B.C.

Local 1-357
Royal City IWA
Honors Eddie

NEW WESTMINSTER—In a pleasing ceremony, re-
cently arranged by Local 1-357, IWA, friends, Business
Agent Rae Eddie, now seated as a member of the B.C.
Legislature, was the recipient of good wishes on the eve
of his departure to take up his duties at Victoria. As a
token of their esteem, the newly-fledged MLA was pre-
sented with a wallet, and Mrs. Eddie was tendered floral

Local 1-118

Membership meeting, January
12th, of Local 1-118, IWA, elected
the following delegates to attend
|| the IWA-Annual District Conven-
tion, in Vancouver, February 17-
2120:

J. MacKenzie, Leo Rowney,
J. Fischer, J. Malone, H. Rolls,
S. A. Muir, G’ Williams, J. Peace,
G. Ritchie and E. W. Haw.

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honors:

An unconfirmed rumour, trac-
ed to completely unreliable
sources, was current in New
‘Westminster to the effect that
the wallet was stuffed with So-
cial Credit “funny money”, im-
ported from Alberta. Whether
this will be accepted as legal ten-
der in Victoria during the session
is now a matter of speculation.

Doug Ferg has been appointed
to act as Business Agent during
the leave of absence granted Rae
Eddie. E

Special Assessment

Result of the recent member-
ship referendum relating to the
Local Union by-laws will be that
approximately twenty defaulters
among those granted work per-
mits during the strike will now
be assessed $4.00 per diem on
wages earned during the period.
Authority has been issued for the
necessary pay deductions.

Application for certification of
the IWA at Farris Lumber Co.
has now been approved, and ne-
gotiations are under way for the
required contract terms.

Persistent efforts by the Local
Union officials have finally result-
ed in bringing matters at Brooks
‘Woodworking Co. Ltd. to the
point of settlement. Application
for a strike vote became neces-
sary, before action was forth-
coming.

The employees will gain 5c an
hour wage increase, and seven
statutory holidays, together with
upward revision of wage cate-
gories.

Questionable Lay-offs

Application has been made for
certification at Monterey Furni-
ture Co. Ltd. The circumstances
under which three men were
almost immediately laid off are
now under investigation, to de-
termine whether action must be

taken in respect of unfair labor
practices.

Local Union officials have ex-
pressed the determination that
such practices cannot be tolerat-
ed, even though extreme meas-
ures may be necessary to enforce
observance of bargaining rights.

Bd. of~Trade Affiliation

President Andy Smith has been
seated as the IWA representative
on the local Board of Trade, fol-
lowing the Local Union’s appli-
cation for affiliation. The action
was prompted by the belief that
the IWA had a definite stake in
community development, and that
labor’s point of view should be
expressed on that body.

Further participation in com-
munity activities is found in the
appointment of Financial Secre-
tary Lawrence Vandale as cam-
‘paign Chairman of the New,
Westminster drive for CARS, on
behalf of sufferers from arth-
ritis,

Final reports issued by the
New Westminster Community
Chest revealed that the Pay-roll
Division, whose Chairman was
Rae Eddie, achieved its objective
100% during the drive.

Educational Classes

The Local Union’s educational
classes will be operating full
blast next week, it is reported by
the Local Union Officers.

Contribution Praised

Representatives of the Local
Union who shared in the panel
discussions at the UBC under the
auspices of the United Nations
Club, have received warm praise
for the vital contribution made
on the occasion. As a result, a
cordial invitation has been ex-
tended to them to participate
actively in similar functions of
the United Nations Society in
Vancouver on future occasions.

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Local 1-363

Epp Held
In Post

Annual meeting of Local 1-
363, IWA, will be held March
7th, at which the nomination of
the Local Union Officers will
take place. All members are
urged to attend as the Local
Union policy for the coming
year will be formulated at this
meeting.

Convention Delegates
Local 1-363, IWA, delegates to

attend the 16th Annual District
Convention, ‘February 17-20, in
Vancouver are:

M. Holt, V. Halverson, G. Me-
Entee, J. Epp, J. Holst, L. Cot-
tini, E. Lidberg, J. Dillen.

Exchange Visit

Financial Secretary J. Holst
was guest speaker at Local 1-
367, IWA, on January 10th, and
also addressed a Special Meeting
of Local 1-857, IWA, New West-
minster, January 18th. He also
visited the Sub-Local of Local 1-
357, IWA, at Fraser Mills where
he spoke on loggers’ problems.

Epp Appointed

Recommendation of the Execu-
tive that President J. Epp be re-
tained as Business Agent, was
unanimously endorsed by the
membership. With so much work
on hand in the Local and the fine
job Epp had accomplished as
Business Agent, Local Officials
felt it was imperative that he be
kept on the staff.

