B, G. LUMBER WORKER

[7s JUST as important to pre-

vent grievances as it is to rem-
them after the event. At this
we require all-round co-op-
eration.

Pl
this office, it is
necessary to re-
mind all members
of some element-
ary considera-
tions.

In all certified
operation the IW
A, holds an agree-
ment which fixes
the rates of pay
for all classifications, specifies
the hours of work, and deals with
working conditions generally. ‘

All the necessary information
can be obtained from the union
officers or the shop stewards.

Every lumber worker before
making a hiring agreement
should be ce rtain that he is
posted on the rate of pay for the
classification of work for which
he is engaged by the employer.

In some classifications such as
those: for cookhouse and bunk-
house employees he should know
the agreement on hours of work
and time off. E

For instance, if he is engaged
as a truck mechanic and is actu-
ally employed as cat mechanic he
loses $1.23 a day.

There has been too much chis-
elling on rates of ‘pay. It has
happened because men are un-
aware of their rights. .

It can be remedied if they find
out in advance the terms of the
agreement which protects their
rights. The union exists to guard
their interests. They should get
that information from the right
sources.

This warning becomes neces-
sary because of the difficulties
which arise in settling grievances
ef this nature if left in abeyance
for months.

It’s easier to start right, then
to set matters right after delay
due to ignorance,

FADLING EXPOSES
ILWU MIS-STATEMENTS

In a detailed statement sent to all IWA locals, councils
and officials, IWA International President James Fadling
last week exposed an attempt by the International Long-
shore and Warehousemen’s Union to damage the IWA.

Credit Unions
Prosperous

The assets of credit
unions in B.C. doubled dur-
ing the past year, rising
from $4 million to $8 million
it was reported at the annual
meeting of the B.C. Credit
Union League in Vancouver,

June 15 to 18.

Twenty-one new credit unions
were formed in the province, and
the membership grew from 33,-
000 to 40,000, Sharing in this suc-
cess were the credit unions of
Local 1-357, IWA, and Local 1-
217, WA.

The B.C. Central reported as-
sets of $535,000 and loans during
the year of $537,000. The mem-
bership now covers 124 credit
unions, 24 co-operatives, and al-
lied organizations. The Central
returned to its members in divi-
dends and interest $7,500 of its
annual income of $13,000.

Recently each local of the [WA

in B.C. got a letter, signed by| |

Germain Bulcke, ILWU second
vice-president, in which it was
charged untruly that the IWA
and its Local M-271, Juneau, Al-
aska, was responsible for a $750,-
000 judgment against the ILWU
under the anti labor Taft-Hartley
Act in the U.S.

The matter arises out of the
longshoremen’s and IWA strike
at Juneau, Alaska, in the winter
of 1948.

Fadling exposes that the at-
tack is made on the IWA as a
“build-up” for assessing Long-
shore members $20 apiece if
the $750,000 judgment against
the ILWU and its Local 16
stands.”

Members are urged to read
closely the following excerpts
from President Fadling’s letter
of June 2, 1949, to all locals and
officials of the IWA!

Cont. page 3

CCL COUNCIL PROTESTS
DISCRIMINATION. BY DOCTOR|-

Racial discrimination by 2 Vancouver doctor against a sick Chi-
nese schoolboy is to be investigated by B. C. Medical Association.

The question was raised by
Vancouver Labor Council (CCL)
at its June 1 meeting.

Jim Bury, council] secretary,
said that the doctor had told the
boy’s mother (after an appoint-
ment had been made by the doc-
tor’s nurse), “I don’t take Chi-
nese, Japs or Hindus.”

The Council unanimously de-

Dress foc Comfort

cided to protest the diserimina-
tion against the boy, who had
been recommended to consult an
eye specialist.

ACTION WANTED

“Disciplinary action should be
taken against doctors who refuse

Bury.

Dr. F. L. Whitehead, secre-
tary of the doctor’s association
was reported later as saying
that if he received an official
protest, the matter would be
investigated. The Labor Coun-

to treat Chinese patients,” said |}

Lumber workers’ international unity is portrayed by float of
naimo Sub-Local 1-80, IWA, in May 24th parade.

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to him.

PAT ON BACK
FOR B.C. IWA

One of the first to congratulate
District President Alsbury on the
TWA victory in the courts was
Edward Navy, an Old Age Pen-
sioner, 86 years of age, and with
a record of 70 years’ membership
in the trade union movement.
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as the former Provincial Presi-
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SICK LIST

* LOURDES HOSPITAL,
CAMPBELL RIVER
Sisters V. Manning and E.
Wiedswang, Women’s Auxiliary,
Local 1-363, IWA, June 2 visited
the following loggers, leaving
with them books and cigarettes:
H. Gleason, General Construction
Broken leg. Going home soon

after being in ital fe
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