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B.C. LUMBER WORKE

October 4, 1943

LETTERS

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Camp Comments

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REPORTS

Bro. W. Moo

re Will Be

Missed In Ladysmith

William Harold Moore met
accident while at work at the C
He was reparing a cold deck mi

his death in an extraordinary
‘omox Logging operations here.
achine, and after repairs were

finished the machine was started up. It ran only for a few
minutes when it exploded, causing injuries that led to his death
in the local Hospital at 4:30 p.m., approximately three hours
after the accident on Monday, August 30th.

Bro. W. Moore, as I knew him,@
‘was as conscientious a union mem-
ber as I have ever known. His
passing will be sadly regretted by
all members in our sub-local. He
was a regular attendant at all
meetings, and was not afraid to
speak his mind on all subjects or
discussions that arose from time
to time. He was outspoken and
straight to the point. I have talked
with him often on various matters
and found that he was not biased
in any shape or form. He was all
for going ahead and many a time
we discussed union policies from
both sides. You don’t meet fellows
like the late Bro. Moore every day.

He was a member of the griev-
ance committee here, and I know,
that in considering any cases that
he came in contact with, he acted
squarely with employer and em-
ployee. At work in the shop, he
was well thought of, always tried
ty heip his mates without neglect-
ng his own duties.

In writing about a person with
an outstanding character as the late
Bro. Moore, I could go on for days.
The high esteem in which Bill
was held was shown on Friday,
September 3, when the local offi-
cials of the Comox Logging Co.
ceased operations for that day to
allow every employee to attend his
funeral. Thé officials also attend-
ed the funeral.

Bro. Moore was forty years of
age. He was a member of the
PCMR, holding the rank of 2nd
lieutenant. 5 a

He was a board member of Local
1-80, and on the sub-local of 1-80
executive, member of the grievance
committee and vice-president of
the Comox Logging Medical As-
sociation and also member of the
local first aid association. His
place in these various committees
will be hard to fill and his ab-

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sence will no doubt be felt by the
other members of these various
groups.

As a passing tribute to our late

Brother, practically every member

of sub-local 1-80 attended his fun-
eral, Funeral services were held on
September 3 at 3 p.m. in the St.
John’s Anglican Church, with Rev.
L. D. Brown officiating. The church
was filled to overflowing with his
many friends. Members of the
Ladysmith IWA -sub-local 1-80
formed open ranks through which
the casket passed upon leaving the
church and again upon arrival at
the cemetery.

Pallbearers, all personal friends
of the deceased, were: Chas.
O’Brien, Raymond Berod, George
Nash, Cecil Stafford, Jack Keno
and William Hallinan. Noticeable
among the many beautiful floral
tributes were wreaths from the
TWA sub-local 1-80, Side 3, Side
4 and Side 5 of the Comox Log-
ging Company, Comox Truck Driv
ers, Fallers on Side 4, Boys of
the Machine Shop, No. 9 First Aid
Post (of which he was a member)
members of 1943 Novice team and
St. John Ambulance.

Following committal services,
members of the IWA gathered
around the grave while Pres. J.
Atkinson conducted the IWA ritual.

Loggers will be granted allow-
ances of jam, canned fruits, honey,
etc. in excess of the amounts fixed
for ordinary consumers. Engaged
in heavy outdoor work, the logger
needs ample amounts of sweetened
foods, such as jam and fruit, and
the fact that most camps are lo-
cated in solated places make it
very hard or impossible to get a
regular supply of fresh fruits. This
will be effective immediately.

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Q.C.I. LOGGERS DETERMINED
TO OBTAIN UNION RIGHTS

Camp A-35, ©

Queen Charlotte City,
Sept. 20, 1943.

To the Editor:
After almost two years of con-
tinuous struggle the Queen Char-

lotte Island loggers, in their efforts
to obtain union recognition and
collective bargainng are having to
force an issue with the operators.

It is now three months since the
Conciliation and Arbitration Board
handed down their majority award,
recommending collective bargain-
ing and -signed agreements with
Local 1-71, IWA-CIO. The decision
of the board had the full support
and sanction of the government.

Since then the operators have
been perpetually evading the issue
by refusing to enter nto any agree-
ment with the IWA on the grounds
‘that the leadership of this organi-
zaton was irresponsible. In view of
the situaton this statement is ri-
diculous. The executve officers of
the IWA have almost two years
tried through arbitration to have
this dispute settled peacefully and
without any loss of time in this in-
dustry, which produces the neces-
sary sitka spruce for the produc-
tion of mosquito bombers.

The membership of the union
have been clamoring for a long
time to force the issue with the op-
erators, who have so far shown no

regard for arbitration board deci-
sions, or the rights of democratic
people.

Our soldiers are fighting for de-
mocracy. The least we can do is to
see that this democracy is upheld
and practiced in the country they
are coming back to after the war
is won.

All peaceful methods of arbitra-
tion and negotiations in this dis-
pute having failed, the employers
of this camp have now been given
the ultimatum, that unless an
agreement with the IWA is entered
into on or before Sept, 30 a strike
vote would be conducted by the ex-
ecutives of the IWA in charge at
this camp. We recommend that all
QCI camps who have been negoti-
ating for agreements do likewise.

Regretting that this action has
become necessary, we are never-
theless adamant that our rights as
citizens of a democratic country
shall be observed.

N. C. Madsen, Chairman,
Mike Freylinger, Sec.,
SUB-LOCAL 1-71, IWA-CIO.

From 10 to 15 million feet of
hemlock for local paper mills will
be cut by Olsen Creek Logging Co.,
whch started felling operations in
Olsen Valley, near Powell River,
last month. The holdings have been
previously logged over for cedar.

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CAMP ACTIVITY

By EOVING REPORTER

WESTERN LOGGING CO.,, Jack-
son Bay.—This is a pretty good lit-
tle camp; at least so far we have
had only good reports. A newly
elected camp committee consist-
ing of Brothers J. Smith; R. Strom,
A, Rahm, H. Valentine and V. Lofk-
vist, seems to be keeping things
in-hand. Chief Job Steward is Bro-
ther Onni Parta. Meetings will be
held the first Monday of each
month, The new secretary is Bro-
ther McKillop.

GIBSON BROS., Jeune Landing.
—From reports a few things in
camp could be straightened out,
the main grievance being lack of
a first aid man. Recently one of
the brothers was injured and suf-
fered unnecessarily because there
was no first aid man on the job.
Another beef is transportation.
The boys ride in an open truck;
they hope fr something better soon,
Bunkhouses are new and pretty
comfortable.

SITKA SPRUCE CAMP COM-
MITTEE, O’Brien Bay, B.C.—There
are about 40 men working in this
camp but there should be a lot
more as they are very shorthanded.

The camp is fairly good but
there could be quite a few im-
provements made around the camp.
The odd bedbug is keeping the
boys company at nights so they
are not lonesome anyway.

They have a good cook so the
boys are not kicking, but there
seems to be a shortage of grub.
Of course, that’s not the cook's
fault. Wages are pretty good.

At the last union meeting in
camp everybody was present.

While it was possible to report
increases in log output during the
past month, the gains have not
been sufficient to make any &p-
preciable improvement in the log
stock situation, and the sawmills
are still hard pressed for supplies.
Stocks at Vancouver market in the
third week of August stod at 188,
000,000 feet, as compared with 198
million feet in August, 1942, and
294% million feet in the same
month of 1941,

Among recently incorporated
companies was the Allan Creek
Shingle & Logging Co., Ltd., with-
registered offices in Victoria. Also
incorporated was the Plateau Lum-
ber Co. Ltd. with registered of-
fices in Courtenay.

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