e : B.C. LUMBER WORKER July 19, 1951 FIRST OF TWO ARTICLES matvily on building up the mem-) Cranbrook District bership in operations presently} Local 1-405, Cranbrook, whose certified under the IWA. jurisdiction covers the ow O e E ea et "is Saree | ea neananee ae a PUIG oe area within this Local’s auue lic- | berta boundary, U tion, a large poten-| large unorganized area—that is S Ivey f B.C. Ss Interior fia era eal tee ri the Slocan-Arrow Lakes area workers which is replies being | which is now receiving ahd atten- ‘ : : reduced under Bill's persistent tion of Organizer Pete Berkosha. : By TOM MacKENZIE ive The | Thi Union has recently _ 4, is “Lak It is an area in which Oni as Business WHAT is the Interior? Is it a vague, undefinable area east TaRbeng aria’ cattle ranching 4 tse years been the majoi of the coast where people tions or for hunting have for rs the ibe of 1951 ? Admittedly, there is wonderful hunti indu: . Certain ‘ions of Ss any Negotiating Committee. : e Interior of a but there are also thousands of {this Local’s jurisdiction contains | and the indus’ i t has other prob- @ workers peotes in a ure, mining, manufacturing, log- | timber that compares very favor- i not ily | lems besides bad roads and ex- ging and sawmilling apcdins This industrial activity in ly with anything available in bi i ‘hi nded geographical areas. B.C. has, as yet, nly scratched the surface of the untold wealth cnet iceat a ion “in the Local| Remnants of the WIUC are still and natural resources a s lie buried here in their virgin state. | + 50 years the | Union i i ps ‘ive a ave been partially The lumber indus! cate Saas Tine area'| ber uccessful in impeding the or- small factor in the India life | employed in the lumber industry , has produced millions of feet of ulbys up to 200 Déople a ganization of the unorganized of the Interior of B.C. The total | as well as attain for these BenDe a {sawn lu aes and shingles, and | Peak employment periods. woodworkers. oduetion of this esta nes and conditions equal to has maintained a large working (To Be GonclidedaNestiecua) large aie small | those enjoyed yy the wood- force. There has been an in- ope aan has attained propor- | workers in the coastal area. | teresting development taking tons which add materially to the! We, ret the TWA, | fe el that the place in the last few years in the hundreds of pa oe Goer AY | trade’ unio) and the Williams Lake-Horsefly area, an wealth produced an wus in eer fas, £ hrough area that up until UNION = MADE CLOTHING dustry a msistent drive to improve had not been organized by the MADE-TO-MEASURE The IWA has been organized ising standards of the people IWA and in whi fhe “Tero Ree eeeigealleriityed tithe woodworking in- sawmilling has been eairied on 1041 contistently fol- | dustry, contributed materially to by een a ble four or five fetta policy of ecpaniine its | ine Slabilization of British READY TO WEAR * organization to include all people | Columbia’s economic life. nae a ae pyifhiethe" Diss aa ate ee trict Officers the International est aMestings st -424 Farthest North Organizational Department “has recently moved into this area a Our most northerly Local is | Local 1-424 has, in common wa new organizer, Jack Bethune. Chie west Ton Aven 1-424 i in Prinee George. Visualize all Interior Locals, major Jack, since his employment one See Vancouver, B.C. 1 is the | problem in dealing with ‘the tare month ago, ha: pli b land entage of transient workers | ti ing : ri nually fro. | one e large operation of | <_< Hon of rsceat 1- “ss Tonadiion es E and pralrle provinces to go, Canama Lumber Co. at Lac La [Figmecnuane: gap ee which is presently “organized. | to work in the lumber industry. | Hache, and has found his major | During the past year the mem-| In a great majovi - | pro ding tim INTRODUCING kak kK Ke bership has increased in this a stances ople a: isi Sal ertify al Yr WOODWARD'S STAR UNION MADE from approxi aA 0 in Janu-} acquainted with trade unionism | tions di fact ‘ene to nearly ational al ie as such, ant n, eriod o: i tel Sanforized Shrunk 9 Oun This. orgenteation: ducat bea 9.158 si has “heen apenthea home to them the 4 DENIM eer ome FoR MEN weg (1) Form Fitting one oy wail Fly Rip-Proof ganizer Mike Mi x lu Ete Gao Nhe ong the is large tran- | w rs hich has i drive for new membership and| sient working force reflects a| lished by our organization during (2) Safety Bib and Rule (5) Special Pocket Con- a striet policing of Union agree- | dissatisfaction in the minds of | the pas’ years, and is proof ‘o struction ments, despite “gumbo” roads the ween employed in the in-| positive of a job well done. dicatior are that withi and hazardous winter driving. In- (3) Sanforized Shrunk 9- (6) ra ee tory Tested ns ithin thi K next two months the entire juris- 4 amloops ies ions diction of the Kamloops Local (7) Each Garment cuspecedee 4 times wil lave been organized, is eonvineed that tapped area of forest wealth, ; Had SMOCKS BIB OVERATES AQIS IPLUNINE unt Rh crac: t hous-| and the completion of the John Kelowna District $4.75 each $4.75 pair $3.95 pair Eng) sroridnp cbaditions and wags |Hart Highway, the LGM, exten-| toeal 1.428 the Kelowna standards axe established in the|sion from Quesnel to Prince | 1,o ficeveraphically the Interior of B.C. the industry as|George, and the appearance of| smallest’ of all Interior als, a whole will, suffer due to, the |large coast operators in this |iut nevertheless covers a large pi woodworkers | area are i tions of the de- | ar i ‘ available to maintain production. | velopment that will take place in | south ae aie Games t is why, in 1951, we in the] B.C.’s north country during the Valley to the United tes ti ono forthe Toko | "Lowa sit ig the, Kamloops | e"Gahd Hota, ‘aashhr te prea ie oc: e Kamloops | ing Grand Forks. 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