VOTE STRIKE tnt Pebtiatoe tite International Woodworkers of America at. iit Covrc Ne. Vol. XIX, No. 99 S Nov. 1 1951 Se per copy Vancouver, B.C. COL Launches “Defend 40-Ir. Week” Fund Mass meeting of trade un- ionists in the Pender Auditor- ium, October 22, gave empha- tie endorsation to the protest of the Greater Vancouver and Lower Mainland Labor Council against de-certification of the Marine Workers and Boiler- makers in 10 Vancouver wood- en shipyards. Appeal was launched for funds in support of necessary action in the courts against the Labor Rela- tions Board, and in defence of the 40-hour week. In an appeal addressed to all » CCL unions in British Columbia, George Home, Secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labor, urged all members to rally to the de- fence of the 40-hour week, men- aced by the actions of the Labor Relations Board. He said in part: "The decertification of the Ma- rine Workers’ & Boilermakers! Un- ion, Local No, 1, in the 10 wooden boatyards because their members re- fused to work overtime jeopardizes the 40-hour week. * “The order of the Labor Rela- tions Board states '. . . refused to work or to continue to work con- trary to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act.. | “The Board first rules” that re- fusal to work overtime is refusal to continue to work, and contrary to the IC & A Act. Then they state that individual employees continue to be entitled to make the choice as to whether overtime is to be worked. “They then outline exceptions to the principle, and the real danger lies herein, when they state‘... or regulations issued under the Hours of Work Act? "In fact, it means that the right of a union to decide overtime policy is taken away and the individual employee will decide for himself whether to work overtime or not, but in cases where the employer has been able to obtain a regulation under the Hours of Work Act to work overtime, then the individual employee has to work, and refusal to work overtime will be contrary to the IC & A Act. "We suggest that your Local Union support this fight to preserve the 40-hour week and the right of unions to decide overtime policy by voting a donation to the “DEFEND THE 40-HOUR WEEK FUND”, and it is also suggested that the Shop Stewards take up collections in the plants, mills and shops so that the individual on the job can con- tribute his 50c or $1.00 to register See ‘Fund’ Page 2 WHAT’S INSIDE Candidates Editorials IWA Pix Safety President wren 9 Union Business .... 12 Ballot Results Nov. 26 PORTLAND, ORE.—The 107,000 membership of the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America, CIO, have started balloting on new officers of the Union for the coming two-year term, Secretary- Treasurer Carl Winn announced last week. President J. E. Fadling of Portland is a candidate for re élection to the office he has held since 1945. He is opposed by Al Hartung, at present the First Vice-president of the Union and a former CIO Regional Director of Oregon. Es Hartung is a member of the Veronia, Ore., local of the IWA and lives at Portland. Fadling is a_member of Local 3-2 of the IWA at Aberdeen, Wash. J, D. Jolly of Laurel, Miss., chairman of the Union’s’ Ballot- ing Committee, said that all bal- lots must be returned to the In- ternational office, postmarked not Mater than Nov. 15, 1951. “The ballot count . will be started at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20, 1951, and the results of the vote will be announced Nov. 26,” he said. Other members of the ballot- ing committee are Steve Sever- son of Vancouver, Wash., and Arley Anderson, of Longview, Wash. Other contests in the biennial election will be between Burke Christie of Olympia, Wash., and J. E. Dicey of Laurel, Miss., for the office of First Vice-president. Claude Ballard of Portland and Tom McKenzie of Vancouver, B.C., are the candidates for the office of Second Vice-president. For Trustee the choice will be between Rae Eddie of Vancou- ver, B.C., and Walter Belka of Seattle, Wash. Eddie is the in- cumbent, having completed the term vacated by Jack Greenall in 1947. GREEN GOLD radio audience, Representative Joe Miyazawa interview International Board Mem- ber Tom MacKenzie (left), candidate for International 2nd Vice- President, and Rae Eddie (right), International Trustee, candidate for re-election. Ble Ganilidlctes October 25, hears International Alsbury, Hodgson In Ottawa IWA representatives in attendance at the meeting of the National Council of the \ Canadian Congress of Labor, Octoher 29-30, were District President J, Stewart Als- bury, and District 2nd Vice- president S. M. Hodgson. The former attended in his capacity as a member of the Executive Committee, elect- ed at the recent convention in Vancouver. The latter was named as a representative on the Council by Interna- tional President James E. Fadling. E The Council meeting was expected to deal with the resignation of Secretary Pat Conroy, and to complete the unfinished business of the Annual Convention. Nov. (3! Interior Operators: Challenged By IWA Immediate demand for a government-supervised strike vote, November 13, throughout all IWA-certified opera- tions in the Interior of the province followed this week’s tabulation of the vote for acceptance or rejection of the majority report of the Conciliation Board. Vote for ac- ceptance