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‘Vol. XIX, No: 93

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Aug. 2 1951

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COUNT ON
AUGUST 31

IWA members affected -by
the general shut-down due to
fire hazards will not be de-
prived of an opportunity to
vote for approval of the $2.00
assessment for 1951, and the
desirable expansion of the
IWA District program.

Decision has been made by
the IWA District Executive
Board to extend the time for
yoting to August 31.

PHONY
PICKETS
IGNORED

AFL carpenters threw a
picket line around the IWA-
certified plant of the B.C. For-
est Products Ltd., Victoria, and
the adjacent $2 million ply-
wood plant under construction
by the company on July 25 in
a moye to seize alleged “jursi-
dictional rights”.

The sawmill at the time was
shut down for the annual vaca-
tion, but IWA members engaged
in maintenance work in the mill
and on the new construction pro-
ject proceeded with their work.
B.C. Contractors Ltd. won a con-
tract recently for work on the
new plywood division, and has an
agreement with the IWA.

The United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners, Local
1598, (AFL-TLC) declared all
material “hot” produced in the
IWA-certified BCFP sawmill, in
a move alleged to be aimed at
driving the IWA men off the job
in order to gain certification.

MacKenzie Statement
In a statement over the Green

Gold radio program, July 26,
IWA International Board Mem-
ber Tom MacKenzie declared:

“In Victoria, the TWA has been
drawn into a jurisdictional dis-
pute which was not of its choos-
ing. In an attempt to foree IWA
members to stop work which they
have been accustomed to do, the
International Brotherhood of
Carpenters & Joiners, AFL, has
thrown a picket line around the
IWA-certified plant of B.C, For-
est Products Ltd. Victoria, in
addition to a new plywood annex
now under construction. The [WA
has no alternative but to defend
its established rights.

“The IWA is organized on the
basis of industrial unionism, and
includes within its ranks many
tradesmen who are constantly
engaged in construction work in
and around woodworking plants.
It is only normal that [WA mem-
bers should be engaged on con-

See ‘PHONY’ Page 3

They Lead Strike

IWA STRIKE COMMITTEE at plant of Western Ply

Coast wages and conditions, with unanimous sup port of employees.

trike

SUPERVISED VOTE
123-0 FOR ACTION

IWA strike action closed down the plant of Western

ORKER Plywoods Ltd. at Quesnel on the morning of July 23,

when all efforts to secure a satisfactory settlement of the

dispute between the company and Local 1-424, IWA,

Vancouver, B.C. | failed. A government-supervised strike ballot had author-

ized the strike by a vote of 128-0, expressing unanimity
among the employees which is considered unique in trade

union history.

woods Ltd., Quesnel, wage determined fight for

International Organizer Mike
Sekora, who assisted in -strike
preparations, reported over long
distance telephone to the IWA
District Office that the IWA
picket lines had been efficiently
organized, and had brought the
company’s operations to a stand-
still. He declared that the strik-
ers were determined to maintain
théir fight for Coast contract
terms to the last ditch, and were
in a militant mood. |

Six Months’ Dispute

This brought to a climax a
dispute which has been brewing
since last February, when the
plant was first certified by the
IWA. During negotiations for an
agreement, the company main-
tained that it could not depart
from contract terms enforced by
the Northern Interior Lumber-
men’s Association.

The IWA negotiators insisted
that the employees were entitled
to the same wages and conditions
as already established in the
company’s Vancouver plant for
comparable work,

Both parties to the dispute
were aware that the outcome of
negotiations at Quesnel would
have an important bearing on
pending Interior negotiations,

See ‘PLYWOOD’ Page 3

IWA ASKS CONCILIATOR

Deadlock In
Interior Talks

Stalemate in bargaining between the IWA District
Negotiating Committee and the Northern and Southern
Interior operators was reached on Ji uly 23, when the em-
ployers flatly rejected every contract clause proposed by
the Union. No counter-proposals wer® offered by the opera-
tors’ representatives. Immediate application was made by
the IWA for the appointment of a conciliation officer.

It was reported by the IWA

spokesman that representatives

R. A. Mahoney, and Wm. Ander-

son, speaking for both the Nor-
thern and Southern operators in-
sisted that every section of the

agreement was in dispute. Minor
clauses, which had been tenta-

tively approved at earlier ses-
sions, were also included in the
Sweeping rejection made by the
employers’ advocates. S

The talks broke off on a sour

note, when the employers re-

fused to be associated with the

Union in a joint application for

ae services of a conciliation of-
icer,

High-Handed

International Board Member
Tom MacKenzie, Secretary of the

See ‘DEADLOCK’ Page 3

WHAT’S
INSIDE

Denver
Reservations

Plans for the Annual Con-
vention of the IWA in Denver,
Colorado, October 1-5, are well
advanced, with prospects of a
record-breaking gathering, it
was stated by International
Vice-President Al Hartung
during a recent visit to Van-
couver.

Reservations for Local union
delegates should be made as
quickly as possible, he warned,
as Denese hotel accommoda-

tion will be at a premium.

1-217 Juniors Brealkx

All Picnic

Annual Picnic of Local 1-217
IWA, Vancouver, attracted
over 3000 persons from TWA
households on July 22, to Con-
federation Park, Burnaby,
where they entered with gusto
and enjoyment into a lively
sports program.

The hardworking picnic com-
mittee declared that all records
were smashed by the IWA jun-
iors, who consumed 100 gal-
lons of ice cream and 154 cases
of soft drinks, all with the

Records

compliments of their Daddies’
Union.

This did not dampen their
enthusiasm for the pony xides,
swings, swimming pool, and
races also provided.

Keen competition was shown
in the various sports contests,
and the drawings for the valu-
able prizes donated by local
merchants and lumber opera-
tors.

For further details see also
Page 2.

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