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Geo. Mitchell Reports
For over eleven weeks, the

In the first place, we must ex-
ress our ion of the soli-
shown on the picket line,
especially by the
girls who have
never had previ-
ous strike expeéri-
ence,

They. have
shown a loyalty
to trade union
principles that
places on all trade
unionists the re-
sponsibility to
make certain that they are not

starved into submission.

It is now well known that they
were forced to take strike action
because of the refusal of the man-
agement to accept the majority
award of a Conciliation Board
for a modest inerease of 15 per=
cent, mainly intended to benefit

the majority of the employees on
a weekly wage of $22.50 or less:

It is not so well known that

this determination to smash the,

"THE UNION’S BUSINES

retail clerks at the Army and

Navy Department Store (Western) Ltd., at New Westminster,
haye been on strike. The issues involved are issues that cannot
be overlooked by the trade unionists of this province.

Union, shown repeatedly by the
management, represents the more
general attempt to prevent organ-
ization among all retail clerks.

Powerful and wealthy interests
engaged in merchandising, are
exerting pressure in suport of the
adamant stand taken by the
Army and Navy management to
smash the strike, and with it
smash the beginning of organiza~
tion in retail establishments.

IWA members will know what
to do. Support the picket line
when approached on the job for
contributions, A dollar each pay-
day will never be missed. It will
show that the IWA members
kmow the issues, and realize that
this fight is their fight.

IWA_members and their fam-
ilies will also know that the best
weapon to settle this ‘strike in
favor of the Union is the refusal
of the public to patronize retail

stores which show such a vicious
anti-labor policy.

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IWA BOOM-MEN
BACK WELFARE
PLAN IN 1950

Emphasis in the 1950 negotia-
tions of the International Wood-
workers of America, CIO, will be
on a health and welfare plan and
a “substantial” wage increase for
its 40,000 members in the Pacific
Northwest, according to a recom-
mendation made by the Boom-
men and Rafter’s District Board
of the Union at a meeting held in

Olympia, Washington, Oct. 29 and | °

At the -same time, the Board
announced that George Willett of
Portland had been re-elected to
the office of District representa-
tive on the Union’s Northwest
Regional Negotiating Committee.
Willett is an officer of Local 11-
81 of the Boommen and Rafter’s
District of the IWA-CIO, with
headquarters in Portland.

Other officers named in the ref-
erendum vote just concluded
were: President Edwin Thompson
of Everett, Washington; Vice-
President Ellis Reid of Tacoma,
Washington, and Secretary-
Treasurer Les Garrison, also of
Tacoma. The District Council
maintains offices in Olympia.

Negotiation plans as , recom-
mended by the Board call for
limiting the negotiations to the
two points named and for con-
ducting a strike ballot of the
membership if “results are not
shown early in the negotiations.”
Carl Winn, secretary-treasurer of
the IWA-CIO, installed the newly
elected officers.

H. L. EVANS, Chairman of the
Sub-Local, 1-417, IWA, holding a
union shop agreement in the
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A &N Pickets At Council

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THREE RETAIL CLERKS on the strike picket line at the Army and
Navy Department Store (Western) Ltd., New Westminster, inform
the Vancouver Labor Council of their determination to win the
strike if given backing.

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