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100 Per Cent Union |Old Time Member OF
Reported At Gibson's |Local 1-80 Passes

“We can now claim 100 percent organization from Archie Nicholson, old time member of the IWA,
cookhouse to tail block and general harmony among the] passed away in Ladysmith, April 11th after a short illness.
crew,” writes the press committee at Gibson’s Logging] A hard and consistent worker in the interests of the
Camp, Chamiss Bay, in a recent report to the “B.C.| Union, Broher Nicholson was given an IWA funeral in
Lumber Worker.” Outcome of negotiations is the main|Dufcan on April 21. Union ser-

topic of conversation among the men, with a prevalent] vices were read by the Lady- | A k
Local 80 sks

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LETTERS

RE

CAMP ACTIVITY

By ROVING REPORTER

Marewell Construction Co.
Servis Inlet, B.C.

‘At the meeting of the sub-
local held March 31, Brother
¥. A. Murphy was elected chair-
man and Brother J. E. Mann
elected secretary. It was also
decided that the meetings will
be held the first Sunday in every

smith, Sub-Local Secretary, Jack

month. i
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Camp “G,” Englewood, B.C.

‘The regular monthly meeting
of this sublocal was held April
8. Brother H. Mackiewich was
elected secretary and Brothers
Frank Szarkowicz, Jack Shayna
and John McTurk were elected
job stewards. All members were
urged to sign their names to
the postcards demanding the 40-
hour week to be sent to Victoria.
Topaz Timber Co.

Cooks Bay, B.C.

A meeting of the sublocal was
held on March 29, at which Bro-
\ther Nels Madsen, President of
Local 1-71, gave an interesting
talc on the policy of the IWA.
Brothers H. Ludwig, S. Wynn
and C, Watkins were elected to
the Safety Committee.

Booth Logging ‘Co.
Loughborough Inlet, B.C.

At the regular business meet-
ing gof the camp held April 7,
Brother Ben Beaudoin agreed
to take the job of chief steward
temporarily. The strike fund
committee reported to the meet-
ing that $55 had been collected
to date.

Pacific Mills Ltd.
Beaver Cove, B.C.

Brothers Charlie Prendergast
and Carl Wilson were elected
chairman and secretary respec-
tively at the meeting of this
sublocal held April 11. Brothers
J. E, Lepine, Gunnar Carlson,
Doug McEachrane and Alec Al-
Jan were elected to the safety
committee. After a discussion on
the fighting fund, it was decid-
ed that each man would donate
one day’s pay towards this not
later than Tuesday, April 16.

everything ‘possible should be
done to unite our ranks and to
bring in all the former “hitch-

hikers” who have shirked and
evaded their responsibilities in
the labor movement. “In this

way,” the report continued, “we
will go forward to attain our ob-
jectives, knowing that «only
through labor solidarity can they
be achieved.”

Camp conditions Gibson’s
are generally _good, the main
grievance being lack of recrea-
tional facilities. The camp itself
is located far from any centre of
population and, being rather a
small sized operation, is devoid
of any such facilities, except
card playing which, according to
our correspondents, “often is too
costly to some of the partici-

at

to rectify this situation, but the

Local 1-85 Reports
Regular Local Meet

PORT ALBERNI, April 14. —
The regular local meeting of
Local 1-85, IWA-CIO, was held
in the Eric Graf Memorial Hall
Sunday evening with an excep-
tionally large attendance.

The Negotiations Report given
by President W. Yates was
adopted unanimously including
the resolution from the District
Council meeting that afternoon
calling upon the entire mem-
bership to stand in ful readi-
ness for a strike call.

Following the regular business,
Ernie Belton of the National
Film Board, showed an appro-
priate picture entitled, “Work
and Wages.”

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pants.” Attempts are being made| ;

feeling that with a possible showdown in the near future,

size of the crew makes it very
difficult. Here, the old vicious
circle comes into play, for the
lack of men deters inauguration
of recreational facilities, and lack
of recreational facilities deters
procuring and holding men.

A very encouraging feature
from the union standpoint is the
way in which boys from the
armed ,services immediately
join the ranks of the IWA, which
serves to “effectively refute and
rebuke ill-conceived propaganda
attempting to divide returned
men and organized labor.” Most
of the boys who have come to
this camp have shown a great
eagerness to sign up and contri-
bute their bit to the building
of the Trade Union Movement.

Atkinson, and union members in
that area acted as pallbearers.

Archie Nicholson had been ac-
tive for the past five years in

the Cowichan area, acting as
job steward for most of these
years and assisting in other

ways in the organization of this
area, ‘Tribute to his faithful
and sincere work was paid on
behalf of the Local.

He leaves a wife and
children at Honeymoon Bay.

two

JOHN GEORGISON is advised
to call into IWA Local 1-80’s
office at Duncan, There is some
important mail (with cheque en-
closed) waiting there for him.
Anyone knowing his whereabouts
please communicate with the
above office.

Aid For Family

A collection to assist the
family of the late Archie Nich-
olson of Ladysmith, who passed
away on April ith, has been
started by the sub-local of IWA
Local 1-80 in the Cowichan
area, The local is confident
that those who Imew Archie
and his faithful and hard work
on behalf of the union will
generously respond to this ap-
peal. The “B,C. Lumber Work-
er’ is proud to assist in this
worthy cause by appealing to
all union members in the Cowi-
chan area to support the local
in this collection,

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