B.C. LUMBER WORKE

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April 17, 1952

N’S BUSINESS
NEED URGENT

I. cannot be foo often repeated that important consequences to
the IWA depend on the results of the ballot now under way to ©
approve a 15-cent increase in the per capita tax for the B.C.

District Council, IWA., A

“Yes”

” vote means sound and stable

progress for the Union. A negative vote will compel retrenchment

at the very time when a bold
necessary,

‘The District
Convention heard |
all the facts from
the District Ex-
ecutive Board,
the Trustees, and
the Officers’ Re-

ort Committee.

it was not a new

story. The funds
made available
to the District
organization by means of a 13-
cent share of the per capita tax
has not been sufficient for the
demands placed upon the District
Office by the membership. .

There was unanimous agree-

forward-looking policy is most

PAG Plans

Readied In
Ontario

TORONTO (CPA)—Plans for
grass-roots trade union activity

ment that the District organizae| in support of the CCF in Ontario

tion should be more safely fi-
nanced, Proof of its need was
found in the necessity of calling
for special assessments in pre-
vious years, Everyone wanted to
eliminate such appeals.

Contract Battle

It was agreed that the District
organization should be enabled to
do everything necessary to win
the desired contract terms this
year. As with everything else in
this world “it takes money to
make the mare go”. It takes
funds to meet the employers’ op-
sition in the kind of contract
Battle that is just opening.

The need for continued assist-
ance for the Interior Local
Unions is as desperate as when
it was authorized. It “must be
continued to make it possible for
the weaker Locals to establish
themselves on a self-sustaining
basis. Their weakness is a con-
stant threat to the Coast Locals.

These two reasons are suffi-
cient to influence any alert IWA
member to mark his ballot “Yes”.
They are reasons which relate to
his own ultimate enjoyment. of
the benefits to be obtained
through a well-financed union.

were laid by over 100 delegates
from both CCL and AFL local
unions at a conference held in
Toronto, March 30, and sponsored
by the Trade Union Committee
of the Ontario CCF.

The conference was informal,
but members left determined to
spread the CCF-Labor conference
idea throughout industrial rid-
ings.

CCL-AFL

Elected to a Steering Commit-
tee to ensure that conference en-
thusiasm for CCF-Labor activity
would be carried into long-term
action were Lloyd Fell of the
CCL Packinghouse Workers, Max
Foderman of the AFL Fur Work-
ers, both from Toronto, and Lar-
ry Sefton, Hamilton and T. D.
Thomas, M.L.A., Oshawa. AFL
members from Hamilton and
Oshawa are to be added to the
Committee.

Highlight of the Conference
was an unexpectedly large turn-
out of AFL delegates, including
Controller Ford Brand (Printing
Pressmen) and 14 representatives
of the International Ladies’ Gar-

ment Workers’ Union.

The Long and

the Short of it is...

THE HUB HAS SOLD

UNION-MADE
MEN’S WEAR

AND EXTENDED FRIENDLY SERVICE
FOR OVER 50 YEARS

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45 E, Hastings St.

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Vancouver, B.C.

STANDARD COAT

Note the “tailored” de-
sign, giving maximum
comfort and freedom; the
cape and sleeves all’ one
piece, and seams only un-
der-atm. Note also the
more generous use of ma-
terials with interliniog
away down at back. (Also
made without interline
ing.)

STANDARD PANTS

See the extra depth of
double thickness, front
and back, and interlining
down entire front. Lots
of pockets, too, (Also
made without interlin-
ing.)

THE THINGS YOU ‘SHOULD LOOK FOR IN

CANVAS RAINWEAR

YOU WILL FIND IN

‘DRY-BAK"

From Your Local Dealer or Commissary
IT IS MADE IN VANCOUVER, B.C., BY JONES TENT & AWNING LTD.

CRUISER'S COAT
Notice how it is moulded
to fit with comfort and
freedom. Double thick
ness over @shoulders,
chest, back and sleeves:
Look''at the four roomy
outside pockets and pen-
Bi eee ee
inside breast map cet
then look at the back and
see the large pack pocket
with openings both sides.
(Fhis design of coat
comes in featherweight
“Yukon Cloth”, too.)
FALLER’S SHIRT
The fallers’ and buckers’

HAT

You will find that it is
substantial and water re-

pellent . . . a real hat shirt is an original “Pio-
- ; . but. soft, pliable, neer Brand’ design, buile
and light in weight. to’ give full freedom with

extra protection where
needed, and with extra
long skirt at back. (This
also comes in. feather
weight “Yukon Cloth”,
t00.)

BUY ONLY GENUINE
“PIONEER BRAND”

“DRY-BAK”’

HOWE SLAPPED AGAIN |

OTTAWA (CPA) — State-
ments by Defence Production
Minister C. D. Howe that Ca-
nada’s cost of living troubles
would soon be over unless or-
ganized labor “‘rocked the
boat” with substantial wage
demands have brought sharp
protests from trade union rep-
resentatives,

George Burt, Canadian direc-
tor of the CCL Auto Workers
charged that the Howe Statement
placed the government squarely
on the side of management. Alex
Reith, of the AFL Machinists,
contended there was room for
improvement in the living stand-
ards of Canadian workers without
boat-rocking or inflation.

United Steelworkers’ National
Director, C. H. Millard, called
Howe’s speech a declaration of
war against his union, which is
demanding wage increases of 12
cents an hour and increased dif-
ferentials for skilled workers.

75%, Profit Increase

Rearmament czar Howe ex-

CRUDE
LOBBYING

TORONTO (CPA) —The On-
tario Forest Industries Associa-
tion has been charged with con-
ducting “the crudest type of lob-
bying I have seen in the nine
years I have been in.the legisla-
ture”, by CCF House Leader W.
J, Grummett. . 5

Object of the lumber lobby was
to obtain substantial changes in
Ontario’s new Crown Timber Act.
Most of them would make it
harder to cancel licenses of firms

Publication date of the next issue of the B.C, LUMBER

WORKER is May Ist.- Deadline for

for news copy April 25th.

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cutting timber on crown land.
Technique used by the timber
interests, according to Grummett,
was pressure on government
members of the legislature, who
had held several meetings with
industry representatives recently,

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pressed his fears that labor
would rock the living cost. boat
to a banquet held by the National
Federation of Liberal Women and
presided over by Senator Gor-
don Fogo, chairman of the Na-
tional Liberal Federation. Fogo
is also representative of Algoma
Steel Corporation in current
union negotiations.

A recent issue of “Labor Re-
search’’ pointed out that the pur-
chasing power of an hour’s work
in Canada had risen only 1.3%
between 1946 and 1950. In the

same period the volume of na-
tional production rose 11% and
the level of corporation profits
soared 75%.

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