of the majority award was 95.4% and for auth- orization of strike action, 91.2%. Plans for strike action will be the chief. topic under discussion at the quarterly meeting of the Strike Vote At Terrace Strike vote among employ- ees of Little, Haugland & Kerr, Terrace, B.C., will be held by LRB officials on November 13, it was reported this week by the officers of Local 1-71 IWA. The majority award of a Con- ciliation Board was previously rejected by a 100% vote. Mi- nority report of Rae Eddie, the Union’s nominee on the Board, urging Coast contract terms, was upheld by the IVA mem- bers on the job. Dispute arose when Local 1-71 IWA ‘attempted to negotiate a contract on terms’ identical with those awarded employees of Co- lumbia Cellulose Ltd. in the same area, and which conform with the Coast master agreement. The employer insisted that his con- tract should conform with that proposed by the Northern Inter- ior Lumbermen’s Association. Prospects are that strike ac- tion will be necessary in this op- eration and Union officials are making all necessary prepara- tions. B.C. District Council, Nov. 3-4. _ Upon announcement of the de- cision reached by the IWA In- terior membership International Board Member Tom MacKenzie left for Prince George to confer with Local Union officials on preparations for the government- supervised strike ballot, Interna- tional Representative Joe Miya- zawa undertook a similar mission in the Southern Interior. In a statement released on be- half of the District Negotiating Committee, Secretary Tom Mac- Kenzie stated in part: « “The results of this referen- dum have verified the express- ed opinions of the Policy Com- mittee when they rejected the employers’ offer. of 20c¢ per hour ‘increase with NO Cost- of-Living Bonus. “Unfortunately the leader- ship of the WIUC, represent- ing approximately: 200 wood- workers in the East Kootenay area, have seen fit to accept the ‘employers’ backdoor deal in the faint hope that it might embarass IWA negotiators during this critical period. “Those employers in conjune- tion with this remnant of the WIUC who have been hopeful of disrupting our negotiations, have received a decisive reply. “We are sure that a similar reply will be forthcoming on the 13th of November in the government - supervised strike vote.” Breweries ‘Unfair’ As 500 Strike Production in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island breweries was brought to a standstill last week by strike action on the part of 500 brewery workers, members of the International Union of United Brewery and Distil- lery Workers of America, CIO-CCL. Full-support was tendered the strikers by the delegates to the Greater Van- couver and Lower Mainland Labor Council, October 23, and the breweries declared unfair to organized labor. Union picket lines have been established at the Vancouver Breweries, Sicks Capilano Brew- ery, Westminster Brewery, and Victoria Phoenix Brewery, in support of the Union’s wage de- mand of 35-cent-an-hour wage inerease and cost of living bo- nus, rejected by the companies. Strike action was the outcome of conciliation proceedings, dur- ing which the majority of the Board reported in favor of the companies’ offer of a 25-cent-an- hour wage increase. This was re- jected by the workers by an overwhelming vote, and_ strike action authorized by a govern- ment-supervised strike vote. _ Strike Issue In reply to the statements made in costly advertisements, inserted in the daily press, Ed Sims, International Representa- tive, stated: “Our union is fighting for wages which will give the brewery workers annual earn- ings comparable with those obtained in adjacent industries, and which will enable them to keep abreast of rising living costs. In their expensive ad- yertising, designed to misrep- resent the demands of the Un- ion, the companies have sought See ‘Beer’ Page 2 Ballard’s ‘Back-Door’ Tactics Rapped Campaigning tactics of a candidate for International Office was the subject of a signed complaint recently lodged by the IWA District Officers with the Interna- tional Executive Board, in the following terms. We, the officers of District Council No, 1, are very disturbed and disappointed with the actions of Claude Ballard in his cam- paign here in British Columbia. He came into B.C. on October 14 and since that time has not had the courtesy of coming into the District Office or any Local Union Offices, but rather spent his time with factional groups, Had he paid a courtesy call to the District or Local Offices to inform us of the purposes of his visit, we would have welcomed him as a good friend as we have in the past. But rather he chose to use the unethical method of going from one Local to another in a back-door manner to contact factional groups and disgruntled individuals. We,.in District No. 1, have worked hard to undo the damage done by the Pritchetts, and ac- tions of this type are certainly going to make this task much more difficult. . We therefore wish to make our complaint known to the Interna- tional Executive Board of these unethical tactics of a nominee standing for election for one of the highest offices in our Interna- tional Union. Fraternally yours, J. Stewart Alsbury, Pres., J. Morris, 1st Vice-Pres., S. M. Hodgson, 2nd V.-Pres. Fred Fieber, 3rd Vice-Pres. B® Your Safest Investment -- Canada Savings Bonds-