A successful organization trip
Was undertaken by Bros, Jim Mc-
Ewan, Andy Smith, and George
Home, B.C. Federation of Labor
Secretary, March 19 to 28, and
extending through camps on
Northern Vancouver Island to
those on the Queen Charlotte Is-
land.

Plans were approved at all
camps to set up IWA committees

_to service the needs of loggers
through the agencies of Local

1-71 and the District Office.

Upon completion of work in
camps in the Englewood and Port
Hardy area, Bros. McEwan, and
Smith joined George Home for
meetings at the Sandspit, Aero
and Justkatla camps, Q.C.I.

Sixty men attended the meet-
ing at Sandspit. WLUC attempted
disruption failed to shake confi-
dence expressed in the IWA. K.
Vognild was elected chairman of
the IWA camp committee with T.
W. Crozier, as Secretary; Bros.
Ed Crawford, E. Holquist, and E.
Holpenen as job stewards. Vice-
Chairman elected was Ed MecWil-
liams, Safety and Grievance
committees were also established.

At Justkatla Camp, O. R. Bush
was elected chairman of the camp
committee, with Norman Blount
as Secretary, and Perey Prit-
chard as Chief Steward.

Aero Camp Committee is now
headed by Bro. E. Cross, Vice-
Chairman, E. W. Courtney,; Sec-
eretary, J. Stranberg, and job
stewards, L. Homan, G. Hockler
and P. Sabotin.

Secretary George Home, of the
B.C. Federation of Labor, on re-
turn to Vancouver, advised The
B.C, Lumber Worker that former
officials of the IWA in some in-
stances had concealed their af-
filiation with the WIUC, and were
attempting to organize an under-
ground disruptive movement in
many of the logging camps.

: This made it necessary for the
IWA, he stated, to keep the
workers in the industry fully in-
formed of the facts about the
position and the work of the IWA
on their behalf. “Wooeys can’t
stand the daylight,” he said.

Secretary Leo Young, accom-
panied by Bro. Andy Smith re-
cently visited the camps in Alert
Bay and district, with meetings
at Beaver Cove, Pioneer Timber,
and C & A Logging.

Enthusiasm is steadily mount-
ing in support of IWA activities,
they reported on return to Van-
couver.

Organizational points have
been established at Alert Bay and
Prince Rupert to facilitate serv-
ice .for IWA: members in the
northern areas,

This step has been undertaken
to place the members in more re-
mote sections in closer contact
with the Local and District of-
fices.

Reports from (Church Creek,
Cumshewa Inlet indicate that all
but three or four men on the job
are supporting the IWA. ‘

Local 1-118
VICTORIA :

Bro. Fred Fieber reports:

An IWA meeting, open to all
woodworkers, was held at C.P.S.
Logging & Timber Co. at Jordan
River on Thursday, March 24th.

Fred Fieber and Ed Haw, In-
ternational Organizer, and Roy
Whittle and Ed Sudhues, local
officers, attended the meeting for
the IWA.

George Grafton and J, Wains-
cott came out to attend the meet-
ing for the WIU .

© Attempts were made by the
WLU to pass a motion requesting
the past leadership to return the
strike fund money “to those who
contributed it” but this idea was
exposed by the IWA representa-
tives.
' After the meeting shop stew-
ards were set up and what white
buttons there were are disappear-
ing fast.
aa a shop lee ies meetin; on
londay March excellent
progress was reported, nee, the
organizational campaign got un-
derway it was found there were

-Province-Wide Organizational Drives;
Interior Locals Spotlight Non-Union Shops —

very few paid-up members in the
WiU. Merely ein of white but-
tons were handed out to anyone
who would wear one.

Dick Greenwood was elected
head shop steward. He also will
act on the Grievance Committee
with Ken Cameron and Cliff

Sharkey.

Local 1-217

VANCOUVER

Bro. Stu Hodgson, reports:

‘At the last general meeting of
this Local, plans were laid to
devote the Major portion of the
second meeting in each month to
social and recreational purposes.

To this end, the Social and
Educational committees are hard
at work and invite suggestions
from the membership.

Lovers of music insist that la-
tent musical talent must be de-
veloped and for that reason an
effort is being made to secure a
musical director. All members
interested in music, choral or
orchestral, are urged to commu-
nicate with the Secretary at their
earliest convenience.

