Cc B.C. LUMBER WORKER

OFFICIAL LIST OF
IWA OPERATIONS

Below is a list of IWA-certified logging and sawmill op-
erations in the Coastal area for which wage negotiations

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MORE GAINS FOR LOGGING LOCAL

Committees Organized, Check-off Signed In
38 Camps Visited By Loggers’ Navy Crews

Bro. Leo Young reports:

Progress made in building a
solid IWA organization to service
the, needs of the loggers in the
Coast camps has been most satis-

tory.

From the Queen | Charlottes
down to Squamish, working con-
tacts have now been established
in the majority of the camps,
Jarge and small. Active camp
safety and grievance committees
have been set up all along the
line with the assistance of our
organizers.

_ it’s a long, costly and difficult
Job, ‘but is being pushed _vigor-
ously with the aid of the District
and International officers. Coast
logging operations are widely
scattered and often difficult to
reach. But the job is being done
and is now showing first class
results. The IWA check-off in
the camps will soon be the high-
est on record.

_A picture’ of this IWA opera-
tion can best be shown by sum-
marizing the entries in the log-
books of the two boats tempor-
arily chartered by Local 1-71, the
“Lady Alice” and the “Elizabeth
A”. During recent weeks Bros.
Tom MacKenzie and Jim McEwan
have been aboard the “Lady Al-
ice”, and Bros Mike Sekora and
Leo’ Young have manned the
eizabeth A”, based at Alert
ay.

_The following camps have been
visited, TWA committees organ-
ized and members signed up on
the check-off in all of them.

‘The “Lady Alice”

Moloney Logging, Loughbor-
ough Inlet; Booth Logging Co.,
Loughborough Inlet; Nelson
Spencer Ltd. Loughborough In-
let; F. & R. Logging Co., Phillips
Arm; Loves Logging Co., Phillips
Arm} Clark’s Logging, Bute In-

ew let; Moh Creek Logging, Bute In-

let} Allison’ Logging Co., Phillips

Arm; Allison Logging Co., Stuart
Island; Glaspie Logging Co., Stu-
art Island; William’s Logging,
Stuart Island; Fawn Bluff Log-
ging, Stuart Island; Giroday
Sawmills, Redona Bay; Powell
Lake Shingle, Westview; Kelley
Spruce Co., Refuge Cove; Inter.
Lumber Association, Refuge
Cove; Forbes Bay Logging, Ref-
uge Cove; W. M. F. Logging,
Furry Creek; Parkhurst Lathe
Go. Squamish; Rotter Logging
Co., Halfmoon Bay; Empire Mills
Ltd., Squamish, 1 and 2, and Sorg
Pulp and Paper, McNab Creek.
The “Elizabeth A”

Northern Pulpwood, B eaver
Cove; C. & A. Logging Co., Min-
strel Island; Harvey Logging Co.,
Minstrel Island; Pioneer Timber
Co., Port McNeil; D. & E. Log-
ging Co., Fraser Creek; Port Mc-
Neil Logging, Cutter Creek; D.
& E. Logging Co., Potts Lagooi
Smith and Osberg Ltd., Cracroft,
P.O.; B.C. Forest Products Ltd.,
Glendale Cove; Boughey Bay
Logging, Minstrel Island, and M.
& M. Logging, Forward Bay.
Bro. Fred Fieber reports:

On a recent swing through all
camps on the Queen Charlottes,
IWA organization was found to
be gaining ground rapidly
mainly because of a realization
of the importance of IWA nego-
tiations for a new contract.

‘At Northern Pulpwood, Sand-
spit, about 100 men are employed,
80 of whom are now on the WA
check-off.

 Morgan’s Camp, about 85
men are working, and 70 of them
are in the IWA. An active camp
committee is functioning.

At the Beattie Anchorage, Raft
Camp, all but one of the 20 men
are LWA.

‘A good meeting was held at
Kelley Logging, Justkatla, and
30 new members signed up with
the IWA.

