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Oct. 4 1951

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Logger’s Sentence
Quashed By Court

Sentence of three months with hard labor imposed upon
logger Ken MacIntosh by the Stipendiary Magistrate at Alert
Bay on June 6, was quashed by the B.C. Court of Appeal, Septem-
her 28, when appeal on his behalf was presented by IWA counsel

Alex B. Macdonald at the request of Local 1-71 IWA.

_ MacIntosh had been accused by
E. E. Olsen, Manager of the
Maleolm Island Logging Co., of
obtaining goods under false pre-
tences with intent to defraud,
when he left the camp for treat-
ment of an injury in hospital
while a commissary bill remain-
ed partially unpaid. When sen-
tenced on information laid by
Olsen, he served a portion of his
sentence in Oakalla Prison, but
was released on bail arranged by
Local 1-71 on June 30.

The Usual Debt

The circumstances as revealed
to Local 1-71 IWA indicated that
MacIntosh, prior to employment
with the Malcolm Island Logging
Co., had sustained an injury to
his elbow which had required
hospitalization. Upon completion
of treatment, he hired out as a
signalman with the Malcolm Is-
land Logging Go. and worked
approximately 4% days. During

this period he became indebted to | |

the commissary for the amount
of $66.43, which sum included the
purchase of logging boots valued
at $25.00. .

On the fifth day of his employ-
ment he sustained a further in-
jury to the disabled elbow, which
eaused him considerable pain. He
gave evidence in court that he

reported to the hooktender and |,

the first aid man .and was told
to go to hospital, which he did
without delay.

X-rays in hospital indicated
that a loose fragment of bone
was causing the trouble, and op-
erative treatment was given.

See ‘Quashed’ Page 2

Fight Against De-certification

“Union-busting” tactics of the Labor Relations Board
resulted in violence on the picket line, it was alleged this
week by George Home, Secreary of the B. GC. Federation of
Labor, as CCL trade union officials were called to a council
of war to support the fight of the Marine Workers and

Vancouver, B.C.|couver wooden shipyards.

Guanes Council Meets
In Vancouver, Nov. 3-4

Quarterly Meeting of the
IWA B.C. District Council
will be held in the Pender
Auditorium, 339 West Pen-
der St., Vancouver, on No-
vember 3-4,

Regular sessions of the
District Executive Board will ~
be held immediately prior
to the Council meeting on

| November 1-2.

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PICKETS of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union at the Vancouver Shipyards protest
lock-out engineered by the employers after de-certification by the Labor Relations Board.

Boilermakers Union against de-certification in ten Van-

Court injunction restraining
picketing at Celtic Shipyards
by the Marine Workers and
Boilermakers’ Union was serv-
ed on the Union’s officials Fri-
day at the instance of the B.C.
Packers, Celtic parent com-
pany. Steps were immediately
taken by affiliated unions to re-
place the pickets by unionists
not affected by the court order,
to prevent rival unionists of
Local 506, Carpenters and
Joiners, from replacing the
locked-out employees. Pickets
remained at their posts at the
Vancouver Shipyards and the
Nelson Brothers Shipyards.

Full Support Given

Stand taken by the Marine
Workers and Boilermakers Union
was given unanimous support by
the recent convention of the Ca-
nadian Congress of Labor, when
outright condemnation of the
Labor Relations Board was ex-
pressed. Action to implement
this decision was approved . by
the Greater Vancouver and Low-
er Mainland Labor Council, Sep-
tember 25. Court action will be
instituted to challenge the right
of the Board to de-certify a
Union without legal grounds, was
stated.

Federation Statement

Statement issued by the Sec-
retary of the B.C. Federation of
Labor was as follows:

“It is unfortunate that the
Union-busting action of the Labor
Relations Board has led to viol-
ence on the picket line; but it is
time that the B.C. government
realized that the tradition and
background of the people in Brit-
ish Columbia will not allow them
to acquiesce to Dictatorship.

"The trade union movement has
fought for over a century to free
workers and we certainly will not
sit. quietly by and allow all their
hard-won gains to be taken away
by the Labor Relations Board.

