B.C.

LUMBER

WORKER

“Position Consolidated”

By J. STEWART ALSBURY,
IWA District President

the IWA agreed to enter conferences with the operators’

itatives with Chief Justice Gordon Sloan as officiating

mediator, the Union followed the course which it has pursued
from the outset of its bargaining. We have always been prepared
to bargain contract terms, in good faith, and have never at any
time refused an opportunity to explore the possibilities of a

negotiated agreement.

It is important
for IWA mem-
bers to note that ©
mediation has
been agreed

, undey’ con-
Barons pics
ve not requires
any further con-
ae ae

lity of
decisions, or the
surrender of our right to cease
work without a satisfactory con-
tract.

A Victory

This is an important moral vic-
tory which has been won by the
courageous and determined spirit
of unity and purpose displayed by
our members on the picket line.

Events have.proven that it was
necessary for the Union to use
the strike weapon, in order to
Secure consideration of our claims
against the industry on their
merits. -

Our strike experience has
taught us the lessons that must.
not be overlooked. It has taught
us- the lesson of solidarity, for
only through the presentation of
a solid front to the employers
could we have made any such
progress, or established any hope
of better conditions this year or
any succeeding year.

Challenge Imperative

We have learned that we can-
not hope to gain better conditions
from the employers unless we
“ave prepared to challenge their
decisions in an effective way. We
can never depend on any natural
benevolence on the part of the
employers to provide us with de-
cent living standards,

‘We have learned to appreciate
our relations with other trade
unions, The general support ac-
corded the IWA in this crisis is
heart-warming, and has been of
great value in maintaining our
position.

We have learned that not all
the members of the general pub-
lie. understand the purposes of

- collective bargaining and concilia-~

tion. Our strike has done more
than any other event in B.C.
labor history to point to the ne-
cessity of properly conducted
conciliation procedures,

Untrustworthy

We have learned not to put our
trust in employers’ govern-
ments, The decision of Premier
Johnson not to encourage media-
tion in a strike situation for the
reasons given was merely the

ical outcome of the policies

th his government had pur-
sued in recent years at the de-
mand of the employers.

The election of thrée IWA
M.L.A.’s to the Legislature, un-
der conditions which grant them
complete freedom to speak for
their fellow-workers will do more

than anything done under the

Coalition to remove the shackles
from organized labor.

We must now follow closely all
political decisions with regard to

labor. If the Social Credit Party |;
forms the Government for a brief

period, any anti-labor tendencies
must be checked and exposed.

No Compulsory Arbitration

The record of the Social Credit
Party in Alberta with regard to
the trade unions is not encour-
aging. Those who are not for

organized labor are against or-| |

ganized labor,

Above all else, we must be pre-
pared to fight any attempt to
impose compulsory arbitration
on B.C. trade unions. This ad-
vice is now being offered the So-
cial Credit party. The imposition
of compulsory arbitration as a
means to outlaw strike action
under the present circumstances
could only mean the complete
strangling of labor’s legitimate

struggle for social progress.

musical based on a logger’s life.

‘TIMBER’

CARL WINN, IWA International Secretary-Treasurer presents inscribed faller’s axe to Bill Buckingham and
cast of “Timber” at opening TUTS performance as recognition by lumber workers of first Canadian comedy

Loggers’

Musical

Wins IWA Praise

The gay all-Canadian musical show, “Timber”, which
depicts the life of B.C. loggers, was a smash hit with
6000 cheering first-nighters; at its premier showing, in

Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl,

Among these were a group of
IWA members, representing the
many Locals and sawmill workers
in the forest industry. Heading
the list were Carl Winn, Inter-
national Secretary-Treasurer,
Portland, J. S. Alsbury, District I
President, 2nd Vice-President Stu
Hodgson ;and Mrs.- Hodgson,
popular Local 1-217 Publicity
Chairman, Vie Mauro and Mrs.
Mauro, and Tony Gargrave, one
of the IWA’s newly -elected
MLA’s.

Also in attendance were a num-
ber of IWA top loggers, all deck-
ed out in full regalia from hard
hats to cork boots. Heading the
list was Danny Sailor from 1-
868, Don Campbell, 1-71, and sev-
eral other fellows from the same
local, At half time, Fred Hume,
Vancouver’s ‘mayor, introduced
Carl Winn to the first-nighters.

Carl Winn; on behalf of the
International Union on both sides
of the line, presented an axe
properly inscribed and bearing
the official crest of the IWA sym-
bolizing the union membership’s
approval of the first play ever
written about our industry in
British Columbia. Brother Winn
summed up the audience’s reac-
tion when he told Bill Bucking-

June 23rd.

producer—“Hours and hours of
work that you and the members
of your staff have dedicated to
this production are well-revealed,
jand I am sure you will be ade~

nificent musical comedy.”

From a Publie Relations point
of view, in the past four years,
the IWA has risen and now holds
a top position in the eyes of the
general public; not only is the
union interested in wages, hours
and working conditions, but has
now shown the general public
that it has, and is taking an a
tive part in the community af-
fairs.

Among the all-Canadian cast
was popular Local 1-217 member
Joseph Donati, As a tribute to
the fine job that he has done in
his chosen field, Joseph received
the tenor lead role in the produc-
tion of the Theatre-Under-the-
Stars, “Waltz in Old Vienna”. He
played the part of “Alfredo”.
Also cast in supporting roles
were Ralph Magellson, New
York, Betty Phillips ‘and Olga
Romeniuk of Vancouver.

ham—Theatre Under the Stars’ |

CHEMAINUS W.A. LEADS V.L

The recently formed Wom-
en’s Auxiliary of Sub-Local
1-80, IWA, Chemainus, is now
the ‘largest auxiliary on. the
Island. Six more members in-
itiated at a meeting held in the

Recreation Club Reading Room,
, at Chemainus,

Newly elected Executive mem-
bers had their various duties of
office explained to them by Presi-
dent G. Schofield and Tin. Sec.
| J. Milmore of Sub-Local 1-80.

It has been decided. by the
members that for the present
Business and Social meetings will
be combined and held on the sec-
ond Wednesdays in July and
August, The meeting place will
be announced later.

With baseball weather here,
plans are under way by the mem-
bers to organize a softball team

to compete against other IWA
members.

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