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‘ “Every Reader a Correspondent”

ona Local 118 At Victoria Hammond Local Gains
momen ren || Elects Officers For ‘44 |Contract At Ruskin

‘Local 1-80 leads istrict VICTORIA, B.C.—At a Jeet meeting held on Wed- HAMMOND, B.C.—First major victory for Hammond Local

‘the largest Saeee ax ears nesday, January 5th, in the C e following pales 1-367 IWA was won last week when an agreement was signed.

and consolidation. Within the a elected for the comin; a ee E. H, Clark, Head Shop! by that local with the Allan MacDougal and Butler Shingle
" ter e j joi i the mai

‘Chemanius E el d aes
Youbou mill of ITM which are| 20: 1. A. Williamson, ay bpp Steward at he Moore-Whitngion| p se a be ratified this week and ibe will become part of the
pucltvieary plant, and a very energeti ic workers for whole | ag (ain See Te

Local 1-217, Vancouver, although| *S lected ‘gle secretary of the council, officially The mill a at Ruskin is a combin- ane Tee Rhemtimetitiwaat

membership has increased im-| With Bro. Rattan Singh, Shop Stew-| welcomed the Local back into the ation shingle and sawmill and waS|- seq, The organization of this
mensely, still has a tremendous |#rd for the East Indian Brothers | CCL, and stressed the urgen: need first organized into Local 1217 in| i ang the subsequent signing

task of organizing and consolidat- beaten Vics rent and Brother | of unity amongst the trade unions.| Vancouver. The entire member- Gia thenagresmentithen wisnaeines

me local has been a

m ultimate
successful in negotiating an agree-| Macarter’s Shipbuilding Mill, and W-E A Cl unionization of the large number
ment with Bloedel’s Red Band) oe of the mainstays of the Local eduet do ens iaSSES of smaller ‘pentin in the out-
Shingle and will certify eside

ee
° ° is het distri
Pre
shorty the Csssdan Whit Mne|Preident Bree Want =t|F'ox Trade Unionists ne Hammond Cedar Mil the
tetat % yee eae tremend- imously returned to office as Fin-}| The Vancouver Trade Union Advisory Committee to the sin & - ete nel
tae ous ais is te New Westminster |#™¢lal Secretary and Recording] WEA and the yee Jess pieniad night classes for the City|te outcome of an application to
F Secretary respectively. Brothers | of Vancouver as foll eg eae Leen ae = a Gal
J. Potts, Mohan Singh and W. P. (a) On Monday, “Tanuary 24th at 8:00 pane and alternate creas,
f Fine sn uate ihe Bis Trace were elected as ntitled “Social Changes in Modern Novels”. | happily ane sletin “tia ior
Monee Bro. Ed. Logan (Sr.) one of the old- Profes! G. G. Sedgwick a the sual Department of U.B.C.|have the blessing of the company
tered agreements. est members of the Union in this|nad the University staff will deliver the lectures and lead the | Which argues that they mt mes
2 Local 1-85 in Port Alberni has} area, was elected Conductor, and elpcusetons: Books a as “Thi arily pay a lower scale because
Gone an excellent job of organiz-) Brother H, Oldenborough Warden. | Fall of Paris” by Hya Ehrenburg: | Wion procedure and how to con-|of the fact that they are cutting
haying the sawmill} The new officers were officially ror Whom the Bell Tolls” by| duct a union meeting, etc. William | cedar, The award of the board is
and shingle Mill of the Alberni] installed by Internat and other novels will | Hope will be the instructor of this| expected to be made kno
Pacific Lumber Company Limited] Member Nigel Morgan, who later | have been read by the members | ‘lass. week at which time the agreement
Working under a signed union con-| very ably addressed the meeting,|of the class and discussed. Ar-| (d) The same Speakers’ Class a be signed.
. paeetied th see the ral e bei e Ha

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mill is at present
of

ite number of ruary 2nd and c ate mend
ie te task of organizing tke unorg- Bi ae ee eas mu available to| Wednesdays. This will give people Sand because’ of a shortage
‘ 5 i ff the class two weeks|on swing shift, etc, a chance to logs at for rey va but is ex-
ng “Under New Business, the local Bae ‘they are discussed. end one or the other, if they | pected en in near
unanimously went on record to| (b) A course in the History of|so Pde lesire. futur
reaffiliate to the Canadian Con-|the Trade Union Movement. This Registration for complete
ers Dar- | wi ‘ommence Mond: Ut ent |in

a tt, an aw e thei lant.
herson be the delegates to the| p.m. Tutors will be Nigel Morgan|and $150 for anybody ae Sater uorot eleva vee

P.
chore aad Council for ste on the CIO and CCL, Birt Show-| ested. The lectures
coming year. Lat AF

ter Mr. R. Ni ler on AFL, John St: place in the Fairview High “earn i sa
and Law, Professor Drummond of| of Commerce, Broadway and Gran-|_ Back the union by join-

U.B.C, on British Trade Unions. | ville, Room 0! ing now!

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(c) A Speakers’ Class will co
|mence on ‘ednesday, wary
| 28th at 8:00 p.m, and be held alter- TELEPHONE 379
ates oeiry hate weeks. ‘They will endeavor
: not only to teach the workers how t d
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