(°) Bi-monthly Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Vol. XIV. No. 7 Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated to Congress of Industrial Organizations (cto) VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, MARCH 26th, 1945 East End =m Printers (840) Attempt To Scrap ‘No-Strike’ Defeated By CIO Executive Bd. Only Two Members Oppose As Special Meeting Reaffirms RK (ALN)—Efforts on the part of certain g a cause the CIO to aba ndon its no-strike pledge and nia from the War Labor Board were defeated this O neve executive ee , at a 3-day 45 t Lom een We one TAL), Latin American beeen Becoming W orld Force XICO Cly (ALN)—Reporting to a ma: on ie raul ce the London world labor conference, bar ‘oledano, Pee of the ss meeting icente conten of Latin declared here this week tha that th i Lati: the subversive influence of in- an: v 1 n the no-striké pledge. Rieve Argentina and ugal, of tho hee, res ea f LB. Vincente: Lombards “ap dare: RSE comments cos ee nations Hiabmee AL a lisrupti ctivity among astional e605) | seine wih or of ation teader. of the progressive labor AFL To Have Ameri re Aon the board, of” thé’ no-strike Bleiee, dedlat=| eo veme ee bik, 2 appointed a five-man ui aie “We ful and| guidance ¢ gt eee) fe Str he importance of the é ie pone: guidance to the r movements Mier eneat, Hemeerateprecate that now mare h Non-Partisan aa in a iy ee ae ee Little ever it is Be as utmost import- a is hington, “which sais ie teel formula, which pegs wages| ance to ow effort that there tt Wy mit at 15 per cent above their Jan-|}, ataied. uninterrupted «| Commi { ‘ee late a pi Feet to presshtita the uary, 1941, level; to convene | auction: herefore we sald eagles a ca Pale a ae tripartite conference formu-| serve our solemn plelee: that it i unions. in the L ‘Really aeed (Hed aa apens late a wage policy that “will| ti! we have accomplished a com-|Henry Wallace, a me a ies Mainland area will launch a eae FonPMenE Ee me e needs of the ation”; plete and pone destruction of |like Adolph Hitler of whom Vice-|program of non-partisan labor | 5 2 age a in the and to direct the WLB man and Japanese military|F re sident vee oe 2 ual ‘tical action, without ties to eae vee or conference in crease its substandard saints s tl be no question|“Der Fueh: lad to} any political oe aH oa ‘without | Septe wage: an hour to of our basic responsibility to the| hand over fifteen, ana “Jollars restrictin; f any un- 5 cents. nation to continue our no-strike ionist to support. ihe party of At the same time the Ponta pledge. to Lombardo Toledano if he could be bought.” Local 1-80 Reelects Former lis own choice This policy was unanimously endorsed by delegates to the i ae We ‘ict reades and Labor Hane ti week after hearing the re- Death Toll Reaches 7 ‘three logging tragedies this week brought the death toll in up = 9 a Ad ¢ 4 5 Cc nt € of, the councils newly-]the B.C. lumbering, industry Officers: Adopts ontract [eo ie ‘ tee. The report a by ee x Camp- Ce > i — the cer bu 1a 1 Gl year Conductor, Richie “[ntemational [il secretary A. K. Gerv ae bell was killed aS permeate UN I se Ha Custer Woodworker” oe Mike Sekora of form 0: on Bie ee a cu sa | ey ke well, “chairman of the inti El apoE AGREEMEN’ Local 1-217. The _ resolution | perce a ned locale tn ie Teeter commie sauna ‘with one ox foie ercementa tien | ace ae ae et He aoae mediately” ask, Gu -1seaaenene 15th, when the ion, the present officer: area es . Be is one of that smal : < s ced rte sent 105 bre BGT Sasne at etl nada win the Fa and [PACs and et hee comets ose ther Jack Atkinson, Ladysmith, | mcoting, Hs ted YS|ether Unions, who are respons eee eae tical icles Rami who was a member of the Lossl|tuety by those, resent, Gain eeg2%, the fsmuption of the | ce to ae =. Decisions’ of | iuelle Geant cen iielnenaa Executive for a number of ye deiin( ous vere tpoinfednack oak oe eae ee the local union political commit-|loader at the camp and was a and who declined nomination init. the membership by President | (1) By making unprincip teoswould .be “referred: to, ell vip iter serait aan January se of pressure of Gwen G Brown, stating that the| tcks on the democratically jm,2%es Council PAC in the form| Wade C. Soper, $9, was killed cther union duties as secretary | primary demands, namely, Union| ,..¢lcted leaders of the unions mmendation would logging accident at Silver Cea Se eaten wat |S Shop and Cheek-off and Wage|(?) Y, opposing the “No Strike)in tum be refered to Couneil|Lake in the Hope District Tues- panes be. & er from” Canny | merenses wake caters to bel (g)"Tostering discontent among aici oe decision by the dy, Me Mare 20th, No further de- and at present safety first in- ovement inc the membership. structor for the Industrial Tim- Polit = oe By raising satis isan issues Appended to the Ee Benet Jol i killed ber Mil ta pease avnioD Meetings. wae the ane the ue SE Pa asaya seg ition informed “the les an ong) ‘ant Those elected are as follows: So Bate oe es proposed Balt that in view of the over. |Canada, in line with its fast con- fing. Apparently he went back resident, Owen G. Brown; Vice- | OY S20 hin a foe months |Whelming support “received by,|vention decision, would estab- | too soon after the first shot went Presidents, I. J. Gibson, Lorne Wee month’: lour District Leaders from the| Hs a a Re nal Politi au ite ae 0 leaves 3 children in Vic- Atchison, John Parkinson; Fin.- ee vibership of this Distriet, an a the ea Sec., Wilfrid A. Killeen; Record-| A strongly worded ut on ip, as mh sae ody will cea aes ee also regret to announce t! ing Sec. Fred Wilson; Warden, | addressed to the Hdito; the made es ra in your sonra inating ‘and guiding oe death from heart trouble of a) J R. Sedgewick; Trustees, Ralph | “International Woodworker” won| pane cen aeanc eee eal) dhetion commit toda | traeaie ee aaaeneeren lees ies a seadine ey (3 pasar) Louis -Mae- | adopted he meeti @]an attack on ee eae of By a raeeguietals “district + and 1 ho died in th spital, mald (2 years), A. B. Green-, Local in protest to a letter pub-|!the IWA in this province. ion scale, March 28rd.