he UNION’ Pes Be shilitation S$ BUSINESS Wile our Union must continue an unrelenting effort to e establish conditions that will protect our members against n accidents, we cannot overlook our responsibility toward already disabled. When their injuries are repaired to the fullest extent possible through medical science, we must make sure that they do not become their physical handicaps. For this reason I direct the attention of IWA members to an mm, excellent booklet recently issued by the Work- men’s Compensa- tion, Board, on a program for the industrially dis- abled. We secur- ed a limited quantity of these booklets and allocated them Local Unions for the general distribution. among Any IWA member will profit by an examination of the pro- gram, and should then pass it along to a fellow-worker. It not only outlines the existing facili- ties, and how they may be utilized for our disabled brothers, but it also points to the possibilities of a more complete program of re- habilitation. The Way Back Following physical restoration, as this may be achieved, and the provision of appliances when necessary, the important steps of vocational guidance and re- training commence. The man, who, because of in- jury, cannot return to the indus- try must be enabled to perform such useful work as he may be able to perform in other employ- ment, and gain a decent living. No Wrecked Lives If this re-training is conducted with a view to suitable and defi- nite employment opportunities, the physical handicap does not necessarily wreck a worker’s life. As stated in the booklet, re- forgotten derelicts, because of habilitation is not complete until the disabled person becomes a wage-earner or is engaged in a self-supporting enterprise. If we hope to discharge our obligations satisfactorily toward our disabled brothers, this is a subject we must know more about. My advice is that IWA members read this booklet and start planning the further steps we must take to help disabled men help themselves. Most of us know that life on Workmen’s Compensation alone is neither happy nor satisfactory. Let’s make a rehabilitation pro- gram do what it is intended to do. : Local 1-363 Sliding Scale Wiped Out Category revisions at_ the Plateau Lumber Co. negotiated by officials of Local 1-363. re- sulted recently in the elimina- tion of the sliding scale for be- ginners previously enforced. Classifications such as that of “Jearner-chokerman” have now yanished. ‘This raised the rate for those affected from $1.42Y% to $1.82. Common labor rate for boys was also stricken out of the agreement. The crew at Beban Logging Co. Ltd,, recently rejected the request of the company to work the re- maining Saturdays in the year and announced the intention to uphold the District policy on the 40-hour week. We Sel... "Markdowns". Nationally Quality at THE HUB, 45 E. 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This action, one of the first offi- cial-co-operative projects between CCL and TLC groups, has been approved by recent meetings of the two councils. Jim Bury, CCL council official, | is chairman, with Mrs. Anne Marshall (Int. Ladies Garment Workers) as secretary. Other members are George Mitchell, IWA, district secretary- treasurer; J. Hallock (Home Ser- vice); Homer Stevens (UFAWU) and Gerry Emary (RWDSU). The committee are now prepar- ing to launch a unified program to bolster the trade union move- ment against racial and religious prejudices of all kind. The Committee has approved the appointment of Knute Butte- dahl as part-time executive sec- retary. He is a UBC graduate and veteran of the Royal Nor- wegian Airforce, and is respons- ible for spearheading the com- mittee’s activities. 1-71 Convention December 28 Annual Convention of Local 1-71, IWA, will be held in the Arcadian Hall, December 28th, at 9:30 a.m. Delegates to the District Convention will be elected on that occasion as well as officers of the Local Union nominated for the ensuing year. As provided in the amerided by- laws, representation will be ac- corded all organized camps. One delegate for each camp or the first fifty members or fraction thereof will be permitted, and one delegate for each additional fifty members or major fraction thereof. Wages Low In Europe Wages as well as production must be boosted in European countries if the Marshall Plan is going to work, says ECA admini- strator William C. Foster. “Retention of the fruits of mass production in the hands of only a few means that only a few can buy. What, we may well ask, is the use of overproduced goods cluttering our storerooms? That is what Foster told a group of European industrialists recently. “When America says, ‘Divide up the fruits of productivity by paying higher wages for shorter hours,’ it is the voice of experi: ence speaking. We have found that a mass market and mass production are available only to ing power.” CIO and AFL officials have come back from Europe with bit- ter comments about the stand- ards of living there. They are pressing for strong emphasis by ECA on higher wages for work- JOINT PAC IN TORONTO Ford Brand, secretary of Toronto TLC Labor Council, is being backed by both CIO and CCL in the Dec. 4 elections for alderman in that city. This is the first time that a joint effort has been made to get a labor man on the city council. Brand is president of the AFL Press- men’s. To pay for the compaign both councils have pledged them- selves to supply $2,500. Self-Sacritice Sick Brother “An outstanding instance of the spirit of brotherhood which has built trade unions,” was the manner in which Financial Secretary Neil Shaw, Local 1-367 recently described the action taken by the employees of Eddy Match Co., Mission, to help a sick brother. ® When it was learned that Bro. Ralph Redman had been taken to hospital for a serious illness, non-compensable, the sum of $116.20 was raised by donations from his fellow-workers to tide him and his wife over a difficult period. In addition each employee pledged $1.00 each pay day to- ward the fund. Several members also asked that their portion of the strike aid fund raised by other Local Unions be turned over to Bro. Redman. 3 “This unselfish and generous action by a group of workers, who were impoverished recently To Help In 1-367 by a prolonged strike, stands as a shining example for all,” added Financial Secretary Shaw. As the outconie of conferences with the management on the sub- ject, the employees of Whonnock Lumber Co. have, despite pres- sure, resolved to maintain the 40- hour week. worked in future unless for emer- gencies, and only when sanction- ed by the Local Union. Negotiations by the Plant Com- mittee in the Hammond Division, B.C. Forest Products Ltd., has opened up excellent prospects for a sound seniority plan. Certification has been applied for by Local 1-867 for the em- ployees of Henry Larsen Logging Co. Ltd., Harrison Lake. Membership meeting to b held at Hammond, December 10, in the Community Hall at 1 p.m, will elect the Local Union’s delegates to the An- nual District Convention. MArine 7235 AL hadb SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES 1221 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. Under New Management the extent there is mass purchas- |" Ad No overtime will be~ 3 ) Money in British Columbia. Orders! When you want to send money by mail, use: Canadian Bank of Commerce money orders. 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