B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

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J. STEWART ALSBURY
District President

TOM BRADLEY
First Vice-president

CHOSEN FOR IWA LEADERSHIP

JOE MORRIS
Second Vice-president

GEORGE MITCHELL
District Secretary-treasurer

TOM MacKENZIE
International Board Member

Anound the Locals

More Certifications; Grievances Won; Camps
Open Up; Interior Progress; Hall For 1-71

‘Local 1-85 Reports

PORT ALBERNI
Sarita River Certified

Sarita River is now one of the
largest camps on the West Coast
certified by the IWA. Approxi-
mately 500 men are now em-
ployed, and this number will soon
reach the total of 600 in the not
too distant future.

This certification shows what
union the loggers want. It also
shows that the loggers don’t
wont to be segregated from the
millworkers. The loggers want
one union, and they want the
IWA.

Sarita River was the only
large operation in this area not
certified until recently. The
WIUC attempted to win the ap-
proval of the loggers, but dis-
mally failed to make the grade.
The WIUC cannot get a majority
in any operation in this district.
They have only four men at
Shamrock Logging.

WIUC claims about Sarita
River were proven false at a re-
cent and well-attended meeting
of the sub-Local in the camp.

Endorsation of the IWA was;

made clear in the election of an
IWA camp committee, and ap-
proval of IWA policy.

Sproat Lake Sawmills Certified

Sproat Lake Sawmills is the
second certification for the [WA
in this district within the last
ten days. It proved to be another

emphatic rejection of WIUC mis- |

representation.

This certification includes the
employees at the mill on Scotch
Settlement Road, and the men at
4B” mill on Sterling Arm, Sproat
Lake, except firemen and plant
engineers.

Many of the men had previ-
ously been on the check-off but
the former officers had not both-
ered to apply for certification on
their behalf. The new officers ap-
plied on January 14, 1949.

Kennedy Lake

Brother Gil Ingram, returning
from Kennedy Lake, reports
‘everything in good shape at this
camp. Contrary to reports cireu-
Jated in Port Alberni, Mark Mo-
sher, of the WIUC, has never
visited this camp. When in Uclue-
let, he did not exert himself to
travel the five miles to meet the
loggers. 2

‘At a large camp meeting, steps
were taken enabling the members
to vote on the referendum for
election of District Officers, fur-
ther proof of the falsity of
WIUC mischievous gossip.

Employment Improves

The majority of the camps are
back to work again. A.P.L. Cam
1 has been running with a smal!
crew. Some of the fallers have
gone back to work di the
past week, and the camp s! ould
be working with a full crew soon.

Franklin River has not started
yet. This is a high level Were
tion, and the snow is si too
deep. It will be some time before
the skidders can be operated.

Mahoney Addresses Local

Guest speaker at the regular
meeting of the. Local, March 13,
was Bill Mahoney, Western Di-
rector of the Canadian Congress
of Labor. Bro. Mahoney present-
ed an outline of the Congress
palns relating to political action.

‘A resolution was adopted in-
structing a committee of the Lo-
cal to investigate the political
action plans of the CCL and the
B.C. Federation of Labor and
recommend a course of action
acceptable to the members of the
Local.

Local 1-80

DUNCAN

IWA Grievance Procedure Works

Four fallers who claimed to
have been dismissed by the Hill-
crest Lumber Co., requested the
assistance of this Local in secur-
ing re-employment with the com-
pany. Brothers Morris and Lin-
der interviewed the management
with the result that reinstate-
ment was assured.

The “Wooies” of Lake Cowi-
chan tried to claim credit for
this settlement, but the facts are
out now to their extreme embar-
rassment. After three months’
effort that had failed.

Parksville Sub-Local

A new sub-Local has now been
established at Parksville, At a
well-attended meeting of IWA
members at that point recently,
officers were elected and plans
made to enlist all prospective
IWA members in the area.

The meeting was addressed by
Bros. Tony Poje of the Duncan
Local and Jim Bury, secretary of
the Vancouver Labor Council.

Ladysmith Sub-Local Wins
Grievance
Recent discussions with the
management of the Comox Log-
ging and Railway Co. manage-
ment secured a handsome adjust-
ment for the speeder operator.
The committee of the Lady-
smith sub-Local, sueceeded in
having the operator classified as
a member of the train crew, with
the result that he secured the in-
crease of 5 cents an hour, retro-
active to July, 1948,

Local 1-367

MISSION

The mills in the Fraser Valley
have practically all resumed op-
erations. With continued warm
weather, the logging camps will
also be opening soon.

Bros. Neil Shaw, and Bill Dun-
lop, business agents, are busy
making the rounds of the differ-
ent operations.

In the Stave River area, shop
steward, Safety, and Grievance
committee organization has been
satisfactorily completed, at the
Silver-Skagit Pole Yard at Rus-
kin. At P. Bains Mill, Whonnock,
the company has signed the con-
tract, but the Union is asking for
a slight revision of the wage
schedule before signing.

The Hope operations are still
snowbound, but the expectations
are that work will resume soon..

‘A violation of the seniority
clause at the Westbridge Timber
Co. in Mission was successfully
protested by the Union. Re-in-
statement was ordered, but un-
fortunately the man in question
failed to report back to work. He
has been informed that his action
has discredited and weakened the
work of the grievance committee
on behalf of fellow-members un-
justly discharged.

Fred Soon, Chinese organizer,
had a successful visit with Chi-
nese workers in the industry at
Stave Lake.

The Maple Ridge Sub-Local
has elected J. Anderson as Presi-
dent; N. Voth, secretary; Ed
Smith, treasurer. The mill is
again back in full production.

Local 1-224

PRINCE GEORGE

Bro. Carl Mueller reports:

Since the beginning of the
year we have visited all the large
and important camps in this
area, and I can honestly say
that the situation in this north-
ern part of B.C. looks good.

