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ublished by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated to Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1943

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UNITED LABOR DELEGATION MEETS

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FRASER MILLS
ELECTS COMM.
ON PRODUCTION

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. —
The production committee recently
elected by sawmill workers at Fra-
Ser Mills is expected to make an
immediate contribution
coming production problems ac-
cording to Jack Greenall, Inter-
national Organizer.

“The men were
Greenall stated, “Old-timers—men

who really know production—are
on the committee, and we expect to
forge ahead now that we have such
keen production-boosters on the
job.”

- Blection of the committee was
given every assistance by the man-
agement, Greenall said, and the
election was conducted in the plant

Labor Leaders

in over-

well-chosen,”

Tt is a remarkable fact that
the daily commercial press be-
yond printing brief summaries
of proposals submitted has al-
most completely avoided all
reference to the interview
which a joint delegation of
labor representatives obtained
with the provincial cabinet on
Tuesday, Jan. 12. Not even
the names of those composing
the delegation have been
printed by these “news papers”
yet the outstanding feature of
the delegation is that it was the
most representative and all-in-
clusive body to ever interview
the government on behalf of
labor.

Delegates from the mainland
were Frederick E. Griffin,
chairman, British Columbia ex-
ecutive, Trades and Labor Con-
gress of Canada; T. L. Hansen
and W. T. Burgess, B.C. ex-
ecutive members, Trades and
Labor Congress; Birt Showler,

with the assistance of the foreman.

Representatives of the night and

“day shifts will meet with the man-

agement to discuss production prob-

lems.

“Nothing must be allowed: to
stand in the way of an all-out
Program to produce lumber vitally
needed for the growing offensive
in 1943,” Circle F, IWA Fraser
Mills bulletin, staes. “It is very
evident that logs lying idle in Co-
mox Lake are not doing Hitler
any harm. The fact is that until
these logs become lumber and a
part of the war effort, they repre-

_ sent wasted effort on the part of
the men who logged them.

“The Allied armies now have an
excellent chance of defeating Hit-
Jer this year, providing they can
get supplies . . . The need is for
labor-management production com-
mittees to iron out the bottlenecks.
Anyone who interferes with or hin-
ders their work must be exposed
to the Canadian public.”

Electrical Union Gains
73,000 Members In Quarter

NEW YORK.—The CIO Electrical, Radio & Machine Work-

_ ers of America, which in the year closing with the union’s

annual convention last September had added 169,000 new mem-

broke all previous records for growth during the quarter

ended, according to the| The director of organization’s

= terly report of the U.E.’s|report showed some of the rea-
wr of organization, James|sons why the U.E. is growing:

J. Matles, x Union contracts signed dur-

ing the quarter ended on|ing the three months, 46 new

v. 1, 1942, the big CIO union|and 75 renewed, covering 54,-

d 73,215 new members. {075 war production workers,

is a rate of increased |9,185 of them brought under

which, if sustained: as| contract for the first time.

officers expect it to be,

add 292,90 new members

organization by next

BIRT SHOWLER
Pres., Vanc. Trades Council (AFL)

during the quarter, 8,311,800
for 68,450 workers, or more

Wage increases negotiated.

president, and C. W. Pritchard,
secretary,
and Labor Council; E. E. Leary
and H. J. Pritchett, president

_|and secretary, Vancouver

Labor Council; and George
Price and Nigel Morgan, repre-
senting the legislative commit-
tee of Vancouver Labor Coun-
cil.

Vancouver Island was repre-
sented by Percy Lawson, Island
Labor Council; Robert Noble,
Victoria Labor Council; George
A. Wilkinson, Victoria and Dis-
trict Trades and Labor Council,
while Bob Mezger and J. J.
Walker represented, Vancouver
Island Joint Labor Conference,
embracing unions of CCL, AFL
and ABWC affiliation.

The reception accorded to the
joint labor delegation by the Pro-
vincial Cabinet was extremely
courteous. All cabinet members
available in Victoria were present.
Fred Griffin, spokesman for the
‘Trades and Labor Congress of Can-
ada, made the main submission of

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Bus Drivers’
Wages Raised

A definite gain has been made
for the bus drivers on Vancouver
Island, through the efforts of
a deputation from the National
Drivers’ Union, Local No. 1,
which interviewed the Regional
War Labor Board relative to
‘wage increases.

Increases from four cents to
10 cents per hour have been
granted by the Board, making
a basic rate of 65 cents per hour,

Vancouver , Trades|.

Most Representative Delegation in Labor’s History Presents Brief and Is
Given Attentive Hearing by Government — Labor Minister Pearson
Studying Wagner Act — Maitland Fears Lawyers Might Starve

Cabinet Ministers

HON. G. S. PEARSON
Minister of Labor

cov’

CIO Board
OKs Labor

Peace Plan

WASHINGTON. President
Philip Murray of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations today
announced that the Executive
Board of the CIO, without a dis-
senting vote, has ratified the
agreement for the arbitration of
jurisdictional differences between
the CIO and the American Fed-
eration of Labor.

This agreement was signed by the
peace committees of the AFL and
the CIO on Dec. 2, 1942, subject to
the approval of the executive coun-
cils of the two organizations. The
subsequent vote of the members
of the CIO Executive Board was
carried out by mail.

The full text of the agreement
ratified by the CIO follows:

“We agree to the establishment
of a joint AFL-CIO committee to
‘hear and decide any-disputed-juris-
dictional differences that may arise
between the two above named or-
ganizations. If the joint committee
fails to agree upon a complaint
lodged with the committee it shall
select a disinterested arbiter to
render a decision on the dispute
in question. The arbiter's decision
shall be final and binding on both
parties. In the event an arbiter
cannot be agreed upon by the com-
mittee within five days, the Presi-
dent of the United States shall be
requested to name an arbiter. We
recommend that this understanding
shall remain in force until labor
unity is effected. This agreement
is subject to the approval of the
Executive Councils of the two or-
ganizations.”:

and a top rate of 79 cents per
hour.

mber, 1943. than $121 average per worker.

IWA District Council Will

Appeal Commission’s Action

A special release issued as we go to press by International

“The Executive Committee

Executive Board Member Nigel Morgan and District Presi-
dent Harold Pritchett in regard to. the report just released by
the Special Commission of the CCL states:

International Woodworkers of

America District No. 1, deeply deplores the action of the Ca-
nadian Congress special committee in suspending our District
from affiliation to the Canadian Congress of Labor. Such action
has no justification and is in violation of the Congress consti-
tution. The officers of the IWA, District 1, will immediately

appeal this uncalled-for decision and make ourselves available
to meet with the Canadian Congress Executive and through
the medium of discussion endeavor to strengthen sound trade-
union organization and maintain and increase war production
and attempt to remove any misunderstanding based on incom-

plete information that exists. In
IWA District will not affect our

the meantime, suspension of the
charter or funds and in no way

interfere with its normal functions, as we are chartered and af-
filiated to the International Woodworkers of America with

headquarters in Portland, Ore.,
the CIO.

which is in turn affiliated with