" fey) 7 3s y ve Bi-monthly Bulletin Published by ‘The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated to Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) . VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1944 Broadmay <> Printers Ltd. a (315) = —- _VOL. XM, No. 7. ——= Death Toll Now Up To 10 We regret to report two more logging fatalities in the last week, Which brings the death toll in B.C. Tumber for 1944 up to a total of 10. Stanley Miller was instantly killed when a donkey engine rolled over on 10 him af 1 feat ie eee ee Nl Courtenay on eye een March 21, Fur. | Killed in B.c¥s ther details Ree Mince were not given Jan. 1, 1944 uest was held Inquest was held March 23. A brief message to provincial police “headquarters from Port Renfrew stated that A. Jakab, a faller employed by the Malahat Logging Company, had been killed ‘ by accident there on March 23. The remains were forwarded to Victoria where an inquest will be held. Also reported missing is Steven Alexander Shaeffer, 18-year-old employee of the Pacific Mills Lim- ited at Ocean Falls, after he fell from a log boom Wednesday, March 29, Dragging operations so far have been unsuccessful. BS&W Wages Are Negotiated Negotiations were opened this week for an agreement covering the Franklin River and Great Central Lake camps and the Al- berni sawmill of Bloedel, Stewart and Welch. Contracts are already prepared on the basis of the Stan- dard Form of Agreement already covering some 13,000 lumber work- ers in the industry, and wage ne- gotiations are expected to be com- pleted towards the latter part of this week. Signing of the agreement with Bloedal, Stewart and Welch, which will cover over 1100 employees, marks another milestone in the his- tory of Local 85 and the drive for percent unionization of the im- nt lumber centre of Alberni. Certification has also been ap- plied this week for Camp 8 at Great Central Lake, for which ap- tion has been made to be d by the same contract. TWA District Council Meeting Lays Plans For Extended Activities In Coming Months IWA Local 71Invests $1,000 War Bonds Meeting last week in Vancouver, the executive of Local 1-71, IWA, voted unanimously to invest $1,000.00 in the union’s funds in Victory Bonds on the on the opening of the forth- coming sixth campaign. It was reported at the meeting that excellent organizational. gains have been made in the past two months, with February the largest membership month yet on Council Votes To Purchase $5,000 Current Victory Bonds, Also Asks Full Production Through Allocation Of Log Supply NANAIMO.—Meeting here yesterday 54 officers and dele- gates of the International Woodworkers of America, District Council No. 1, in the first quarterly council meeting of 1944, discussed problems and laid plans for the further carrying out of the program adopted at the last district convention. Report- ing on the gains made in the legislative field in the past year, Nigel Morgan cited the successful campaign to amend P.C. 9384 (labor's straight jacket) and also to have P.C. 1003, the new Labor Code, applied to all industries in B.C. Morgan qlso stressed the need of stepping up the work of the union in this field and the need of immediately extending the work of the Political Action committees of the locals. In reporting on the organiza- tional gains in the period since the annual convention, President Pritchett informed the delegates that the month cf February was the highest membership’ month in the history of the union in this province, with partial reports for the current month indicating | still more significant gains. Monthly conferences of all or- ganizers in this district have prov- en successful and have been a considerable factor in carrying on the good work that has been done, Pritchett said. That- the Interna- tional was considering the employ- ing of a Chinese organizer was also reported. A comprehensive report and good discussion was had on the Union Hiring Hall and it was de- cided that a broad program of publicity should immediately be instituted to assist in popularizing union hiring. The council voted to purchase $5,000 in Victory Bonds in the forthcoming Loan Campaign with funds lying unused in the strike funds. The meeting, which was termed most successful, also discussed questions relative to negotiations on wages and the terms of the agreement which will be negotiat- ed in the fall of this year. Motion was passed instructing the officers to make representa- tions to the timber controller with a view to implementing some sys- tem which would allocate existing log stocks so as to keep all mills operating at full capacity. Under the order of good and welfare, delegates heard a com- prehensive and detailed report of the Teheran agreemnt dlivered by President Pritchett who stressed the importance to labor the world over of the agreement being im- plemented both in the prosecution of the war and during the postwar period. record for this local. CHANGED TIME Wednesda: 6:45 p.m. Station CJOR for REPORTER Nigel Morgan SPONSOR Dr. R. L. Douglas “Green Gold’’ The Weekly Labor Newscast sponsored by Dr. R. Llewel- lyn Douglas in cooperation with the International Wood- workers of America (CIO). Please tell your friends of the changed day and hour, necessitated by the fact CJOR is going on the National Network of CBC. “Four camps under the jurisdic- tion of IWA Local 1-71 are at the present time up for certification with six more camps coming up within the current month. Good work is being done in sey- eral camps with regard to educa- tional facilities; with Pacifie Mills Camp ‘A-$5-and Aero Timber Pro- ducts Camp 1 leading the parade. At Camp A-35 a Union Library has been established and sub- scriptions sent in to magazines and papers which are popular in the camp. Educational material is also being obtained from the Workers’ Educational Association. At Aero Timber Products Camp 1 educational classes and discus- Local 1-85 Election Results; Re-elect Yates and Dewhurst The membership of Local 1-85 by referendum ballot re-elect- ed Walter Yates as president for the coming year. Walter, one of the first to join the local union at the start of organization in 1942, was elected president of the local the same year. Under his leadership, all the APL operations in this district were brought under union agreement and all the major Bloedel operations were certified. Alf. Dewhurst, re-elected as;ard in the APL mill. He is also Secretary, brings a wealth of ex-| chairman of the union social com- perience to the new execucive, | mittee. having held executive positions for a number of years in the local union and before that serving as a camp delegate in various camps up and down the coast. Mel Fulton, elected as the first vice-president, is an active union member, being the head job stew- Brian Walker, elected as second vice-president, holds the position of chairman of the Bloedel Mill sub-local and is also the head job steward on the night shift in this plant. - See LOCAL 1-85—Page 4 sions are held each Sunday night. Recommendation has gone out from the local office that this practice should be followed in all camps. Besides deciding to purchase Victory Bonds the Local donated $10.00 to the “5000 Homes Now” Committee; $25.85 per capita to the Industrial Rehabilitation and- Social’ Development Council, and $25.00 to the ‘Air Cadet League as a token from the men who pro- duce aeroplane spruce to assist in training personnel to fly the bomb- ers in the theatres of war. OPERATORS WIN PRICE BOOST British Columbia logging oper- ators won their case for a higher price on open market logs, Timber Controller Williamson last week advanced by $1.50 per thousand. The icrease is the result of a well organized campaign led by the Operators’ Association and con- tains a valuable moral for working people by showing what organiza- tion can do. The logging opera- tors’ union has rung the bell, which provides a good reason why we need a union and a strong one. et