» THE B.C. 2 LUMBER WORKER LUMBER WORKER shed Bi-Weekly, Every Second Monday by aN/ \TIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO) ba DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 1 Managing Editor: B, J. MELSNESS n Building — Phone PAcific 4151 — Vancouver, B.C. se Payments to: IWA-CIO District Council No. 1 District-Wide Negotiations the last few weeks developments of tremendous 3 have taken place within the lumbering industry ritish Columbia. The International Woodworkers of Ameri- 1ow have signed union agreements in all the Queen Char- ‘Island camps except one, and also on Vancouver ‘Island he operations of the Lake Logging Company. Immediately following this, we now have negotiations for a union contract which will cover all operations which are at present certified d which will be applied to all operations in which the IWA ig c@rtified as the bargaining agency in the near future. These mts lay a sound basis for harmony and stabilization ithin the woodworking industry; a condition which has been ht for for many years by every worker within the industry which is necessary for all-out war production. contract, which is now being negotiated, covers the basic such as union ‘recognition, vacations, hours of work, ie and seniority. However, it does not make provision union shop or a maintenance of membership clause. While IWA will not, at this time, make an issue of union mainten- ince in such an agreement, it is our sincere belief that such a ‘clause would add to and assist in maintaining the full coopera- n which is necessary if harmony and stabilization is to be aintained. . me It is our conviction that if individuals or groups of employees "are permitted to remain outside the union they will constitute a standing threat to good labor relations and to maximum pro- duction effort. Historically, the union shop agreement is neither i new development, nor is it something unusual in labor rela- ns. As a matter of fact it is merely the logical and direct It of true collective bargaining between employer and em- ees. President Roosevelt has stated “by agreement between mployer and employees in many plants of various industries, h » union shop is now in operation. This is the result of legal collective bargaining.” Tn Canada a survey conducted by Queens University in 2 in which 150 Canadian trade union agreements in force end of 1941 are analyzed, shows that 59 percent of these ements provide for some form of union shop. ie union shop is democratic. It confirms the universally ted principle of majority rule. Moreover, it ensures the inciple of equal benefit derived from equal responsibility. It only reasonable that no employee should be permitted ‘enjoy benefits of a union agreement which has been-fought and paid for by his fellow employees without being re- red to bear his just share of the cost and the responsibility ‘maintaining those conditions and the agreement: This mat- too, has a direct bearing on production; for if there exists up of non-union employees who are content to accept the its of union organization and a union agreement without any responsibility, the resentment of those who have struggled and paid for such benefits will be only natural. 4 der the terms of any union agreement, labor is required > accept definite and heavy responsibilities. As a responsible nization the union fully intends to abide by the letter and pirit of this agreement and specifically see that its responsibili- s are fully discharged. These resspongibilitie include the elim- of strikes, work stoppages and slow-downs, generally or lly. They include the enforcement of safety provisions and ory acceptance of arbitration awards should any arise in connection with the agreement. They also in- the boosting of production and the maintenance on the t of the union of good labor relations in the industry. nion is seriously expected to live up to its responsibilities be given the necessary authority to enable it to do so. n proposals the employers have a perfect right to ict compliance on the part of our union to every nkly the union cannot fulfill this expectation with of certainty if it is faced with a situation where oups of employees or individuals refusse to join the reby become subject to its decisions, The B By “SAWD IT happens every other week When with a manner mild and meek Morgan starts out at last to seek That sanctimonious bunkhouse freak, The Bullcook. He finds him by the cookhouse door And pretty soon you hear a roar Shaking the building to the core ’Tis Morgan dragging o’er the floor, The Bulldook. So up he goes to five-O-four And paces up and down the floor Sweating like Hell from every pore Scratching his head 'till it is sore, The Bullcook, A maniacal look is in his eye It nearly makes you want to cry Watching him stride and hearing him sigh And pgeking as if he’s about to ie, The Bulleook. ullcook UST BILL” ©He