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RESIDENT’S COLUMN

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‘A, as it enters negotiations,
our right. All the evidence is

The success of our negotiations
ill be hased on the thought and

on of IWA members in eve
ection of the province. It is their

il and determination that will

_ register the outcome,

It is not enough merely to say
that we want the Union shop and
a 17-cent an hour wage increase,
We must produce evidence in
parport of the demand,

‘e must first of all have eyi-
dence that our membership is
_ united in support of the contract
. ao i f£ thi
ie value of this evidence will
be made known to the operators
ae as the men on the job make
‘ it known. Job organization at
_ full strength and ready for action
is the most important evidence
ired at the moment,
he public will want to know
the evidence in our possession to
justify our demands. The opera-
tors may be expected to persuade
the public that the workers are
disposed to add to the public bur-
dens.

The evidence necessary is to
be found in every community in
the daily experience of lumber
workers and their wives in making
ends meet throughout the year.

This evidence can best be pre-
Sented to the public by the mem-

NEGOTIATIONS for the 50,

Lincoln once said, “Let us have faith thi
\t least, we can say’ that this faith is th

Evidence

at Right is Might”,
ie starting point of the

e are asking for no more than
on our side.

bers themselves in their daily re-
lations with their neighbors and

ty | merchants,

Union Shop

‘The Union shop is described by
the operators as an undemocratic
infringement upon the freedoms
of the workers. We can prove
that to be untrue.

We can produce the evidence
that the present bargaining ar-
vangements in the industry are
undemocratic. We can prove from
the experience of other industries
that the Union shop works to ex-
pand industrial democracy.

IWA members can permeate
Public thinking with the evidence
which shows the Union shop to
be in accord with modern indus-
trial trends and to be right.

We can not only say it is right,
but we can prove it is right for
all concérned.

From here on, let’s give all

and sundry a constant blast of
the evidence of which we have
plenty.

All this spells bigger and bet-
ter Local Union programs of ac-
tivity and bigger and better par-
ticipation by lumber workers

everywhere in the Union’s activi-
ties.

International View

By Portland Pete

,000 workers in the five states

that are the Pacific Northwest is the top topic of conversation
hereabouts. We're waiting till April 1 to see what comes out of

the negotiating conference.
* two main points, or else...

GETTING kind of routine to
report the way we IWA-CIO
boys throw out the AFL craft
unions, Done it again at the Sor-
ingfield mill of the Weyerhaeus-
ers. This time it was the Carpen-
ters’ and Joiners’ AFL who took
the rap,

os 8 &

LISTEN to this, on the same
Subject. At Munising, Mich., the
membership of the same AFL
union there wouldn’t look at the
contract their own man brought
to th voted to ignore until

lem, and
the IWA had a chance to become
the bargaining agent.

~ *£ «*

24 ALL HET UP about PAC for
es 1950, nowadays. Nov. 7 is the
target—for that’s the day when
representatives, senators, gover-
nors, state officials, sheriffs, coun-
ty and city officials get elected.

*

IWA men, like other Union
J men down here, have two PAC
4 jobs. Get their members regis-
tered on the polls, and pick up
that buck for PAC.

*

* *

IT’S a long way from Christ-
mas, but it’s just come to our
notice that when Local 4-443, way

in Laurel, Miss., held its
Christmas party, not 1,000, not
2,000, but 3,000 children turned
th That's enthusiasm for you.
ey all had a good time, too.

Oe

Bob Cool, Leadbetter Logging,
, was too good a job stew-
|, and so when he applied or a
“there, he was refused. But
NLRB have ruled the at-
ted the blacklist the IWA-
m-man as an unfair la-
practice. Bob will get com-
n oe for the discrimination
rainst him,

WOODWORKERS PROVED
seed they pect & Fain
willing to fight “for
bay voted by overwheln- |
0 at two hig Pan ie
‘ashington, Vor 03
shop contract,

bh Winn, president of Lo-
01 at Everett, reported the

*

One thing is certain, we get our

pa ee

was 164 to 28 at the Eclipse Mill,
while at the Weyerhaeuser Lum.
ber Company’s large mill, the
ballot gave ‘the Union shop a
majority of 779 YES to 166 NO.
At present, these plants are un-

der Union maintenance agree-
ments,

AT THE SOUTHERN WASH-
INGTON DISTRICT COUNCIL
CONVENTION, both Carl Winn,
International Secretary - Treas-
urer and Adolph Germer, Direc-
tor of Organization, pointed out
the necessity of greater labor po-
litical action. Carl Winn warned
the necessity of building the or-
Zanization on both the economic
and political front,

SEE WHERE B.C. lumber
mills, which were crying for or-
ders last summer are now too
busy to fill the latest British or-
der for 135 million board feet,
Reasons given were a deluge of
orders from the U.S. and the
stalling of Britain, in asking for
the lumber,

Washington and Oregon mills
were also apparently too busy to
bid for the U.K. order.

The Cost of Living is on the
march again, In the latest figures
released from the Dominion Bu-
reau of Statistics show that Van-
couver has the biggest regional
cost of living jump in Canada.

Vancouver index climbed 1.5
points to 163.4, as compared with
a cross-country average of 161.6,

Higher food prices were the
main cause. Which brings to our
minds the question. Which single
item, in the workers’ budget
takes the largest portion ?—food.