Sport fans in Local 1-217
secured approval of plans by
which the Local will sponsor a
fast-ball team in the Inter-City
League. Twenty players are
wanted to keep training interest-
ing. Uniforms and all necessary
equipment will be supplied.

‘Ambitious players of this game
are asked to rally round and put
1-217 on the sport map as promi-
nently as it is now on the indus-
trial map.

Bros. Vie Munro, MIL, and G.
MacFarlane CWP’ are doing a
creditable job producing the at-
tractive publication “The Con-
veyor”.

The current issue is packed
with interesting items relating to
affairs of the employees in the
two plants, and demonstrating
the migst cordial cooperation.

Safety Committee

Bill Stevens, Bill Mulhern, Har-
old Skippen,’ Keith Rowlands,
and Fred Waddington.

These members are going to
put on a real safety drive, so
give them all the help you can.
Help give this plant a good
Safety Record.

Grievance Committee

Bill Stevens, C, Neely, A. H.
Good, R. N. Eely, Carl Sekora,
Bill Blaney and Bill Hall.

If you have any grievances,
take them up with your Shop
Steward and your Plant Commit-
tee will do their very best to get
them settled.

M I L Plywoods

Meeting of Shop Stewards was
held in Room 230, Lee Building,
on Sunday, March 27, 1949. The
following Brothers were elected:

Plant Chairman, Brother Bob
Watters; Plant Chief Shop Stew-
ard, Brother Al. Busch; A Shift,
Shop Steward, Brother Gerry
Remple; B Shift, Shop Steward,
Brother Johnny Dronsfield; C
Shift Shop Steward, Brother Vic-
tor Mauro; Secretary, Brother
G. Solchany.

One new member has been
elected to the plant Grievance
Committee, Brother G, Martel.

Local 1-423

KELOWNA

Bro. H. Bruch reports:

A regular local meeting of Lo-
cal 1-423 was held in the IWA
Hall on March 20th, 1949. Due
to several officers leaving, there-
fore, having an incomplete slate
of officers, elections were held to
fill all vacant positions until an
annual meeting can be held, when
a referendum ballot will be taken.

Our full slate of officers now
consists of: President, George E.
Walker; 1st Vice-president, Don
Lawson; 2nd Vice-president, Pat
Balfour; 3rd Vice-president, I. V.
Bourcet; Conductor, Albert Bal-
four; Warden, S. Olynyk; Finan-
cial Secretary, H. J. Bruch; Re-
cording Secretary, Agnes Harri-
son; Trustees, Mike Kaytor, L.
Campbell, George Morrell,

Due to Brother Fred Fieber’s
leaving our Local, H. J. Bruch
was elected as Board Member

with A. Balfour as alternate,

Delegates elected to attend the
Wage and Contract Conference
and Quarterly Council Meeting
were as follows: H. J. Bruch, P.
Balfour, I. V. Bourcet, and as
alternate, F. Fellingham.

A hearty welcome was extend-
ed to brothers from Lumby, B.C.,
who attended this meeting.

Some of the smaller operations
are now starting up again. The
boys at Sander Box are doing a
fine job and are nearly all IWA
members.

One of the boys from Pentic-
ton dropped into the office the
other day. He quit the L. & M.
Sawmill there as they are only
paying 75 cents per hour for mill
hands; 90 cents per hour for log-
ging truck drivers and $1.00 per
hour for the sawyer. Men some-
times have to go and help in log-
ging camps. No pay for travel-
ling time, and to top it all off the
Company owes some of the boys
up to $200 in wages. No regular
payday there.

Compare these conditions with
ours under IWA contract and
you should have the reason why
every man in the woodworking
industry should be an IWA mem-
ber. We certainly need help in
this Local to organize these small
camps and mills, as there are
quite a few of them and condi-
tions are mostly all the same. Or
else before long we will all be
working under those pitiful con-
ditions ourselves. Think it over,
boys. Let’s get busy and get B.C.
100 percent organized.

Local 1-80
DUNCAN

International President Fad-
ling installed the newly-elected
officers for 1949 at the last gen-
eral meeting.

In his address to the member-
ship, Bro. Fadling traced the de-
velopment of organization among
the lumber workers on the Paci-
fic Coast, and outlined the possi-
bilities for the future under the
restored democratic control.

