: THE. B.C. LUMBER WORKER _ i , Interior W oodworkers Face — Gisis; Cooperation Refused — ae nt of Local 1-405: tions existing the short log industry of B.C. that a mat grave concern to lumber workers throughout the Pry ince, e ee of the work is different, so different in “Fact, is the oa logs by manual labor, try. this method of logging and. they will en find themselves in difficul- ties erators there raised. they are present ly, is laying do’ spnet the poli they are la (By Nigel Morgan; International Beied Member and Legislative Director.) ANOTHER VICTORY ACHIEVED! 1 months- ago the eles Action Committee of tl (WA-CIO joined in a national c: of labor and liberal Be izations in d nding. return = eh rightful owners of seven Ulzainian Labor-Farmer Temple Association halls, presently occu- pied by pro-fascist Ukrainian groups. e halls, seized during the “hysteria”! of 1940 when the Jabor organization was pene cause of “Soviet sympathies,” had been sold by the custodian of alien prope! As a result of public see iia resol telegrams, letters and postcards, ete. from you ai if ther Canadians) yvernment iesentie eacanead’ pen ie cision to buy back the buildings and order the present “tenants” to vacate by May 1s! fitting day for the return of Vancouver, (es Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto and Lachine He il to the Ukrainian people who worked and sacrificed to build nae AMEND P.C. 1003 AND 9384 of B.C. labor has a non-partisan pole poe ac prainee urgently needs improved labor paigi Thi: and octal legislation, and the trade unions know, and are showing how to go out and get also arrived when the Federal Government i= ish IE} ® Vv bringing 1: ernment, a special session 0: of ae Executive aaa of the Canadian for submission. gram, hata Hae and wal aoe ae ab et s\ by the CCL, but attal ain the practical objectives ee il ching of Hae an agressive, unite wide public campaign, He h undertake imm shi tion by our tara Govern: it of #1 that a New Deal is lon; overdue for Canadian labor. The workers of this. country have performed miracles of production. We ney ne ur loyalty. by our deeds. And we are asking but the im of consideration. But that is the minimum we must fc uaveninis is our determined position! tabby Changes Tactics Greater Gains Result - fie ee Fator: no concern of theirs, or so would see! s of Labor’s Lobby to Victoria on February 25 and ORGANIZATON oa Ae Se 26, when nearly two hundred CCL serioniets paraded through the SE COE, Parliament buildings interviewing members of the legislature and Pictured above’ are two scenes of a portable sawmill in the | Parliament buildings interviewing 4 he union pnd, ganda Spero” Kootenay area, a type of operation erable on the B.C. | questioning them a: their attitude towards peor program, (aa Ss thas been| Coast. Work around these mills calls for strength and en- | was given by Danny O’Brien, President, of the B. eration of | sin an agreement avs Deen | ‘durance as will be noticed by the pile of tamarack ties, many of | Labor in his Guise to the first quarterly Council eerie of B.C. blocked by the CMA. The offi-| them weighing over three hundred pounds, which must be taken ‘| District Council, No. 1, IWA. cers and members of Local 1-405 ee the machine and piled by hand. Wages among these opera- LNs ty ing to realize that the are extremely chaotic and are being made more so by Pointing tt that Labor proble refusal of the Regional War Labor Board ts bring down a wage | come close to falling into a tr barrass the Go ent and ive organizational | Policy in line with the character of the work perform | strengthened its BeeaoH im- eg ar ala set by the Canadian Manufac- piéasurablysas tae B.C. into one solid organiza- of orking people, IWA|tur ners feast in allowing the short log country in order tol tion, but will also result in the| organizers, when they reach the|the check-off to be a major is-| The campaign for the much penis ‘gt building of Political Action | interior will find themselves wel sue ee e legis re, Mr. | more feeectarl amendments to yon, Th ta Loe machine that will give the re-|comed in 2 mennE UA Brien explained the dele-| PC 9884 and PC 1003 strength- jolated section. They have nme actionary ‘elements in Be OMA | bring h them the spirit hier gation, in cooperation wit e|tned now by - ed special com- a oC aaa ething to worry unity and Saaeit that exists| on. ‘ge Pearson, Minister | mittee, is gaining not to build and strengthen manage-| The sentiment of organization enon met eople through- Se ee Lae ee ae Mal os of es co-operation. They thoughout ae interior is ex-| Ut the world, never Senora jor y for address, ‘congratulated the ed functioning sub-| cel"ent. not necessary to he fe Se than by i IWA Zo (ito nein and’ ace ced ad committees in every] exert a “dfort onvinee the| Mterior wood we Reactionary influences in an) tivity of its members of the dele- they have heen able to mons that they need organ- == effort to defeat the Government, | pation. In his opinion, the Legi- zation. They know it and are| MISTAKEN IDENTIT had presented a brief in which | stative the ane us to something about] Two G.1I’s were Eee 1 [SO checked, Wns entured 88 Federation of Labor.” sae aes Jenkin’ Bo ie The experience around Cran-| bury what seamed to them to be | ton ae ei agers ari is| brook where the workers from| either a mule or a horse, put committment from Premier Hart uring the course of the Lob- sched a begin in ey April ae teplabeds saa spend} which was causing Resileeiols stit (ape Ceartal Be ae eee acre etenepetr y of their} hours and money travelling to|argument. A padre haj é e an ge to{and from meetings to build dein and was requested a eens (ay fate a peer oe and nd union shop ee te Je et RAG eNete nae epamie ond mill workera‘on|(Ongenization is prost ” saough a eit aioe my Min (ete etveyoaarta ae tae ie reel un-; that this is the case. The lead- wae, either,” claimed _ the | Pearson mmitted hi a ill ki i fs oe imself | declared themselves willing to in putting over ership already ostablishe in| padre, “it’s an ass.” Few min-|to establish, with ‘the idea of| support the demands of Labor. re is no aaah the fa age loeal is evidence; utes later two WAACS came by|jointly pressing the Dominion|It was threatened bolt of that Minis. Reseach vill - | of calibr men now pot and cheerily asked if they were| Government for amendments to desistative: menor rs from sup- in The creation {ing ate atset al wokevelale ing a fox-hole? “That's PC 1008 and PC 9384, the La-|p Premi rt. that result wi! ne 2 aN ae ce intelli. pe ey the padre put it” was bby turne the fables on Trea aca the ae existence of lumber ora and their time to the cause, the rep! ys e who were plat g to em-|the Coalition Government.