. ie their grievance commit- é: functioning immediately, B.C. LUMBER WORKER ~ BLOEDEL’S CHISEL - CONTRACT RATES LOCAL 1-363 Brother J. Holst reports: Unfortunately the loggers are victims of conditions created by Pritchett and his associates who = ae attempting to smash the Due to the disaffiliation at- pted by Pritchett and Dal- skog, considerable confusion and disillusionment exists in some of the camps. This presents a task to the TW of recognizing strong grievance committees in every camp. The fallers’ and buckers’ rates being chiseled on in Camp 5, loedel and a number of other camps. In Camp 5, puere 38 a migratory crew coming and go- ing. This is due to the disorgan- izing action by the leaders of the WwIiuc. One of the main grievances in this camp and other camps is the grade of food and exorbitant board rate of $2.50. The IWA must roll the board rate back to $1.50 a day and stop the chisel- ing on the fallers and buckers by The members of Local 1-85 joined with IWA members at Sa- rita River in expressing deep re- gret for the accidental drowning of Bro, Robert Lott while fishing. All attempts to recover his body by dragging and diving failed. Bro, Lott was highly esteemed by his fellow workers, because of the conscientious way in which he devoted his spare time to the im- provement of working conditions. Meetings Local 1-357 Final CCL-PAC meeting will be held in the IWA Hall 1:30 p.m., June 11. A full attendance is requested as final arrange- ments will be made to get out the vote on June 15. Fraser Mills Sub-Local, 7:30 pm. June 12, IWA Hall, New Westminste Local 1-217, [WA Regular General Meeting, Ar- cadian Hall, Main at Sixth, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 12. General Shop Stewards’ Meet- ing, Steel Hall, Main and 10th, 7:00 p.m., June 5. Tt would be well for the loggers to know that the Labor Relations Board advised Dalskog in April, 1948, to have the board rate made a question of collective bargain- Gourth Article THE CO-OPERATIVE VIEW By G. D. FERG Co-operation by consumers to satisfy their day to day needs of food, clothing and shelter, together with other necessities of life, is the oldest form of co-operative busi- ness. The story of its beginning at Rochdale, England, would take many pages to tell. From its small start it has been continu- ously and successfully practised ever since that time, and is sery- ing many millions of people in every civilized country in the world. REAL DEMOCRACY It is also the most fundamental and democratic form of co-opera- tion, since every living creature is 2 consumer, and its benefits are available to all. Membership is open to every- one regardless of race, creed, or political affiliation. Furthermore it does not matter what your oc- cupation may be, mill hand, log- ger, machinist, carpenter, clerk, engineer, etc, you are a con: sumer and as such are eligible to participate in a Consumers’ Co- operative. Through these co- operatives people supply them- selves and each other with goods and services without profit or exploitation, and with mutual aid as their only motive. A Manifesto of the Interna- tional Co-operative Alliance truly says that Consumer Co- operatives have reduced the cost of living to their members, increased the real value of wages, reduced the hours of labor, raised the standard of education of the workers, and have become a bulwark of de- fence for the liberties of the people. The’ most common form of Co- operative is the retail store. It may be a small room in a rented building with a back alley en- trance, or the finest department store in London, Glasgow, or Stockholm, but its services to. its members are equally valuable, Among other services by Con- sumer Co-operatives are trans- portation (by truck), home build- ing; refrigeration, medical and \hospital services, telephone ser- vice, restaurants, oil and gas sta- tions, barber shops and beauty parlors, shoe repairing, insurance and credit unions. Even burials lare among the benefits. Local 1-357 TWA While these different opera- tions require different facilities and methods of handling, their purpose remains the same, to enable people to’ secure goods and services at the lowest cost con- sistent with good quality and fair dealing. : DIVIDENDS PAID These objectives are not achieved by selling goods or ser- vices below competitive prices, but by charging the regular prices and returning surplus monies to the members after all expenses are paid, and in pro- portion to the purchase of the members. Consumer Co-operatives join together to form wholesale co~ ops where the individual Co- operatives may obtain their goods. Wholesale co-operatives in turn become producers and manu- facturers. Thus the whole co- operative movement is gradually extending toward its ultimate ob- jective of the establishment of a co-operative commonwealth in which all business will be oper- ated, not for ‘profit, but for the service of the people. (This is the fourth in a series of articles on co-operatives by the author.) ing, which he failed to do, The IWA in the coming negotiations going to demand that the board ites be rolled back to $1.50 and ve it written into the contract. LOCAL 1-367 Brother Neil Shaw report: Hearings before a Conciliation Board appointed to deal with the piste in the Chilliwack Saw- mills open this week. Bro. Jim Bury, Secretary of the Vancouver Labor Council rep- resents the employees on the Board. The assistance of District Sec- retary George Mitchell has been secured in the presentation of the case. This plant has been certified for some time, and the dispute arose over the acceptance of the provisions of the IVA master agreement, LOCAL 1-85 Brother Jack Squire reports: Once more the lumber workers have decided in favor of the TWA. This time at the Trio Lumber Company on the Great Central Lake Road. This is only a fifteen- man operation, but it adds to the growing strength of the IWA. This is the third operation to be certified since the beginning of the year, and we predict at least one more before the end of June. On the same day that the vote was taken at Trio, the Labor Re- lations Board took a similar yote at Shamrock Log — and we are quite eertain that this five-man operation is noW certified b; e wiuc. ae To Mosher of the WIUC this is a victory—to the IWA it is a shame that this small group of men should be split from the 1550 IWA members in this Local. Shamrock Logging could have been certified by Mosher years ago when he was seeretary of ' this Local. Evidently he figured it was too small then to worry about, but now he holds it up to the wood workers as a monument of success. Brother George Collis, Inter- national organizer has been in the Pabae area for the last ten days and reports everything go- toy slong in fine order. There are quite a number of logging and sawmill operations in this area, and this is the first opportunity an IWA organizer has had to spend any time in this locality, Brother Gil Ingram, business agent for Local 1-85, has just re- ways 2. 3. m the Kennedy Lake . This Sub-Local i: JUNE 15 The Political OF THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THE CANADIAN CONGRESS OF LABOUR Says thet a (OF Victory in British Columbia means... UNION SECURITY GUARANTEED BY LAW — NOT ON NEGOTIA- ‘TIONS, STRIKES, OR THE WHIMS OF INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYERS. TWO-WEEKS’ PAID HOLIDAYS GUARANTEED BY LAW TO EVERY EMPLOYEE IN B.C. ANNUALLY. MORE MONEY FOR WORKERS BY IMMEDIATELY IMPROVING THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT — INCREASING THE BENEFITS TO INJURED WORKERS. Vote CCF ws This advertisement inserted by Action .Committee of The Canadian Congress of Labour 214 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. C.