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B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

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Sawmill News

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EPORTS

Certification

Company Union Denied

By Dept.

the co:

2
bic Company, Paabe to

meaning o:
Relations regulation, P.C.

rm

upset the c

IWA, as the collective bargaining agency,
Labor. Rejecti

npany union at Sitka Spruce Lum-
oc
miintecmia wariee Tate:

his official ruling Provin-
ae Deaton

— dusti T | . t of Labor has
LOCAL 1: © Investigate —|simriy substantiatea the inten.
: Sit! R i d tion of officers and members o!
x A D h Local 217 that Sitka Spruce
Bee cece organ of the Inde- ams Veat workers should build up and] A group of wood carvings by Brother Hilgren showing his con-
penden' nions of Canada, re-] y Adams, member of Lo-| strengthen the union which is| CePtion of the three dlctopors after the war. It is obvious efiin
cently announced they had ap- eal: 1- ae and an employee of B.C. menart) events that ai ly such meeting will have to take place
plied for certification of Sitka] Pulp at Holberg, tied in ie) paereecer ete y2e0 employers
Spruce Lumber Company and punkfious se on June 5 under cir- Diag tn UStE Dees zi
lind been refused. ‘The article | cumstances ‘that a ea a com-|Well as by Provincial and Fed-
went into a tirade against Mr. | ple ie sizetication m, according to | ¢ral rmments as the legal T. s | a
Pearson for refusing the certifi-| a report sent in to the B.C. ag collective bargaining agency and ory Ae n ntario
esi z he Cage was re-| ber Wor ker last week. A com-|rejected the attacks on govern-
ject y ba:
fected, according to the Amalga-| mite of the men attempted to ERECiE ey Gree eS. Result Of Labor S lit
making the application is not a f prior to his death but|STee to cover up certain indi- p
‘rade union within the meaning | were on a c -op.|Viduals and their brainchild the
of | Warti abor Raation | eration efit. aa the| Amalgamated Unions of Canada,| TORONTO (A\ PAUP Mme acene eer Ie fe
Regulation, P.C. 1003, This has | reports Conservative party in the Ontario ovina elections was oe
been the cont pean of the I ‘An ing nate pyaceheld it ge to th e split mioetesti wot labor leader: s he ere as:
and also the le Union Con- fi headed by rew,
ite ne Gan Alice, 6, and after some in- i See :
gr vestigation the jury brought in ppose Japs £] won 6 of the provincial ie ature’s 90 seats, whereas in the
Bridg pares 2) TaMthen Gil "Rea eS last eee they held only 88. ‘The Cooperative Commonwealth
ity has be Se riphat thie |cagaes,? embers of the union G Mill 7 *| Federation, which barred elec-
Plant which ae been in atended the inquest and it seems amerons 1 i ll Ch toral unity with other labor and
nee : i
Bee eee stoneh and fed Wah ee entirely satis-| vicroRTA, B.C—The mem-| Insta arter liberal groups and campaigne
Plywood: as ord has been | mitee on job decided not to| bership of this progressive sub- A P sf for) socialism, pay only si: sae
Pere re eee cake any action until the minutes |loeal is advancing steadily witn| At Princeton losing 28 of the 84 it held j
the ee regarding certification and ee the ing lest were available for} thre members being sworn rahe GEG last le isha
ae anxiously awaiting | discuss i: A % e establishment
- some action. The application ae 2 in| by the President, Brother R-|y ocal of the TWA: at Princeton,| Among those defeated in the
made on Ao 28; which is now] Sick and Injured J. Whittle, at the fairly well-at-|B.C,, was announced last week| Ontario elections were fort
two month: t Port Alberni ended meeting held Re nan ew, sana chattee T) Premier Mitchel Hepburn, a
“4 “Hunting-Merrtt A drive will i was ins on May| 1,
be launched in the near future| Local 1-85's Sick Comm ntative amendme 130. by. sia tional President | Liberal, and CCF Leader E. B.
to brin his plant under the Sa pruton, who is still | prese group insurance plan] Claude Ballar Jolliffe, both of whom lost to
banner of the and in so|*,Patient in the West Coast Hos-|were presented and an alterna- ae Progressive Conservative _ op.
medi. practically complete Bree getoue aine)fallowings list tive plan was heard and” Gom|obliccie, te, es ang ih¢| ponents. Alex Parent, a leader
the geganinatl ion of the shingle ick and injured woodworkers 2 é obi
ad n BC. laf Solheim, Jimmy Bruton, |™ented on. A is meeting
a eh k Swaluk, Gus Risberg, Beig-| between the sub-local heads and
ser River organizational}er Rygh, Allan McFarl; id i
anes have © been started to clean | Fred Prieux, BS&Y Ty EE Ege eR tetas the LPP,
n ld Olsen, Alex Kowachuk, of | ‘Rese to Plans being submitted whi ea turned J. B. Sal
Frankin River; Joseph Miller, |@P4 when the details are worked] Warden, P. Zagar; Conductor, C.| Yi Sad PAL CA” MenenIEe ae
Eric Nelson, Leo Myron, Bill | out a we ea be taken by all ae aad three kage) A-| legislature. The LPP had urged
Gow, APL Camp 4 Edwin Jen-| those a R. Jamieson, F. Oelriek.| S@eety unity with the CCF and
ins, Jack Tait, Mr. Kersten, Two see ae for crite | ta The popular vote gav
Erie Fors, APL mill; A. Beaure- meeting was eae tion have been sent in for the|the Progressive Conservatives
rd, J. Beauregard, Camp 3,| enlivened by the
ha ae eee presence 355,289, the Liberals 194,185,
@ Cosman, Great Contnal cat: | Brother C. W. Armstrong, aa as CCF 186,713 and others 66,305.
bie, Alberni Plywoods, | £9" ire, who pela sus
one of his infrequent visits

th. | mill; Neil McLeod, Sproat Lake
Mil f

er River is now| Since Jim
2 and al-|in hospital, "Bro. ene Geen
a majority has been sign-| of 1 1-85 and Sister Irma
ip at the L mill, sea Nase have assisted in distribu!

it, eae
ee abe rworker to thos

— i oe
THIRD “apa |
Ormond’s Plumbing & Heating I
Plumbing, Ls ae hit Metal Work |
Sawdust Burners, Oil Burnes,

Fittings, Air ents ,_Ponnine Units, Roo! lian

Cont , Heaters, Ranges Jer

_ “Port ALBERNI, B Cc.

utomatic Stokers, no Valve
ing

Cc
Alec
Niel McLeod, BS &W shingle
to

who can aay Ss at dep: ee on
sti

ix thin}

A letter was read by the sec-
retary, Brother
the Hon.

“| minister of labor, in answer
tele;

es m sent recently re-
arding the Wartime
Gods: .
A report was given by Brother
C. Crockett of the recent meeb-
ing of the District Council at
Nanaimo.
A heater and genes eas
sion arose over
newspaper report eee stdeevece
had been signed up a the IWA.

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June 30th

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