Sa Devil B.C. LUMBER WORKER Page 9 ‘The company refused to settle and finally after a month of pick- eting the men voted to return to work. The company refused to reinstate a number of the men ‘and later fired some of those whom he had rehired. ' ‘The balance of the Board order fires the company to bargain jectively with IWA Local 12-15 as exclusive bargaining agents and to cease and desist from cer- tain discriminatory practices on the part of the company. Pes * @ PREPARATIONS FOR THE 951 NEGOTIATIONS of the In- ternational Woodworkers of America, in the Pacific Northwest States were started this week with the issuance of the call to the 1951 Northwest Regional Ne- tiating conference scheduled for Destary 13 and 14 in Portland, Oregon. “The program adopted,” point- ed out Secretary-Treasurer Carl Winn, “will serve as instructions to the Northwest Regional Nego- tiating Committee in the 1951 negotiations with the various em- ployers and employer associations with which the local unions or other bargaining units have con- tractual relations.” MANLEY J. WILSON, editor of the IWA-CIO’s_“International Woodworker”, was elected an Oregon State Senator in the re- cent election, one of the many CIO members named to State legislatures. Wilson, a former State Representative, defeated Ir- ving Rand, Portland attorney. eke LABOR UNITY TALKS were one of the by-products of AFL and CIO participation in organiz- ing the International Confedera- tion of Free Trade Unions, Presi- dent Murray told the CIO Convention, The two groups, Murray said, have acted jointly on interna- tional relations, legislation and litical action. “Our two organ- tions have demonstrated, on both the national and local level, their ability to work together.” There will be more meetings, . he said, “in the hope that we shall make progress in the direc- tion of the cherished goal of every American union member— The attainment of labor unity.” mm Three-day educational confer- ence, sponsored by the Plywood, Box Shook and Veneer Workers District of the IWA-CIO was held veeently in Portland, with CIO lywood workers’ locals from ‘ashington and Oregon attend- ing. Sessions were conducted as “forum” discussions with Presi- dent Burke Christie of the Ply- wood Council acting as chairman. SAN FRANCISCO — TAILORS — LOAN MONEY ON Suits, Overconts, ete. Loggers’ Boots, Sleeping Bags, Suitcases, Nasitica Watches and Rings. | Expert Watch Repairing $10,000 BACK PAY was re ecard signing campaign in the-sa’ day in order to protest the firing of the union members. ceived by 24 employees of the Newberry Mills, 3 Inc., members of Local 12-15, as a result of an NLRB order which required the com- pany to reinstate all discharged employees with back pay. The unfair labor prac- tice arose on September 14, 1949, when the company fired 24 men the day after a winill. A picket line was set up at the plant next By International Research Dept. B.C. Production Sets Record "Tithe price drop in fir is not the daily press. half as bad as it is reported in Employers’ spokesmen made it look very bad, but price drops not only were checked, but prices are going up to more reasonable levels, Prices were altogether too high. Many items are still too high and retailers are holding off placing big orders at this time The declining lumber prices could not have come at a more opportune time for the Interior, reports a leading lumberman’s journal. “Logging is in any case held up owing to the wet condi- tion of muskeg and forest and until the freeze-up there would have been little activity even with the boom markets, such as have been enjoyed recently. * * Log production in Coastal Brit- ish Columbia probably set a record for October. The B. C. Loggers’ Association scale showed a cut of 351 million board feet, as compared with 304 million board feet in October, 1949. For the first ten months of this year the Association scale stands at 2,559 million board feet, as compared to 2,343 million board feet in 1949. eam U.S. Cost-of-Living rose to an all-time high. The new index cov- ering prices as of October 15, was 174.8 percent of the 1935-39 base—100—an increase of 6 per- cent since September 15. Nearly one million workers whose wage contracts are tied to the index will receive a pay in- crease of 2 to 3 cents an hour. ask Residential construction in Can- ada, in the first six ‘months of 1950 reached a peak value of $341 million, according to report published -by the Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation. The increase amounted to 9 per- cent over the same period of last of the year. |year. The value of industrial, commereial, institutional and gov- ernmental ‘construction also. in- creased by 9 percent during the period. ‘The six months total for 11950 amounted to $596 million. A_LETTER “LETS SWAP IDEAS” The Editor. At the last regular meeting of Loeal 1-217, it took the import- ant step of setting up a perma- nent Committee on Education. The Committee members are Tony Gargrave, Al Busch, Ray McCready, and Vie Mauro. The Committee has had several meetings, and has already taken action to promote education in the Local. The Committee feels that only by setting up such com- mittees, in all Locals of the Dis- trict, can the Education Policies of the International and Canadian Congress be given adequate ex- pression. If such Committees were to swap experiences, through the B. C. Lumberworker, a healthy in- terest in education could be cre- ated throughout the District. Tony Gargrave, Secretary, Local 1-217, IwA. AMEND BNA ACT TO AID UNIONS The British North America should be amended to pave the way for the kind of labor legis- lation that Canadian workers need, the CCL Executive Coun- cil said in a resolution which received unanimous support at its November meeting in Ot- tawa. The resolution said the amend- ment should be framed so that “all matters which are of com- mon interest to the Canadian people, and of national import- ance and character, are within the jurisdiction of the federal government, Wages, Hours and Code Specifically the Council asked for \this federal legislation: 1, A national labor code cover- J) ing all industries. 2. National Minimum Wage Act, providing for a minimum H|| wage throughout Canada of B5 cents an hour. 8. National Hours of Work Act, providing for a 40-hour work H| week with penalty rates for any overtime work performed. The Council also went on rec- ord opposing the use of injunc- tions in labor disputes and favor-. ing equal pay for equal work for men and women. New Affiliate Latest CCL affiliate is the American Newspaper Guild, For- mal application for affiliation by the ANG was approved at the November executive meeting. ANG now has a strong organ- ization in Toronto representing employees of the Toronto -Star and the Daily Racing Form and also has a contract covering edi- torial employees of the Ottawa Citizen. The Guild is certified for Ca- nadian Press and its subsidiary Press News and is currently in conciliation proceedings with those organizations. Considerable interest in organization has also been shown in several other parts of Canada. Boost Pensions OTTAWA, Nov. 21—In its an- nual presentation to the federal government, the Canadian Le- gion asked that war pensions be boosted by one-third. BALANCED fe TON! 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