> B.C. LUMBER WORKER ® Camp Comments : “Every Reader a Correspondent” Courtenay Local Reports © |Good Progress In Camp Successful Membership Drive}/ At Chehalis Sub-Local still not organized, but with the Here comes another spot of News and Views from our re- help of the men in this mill we|cently formed sub-local at Chealis Crossing. should have Union Agreements in A special meeting was held in the dining-room on Novem- the near future. ber 11 at 8 p.m. with John Monks in the chair. The day of hitch hikers in the Three new members were added to the Grievance Com- Labor Movement is past; so let us|™ittee, which was authorized to interview the management puild a strong Union so that when |¥POn matters pertaining to the resignation of the Cook, ob- our brothers come back from|Setvance of Official Holidays, provision for an adequate Dry tamer aay iittiayeuoreanized House, whic hwas most conspicuous by its absence, and better Poeeiiiatenerndustey® aid shave facilities for personal cleanliness in. the Wash-] house in the aeene h a form of more wash bowls, also the boys crave more light on Jecent wages, hours and g00d/the subject of the Ligting system which at present is not’ all living conditions. \ that one might wish for. At the next regular meeting at The transportation problem, to and from the point of pro- November 29, 1943 REPORTS LETTERS CAMP ACTIVITY By ROVING REPORTER IWA-CIO Sub-Local 1-71, Gilder- sleve Logging Co., Dawson Land- ing—Last reports from this crew indicate that everything in going smoothly and that the boys will be in about the middle of Dec- ember. The new chairman there is Brother E. Lonergan. IWA-CIO Sub-Local 1-71, B. C. Pulp and Paper Co. Holberg, B. C.—A peppy and enthusiastic Sub-Local has been newly formed at this camp. The following were DEAR BROTHERS: Haven't seen any news from this local for awhile so thought I’d drop a line and let you know how the organization is progressing in this neck of the woods. We have two camps certified with the Department of Laobr, Headquartes Camp and Comox Lake at Courtney, and Camp 7 VLM at Fanny Bay. Campbell River area is well on the way to eae 100 Percent organized. The eer on December oe pin duction came in for some heated® elected as Sub-Local officers: atco eee with its Union Agree- ae be sa ‘the slate] d:scussion, at the moment of writ-| streamlined, power-driven, coarse! Chairman, Swan Jacobson; Vice ment, has been a great factor in|of officers for the coming year. ing the Mulligan trucks are cram-| grit, fast grinding affair, preferably Chairman, Alfred Cassel: Secre- tary, Mike Dragon; Treasurer, with a shed or roof over it. The boys seem to think donations of say, ten cents, per boy, per grind, would be the only way to replace this present wreck, which is fear- fully lopsided, has housemaid’s knees and is afflicted with a bad case of rickets. Sub-locals are urged to have rep- resentation at this meeting and to place nominations so that the Local Executive will be composed of a broad slate of officers; the officers to be elected by referendum bal- lot. An article appeared in the Lum- ber Worker about a wolf at the Convention, and I understand theyr are a pest on the West Coast, so was wondering if it could have been a timber beast from there. Fraternally yours, CARD NO. 3975. med to capacity, to such an extent that some sardines would consider themselves lucky at the amount of space allotted to them in their tins, so far as ample seating ac- commodation is concerned. It can be truthfully- said how- ever, that the management has been very fair-minded in hearing REISS) CO ui aot any complaints and has received the grievance committee in a spirit] Letters Of Thanks ‘of friendliness and fair co-opera- ss i montenciruiioieet. all’ tie above |e iene wonPresn my Sincele é : thanks to the men at Bloedel, mentioned grievances have been| ssuart and Welch, Camp 9, Port ironed out there is sufficient indi- ‘ ; Becronter neh hey, willbe) tioned | ame rou elie skmuatnyaaatd Pegitndiee help which they extended to me b at the time of the death of my Shock troops in the form of new] husband. arrivals continue to pour in, doubt- less they have heard through the bush tlegraphy of the swell camp we shall have here bye and bye. This branch is arranging a dance to be held in the Harrison Mills dance hall on December 3rd for the express purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of sending a delegate to our camp meetings and also to Union Head- quarters, if and when necessary. All members and their friends are cordially invited to attend this helping to organize this district. The Union is well established in the ERT Camps with Sub-locals functioning in Camp 8 and Camp 9, Bloedel Camp 5 and Bloedel Boom ‘Camp also have Sub-iocals, while the Sub-local at Campbellton is doing a good job. These opera: tions will be ready for certifica- tion early within the new year. The Shop Stewards and Execu- tives of these Sub-locals are to be highly commended on the job they have done of Consolidating the Union in these Camps. We have one Shingle Mill in this area Franklin River Meeting Shows Good Union Growth A meeting was held inthis camp) our sister