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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

1-217 VANCOUVER

“Slates” Agreement Broken

* Referendum ballot for election of officers for the en!
ing year conducted by Local 1-217, IWA, Tesulted this

week in a strongly worded protest by Financial Secretary Too
e-

S. M. Hodgson a: aeetnsh eee of a “gentlemen’s agre:

ess to refrain from the
a statement to. the B.C.
tans sulin the Local Union
official
“Tt is va aor nate, that
after meni eaereied
Seoninously: oy “the members in
attendance at the membership

ractice of circulating “slates”.

Jamboree of
unin ll ee held in Nordic
2, commencing al

Entertainment

the New Westminster TWA

renfabes ee er planned | to ensure

Centre, 12th Ave., on D

ih

mittee to give greater attention
to the: welfare of the crew mem-

Grit
suasteebeys Settlement of
ce at the Bridge tum:

minster, fe will be refunded
upon application to the New
Westmins Be TWA phe
Blections at e Box
Go, Ltd. ne Sir thereat
of John Hanson as the new shop | 9”

tinct groups have published

‘slates’, and hi

ats sho wing of cards demand-

fs | pees designated on the

et is action is ape n to severe
inasmuch as in some in-
Sem those responsible were

tor werd thei

The ballot on which the results

Bares aie sieblisted nate

which netted him an increase o!
pee 8 ia aa jour.
a peel Union se

ost ‘, the oun of all con-

. & M, Shingle Mills a

: cusieh the grievance procedure,
ih

en the Local Union processed

she case.

viou
tthe tables were turned against

tion will be ee Pears oi
by firms includ

Christm:

in the ee puech
Heeuen ts pean nites that will enable the guests to eee: he
is Tu ei ae

Ani: door ie donat
‘ing plan, and

Whist Seraliy
and will b

Union Cen

e followed ies dancing and Oe
Tickets, jetted at 50 cents, may be obtained at the on

reinstatement of 3

days pre-
a fire ital failed to
in a hol-

a shop steward spoke in bucker of disobeying an order
of ay company’s aide = "the forbiddi ae starting of fires,
grievance conference he fired #

gemel ene, ‘he men "claimed they wert

He no longer a shop jin:

meward: ‘The crerultins confer-
‘ence laid the basis for a better |and
decstunding <i

ship meeting, December 14, car-
ries ts) following names:
Pre

mt: T, Clark, Lloyd
Sp

on seer other. problems.
Sweeney’s Contrad t

pens
The Local Bien has opened

William Gray. at the the ae
2nd_ Vice-Pres.: Art Shore, amp) will be place
Colin Wood. these elaeaea on trade union ce

Recording Sec.: Frank Coller,
usc

Financial Sec.: Les Roberts,
Hod; 5

: Tom Haggart, Al

semminetans
poet bee:

John Busch, Ian

e: Harry

Trust:
Whitchovee Cleve Austin.

minster fire in the plant, a

tory, shop stewards’ duties and
rievance procedure.
Restmore to Durham
The generosity of the

TWA

a revised con-

srasweleace plans

ealeeceeauner ted

Local 1-217, TWA, has renewed
foe thi

Fallers Forgiven:

eniority Violated
The practice at the Elk River
Tim! ber Co., of ignoring seniority
seat

other new employees, is “und

ings had been etnies whi
others with longer pe hi
been laid The fe

ie Company when
cou! aa give no clear Peds

y this 0.
2 ee ty the Granite Bay

f | Timber Co., of the daily rate and

st-of-living bonus into

welesenes to make the
sary adju: semen oe cooks
and fallers i in that ¢:

x piece-

thing and "ation was | work rates for fallers and buck-

taken by the Com: » has eg I Lo cal officials 0

Prosecution #] fe the

eal has forced the erald Tim- | Master Contract will not be tol-
ber Co., through Forest Indus-| erated. The m: i

a hes eo mee
to a in
4 comy

men in question have
y com-

members at Restmore M:
turing Co. Ltd., after they tn

Ate Operating Eng: neers to

advance of wages and conditions
made possible a donation from
them of ($185 in aid of the IWA
strikers in the furniture ae at
pian

Thi mabatear the total con-
tributed oy the Local Union up

engineers and men

in TWA“ certified plants nee the

Union which has consistently
e] tt

igning t

in the same month.
The officers of Local 1-217 an-
nounce that these dues, so de-

Ww repo! ee
in. employer- cmpioves

s]

of thei: Udine in raising the liv-
ing fandagds of all workers in
IWA ots including protection
fc

jouse, Secret: tary

ducted, have been forwarded to
Local 1-357, IWA, New West.

union op conditions won. this
atohisnvenanlensharG

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Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing

“THE STORE WITH THE POPUL,

HANEY

AR BRANDS”
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Society and eee tee at Fair Prices
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Phone 23 ‘A Uni

YSMITH, B.C.

in the carriage and was

oT Réeant ane eee accey anesting

a the Sawmil Ltd.

ped al. Sas for eadaa mce

a interest. All sho) ae po Is

seated that their cules
operating in high gea:

Ottawa
Organizes

More than 350 een wood-

Benefits derived from con-
si tant attention to organiza-
uirements was

WA, to
e Lake, ihere great inter-
et eras in a successful
camp m
In Denes euithe outenmefed
the esting, the President re-
port
mie elected a job steward,
gate to the eae Brother
Brother K. Niemonen, and a dele-

an altern:
“A number of grievances ‘were
raised and the grievance commit- |

ce e keke Active

Pete Spencer, with Fred Hill as
ate. a

straightened out as soo
as bw ae brought to the atten
of the Office.
“Another grievance consists
a dispute over
‘or a 5-year employee. The meet-

oa with by the commit

‘aa
the holiday pay

HESes

0

land have been call
public meeting in the Pender
ect itorium, December 11, 8

CAMPAIGN PLANNED

f the main speakers
tte eceaslon 2 will be Asso-

Deo, UBG, with #1

eecastion of the monater
petition on national Health

gram of prominent medical
men

MacDO) ’S PHARMACY
Prescriptions, Drug Sundries, First a Supplies
Regi trisi

istered
Argyle Street

Optomei
Port Alberni

WOODWARD STORES
(PORT ALBERNI) LTD.
“Your Family Shopping Centre”

“Closed Wednesdays All Day”

Phone 1600

Hours: 9 = 5:30

Ik of Ottawa

COMMODORE CAFE
amloops' Leading Restaurant Since 1927

Kamloops, B. C.

ted. pnanimously to join the
Intemational Woodworkers of

is wee fo. 170.
prising several
small ‘lent were in Local No. 6
Unix

these wo:

|| cee Street

Phone 213

PRL eto, Bioded™
| "prens While UW,
|_ Phone 360 0. DUNCAN, B.C,

S. A. BRICKER, Jeweller
EXPERT uae JEWELRY & CLOCK REPAIRS
WATCHES AND DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS

CHEMAINUS, B.C.

J. LINDSAY LOUTET
(C, Bradshaw & Co.)
INSURANCE and
REAL ESTATE

DUNCAN, 131 Jubilee Stree?
LAKE COWICHAN fore,
Re Si Cle Post Office Building