Page Three Monday, July 16, 1945 » THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER tek tabcos Without Apology . eS ss By TEREDO a, WAS WE i very qi round the District Office these days itis oe shot weather ‘ee lulled its inhabitants into a state “By NIGEL MORGAN af of seme e (P), that pillar of respectability, no aes Board Member and cone Director KEEP THE RECORDS ae chad hie eee ee way to get the chills, though, i s today point to heavy gains for | STRAIGHT. fo ask Alfred Quen ae ‘his portent And cally, we-ain't Lid. | clectons ie aims ee probability that ‘uibesa als wi Agreement of the! ding. bal: of "Conserv: atives IWA District No. 1 was negoti- ated March 19, 1945 and referred| OUT OF THE COKE POT! is epi ater is fe -Labor al 367 seems to be having. an iran ee om. ie Recut ba ats meee ae rea ned shipy-rd worker with a flair fo iicabunitting x of thi Ths. The finding and direction’ [Pape What Lil Abner would term som etn “nt Pe ae » Maybe, | PEACE, SECURITY AND FREEDOM a Sonat ‘War Labor| With the grace of god and the above local, our readers will have an m4 fe ie asin = gen Have come to a else ates Sieg ee Tune 4, 1945, necese,. | PPOtunity of iu iging themselves the merits Ge RS ocraeeae) (ot | enon ce ge tated our appeal on "the following | Penmanship je three points: Reminds me somewhat of that old song, “Close the cess, are not free men. pl ee ao) are ae 1. “Vacation with pay will be| they're coming ences the ecian, close ‘the window, they're ae ‘dent, as are ma ee ey these economic truths: granted after an employee has|ing through the and happy world for future completed one year’s continuous|, generations; Canada must, the world must, estabheh a a new basis of service, i Raiuimnm ee three NUFF SAL any jaa properity for all, regardless of station, eed. hundred days of actual The Press ee of Local 405 reports Being too biisy dur- | We guarantee: Vacation will be allowed es ing the last month, or so they claim, to send i ne e ee rausctal and Gemunerative job in the indus- AND DURING” the following 12) “Lumber Worker.” Of course we don’t mean & aise es thi ( + 0 em, (2) The right to earn enough to provide adequate food, cloth- months’ service.” because the reports they sent in this week are swell—you really ing and recreation. . _2. Employees covered by the| should hunt fo up and read them—but there’s just one a (3) athe rig] nee azzeod mil A ee eee eee By they aro toby to mae peeve i) ee a da Oe pe Z i y to make press repo: eee achieve and enjoy good heal service with the employers, shall|Come on, fellows, ‘fess up no (6) The right to adequate protection from the economic forces be granted two weeks? annual va. of old age, sickness, accident and unemployment, cation with pay. Vacation ey y|DID YOU SAY $2,000.00? ? 7 All these rights spell security. “And now that this war is being will not be aleyed for a The subscribers’ certificate for the medical plan in which all mentation o a oe ee Vea sco mOy tion not take: the District employees are eee are now thr ee with those 3. Vacation 1 pay oe waft Work: covered being duly admonished to keep fie certifies a safe| part, upon how similar rights can ers sea & based o) 1 I baiate (hia. i) i Y clusentearemunieentnee «18 security here at wo rai vered, because I am sure getting evita Ss Sea btn out ¢, there cannot be Tasting Peace in the DISSATISFACTION CAUSED this yeskly dribble. IW, Z s to and important point; the part which ast on an ae, pee TALK anoue DUMB LUCK !!! you and I yin sh Canada a better and reese B place to tt tee eracn oat araiales BY the time this column. goes to press, ‘the e Victory ae ab) (ee dee oxda atel SER ES Cas eee Biaie vacation clatse, aud’ the Hammond iio Ealebe rate the “ging of the Hammiond Cedar aria Regional War Labor Board’s a ante m h SebERanCaRGAIi ate proval of the change was t superstitious (oh no—we nae don’t spill salt on Sunday or walk. ber 0! quested on the’ grounds that the che a ck cats) and I guess after having gone through all that Budiiieien ‘bri inally’ worded, |time and trouble, Freylinger, M ae on Rogers et al., don’t believe » caused» great i i is a solemn amongst the workers in the in-|“RLP’! dustry from 1944 to 1945, ee cnn na 15) an TUCK ME TO SLEEP SERGEANT-MAJOR-R-R-R pape ape ¢ s ice a e On the second point, in the With tl the various appeals for rooms for loggers streaming out secretary a business agent. They ce: Heke ailable to you, many conferences leading up to|from the District office: geet 71 is being flooded with calls from | of char, al counsel retained by our union to assist in any