B.C. LUMBER WORKER

“MEET”

ism, and at a time when labor is
struggling against capital for a
fair share of the wealth which
they produce, Under this shadow
it will be the responsibility of
the International Woodworkers
of America and this Convention
particularly, to formulate a policy
and program which will assist in
bringing relief and hope to the
working people of the world.

“In our own Local sphere of
British Columbia this: Convention
will deal with immediate prob-
lems of labor legislation, wages,
hours, working conditions and
social legislation in its many
forms,

Therefore, every Local Union
should be fully represented in the
Convention so that the demo-
cratic principles of our Organiza-
tion shall be maintained.

Call
Sixteenth Annual B.C.
Convention of the Inter-
national Woodworkers of Ameri-
ca will be held in the Lions Gate
Hall, 2611 West Fourth Avenue,
Vancouver, B.C., commencing at
10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February
17, and continuing through Fri-
day, the 20th of February, 1953.

Representation

Your representation shall be
based on Section 8, Article 5,
which reads as follows:

“Delegates to the District
Convention shall be elected by
and from each Local on the
basis of two (2) delegates for
the first one hundred (100)
members or less, and one (1)
| additional delegate for each
one hundred (100) members or
maior fraction thereof up to

delegate
undred (800)

or major

Section 4:

“Representation shall be
based upon the membership of
the Local, computed from the
preceding six-month period to
the month in which the Conven-
tion Call is issued.”

Duplicate Credentials are to be
brought to the Convention by the
delegates to whom they are is-
sued. Original Credentials must
be forwarded to George H. Mit-
chell, Secretary, International
Woodworkers of America, B.C.
District Council Nos. 1 and 4,
45 Kingsway, Vancouver 10, B.C.

No Credential shall be accept-
ed later than one o’clock (1:00
p.m.) on the first day of the Con-
vention. All delegates arriving
later will be seated by Conven-
tion action.

Resolutions
All resolutions should be type-

and Serle sang. Two

‘days in egfance of
vention so that copies will
be available for each delegate on
he first day of the Convention.
olutions should be as brief as
sible and deal with only one
ubject, Resolutions must bear
official Seal of the Local
Union and be signed by an auth-
srized officer of the Local Union
or delegate attending the Con-
ntion,
Conyertion Headquarters
Convention Headquarters will
se in the Lions Gate Auditorium,
611 West 4th Avenue, Vancou-
er, B,C.

Convention Registration
Delegates to the Convention

may register at the District Of-
fice, 45 Kingsway; Canadian Con-
gress of Labor Office, 501 Van-
couver Block, 736 Granville St.;
B.C. Federation of Labor Office,
617 Ford Building, -193 West
Hastings St. Vancouver, B.C.,
on the day of the 16th, from 12
noon to 8:00 p.m., and on Febru-
ary 17th, commencing at 8 a.m.
at the Lions Gate Auditorium,

There will be a registration
fee of five ($5.00) dollars for
each delegate to the Convention,
to take care of the Convention
Banquet expenses.

Housing

All Local Unions sending
delegates to the Convention are
requested to make their own
room reservations immediately
on the receipt of the Conyen-
tion Call.

The District Officers urge
each Local to be fully repre-
sented in the Convention so
that our democratic processes
will result in greater benefits
in wages, hours, and. working
conditions for our entire mem-
bership.”

Fraternally yours,

District Officers,

B. C. District Council Ne. 1,
J. Stewart Alsbury, Pres..
J. Morris, 1st Vice-Pres.
S. M. Hodgson, 2nd Vice-Pres.
F, Fieber, 3rd Vice-Pres.
Geo. H. Mitchell, Sec.-Treas.

STRIKE
SUPPORT
OKAYED

Public opinion supporting the
IWA Durham Furniture strike
in Durham, Ontario, was re-
flected when the majority of
the Durham’ Council Officials,
who bitterly opposed the strik-
ers, were decisively beaten,
when they stood for re-election
December 8th.

‘All Council members who had
been sympathetic to the IWA
cause were returned to office and
one IWA striker was elected.
Two other IWA members failed
to get seats by very narrow
margins.

The. Durham IWA Officials, in
a letter to Financial Secretary
“Stu” Hodgson, of Local 1-217,
IWA, stated that the response to
the Local’s appeal for aid had
been so tremendous, that toys
sent by Local 1-217, for the
strikers’ children, were not need-
ed and after consulting with the
members, it was decided to send
them to the Canadian Catholic
Union strikers at Louiseville,
Quebec.

A Very Merry Christmas was
enjoyed by every striker and his
family through the generous do-
nations of the various Unions in
Canada and the U.S.A.

CANADA

OTTAWA (CPA) — Stanley
Knowles, MP, said in the House
of Commons recently that the
entire social security program
that the CCF demands could be
paid for out of the annual in-
crease in Canada’s gross national
product.

Last year, said Mr. Knowles,
the gross national product was
$21.2 billion and this figure is
likely to be boosted by $1,800
million this year—this amount
would pay for the entire social
security program.

Adequate Security:

“{ submit that Canada, with
the huge wealth we are produc-
ing and with our claim to being

CAN PAY

a civilized nation, cannot afford
not to have reasonable and ade-
quate measures of social secur-
ity,” he said.

