INTERIOR OPERATORS
ISSUE ULTIMATUM

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Vol. XX, No. 24 <p 29

NOVEMBER 20, 1952 - VANCOUVER, B. C.

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See in the IWA dispute with the Interior

Assault Charge
Laid By Union

Beuctiors acting for Local 1-71, IWA, have been in-
ed to lay information before ‘the Police Magistrate
to prosecution of the 3 mill ‘oreman of
Little, Haughland & Kerr, Terrace, on
assault committed gaily several mill employees.

MacDonald At

|Murray Rites

Donald MacDonald, Beers:

federation o
the ae of Eiil Muncaye

President of the

November

MacDon-

pall-

ervic
133 in Pittsburg Sant Mr.
ted as an honorary p:

nel,
=| fay

In
rators moved this week with startling SAPICHY
Seiae which pow offers the prospect o:
Ad bitterest fights on the B. C. labor front in ye ae

‘hich inten:
aie whi ch has been eee ies
gotiation and ayaeitesin en ae
ionthe mare ow t

ployees of estern *
Plywoods, Cariboo) Ltd., Ques-} 58", am SECC TICE GL EE

me er of employers Benn

mare -spot investigat
y Financial ra 7 |
A pied er and Or eee gin
Perens as
signed b: nesses ied é

ony, Waldimir Penner, and
oes eg it is alleged, were

CCL CLAUSES
NEED CHANGE

yea) , tl

‘on uummed a decisive vote in | taken directly to the employees.
the government-supervised bal orn eee sera
loting at that point. uth bernie i Oe

The IWA District Policy emp By, ne cpistinet_ tl en
Committee made epelcation ditt eae
for government - supervised he WIUG, with a iimited
strike votes at aoe Yak ber of certified operations in

wmills, Giscombe; Sinclair | the Cr: k area, signed an
Spruce Lumber Co., and S. agreement described by IWA offi-
Simpson Co. Ltd. Kelowna; | Cials as a “sell-out”, and in which
Lu by FER Co. Ltd., Lum- | they accepted the terms nego-
by; ae tor oie Interior by the

Boundary Saymaills
pa law, vith other votes
net al ing.
loyers started the post-
ing 3 bulletins on the plant
notice boards threatening loss
of employment _in retaliation
for support of IWA policy.

“hese Paar are under
view by the IWA Distric at

Polic; 7 Oo mittee an id the Uni

solicitors; with the object of cate

pune the fig] ERY to the operators
with full vig«

nglish Only The new cost. of living index will require a revision ot
0: ec who an daken oily all contract escalator clauses, states Engene Forsey,
the ona eaenawe was order- | Search Director of the Canadian Congress of Labor. In a1
e discontinue any conyersa- | exp) eeanen released to CCL atone, ie contends as fol.
tion except in E pa auihen low:
ue of his fellow

“The Research Department will
issue shortly a paenia on the
whole question of #1 Index.
feanw]

mpted to Sait is Feetena
dimeatty, He: es treated roughly
and oe
em] ane had a sawhorse
so against ‘isnt in such man-| of c
ner =H to injure his foot, it is
all

On paotiiee ipcoenioD the state-
maple ee Picea
a vehicle, bee a
the pig Shpossibi ficulty. But at the end of the six
condition upon them in an eff ‘ort | me
ry the job, lost his eines be renegoti:
“With the new index, the old

Violen cent per point or 1-cent per 1.3
Balloving: an aleeation at the! points, or what-not, will just
trimmer, reads, | cease to have a1 ning. The
that the her mt hee a heavy | ‘point’ will be a completely dif-
stick of timber at an employes ferent thing. Since the base per-
and = red ae severely, iod will be the year 1949, not the
Union officials decided | averag: 35-89, each point” |
that me evidence was such thei t}in tl ay ples i Yo of
only court action would dec le | prices in while each. ‘point’ |
whether huts ould be guaran- ae ia fede was 1% of prices |
ed thi mployees involved in
e €o the new ‘point’ will be as dif-

onths, the elausee will have to | 5
lates

ferent in size from the old

jo all such ate will have

to re worked hone aetresh when
the old index
“Roughly Bea if the

Minusuisaid 1 nent per point, ee
fie new will have
5% of a point, or 1.6 cents per
poi int, to produce the same

Bi
a8

Gus “the old clause said 1 ce
per 1.3
have to say 1 cent per 8 points,
or 1% cents per new point.”

Federation
Convenes

Jan. 10-11

Il has been issued by the
ones Uianiites of ‘the
B.C. Federat of Labo:

ual Convention

nadiai pa Congress of Lab

ral government’
pat ion campaign

‘ation for
ortant

make adequate prepara
peetion of imp:
tia, cca
“Seprvenaton at_the Conven-
tion is on the ad
See fos la la Page

ently at the 12th
anal Meonvention held in
is ye:

HEALTH PETITION
GETS CCL SUPPORT

jor ti

today Bs
petition one circulated aren in :

Local 1-71 Urges

to say 1 cent |g

ent | mi
points then the new Sail

~«|Saner Controls

Loggers’ point of view regarding saner control of liquor sales

was expressed in the brief prepared by Local 1-71, IWA, and

presented to the Commission ge ‘Enquiry appointed to deal’ with

the Liquor Control Act,
the

b puoase 0: ie prevalene igs et gig SS Coe a oe

ootlegging, and esulting

U| victimization of ‘gers when (e)| rn IS e e
petiding Gthelt ahelidesauineeue

ei
h i
city, the operation of an all-night

e
liquor store was urged.
ifr a oe es res
beer parlors are invariabl,
over-crowded duri logger’:
leisure time, and in al DEO
lepressing and unwholesome en-
vironment, The request was Li oo action to
t the present taverns be re-| the antiquated jaws Poremine
uired t vide bette ccom-| the PamnmHeane of wages, is
odation, with strict observance | Sought by Financial Secretary
of acceptable standar i-| Jack Moore, Local 1-8: A,
tation and ventilation. He declared that hardships are
a z result: these laws which
Drinks with Meals etary all but per
It was also proposed that the | month paverone "Ss
serving of sandwiches and ie through garnishee procedure
zels be permitted with beer. In his opinion, legislation deal-
brief favored Jicenees ‘hitch ing with any situation affected by
would permit liquor to be served | changing living costs should be
with meals in eaten ised frequently, and. that al-
Semi* isolated cam ps, where mption was

ied the

with the present

system is contemplated, it was | Ten d cost eb

contended,

Se) chee a
peace The aD that CARL WINN, IWA International Secretary-Treasurer addresses opening of the CCL Nanaimo. Institute. At

See ““GARNISHEE” Page 3

head table are seen (left) Alex Moctonsld, Carl, Winn, George Home, Bert Schofield, William Gray, Joe

Morris, J. S. Alsbury, Howard Conquergood.

Green Gold—-CJOR

See “PETITION” Page 3

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Thursday §

7.05 p.m. + L
Saturday §

6.15 p.m.
Thursday

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