legal the master agreement, it was|helpful citizens of Vancouver. However, John McCuish last week ted nicaliies ved. » The leeie ble Wo cone oe enn ee 3) . wil velcome eae prou 0 assist Seas eater ae anon and dramatically issued his anerad of Independence to the effect aa ae ery ae er a citizen—every itizen a voter-—and every voter for lab n * pay, to ae ear i met, was a well deserved recog t AO Hot W/ k Wi th 48 -| p Soe fale ove ee (ran our W ee itk ours Fay ant, that ¢ sin mee RT MARCUSE a provision, that an ext ek’s Aa, *Paciie Coast Labor | Virtue of the provision of Sees hin the spirit and intent of;which this can be attained Co- be given in'lieu of the SEC- : tion 20 (1) (a) of P.C. 9384, the Section 20 (1) (c) (v) and Sec-| operative. union - management ation, This pa ‘ He canes mn f P.C. 93: can usually find dozens. ion. ogniz edent was set by the| War Labor Board claiming that] °° cpslicntiee ee such a plan|of ways in which efficiency can tial, in Pana te prevent serious ane War Labor Board in|? “sToss ae on oe ™-| would not result in any increase|be increased Production tech- al loss in production, and loss of/ Ottawa on December 18, 1944,|¢@uality” could be shown to|in established unit produetion| niques can be improved, joint prieaittewianprovedianiaicentive! exist costs.” time studies ee distribution 1 al n! re. Production Bonus for hourly] However further representa- |SIX MONTHS TRIAL PERIOD |? a erwi ce a ele id ee eee f Lever Bro-| tions were th de to Reasonably enough, within the nce ete tye many meine ine sane down, while the five| ted employees of Lever Bro-| tions were then made e |, eas within the ber of a Slant itt koe show workers were taking their| thers Limited, Toronto, Ontario,| National War Labor Board. It | limitation -C. 9884, the | where there is a functioning La- & thelr Board has mane the’ bonus ro. aap aes Oe he in-| members of International Chem-| as shown that the Companp plan (iié. 20 pereent bonus) as| q esd Re ; ry in. British Columbia is| ‘cal, Workers’ Union Loeal 28028,| and the Union had set up an Jan experiment for a period of| reer eee ae ‘eadielion Noses adopting plans to provide for es Industrial Production Coopera- | six months commencing January decrnied saa: an employ- week’s actual vacation| This bonus scheme provides for ton Tura and that ne “om 1, 1945. At the end of that per- there is no ‘or ALL employees, necessitat-| the oor pects fo aad conducted. experi- | od production figures will. be|tator-My ae ee lone tree ar @ suspension of operations, and abe eves es y tl 2 bee ee ees are per- | Peview b; Board and if], Labor-Manageme! oenmites it is found, that during this|Pleyees concerned by a 40 Sic ede peated December, 1943, | Production costs have not im-| that has degenerated into a griev- period, 25 per cent of the dews,| "7% With no reduction in over-| lods st a creased it wil undoubtedly be} ance committee, will know how not qualified for any vacation are} *l! eatnings, and premium over- approved for a further period of] much productivity could be in- iifeiiplowed: 26x one Went and |@tee DRA Ta the ere of time and this scientific | tim creased without sweat-shop me , and | one-half a urs. Fiat : e lose their earnings. In addition, avpiic AION ORIGINALLY snionch ‘o Nthe shoe Is this speed-up? Definitely see cate otc atte a second week’s coal Area EIECTE) ne Rah ne mit Produe ine zee it may be admi it in the ae alone may result in d he th i w cS eee On Sep 23, 104 the On-| cxease in i roduction ele ” | increased production. The ete pp agai =n peste Css perc s sulting from the Schou | ith no inerease in unit produ ok Labor Statistic, USA, i eS ae ter Parag be. acsiie: seinen in tho monk: week could | 100 “nds, eae the | working on a study of the effects nemployed, while the other) ton to ‘establish a 40-hour week | be denionsteably oh Sa fact. remains that fnvirin ‘lly {of a len natheed work week in 80 and pi ne paw 9 com-} cost the company no nee a ae 2 Union- | ™etal-working plants on-various took their second week's vaca- Srnpart Wa op amar werral for 49 BT teanseter staves toasters i ie at Union- | cchedules of hours, : t a The oe ut anew 1h nt | Ung eapigrs Se ritke The National War Labor Bo pon ind to prema e hours of work with- PAY LOSS SERIOUS eh beyond “a out peteastg tlt SE etion , consciously or ertheless, =a a group This, velection i Labor a lead, companies, employing es Concha by the National War —Contit Ora ad Jabot must not ignore ‘ontinued on Page &| Labor Board on Noy. 1, 1944, by fentive adactign Magee “Plan nia ate many. ways in io