Official Publication of the International Woodworkers of America, B.C. District Council No. 1. VOL. XVI. NO. 6 VANCOUVER, B.C., MARCH 25, 1946 —S* PRICE 5 CENTS (366) 1946 Negotiations Opened Pritchett Heads Union Committee, Fadling And Larsen Participate Negotiations of first-rate importance to the woodwork- ers of British Columbia and the general public were opened last week on Thursday, when the District Negotiating Com- mittee of the International Woodworkers of America (CIO) District Council No. 1 met with representatives of approxi- mately 130 major logging and lumber operators. The negotiations are for the revision of the preset master “agreement held by the union with these operators, which covers some thirty thousand woodwork- ers employed in the industry. The results of these negotiations will undoubtedly have far-reaching effect on management-labor rela- tions throughout not only the Province of British Columbia, but also the whole Dominion, be- cause of the fact that thegIn- ternational Woodworkers’ | de- mands are the basic demands of all Canadian and American ta- bor, and are among the first on which negotiations are being carried out in Canada. ‘The meeting, held on Thursday, dealt mainly with the establish- ment of procedure which would allow for the maximum efficien- ¢y and cooperation during nego- tiations., It was decided that the next meeting would be held on the 26th and 27th of March, and thereafter weelly on Monday and Tuesday until such time as a Deaths Mount To Eleven Deaths in the B.C. woodworking industry during 1946 rose to elev- ven this week. A. A. W. Dufe, employed by the C. & A. Woodworkers have been | Logging Co. at killed in BC's | Port McNeil ae in- | was killed on ustry since] Saturday, Jan. 1, 1946] starch 12th by a swinging cho- ker while working in camp. $24.00 was collected for a wreath by the workers in camp. Robert D. Cline, 25, of Van- eouver, died as a result of inju- ries received when he was crush- ed by logs at his father’s camp at Elk Falls on Monday, March 18th. Cline was directing the loading of a truck when the logs slipped. Jack Arnold, a part-time emp- loyee of Hammond Furniture, 890 Clark Drive, was killed ‘Thursday, March 2ist under the wheels of a sawdust truuck on the company premises. The truck was backing up the driveway towards the sawdust bunker when Arnold walked into its path, Arnold, 52, lived at 1094 settlement is reached, or negoti- ations are broken off by either party, The Union's Negotiating Com- mittee was headed by IWA Dis- trfet President Harold Pritchett, and included: J. E. Fadling, In- ternational President of the IWA; Karley Larsen, Interna- tional ‘Vice-President; E. Dals- kog, International Executive Board Member; H. Bergren, Dis- trict Vice-President; Bert ‘Mel: ness, District ‘Secretary; and Vii lsil Burtz, Assistant Director of pthe Union's Research Bureau. Representing the operators were: Mr, R, V. Stuart, Diretcor of Stuart Research Agencies; Major Hefflin, Attorney, with the Agencies; Mr. Billings, econo- mist; and Mr. Chas. Pearse, Field Representative. Closest cooperation possible is being maintained between the Union in British Columbia and in the United States, where ne- gotiations are also being carried out at present on an industry- wide basis. It is expected that Karley Larsen will attend all ne- gotiations meetings in British * Columbia. Before opening negotiations, the Union has conducted an in- dustry-wide strike vote, the re- sult of which shows that about 93 percent of the votes so far re- corded favors strike action. The Union is also collecting a $100,- 000 Fighting Fund to back up the strike vote. Reports from the District Office of the IWA are to the effect that contributions to the Fighting Fund will easily reach the desired figure. Local 71 Visits Sick Members The following members were visited and given Lumberwork- ers this week: Brother D. Dal- gleish who has been ill for a very long time; Brother Trygg from Sechelt; Brother Blomberg who has been in hospital with 2 bro- ken shoulder for quite some time; Brother Johnson; Brother Nick- erson, also has been in for a long time; Brother Rast from Frank- lin River. Sister Verna McCuish, wife of Local 1-71 Secretary John MeCuish, has ben visited in St. Paul's hospital