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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Page Eleven

Cabinet this week.
_ In a communication addessed

Cabinet.
These developments followed
protest voiced by a confer-
attended by 73 CCL dele-
and 9 AF of L delegates on
September 11,

‘The resolution unanimously ad-
opted on that occasion was as fol-
lows:

RESOLVED: That this Con-
ference request the British Co-
lumbia Provincial Cabinet to
instruct the Labour Relations
Board (B.C.) to cease and de-
sist from ruling on jurisdiction
when considering applications
for certification, but instead
confine themselyes to the ques-
tion: Haye the majority of the
workers inyolved selected the
applicant union as their bar-
gaining agency?

Plans were made to despatch a
delegation to interview the Cab-
inet, as representative of all in-

sted unions.

he reply received from the
Minister reads in part:

“T discussed the matter with
the Executive Council yester-
day morning and they advised
me to say that the full powers
of administration and interpre-
tation of the Industrial Concili-
ation and Arbitration Act are
the responsibility of the Lab-
our Relations Board (British
Columbia) under that Act.

The Executive Council,
therefore, is not prepared to
discuss the merits or demerits
of any action taken by the
Board because the Executive
Council considers that the full

Local 1-367

OFFICERS
NOMINATED

At the last meeting of Local
1-367 (Haney), IWA, nomina-
tions were received for election of
officers for the ensuing year.

Names placed on the referen-
dum ballot were as follows:

President, W. R. Dunlop and J.
Watts; ist Vice-President, R.
Wilson; 2nd Vice-President, Jack
Borthwick; Financial Secretary,
Neil E. Shaw and Wils King;
Recording Secretary, Al Omand,
Ed Clark; Warden, Chas. Fisher;
Trustee, "W. H. Hayes, R. A.
Clarke; District Board Member,
Neil E. Shaw; District Quarterly
Council Delegate, J. Borthwick,
Jack Watt, W. R. Dunlop, Ken
Smith, Ed Wissmen and L. W.
Spurr.

Referendum ballots are now
being sent out to all sub-locals,

Local 1-71

CAMP WOSS
HEARS SECT’Y

Camp Woss Sub-Local reports
2 large camp meeting which
heard Fred Fieber, Financial
Seeretary outline developments
in connection with the 1949 nego-
ations and Conciliation Board.

The Sub-Local expressed ap-
preciation of Bro. Fieber’s clari-
fication of the issues and ten-
dered a vote of confidence in the

© work of the Union on behalf of

the welfare of its members,

Stress was laid on the ethical

Standards maintained by the IW-
_ A during bargaining,

The sum of §240 retroactive
_ adjustment, was secured by Fin-
“4ncial Seeretary Fred Fieber, re-
cently for a jogger injured at
Bloedel’s Camp 5, in 1947, when
Successfully argued before the
‘orkmen’s Compensation Board

reinstatement of the claim-

A yigorous trade union protest against recent arbitrary rulings
the Labor Relations Board met a tart rebuff from the Provincial

to the B.C. Federation of Labor

Provincial Secretary, Hon. George Pearson, a trade union delega~
jon was curtly refused permission to interview members of the

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responsibility lies on the shoul-
ders of the Board and that
their actions are final.”

Steps will now be taken to or-
ganize a general protest through-
ou. the B.C. trade union move-
ment.

Tentative decision was made
by the IWA District Executive
Board on Sept. 12. to hold the
District Convention in Nanai-
mo, January, 6-7-8, 1950. Final
decision rests with the Quar-
terly Council meeting sched-
uled for’ October 15 and 16,
pending enquiry with regard
to the necessary accommoda-
tion at Nanaimo.

District President J. Stewart
Alsbury was granted leave of ab-
sence to attend the CCL Conve:
tion in Ottaawa, having been el-
ected as a delegate from Local
1-357, IWA.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

DISTRICT MEET JAN. 6-7-8

The Executive Board approved
of a plan under which a sub-dis-
trict office will be set up in Kel-
owna to service the needs of the
membership in the Southern In-
terior of the province.

It is expected that the three
Locals concerned will combine
with the District Executive to
maintain a permanent office from
which two representatives will
be enabled to supervise organiza-
tional activities, remote from the
Vancouver office.

Camp Cafeteria
Reports alleging that logging

operators on Vancouver Island
have granted concessions to Van-
couver caterers to establish camp
cafeterias will be brought under
investigation by the District offi-
cials and officers of Local 1-85,
IWA.

It was reported that the cafe-
teria had lowered the wage rates
for cookhouse employees and at
the same time upped the price of
meals for the loggers, Claims were
made that only one helping was
served, at each meal, and that the
cost of meals often reached the
$2.75 a day mark, with lodging
charged extra.

YOU HELP TO MAKE...AND SHARE IN

THE GOOD LIFE

IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

FROM FORESTRY PRODUCTION
$364,000,000 IN NEW WEALTH

More in dollar value than mining and agriculture
combined ... more than five times our commercial
fishing yield... that’s the estimated contribution
to our provincial economy achieved by B.C.’s giant

forest industry in 1948.

The combined efforts of

Science, Capital and Labour have accomplished
this industrial miracle. With a measure of mutual
understanding, co-operation and determination,
this same team can. successfully meet the new
challenge of restricted markets ... can still lead

the world in lumbering.

Enterprise, initiative and hard work must be a living part
of a developing country; enterprise to find new resources and.
new uses for old resources; initiative and hard work to develop
the opportunities into actualities. The standard of living of
each of us will rise in proportion to how much all of us produce
through better use of mechanical power, better machines,
better distribution and better collective bargaining. Yes, hard
work and sound thinking are rewarded in British Columbia.

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HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT

WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY
«+. every hour you are on the job,
whether you are an employee, an
employer, a professional man or
a farmer.

SERVE GLADLY ON JURIES.
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of
our freedom.

SERVE ON COMMUNITY
GROUPS... devoted toimproving
your community. Join your local
Parent-Teacher Association.
Better educated children mean a
more intelligent electorate.

DON’T LET SOMEONE ELSE
DO IT. The decisions that affect
your income, your work, your life
++. take part in them. Vote in all
union elections, be willing to serve
on the executive if opportunity
arises. Vote in stockholders’
meetings.

MAKE THE COUNTRY’S BUSI-
NESS YOUR BUSINESS. Study
the actions of our legislators.
Attend political gatherings. Hear
both sides. Know the issues and
vote intelligently. Help to keep
the good things in our set-up and
get rid of the bad.

This is one of a series published in the public interest.

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