He emphasized the need for
vigilance in guarding labor legis-
lation, especially in a situation
following Communist control.
Those States which now have the
worst labor legislation across the
boundary, he claimed, were those
where trade unions had fallen
under control of Communist lead-
ership.

Events had justified the confi-
dence which the International of-
ficers had placed in co-operation
with the officers of the Canadian
Congress of Labor.

The full strength of the IWA,
he assured his audience, would be
exerted this year to regain the
ground lost through bungling in
the 1948 negotiations.

Youbou Sub-Local 1-80 IWA

Brother J. Beeson reports:

At the regular business _meet-
ing, great interest was displayed
in the officers’ reports on meet-
ings with management regarding
old age retirement problems and
grievances.

The general feeling of the
meeting was that officers and
shop stewards have done a real
job since the break, under the
capable chairmanship of retiring
President John Atkinson.

Joe Morris gave a stimulating
talk on the future of the industry,
the IWA and general welfare of
the membership in terms of Re-
forestation, Sustained Yield and
Limited Cut, He also dealt with
the part political action plays in
this program.

Our energetic job stewards’
drive for 100 percent membership
resulted in thirty new members
this week.

Officers elected for the year
1949-50 are: President, P. Cle-
ments; ist Vice-president, S.
|Smith; 2nd Vice-president, C.
Mackie; 3rd Vice-president, R.
Neff; Secretary-treasurer, S.
Holt; Recording Secretary, W.
Ostrom; Conductor, J. Millar;
Warden, R. Davis; Trustees, J.

Malone and A. Watson.

Officers B.C. District, No. 1, IWA are installed at District Board 3
meeting, April 2, by International President J. E. Fadling. @
(Left)—International President Fadling, Bob Watters, Joe Morris,

Tom Bradley, J. S. Alsbury, George Mitchell, Tom MacKenzie, Jim =
McEwan, Jack Squire and Neil Shaw. ‘

Local 1-85
PORT ALBERNI

Bro. Jack Squire reports:

The result of the referendum
ballot for the Local has returned
the following as officers for the
next year: President, R. W.
Muir; 1st Vice-president, C. Me-
Dermott; 2nd_ Vice-president, A.
G. Ingram; 3rd Vice-president,
M. Corbeil; Financial Secretary,
§. J. Squire; Recording Secretary,
©, Anshelm} Conductor, A. Man-
nix; Warden, J. Hammergren.
Trustees: (3-year) P. Lorenzo;
(2-year) W. Allen; (1-year), R.
Bondue.

Business Agent

Bro, Gil Ingram has been em-
ployed as Business Agent and
will be on the job as quickly as
his release can be obtained from
his present job. His wide knowl-

edge and understanding of camp
conditions will make him a valu-
able asset to the Local.

A special meeting of the Local
on March 27th considered sug-
gestions for the Wages and Con-
tract conference and elected dele-
gates to the conference as fol-
lows: S. J. Squire, R. D. White,
Ralph Jay, Reg. Faint, R. W.

pecalnsay
NEW WESTMINSTER

Newly elected officers for 1949
were installed at the March 27
meeting of the Local. President
Bro. Andy Smith; Vice-Presi-
dents, Brothers Blake, Madden
and Hall. Financial Secretary,
Lawrence Vandale, Recording
Secretary Rae Eddy.

Bro. Virgil Burtz of the Inter~
national Research Department
conducted the installation and ad-
dressed the membership, review-
ing the progress and prospects of
negotiations in the industry.

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Local
1- 71 ___Leo Young

Vancouver, B.C.

1- 80 ___Edwin Linder,

1- 85 Jack Squire,

Business Agent,

Port Alberni, B.C.

1-118 Bernard Macham,

715 Johnson Street,
Victoria, B.C.

1-217 Stuart Hodgson,

Vancouver, B. C.

°1-357 Lawrence Vandale,

New Westminster,
1-363

1-367 Neil Shaw,
Business Agent,

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Organizer,
Queens Hotel,
Cranbrook, B.C.

See Wes lwneh,

1-405

1-417

1-423 ___H. J. Bruch,

Box 663,
Kelowna, B.C.

1-424 ___D, E, McShane,

Box 819,

1-469 ___H. M. Seaton,

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Financial Secretary,
Box 430, Duncan, B.C.

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Financial Secretary,
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Financial Secretary,
533 Clarkson Street,

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Box 83, Courtenay, B.C. Courtenay 135

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