Olticat Pebtication of te International Woodworkers of America vt. distr Coen No.1,

the IWA membership, and nu:

Vol. XIX, No.:68

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July 6, 1950 5e per copy

Vancouver, B.C.

Agreement on the final draft,
which phrased the details of the
conditions of settlement set forth

N. W. STRIKE

FUNDS
URGENTLY
NEEDED

An urgent appeal for funds
for the 10,000 IWA men now
on strike at the Weyerhaeuser
plants in the U.S. Northwest,
has been made to all members
by International President Fad-
ling.

“More than $20,000 has already
been contributed from the North-
west Strike and Lockout Fund,
but the cash is running low, and
can’t last much longer,” states
the president.

“So that the Finance Commit-

a knowledge of the steady rev-
enue coming in to support th

your Local Union make an initial

pledge a definite weekly amount.”

Assistance should. be sent to
the Negotiating Committee, care
of International Secretary-Treas-
urer Carl Winn.

The Weyerhaeuser men are
standing firm, after more than
42 days, and after many attempts
by the management to break the
solidarity.

(See inside pages for detail of
the cause of the strike.)

INTERIOR TALKS
OPEN JULY 1

Interior negotiations will
open in Kamloops, July 11,
when the IWA Negotiating
Committee will meet the Cana-
dian Manufacturers’ Associa-
tion representatives bargaining
for the lumber operators of the
Southern Interior.
Negotiations with CMA rep-
resentatives of the lumber op-
erators for the Northern In-
terior will commence almost
simultaneously.

Meanwhile an intensive or-
ganization drive in support of
IWA bargaining is well under
way, with organizers Mike Se-
kora, Tom Bradley, George
Collis and Joe Morris sweep-
ing Interior operations into the
TWA. fight. Reports reveal
striking progress. e

International Board Membei
‘Tom MacKenzie leaves for the
Interior this week to undertake
co-ordination of organization
and negotiating activity, and to
direct ep raeting radio and
press pul it;

AN IWA ict Officers will
assist in this work which has
been assured the wholehearted
support of Coast Local Unions.

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WHAT’S
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tee of the Northwest Regional ,
Negotiating Committee may have |

atrike, I earnestly suggest that

substantial contribution and then | *

Approved 1950

Substantial Majority of IWA

Settlement

Substantial majority of IWA members voting in the referen-
dum conducted by the IWA District Policy Committee, asking
approval of the recommended settlement of the 1950 contract dis-
pute, gave approval of the proposed contract terms.

The complete tabulation will be reported on in the customary
manner to the B.C. District Council, and in this way will be
made ayailable to the Local Unions.

Spokesman of the committee has indicated that approval
of the settlement was by no means unanimous.

in the interim agreement of June
15, and which narrowly averted
ah industry-wide strike, was
reached on July 3, by the seven-
man IWA Negotiating Commit-
tee.

Approval was given to the
draft by the District Policy Com-
mittee in formal session July 5.
As rapidly as possible, Local
Unions will now sign similar
agreements with the FIR employ-
ers in all operations where they

are certified.
in the

New clauses master

attempted secession.

1-85 Recovers Equip

ment

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PORT ALBERNI IWA, MEMBERS examine the office equipment
finally recovered from the WIUC after protracted legal proceedings.
Action is still pending for the recovery of $3,000, which it is alleged
was paid to the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers at the time of the

Cooperage Ltd.

Bitter attack has been made
by the employer, Leo Sweeney,
aided by the representative of
the AFL Lumber and Sawmill
Workers’ Union to thwart the
majority decision of the em-
ployees selecting the IWA as
bargaining agent.

IWA officials have requested
the Labor Relations Board for
permission to prosecute under the
ICA Act, charging intimidation.

Company Union Rejected

Employees of the assembly de-
partment, Sweeney Cooperage
Ltd., had not been organized in
a legitimate trade union. They
had abandoned the employer-
sponsored company union form-
erly established. During the re-
cent organization drive of the
IWA Local Union, contact was
made, and the IWA was requested
to organize the plant. Ninety-
eight percent of the employees in
this section voted for the IWA,
and certification was applied for.
When the employer heard the
news he immediately offered the
employees in this section a wage
inerease of 12% cents an hour,
upon the condition that they drop
IWA membership, This
condition was emphatically re-

jected.
Mill Section Also

In the meantime, the: employ-
ees in the mill section of the same
firm expressed an interest in IW-
A affiliation, They had formerly

Ibeen represented by the IWA,

over to the AFL,

had swun;
eae eespee til Workers

1-217 CHARGE INTIMIDATION ©
AT SWEENEY COOPERAGE

Right of workers to belong to a Union of their own
choice is the issue at stake in the determined struggle now
being waged by Local 1-217 IWA to exercise bargaining
rights conferred on the IWA by the employees of Sweeney

remained at 95 cents an hour.

Cont. Page 3

tions the base rate in the plant

At meetings held by IWA rep-
resentatives, George Bengough,

ized at time of going to press.
Announcement of the outcome
of continuing conferences on
contract details is expected
momentarily, with the betting
odds favoring a settlement on
all fours with the FIR agree-
ment,

Last minute hitch arose over
the details of application of the
Hours of Work clause in cer-
tain continuous - operation
plants controlled by the com-
pany, and where it is claimed
special conditions must be rec-
ognized.

The IWA Negotiating Com-
mittee has steadfastly refused
to yield ground on any general
principles mutually agreed up-
on in the interim agreement of
June 15.

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CONTRACT SIGNED

General wage increase of 1214 cents an hour, basic 40-
hour work week, and modified union security were written
into the IWA master agreement with the Coast lumber
operators this week, after acceptance by majority vote of

merous drafting conferences

with Forest Industrial Relations Ltd.

2. Maintenance of membership
as a condition of employment
for all now IWA members or
who become IWA members.
-Provision for employer co-op-
eration in obtaining and re-
taining members, and for con-
tinuity of membership upon
transfer from operation to op-
eration within the FIR agree-

ment.
3. Basic 40-hour work week, of
five 8-hour days, Monday

through Friday, with rate and
one-half for all hours worked
over 8 hours per day or 40
hours per week, with stated
exceptions.

agreement won by the IWA in|4. Production workers to receive

the most highly organized strug-| rate and one-half for Saturday

gle of its history are given here| - and Sunday work, regardless
in summar of the hours worked during

1. Wage increase of 12% cents| ‘he week.

an hour for all employees |5. Casual labor employed on pro-

covered by the agreement, ef-| duction work Saturday or

fective June 15, 1950, estab-| Sunday to receive rate and

lishing a minimum wage rate| one-half.

for common labor of $1.20%; :

arcane Anata tte Seat rel ve | Ge Cooktaueeatand buniioize en

for the workers on contract}  Ployees time to be computed

rates, that the same increase} at the new rate on a daily

will be applicable. basis with provision for ac-
cumulated leave.

BS & W CONTRACT) Maivicrarss workers reauizea
to work Saturday and Sunday
to have two specified rest days

NOT FINALIZED with rate and one-half for any
rest day worked.

Contract with Bloedel, Stew- i :
art & Welch hav roe tech tent. [8 Maintenance, repair, and con-

struction: workers employed on
the Tuesday to Saturday work
week to have Sunday and
Monday as their rest days,
and to be paid rate and one-
half for work performed on
such rest days,

Cont. Page 3

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