Strikers Aided

The Local Union made a dona-
tion of $10 to the IWA Women’s
Auxiliary, Local 1-217, IWA, for
the purpose of providing com-
forts to the sick and injured
members in hospital,

The Durham, Ont., IWA strik-
ers were forwarded $15 in appre-
ciation of the wonderful spirit
they have shown in fighting for
a better standard of living and
their bargaining rights.

HOUSING PLAN
SUPPORTED —

IWA delegates attending the
January 27 meeting of the Great-
er Vancouver and Lower Main-
land Labor Council gave firm
support to the resolution endors-
ed by the Council protesting the
proposed abandonment of the Lit-
tle Mountain Housing Project in
Vancouver.

It was stated by them that the
pressure against the project or-
iginated with influential real
estate ‘interests, concerned main-
ly with the maintenance of the
inflated values in real estate
speculation.

Lumber workers present were
prompt to point out that the de-
velopment of a public housing
program was an important stimu-
lus to the major basic industry
of the province, and would prove
to be a stabilizing factor in em-
ployment conditions,

Alternates: J. Smirl, S. Per-
nisie, J. Hess, E. Sudhues, A.
Plume, V. Redlick and L. Rendle.

The meeting also elected 15
delegates to the Victoria Labor
Council.

At the Local Union Annual
Meeting, held January 26, nomi-
nations for officers resulted in the
following:

President—J, MacKenzie and
J. Maloney.

1st Vice-Pres—S: A. Muir and
J. Hess, :

2nd Vice-Pres—G. E. Williams
and D. Beamish,

Victoria Nominates
Next Term Officers

3rd Vice-Pres. —F. Copp and
J. Crouch,

Financial Sec—E. W. Haw and
Leo Rowney. ‘
“Recording Sec—S. Cook with-
out opposition.

Conductor—C. Taylor and H.
Nicholls.

Warden —N. Salisbury and 0.
Aubel.

8-year Trustee—K. Ross and
A, Plume.

J. MacKenzie was elected to
continue as Business Agent for
the Local Union. He was also
elected as the District Executive
Board and Policy Committee
member.

Quarterly Council delegates for
1953 will be as follows:

8. Cook, S. A. Muir, G. E. Wil-
liams and J. Peace.

Alternates — BE. Sudhues, J.
Hess, E. W. Haw, G. Ritchie,
A. Plume, G. Elliott, S. Pernisie
and C, O. Stanyer,

Local 1-80

DUNCAN
TO SEND

Members~from every part of
Local 1-80, IWA, attended the
Membership Meeting, held on
January 25th, in the Odeon
Theatre, Duncan, at which the
following délegates were elect-
ed to represent Local 1-80 at
the IWA 16th Annual District
Convention, to be held in Van-
couver, February 17-20.

Ernest Boulet, Lake Cowichan,
B.C.; Ed Linder, Ladysmith;
Perey Clements, Youbou; A. L.
Smith, Port Renfrew; Jacob Oso-
kin, Lake Cowichan; Lorne John-
stone, Duncan; Max Salter, You-
bou; George Smythe, Camp 6,
Youbou; Peter MacDonald, Camp
6, Youbou; Ken McNab, Lake
Cowichan; Tony Poje, Nanaimo;
Stanley Abercrombie, Gordon
River; Frank Telford, Coombs,

LOCAL
TWENTY

B.C.; Reg Cleough, Duncan;
James M. Milmore, Chemainus,
B.C.; Arthur Briggs, Parksville;
John F. Golwell, Ladysmitl
Mike Felowka, Honeymoon Bay;
Harold Kenyon, Duncan; Joseph
Morris, Ladysmith,

Alternates elected were:

Gilbert Schofield, C. F. Pierce,
P. V. Robertson, Cecil Black,
Floyd Weeks, Jens Erickson, Tom
Tame, Stanley Heys, Alistaire
McLeod, Erie Waugh, Peter He-
lin, James Aucoin, R. Hardy,
Frank Homeniuk, J, Gilchrist, G.
Grimshaw, Doug Honeyman, V.
Dawes, D. Dawes, P. Hodgins,
R. Samuelson, H. Simmons, E.
Albee, Walter Tickson, R. Hum-
phreys, George Command, G.
Simpson,

Bottom 50% Get 24%

OTTAWA (CPA)—The top 10
percent of America’s families
have a higher average income
than the whole bottom 50 percent,
according to Economic Outlook.
This publication of the Research
and Education Department of the
CIO states, in its December issue,
that while the top 10 percent of
American families received 28
percent of the total income after
taxes, during 1951, the bottom 50
percent received only 24 percent
of the total.

Income Drop

The average cash income by
family, before taxation, ranged
from the bottom tenth, with an
average of only $460, to the top
tenth with an average of $11,710.

Savings by United States fam-
ilies fell heavily in the post war
years from 1947 to 1952. While
the average family savings stood
at $470 in 1947, by 1952 this

figure had dropped to an average

of only $230.

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