B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

Gee, Mitchell Reports
_ THE UNION’S
BUSINESS

Alt the facts about our nego-
tiations have now been placed
before the IWA membership.

On July 9, dele-
gates from the
Locals at the
quarterly meet-
ing of the B.C.
District Council
will outline fur-
ther action.

Even before de-
cisions on tactics
are made, we
know the main
and can take the obvious

D:
We'll have to fight for what we

want and no fooling.

We're not going to get the kind
of contract we need, if we have
nothing better to put up than
reckless talk. .
We have to'back up our de-
mands with organization, in every
camp and mill; and with every
member putting his back into the
fight.

"The bosses’ representatives are

not missing a trick. They get
reports on the strength and activ-
ity of the union on every opera-
tion.
So you know what to do, to
make certain that they get re-
ports that will soften up their
present attitude.

If every operation is organized
100% IWA, the bosses will be
the first to know that they’re bar-
gaining with a union that can
punch home its arguments.

If plant and camp commitees
everywhere enforce the present
contract up to the hilt, they'll
soon realize that the IWA has
got what it takes, «

We can serve notice on them in
this way that we prize what we

have got enough to fight for it,

B.C. BOSSES
‘PROFIT -GREEDY’

Why con U.S, lumber operators,
with labor costs 37 cents an hour
more than their B.C. counterparts,
compete successfully for the U.K.

lumber market?
Answer? — Because the Conadian

operators use their lower labor costs
to grab even more profit than the
Americans.

This question and answer was
pieced together by thoughtful I
WA officials as they mulled over
the negotiations for the B. C. Dis-
trict 1950 contract.

They remembered that the
basic wage in B.C. is $1.08, and
in the Northwestern United
States it is $1.45 hourly.

The U.K. government recently
made a $10 million purchase on
this continent. Six million dol-
lars of that came to B.C., and
$4 million went to the U.S.

International: President Fadling
has’ queried the statements made
by the operators with reference
to prices for United Kingdom
orders.

He pointed out that the recent
order placed by the British Gov-
ernment was divided between
American and Canadian produc-
ers.

American producers, he said
were able to compete in the Brit-
ish market, although paying
higher material costs, and 37
cents an hour more for their
labor. This could only indicate,
in his opinion, that B. C. lumber
operators were demanding an un-
reasonable profit on present sell-
ing prices.

From Col. 1

and that we're on our toes for a
better contract.

We warn all members to attend
their union meetings to get reli-
able information. Don't fall for
manufactured propaganda.

have not been

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GOODWILL TOUR OF 217 BALL

TEAM BOOSTS [WA

“Members of Local 1-217, IWA, softball team, not only
played high class ball on Vancouver Island, but also did
some high class boosting for the union,” declared “Stu”
Hodgson, Financial Secretary in an interview with the
B. C. Lumber Worker on the return of the Vancouver team
from a series of exhibition games, Dominion Day weekend.

The team took two out of three’
games from the crack Campbell!sport fishing grounds of Camp-
River team. The score chalked | bell River, with surprising results

up on Dominion Day sports pro-
gram, Campbell River, was 3-2
IWA, with Ned Dykés on the
mound to Vic Mauro behind the
plate, Campbell River didn’t get
smacking them till the last two
innings.

With Jack Thom pitching, to

if reports can be believed. Nick
McBain, “Stu” Hodgson, “Lefty”
Franckiewiez, Jack Thom, and
Wally Reid are boasting of their
salmon catches, and Frank Hit-

chens consoled himself with two’

cod.

| | enced by the Vancouver members,

the IWA.

|| woodworkers at Richmond Cedar,

Ross Keith, the Vancouver in-

CERTIFICATIONS ---
STILL THEY COME .

st certifications announced
bee Labor Relations*Board in-
le:
Sr aeall 1-80 IWA for employees
of Oyster Bay Sawmills Co, Ltd.
employed in planer mill adjacent —
sawmill at Oyster Bay.

Local 1-217 IWA for employees
of National Shingle Co. Ltd. em-.
ployed in the shingle mill.

Local 1-80 IWA for employees
of Dawkin and Owens, employed
in the sawmill at Brechin Pig®

Nanaimo.
ies SS Sees

Local 1-118, IWA, for employ-
ees of Manning Timber Products,
Ltd., employed in the sawmills at
Esquimalt.

Local 1-367, for employees
Simpson Bros., employed at Staj
Falls.

vaders on July 2 held Campbell

River down to 2 and collected 6,
on the score board. With the
local star at bat, Vic Mauro made
a fast switch with a disguised
grape fruit. What was meant to
be a homer, turned out to be an
atomic burst, resulting in the
complete demoralization of the
opposing team (and the specta-
tors) with laughter.

The Vancouver stars were suf-
fering from “muscle spasms” on
the third game, July 3, and
dropped it, 6-1 to the natives.

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“We extend warm congratula-
tions to the Campbell River team
on their sportsmanship,” said
Hodgson, “they've been winning
top honors on the Island. They
have a real team, and we hope to
meet them in the League finals
at Nanaimo. We're also most
grateful for the warm hospitality
tendered us by the Campbell

45 East Hastings

Vancouver, B. C.

Jockey Style

$1.00 and $1.35
(Sizes 30-34)

River townspeople. They gave us

the keys of the town. Over a

thousand people attended the
games.”

Secretary Hodgson expressed
the belief that the goodwill tour ||
had served to cement better rela- ||
tions among lumber workers in
the district toward the IWA. The |]
visitors encountered many form-
er WIUC members with new-
found loyalty to the IWA, having
“seen the light”. The prevailing
sentiment on all sides, as experi- |]

was appreciation for the worth of ||

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The Vancouver members also
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AFL REJECTED

In a U.S. National Labor Rela-
tions Board election on June 13,

Great Bridge, Virginia, renounced
their AFL affiliation by almost a
3-1 majority.

The men, now IWA, had been
AFL for some time. The tally
gave 204 votes to the IWA, with
75 to the AFL.

Canadian forest products make
up one-sixth of all Canadian rail-
way traffic. Last year, the CNR
em hauled over 13 million
tons of forest products.

Representing the Organized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C.
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INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS

OF AMERICA

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B.C. DISTRICT COUNCIL, No. 1

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