B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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proposition.

When they
quite calmly told
us that they had
no intention of
going through
_with what they
hhad made seem a
fairly reasonable
package offer, it
was the final
straw, after
months of stall-
ing. They may have thought they
were making fools of us, but we
had the solid satisfaction of
knowing that we had conseien-
tiously done our duty on behalf
of the Interior lumber workers.
We couldn’t have done anything
else than bargain to the limit

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Fighting Mad
"THERE is only one way to describe our feelings, when we left
the last conference with the representatives of the Interior
operators, and that is to say that all members of the Negotiating

Committee were fighting mad. We had reason to be, for the CMA
bargainers had kept us tied up for weeks with a completely phony

PADDY
BOOSTS
1-217 C.U.

The Editor:

It should be brought to your
attention that we have, in our
Local, one of the best Credit
Savings schemes in Canada and
that all too few of our members
are taking advantage of its bene-
fits which are:

(1) At least double the interest

DIVIDENDS STILL SOAR

OTTAWA (CPA)—Dividend payments from the treasuries of
Canadian Corporations will total over $320 million during the first
eight months of 1951, according to figures published in the Finan-
cial page of the Toronto Gloye and Mail recently. This compares
with the $277 million level reached during the same months of
1950.

IMPRESSIONS

A Hectic Month

‘TH last month has been a rather hectic one to say the least.
What with Interior negotiations, the Plywood Revision, and
a slather of org. and administrative problems arising out of our
extensive organizational drive in the Interior, I hayen’t had too
much time to record my “Impressions”. Net result is that our Jong
suffering Editor has had to plug some holes on those occasions
when the deadline is past and no copy on hand. He won’t tell us
himself about what a H—— of a swell job he is doing on our
Lumberworker so today the orchids are for our Editor.

READ A BIT in Local 1-217's
Bulletin. No signature on same
but it appeared that somebody
who: didn’t have the intestinal
fortitude to sign his name was

to do their bit in maintaining the
right of Big Business to exploit
the Canadian public, Defeating
efforts to expand Trade Union

while bargaining opportunities
were open, even if they were pre-
tence. When all the facts are
known, it will be seen that they
made fools of themselves.

We had no control over the
timing of these conferences.
Months ago we informed the op-
erators that we were ready to
reach a showdown as quickly as
the law allowed. It was the em-
ployers who invented endless ex-
euses to delay the proceedings.

The final double-cross was

paid by any bank.
(2) insurance on Savings and
Loans.

In case of the death of a CU
member, all his debts are auto-
matically erased and any monies
in savings are doubled and paid
to his beneficiary. Therefore if a
member has $300 in savings and
a loan of $700 the loan is erased
and his beneficiary receives $600.
This is a total gain of $1000.

Low Interest Loans’

attempting to find an alibi for
attempting to sabotage the indus-
try-wide settlement arrived at
last February. I-wonder whether
he is one of those who ina mood
of frustration was willing to
throw away a wage increase
averaging 29c, which will un-
doubtedly be added to on Janu-
ary 1st, Sorry, boys, but I guess
it’s difficult to “rally the workers
to the barricades” and political
manoeuvering is limited to the
Politbureau chasing themselves
around the Caucus room. Smells

organization is an essential part
of such a propaganda campaign
and we can expect an intensifica~
tion of such activity in the near
future.

HOWARD WEBB has blossom-
ed out with a new secretary in
the Local office in Prince George.
Must admit that this move is a
worthwhile one and after visiting
the office I can understand why
the young blades in Local 1-424
might wish to visit the office to
pay dues in preference to having
them deducted on the check-off.

made by the employers to post-
pone any settlement or strike ac-
tion to a time when they thought
the IWA would be without the
necessary strength to fight, They
are playing a game at which two
can play, y

The best advice that can be
given Interior woodworkers is to
stand pat and wait for full infor-
mation about the plans of the
Union. They may be certain that
we're getting into this fight with
all we've got, and that we have
neyer been less inclined to take
this dirt from the Interior em-
ployers,

The combination that has been
trying every dirty trick in the
book, will likely be trying a few
more. We warn Interior lumber.
workers to be on their guard
against the employers’ propagan-
da line within the next few
weeks, &

The deal they have offered is
not good enough, It’s not as good
a deal as we can get from any
fait-minded Conciliation Board.

We have another round or two
to fight, before the decision is
announced. Stand pat, and above
all else, line up every Joe on the
job behind the demand for the
full vange of Coast wages and
conditions.

“Pat, what’s this about ye
joinin’ the Communists? Are ye
crazy, man?”

“Mike, it’s the truth. I joined
up with thim because the doctor
tells me I’ve got but a few weeks
to live, and I says to myself, “Tis
better for a Communist to go
than a good Irishman.”

The present rate of interest is
1 percent per month on the un-
paid balance, this means a loan
of $100 costs $3.53 for 6 months,
$5.50 for 10 months or $6.50 for
12 months.