put the office all astray . Kicking equipment out of his way Letting it land wherever it may Making the staff run out and pray, The Bullcook. At times he stops as if asleep And Williams back to her desk will creep Only to leave with a terrified leap As he gives a roar both loud and deep, The Bullcook. A vacant look in-his eyeballs gleam As he gradually runs out of steam While now and then he'll faintly scream A theme, a theme! Oh for a theme, The Bullcook. Then when it seems all hope is past When time is slipping very fast He shouts I’ve fathomed it at last Then out a column he will cast, The Bullcook. At times his articles are fair Sometimes they get into your hair Without them though I’m here to swear Our paper would: seem very bare, The Bulleook. | AUXILIARY CORNER | Women’s Auxiliary Local 97, hi Worker. We didn’t exactly die a bang and have instituted a program. rettes overseas. Fund is being and drawing with proceeds for Tuesday, Noy. active, making aprons, and ends. If the enthusiasm is be a howling success! The organization is definitely n cial and business meetings. O Tf you really want some fun play “Coffee-Pat,” Our membership our boast. It has been a long time since the New Westminster IWA we did fall gently asleep. However, we have awakened with Although a little late we have finally started to send ciga- A collection box sits on the counter in the of- fice and our appeals for donations to the Overseas Cigarette well subscribed by the members. A whist drive 2, and $12 was realized. Elaborate plans for a bazaar and sale-of-work to be held in the Union Headquarters on December 10 are well under way and all the members are knitting baby clothes and other odds The Auxiliary as a body made its first contribution to the Red Cross Blood Donors Clinic on Wednesday, November 10. We are holding meetings every Wednesday, write to us and find out how to . Even the visiting’ staid and sober union officers unbend when they play a We have delegates to the Consumers Council and to the United Trade Unions Committee. These last were active in assisting the committee in raising funds for the QCI Fund. is increasing and enjoyable meetings are —IWA-CIO Women’s Auxiliary, Local 97, as sent a report to The Lumber during the summer months but really heavy fall and winter the same purpose was held on any criterion the affair should of anaemic, alternately so- ur social evenings are a riot. Hello, Boys! I’m sure a lot of you boys know and read “The People.” Last week I reads Al Parkin’s column deal- ing with pioneers of unionism in the lumber industry. He did a good job of it and it is no wonder to me that he is co-editor of that paper. Do you know that he was editor of The Lumber Worker dur- ing those pioneer days he is talk- ing about? And was he a column- ist then? Why, in those good old drinking days I never had to worry about -deadlines, censorship or shaky hands. Parkin was always there to fill in for me. You fellows know that if he could write my column he must have been good. I occasionally meet some of the old builders of the union. Recently, I walked into Palmgren who was one of the first financial secre- taries of the union when head- quarters were at 61 Cordova St. He is now with the Merchant Mar- ine. In those days there were very few financial difficulties. The union would take in about $50 in dues, the rent was $20, so we had ‘about $30 to play with. Palmgren would seldom mail a letter for city de- livery. He would make us deliver it. To save a few more pennies he would not seal out-of-town letters unless they were going to a camp delegate. With that kind of a trus- tee we managed to keep our head- quarters and our union, Today Ronnie McDonald walked into the office. You all know Ron- tiie, He was field organizer in the tough old days. He was another one of those fellows who took up the Packsack Trail and slept under windfalls and all the rest of it. Ronnie just returned from Scot- Jand to work in the B.C. woods. I asked him if there were any old- timers over there that I would know and he said that he didn’t think so, unless it was Grant (Best Procurable). Speaking of old-timers, not Jong ago Bob Burns was reminiscing about the good old days, “Yester- day I went into a big department store downtown and the counter I visited was so busy that I could not get waited on. Right across the isle stood a salesman doing noth- ing. Do you think I could get him to wait on me? No, sir. It wasn’t in his department. I think that ali salesmen should get their training in a smalltown store. I remember when I worked in the general store back home, a lady would call up and say, “Send me a bucket of Jard; tell my husband to come home; send me a spool of No. 60 cotton threat and don't forget to vote for me, straight Democratic.” So Jong, boys. THE BULLCOOK. When in town Register at the UNION HIRING HALL 204 Holden Bldg. (16 East Hastings Street)