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THE B.C. LUMBER oO

Sawmill

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CHIPS and
SAWDUST

By GREEN-CHAIN PETE

‘The other day one of our organ-
izers was distributing the B.C, Lum-
ber Worker to the employees of one
of the largest mills on the Fraser
River. Quite a number of men in
Passing, said, “It's about time you
got down here to organize this
Joint; why don't you come down
some day and sign all the boys up?”

‘This is all pretty nice but it
doesn’t give ‘the organizer much
of a chance. If these men are really
anxious to see this thill under agree-
ment, they should contact the saw-
mill unjon at 504 Holden Building,
Vancouver, and arrange a meeting
with the union organizer to lay
the foundation of an organizational
drive in this mill. The men in or-
ganized shops have the best work-
ing conditions and the highest
wages, but they didn’t get them by
sitting back and waiting for some-
one to wave a magic wand and
change their sweat-shop into a
union shop.

The employees of McMillan In-
dustries Ltd., Plywood Division, are
to yote on April 21 for three Con-
ference Committee members to fill
positions left vacant by the expira-
tion of the holders’ term of office.
We ‘understand that the employees
are determined to fill the vacancies
with 100 percent union members
so that at the proper time the
certification of the IWA as the
bargaining agency for this mill
“can't ‘be sab¥taged by the methods
used in the past.

We have just received word that
the members of the International
Woodworkers of America at Ham-
mond have applied for a charter.
May we offer our congratulations
and best wishes to this, the newest
and, incidentally, the eighth Local
of the International Woodwork-
ers of America in B.C. From what
Brother Jack Greenall tells us, the
organization In and around Ham-
mond promises to be one of the best
in the whole district.

The secretary of Local 1-217,
whieh is the Sawmill Local for
Vancouver, has asked me to notify
all members fo Local 1-217 that the
regular monthly meeting of this
Local will be held on Sunday, May
9, in the 5th Floor Auditorium, 504
Holden Building, at 8 p.m. All mem-
bers are urged to attend this meet-
ing.

WES Ee)

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On Sunday, May 2, citizens

ever held in this city provided

for permission to hold a parade
bwith a mass rally following at the
Brockton Point Oval. Several well-
known speakers have been asked
to attend including such celebri-
ties as Charles Chaplin, well-known
film star; Pat Sullivan, vice-presi-
dent of the Canadian Trades and
Labor Congress and president of
the Canadian S2amen’s Union in
Montreal. Pat Sullivan has accept-
ed the invitation, The committee
has also requested’ that General
Pearks, Commander of the Pacifié
Coast Division of the Canadian
Army, be present as one of the
main speakers,

United Labor P
Huge May Day Parade

lans

of Vancouver will witness and

partake in one of the most impressive May Day ceremonies

plans which are being laid by

Labor’s May Day Victory Parade Committee are carried out,
‘Two weeks ago the initial meeting of the committee was held
at which time it was decided that application would be made

of the War Finance . Committee
through whose cooperation it is ex-
pected that several bands from the
Armed Forces will be present at
the ceremony.

One of the main attractions will
be tHe dedications of a pylon which
is to erected as a tribute to labor
and the unity of the Canadian peo-
ple in the fight against Fascism.

Nigel Morgan was elected tem-
porary chairmar, and Shelley Rog-
ers as secretary. Headquarters
of the committee have been opened
at 705 Holden Building. All inter-
ested parties are asked by the
committee to get in touch with

The parade has the endorsation

them there.

31, 1942, according to a report

In all, there were 744,079 industrial
mishaps in that period. The aver-

Bonds Discussed At
Alaska Pine Meet

On Sunday, April 11, Alaska Pine
Sub-Local held their regular
monthly meeting. They unanimous-
ly endorsed Canada’s Fourth Vic-
tory Bond Drive and voted to give
it their whole-hearted support. It
was the feeling of the meeting
that a large number of union rep-
resentatives should be on the Bond
Sales Committee at that milP and
the executive was instructed to
make representations to the com-
pany in this regard, :

It was reported that severel shop
stewards from Alaska Pine had
moved to the Universal Box, form-
er B.C. Box, and recently acquired
by the Alaska Pine Company. It
is expected that these brothers
will carry on thelr good work in
that mill.