camp at Central Lake tonight with Brother Norm Mac-| during the past two weeks. Kinnon in the chair, Brother Olaf} A new pathway has been blazed Fedge, Financial Secretary, Bro-| between Company officials and our ther , Joe Dibble, Vice-chairman,|union committee of this camp. and the grievance Committee] The whole operation is moving were also on the platform. Brother|like a giant, well oiled machine, ‘Alee Hobbins was elected record-|under the able direction of BO ing Secretary. woods foreman, who is rapidly A huge attendance gathered at| changing his anti-union attitude nl the hall to discuss current union] one of enthusiasm as he sees, every Frank Burnette; Conductor, D. John; Trustees, Bruce McLean and Joe Boyes; and Job Steward, Alvin Ritz. The same members also com- pose the Grievance Committee. Safety and Press Committees were also elected. Organization in this camp started only a few weeks ago but it is practically 100 percent union now, a shining example of just what can and is being done. IWA-CIO Sub-Local 1-71, Pacific Veneer Co., Harrison Mills, B.C— This is another new Sub-Local which is not lying down on the job. The Chairman is Brother John Monks and the Secretary, Brother C. E. Carlson; Grievance Com- mittee Chairman is Brother George Yeoman; other committee members include Brothers E. Miller, John Carlson and R. Daniels. Press Committee Chairman, Brother James McCurdy, with Brother R. Daniels elected to sell “The People” in the vicinity. Brother Mike Monks was elected to replace H. Sanberg as Job Steward as the latter has been injured. Safety Committee Chairman is Brother Bob Morin. Some of the questions taken up by the Grievance and Safety Committees and as a result Mrs, Nelly Greenan NOTICE Anyone knowing the where- abouts of George Grandbois will please communicate with IWA Local 1-71, as his sister wishes to get in touch with him. Union Collects “Notice Pay” Closure of the J. and L. Logg- ing Company at Alouette Lake on topics. The Chairman asked mem- bers to pause for a few moments and think of the comrades who fell on the fields of France and elsewhere, twenty-five years age. Deep sympathy was expressed on behalf of the men and women of this camp for the wives, families and friends of our brothers who day, the production of each ma- chine, is reaching even the hectic pre war highball days. This is an eyeopening demon- stration of what a fully organized they are a pest on the West the pitiful efforts of pre union days of four or five months ago, See FRANKLIN RIVER—Page 8 unfortunately lost there lives at Moderate Hotel West Ltd. FRED R. MARCHESE, Mgr. Centrally Located Rates and Dance and help put it over with 444 Carrall Street PAc. 8374 — PAc. 8375 Vancouver, B.C. “Let’s go Boys! a bang. So... Miss Reinie Salmon, who is in charge of recreational prsuits, has nothing to report at this time, her department being only a fledgling one just at present, but she hopes to be able to give news of pro- gress at a future date. Oh, yes, one other thing of para- mount interest to those of the axe grinding fraternity and that is, the old camp grindstone. That ancient relic, hatched, we suppose about the time of Tutarek-amew, is in dire need of repair, or better still replaced with a modern, MODERN and OLD-TIME DANCING EVERY WED. AND SAT. All Modern Every Friday. Hastings Aulitorium 828 East Hastings MODERATE RENTAL RATES 24 hours notice was protested by the IWA to the Local Office of National Selective Service this week with the result that a ruling has been made that employees must be given their week’s pay in lieu of proper notice. A circular letter explaining the ruling is be- ing forwarded to all employees who are members of the union, instructing them on necessary steps to make collection. The man- agement posted a notice Thurs- day advising the afllers and buck- ers to bring in their tools Fridey night with giving the seven days’ notice required under Selective Service regulations. After inves- tigation by Bert Hill, Business Agent of the Hammond Local, the question was referred to Vancou~- ver resulting in a ruling which will mean several hundred dol- Jars to the employees. On Tues- day morning the sawmill owned by the same company was des- troyed by fire in the early hours of the morning and is reported a complete loss. are being straightenel out include immediate change of cook; recog- nition of all legal holidays by the camp management, dryhouse, bet- ter lighting facilities and trans- portation to and from work; all safety measures to be enforced. A Branch of the Sub-Local has been formed at the Beach Camp so all members in the area are included. 2 IWA-CIO Sub-Local 1-71, Aero Timber Products, Camp 2—At the meeting Brother A. R. Turner was elected chairman and J. G. Glover, Secretary. Local 1-71 Secretary Dalskog addressed the meeting on the new agreement which was unanimously adopted. The follow- ing committees were elected: Safe- ty, Brothers Geo. Wainwright; Jack Tanish, Bob Carter; Production, Bob Carter, Ervind Randall, Frank Green; Grievance, Frank Green, James. Glover, A R. Turner, A motion was passed to send a let- ter to Mr. Justice Richards. See CAMP ACTIVITY—Page 6