N wa WD \N i \) , Official Publication of the Jntennational Weeduorhers \ of Aid BC. c/o ' Royal Bank Vancouver, iS District Council No. 1. Mr. Heffernan, earch Services, Vol. XIX, No. 37 ce February 17, 1949 aS 5e per copy Vancouver, B. C. ~ALSBURY MEETS CABINET FEB. 25 _IWA JOINS MARCH ON VICTORIA “AS LABOR DEMANDS “NEW DEAL” MOSHER AT COAST @MARCH 1 National leader of the Ca- nadian Congress of Labor,|} President A. R. Mosher, will address 2 mass membership meeting of CCL unions at Exhibition Gardens, Vancou- C Yew on March 1. The CCL president is coming to the coast on a visit which will include his presence at the educa-| } tional institute at UBC on Febru-| ° ary 26 and 27, and the political action workshop in Pender Audi- torium_on February 28, Mr, Mosher will also speak at Nanaimo on March 7. The Exhibition Gardens meeting in Vancouver starts at 8 p.m. and all members of the IWA are urged to be present. Plans are now complete for the = two-day educational institute at the University when 300 CCL |” members (including a number from the IWA) will undergo the intensive course. Ten trade union subjects are covered by the program, and the teachers include Professors Hughes and Jamieson of the Uni- versity faculty, as well as promi- nent trade union leaders. i _ Murray Cotterill, political ac- tion director of the Canadian Congress of Labor, will handle the political action’ workshop in the Pender Auditorium. On another page is a separate story, giving full details of the Nanaimo educational institute. “THANKS” FROM CAMP WOSS J. Stewart Alsbury, Pres, District No. 1 IWA, Main Street, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Sir and Brother: At a large meeting held tonight in this Camp, it was regularly moved, seconded and carried that I write to you, to express our apprecia- tion and admiration for the splendid effort put forth by you and your able assistants on behalf of us, away out here in the sticks. ‘This applies not only to the Cenyention, on which our delegates gaye us a good re- port, but also to the recon- struction and recovery meas- ures you have undertaken rad the “October Rebel- Our yery best wish with you "or a cessful term of office; and as previ- ously called for by this Sub- Local, re ae fesitnas in prosecuting those who tried to break our union, - Sincerely and fraternally yours, 1 “All The Way With The IWA” is proudly announcing 100 per cent slogan of Mohawk Handle No. 2, organization of the plant. IWA Seana 3 Sub-Local, New Westminster, UNION PRINTERS TO PAY IWA $5000.00 Harvey Murphy Named In Suit To Recover $9000 From IUMMSW Union Printers, Ltd., Vancouver, have been ordered by Supreme Court Judge Mr. Justice Coady, to return to the IWA $5000 received from disloyal officers of loggers’ local 1-71. Another legal highlight to report this week is that Local 1-71 has started a suit to recover $9000 from Harvey Murphy and two other Mine Mill union officials. The judgment against Union Printers Ltd., applied for by IWA counsel, A. ‘T. R. Campbell, wa obtained by consent. Costs of $136 were granted the IWA, but the union has agreed to offset a sum of $1086 of the total, to cover Union Printers’ claims against IWA District Council, and Locals 1-217, and 1-85. | This means that Local 1-71 will get back in hard cash more than $4000. ‘The $5000 claimed and won by the TWA was a sum of money paid out by former officers of the local just prior to the October 3 secession move.° Cash Advanced It was classed by them as an advance for printing services and supplies. When the officers of the re- formed district and local found out about the situation, they immediately took legal ‘action to recover $5000, obviously the property of, and for use of, members of the IWA and not. for the use of any other body. Solicitor Campbell last week also issued a writ on behalf of Local 1-71 president James L. McEwan, and secretary Leo Young, to recover $9000 trans- ferred on or about October 2 to the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union. _ Named as defendants are the | B.C. regional director, Harvey Murphy, and top officials John Moffat, and Kenneth Smith. The writ charges that the $9000 in question was transferred to Mine, Mill in a cheque signed by N. C. Madsen and Don Bar- hour, at