TRIKE WOIES BEGIN INTERIOR LUMBER WORKERS ANGRILY DEMAND SHOWDOWN Appl lication for a strike vote in the plant of Western Plywoods (Cariboo) Co. Ltd., at Quesnel, by the IWA Dis- trict Poli Committee this week signalled the opening of _ Series vernment-supervised Pata otes ,in ae eckoning in the five-month dispute with the aenENan Th gov : i) al Quesnel was the outcome of a de- R t mand made at a recent meeting | LMC STIMMOKE e woods. Members of the District ; and instant staffs, Oa Get U n i on i istri esident s : Alsbury, are at present in the In- terior to assist in necessary ee lop ea rat Ina eeciol} andi cast P conditions were ed. ie employees of Senter Manufact cturing Com- pany, Vancouver, in a settle- Ee RIOR DELEGATES in attendance a recent quarterly Reaitag of IWA B.C. District Council ‘ported that membership vote for acceptance of conciliation award and authorization of Biri action re Pedvaree! elming. At extreme right is seen International 2nd Vice-President Claude Ballard. ° ° e ME gs INSTITUTE Unionists [fees oe vee eat vcrvized steika | increase and other condigions had B k previously been rejected by i mpany. ACCLAIMED ac Bike tae Sito Wee | ORY cre eennmenaes “This action ee) Pp eo,e Fat a akeepianee) ‘ne ah Wa 20 approv- it 5 * ed by vote of the employee: One hundred and fifty trade union students recruited etition ine = ‘Union folowing Strike Vo tem from CCL Unions on ge Lower Mainland, at the end of WeUnionsshave responded the employees, at hen a intensive training cours -2, proclaimed the 2nd Shee to the call of meeting ae all aspects of the fae y situation were thoroughly con- @) the B.C. Federation of Tabet sidered. ees Successful stimulus to their union endeavors. This senti-]} and th s a result of this vote, we | resulted in ment was enthusiastically endorsed at the final banquet | Council to get signatures for anticipate that forinal approval ae in Brock Hall, attended by 350 students, wives and] 4 a. | Will He emer ny ay ti itacmeeerees caer | tional health services, it wa: ee te St Dean, Chair- reported this week. Gk man of the Education Committee, Mai Greater, Vancower and towe’| MA UFEG) setute hnmediate action by ts | : Mainland Labor Gown wmhojex- Dominion Parliament. to enact | exe in the plants involve ciation for the co- ian ere tioned endedehy shel Unie ere eta erovi cine for, 8 com First in Seri essed 0- 2 the y rehensive health plan versity and the Canadian Con- M d With adequate medical attenti “The strike vote at Sree is Sey ourne With adequate medical a ention Q Re aoe for all, irrespective of mean the first ot a series ag official Oe ae vol the University The Executive Committee iho Ga poner See “STRIKE” Pag Bxtension Department, He wel-| 9f The Canadian Congress of | sor the hegicet of health isrecad pee ero ee te trade union re si aes ea eating ia) eae greater ree the estimated cost the value of Ea education | | pathy in the death of Philip gon a, *Mancouver Lax CONVENTION MEETS FEB. in trade union responsibilities. Se ee Ceo Council, cent Announcement was made this week by the Hartung Keynote of America, The executive of cee TE su SAS at IWA Distriet Executive Board that the Annual Intemational President ay| tie CCL, which is the central. | Britain, ee cious see. District Convention, B.C. District No. 1, will be the a 5 pee on the occa- aise ub ee sacl dged * tsel i ; held February 17- 18- 19-20, 1953, in the Lion’s itsel a 5 , and made an eloquent plea} «“t> continue to build upon PI 3 Gate Hall, 4th Avenue at Trafalgar, Vancouver. for Eerilolgetion ae weet idee. | tHe BaonidsHonsl ob the Jabor ebb hhh bb bhbhbebt le x moyement in which he play- 7 - that such education was vital for] eq such a large and import- enter that the ne ibis} *7e Pee responsil Ee of the modern industrial age Text of the resolution fol- ight ise successfully met by the} lows: worke! Together with Dan Radford, BE IT RESOLVED that Director of the CCL, he drew a} the Executive Committee of i k of ce i Congress of vivid contrast Buen the lack o: the Canadian es f such Reaper in earlier days |+ Labor, meeting today in Ot- and the opportunities sees pro-| tawa, has learned with dee ai regret of the death of Philip a’, reminded his audience of urray, one of the founders the sacrifices made to build the} of the Congress of Industrial ent to its| Organizations and its presi- t now for ny years; that weapons,” he} We go on record as express- tge negotiations are| ing profound gratitude for ee dhedg of union. ae alge f the unselfish and devoted he ‘tated, “We must rt to| service rendered by Philip See “INSTITUTE” Bas Murray to the Labor Move- WHAT'S INSIDE : : Lal 1 ee _ | CCL UNION INSTITUTE proved success tiroush cooperation of these trade union and Universit Editorials a eae otc. (et Dan Radford, CCL Directors Frank Deatt, Chairman Labor Couneil Education Com — mittee; jartung, I [Stas By, wecretary, Labor Cams Green Gold—CJOR Sst CKNW 2° (JAV Raa un sae nal President; Dr. G. Shrum, Extension Department, UBC;