These rates are subject to re-
duction when the Directors con-
sider it ‘justifiable. Also if the
surplus at the end of the year is
great enough the members may
vote themselves a rebate of inter-
est. This interest rate is less than
half that charged by Finance
Companies,

Accommodation Loans
‘This, as the name implies, was
instituted to aid a member be-
tween paydays. These loans may
be made without filling in a loan
application. There is a charge of
5 cents for each $5.00 borrowed.

No Bogus Money -

I should also like to issue a
“word to the wise” to our CU.
members. This is not only a Cre-
dit Union, fellows, but also a
Sayings Union, so let’s have a
little more emphasis on the Sav-
ings.

If most of our members invest
$25 with the sole purpose of bor-
rowing $200, will some genius
contact the committee and ex-
plain where the money to grant
the loans is to come from (no
counterfeiting suggestions,
please).

Let’s_get in there and build
our ©.U. savings accounts to
equal or larger than any in B.C.

For further information please

contact the following members: |?

Jack Lucas, C.W.P.; Bill Gray,
C.W.P.; Harry Bardsley, Local
Office; Bob Watters, M.L.L.; Pad-
dy Neale, M.I.L.; Don McDonald,
Girodays; Andy Good, Eburne.

C. V. “Paddy” Neal.

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like a small black animal with a
stripe down its back only the
color of the stripe changes, some-
times red, but often yellow.

HOPE to get the Plywood revi-
sion cleaned up this week. Some
operations will gain a substantial
number of revisions but it ap-
pears that one of the larger op-
erators is more concerned with
maintaining “company policy”
than they are with maintaining a
satisfied working force. The old
story of bonusing those workers
who set the pace and expecting
the rest of the crew to work at

Couldn’t find Mike on my last
trip to Prince. It appears that he
was up in the Peace River organ-
izing a group of woodworkers
who had written in asking for as-
sistance. Should hear much more
about this area in the near future
as it appears that there are some
tall trees in among the tall grass.

AWAY TO PORT ALBERNI
this weekend to do homage to
Paul and Babe but don’t intend
to do a Nigel Morgan. Too far
away from the smell of shingle
hay for me to acquit myself with
any degree of success, Full de-

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Parksville

Ste Se

Picnic
A highly successful pienie was
held at Rathtrever Beach under
the auspices of the Parksville
Women’s Auxiliary, Sub-Local
1-80, on July 28. Swimming and
games provided enjoyable enter-
tainment throughout the day
with both young and old taking
active part. After the serving of

excellent refreshments a happy
day came to a close.

New Job
For Noble

T. J. Noble, personnel manager
for Bloedel,’ Stewart & Welch
Ltd. for the past 10 years, will
resign at the end of September
to become assistant manager of
Forest Industrial Relations in
Vancouver.

Blue Cross
Second Best

The newly-announced Blue
Cross rates for Ontario subscrib-
ers to this limited-benefit hospi-
tal insurance plan compare even
less favorably with Saskatche-
wan’s publicly-run health plan’s
rates than did the old ones. Here
are the figures:

New Blue Cross rates: $3.65 a
month for families, $1.45- for
single persons (semi-private) .

Old Blue Cross rates: $2.60 a
month for families, $1.80. month
for single persons,

Saskatchewan rates: maximum
of $30 a year ($2.50 a month) for
families, $10.00 a year (83 cents
a month) for single persons.

British Columbia . Hospitaliza-
tion scheme: $33 a year for sin-
gle persons and a $42 maximum
for families.

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tails on the gory pilgrimage in

rates little better than basic.
my next effort,

“There’s an extra 5e in it for
you, Joe, if you only drive a bit

harder, so don’t you worry, we'll
look after you.” It’s a filthy story
that should have never survived
the dirty thirties, and according
to sentiment expressed by some
of the workers, it won’t survive
1951.

MET WITH the Executive
Board of Local 1-417 and was
glad to meet their new Secretary
Brother Anderson. Harold Hick-
ling presided and a number of
important decisions were made
that will materially affect future
activity in the Local. Glad to see
the LRB issued a couple of dozen
new certifications and among
them were several to Local 1-417.

HAVE LISTENED to a lot of
confused versions of the Exeeu-
tive Board’s decision re overtime
ermits. There has been no
‘change in District policy. The
matter of overtime permits re-
mains a matter for decision by
each Local Union although the
District has recommended that
permits be not granted to extend
past October 31, 1951.

ORGANIZATIONAL activity
proceeds apace with all Interior
Locals reporting an increasing
number of new certifications al-
though there seems to be a rather
less co-operative attitude devel-
oping amongst the employers.

Methinks that somebody has
been whispering in the ear of
Interior operators. Could be that
the odd CMA “field man” has
been doing some propaganda
work on the responsibility of all
operators in the lumber industry

WANK

TOA MILLION CRADIANS

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YOUR
WORRIES!

Do you own a valuable
watch? A ring you just”
couldn’t replace? Import-
ant papers? Savings
Bonds?—Any small per-
sonal possession you
would hate to lose?

Then why risk loss?
Why even worry about it
when complete protection
—against fire, theft and
loss—costs So little? You
can rent a Safety Deposit
Box at the B of M for less
than two cents a day.

Bring your valuables to
your nearest B of M branch
as soon as you can, It
always pays to play safe.

WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817,