Thirty men signed up at Aero
Camp of Kelley Logging, with in-

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SAM SPENCE

10 Years’ Service

1 HAVE

BEEN ON THE

PICKET LINE

AROUND THE

DAILY PROVINCE

FOR 33 MONTHS

“Until I was forced on the picket line by the Southam
Co, in June, 1946, I had worked in the composing room of
The Daily Province for 10 years.

“{ contributed my fair share to the building of ‘The
Province, and I worked there long before the Southams of
Montreal moved into Vancouver with their millions and
bought the paper. There never was any trouble until the

Southams took over. :
“Southams rewarded my lifetime of service with 32

months on the picket line, obtained a court injunction, sued
members of my union for damages in the Supreme Court
and aported, individuals from all over Canada to take
my job.

if “ay am_ still on the picket line with my fellow LT.U.
printers. We will be there until the Southam Co. will
abandon its union-wrecking policy and sit around the
conference table in good faith.”

1 ASK YOUR SUPPORT

creasing support in sight.
Howe Sound

A well-attended meeting of
lumber workers in the Squamish
district in the P.G,E. Hall was
addressed by District Secretary
George Mitchell on May 12.

‘The terms of the new proposed
contract were discussed in detail,
and the District Secretary’s ex-
planation was accepted as com-
pletely satisfactory. Unanimously
those present expressed the de-
termination to support the IWA
negotiations, and plans for more
complete organization in the area
were sponsored with enthusiasm.
International Board Member
Tom MacKenzie addressed meet-
ings at Roberts Creek on May 13,
and at Sechelt on May 16. Re-
ports from both meetings dis-
close a growing support for the
IWA and development of a 100
per cent organization on the Pen-
insula.

LOGGER SWIFT
K.0.’s PRITCHETT

The Press Committee, Camp A,
Englewood reports:

In our opinion in this camp a
rank and file member, Bro. Swift
got the decision in the recent de-
bate with Harold Pritchett.

We want to explode the false
statement appearing in the WIUC
rag that their shop steward army
around here is growing, and that
our IWA spokesman was booed
and told to sit down by IWA
members and shop stewards.

Pritchett has little chance to
hold a few members in support of
his meal ticket unless he builds
an organization on the truth.
Swift received an ovation for his
stand, and won’ the respect of
the camp for his democratic prin-
ciples.

Both sides in the debate agreed
that the lumber! barons could
easily afford to split their prof-
its with the lumber workers, and
that the monopolies had their
fangs bared to tear trade unions
into shreds. Pritchett orated and
shed crocodile tears about Dals-
kog, the martyr, in Oakalla de-
fending the funds of the lumber
workers.

He was unable to answer the
points raised that without the at-
tempted disruption, the lumber
workers could decide in their own
right how the funds could be
used for their own purposes.
Pritchett could not show how any
advantages would be gained for
the workers by separation from
the parent labor- movement of the
ccL.

Swift made the point that Ca-
nadian workers are unwilling. to
be made the tool of the Com-
munists as had happened the
French coal miners.

The boys in Camp A, Engle-
wood have this advice to those
who have been flirting with the
WIUC organizers. Pause and
think of your future social secur-
ity before making a decision.
Help to build a united and demo-
cratic organization, which can be
diplomatic until diplomacy fails,
and can then put up a real fight.

LOGGERS ESCAPE
IN FOREST FIRE

Total number of forest fires in
the woods has already exceeded
128 this season.

The dry weather has caused
the outbreaks, which are six
times more. numerous than last
year.

Many logging operations are
working dawn to mid-day shifts
to try and decrease the fire haz-
ard.

Outbreaks have been reported
from many areas, but all have
been kept under control.

Three Interior loggers had
narrow escapes at Marshall
Gibbs Sawmill, near Fort St.
John. They are Matt Scheck,
Henry Cowper and Joe Fergu-
son.

They took refuge in a pool,
crouching low in the water, but
did not escape serious burns.