by several mem- bers and is still quite ill. Shown’ abdvq §8. ti Daiskok, It. Vice-Pres., 3 @ District, Executive Boar oard Member;'H. Pritchett, Dist., P res. ck Lindsay, Trustee. Standing, McCuish 1-71, Geo. Grafton 1-80, A. Quan, Chinese Rep. Don Barbour, Hiring Hall Mg) Shunaman 1-217, S. Rogers 1-367, Chas. Fraser 1-71, J. Greenall, Retiring Sec'y., Jack Higgins 1-363. Seated, left to ight, Davshan Singh, Trustee; Bert Melsness, Dist. Sec’'y.; Mark Mosher, Dist. left to right, Geo. Mitchell 1-357, N. Madsen 1-71, J. ak BE. Gladys Broadcast Gets New Sponsor Assurance that “Green Gold” popular I.W.A. radio broadcast heard weekly over C.J.O-R. is to continue, was received last week when Harold Pritchett, District President, announced that The Army and Navy Department Stores have undertaken its spon- sorship. Appreciation to the new spon- sor was voiced in the District Executive Board meeting last Tuesday, for the assistance that will make possible the continua- tion of this valuable service to the I.W.A. membership. New Officers Are Installed Results of balloting for Offi- cers of IWA-CIO District Coun- cil No. 1, were announced last week, and installation took place at the regular Executive Board meeting on March 19. Officers elected for the coming years are: Harold Pritchett, President; H. Pergren, First Vice-President; Mark Mosher, Second Vice-Pres- ident; Mel Fulton, Third Vice- President; Bert Melsness, Secre- tary; and Jack Lindsay, Trustee for a three-year term. Darshan Singh and Al Parkin are the two cther Trustees whose terms of office were not up for election this year. "The officers were sworn in by B. Dalskog, International Board Member. Dr. Douglas Relinquishes ‘Green Gold’ Broadcast - IWA District No. 1 regrets to announce that last week's broad- cast was the final Green Gold broadcast sponsored by our good friend, Doctor Llewellyn Douglas. Doctor Douglas, after many years of public service is retiring from active business life in his well known dental business, situated Hastings Streets, Vancouver. While not completely dissociat- ing himself from the business, the Doctor will spend the re- maining years of his life, only part time in the office. Him- self a trade unionist, joining the Brotherhood of Railway Train- men as a brakeman on the CPR in 1898, labor will readily under- stand why Doctor Douglas was so interested and concerned with the well-being and future of the entire organized labor move- ment. Born in Nova Scotia, he came to British Columbia in the year 1901, established his dental busi- ness in New Westminster where he has resided ever since. He has raised a.family of three children and had two sons overseas, one in the United States army and one in the Canadian army. Doc- tor Douglas served in World War I, and at the outbreak of hostili- ties in the Second World War, joined the veterans’ guard, later transferred to the New West- minster regiment where he is still an active soldier. District No. of the IWA has had the opportunity of bringing Green Gold to its many listeners under the sponorship of Doctor Douglas for oyer four and one- half years, and the Doctor ex- on the corner of Richards and cellent communications received from the citizens of the Province of British Columbia and Border States. He is happy that his ef- forts in sponsoring the IWA Green Gold broadcast has been a contributing factor to the building up of one of the most powerful and respected labor unions in the Dominion of Can- ada. His efforts, he feels, have been well repaid. It is interesting to note that long before Green Gold was in- augurated, as far back as 1928, Doctor Douglas was one of the first advertisers in the B.C. Lum- ber Worker, then a hand-made mimeographed paper. Doctor Douglas also wishes to announce, that although he is re- tiring from full work in his of- fice, he has now entered into partnership with Doctor Shat- sky, who has just returned from five years service overseas in the Dental Corps. Engelwood Contributions Are The Best So Far $932.35 has been received at the office of Local 1-71 from the crew at Camp A, Englewood, donation to the IWA Fighting Fund. This amount leads all con- presses his sincere appreciation | tributions so far sent to Local for the many thousands of ex-j 1-71.