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Manning Lumber , Company:
'A recent joint application to the
Regional War Labor Board has
been granted retroactive to Oc-
tober 1. The application covered
81 categories and ranged from
21 to 10 cents per hour.

Moore Whittington Lumber
Company: A joint application
for an increase for 40 categories
has been granted by the Board
yetroactive to October 1.

Lemon-Gonnason Mill: A lit-
tle difficulty is being encount-
ered in opening up negotiations,
but it is expected things will be
straightened out in the near fu-
ture.

Plywoods: The shop stewards
of this plant are having Novem-
ber as Plywood Month, in a drive
for membership. The drive so far
has been an outstanding success
with over 100 new members
signed up in the first two weeks
of the month. The joint appeal
to the Regional War Labour
Board, for the Millwrights and
Electricians, has been granted
vetroactive to October. 1. They
will now receive 94% cents per
hour. ‘
Robertsons & Hacketts:: A
joint application is now before
the Board for an increase for
14 categories.

Capilano Shingle Mill: Nego-
tiations are under way, and so
far have resulted in the manage-
ment agreeing to go jointly to
the Board for an increase for
15 categories.

Glaspie’s Mill:
ports they have
left not in the
strike collection
donated $124.50,
L & K Mill: Only one man re-

This Mill re-
only two men
union. In the
29 members

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‘Every Reader a Correspondent”

Plywood Stewards Do
Good Censolidation Job

A tremendous job of consolidating is being done by the shop
stewards in this largest lumber operation in the Vancouver area,
which is also the largest plywood plant in Canada, Today the
workers in this plant are forging ahead and fast becoming trade
union conscious. However, the task is no easy one, and shop stewards
can be commended for the splendid results they have achieved.

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main in this operation not yet
in the union, and a very excel-
lent collection has been made for
the Windsor strike.

Marine Lumber Company: A
joint application has gone to
the Board for a complete revi-
sion of wages. A favorable award
being handed down will mean that
this mill will have one of the
best scales in the industry.

J. R. Murray Lumber Com-
pany: Certification has been
granted and everything is ready
to start negotiations. This plant,
formerly owned by the Pacific
Wood Products, has proved quite
a problem for Local 1-217 for
the past four months, and it is
hoped that the agreement will
be signed as soon as possible.

Burke Lumber Company: Ne-
gotiations are now completed and
a joint application has gone to
the Board, requesting an in-
crease for 13 categories.

Evans Mill: Negotiations are
still progressing with an increase
agreed to for a number of cate-
gories.

Green Chain Pete is again
appealing to the shop stewards
and officers in the other locals

to send in material for this
column,

Local 1-217 On
North Shore

A well attended meeting for
the members working ‘in jthe
North Shore mills of Lion’s
Gate, North Shore Lumber Com-
pany, Kings, Glaspie’s, L & K,
and Narrows, was held on Nov-
ember 14, for the purpose of
establishing a sub-local to bet-
ter coordinate the work of Lo-
cal 1-217.

After a brief outline of the
functions of a sub-local by

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Coming into the organization
a few short months ago at a
time when conditions were tops,
with no grievances or wage in-
equalities to speak of, and with
the plant working three shifts
with only 20 minutes off for
lunch and the workers them-
selves scattered all over New
Westminster and Vancouver, it
can readily be seen why the task
has been difficult. With all the
handicaps mentioned above, and

others besides, the plywood work-
ers are now under the industry
wide agreement, thanks to the
shop stewards and the active
members. What is most import-
ant they are making that agree-
ment work for them and using
it to consolidate their forces.

We would like to take this op-
portunity of acquainting the
membership of District 1, with
the names of some of the broth-
ers and sisters from Plywoods
who are mainly responsible for
the excellent job done at this
plan in forging the people there
into a powerful link of the fast
growing labor movement. On
the graveyard shift, Brother Bob
Watters as head shop steward,
has done an excellent job, and
the same can be said of Al Sarks,
Charlie Rothenbush, Jack Betin-
shaw, Art Davis, on A. Shift,
and Lil Bradley, Vie Keith, Ian
McLeod on B, Shift. There are
many others we would like to

Business Agent Tommie Mac-
Donald, the following officers
were duly elected and sworn in;
Brother Kitzen of Glaspie’s Mill,
chairman; Brother McAuley of
North Shore Lumber Company,

secretary; Brother Sanders of
Lions Gate Mill, 1st vice-chair-
man; Brother Galozo of L & K
Mill, 2nd vice-chairman; and
Brother Dobson of King’s Mill,
warden.

Following some very interest-
ing reports by the shop stewards
from the various operations, a
number of excellent suggestions
were made to get the sub-local
off on a sound foundation. All
in all the meeting was an out-
standing success and the estab-
lishing of this sub-local to cov-
fer all operations on the North
Shore really makes history for
Local 1-217 insofar as it is
a tremendous step forward in
the consolidation of this fast
growing local.

Meet the Boys At

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introduce who also have played
an equal role to those mentioned,
but space does not permit it at
this time.

These Plywood workers de-
serve a salute from the entire
membership of our union for get-

EPORTS

ting the organization established
in B.C, Plywoods on a sound
foundation, under very unfav-
orable circumstances. The shop
stewards at present have a drive
underway with over 600 mem-
bers out of the 649 working as
their objective by the end of
the month. Time will tell as to
the results, but from past
achievements we can feel confi-
dent their objective will be rea-
lized. Among other things the
shop stewards edit their own bi-
weekly paper, and in the last
Lumber Worker we printed an
example of their handiwork, un-
der the heading of “Who Is the
Union;” if you read it we are
sure you will agree with us that
it is really the kind of material
we need’to help build a power-
ful organization.

SQUIRREL!

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plentiful the
squirrel puts away a

generous supply in safe
keeping. And he does

not touch it_until_he
really needs it. The

squirrel is smart! We would do well
to emulate the squirrel in his thrift
and foresight. Let us continue to buy,
and put away, Victory Bonds and
War Savings Stamps every time we
get the opportunity. But most important
of all—let_us_kee;

really need them.

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