B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

May 15, 1952

_ Results Count

REE substantial reasons may be advanced for satisfaction
which the IWA may take in the remarkable success of the
week-end educational Institutes held in cooperation with the CCL

in the Interior the Province.

The direction
of the study
courses under the
able leadership
of Educational
Director Howard
Conquergood was
such as to give
tremendous im-
petus to trade
union endeavor in
poorly organized
areas,

‘The response shown by the
trade union students was all that
could be desired. They were
heartily appreciative of the pro-
gram, and did not hesitate to ask
that the Institutes be repeated
next year.

The general program of the
Institutes placed the trade unions
in a better light before the gen-
eral public, and made clear that
they have a vital role in com-
munity life.

‘Safety Stimulated

From the IWA point of view,
the safety lectures of our own
District Safety Director stimulat-
ed interest in the work of acci-
dent prevention, There has been
a ane need for the promotion
of such a program in the Interior
as the accident frequency rates
indicate.

Safet
practi

has been accepted as a
le attainment now by
the workers, who were formerly
inclined to believe that an acci-
dent was merely a happenstance.
Instructors’ Success

I would be remiss, if I failed to
mention the sterling worth of the
instruction by IWA instruc-
tors Lawrence Vandale and Vic
Mauro, They placed their knowl-
cee of trade union problems
before less experienced workers
with results that will bear fruit.

The experience gained in- the
promotion of these Institutes

DELAYED
PUBLICATION

Final editing and mailing of
this issue of the B.C. LUM-
BER WORKER has been
delayed in order that IWA
members might have up-to-
the minute information re-
garding the appointment of
the Conciliation Board deal-
ing with the dispute with the
coast operators.

EDITORIAL BOARD

completely vindicates the aims of
the IWA with regard to trade
union education. We have learn-
ed once more, that an enlightened
membership is the best safeguard
for our trade union democracy.

1-357

PRODUCTION
vs. HOLIDAYS

Discussions between the offi-
cers of Local 1-357, IWA, New
Westminster, and management |
representatives of Alaska Pine
failed to solve difficulties with
regard to a stated annual vaca-
tion period.

Under some encouragement,
the crew had voted on the matter
and returned an emphatic mia-
jority in favor of a stipulated and
unbroken- holiday period with
shutdown, The company is now
urging a staggered vacation plan
for employees.

‘As the apparent reason is to
maintain the greatest volume of
production possible, IWA officials
are unable to reconcile this desire
with the statements of the bar-
gaining representatives that mar-
ket conditions are such that a
wage cut is imperative,

1-71

SEVEN BEEFS
AT SELWYNS

Extortionate commissary
charges and contract violations
by the Selwyn Logging Co. are
alleged by fallers A. G. Mc-
Conkey, A. Audt and J. Mac
Kay. Grievances are now being
processed by Local 1-71, IWA,
through Forest Industrial Re-
lations Ltd.

Grievances listed are:

(1) Overcharge in Commissary
(Company charging $20 for 50 ft.
steel tape. Approx. $12 whole-
sale.)

(2) Company charging express
jon power saw parts that had
previously been paid.

(3) Income tax charged on saw
earnings.

(4) Non-payment of Q.C.l’s
differential,

(5) Non-paymient_ of cost of
living bonus.

(6) ‘The Company cutting the
contract rate to pay the estab-
lished day rate in addition to
contract rates.

(7) Non-payment of rate and
one-half in accordance with the
agreement.

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INTERIOR INSTITUTES |

Fifty trade union students attending the CCL-IWA
educational week-end Institute at Kelowna, May 3-4, en-
thusiastically agreed with IWA District Ist Vice-president
Joe Morris, when, at the concluding banquet he declared
that the success of the Institute had furnished a signifi-
cant omen for the growing strength of the trade union
movement in the Okanagan.

Consensus of opinion was that

Kelowna Program A Hit

study sessions with rousing group
renditions of labor songs, led by
Lawrence Vandale.

Highlight feature of the Insti-
tute was the banquet in the Royal
Anne on the final evening, and
which was attended by more than
100 trade unionists and their
wives.

the practical knowledge gained
would prove of inestimable value
in the promotion of trade union
activities, and a broadened out-
look of citizenship.

CCL and IWA officials gave
warm praise to the capable orga-
nization of local arrangements by
Business Agent Rene Bourcet, of
Local 1-423, IWA, Kelowna, as in
their opinion his work contribut-
ed largely to thé success of the
Institute.

Full cooperation was extended
by the Okanagan Local Unions of
the United Packinghouse Work-
ers, whose International Repre-
sentative, W. Lynch, presided at
the opening ceremonies.

Education Vital

Keynote address was delivered
by IWA District 1st, Vice-presi-
dent Joe Morris at the first gen-
eral rally of the students. He
stressed the importance of trade
unions in the development of the
well-being of the community, and
outlined the role of workers’ edu-
cation in giving vitality to this
democratic progress.

The IWA official stated that
[the workers had- been handi-
capped through lack of informa-
tion regarding the economic basis
of the labor movement, and that
this now required correction. He
illustrated his point forcibly by
depicting the present contract
battle of the IWA, .

As the possibilities of informed
and united action dawned on the
workers they would not be found
prauine at the testing time, he

declar
_Safety Stressed

The basic elements of a safety
program were outlined by Dis-
trict Safety Director John T. At-
kinson, who also directed discus-
sions on safety at each of the
groups, subsequently formed for
study.

Two groups undertook a study
of the duties of shop stewards
under the direction of Vic Mauro,
Local 1-217, IWA, and Howard
Conquergood, CCL. Lawrence
Vandale, Local 1-357, IWA, con-
ducted the class on ‘Trade Union
Administration.

. A good-will message from. In-
fernational President A. F. Har-
tung was relayed to the general
session on the last afternoon by
means of long-distance phone and | -
recorder. The students were

in British Columbia.

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