Calling for an increase in old
age pensions to “not less than
$60 a month” and a removal of
the means test at 65, Mr. Knowles
said that when the CCF asks for
increased social security provi-
sions, the government says “It
is a good idea but you cannot
have it because it costs too much
money,” but when under attack
for the size of its budget, the
same people say that social wel-
fare payments are “just transfer
payments; they are not expendi-
tures.”

HEPWORTH

- A. L. Hepworth, Educational
Director of the Canadian Bro-
therhood of Railway Employ-
ees and Other Transport Work-
ers, has been appointed Assist-
ant Director of the Department
of Education and Welfare of
the Canadian Congress of La-
bor. The appointment was
announced today in Toronto by
Donald MacDonald, Secretary-
‘Treasurer of the Congress, and
Chairman of the Congress
Committee on Education and

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Welfare, following a meeting
of the Committee held yester-
day in Toronto.

Mr. Hepworth was born in
Montreal, and worked for a num-
ber of years in the Comptroller’s
Office of the Canadian National
Railways before coming to Ot-
tawa in 1946. He took special
courses at Sir George Williams
College in Montreal, and has par-
ticipated in educational activities
for the Congress and the Brother-
hood in various parts of Canada.

1-80 MEETING

Local 1-80 IWA announces
that at the membership
meeting to be held in the
Odeon Theatre, Duncan, Sun-
day, January 25, commenc-
ing at 10:30 a.m., delegates
for the IWA District Con-
vention will be elected.* ~

A full attendance of the
membership is urged.

Courses for Beginners and for

nts Are Invited to Membership.
mation Write to:

ndustrial First Aid Attendants

Associatio!

180 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.

s Compensation Board of B. C.

Certificates,

n of B.C.

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tered around a resolution dealing
with the “No contract, no work”
decision of the Union at the 1952
District Convention. The view
expressed by the loggers’ dele-
gates was that any strike dead-
line should not be set so far in
advance, but in future should be
determined by the District Policy
Committee in light of the cir-
cumstances, and with timing most
advantageous to the membership.

Debate on the subject of a
union hiring hall made it evi-
dent that a considerable demand
exists for some such provision.
The matter was referred to the
Executive committee with ap-
proval, and instructions to give
further study to details of ad-
ministration.

Unemployment
Insurance Act

The subject of Unemployment
Insurance was brought under
consideration by a large number
of resolutions from the Sub-
Locals. The-points which will be
pressed at the approaching con-
vention of the B,C. Federation
of Labor by the delegates of
Local 1-71 include, increased
benefits, elimination of the wait-
ing period, improvement of ser-
vice on claims by mail, extension
of the base period for credits
from two years to five, and aboli-
tion of conditions’ whereby work-
ers are disqualified for six weeks
upon dismissal.

Resolutions
Among the resolutions which
featured the discussions were the
following:

Wage Increase

WHEREAS: At least the large
logging companies have been
stressing production, even to
the extent of double shifts,

WHEREAS: The decreasing
Cost-of-Living Bonus is de-
creasing the home pay.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV-
ED: “That in next year’s nego-
tiations we go for an across-
the-board wage increase, the
amount to be determined at
the Wage and Contract Con-
ference.”

Union Shop

WHEREAS: There are a great
number of men who will not
support the Union who get
benefits from it at Union mem-
bers’ expense.

WHEREAS: There are a number
of men from other: Unions get-
ting benefits from this Union
which they are not helping to
support.

THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED: ‘That a Union Shop
Clause be a demand in.our next
Contract Negotiations.”

Statutory Holidays

WHEREAS: We now have three

“LOGGERS”

paid holidays. The other four
holidays are just days’ pay lost.
THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED: That we press for
pay on the nine statutory holi-
days in our 1953-54 contract.
WHEREAS: Many loggers are
deprived of the pay for statu-
tory holidays by reason that
they may not be in camp for
the necessary 80 days.
THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED: That the employee
should be paid for the holiday
if in camp or on leave of ab-
sence at the time of the holi-
day.
Travel Time

WHEREAS: In most camps men
must travel long distances to
and from work, and as this is
done on their own time it
makes a long day, now

THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED: That in negotiations
this year, we try to get a portal
pay clause written into the
Master Agreement.

Fallers’ Daily Rate

WHEREAS: The gypo system of
falling and bucking is very
detrimental to the Safety and
Financial and Physical Welfare
of fallers and buckers, and

WHEREAS: The fallers are con-
tinually being exploited by the
bosses through this system, and

THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED: That the IWA be
instructed to negotiate for a
day rate for Fallers and Buck-
ers with the rate to be $22.00
per day.

Work Year

WHEREAS: A great number of
the loggers are now deprived
of an adequate work year by
reason of fire season, show,
and recessions in the markets,
now

THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED: That the IWA make
every effort to establish a
clause in the 1953-54 Contract
to provide for a minimum of
200 days’ work per year.

Fare Allowance
WHEREAS: In many instances
loggers hire out for short per-
iods of time and incur travel-
ling expenses.
THEREFORE BE IT RE-

SOLVED: That we include in ~

our demands in this year’s
negotiations a clause providing
for fare paid one way after
two months’ employment and
fare paid both ways after four
months’ employment,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That where an employee works
less than six months and loses
his employment through no
fault of his own, fare would
be paid to and from point of
hiring.

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