Suspect Discrimination
At Consolidated
To the Editor:

On August 30 last, three of

our fallers were treated with
the age-old admonition of “Turn
in your time.” The alleged rea-
son for giving these men their
walking papers was “breaking
up too much timber.” *
. It is inconceivable that, after
a period of more than a year of
satisfactory work, these men
should be classed as incompe-
tent workmen.

In view of the fact that the
same set of fallers had to go to
bat regarding a short scale of
some eight thousand feet, only
a month previous to their dis-
missal, it would appear that a
dark complexioned gentleman
was hoyering close to the wood-
pile,

These men haye, in the past,
been very actively engaged in
union work, and have been re-
sponsible for several new mem-
bers joining the IWA,

At 2 union meeting on August
26, several grievances of old
standing were brought to a head
by requesting the foreman to
attend said meeting in person.
There is no doubt in the minds

of the members of this IWA Lo-
cal that their dismissal is a rank
case of discrimination.

Thanking you in advance for
giving this article the publicity
which is only possible through
the pages of the widely read,
“B.C. Lumber Worker.”

Press Committee.
Consolidated imber,
Harrison Lake, B.C.

H and R Camp Close To

100 Per Cent Organized

To the Editor:

By the time this appears in
print our camp (H. & R. Log-
ging Co.) will be 100 percent
organized. We have had no
grievances for some time now
and our relationship with the
Management is good. The boys
living in Camp had individual
oil heaters installed in the bunk-
houses and the inside lined with
V joint. Should be nice and cosy
for cold weather.

Those travelling on the crum-
my are not quite so comfortable
with the colder weather coming
on. We need a new floor in it
and to keep out some of the
draft and rain. There have -been
no serious accidents here for a
Tong time. Our timekeeper who
is also First-Aid man started
first aid classes last year, al-

|LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Say What You Please

i THE B.C, LUMBER WORKER

Monday, October 8, 1945

though I believe that he has too
much work now to carry on with
giving classes.

We endorsed the removal of
International Organizer M. Se-
kora who has been foisted on our
Local (without our approval)
unanimously. We also passed a
motion that anyone having
worked for H&R Logging Co. 30
days, be compelled to join the
IWA or else? Our camp crew
Was quite sore about the unjust
dismissal of M, Freylinger and
want him reinstated, they won’t
forget those responsible for this
and don’t give a whoop in H——
about a man’s political opinion
as long as he does his work
well, Quite a few would like to
secede from the International
set-up if this keeps up, as they
claim that this is developing in-
to top control which we thor-
oughly detest.

Hoping that the Editor gives
my ramblings consideration. I
leave this thought with all of
you, “In unity there is strength.
Be union conscious.”

F. O. THEISS.
Sub-Local Chairman

Crew Active At
Homfrey Creek Camp

To the Editor:

Our regular monthly meeting
was held Sept. 6th. Jimmy Fer-
guson is now chairman of this
sub-local and A. McGie, secre-
tary. At this meeting the mem-
bers decided to contribute to the
sending of delegates to the Port-
land Convention and a subscrip-
tion list has been opened for this
purpose.

The camp has now installed a
light plant and all the boys will
have the benefit of good visibil-
ity within a few days, one new
bunkhouse has been built and
the old ones are being lined
with plywood. Convenient tables
and shelves are being placed in
all_bunkhouses.

We have been given to under-
stand that plans are on foot for
such necessities as spring mat-
tresses, bed covers, new cook-

ation room with a library.

A new crummy is one of the
items that should be given im-
mediate attention by this com-
pany. The leayes are commenc-
ing to fall out here, and this
will soon be followed by rain
and snow, and sheltered trans-
portation becomes necessdry,

Homfrey Creek Sub-Local

Press Committee,

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21 EAST HASTINGS

Vancouver, B.C.

Light Cruiser Logger

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house, filing shack and a recre-/'

the island, where a conference,
monthly meeting, will be held.

Improvements Needed
At Chamis Bay
To the Editor:

Greetings boys, from Chamiss
Bay, @ camp operated by W. F.
Gibson & Sons. We thought we
had better let you know there
are some union members hidden
away up here, in case you think
the circulation of them is poor.

We held our meeting this

month, already and everything
seemed to be in order as to safe-
ty committees etc. We are go-
ing to check up on the members
here, although we are about 90
per cent to date and have high
hopes of attaining 100 per cent,
which we had before. We have
welcomed here a couple of ex-
servicemen and were very glad
to do so.
Camp conditions are fair, with
lots of hot water and good build-
ings as many of you know. We
have a good cook and the boys
say food is excellent. There is
no recreation here of any kind
whatsoever, which makes things
very boring. Evenings are spent
in the bunkhouses reading “Kill-
’em-Comboy” and _ detective
stories as the Lumber Worker
is read and re-read the first
evening they arrive. The Lum-
ber Worker is very eagerly
awaited by all.

Well, we shall leave a little
space now for other camps, so
adieu.

CARDS NO. 14343 and 12203.

Crawford Moor To
Start Logging Soon

To the Editor:

At Crawford Moore Log Co.,
Kechimckean Inlet, Prince Rup-
ert, B.C., there is only one gang
of fallers working at present.
They intend to start logging in
a week or two.

Conditions in camp are very
good and it is organized 100 per
cent,

Edward Anderson.
Card No. 19265.

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which will replace the regular

The conference which is be-
ing arranged by the local offi-
cers through tthe co-operation of
the regional job steward commit-
tees, sublocal executives. and
ladies auxiliaries, is called for
the purpose of discussing and
adopting a plan of action con-
cerning the issues and problems
facing the working people of
Canada today.

Main discussion will centre
around the postwar programs
adopted at conventions of the
B.C. District Council No. 1 and
the B.C, Federation of Labor, in
support of the dominion-wide
campaign for the rehabilitation
of our armed forces and dis-
paced war workers, at decent
wages; adequate social and la-
hor legislation, including 40-hour
week with no reduction in take
home pay; development of our
industries and such measures
that will ensure full employment,
security and a decent standard
of living for all.

Exectuives of the local, in a
statement this week, declared:

Duncan IWA Plans Conference
To Decide Course of Action

The huge Agricultural Hall in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, on
Sunday, October 28th, will be the scene of one of the largest gath-
erings of job stewards and sublocal executives ever to be heldion

“Now that the postwar period is
here, labor must mobilize and
unite her forces to meet the
tasks of the peace, as she did dur-
ing the six years of war to defeat
the Axis armies of Europe and
Japan. This means that every
officer, every job steward and
every member of organized labor
to the last man must thoroughly
understand labor’s program and
the many immediate tasks con-
fronting labor, so that we can
tackle these problems a$ one
strong, united mass of workers,
to ensure its success.” “For
this reason,” the statement con-
cluded, “‘we are calling this con-
ference so that our job stewards
and members will have the op-
portunity of meeting and discuss
ing our program with the lead-
ers of our District Council and
the B.C. Federation of Labor.

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Clohes are kept in mothproof
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Now, British Columbia is on the threshold of once again

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