‘Otel Pebtication of the it scddia) WiadbethasT of Pinas ioa'te vac cinanck Interior Vol. XX, No. 18 SS" AUGUST 21, 1952 5¢ PER COPY _ VANCOUVER, B. Cc. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE @ LABOR DAY ea eis of Ta Ae 1952, has a fresh signifi- ion movement in Legalize Peaceful Pickets; British ‘Paraben oan successful struggle. By 7 ae nized workers may realize greater possibilities in the year ---1WA Fines of $50 each recently Boards Delayed 's of the IWA District Tiss Comm tee delays which ined for the Interior ae and also of eee statements re- ‘WA policy on radio newscasts and in the daily Member: H +. mem-} Nominee for the lumber opera-|—-———___—__ aU eae the weary routine Ee racnsionons va lease cout thed Coneiliation 5 peer bers at Ladysmith for their talks, the Negotiating Committee toil. It is al poe is ee ich the ee nrea orien maY | activities on the strike pick- ovdered fr the Sonia Beg le has amended the original de- tak spur re 2 time | mand: der to propose to the oe ess ef dnog as resulted the| ct arng ve pee tg Cipiman | Countian our neces i n E ion’s yt bl e important achievement stands to the credit of pressure through the B. c Soe eA ee aa i saa eness 0: Breratized labor, as an outcome of the struggle of past ard, nen 1 1H, IW. b % Federation of Labor for i Eaweme care has tee taken onths. Labor presented a solid and en eeaye resistance | endments to the B.C xplained delay of 10] int the reparation of evidence by to the organized employers’ attempt to freeze wages. Trade Unions ce Res aay in "the submission of the the ’s research ernie aay The injustice of the employers’ policy be: a appal Wiis cha sees e\an pale of erbee Gor Coneili: Hetlieuice jation Ree * | cooperation ae ach we ‘ommi itte i on ation: ti eS the ranks of the workers. It was a policy of Sonne Re teh’ ait bore Siting. nee the pee aero pout a a 7 [and i ae ational a] Representat ave wages while blocking al trols on prices and profits. | well as intimidation, the defend. | versely affected the Union’s plan |dence has been “eooiled, which Every conceivable ese was used to accomplish this end, | ants pleaiiea gu alley in the Magis- | to accompli ettlement prior indeates ‘that ah opposing argu- iv trate’: mith, TWA |to the termination date of the the ts but the actual moti the preserv: tion of inflate: Ce on was adysm: aoa 1 aa Sentai nace nts of sce e little 5 ‘aedonald ap- , Z profits. In defence of as Miead ai butter interests, labor pected on‘thett behalf ard Seco Howard igelso the Union'’snomi: foundatio ie ma Fae had no alternative but to challenge this ill-conceived con- Srtervaloptiné es the Board for the North-| over the radio were Cece a this spiracy. ment of the fines. ma Inte week by the Negotiating Com- Tt is a matter of great pride that organized labor pre-| It was charged that they hi pea Modified mittee. Information offered sented a solid and determined front ou this matter. The defied the terms of a court or _._ | TWA officials had been grossly ‘ 3 testeaining them from As an outcome of bargaining | distorted, it was claimed. The ‘hold-the-wage-line” dictum was defeated. The pattern ab aaaae eee eu th Re eet ete nbt hada ertaleon ved wages and working conditions for British Columbia has their movement from venting s C54 | the impression that the Union been immeasurably improved. between the pickets would not contemplate strike ac- me pride may be taken in the fact that labor has a ed of the court were Bae aun ny cine peter emerged from this struggle with its organized strength | pee wupdaee inythe natare cf in; Gérruittes swere: crapliettclintde intact. The truth is that the battle toh economic ri hts claring that they had been in- has built the workers’ morale as nothing else nasil a. ae ee structed by the Interior member- sibly have done. Offi of the ae ship to employ all legitimate In the various conventions now approaching, where | tain: ed “that peacelul pak ting is means to secure a satisfacto1 the legal right of any trade settlement. No deadline had been trade union policy will be determined on the broader scale, weber ty isteaiennty fixed, as at the Coast, but the organi-| that the legality. is protected un- Committee was moving with de- zation, ‘and combined action on the economic and political de er the 2 terms of the B.C, Tra termination to conclude a settle- at court injune- ent the earliest possible a not che Sour educational program must bring to every worker fGaine Biches the knowledge of his place in ol in our pelemcctncy, through the tra from doing that which they are legally entitled to nt. nmediate question was to f The im seeure genuine bargaining, with: ent instrumentality of the ont delaying oe cties, eveud lore re: a Organization must now, wal ae pring into the ranks| At the instanee of the I Le tee ava conse = of the unions every worker now outside, but at the same oft a delegation from The Involved. It was also stressed time eerelie pict most efficient participation in the work | B- C; Federation of Labor appear: that the membership would have of the a hee 2005 or amendments wes | the final decision regarding ac- = ‘The action pee m must be broadened to protect the es Which will make the es Portland, ‘September Ey a copa ay eae oe political eae ks of our economic offensive. The organized |of such injune ons drapossible P workers are grasping the fac! unless by permission of the SQUIRE FIGHTS FOR to or subtract from gains made on the picket li: ‘a eeticisthe On bel of IWA members, I convey warm Sete (ene greeti: ‘ellow-unionists in the prevanes, and express||; Listen to a to f ~ the ees aa ale within the IWA, that our Union cr aa f the burden in the heat of the aes lay. that ‘the. WA ‘will be found in the forefront of the Gow tinuing fight for the achievement of labor’s ideals. J. STEWART ALSBURY, President, B. C. District Council, IwA. GREEN GOLD COR, THURS. 7 P.M. WEST COAST eRe from the run without any replac CONVENTION TO HEAR C An imposing array of import: speaker n the ete of the 16th annual convention of the Tnterpational Woodworkers of America, ONE in Portland, Septem- a according to Gaaw In Rates to Jack Kroll, dire« si of the ee gave billed to sp affairs, paolow eaks retary eae Hare Wi asso a jabor; William M. ae gler, ‘assistant chief of the GE ee Forest Service; R. J. Thom: sistant to Allan Ha; WHAT’S INSIDE Editorials ...... ar may be other: fe ventioned are Pact have pected invitations to Asst. pies Creasey is als a aarieh ofa of the Gio “Com tyes) ee eey ications Workers’ uni locas! RG aes OD, C) of Organization invited to be ang sea at IWA International Con- board during | y il 10 Direc- | worl | In aa with CCL Lead- Winch, the Alberni the last war. He went to work at age 17 with jmerican Telephone and Telegraph Com y ut eon | We Ee shi caine vate: and received a degree in mae a 1987. He ha as be een active in union| A; work si te Swi new forest service apeinta and is in chaveeitt of coopera forestry programs, sed sO mh oe ae He ry, advil of SlacAsthurs sat ‘Hi terse n I between 1945 anc the ia sae iffe, Director of CIO’s Orga- z nizing | Committee, was em in 904 Kentuek y nats years eeu Mine Workers that union. 16 ae before he | * mm joined the Steelworkers. eatin? Page