Thrasher Sawmill, near Prince
George has been destroyed by

fire.

are now being opened with Forest

LOCAL 1-71, WA

COMPANY

Alice Lake Logging Co. Ltd.

Alaska Pine Co. Ltd.

B.C, Pulp & Paper Co, Ltd.

B. & D. Logging Co. Ltd.

Boughey Bay Logging Co. Ltd.

Booth Logging Co. Ltd.

B.C. Forest Products Ltd.t
Vancouver Bay Logging Div.
Tom Brown Lake Division
Britain River Logging Div.

B.C. Fir (Sechelt) Ltd,

Bendickson Logging Co. (1939)

©. & A. Logging Co. Ltd.
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.1
M. & M. Logging Division

Dumaresq Bros, Ltd.
Emerald Timber Co. Ltd.
Forest Enterprises Ltd.

Gustavson Bros. Logging Co. Ltd. Logging,
International Lumbering Assn. Ltd.Logging,

Kelley Legging Co, Ltd.:

Lamb Lumber Co. Ltd.
Moloney Logging Co. Ltd.
W. D. Moore

Morgan Logging Co. Lta.
Northern Pulpwood Ltd:

OBrien Logging Co, Ltd.:

Qsborne Logging Co. Ltd.
Pioneer Timber Co, Ltd.

Port McNeill Logging Co. Ltd.
Smith & Osberg Ltd.

Nelson Spencer Limited
Tahsis Co, Ltd.:

W. F, Gibson & Sons
Bell & Campbell Logging
Western Logging Co. Ltd.

LOCAL 1-80, TWA ,

COMPANY

Abernethy Timber Co. Ltd.

J. H. Baxter & Company Lid,

B.C, Forest Products Ltd.:
Cowichan Division
Cowichan Logging Division
Cowichan Logging Division
Renfrew Logging Division
San Juan Logging Division

Comox Logging & Railway Co,

CG. W. Logging Co. Ltd. :

Eureka Sawmills Ltd.

Hillerext, Lumber Co. Ltd.
Mesachie Lake ¢

Kapoor Sawmills, Ltd.

Mayo Lumber Co. (1943) Ltd.

Nanaimo Sawmills Ltd.
Northwest Bay Logging Co. Ltd.
Parks Logging Co. Ltd.
Paragon Sawmills Ltd.
Shawnigan Lake Lmbr. Co. Ltd.

Summit Logging & Lumber Ltda,
Stoltze Logging Co. Ltd.
Shawnigan Lk, Lmbr. Co. Ltd.
W. B. Turner Logging Co, Ltd.
Victoria Lumber Co. Ltd: E

Western Forest Industries Ltd.

F, W. Wilfert & Co. Ltd.

LOCAL 1-85, IWA:

COMPANY
Alberni Plywoods Ltd.
Alberni Pacifle Lumber Co, Ltd.s

Bloedel, Stewart & Weleh Ltd.:

R. B, McLean Lumber Co, Ltd,
Sproat Lake Sawmills Ltd.
Tahsis Co. Ltd.

(Port Alberni Sawmill Div.)
Tebo Sawmills Ltd.

Kennedy Lake Logging Co. Ltd.

LOCAL 1-118, IWA

COMPANY
B.C, Forest Products Ltd.
(Victoria Division)
Canadian Puget Sound Lumber &
‘Timber Co. Ltd.
Crowe, Gonnason Co, Ltd,

Industrial Relations,

OPERATION
Logging, Port Hardy
Haslam Lake
Logging, Holberg
Eos ae

joughey
Loughborough

, Jervis Inlet
Eegeings Tom Brown Lake

Logging, Jorvis Inlet
Porpoise. Bay

t Neville
Eoaging, Port McNellt

ra Bay, B.C.
aS na Beach Camp
Camp ‘Bnglewood
Ganb “av, Englewood
Logging, Seymour Inlet
Johnston Strson's Bay

a
Lom EIRe, Jervis Inlet
Homfray Creek

Chore Greek
Raft Cam
Justicatia Comp, OC.
Aero Camp, Q.C.1.

ing, Sechelt Inlet
bogging Loughborough
Winter Harbor
Cumshewa Inlet

Beayer Cove

Sandsplt

& Beach Camp
Sand “cr, Stillwater
Sechelt

ing, Port McNeill
pogeing, Minstrel Island
Logging, Carter Bay
Logeing, Loughborough In.

