> “GQ TO IT, BOYS!” SAYS FADLING AFTER BEST EVER” CONVENTION PAC; Organization; Jurisdiction Keynote 13th Annual Meet E 18th annual Constitutional Convention of the Inter- national Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL), was con- cluded in Vancouver on Friday, September 30. The 400 delegates, who came from all woodworking eas in North America, armed with the wish of the 90,- ~@; 4 00 membership, left behind a record of solid achievement. During the five days of intense discussion, the delegates took positive action on subjects which varied from foreign policy through wages and working con- ditions, to safety and forest con- servation. Here are some of the plans laid down for the coming year: $1.00 FOR PAC! Each and every member is called upon to donate at least 1.00 to political action, so that effective action can be taken in every district and local by ac- tive committees to ensure that reactionary governments and legislatures will be replaced. The present contract between the IWA and the national CIO under which the organization department is under CIO direc- tion will be continued for an- other year, At the next convention, the In- ternational Executive will present a comprehensive program con- taining the full mechanics of a revised organizational structure solely under IWA command, to be endorsed by the membership. NO MORE CHAOS International Constitution is to be amended to enable the I- WA leadership to deal more ef- fectively with any attempted secession moves. ‘The International Executive is now empowered in that unlikely event to step in and administer any suspect district or local, to prevent repetition of the Prit- chett-Dalskog move. ‘The convention, too, prepared a formula for settlement of the long-standing difficulties in con- nection with District Councils 9 and 11, both craft-type sub- divisions, legacies from 1937. ‘The membership will decide the issue on a referendum ballot. The convention endorsed the CIO stand on foreign policy, Mar- shall Plan, World Federation of Trade Unions and other issues. ALSBURY SUED It was on the final day of the convention, at the lunch-time re- cess. that President Stewart Als- bury, B.C. District, was served with the two slander suits for $100,000 dathages, issued on be- half of Pritchett and Dalskog against Alsbury and the District. The five-day convention was classed by B.C. District officials as “the most constructive we've ever had. It laid down a solid program for the coming year.” WORK OR WASTE But the delegates broke up with a warning ringing in their ears from International President Fadling: “The convention is over. It’s been a good convention, but un- less you delegates go back to the membership and work for the Ba at aid do it’s all a waste of time. So do a good job!” eat ba WHAT’S INSIDE CONTENTS Page Conyention __ 2-3-8-9 RTEENTH ANN nes 107] VT __ Vy : AZ NA Ws CiLo a Netra Oita ratentn t be International Weadworhers of America nts visier Ceunci No.1 Vol. XIX, No. 50 <>" Oct. 6, 1949 5e per copy _ Vancouver, B.C. UAL gece CONVENTION IN SESSION —Photo by Parodi and Bohl. BLOCKED Interim agreements negotiated by the IWA District Policy Com- mittee for the Northern and Southern Interior districts of B. C., blocked the proposed wage cuts and secured the present wage scale as a result of strenu- ous bargaining talks with opera- tors at Prince George and Kel- owna, recently. The proposed agreements which are now before the IWA members in the Interior for acceptance or rejection include a clause govern- ing board rates and fixing a maximum of $2.00 a day. Where a lesser rate is now in effect, that lesser rate shall prevail. As in the Coast agreement, an article will be included to fully protect the bargaining rights of the IWA. Final negotiations were con- trict Secretary- Treasurer and District Vice-President Tom Bradley in.association with repre- sentatives of the Locals con- cerned. Chief points in dispute were the wage rates and hours of work. At stages in the bargaining talks, settlement seemed remote, be- cause of the determination of the operators to lower the wage scale and extend the hours of work. IWA WILL ORGANIZE In a statement to the B.C. Lumber Worker the District Sec- retary-Treasurer said: “The proposed wage cut of 2014 cents was more than a bargain- ing threat, on the part of the op- erators, in the Interior. The pre- vailing sentiment was that cuts could not be avoided. Only the determined resistance of the [WA to this threat saved the day. Whatever the consequences, we would not permit any lowering of the standards already estab- lished for the workers in the In- ducted by George Mitchell, Dis-|} INTERIOR WAGE CUTS “The difficulties of organiza- tion in the Interior are not fully appreciated at the Coast. These agreements will stabilize condi- tions and provide the opportun- ity to complete our organization throughout the widely scattered operations in thinly populated territory.” 1950 CONVENTION IN KANSAS CITY Kansas City, Mo., is to be the site of the 14th Constitutional Convention of the IWA in 1950. The middle-west city won out over’ Sacramento, California, and Portland, Ore. GENUINE without interlining. “WIUC” Sue [WA For $100,000 District President Stewart Alsbury and the B.C. District Council are being sued by Har- old Pritchett and Ernie Dals- kog for a total of $100,000 in two slander damage suits. The writs were served on President Alsbury at luncheon recess on the last day of the convention in the Hotel Van- couver. They claim that Alsbury made certain damaging state- ments more than five months ago, when he addressed the District Two convention in Bellingham, Wash, during April, 1949. Legal advice is being taken to deal with the suits. ‘DRY-BAK’ ASK FOR IT BY NAME AT YOUR COMMISSARY OR LEADING STORES The treatment by which canvas is water- proofed to produce ‘‘DRY-BAK”?’ is a development and exclusive process of Jones Tent & Awning Ltd., and is entirely processed in our own plant. You should, therefore, look for the name “DRY-BAK”’ . on every garment as your guarantee of obtaining the finest waterproof canvas clothing obftainable.. Ask for it with or Strike Won At Western Crown The four weeks’ strike at Western Crown Manufacturing Co., New Westminster, ended on September 26, with a settlement negotiated by Local 1-357, IWA, awarding the employees a wage increase across the board of five cents an hour. During the discussions, ‘which Jed up to settlement, many points in dispute between the Union and the company were ironed out. Officials of Local 1-357, IWA, stated that an undertaking had been secured from the manage- ~ ment to give fuller recognition to the Union’s prerogatives in fu- ture. The new agreement includes a union shop clause.