B.C. LUMBER WORKER ROY WHITTLE G. Ingram, Pre: Safety Progress Praised CERS AND GUEST SPEAKERS at Annual Meeting, Local , IWA, Port Alberni, expressed gratification at progress made in IWA Safety Program before large and representative gathering. (Left) W. Corbeil, 1st Vice-President tary; Mayor L. Jordan, Port Alberni lent; S. J. Squii isbury, District President; Pen Baskin, President Vancouver Labor Council, and Virgil Burtz, International Research Director. 3 C. A. Cox, Recording Secre- Mayor Ben Wright, Alberni; , Financial Secretary; J. S. 88 Ueft), Secretary of the S ned to the Annual Convention of the B. ecretary of the Vancouver Labor Council. BILL DAY Lahor is weles on Bury Welcomes Davies katchewan F deration of . Federation Who is this Man? Who is the woist paid man today, With haggard look and hair turned grey, Who’s blamed when things don’t go just right, Who gets no rest by day or night, Though never having been in college He must possess the widest knowledge, On,rates of pay and hours of labor, And how to keep peace with one’s neighbor. If with the foreman he’s agreed, He’s sold the men, or been weak-kneed; When to the men he’s tried to led a damned old Who is this chap? What? Don’t you know him Or just how much you really owe him? This chap wh assured Ix none other than your shop steward. e torment is PRESIDEN COLUMN -PREPARE TO FIGHT By J. STEWART ALSBURY This week we declared our demand for the 1950-51 Contract. This week we present our demand to the operators. This week ‘we start a three months’ fight to secure acceptance of our de- mand. June 15 is the deadline. On that date we'll either have a contract with the Union shop and a wage hike or we'll be forced to fight it out on the picket line. A strong and representative Policy Committee elected at the membership Wages and Contract Conference, Mar. 4-5, commenced its work on’ Mar. 6. The mem- bers of this committee have their instructions from the member- ship and will carry out that man- date to the letter. No Bluff The IWA is not bluffing. We know what we need and want. We intend to get it. If we can’t | get our demands through bargain- ing reasonably with the opera- tors around the conference table, = we will have no alternative but to call for strike action. Our demands are reasonable and can be fully justified by the evidence. The Union Shop is a “must” to meet fully our respons- ibilities as the bargaining agency for the workers in the lumber in- dustry. The proposed wage increase of 17 cents an hour across the board is long overdue under the rising of living and in view of the increased productivity of our la- bor force. I ask every lumber worker to think what the achievement of this objective will mean to us and our famil It will give us greater security on the job, It will raise the living standards for our homes. These two mat- ters are inseparable and are of vital consequence to each and ev- ery one of us. Since we are bound to wel on our needs, we must now agree on determined and united action. It will demand from each and every one of us our best and most loyal and active support» of our Union. As one employer bluntly stated, “We will give you only what you are strong enough to take”. It is the united strength and deter- mination of the membership that will decide this issue, From now on, make every day count, for each one of us, in our Union’s fight. There’s a job for every man and every man should be on his job. Start Now Tell each one of your fellow, workers about the Union's de mands and the benefits within our grasp. Get every man on your job in- to the IWA, and active in the I- Wa.’ Inform yourself about negotia- tions by attending Union meet- ings. Don’t rely on gossip. This is your Union and your fight. Help organize for action on your operation, so that the opera- tors know that we mean business. Consult your Local. Say what you have to say about the Union inside the Union and not in the beer parlor. The IWA fights for you. When you fight for the IWA, you fight for yourself, and a better living for your family. When we fight shoulder to shoulder we always win. DAYTON’S ‘‘BOOT OF THE MONTH” MARCH, 1950 Spring, or amy other time... you ean rely on DAYTON’S No. 6400 “Safer Logger” 10” vere: Appeal in design plus supremacy in color and finish make this boot a popular style. Double one seam vamp. Pre-war brass eyelets and lacing studs. Guar- anteed to hold caulks. MY DEAH! HE'S REALLY STEALING THE SHOW WITH HIS 950 COMMERCIAL DRIVE Remember: Only the finest Anglo-Swiss Logging DAYTON SHOE MANUFACTURING “CO. (B.¢.) LTD. Leather used in Dayton’s Boots. VANCOUVER, B. C. DAYTON 645 FASHION SHOW Fertat The NEW Loom