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Oficial Publication of the International Weeduorhers of Almenica B©. District Council No. 1.

Stuart Research Services Ltd.,
Royal Bank Building,,
Vancouver, B. C.

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Qi No. 30

November 29, 1948 SS"

Vancouver, B.C.

IWA Win Interior Pay Boost

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NEW ELECTED officers of Local 1-118, Victoria, are settling down

to the hard work of re-organization. Standing is Barney Macham,

‘oat secretary and beside him is business agent and president
‘oy Wbitile.

TWO EX-IWA MEN FACE
$12,000 FRAUD ALLEGATIONS

Two former officers of IWA Local 1-80, will appear in
Dunean Police Court on Monday, November 29, charged with
stealing $5000 in bonds of IWA money and fraudulently con-
verting to their own uses another $12,000.

on Ao Owen G. Brown, and
Fred Wilson, now officials of the
so-called “WIUC”.

The charges against them are:

i. that they did unlawfully
steal certain bonds, property of
the members of IWA Local 1-80.
(This refers to $5000 in bonds).

2. that having received monies
‘on ferms requiring that they ac-
count for same as trustees to the
members of the IWA, Local 1-80,
they did fraudulently convert
$12,000 to their own use.

Preliminary Hearing
Information was laid against

Brown and Wilson by the IWA,

and summonses were issued to

them requiring them to appear in
court at 10:30 a.m, on Monday.

Test of Strength
24% per cent Revoke

Best test of IWA
strength is to be judged
by the revoked check-

offs.

New Westminster Lo-
cal 1-357, with a mem-
bership of close on 5,300,
has been officially notified
of 125 revokations—less
than 214 per cent.

retroactive to September i.
The offer brings with it a nine per cent increase for all

891% an hour.
Locals 1-423, Kelowna, and 1-417, Kamloops, voted almost

at once to accept the offer. Executive at Prince George met
oe unanimously recommended acceptance to their member-
ship.
The new rate for common labor will now be 9714¢ — the
highest ever paid for that category in Interior industries.
Had it not been for the cowardly, irresponsible action of
Dalskog and Pritchett in running out with their “WIUC”

would certainly have been no less than nine-per-cent.
District IWA officers are now consulting with local
officers and membership in the Interior. They are recom-
mending acceptance. The IWA must consolidate its
position at this time, and be ready and prepared to teach
the operators a proper lesson in 1949.

Back Pay Coming For 91 Days

Back pay for employees will run to 91 days.
The settlement will make minor improvements in the hours

of work clauses.
Employees who have worked for 14 days or more, and are

it within 30 days of.the signing of new agreement.

The offer is contingent on agreement between the IWA
and th Northern Interior Lumbermen’s Association, and the
Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association by December 1.

First reaction from IWA officials and workers in Prince
George and Kamloops was—“Good work. We know you’ve
been badly let down by the old leaders. They’ve been trying
usuccessenlly to peddle a phoney strike line here on the 514-
cent basis.”

‘Strike’ Conference Falls Flat

Meantime, the “WIUC” held a “strike conference” at Cran-
brook. They were quite confident that the operators could
not be budged from the miserly 514-cent basis.

How wrong they were. District and International officers
have maintained the strongest possible line with the bosses
who have been trying to press the advantage of dealing with
“dual unionism”. -

As soon as the initial flurry of the “run-out powder” taken
by Dalskog, Pritchett, etc., passed, loyal IWA negotiators
stepped into the picture, both with the Labor Relations Board

and the operators. (See INTERIOR Page 3)

A preliminary hearing will then
be heard.

Investigations are proceeding in
Vancouver into the handling of the
finances of the former B.C. Dis-
trict Council, and of Locals 1-71,

1-217 when e3 were under the “WIUC” elements in the

PHONY PICKET LINE AT IRON RIVER

infantile exhibition by the new

Iron River operation of Mac- tile «
organization.

while negotiations were actually in progress, the settlement) _

not now working, will get retroactive pay if they write in for gS

administration of men who are now
in the so-called “WIUC”,

IWA Social Committee of Evans
Products, Local 1-217, held a very
successful dance recently in the
Horticultural Hall, South Vancou-
ver.

‘This was the first function, and
. A big New

success. ‘S.
pea ses

committee

Millan Lumber are continuing their disruptive activities with
a phoney picket line on the operation. 3

Under the guise of a grievance,
“not because of union affiliation,”
but because of the dismissal of two
falers, rebel “WIUC” spokesman
And Hogarth is trying to justify
an illegal strike.

Mlegal strike. That’s it. The
company were told by the IWA,
who have 46 of the 100 men in the

operation, that they had better not
negotiate with the alleged “camp
committee” (“WIUC” in transpar-
ent disguise),

The IWA men, who voted 43-3
to return to work, haye so far
respected the phoney picket line,
because of their inborn decent
trade union instincts. They know
that the stoppage is merely an

Labor Relations Board in Vic-
toria are enquiring into the posi-
tion, The IWA has consistenly re-
fused to acknowledge the “strike”
officially.

Positive action will shortly be
taken against the saboteurs, who
are acting on the orders of their
national chieftain, Pritchett, in an
attempt to discredit the TWA and
cause trouble throughout the in-

dustry.

Eight Cents Across. The Board;
Nine Per Cent On Lower Rates;.
Operators ‘Top Offer’ Upped 214c

FTER tough, continuous tussles with operators, District officers of the IWA have finally
squeezed from the Interior bosses, a wage offer of 8 cents an hour across the board,

employees earning less than

CCL CHIEF
FORECASTS DOOM
FOR ‘WIUC’ —

AT CONROY

“J am here to do all I can to
hasten the inevitable end of
the so-called “WIUC” headed
by the renegades Pritchett
and Dalskog.”

In this forceful phrase, Pat Con-
roy, secretary-treasurer of the
Canadian Congress of Labor, ex-
plained his current visit to B.C. to
the B.C. LUMBER WORKER.

Conroy, a miner who by his out-
standing abilities surged to the
key position in the CCL, forecast
that the “WIUC” will destroy it-
self within a comparatively short
space of time.

Won't Tolerate ‘WIUC’

“We cannot tolerate people in the
organized labor movement in Can-
ada who twist the purposes of
trade unionism to conform with
their own political adventurism.

‘I point to the leaders of this
outcast group, who by their actions
are trying to fulfil the pattern of
the LPP, the satellite in Canada
of the world Communist move-
ment,” declared Conroy.

See CONROY, Page 4