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Bi-weekly Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers! of America, Affiliated to Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

VOL. XII. 1 XII. No. 5. VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1944
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B.C. ADOPTS NEW FEDERAL LABOR CODE
ICA ACT T0 BE SHELVED FOR THE DURATION

|New Code Will Make Possible the Placing
of 5,000 IWA Members Under Contract Now

y NIGEL MORGAN

, B.C—Minister of i or George Pearson announ ced this week in the Provin.
ili Arbitration “Act will be shelved aos the
of the recently announced Federal Labor Code, 100:

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x by Provinci, a ” the Minister

nt, the Government of British Columbia considers

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it benefit to the vores of this Pro
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inion. Government to extend the provisions of their order to include

orkers in the ish Columbia and to give Minister of Labor Pearson the

Ereatact aes ory f in ae een euen. Under this arrangement the ICA
Act

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will ne non-effective, at Tess

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careful analysis

B. J. MELSNESS oa
Council Executive Committee, which w

. reelected Sec’y-Treasurer

Re PRITCHETT
eelected President.

at see a ae hours later
by Minister of Labor pentain, A
Longshoremen Apply Fog sumer oF alstinct savantages tr MINERS ar DISTRICT
labor are to be found in the ap-
Plication of the ne leral code.
| LWU C | O Cha og Firstly, it will provide a national
code which has long bi ught, na
ae F Pe aesby mass meet b: cunts labor, and will be a
pplicat ae (0: “|tremendous help in o} in} a
ing of members of the Vancouver vote kers Associa-|the unorganized worl qninthe ae a ae oakcing, scoplerenes wai strengthened the
tion last weel ig er it was learned that the other locals of the | raste: Peinces ~ perticalarly He d toale Hkinees ae 4 leadersh 2 oe ish Columbia,
B.C. Council of Longshoremen would not join the Vancouver ce ‘ ; e eae aE S 2a vey Murphy,
0 gsho: n international Spee eave in British Columbia, last week-
up | ee Eee in 2 goose ae Sees venitongshore- econdly, it will eliminate con-| end a uver in the first annual convention of the
Be vee ftilin ed ih ae oleae iepeeenceaniestion, ae federal snd prone Be: Districs paicrantiaeel Union a Mine, Mill and Smelter
Rosco Craycraft, U.S. repre-@~—— , the application of the ing on the many t
sentative at present ae ake city, T wo Mo re D e aths oat Code will overcome thejresolutions placed before it the Powers, international representa-
a. ati o ae | s main weaknesses in the B.C, ICA|convention: es bes aes:
presentativ: ‘ormation o! e District
aia; Burrard Gosntwize Long- Make Tota Seven So AG, ASG (1) Favored establishment of |ty,on and the important part it
shor at oyal City Water- logging daisies political action onnratttaed ‘will play in tthe! fubon Gs ovement
front Workers, attended the meet-| br ane the. Sou death toll i (2) Supported the five-point pro- | is dened in the fact that our
indications are that they|Iumber ndustries up to seven mis Morgan On gram outlined by President Roose-
athet Seale el es Haddow of Lady- velt full employment, decent See MINERS—Page 6
taken by the Vancouver group. mith was Bs injured Mon- CB rum wages, health, housing and secur-
Meetings will be held by both , February ity. : 5 a a
these organizations to consider ea -when he| ‘The CBC Citizens Forum broad-| (3) Unanimously opposed affili- District Officers
the matter. was struck by a! cast for fees ‘ entitled “The|ation with any political party at R d
he Vietoria local of the coun- Woodware ling tree|New Relationship with Soviet | this at e- tect
Sua bean : nee ” will or-| (4) Endorsed the Workers Edu-) The results of the District
ae in B.C iginate in Van- caisapal Association. Reterandutt Ballot announced
luml “a couver. The] (5) By standing ee reaffirmed last week by the Balloting Com-
dustry since broadcast is one|the no-strike pled; mittee reelected for the coming
Jan. ty 1944 of the “ Welcomed to aueomey ar the entire slate of Officers
ae a to Come” |Mayor J. W. Cornett, the del i for District Council No. 1 (IWA).
"| Ladysmith hospital. He was a mar- sel With |gates heard from Mines Minister cers reelected were: vresi-
ried man with three sons. aes eaiaatiak as|E. C, Carson; President A. R. H. Pritchett; First Vice-
Louis Fenske, minor, and dri chairman, the|Mosher of the Canadian Congress} President, H. Bergren; Second
of a logging truck, and broadcast will|0! arene Harold Pritchett, mee Vice-President, E, Dalskog, and
ployer, Earl E. iven by | Woodworkers of Third Vice-President, M. Mosh-
operates a sm , three Vancouver speakers, Profes-}ica; seer nt E. E, Leary, veawie er. Secretary Treasui ih 4h
elaine hs Serre ema mond, Univers’ oct “ren vada To Gel Melsness and Trustee H. Valley
eae corteceies's sncynaat intar| °° Bali nana Nigel Mor- Rete aaa ease reelected for the term of
fea ck tetetietse Banieti who © nieiben aa A, eae Une five years. Other Trustees serv-
xecutive| ing on the District Council are
ted when a truck lo: haa ne aoe uf ek all board members who addressed the] Darshan Singh of Victoria and
lumber overturned on him about by — Ladner, |convention wer cretary-Treas-| Jack Lindsay of New West-
urer James J. Leary and Chase J.| m

five miles west of Marysville.

jinster,