LUMBER PRICES are nearing
an all-time high in Vancouver.
Builders report that shiplap has
risen nearly 25 percent since be-
fore Christmas. Shiplap today,
is costing about $75.00 per thous-
and as compared with $55.00 per
thousand before Christmas.

DID'JA hear that the Carl
Winns had boy? Sure

LOGGERS’ LOCAL

Main event in the immediate
program of the Loggers’ Local
is the departure of the Log-

gers’ Navy, on the first leg of
an extensive cruise of all log-
ging camps on the shoreline.

Newly - appointed Skipper
Mattila will have charge of
navigation, and will share with
President Frank Howard on-
shore organization work.

The craft has been overhauled
and repainted for the season’s
duties, and has had all equip-
ment refurbished.

‘The work made possible by the
IWA cruiser is warmly appreci-
ated by loggers in remote camps,
as it furnishes the only reliable
link for loggers’ organization.

Safety Men Alert

A most satisfactory feature, it
is reported by Fred Fieber, Fin-
ancial Secretary, Local 1-71, is
the prompt -action by members
upon the re-opening of the camps,
to set up safety committees,

“This reflects,” he stated, “that
IWA members now realize, on
their own initiative, the impor-
tance of all-round and intelligent
co-operation under the contract
to reduce the accident toll.”

Sekora Reports

International Organizer Mike
Sekora reports that organization
work faithfully performed last
year is now bearing fruit
throughout the Queen Charlotte
camps.

Unlike last year, when confu-
sion reigned due to “Wooie” ac-
tivities, men returning to the
camps are proceeding promptly
to elect their camp, safety, and
grievance committees,

IWA organization, states Se-
kora, is now fully appreciated,
and there is everywhere evidence
of complete unanimity in support
of the IWA demand for the 1950-
51 contract.

Aero Camp with 120 men, and
rapidly reaching full strength, is
fully organized with Richard
Williams, chairman, and Alex In-
gerton, secretary of the camp
committee. Grievance and Safety
Committees have also been
formed.

Juskatla Camp, Kelley Log-
ging, Port Clements, without
prompting from the Local Union,
held a bumper meeting of all
crews and launched successful or-
ganization for the season. Camp
Committee Chairman is R. F.
Climie, and Secretary S. Parker.

Fallers’ Grievance Settled

Another 30 cents per M was
secured for the fallers who had
advanced a grievance that con-
tract returns were too low. Due
to scarcity of timber and the con-
dition of the ground, some sets
were receiving as little as $7.00
a day with $10 a day as top pay.

Job action supported by the
IWA enabled them to return to

work.
M and M

Loggers in M and M Camp, C-
FPC, settled all doubt about last
year’s dispute over selection of
a bargaining agency when the re-
turning crews elected an IWA
camp committee, immediately the
camp re-opened, with Al Powers
as chairman, and G. Anderson as
secretary.

This camp, they stated, is now
firmly in the IWA column.

“Wooies” need not apply.
Englewood Forges Ahead

Beach Camp, Englewood, re-
cently rounded out the IWA or-
ganizational activity prominently
featured in the Englewood area
by setting up a camp committee
with Bob Pickering, chairman,
and Ted Kalk, secretary.

ORGANIZATION GROWS AS CAMPS RE-OPEN

“NO TIME CLOCK

Accidents don’t punch a time-
clock on the job, but they do have
certain hours of the work-day
during which they are more likely
to show up than at any other
time. »

They come around most often
etaee 10 and 11 o’clock in the
morning, and between 3 and 4
o’clock in the afternoon.

No matter when they are most
likely to check in, don’t let them
check you out.

Don’t let the lazily creeping
hour hand catch you with your
mental guard down, or your
eyelids dragging.

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or displayed by the Liquor Contro}
Board or by the Government of
British Columbia,

Weyerhaeuser

Cornered
By Virgil Burtz

International Research
Director

PORTLAND—All the Weyer-
haeuser Local Unions have
opened their contracts on Union
shop. That is as big an issue with
the Weyerhaeuser Locals as the

days.

The IWA membership, who
work in Weyerhaeuser operations,
are sick and tired of hearing the
company say they don’t believe
the Union shop is good for their
employees. -

The Negotiating Committee
has asked Weyerhaeuser to stop
discriminating against IWA-CIO
people. We maintain if Union
shop is good enough for the AF-
L—it’s good enough for us.

Pensions ¥

A short time ago the company
blithely offered its employees,
through the Union, a so-called
pension plan which the company
claims will cost 10 cents an hour.
After thorough study by pension
experts, your committee has de-
cided to reject the pension plan
because it is of little or no use to
Weyerhaeuser employees.

The committee rather urges
health and welfare which includes
life insurance, sick benefit pay-
ments, and prepaid hospital, sur-
gical and medical coverage. The
company cannot dismiss this as
a cost item, as the proposed
health and welfare plan will not
cost as much as the pension plan
they offer—10 cents per hour.
Even if it was a cost item, Weyer-
haeuser cannot claim inability to
pay. In the last three years, the
company has shown a net profit
of $68,509,321,

“I finally bought myself a hear-
ing aid today,” said he.

“It’s about time, said she,
“That’s what I’ve been telling
you to do for the past five years.”

“Well, well,” said he, “‘so that’s

what it was!”

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