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Northern Interior Ballot
Approves Contract Terms

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IWA members in the Northern Interior voted to give
a decisive majority in favor of acceptance of the terms of
the contract settlement recommended by the District Policy

Committee, it was reported
Officers.

Balloting conducted throughout
all the operations in the area, was
completed on schedule by the
staff of Local 1-424, IWA, Prince
George, assisted by Associate Re-
search Director Joe Miyazawa.

-When all the formalities of
signing the revised master con-
tract are completed, the North-
ern District will have virtually
the same contract conditions and
the same termination date as
already established in the South-
ern Interior.

Terms Negotiated

It was pointed out, that this
settlement is the second this year
to be achieved by the Union, in
a manner acceptable to the mem-
bership, without requiring the
completion of conciliation pro-

ceedings.

this week by the District

In summary the contract gains
approved are:

) Wage increases totalling
4¥, cents diring the contract
period, to level off with the
Southern Interior; (2) the 40-
hour week; (3) three paid sta-
tutory holidays; (4) seniority
retention during lay-off per-
iods; (5) improved union secur-
ity procedures; (6) considera-
tion of new categories and
rates; (7) basic guarantees re-
garding the earnings of those
on piece work rates; (8) con-
sideration of improved board
and lodging facilities and costs.
The contract in the Northern
Interior will now terminate on
the same date as in the South-
ern Interior—August 31, 1956.

IWA FA

CES

GRIM FIGHT

Battle waged by the IWA

on its picket lines throughout

TYPICAL SCENE at the Annual Picnic, Local 1-217, IWA, showin:
they urged their offspring to get ready for the big race. No great
nessed at the B.E. Games.

ig a tense moment for parents as
er excitement has yet been wit-

the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest States has
now assumed menacing aspects due to the provocative and
ruthless tactics of the employers, stated International
President Al Hartung, addressing the District delegate
conference in Vancouver, July 25. The conference tendered
him offers of generous support.

Owners
Attack

Union

Officials of the Bakery
Workers’ Union, locked-out
by the Vancouver bakery
owners, claimed this week
that the lock-out tactics have
been directed to smash the
existing rights of the Union
and thereby destroy its ef-
feetiveness. ‘

Proof of the employers’ inten-
tions were found in large adver-
tisements in the Vancouver
dailies, designed to create dis-
trust in the Union’s leadership.

A tricky feature of these ads
was the stipulation that any set-
tlement would require the Union
to forfeit its union security
clause as now in the contract,
providing for preferential hiring.

New Issue

This clause, essential to the
peculiar employment conditions

See “ATTACK” 3

WHAT'S
INSIDE

ANNUAL PICNIC
THRILLS CROWD

Happiest youngsters in all Vancouver on July 24 were
those from IWA homes in the area who attended the
Annual Picnic of Local 1-217, IWA, as guests of Daddy’s
Union. They found.at Swedish Park almost everything in
the way of entertainment and refreshment that would
delight a child’s heart.

Despite the employers’ pres-
sure, backed up by force in some
instances, to institute a “back-
to-work” movement, the lumber
workers are showing a determin-
ed fighting front, the President
asserted. Morale is high on the
Union’s picket lines, he stated,
and the unity developed between
the AFL and CIO unions has in-
spired effective resistance to the
employers’ strike-breaking tac-

“Postpone Convention”

Immediate response to the
frank outline of the seriousness
of the fight in the Pacific States
was a resolution, recommending
to the International Executive
Board that the International Con-
vention scheduled for August in
Milwaukee be postponed.

The view expressed by the
delegates was that money to be
expended on delegates’ expense

Officials estimated that ap-
proximately 2000 children throng-
ed the park, but no one would
dare to make an accurate count.
There were children everywhere.
The parents who attended in a
goodly number were merely an
adult background for the. main
show, which was dedicated to the
younger set.”

Program events were set in
motion by President Lloyd Wha-
len, who was summoned to the
microphone by Committee Chair-
man Harry Bardsley. He wel-
comed the picknickers, and in-
vited them to make the day one
of complete enjoyment as it had
been made possible by their own
Union.

“Have a Good Time”

He directed attention to the
fact that such occasions brought
to light the actual bond of unity
between the Union’s members in
its endeavor to protect home life
by guarding the living standards
of the lumber workers. His re-
marks were ably supplemented
by President Allison Brown of
the Women’s Auxiliary to the
Local Union.

Master of Ceremonies Charlie
LaMarche, then took over the
“mike” and proceeded to direct
the large assembly into a well
organized program of sports

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old were refreshed at frequent
intervals with “pop”, ice cream,
candy, and the basket lunches,
which numerous family groups
unpacked, as each pre-empted a
shady nook in the park.
Generous prizes were awarded
those who succeeded in events
scheduled in a long and interest-
ing program of races and con-

received by the conference with
a unanimous expression of a de-

was asked to convey to the strik-
ing workers, the iron-clad assur-

tics. should now be diverted in aid of

the strikers and their families.
It would be a mistake, they said,
to take the Union’s officers away
from the strike scene
Aid Tendered

The delegates also resolved to
authorize the District Executive
Board to take appropriate steps
to secure voluntary doriations to

See “FIGHT” Page 3

The International Officer’s
statements on the situation were

sire to aid in the fight in such
manner as to ensure victory. He

ance of firm support from Dis-
trict No. 1.

tests for both sexes of all ages,
even including grandpa and
grandma, as well as the fat boys.
Prize awards were in the hands
of the Ladies’ Committee. All the
kiddies who tried and lost were
consoled with an extra helping
of candy and ice cream.

Amusement Features

Free amusement rides, of all
the popular types were provided
by a competent staff, and prompt-
ed the children to queue up to
get their turns. The same sys-
tem was necessary with the free
pony rides, another popular form
of entertainment provided by
thoughtful hosts.

President Lloyd Whalen in a
message to the B.C. Lumber
Worker, expressed appreciation
to the members of the Local
Union and the Women’s Auxiliary
who undertook the arduous labor
of planning the picnic and car-

7.00 p.m. ¢
Thursday §

tion participation by individual
unions will be on an entirely vol-
uniary basis. The same agree-
ment will go before the TLC con-
vention being held in August.

in effect in the United States and

has been signed by 29 CIO
unions and .65 affiliated with the

AFL. Announcing its ratification
the AFL-CIO unity committee

LISTEN TO

Peace Pact

On The Way

A no-raiding pact between Canadian Congress of Labor
unions and organizations of the Trades and Labor Congress
of Canada will be submitted to the annual CCL convention
which opens in Toronto on September 27. The pact was
endorsed at the June meeting of the Executive Council.

If it is adopted by the conven-

described it as “The first con-
structive step toward labor peace
and a united labor movement
since 1936.”
Constructive Step -
The statement explained:
“This agreement represents a
cease-fire. During the two-year
truce the joint AFL-CIO Unity
Committee will go to work on
See “PACT” Page 3

: (J AY 6.30 p.m.

Thursday

A similar agreement is already

7.05 p.m.
Saturday

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