The management of the ‘Alaska,’
Pine Company has at all times
been willing to meet with union |
representatives. It is now hoped
that in the near future there will
be a signed union agreenient in
this mill.

Loggers, Shipyard Workers, Lab-
orers, meet your friends at the

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Compensation Board
Reports On Accidents

A total of 5,074 workmen lost their lives as a result of in-
dustrial accidents in British Columbia from Jan. 1, 1917, to Dec.

presented at a meeting of the

Workmen’s Compensation Board recently,
During the same period 16,406 persons suffered injuries
which left them with permanent, partial or total disablement.

age was 28,618 per year.

The board received a 29-page
memorandum of revised regula-
tions for the prevention of acci-
dents in industries within the scope
of the Workmen’s Compensation
Act, There are 354 clauses in the
revised form.

The report showed that less than
10 percent of industrial accidents
are caused by improper guarding
and faulty. equipment. The solu-
tion for the remaining 90 percent
is education, or the development
‘of safety consciousness.

{ernment would be well advised to

ued

DEATH TOLL

River, kicked a cable which piled
up on one side of the drum in
order to distribute it more evenly.
His foot caught under the cable and
his leg was torn off. The coroner’s
jury commended R. W. Matthew,
David King and Sam Beck for the
promptness with which they went
to the man’s assistance.

Con

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| which would establish Joint Labor-

‘The following letter circulated by
Local 1-80 at Duncan is being re-
printed with a hearty “Amen” from

the staff of the B.C, Lumber
Worker.

To All Sub-Local Secretaries:

Dear Sirs and Brothers, — At
Local 1-80, TWA, executive meeting
Held Sunday, April 11, 1943, the sec-
retary was instructed to write to
all Sub-Locals and ask them"to set
up press committees, asking them
to send reports and letters to the
B.C. Lumber Worker. Address,
Bert Melsness, 504 Holden Building,
Vancouver, B.C.; also to The Inter-
national Woodworker, 314 §.W.
Ninth Avenue, Portland, Ore.

These two loggers’ own papers
will appreciate your cooperation
along the line of reports and news
from your operations. The national
news and news of important issues
are, always read by the member-
ship, but it is important that these
papers get news of your activities.

You probably wonder just what
is news. Well, let’s put it this way.
We want you to get all news of

Press Committee Needed
In Every Camp and Mill

meetings, membership drives, elec-
tions, petitions, Auxiliary news, in-
juries, sickness, and marriages,
etc., ete. You should have a press
committee to take, responsibility
for getting something in these two
Papers from your Sub-Local every
other week. Here’s all you have to
do. Just write down the facts and
you won’t have .to worry about
spelling, fine writing or grammar,
Write in any language you can
write, just. put down things you
want to get in the paper and they
will get them in shape for you.

Now let us see if we can get
cooperation from the rank and file
and see if we can make the B.C.
Lumber Worker and The Interna-
tional Woodworker better papers.
Send pictures of your industry,
shots of your officers or anything
that they can use about your ac-
tivities.
Be sure to identify all persons in
pictures.
Thanking you all in advance for
your cooperation, I remain,
Fraternally yours,
SECRETARY,
IWA-CIO LOCAL 1-80.

Continued

SHOP STEWARDS

changes in several clauses such as
safety committee and hours of
work. One important feature was
the inclusion of the same clause

Management Production Commit-
tees.

In endorsing the Victory Bond
Campaign, many delegates: ex-
pressed themselves very firmly on
the need for more equitable sys-
tem of rationing. The delegates
were unanimous in their condemn-
ation of the slogan “No Beer No
Bonds” as being detrimental to
the war effort and labor further
expressed the opinion that the gov-

make some changes in the system
of distributing or rationing the ex-

view of the fact that none of the
ingredients of beer are used in the
production’ of war materials, The
question of rationing of meat was
also thoroughly discussed and the
opinion was expressed that two
pounds of meat is certainly not
enough for an industrial worker
with a heavy job while it’ would
undoubtedly maintain the needs of
office workers or workers on light
jobs. S

The conference in all was very
successful and it is expected that
in the near future similar con-
ferences will be called to discuss
problems as- they arise.

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