2. B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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- Sawmill News

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REPORTS

week we were very inter-
to see a leaflet which was
by someone who signed
ves the “Old Timers.” No
knows who they are, but they
pparently haunt some part of
Mills, They were advocat-
ng some sort of a company union.
know the thought just came
/me that a certain fellow named
in is an old timer in that
of the country. One of the

ts was signed “Old Timbers,”
ich we think is a better name.
old timers know that the
-IWA ‘is a good union. The old
“whatever-they-ares must haye gone
our as old timbers usually do.

ae past this paper
has been delivered to several mills
on False Creek. Now it is your
‘urn. If you are interested in bet-
tering your wages and conditions,
let us know. The Local and Dis-
trict officers are anxious to help
you to organize, Let us hear from
you soon.

‘The log shortage which recently
closed several mills is now some-
what relieved and most mills are
“now reopening, Let's hope that
"everyone will soon be back on the
job so that we can get on with
‘the job of building the union.

_ Continued
_ Death Toll

V. Harris, 63-year-old Nakusp
, was fatally injured Sun-

operations. Pinned between
) logs, he was found after sev-

hours by his own son, Jack.
b Thomas, mill worker, died
‘Vancouver General Hospital
, Feb, 28, nine days after
injured in an accident at
of Sitka Spruce Lumber
Limited on False Creek.
Iquest will be held by Dr. John

. Whitbread, coroner,

Manual, of Bradner, and
Gaydick, of Vancouver, were
Feb. 16 while attempting
iee on Goat Lake, Van-
Island, according to word
by the Provincial Police.
were employed by the B, &
Company.

Mettaner, 42, faller at
Logging Company's camp
Harbor, was killed in
accident Mareh 4,

YOUBOU, B.C. — The East
Indian and Chinese workers at
the Youbou sawmill, more than
100 in number, appealed last
week to officials of Youbou
IWA-CIO Sub-Local 1-80 to as-
sist them in obtaining equal

pay for equal work, Arrangements
were made for a meeting with
both groups by Youbou officials
in whch the Government's War
Time Wage Regulations were ex-
plained by Nigel Morgan, Interna-
tidnal Executive Board Member,
Later, it was decided to make an
application to he Regional War
Labor Board to have the principle
of equal pay for equal work estab-
lished. Questionnaires were distri-
buted to get the information re-
quired for a presentation of a
brief to the Regional Board.
Following the discussion on the
wage matter, workers in the East
Indian bunkhouses, which are the
second in Brtish Columbia to dis-
play the “100% Union Bunkhouse
Card,” unanimously endorsed a res-
olution addressed to the IWA-CIO
B. District Council asking their

Wanbou Orientals
Equal Pay For Equal Work

Demand

endorsement of a plea for the im-
mediate release of Gandhi and
granting of the democratic right
of self-government to the people
of India. Attending the meetings
with broher Morgan were President
John Atkinson, Secretary Wilf Ki-
leen and Grievance Committee
Chairman Gibson of the Youbou
Sub-Local.

| MUNITIONS PRODUCTION INDEX
INDEX DATA. WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
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600
MUNITIONS :SHIPS, PLANES,
TANKS, GUNS, AMMUNITION
400 AND ALL FIELD EQUIPMENT S|
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Alberni Plywood Workers
Want Union Conditions

The Alberni Plywoods, with some 300 employees, is a part
of the great McMillan Industries Empire and is a vital war
industry. As a result of the times, the employees consist mostly
of women, of which a majority are girls in their ’teens: These
people are desirous of doing their utmost for the war effort and

the defeat of Hitler-Fascism.
There is an opinion among
that their employment is only

many of the female employees
temporary or until the war is

over, when they will be replaced with men demobilized by the
army and those now employed in other vital war industries.

The company, of course, is taking
advantage of this negative outlook
among so many of its employees,
by paying from 12 to 28 cents per
hour less to women than to men
for doing the same job. At the
same time, as soon as the women
acquire the necessary skill, they
replace the men employed; a very
profitable arrangement for the
company and one that gradually
undermines the whole prevailing
wage structure in the plant without
affecting production.

