine
working,

Ericksons. Good camp and good
grub. One machine working; seven
hired men, Nearly finished at pres-
ent show.

Oscar Fanning and Dyrberg. Very
good camp, Fair board, with good
show. (Recent fire burned some of
the timber and one donkey; had two
machines and a cat. Considerate to
workers,

Ladysmith Smoker
A Great Success

A very enjoyable smoker was held

on Saturday, Oct. 10, by the mem-
bers of Ladysmith Sub-Local and
their friends, There were a number
of talented musicians present, out-
standing of whom were Brothers
Peter Conti and Ray Berod.
Brothers Scotty Sutherland and
other very good singers contributed
to the evening’s merriment. When
the boys became mellowed with
that good old cup of joy, commonly
Known as beer, they all lifted their
voices in song and really made the
rafters ring. Good fellowship pre-
vailed throughout and everyone was
sorry that the evening was not
Tonger.
The boys are now looking for-
ward to a social which will be spon-
sored by the Ladysmith Ladies’
Auxiliary and it is also expected
that another smoker will be held
in the not too distant futiire,

Press Committee,

Ladysmith Sub-Local 1-80,

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