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Vol. XIX, No. 91 >>"

July 5, 1951 5e per copy

Vancouver, B.C.

VOTE ‘YES’
Ballot Closes July 31

Closing date for voting on the $2.00 assessment refer-
endum has been extended to July 31 it was announced at
the conclusion of the IWA District Executive Board meet-

ng June 29. Reason for this decision was interruption of
@riinz caused, by the numerous shut-downs due to the fire

season.

District President J. S. Als-
bury stated that it was the de-
sire of the District Executive
Board that all IWA members
should be given the opportu-
nity to yote because of the
importance of activities plan-
ned and dependent on the out-
come of the yote.+

EXPANSION

Members of the Board joined
in urging all IWA members to
vote and to yote “Yes” in
order that a program of expan-
sion and consolidation might
he successfully completed.

Major plans of the District
organization, if approved, are:

Improvement of administr:
tion to service a membershi
doubled since 1948, with special
attention for the Interior.

Organization support for the
Interior negotiations this year.

SAFETY

Appointment of a full-time
Safety Director, to promote
and co-ordinate safety work in
all operations.

Maintenance of a Chinese
organizer by the District to
complete the organization of
Chinese workers in the indus-
try.

Promotion of a District trade
upion educational program.

Provision to meet the rising
costs of suppli¢s, maintenance,
and staff in the District Office.

The members of the District

Executive Board considered
that approval of the proposed
assessment will. indicate that
IWA members desire the Dis-
trict organization to strengthen
its program for future pro- |
gress and any emergencies. |

LRB HEARS
IWA CHARGE

Application by IWA District
Officers for the right to prose-
cute S. M. Simpson Co. Ltd. of
Kelowna, for alleged violation
of the IWA agreement was
heard recently by the Labor
Relations Board.

Statement submitted to the
Board, affirmed that the employer |
had tendered his employees a|
12%-cent cost of living bonus
directly in disregard of pendin;
negotiations and without’ refer.

ence to the bargaining authority |
of the Union. |

Decision of the Labor Rela-|
tions Board was reserved. |

WORKERS TO

ACTION :

IWA spokesmen and Southern Interior lumber oper-

ators square away for the opening round in the annual
contract negotiations at Kelowna tomorrow. Four days
later, July 10, bargaining talks with the Northern Interior

operators will begin at Prince George.

Avowed purpose

of the IWA is to gain coast contract terms for all Interior

lumber workers.

Representatives of the IWA
District Policy Committee on the
occasion will be District Secre-
tary-Treasurer George Mitchell,
District 1st Vice-President Joe
Morris, International Board Mem-
ber Tom MacKenzie. Interior
Local Unions are represented on
the. Negotiating Committee by
Fred Lieberg, Local 1-405;,Rene
Bourcet, Local 1-423; C. H. Webb,
Local 1-424, and W. S, Lynch,
Local 1-417.

District President J. S. Alsbury
is expected to join the negotiat-
ing committee following the pro-
eedings of the Western Plywoods
Conciliation Board. International
President James E. Fadling has

been requested to act in an ad-|

visory capacity.
Joe Miyazawa, International

rece

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:
Strikers Stand Fast
IWA STRIKERS at Lama Wood Products are addressed at noon-time meeting by (left) Financial

Secretary S. M. Hodgson and President Lloyd Whalen, Local 1-217, IWA, and decide to continue
fight for wage rates and conditions established elsewhere in the plywood industry.

1-71 FIGHTS THREAT |
TO 40-HOUR WEEK

Sharp condemnation of the procedure followed by the Board
of Industrial Relations in granting overtime permits to logging
operators was voiced by the IWA District Executive Board,
Protest made by Financial Secretary Fred Fieber,
Local 1-71, IWA, was fully endorsed.

June 29.

Crux of the complaint was that
the Union had not been enabled
to attend the hearings at which
the operators’ evidence had been
heard and permits-granted.
Strong suspicions were held by
IWA representatives that no
aetual ‘emergency existed and
that attempts were being made
to undermine the 40-hour week
established by contract in the in-
dustry.

WHAT'S
INSIDE

Locals...
Editorials
IWA Pix
Safety
President ..

Union Business ......

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Text of the protest addressed |
to Chairman James Thompson
by Financial Seceretary Fred
Fieber follows:

"Following the dispute last winter
over the manner in which the Board
of Industrial Relations issued over-
time permits, it was my opinion that
all future applications would be
dealt with in a manner in which the
Local Union concerned would have
the opportunity to express its views
to the Board.

“I was approached by logging
operators in February of this year,
in regard to overtime permits for
several of the large companies in the
jurisdiction of this Local. In April,
an inspector of the Department of
Labor came to my office, and after
considerable discussion, he agreed to
arrange a meeling between the
Board and myself, to give the
Union's point of view in regard to
these requests. I was given an as-
surance of this meeting, and also that
it would be held not in too distant
future. After waiting for nearly two
months, and while out of town on
business for approximately a week,

Representative, ‘will undertake
special research activities re-
| quired in the presentation of the
Union’s case.

Mitchell Reports

Plans for ‘the negotiations, re-
garded as of prime importance
for the IWA, were reviewed -at
|the June 28-29 meeting of the
District Executive Board-

An exhaustive report on In-
terior conditions was presented
by District Secretary-Treasurer
George Mitchell, detailing con-
ditions found by him during a
recent trip through operations in
| the southern district. His survey,
| made from Lumby south through
|the Okanagan Valley, and
easterly to Cascade, revealed at
all points the keenest interest in
| current negotiations.

Workers everywhere, he re-«
ted, are feeling the pinch of
ising living costs, and are smart-
ing under the sub-standard wages
and conditions.

See “INTERIOR” Page 2

, Plywood Hearing

| Public hearings of the Con-

ciliation Board appointed to
deal with the dispute between
| Local 1-424, IWA, and West-
ern Plywoods Ltd. were re-
sumed at Quesnel, July 4.

At the opening session in Van-
couver during the previous week,
the case for the IWA was pre-
sented by + District 2nd Vice-

_ | President Stuart M. Hodgson.

| District President J. S. Alsbury
| is the IWA nominee on the Board.
| Adjournment for hearings at
| Quesnel was made on representa-
tions of the company’s counsel,

j|R. H. Tupper and R. Mahoney,

| that evidence regarding the grade
| of logs processed and production
| methods should be considered by
| the Board.

| Joe Miyazawa, International
| Representative, and Financial
| Secretary C. H. Webb, Local
1-424, IWA, will attend the hear-
| ings to assist in the preparation
| of the Union’s cas

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