It is a feeling among union mem-
bers employed in the plant, that
this system now practiced by the
company, if allowed to carry on

Duncan Sub-Local
Dance Successful

A most successful dance was held
in the Duncan K of P Hall last
Wriday night when the Duncan
Sub-Local entertained loggers and
mill workers from the Duncan-
Cowichan area, Crowded they
claim, even worse than the Annual
Loggers’ Ball, this first effort of
the Duncan Sub-Local has shown
what the IWA members in this
island lumbering centre, which
has just been made the new head-
quarters of Local 1-80, can do.
A great deal of credit is due to
Brother George Nokes, who was
the chaitman of the dance commit-
tee, which, it is announced, are
going ahead with the sponsoring
|0f additional dances to raise funds
for the Crippled Children’s Solari-
jum at Mill Bay and also for the
IWA Army Cigarette Fund.

Vice-President
Expresses Thanks

My sincere thanks to the mem-
bers of Local 1-71 for the honor
conferred on me when they elected
me Third Vice-President. I will
do everything in my power to for-
ward the interests of the organiza-
tion at all times.

MYLES NUGENT.

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LABOR’S VOICE for VICTORY

Published at
104 Shelly Bldg. — Vancouver, B.C.

Hammond Cedar Crews
Seek Organizational Aid

Last week a committee of the?
employees of the Hammond Cedar
Company Limited met with the
organizer, Jack Greenall, and Percy
Smith, business agent of IWA-CIO
Local 1-357 to lay plans for the or-
ganization of that mill. The com-
pany employs approximately 300
men. For many years the wood-
workers in these outlying areas
have been without organization due
mainly to the fact that the union
couldn't maintain a staff large
enough to cover all points. Now
that the IWA has grown and can
take care of all outlying areas such
as Hammond, Ruskin, Chilliwack
and Silverdale, the woodworkers
employed in these areas are taking
the opportunity of joining the
union.

_ Some months ago, the employees
of the Butler Shingle Mill and
Sawmill at Silverdale joined the
union and now that the organiza-
tion is extending into the other
mills in the area such as Hammond
Cedar, it is expected that in the
near future the growth of the or-
ganioztion of this area will ne-
cessitate the placing of a full-time

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Morgan Lectures
Study Group

In response to a widespread de-
sire for greater knowledge of the
history, functions and problems of
trade unions, the Labor Youth Fed-
eration is sponsoring a study group
at its center, 560 Granville Street.
The group is under the guidance of
Nigel Morgan, International Execu-
tive Board Member of the IWA.
Mr. Morgan's years of experience
as a worker, organizer and leader,
make him well qualified for such
a position. The talks commenced
on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m, and
will meet every Tuesday for from
four to six weeks. All those inter-
ested in furthering their knowledge
and understanding of trade union-
ism are invited to attend.

to its logical conclusion, will mean
that equal pay for equal work will
be established on the basis of the
wages now paid to women, instead
of the higher rate paid to men.

The only way the company can
be prevented from undermining
the wage structure in this manner
is by us getting together through
organization, which a considerable
number of us realize, and take ad-
vantage of the opportunity offered
by the International Woodworkers
of America, Local 1-85.

The company, on the other hand,
laid the basis for the prevention
of this as soon as the plant was
ready to operate, by setting up a
Conference Committee consisting
of three people each from the
management and the employees.
This committee serves as a sound-
ing board for the company. Out-
side of this it has no function. ex-
cept to place the stamp of approval
upon any policy that the company
may choose to adopt or institute,
which could not be otherwise when
we consider that irrespective of
how willing or honest the employ-
ees’ representatives may be, they
are without authority, direction or
the weight of organized backing
from their fellow workers.

We believe that a large number
of employees in the plant realize
the benefits and hope to see the
plant organized into the IWA. They
are ready to rally around the shop
stewards’ four-point program for
unionization.

Let us raise the slogan of Equal
Pay for Equal Work at the rate
now paid to men and back it up by
joining the IWA 100 percent.

Plywood Press Committee.

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