that time officers of Lo- cal 1-71, IWA. District officials report that pr the eleven suits in progress of behalf of the membership of the IWA to.recover “every last nickel of the money due to them.” International President Fadling and Secretary-treasurer Carl Winn have consented to a court judgment of $1364 in favor of the Trade Union Research Bureau, claimed as money due for services endered to the IWA. March 10, Deadline For Ballot Papers The deadline for election ballot papers is creeping closer. All members and officials are re- minded that all used ballots, regis- tration sheets, and cerifications of election must be returned to the Dis- trict Balloting Committee, Room 7, 426 Main Street; Vancouver, B.C., hostmarked not later than March 10, 1949, by FIRST CLASS REGIS- TERED MAIL. On page three of this issue are more short biographies of the Can- didates for district offices. ogress is being made in all of | HORTON CEDAR GOES IWA Victory was recorded for the IWA in’a supervised vote taken by the Labor Relations Board at Horton Cedar, Victoria. The voting was IWA 21 to 17 for the secessionist group. The voting at McCarter Shingle, Victoria, has been de- layed. It is thought that this may be due to further investigation of the status of the organization at- empting to oppose the IWA in this, and various other operations, in parts of the province. Officials of Local 1-118, Vic- toria, are watching the situation closely. WHAT’S INSIDE CONTENTS Around The Locals __.... Page 2 District Elections ... Page 3 Woody Wood- pecker ....... Page 4 Lookin’ Round Page 5 Sefety .... Page 6 Tailsawyer Sam .. Page 7 $5000 Dona- tion _.. Page & IWA District President J. Stewart Alsbury will present the legislative demands of the B. C. lumber workers be- fore the Provincial Cabinet in Victoria on Feb. 25. Announcement to this ef- fect was released this week by the B.C. Federation of Labor upon securing an ap- pointment with Premier Johnson. In his capacity of 1st Vice- President of the Federation, Bro. Alsbury will be associ- ated with the presentation of demands for amendments to the ICA Act and other provincial statutes concern- ing organized labor. A spe- cial brief wil be submitted by him dealing with the ques- tion of forest conservation. The delegation which will wait upon the Premier and his Minis- ters will include all members of the- Executive Board-of the B.C. Federation of Labor, and the Western and Regional Directors of the Canadian Congress of La- bor, William Mahoney and Dan Radford. A call has been issued by Geo. Home, Secretary of the Federa- tion for the selection of one dele- gate from each of the affiliated organizations for purposes of 2 labor lobby at a later date. These delegates will accompany their full-time representatives to Vic- toria when labor legislation is aetually under consideration. Fe- deration officials propose that the delegation should be limited to approximately thirty-five, for reasons of economy, Poll Tax, Too The brief to be placed before the Cabinet on Feb. 25 requests 35 amendments to the ICA Act, 7 amendments to the Hospitai Insurance Act, another 7 major amendments to the Workmen’s Compensation Act, as well as changes in the Minimum Wage Act, the Hours of Work Act, and the Annual Holidays Act. The members of the delegation will argue for improved Old Age Pensions, the removal of the ban on margarine, the encouragement of secondary industries, ‘low-cost housing, and necessary public works to relieve. unemployment. Special attention will be given to the demand for removal of the retail sales tax, and the need for revision of the Legal Professions’ Act to prevent discrimination against any person on the ground of political beliefs. The repeal of the Poll Tax Act is also de- manded. ’ Following the activities press- ing for legislative attention, the B.C. Federation of Labor will sponsor a Wage Co-ordination Conference in Vancouver on March 13. At this conference, unions in B, C. affiliated with the Canadian Congress of Labor will attempt to-establish a uniform pattern of wage negotiations. It is antici- pated that concerted action on the part of the unions will greatly improve their bargaining position as 1949 wage negotiations arise. ‘to “GREEN GOLD” - - CJOR, Wéseriday, 7 p.m.