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Vol. XXII, No. 12

=> *™ 2nd ISSUE, JUNE 1954 - VANCOUVER, B.C.

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ATTRACTIVE PLAQUE presented to the IWA official organ, The

National Safety Council is welcomed by District President Joe Morris (top inset). and. District.

Secretary Treasurer George Mitchell (lower inset).

B.C. Lumber Worker, by the

LABOR NEWS

At A Glance

VANCOUVER.—Final draft of the IWA coast master con-
tract was in the making for early submission to the District Policy
Committee, it was reported here by the IWA District Office.

VANCOUVER.—Vancouver Labor Council unanimously con-
demned the transfer of administration of the Labor Relations Act
to the Board of Industrial Relations, by demanding that the Board
be constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Minimum
Wage Act.

PORTLAND.—AFL and CIO woodworkers, numbering 100,-
000, remained on strike. Employers remain adamant on the 12%4-
cent-an-hour wage demand.

VANCOUVER, — IWA District Officials were tendered the
Public Interest Award of the National Safety Council at a luncheon
arranged by the Vancouver Traffic and Safety Council.

VANCOUVER—IWA Local Unions throughout the province
are preparing to elect delegates to attend the International Con-
vention opening in Milwaukee, August 23, Hotel Schroeder.

VANCOUVER.—Secretary George Home, B.C. Federation of
Lahor, called Lyle Wicks, Minister of Labor, a liar, because of
his claim that no ministerial directive had been issued to the
Board, of which Home was a member,

SALMON ARM.—J. Kelly was re-elected President of Local
1-417, IWA, with W, J. Thompson as Financial Secretary.

VANCOUVER.—Logger Steve Slobodian arrived here penni-.
less, after hitch-hiking 1200 miles from Queen Charlotte City.
Kelly Logging Co. hired him in Vancouver as a second loader,
worked him a week, and then turned him loose without return fare.

DATE SET

Delegates attending the
last meeting of the Vancou-
ver Labor Council heard the
call issued by the Canadian
Congress of Labor for the
annual convention, which is
scheduled to open in the
Royal York Hotel, Toronto,
September 27,

WHAT'S
INSIDE ©

COUNCIL
PROTESTS
TRANSFER

Announcement that the
B.C. Social Credit Govern-
ment had dissolved the La-
bor Relations Board and
transferred its powers to the
Board of Industrial Rela-
tions, as now constituted,
has been received by orga-
nized labor in B.C. as a
direct affront to the trade
unions.

The fact that the Provincial
Government had broken with all
Canadian precedents, and placed
the administration of this Act in
the hands of a Board, from which
direct labor representation has
been excluded, is generally in-
terpreted as confirming the pre-
viously suspected anti-labor in-
tentions of the government.

This outraged sentiment on
the part of the trade unions was
given expression at the last
meeting -of the Vancouver Labor
Council.

Employers’ Act

A defiant note was struck
by Chairman Lloyd Whalen,
who declared that as the Act
was so obviously an employers’
act, it should be administered
by the employers. Speaking on
behalf of the Council’s Execu-
tive, he suggested that the
anti-labor features of the Act
should not be condoned by the
unions in any respect.

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DISPUTE ENDS

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IWA and Operators Prepare
To Sign Master Contract

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Following ratification by the Union and the operators’
of the settlement terms reached at the bargaining table,
the IWA District Negotiating Committee, and Forest
Industrial Relations Ltd. are now engaged in the neces-
sary drafting of the clauses to be amended in the Coast

master contract, in preparation for the formalities of
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signing.

In a report to the Union, Dis-
trict President Joe Morris gave
assurance that the final draft
will be submitted for the ap-
proval of the District Policy
Committee before being signed
on behalf of the Union. He said:

President’s Statement

“The dispute which developed
between our Union and the Coast
Lumber Operators is now at an
end. By a 74% majority vote,
IWA members in the Coast area
have given a verdict in favor of
acceptance of the proposed set-
tlement terms which were re-
cently submitted to them.

The vote, conducted by secret
ballot, throughout all Local
Unions affected,
ally approved the recommenda-
tion of the District Policy Com-
mittee. This decision, so rendered
by- the membership, is in effect
an instruction to sign the 1954-
55 Coast master contract with
the amended provisions, tenta-
tively agreed upon, during the
first stage of conciliation.

Every Local Accepted

has _emphatic- |

tary-Treasurer, as Chairman;
Lloyd Whalen, Local 1-217, and
Warren Lowrey, Local 1-367.
The returns indicated that each
and every Local Union returned
a decisive vote in favor of ac-
| ceptance.

We are advised by Forest In-
_ dustrial Relations Limited that
| the operators represented by that
agency have also voted in favor
of acceptance.

This ratification of the settle-
iment by both parties will now
‘enable the District Negotiating
| Committee, in consultation with
the operators’ representatives, to
“complete the work of drafting
the various amendments as ap-
| proved in principle for inclusion
jin the contract. The amended
clauses will, of course, be sub-
| mitted to-a special meeting of
the District Policy Committee, to
, be summoned for the purpose, at
an early date,
| Committee Vindicated

The results of the membership
{vote confirmed the opinion pre-
| viously expressed by the District

The tabulation of the vote was Policy Committee that, as the
undertaken by a District Ballot- membership had not presented
ing Committee, comprised of any-wage demand this year, the
George Mitchell, District Secre- See “DISPUTE” Page 3

CIO-AFL STRIKE
HALTS INDUSTRY

Biggest strike in the history of the Pacific Northwest
States now involves over 100,000 woodworkers and has
brought the CIO Woodworkers and AFL Lumber Workers

together in a co-ordinated program of militant action,
against the operators’ associations. .

International President A. F.
Hartung, IWA, and Executive
Secretary Kenneth Davis, Lum-
ber & Sawmill Workers (AFL),
have agreed on behalf of their
respective unions to cooperate
during the strike, and have en-
tered into a mutual-aid, no-raid
pact for the duration,

A joint committee on strategy
also includes Burk Christie,
President, District 9, IWA;
George Willett, President, Boom-
men, District 11, IWA; Kenny
Davis and Earl Hartley, Presi-
dent, Puget Sound District Coun-
cil, AFL Lumber & Sawmill
Workers.

The agreement is said to have
the enthusiastic support of the

yank and file membership in-
volved in the strike. Morale is
high on the picket lines even
though no moves toward media-
tion are as yet reported.

Six States Struck

The strike-bound area includes
Washington, and Oregon, as well
ag parts of California, Nevada,«
Idaho, and Montana. Virtually
all the fir belt is involved, and
portions of the pine and redwood
districts.

Both unions are demanding a
wage increase of 12% cents an
hour. The IWA members are, in
addition, demanding a 8rd week
of vacation and job analysis pro-
gram.

Award Presented

Public Interest Award conferred on The B. C. Lumber
Worker by the National Safety Council was formally

tendered to Managing Editor, George Mitchell, by Chair-
man Adam Bell of the Workmen’s Compensation Board at
a luncheon sponsored by the Vancouver Traffic and Safety
Council, June 23.

In making the presentation on
behalf of the National Safety
Council, Mr. Bell referred to the
fact that this award had been
won by the publication for the
second consecutive year. He

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praised the educational work un-
dertaken in the interests of acci-
dent prevention, and paid a gen-

See “AWARD” Page 3

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