The “Wooies” did give us quite
a bit of competition for awhile,
due to confusion and misinforma-
tion, which the “Wooies” are
noted for. But after Andy Smith
and I had presented a clear and
precise picture of the entire set-
up since the breakaway of the
rebels, the situation changed, and
the majority of the people are
'comnig back into the [WA.

There are still a few operations
in which the boys from the
Kremlin have a strangle-hold on
to a certain extent, but it is my
belief that it won’t be very long
before the lumber workers in
these parts will return to the
fold of the IWA. I am certain
that despite the fact that we
have won the struggle here, we
must remain vigilant and on the
alert, for after all, we never
know what the boys of Moscow
Street will think of next.

We must remember to con-
stantly bring before non-mem-
bers the necessity for an’ honest
trade union, for indeed as the
saying goes, together we stand,
but divided we fall.

Bro, Sylvester Wiegers re-
ports:

After a brief lull in union ac-
tivities at Camp 1, Sinclair Mills,
due to a walk-out of the “regu-
lar” crew, a union meeting was
held in Camp on January 6. A
sub-local was formed, and Execu-
tive officers are:

Chairman, Sylvester Wiegers;
secretary, Conrad R. Hinz. Job
stewards elected are: Joseph C.
Wiegers, Jack Hutchinson and
Joe Conroy.

Since operations at a camp are
more or less seasonal, officers
and job stewards were elected on
a corresponding basis.

Due mainly to the good work
of the job stewards, Camp 1 now
consists of a one hundred per-
cent union crew.

KELOWNA
Bro. A. J. Bruch reports:

Things are very quiet in this
Local at present. A large num-
ber of men have been laid off at
S. M, Simpson’s plant, and some
of the smaller mills are also
down,

‘We got hold of a cancelled
cheque from the Bank dated
October 5, signed by Marion
Holtom and Mel Fulton and
made out to Jack Forbes. The
amount was $640. We will lis-
ten with interest when the peo-
ple concerned explain that one.
And don’t let anyone kid you
that it was Per Capita.

M. J. Mitchell, at Kettle Val-
ley Lumber, is doing a marvel-
lous job keeping that plant orga-
nized. We are very fortunate in
this local to have such wide
awake shop stewards. Also the
boys at Midway and Lumby are
doing their very best.

The balloting went just fine
here, and everybody that was
able to cast a ballot, did so. Our
thanks go out to Brother Fred
Fieber who has done such a good
job for us here.

Local 1-417

KAMLOOPS,

At a meeting held in Caps
Camp, 12 miles from Clearwater,
it was discovered that the WIUC
have three prospects in Kam-
loops’ Local.

The officers of this Local have
been priding themselves with the
fact, up until now, that one mem-
ber of the Local has revoked
their checkoff, however, after
reading a recent issue of the
TRIBUNE three members have
seen the light and revoked.

Apart from that Caps Camp
is well organized. Vern Bittle,
camp secretary and Wally Mar-
tin, sub-Local chairman, with the
assistance of the shop stewards
have kep their camp one of the
best organized camps in the Lo-

Local 1-217

VANCOUVER
From Eburne Mills

Open letter to WIUC rem-
nants:

Well, we got your first LPP
propaganda sheet in a long time
at Eburne, and I’m proud to say
the boys knew what to do with
that sort of trash.

Imagine starting your yellow
sheet with “Dear Brothers?”
Then you go on to say that you
are going to organize a “Con-
trolled Canadian Woodworkers’
Union.”

“Controlled” is the word. Prit-
chett-controlled for the advance-
ment of the LPP, We at Eburne
realize just what you mean by
“controlled”, you can bet your
life on that.

The so-called WIUC is wasting
time, and money at Eburne.

In your yellow sheet, you say
all is not well at Eburne. Well,
it’s a hell of a lot better off now
than it was a year ago, thanks
to your disaffiliation. You talk
about the grand and glorious
sell-out. Hang your head in
shame, LPP’ers, when sell-out is
mentioned.

What about the 1948 contract?
Sell-out? You should open your
eyes to the writing on the wall.
You are beaten, so scram goons,
out of our way, and let us alone.
We are now the I[WA—we should
jhave been years ago. We have
shed our Communist shackles
‘and are now clean and proud to
admit we belong to the IWA,
(CI0-CCL). i

H. Skippen.

Local 1-71"

A hiring hall for loggers is
now operated by the B.C, Dis-
trict Office in cooperation with
Local 1-71 IWA at Room 18, 9
Hastings St. East.

Loggers looking for work are
invited to see Leo Young at the
above address, or phone PAcific

eal.

3623.

BEWARE OF BOGUS
IW A TIME-BOOK

Information has been received by the District Office
IWA that agents representing themselves as canvassing
on behalf of the IWA have been soliciting advertisements

for a loggers’ time book.
Notice is hereby given th:

at such agents are not auth-

orized by the District Office IWA or any Local of the

IWA to solicit the public on

behalf of an IWA time book.

The IWA Time Book was published last year and no
authorization has been issued for any such publication

this year, by the IWA.

Accident Free Record

The logging camps of the
Powell River Co. have got off to
a good start in 1949 as regards
accident-free operation.

_ The accident-free record set up
in January when 30,606 man-
hours were worked without loss
of time on account of accident
has been maintained to date
when something in the neighbor-
hood of 100,000 accident free
man-hours have been recorded.

PLEASE PATRONIZE
OUR ADVERTISERS

|. Surprise For
Local 1-357

New Westminster Local re-
| ceived a welcome letter in the
mail the other day.

It was ive Captain John L.
Cates, D is teed ly acted

as chairman of the ari
board with Capilano Shingle.

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