Chamiss, Bay

Tahsis River

Tahsis Sawmill Division
Jeune Landing,

Minstrel Islan

Logging, Worward Harbor

OPERATION
Pole Op.,_ Parksville
Nanaimo Lakes

Sawmill, Youbou

Caycuse’ Camp, Youbou

Nitinat Camp, Youbou

Logging, Port Renfrew

Port Renfrew

Ladysmith

4 Mi. 8.W. Cralg’s

Sawmili, Nanalmo

Logging, Lake Cowichan

Sawmill, Mesachle Lake

Logging, Shawnigan Lake

Sawmill, Timberland

Logging, ‘Timberland

Nanalmo

Logging, Northwest Bay

Sawmill, Nanaimo

Sawmill, Cedar District

Sawmill, Shawnigan Lake
(@eerholme)

Logging, Skutz Falls

Logging, Cowichan River

Logging, Shawnigan Lake

Logging, Valdes Island

Sawmill, Chemainus

Camp 1, Copper Canyon

Meade Creek

Gordon River

Sawmill and Shingle Mill,
Honeymoon Bay

Nanaimo

OPERATION
Plywood Plant, Pt. Alberni
Camp 1, Port Alberni
Sawmill, Port Alberni

Camp 10, Sproat Lake

Sawmill, Great Central

Lumber & Shingle Mill,
Port Alberni

Camp 8, Great Central

Camp “A”, Franklin River

Camp “B”, Franklin River

Sarita River

Logging and Sawmill,
Alberni

Camp 3, Kleecoot

Mfg. Plant, Port Alberat

Sawmill, Port Alberni

Logging and Sawmill,
Alberni

Logging, Ucluelet

OPERATION
Sawmill, Victoria

Logging, Jordan River
Sawmill’ & Sash and Door

Factory
Drysdale Sash & Door Co, Ltd. Sash & Doop, Victoria
Elder Logging Co. Ltd. Logging, Muir Creek,
Victoria
Horton Cedar Mfg. Co. Ltd. Shingle Mill, Victoria
Highway Sawmills Ltd. Victoria

Sawmill, Victoria
Sawmill, Victoria
Lath Mill, Victoria
Planer, Dry Kiln

James Bay Lumber Co. Ltd.
Manning Timber Products Ltd.
Mohawk Handle Co. Ltd.

Moore-Whittington Lmbr. Co, Ltd.
McCarter Shingle Co. Ltd. Shingle Operation, Victoria

P.W. Sawmills Ltd. Sawmill, Victoria
Selkirk Lumber Co. Ltd. Sawmill, Victoria

LOCAL 1-367, IWA

COMPANY OPERATION
B,C. Forest Products Ltd.
Hammond

(Hammond Division)
Consolidated Timber Co, Ltd.
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.

(Harrison Mills Logging Diy.)
Clarke Bros. Timber Co. Ltd.
Durieu Lumber Company Ltd.

Dewdney Logging Co. Ltd.
Fleetwood Logging Co. Ltd.
Jones Lake Logging Co. Ltd.
Maple Ridge Lumber Co. Ltd.
Northwestern Hardwoods Ltd,
Spring Creek Logging Co. Ltd.
Stave Lake Cedar Lt
Sliver-Skagit Logging Co. Ltd.

Logging, Harrison Lake

Logging, Harrison Mills
Logging, Harrison Lake
Sawmill’ and Logging,
Steelhead.
Operation, Dewdney
Logging, Deroche
Logging, Jones Creek
Sawmill, Haney
Sawmill, Mission City
Logging, Harrison Lake
Shingle Mill, Dewdney
Logging, Hope

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