B.C. LUMBER WORKER

x Negotiations A
Negotiations for revision of the
Coast master contract, which
open in mid-April, held the cen-
tre of the stage. All the various
contract demands, which had or-
iginated with the Local Unions
~ were fully discussed, in order that
the over-all requirements might |
be seen in perspective. Many of |
these, were approved in principle,
and referred to the Wages and
Contract Conference, March 13-
14, to determine the necessary
priorities and strategy.
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Highlight of discussions which
related to the legislative aims of
the IWA was the vigorous con-
demnation of the Labor Relations
Board, for strike-breaking activi-
ties, and its violation of the
rights of organized labor.
Attention was given to antici-
pated developments in the current
Session of the Legislature, and
support extended to the demand

“ACTION”

of the B.C. Federation of Labor
for amended labor legislation,
especially in regard to the ICA
Act, the Workmen’s Compensa-
tion Act, and the B.C. Hospital
Insurance Act.

Federal legislation was not
overlooked and a number of reso-
lutions outlined pressing require-
ments in the field of full em-
ployment and the Unemployment
Insurance Act,

Organization

Examination by Convention
Committees of the various reports
submitted found the affairs of the
Union in a sound position, al-
though severely taxed by the re-
cent Interior strikes. The plans
in process of development by the
District Officers were approved.

The convention launched the
Union on the 1954 round of a
three-fold program, with bright
prospects for better contract
terms, better organization, and
better legislative protection.

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“SCAB

operations, on the basis of which,
they moved to de-certify the
IWA, and certify a newly orga-
nized Local Union of the Lumber
& Sawmill Workers, comprised
of scabs, company strikebreakers,
and
WHEREAS: The Labor Relations
Board decided to certify this
strike breaking agency, as the
bargaining authority for all the
employees, without first granting
a hearing, on a contested certifi-
cation, or conducting a represen-
tation vote, as required under the
ICA Act of British Columbia, and
WHEREAS: In our opinion, this
action clearly brands the Pro-
vineial Labor Relations Board of
being guilty of deliberately
breaking a legitimate strike in
authorizing the certification of a
strike breaking agency, thus
earning themselves the title of a
“seab herding, strike breaking,
government agency, controlled by
the employers’ interests.
NOW THEREFORE *
BE IT RESOLVED: That this
17th Annual Convention of the
B.C. District Council No. 1, of
the IWA condemn and denounce
the Labor Relations Board of
B.C., as a pseudo-secret instru-
ment of employer dominated gov-
ernment machinery, designed
solely to deprive the workers of
their democratic rights, and break
strikes by encouraging the re-
eruiting of scabs and strikebreak-
ers, under the guise of professed
legality, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That we call on all members of
the Trade Union Movement, to
disregard the biased decisions of

the Labor Relations Board, be-
eause of its prostitution of all

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principles of “justice, and demo-
cratic principles, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That we call upon the Labor
representatives on the Board to
disassociate themselves from any
further betrayal of Organized
Labor and its democratic objec-
tives.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That this resolution be sent to
all affiliates of the CCL, in B.C.
and the Trades & Labor Congress
affiliates in B, C.
AND BE IT
FINALLY RESOLVED: That a
wire be sent to the Premier
and every member of the Legis-
lature demanding that something
be done.

WAGE MEET
MARCH 13-14

IWA Wage and Contract
Conférence, which will select
the contract demands requir-
ing emphasis ~in this year’s
negotiations, and determine
the strategy, is scheduled to
meet in the Arcadian Audi-
torium, Vancouver, March
13-14. 5

The conference, which in-
cludes a specified quota of
delegates from each Local
Union, will open at 11 a.m.
on March 13.”

The lively interest display-
ed by IWA members in the
outcome of this Conference
is regarded by IWA officials
as indicating an all-out sup-
port of negotiations which
open in mid-April.

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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS COMMITTEE which had the diffi

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task of drafting amend-

ments to meet many perplexing constitutional problems, at the recent IWA Annual District Con-
vention. Chairman was A. Smith, 1-357, and Secretary G. Patterson, 1-217. Other members were:

Jim Haslam, 1-71; Andy Aitken, 1-80; N. Albertson, 1-85; F. Copp, 1-118; Verne Halverson, 1-363;
G. Smith, 1-367; Dave Parkin, 1-405; B. Lynch, 1-417; Joe Locke, 1-423; H. Johnson, 1-424.

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“CLEAN-UP OR

across are in a very deplorable
condition,” stated a sanitary
inspector.

At a camp near Chief Lake it
was learned that blankets were
washed only once or twice a year.

In many camps when a man
leaves, his blankets usually re-
main on the bunk without being
laundered for the next man.

No sheets are supplied in these
camps, although regulations state
that clean blankets and pillow
cases must be supplied every
week,

At several camps visited by the
inspectors the workmen were
found to be sleeping and eating
under “squalid and intolerable”
conditions. Some of the men have
placed torn-up cardboard boxes
around their bunks to prevent
the wind from blowing in on
them.

“Any operator who disre-
gards the instructions of the
Health Department faces clos-
ure of his camp until the of-
fending conditions have been
yemedied?’ Dr. Brown empha-
sized.

Regulations
Provincial industrial camp
regulations require all camps to
comply with the following:

1. Clean sheets and pillow
cases every week, and newly
laundered blankets to each new
employee.

2. A room or building must be
provided with hot and cold
water avallable for washing,
bathing and ‘laundry purposes.
Where there is no running water,

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'-AT-ARMS COMMITTEE was a title which proved a misnomer. No action by its

was required to maintain order, They actively catered to the needs of the delegates
the convention machinery rolling smoothly, Chairman was Art Shure, 1-217, and Secre-
1-71, Other members were: Lorne Johnston, 1-80; A. Mannix, 1-85; John Bartanus,
; D, Stewart, 1-367; Elmer Atwood, 1-405; Noel J. Gooding, 1-428; and

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showers can be made from a

-small barrel with a shower noz-

ale attached to the bottom.

3. All the bunkhouses, wash
house, kitchen and dining room
must be adequately insulated,
and lined on the inside with
planed lumber or some other
smooth, washable material.

4. The kitchen and dining
room must closely comply with
the same regulations governing

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restaurants,

5. There are minimum require-
ments for window space, means
of ventilation, and the number.
of washing, bathing and toilet
facilities, 3

6. Other items that are check-
ed upon are the water supply,
proper garbage and other waste
disposal, dwelling houses for
married couples, and overcrowd-
ing in the bunkhouses.

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