"We have repeatedly drawn to
the attention of the B.C. Cabinet
the abuse of power by the Board;

See ‘LRB’ Page 2

Operators Smear Union
In Conciliation

Attempt was made by employers’ representatives R.
Mahoney and Wm. Anderson at the final hearings of the
Conciliation Board in the dispute between the IWA and
the Northern and Southern Interior lumber operators to
smear the Union as a pretext for opposition to all the
IWA contract proposals. Quick and sharp rebuttal was
made immediately by the IWA negotiators.

Notwithstanding the clash pro-
voked by the employers’ repre-
sentatives, the Board completed
the hearing of evidence and ar-
gument, September 24. It is an-

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ticipated that the report with
recommendations for settlement
ofthe dispute will be completed
and meeeaed during the current
week.

_ Members of the IWA Nego-
tiating Committee who were
resent and took up the cudgels
in defence of the Union were:
International Board Member Tom
MacKenzie, District President J.
S. Alsbury, District 1st Vice-
President Joe Morris, District
Seeretary-Treasurer George Mit-

CONVENTION
DATES SET

Announcement was made
this week on behalf of the
IWA District Executive
Board that the B.C. District
Conyention will be held in
the Hotel Vancouver, Jan-
uary 29-30-31, 1952.

chell, and International Repre-

sentative Joe Miyazawa.
General’ tenor of the employ-

ers’ 25-page brief, and day-long

argument was to disparage the |.

Union’s reasons for requesting
improvement of wages and work-
ing conditions in the Interior. In
an effort to divert attention from
the merits of -the Union’s argu-
ment, the employers’ representa-
tives resorted to open abuse of
the Union.

IWA Attacked

At one stage the IWA was des-
eribed as completely irrespons-
ible, and quite unworthy of any
union security rights. Again the
Union was described as inefficient
and therefore disqualified for the
enjoyment of any of the usual
trade union facilities.

This departure from the usual
courtesies observed during pro-
ceedings of a Conciliation Board,
was pointed out by the IWA rep-
resentatives as further proof of
the anti-labor attitude adopted
by the employers throughout,
and which had: always been de-
liberately provocative.

It was also stressed by the
IWA negotiators that it was
strange that only the Interior op-
erators found the IWA so ob-
noxious, as the same Union en-

See ‘Smear’ Page 2

Constructive Plans
Win Approval For CCL

Although perturbed over the last-minute resignation

of the Congress Secretary, Pat Conroy, IWA delegates at
the close of the proceedings readily declared the program

of action outlined by the Vancouver Convention of the
Canadian Congress of Labor to be the most constructive
answer yet to the problems of organized labor in Canada

today.

As the excitement of the last
few hours of the convention died
away, the opinion was expressed
on all sides, that even under the
strain of clashing opinion, the
Congiess had held steadily to a
unity of purpose, which rose
above the controversy of the
moment.

District President J. S. Als-
bury, of the IWA, headed the
ballot upon his re-election to the
National Executive Committee.

Executive Committee

President A, R. Mosher was
re-elected to office with a thump-
ing majority Vice-presidents
elected were Alex MacAuslane,
Sol “Spivak, George Burt, and
Silby Barrett. Elected to the Ex-
ecutive Committee were Bill Ma-
honey, J. Stewart Alsbury, Raoul
Leclerc, J. E. McGuire, Freeman
Jenkins, Fred Dowling, Harry
Chappell, and Pen Baskin.

The vacancy caused by the
resignation of Pat Conroy was
filled by the temporary appoint-
ment of Harry Chappell. Vice-
President Alex MacAuslane sub-
mitted his resignation the follow-
ing day. A meeting of the Execu-
tive Council is scheduled for late
in October.

Constructive Action

Noteworthy decisions of the
convention were:

Re-affirmation of Congress
support for the policy of the
ICFTU in aid of trade union-
ists in South-East Asia, coupl-
ed with plans to aid financially
the leadership training and
educational program of the
ICFTU in that area.

Authorization of militant ac-
tion to impress upon the Cana-
dian Parliament the urgent

See ‘CCL’ Page 2

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