| | As : iy GAN ANU _ Bi-monthly Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated to Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Vol. X1V., No. 8 VANCOUVER, B.C, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1945 East End «<< Printers (841) ° National Labor Lobby To Seek Amendments Visiting a headquarters unit of the Canadian Army in Holland from the World Trade Union Conference in London. of Canada; C. S, Jackson, Pres, Brigadier Churchill C. Mann, © From left to right: J. A. Sullivan, Sec.-Treas: Trades and Labor Congress of United Blect rical Radio and Machine Workers of America; n, CBE, DSO, Toronto;.J. A. Whitebone, St. John, N.B., Vice-President Trades and Labor Congress in Canada; Nigel Morgan, International Woodworkers of America, CIO. Oppose Use of Prisoners To Depress Canadian Standards Sharp condemnation of the use of German prisoners of war in a camp at Clearwater, B.C. was voiced in a resolution adopted by the Executive of B.C. District Council No. 1 at the regular Ex- ecutive meeting held on April 4th. The resolution which was sent in by Loeal 1-357 and which had previously been adopted by the Vancouver Labor Council called upon the Minister of Labor, George S. Pearson, to conduct an enquiry ns existing at this camp. Following the adop- tion of the resolution, a motion passed urging that when the ument utilizes _war prison- rey should not be used to « down the established condi- »uons of Canadian workers but that employers should be required to pay the full seale of wages ‘as in the ease of conscientious ob- * jectors and that the balance over and above this allowance be turn- ed over to the Red Cross. The Of- ficers were also instructed to make representation to Selective Service on this issue, ULINDER CASE Final decision on the appeal of John Ulinder which was heard ast month by the District Exeen- tive was made at Wednesday's _ meeting. The decision was to up- hold the action of Local 1-80, which had found Ulinder guilty of disrupting the IWA and had Suspended him from membership for one year and had fined him $15.00. REPRESENTATION AT . SAN FRANCISCO” President Pritchett reported that the Canadian Congress of Labor after hearing a report of the World Trade Union Confer- erce from Secretary Pat Conroy who headed the Canadian dele- sation unanimously endorsed a Presentation of organized labor at the San Francisco Conference of the United Nations, A resolu- tion submitted to the District Couneil by Local 1-118, covering the same demand, was unani- mously adopted by the IWA Dis- trict Executive Board. INDUSTRY COUNCIL Structed to contact Mr. R. W. Crumb, who heads the newly es- tablished Federal Department in B.C. which is intended to coor- dinate and promote the work of LabomManagement Committees. Tt was felt that the establishment of this department was of the utmost importance to the lumber- resolution asking for direct re-| The District Officers were in-| ing industry and that every ef- fort should be made to render assistance and cooperation so that its work may be successfully fulfilled. FERGUS McKEAN SPEAKS Fergus McKean, Provincial Leader of the Labor Progressive Farty. addressed the Executive during the ‘afternoon session and urged the IWA to make every ef- fort to secure amendments to PC 1003 and PC 9384. He stated that the basic position of labor today differs a great deal from the posi- ion of labor after the last war and that labor should make every jeffort to avoid making political | blunders such as contributed to |the destruction of much of the |labor movement in the early | 1920's. Poorly timed strikes and a | general tendency towards anar- jchism in the years following the "1418 war successfully isolated the labor movement and paved |the way for the setbacks that occurted. The new world perspec- tives unfolding today require a very high degree of Labor-Man- agement cooperation directed to- wards raising the living stand- ards of the common people of all countries, 1 To PC 1003, 9384 TwolWA Delegates Will Participate In Huge Demonstration Plans for a streamlined Political Action campaign to secure amendments to PC 1003 and PC 9384 were outlined by Harold Pritchett, President IWA-CIO District Council No. 1 at the regular Executive Board meeting held on Wed- nesday, April 4th, in Vancouver. Returning from an Execu- tive meeting of the National Council of the Canadian Con- gress of Labor, Pritchett stated that all CCL Unions across Canada are making a supreme effort to secure the desired amendments and are working in close cooperation with the AFL Congress towards this end. The District: Council Executive ‘+took ‘the view that this campaign: was of utmost importance not only to the IWA but to the labor movement as a whole and that the very existence of labor organiza- tions in the postwar would be de- termined by the legislation that could be secured now. In line with this viewpoint, it was decided that at least two delegates should go from the IWA to attend a Nation- al Labor Lobby to be held in Ot- tawa about April 17th. Local unions of the IWA and other trade unions in B.C. have been urged to give the campaign all assistance and support pos- sible. Eastern unions are taking the campaign seriously and it is expected that between seven and eight hundred representatives will attend the Labor Lobby. Labor Peace Pact Signed An agreement of far reaching effect for the future was signed last week, in which the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the American Federation of Labor and the United States Chamber of Commerce pledged themselves to strive for labor peace when the wars’ end comes. The ambitious new charter for labor and man- agement, as it was titled, lined the business group up for post- war recognition of the funda- mental rights of labor to organize and to engage in collective bar- gaining. ¢ Flanked by CIO President Philip Murray and AFofL, Presi- dent William Green, Eric John- son, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce read the document, which a few minutes later was signed by all three. Death Toll Still Rising A sharp increase in fatalities in the lumbering industry, dur- ing the last two weeks have taken a toll of ‘three. 10 Henry Swan- son of Vancou- Woodworkers have been ver was killed Thursday, Mar. killed in BC’s | 28th, while lumber in- dustry since working at the Jan. 1, 1945 Abernethy pole camp at North- west Bay, 29. miles north of Nanaimo. He was working alone in the woods. Thur Eide, 58, Norwegian log- ger, was found dead Friday, March 29th, at the Gregory pole camp near Port Alberni. He is be- lieved to have been killed by a dead tree which fell on him. Donald William Anderson, age 17 years, died from injuries re- ceived April 2nd at one p.m, while working at the Bendickson Logging Company at Village Is- land. The accident occurred when they .were raising a spar tree. The tree went over sideways and whipped the guy line which they were using for snubbing around a stump. This guyline struck him in the back breaking his verta- brae, which in turn cut a main artery. He died within five min- utés from a hemorrhage. The body was brought to Van- couver by aeroplane the same day. Upon arrival in Vancouver, he was pronounced dead by the doctor, The inquest was held Thursday, April 5th. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that it was an accidental death, A recommendation was made ‘by the jury that in view of the extreme youth of the crew, fuller instructions be given as to the hazards of the occupation.