B.C. LUMBER WORKER * From Page 1 ers who had violated the spirit of the law in stalling bargaining and conciliation procedures. They were attempting to hoodwink the public, he charged. CMA Policy The lumber operators were slavishly following the policies agreed upon earlier through the CMA to smash the trade union movement at an opportune mo- ment, the District President con- tended. He assured the audience that the IWA would continue to fight for justice to the bitter end, if need be, and warmly welcomed the evidence of public sympathy. Workers on strike or under lock-out in the building trades and construction industry were represented by Harry West, Sec- retary of the Building Trades Council. He outlined the issues which confronted the carpenters and other workers, and- appealed for support. Fishermen’s Union- Research Director, William Rigby, of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union, des- cribed the difficulties encountered by the fishermen in reaching a fair price for their catches. He claimed that a close rela- tionship existed between his Union and the IWA largely be- cause of the interchangeability of occupations in many sections of the province. The name of H. R. MacMillan, he explained, was also well known to the fishermen, He traced the course of nego- tiations which were then in pro- gress, and stated that without a - satisfactory agreement fishing you be discontinued after July CCF Parliamentary Leader Harold Winch was the only po- litical representative to accept the invitation which had also been ‘extended to the Social Credit Party. He referred to his last meeting on Powell Street grounds when he had addressed the men evicted from the Post Office and the Art Gallery in the stormy days of the depression. Like 1932, the present year had be- come a year of crisis, he stated. Year of Crisis The crisis existed, he contend- ed, because never had there been ae year when so many were unem- LLY ployed solely because of the re- |’ fusal of the employers to treat workers as citizens of industry. . He ascribed the causes to the agreement among employers to attempt the suppression of the trade union movement, Plans had been laid, he alleged, to break the organized movement by exploita- tion of the unorganized. Extortion The political spokesman for the CCF charged that the B.C. lum- ber operators had demanded ex- tortionate prices from the British Government at a time when the needs of the British people were acute. Little wonder, he stated, that they now found difficulty in restoring confidence in their sell- ing methods, when faced with greater competition. The British buyers had a per- fect right to feel “gypped”, he claimed, because of this grasping attitude, and reckless disregard of stable trade relations. Investigation Urged He urged that the conduct of the lumber industry and the events leading up to the present strike be investigated under the terms of the Public Enquiries Act. It should be known whether there had been conduct subversive of the welfare of the province, he affirmed. He congratulated the IWA upon the election of three of their ‘members to the Legislature and said.“The CCF is not behind you, the CCF is 100% with you.” AFL Chieftai: President Tom Albsbury of the Trades and Labor Council pledg- ed the full support of his organi- zation in the strike issues, and expressed appreciation of the co- operation which had been estab- lished in the crisis between the two labor bodies. The workers should speak with one voice on such matters, he stated. He referred to the situation as “The Bosses in Blunderland” as the strikes had resulted from a succession of blunders based on their determination to deny all the rights of labor. , The AFL chief attacked the in- action of the Provincial Govern- ment and urged joint action by all political leaders to remedy the situation. (Graham HANEY HANEY BUSINESS GUIDE) “ESQUIRE MEN’S WEAR Mowat) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing ‘THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” BRITISH COLUMBIA AIRD — JEWELLER Phone 265 — LADYSMITH Watch, Jewellery and Clock Repairs, Watches, Diamonds Engagement and Wedding Rings, etc. LADYSMITH BUSINESS GUIDE The Ladysmith Chronicle A Union Shop. Society and Commercial Printing at Fair Prices Phone 23 LADYSMITH, B.C. MacGREGOR'S MEN’S WEAR For Everything a Man Wears WORK, SPORT or DRESS We Can Afford to Sell the BEST for LESS! PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE MacDONALD'S PHARMACY Prescriptions, Drug Sundries, First Aid Supplies Reglstered Optomefris? Argyle Street Port Alberni ~ Phone 1600 WOODWARD STORES (PORT ALBERNI) L7D. ~ Your Family Shopping Centre” “Closed Wednesdays All Day” Hours: 9 = 5:30 Strikers Rustle Suppli 2s Ingenuity displayed by IWA strikers at Ladysmith and Port Alberni has excited the admira- tion of strikers elsewhere in the Coast area, who have not had the same opportunities to supplement their needs from nature’s bounty. 5 At Ladysmith two fishing hoats have been in service for picket control duty — the “Blossom” (crew members Alex Brown, Vic ‘Tassim, and Bob Francis) and the “Race Point” (crew members Max Sanders, Jack McAdam, and Eddie De Wild). While not engaged in patrolling the booms in adjacent waters, the crews of the two fishing craft have been employing their time usefully in fishing cod. On land- ing their catches the signal is given on the fire bell, which calls the strikers or their families to the wharf for a share of the catch; often amounting to more than’ 1000 Ibs. a week. Cod kept fresh in the “live tanks” of the craft has become a popular item of diet in Ladysmith. Systematic exploration of ad- jacent waters has also provided the strikers with an abundance of other sea food, such as clams and occasionally crabmeat. Apart from ingenious foraging for the strikers’ larders, proud boast of “Jocko” Colwell, Sub- Local President and picket con- trol captain, is the efficiency of his land-air-sea patrol. In addition to the picketing of all operations on land in the usual way, and the use of power craft to guard “hot booms”, a chartered plane takes off peri- odically from the nearby airport to scan the islands for unauthor- ized lumbering. FROM PAGE 1 INTERIOR | STALEMATE to the present Article. CONTRACT RATES: A sec- tion to be inserted into the Wage Clause providing that all contract or piece work rates established in the Wage Schedule shall be subject to negotiation, REST PERIODS: A new clause to be written provid- ing for two 10-minute Rest Periods each day, one to be taken in the morning, and one in the afternoon. LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Im- provements to the present clause with respect to the granting of Leave of Ab- sence. ELIMINATION OF BEGIN- NER'S RATES from the pres- ent Wage Schedule. WATCHMAN’S RATE: We request that the Watchman in all coperations be paid not Tess than the men’s base rate. 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