: rigor mortis or writing cramps THE BG. LUMBER WORKER Page Five Very sorry to announce that is being suffered by the secre- taries and press committees of the following Locals: 1-357, 1-85, 1-80, 1-367, 1-405. In the case of the last four mentioned the disease has been one of long standing with the result that your columnist is unable to make Chips and Sawdust anything like it should be in regard to sawmills, shingle mills, box fac- tories and plywood news, Trusting the forthcomng spring weather will prove a remedy to the rigor mortis vic- tims, ete., and trusting further that the following brief report will be sufficient for this edition. Fraternally yours, Green Chain Pete. LOCAL 1-118 P. & W. Sawmill Ltd.: Nego- tiations are under way and it is expected a joint application will be made to the Board for an adjustment of the wage scale within the next few days. LOCAL 1-217 The financial statements of the Local show the dues pay- ments for January and Febru- ary of this year are over 2,000 dues months higher than for the same period in 1945. Lion’s Gate: An application has been forwarded to the board for a revision of the wage scale. A favourable award will make it equal to any in the industry. Cedar Cove: The wage scale at this plant is being negotiated at present and already some very good progress made. B.C. Fir & Cedar: The wages are up for revision and negotia- tions are under way. A meeting will be held on Saturday for the election of shop stewards and committees. Lynn Forest: Good progress is MELE EEE OLD-TIME DANCING Hastings Auditorium Every Wed. & Sat. Alf Carison’s Orchestra Moderate Rental Rates INSIST ON UNION MADE WORK CLOTHES Watson’s Gloves Stanfield’: ‘Underwear e Kitchen-Peabody Shirts and Overalls -MARTIN’S MEN _ AND BOYS’ STORE CRAIG ST. — DUNCAN Chips and Sawdust By GREEN Suey oe being made with the shop stewards reporting a 99 percent paid up membership. At a recent meeting with practically a 100 percent turnout, safety, plant and emergency committees were elected. Allen Segal: The battle for the first signed agreement in the furniture end of the industry is still continuing. From recent re- ports a favourable turn is ex- pected within the next few days. The shop stewards report very good progress in signing up the crew. Kapoor: The wage scale is being negotiated and favourable progress made to date. Robertson & Hacketts: Much time is being lost at this mill through a running out of logs every other day. The crew is beginning to wonder if the log shortage is genuine or whether an ulterior motive lurks in the background, Butler & Downard: Shop stewards have been elected and practically everyone in the oper- ation signed up the past two weeks. Negotiations for the first agreement in this plant are still proceeding. Empire Box: Negotiations are being continued on the wage scale and agreement. A handi- cap has been encountered since certification was received owing to the plant not working to full capacity. LOCAL 1-357, NEW WESTMINSTER Brownsville Shingle is shut down for one week or more due to a shortage of logs. The strike vote has been taken and the! crew gave full support to the negotiating committee to call a strike vote if and when neces- sary to get our demands. Pacific Veneer: Among the plywood section organization is 4 going very good, the member- ship is steadily growing. The business agent took the strike ballot in the plant and the vote was a good majority in favor of action if necessary, Fraser Mill: The drive to bring this big mill up to 100 percent is going at a great pace and anyone not wearing a union putton is looked upon as some kind of a strange animal. The strike vote was overwhelming in support of action, Alaska Pine: Organization in the A.P. is nearing 100 percent. The strike vote was overwhelm- ing in favor of action. The girls kre now 100 percent: union and paid up to date in dues. Good going, girls! .KYLE TAXI * (NEXT B.C. CAFE) 24-Hour Service ~ Anywhere, Anytime Charter; Bus Ambulance Phone 102 DUNCAN Sawmill News ‘“Kvery Reader a Correspondent’’ Prompt Action Averts Trouble At Port Moody A shutdown at McNair’s Shingle Mill, Port Moody, was avoid- ed last week when an agreement was reached between the mill com- mittee and the management over a dispute that caused two stop- work meetings on Wednesday, March 6, Floyd Hamilton, assistant business agent of Local 1-357, New Westminster, has announced. The trouble started in the morning when the crew was informed that the packer’s wages had been cut from 21% cents per square plus 10 cents for piling to 22c per square and 1 cent for piling. | The cut amounted to about 30 cents a day. FLOYD HAMILTON Former International Organ- izer, who was recently ap- pointed Assistant Business Agent for Local 1-357, in New Westminster. Cameron Crew Hear Pritchett A record attendance was not- ed at the regular monthly meet- ing of the Cameron Sub-Local 1-118, held in the IWA Hall, Broad St., Victoria, recently. Five new members were brought forward by Conductor Bro. Brophy for initiation, and a report by Head Shop Steward Bro. O. Wells revealed that only about 15 percent now remained to be brought in and that an in- tensive drive in the coming month was expected to make it 100 per- cent. The report of the sick com- mittee headed by Bro. W. P. Trace informed the members that Bro. T. Arnison was a patient in the Military Hospital and that Bro. McLean was still on their list. The high light of the evening was an address by Bro. H. Prit- chett, District President, IWA, in- troduced by President R. J. Whittle, as the man who “knew all the answers, so get your questions ready, boys.” He an- nounced that he was repesenting the advanced guard of the La- bor Lobby to the Legislative As- sembly and outlined the aims of that body. Bro. Pritchett also showed the necessity of raising a “Fighting Fund of $100,000 by contribution of a day’s pay by each member and pointed out how this fund eae seer oe BOILERMAKERS’ Union Building DANCE TUES. and SAT. 12 BOWLING ALLEYS Large and Small Halls for rent 339 W. Pender — Vancouver Phone PA, 9481 Crew At Sitka Joining IWA The IWA’s position in the Vancouver Cedar & Spruce Lim- ited, formerly known as Sitka Spruce, was greatly strength- ened last week with the election of several shop stewards. The new shop stewards with the help of IWA members from the other mills on False Creek have reported very good progress, with a 100 percent membership in several departments already signed up. Considerable credit is due the shop stewards from Cedar Cove, B.C. Fir, Alberta, land Robertson & Hacketts, for | the noon hours and evenings they have sacrificed in aiding this important drive which from all indications will be climaxed by the management signing the IWA master agreement in the very near future. would be used in avoiding strikes and would eventually be return- ed_many-fold. The plan was endorsed by the members and a hearty vote of thanks tendered to Bro. H. Prit- chett. rea q U REPORTS The management had made a single application to the board for the wage adjustment and the union had not been in- formed. A stop work meeting was held in the morning and the crew instructed Bert Taylor and Fred Vernier, shop stew- ards, to contact Hamilton. They agreed to go back to work until Hamilton arrived. 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