B.C. LUMBER WORKER June 21, 1951 os and better IWA in Eastern Canada. astern Canada DAC ANGIA ui EASTERN CANADIAN IWA representatives meet to discuss plans for a bigger INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT JAMES E. FADLING and Inter- national Officers attend IWA conference in Eastern Canada. (Left), Virgil Burtz, Research Director; Adolph Germer, [WA International Organization Director; J. EB. Fadling, H. Landon Ladd, Eastern Canada Director IWA; Albert Dion, 1st Vice-President; Andrew Ogilyie, Local 2nd Vice-President; Secretary-Treasurer Earl Patter- son, ' Englewood Confere mces . ENGLEWOOD LOGGERS held successful week-end educational in- stitute at Camp N, Jame 9-10, with George Home, Secretary B.C. Federation of Labor leading discussions. “Shown here with them are Don Campbell, Geo, Thompson, Jack Dixon, Don Thompson, Bill King, Dich Hoge, Harold Foreman, Geo, . Arnold Glazier, Norm Swift? all prize students, Faller Killed At Franklin R. Officers of Local 1-85, IWA, report with sincere regret the accidental death of Brother James Doubeck at Camp “B”, Franklin River. The deceased had been em- ployed as a snag faller, with eight years’ experience. Upon completion of his day’s work, he was returning to the mach- ine along a path which took him close to a receding line. When walking near the line, the engineer picked up the turn, and he was thrown and killed by the line. He is sur- vived by his widow and one child in Vancouver, Newspaper A bombshell has been thrown into labor ranks in Ontario by a recent judgment of Mr. Jus- tice Gale, of the. provincial Supreme Court, quashing the Labor Relations Board certifi- cation of the Toronto News- paper Guild (Local 87 of the American Newspaper Guild, CIO) as the bargaining agent of the employees in the circu- lation department of the To- ronto Globe and Mail. Gale’s judgment wanders through 15,000 words of legal jargon but what it boils down to is that the Board failed to give the Globe and Mail a fair hearing for two reasons. First, the com- pany’s lawyer was not allowed to examine applications for union membership signed by employees. Second, this lawyer was not al- lowed to cross-examine a witness called by the union to explain certain points in connection with the membership applications. Standard Practice It is standard practice for all labor relations boards in both Canada. and the United States to treat applications for union membership as strictly confidential. The reason for this is obvious. If the employer can get a look at membership applica- tions he will find out the names of all the employees in his plant who are union members, and long experience has shown that many an employer will discriminate viciously against any of his employees who dare to join a union. The second point in the judg- ment could have disastrous effects in Ontario as well as ‘in other proyinces. In fact, it could Ontario Courts Quash Guild . By Ken Bryden’ largely nullify Ontario’s législa- tive provision regarding the secrecy of membership applica- tions. It is frequently necessary, es- pecially under. the procedure fol- lowed by the Ontario Labor Relations Board, to call a witness to verify points in connection with union membership applica- tions. A company lawyer who has the right to cross-examine this witness will rot have to be very smart to ferret out a great deal of information about how various individual, employees stand with regard to the union, Labor Protests The judgment has been re- ceived with consternation by labor. Spokesmen from both major congresses have been un- animous in condemning it for its apparent lack of comprehension of the most elementary facts of labor relations. | The labor viewpoint is that, if jthe judgment stands, it could Veasily undermine the entire sys- tem of labor relations that has jbeen built up in Canada in the past decade. Few unions would be prepared to apply to the Labor Relations Board for cer- tification if they thereby ran the risk of exposing the names of ,union members to a hostile em- ployer. The alternative available | to them would be to revert to the jold method of trying to secure union recognition through: strike action. | ‘The judgment is being appeal- jed to the Ontario. Court of Appeal, and regardless of who is successful at that stage, the case is almost certain to be carried to the Supreme Court of Canada. n th Workman’s dictionary Daytor is a ‘SIX LETTER WORD MEANING A BOOT superior ee DAYTON QUALITY — COMFORT ECONOMY LONG LIFE SAFETY LOGGER’S HEAVY DUTY WORK BOOTS and SKI BOOTS “Dayton 64” is the sign of COMBINING quality footwear. ugh leading stores and fogging SHOE MANUFACTURING CO. (8. c.) LTD. 2248-SO E HASTINGS ST.