THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER awmill News “Every Reader a Correspondent” REPORTS - SAWDUST By GREEN-CHAIN PETE B.C, FUR _ After long and patient waiting _ on the part of the union members operation has at last been rtified by the Department of ibor. The shop stewards have J a.real job of building the union, especially among the Chi- Brothers. A meeting is to held at the union office for purpose of setting up plant es and comparing wages paid, with the established Holds the honor of being the mill in Vancouver to go over top in the Bond Drive. Their quota was gained on the first day, eby receiving their pennant the second day. The shop stew- congratulated on their splen- _ did achievement. Many other mills mt over the top, and in all in- ices, where this was accom- hed, friendly labor managment lations exists. EBURNE F Is fortunate in having a chief shop steward who realizes that if the shop stewards and plant com- “mittees fail in their responsibility rs not meeting regularly the union _ suffers. Brother Harry Ovendor, newly elected chief steward, has arranged to have regular meet- fe serves what every shop stew- ard calls a “real spread.” temporarily closed down due to the shortage of logs. Every effort is being made by the man- agement to obtain a sufficient Supply of logs to maintain con- tinuous production when the mill re-opens. : GLENWOOD Is now operating under new pur- m informed by the new man- Always the BEST e ‘Ask for them in the Commissary Or Order Direct from _ A. W. JOHNSON LIMITED 63 West Cordova St. ings at his home, where his good |} JOHNSON’S LIGHT CRUISERS * "Admiral Nagasaki seems quite cut wn over his last nave? Jefeat” WEA Classes Available For Trade Unionists Educational classes under the sponsorship of the Workers’ Educational Association started November 16 in Vancouver. Classes for the winter term will include Public Speaking, Can- adian Economics, Psychology, Events. Shop Stewards, and Current An excellent group of lecturers are volunteering their serv- ices and all union members and members of auxiliaries are invited to attend. Fees vary between $1 and $3.50, depending on the length of the course. IWA members are urged. to take advantage of these services and may secure further informa- Petition Is Hailed By | Vanc. Sawmill Workers A report from Gladys Shunaman, secretary, local 1-217, in- dicates that the petition on the IWA Constitution is going to be a complete success in that local. Reports from some of the smaller operations indicate 100 percent of the membership are signing. At Marine Lumber Co. where organization is 100 per- cent all members signed. The petition is going over equally well at Lions Gate Co., Eburne Sawmills Ltd., Robertson & Hackett, and many others. This local is expecting to complete the can- vass within another week or two. Job Stewards have been particularly active in organizing the canvass. Reports from Local 1-357 in New Westminster indicate that a similar campaign underway there, Several of the smaller mills for the reason that they are easier to organize have completed the canvass. Similar reports are coming in from other locals in British Co- lumbia. is ‘A survey of wage rates in Can- ada as published in the “Labor Gazette,” Octo. 1944, reveals that wage rates in lumber have creased more than in any other industry. Basing 1835-39 rates at 100, rates in 1943 stood at 152.9. in- Shingle Sawyers Can Buy Gloves ‘Shingle Sawyers who have been trying to buy suitable gloves for their work, gloves with rubber bands, have been assured, through the efforts of Floyd Hamilton, In- ternational Representative, of be- ing able to purchase a limited supply. These gloves have been released by the Wartime Prices and Trades Board for purchase by Shingle Sawyers at the following stores: McDonald & Callan, New Westminster, J. C. Gearheart, Hammond, Fraser Mills Store, Fraser Mills, Axford Brothers, Port Moody, M. Grauer, Eburne, Barradells Store, North Vancou- ver, Rex Cox, Mission. Westwell’s Cafe Stationer Tobacconist Confectioner SODA FOUNTAIN Toys China Fountain Pens z M. W. COOK Phone No. 1 Box 574 DUNCAN, B.C. BLACK MARKET LOGS HINTED A protest has been sent in to the district office by Business Agent Jack Higgin of Courtenay, Local 1-363, in respect to a log shortage at the Fanny Bay Shingle Mill. The letter from Brother Higgin states in part: “I have been asked by the bro- thers working for the Internation- al Lumbering Association at Fanny Bay to bring to the attention of the District Council, the matter of a log shortage at the Shingle Mill. The brothers have lost 32% days actual work or 1950 man days or 15600 man hours, due to a shortage of logs and at the present time they are idle. It has been stated that should the company wish to buy logs on the black market or pay a higher price for cedar logs than the ceiling calls for, then they would be able to operate steady. This statement is not of- ficial to the union but I feel that there is considerable truth in it. Should this be true, and I am of the opinion it is, then some form of action should be taken to see that in’ the future these man hours are not lost to our war ef- fort.” This matter was taken up by the District Executive and is be- ing referred to the Timber Con- troller for investigation. It was felt that this is a serious matter and should not be tolerated in Canada during this time of war. Main campaign documents of the GOP (was) the last-minute “Beware of Communism” leaflet distributed in millions of copies. Any little dissimilarity between it and Goebbels s purely accidental. —Alan Max in the New York Sunday Worker.” W. T. Corbishley COAL BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES Warehouse: E.& N.Ry. Track Duncan St. Phone 111 Box 61 DUNCAN, B.C. ey tion by writing to Mr. Claude Donald, B.C. Director of the Wor- kers’ Educational Association, 1010 Holden Bldg, Vancouver, B.C. The time is short for anyone wish- ing to enroll. Mitchell Is Now Intl. Organizer Word has been received from George Brown, director of organ- ization, IWA-CIO, that George Mitchell, recently appointed In- ternational Trustee, has now been appointed International Organizer for Fraser Mills. Bro. Hjalmar Bergren has been requested to concentrate his organization ac- tivities on other plants in the New Westminster area. Mitchell’s appointment was made without consultation with either the local union or the dis- trict. Sick and Injured At Port Alberni West Coast Hospital, Port Al- berni, B.C. Reported by Jim Bruton, IWA Sick Committee for Local 1-85. Mecha Singh, APL Mill; P. Kruljac, BS&W Mill; Wm. Char- ters, Camp 10, Sproat Lake; Cor- nelius Kramer, Camp 8, Great Central Lake; Thos. McLean, Camp 8, Great Central Lake; Henry Williams, Alberni Ply- woods; Peter Dobie, Longshore- man; John Blatnik, Great Cen- tral Mill; Sidney Peterson, BS&W Mill; Thos. Gill, Alberni Ply- woods; Isaac Wiebe, Franklin River; Gary Phelps, Camp 10, Sproat Lake. Phone PA. 0856 249 E. Hastings St. AFTON HOTEL ALL OUTSIDE ROOMS Hot and Cold Water In Every Room UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT MARK DUBCHUCK Vancouver “Money .loaned on men’s cloth- ing, sleeping bags, watches, diamonds ‘nd jewellery. 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