THE B.C. LUMBER WO

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-Women In Industry
By Hjalmar Bergren

vee for the first time = labor eet have had the SEE ae
es

heir rights
the introduction ze Plywood manufacturin: Sa ae
outbreak of the war, for the first fe in a Aiitier industry

and on puan eae and

dem:
can be safely said that women
Ww field is here is stay.

id militant organization in ue form of the

he c shortage oe manpower, and i
r in this n

"Because op a eee

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fort on thi

n
infection, Wi
art Peelatis arthritis or

neuritis.

The rigors of mechanized war-
fare has tremendously Bares
and created new types of disabili-
ties. ‘

Adequate rehabilitation of ow
for 10

to employ

at lower wage standards has pees, partially “defeated. As the

proces of organization and collective bargaining gains ground, we

hope to see this discrimination totally Cees ind the principle
into

of “equal pay for equal work” put int
eae et oa about demands the tu serio of women
e effoi & the union by becomis Within the confines
or IWA bee 1-357 there are still Is a women workers em-
ployed ‘e not yet members of the union. Our organization
an deal effectively with the matter of equal pay for equ: nr]
e yr] 0
and equal social status Can pie to the jectives tha’
brothers and sisters ing ai dying fa on the battle aside
of Europ Asia. In producing "the sine ar, we must also
reate a reality of the ideals that our men folks are fighting for.

: any of the old labor unions were and are opposed to the presence
of women in industry. The: k upon industry as a field which
Should be the sole domain of the masculine sex. Hitler, the master
of division recognized and fostered this reactionary and backward
ide: push n down the social ladder to a status of private
property, a mere animal used to rod childre: id ae

ni to be
obediently on her master. This id rr
mainly because it would provide Ss labor for a
German el aad and
At tim

By NIGEL MORGAN

International Board Member and Legislative Director

id in Your oe for Legislative Brief
mene oa Can 0! bor in B.C., its affili

inclu the TWA-CIO, a are aaraee preparation of a leg-

vine ment i it
The brief, which wi
re ae Sas pee spring’s
with labor Lepaes,
Bic

Worl
r planning, ae ibilitation of veterans

and will be and to receive from any Local equest for
ny province’ m and

secure. Only

life hay
ere really work.

What Is P.A.C.?

way can we make

1. What is P.A
stands for Political Action Committee, established fee the
ors r, 1943, lal is endorsed by our International Uni Eger es-
tablished in B.C. b: inimous decision of the last Génvention of the
Iw. ai No. 1.
new party” or a “labor party”?

their
of war the folks are called into the Armed Forces.
im n tl

incre: Akee baci ids upon the productive apparatus demands new
labor power. This power has to be supplied ‘inly by our wome)
The employers taking advanta; f their inexperience and conception
of inferiority of women hire them at lowe: ges to the enorm:

ro! indus:
eae and places men it

pete on a shrinking labor atct with the cheap labor supplied
ty ta women folks,
Progressive thought ‘and action has Fue at all time:
i und its real ex-
the CIO and its affiliated unions of

“equal pay for equal ae

A.C. is neither a “new party” or a “labor party.” It is not

a ele party.

3. Is P. . in any manner connected with the Labor-Progres-
sives, the CCF or the Liberal Party?
Or Ls

ot. P.A.C, will

obj Bie ag has a good eee Lees
the mo: of ares eee the “win

secure the peace” sain of the mm people.

4. Is P.A.C. for the IWA or the tr: eae le unions alone?

ane
ae
Beat

“Boy! was I scared, there was
a mouse right under my bed”.

tended for, and invites the cooperation, of all or-
sein a inoteanived workers, farmers, iene and coal
busines:
5. Is

* for labor alone?

La etee aoe of the CIO, Berne eae

he rights of the ane S aie as
of ie returned aus small business man and the

couldn't P. “A C. wait until after the war?

Because P.AC.. is intended to help win the war and it must also
help plan for full pene eae after the war. This must be done now.
Later—it will be

. Is (Ch aah an Re ern party, fighting against Yeaction?
P.A.C. is not a party. It is a “committee” or an organization to e1

But it is not against something, It is definitely toa a
program.
8, If it isn’t just an opposition group, what is its positive

program? %

A
tion of fascism. ae it stands for: ® er ‘out air
yment after

or i io)
st sick,
aie, “te orphaned and the at ue an all-out planning for

ie the P.A.C. platform differ from other political

ts Baronet their official union

highest degree eH harmony “ re-
placing our fighte: their for-

in 1]
mer positions, sath “Doss, at
the earliest possible dat

i ae

a re not only

ig
to hi hes
ton ae. It will tell aeeaes and practically how the a ple
getting those objectives. It will be the ‘enle ator
10. aa PA, C, siosevate with Pentair i
Of course it will—as in fa
many pr

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iving ae ee er

Ren of m:
good

Se easy Seeds nines minded
will can and should help P.A.C. activities,