B.C. Local Unions Donate $15.000 For IWA Strikers wR R wre ww ww FUND-RAISING CONTINUES AS REUTHER SENDS $25,000 ‘Ottctel Pebtiosion of he International Weodsuorhers of America vt. Dieta Condi Net yee wow HK i oN 8 Vol. XXII, No. 17 ==> =° Ist ISSUE, SEPT. 1954 - VANCOUVER, B.C. 5c PER COPY IWA Local Unions in British Columbia have already : forwarded a sum in excess of $15,000 to aid the IWA strik- re ers and their families in the Pacific Northwest States. This BOOKED FOR Salute To Local 1-217, IWA eure eauale vie eee Hsuawested at the District elec onference, but wil supplemented by th tinued CALCUT TA efforts of the Local Unions to marae eae, cone tions from individual members. Vancouver [WA [rien liam Gray reported on this effort| lost in the Pacific Northwest O over the Green Gold radio pro-| States, it will speed the day when Co} Ss | n t e est gram, August 26, saying in part:|a similar fight will be necessary ° “We were advised today, by | here in defence of the wages and : Mi the International Office, that | working conditions which we have On Labor Day, 1954, this publication tenders a salute| Walter Reuther, President of | secured through the years, to Local 1-217, IWA, as the members of that Local Union| the CIO as well as of the Unit- We have formed an Interna- take a place of honor in the CCL-TLC Labor Day parade| ed Auto Workers, has forward- | tional Union for the simple to demonstr: i er area, the str ed a cheque for $25,000 from | reason that the employers’ unity of Eeetiead Ranouy © Seal ext! the Auto Workers of America | rights of ownership in the lum- 5 2 ean ‘a in aid of the strike. ber industry on this continent Eegpemdve;_comcidence, "in The International Executive | are closely integrated. By or- this series of Local Union fea-| strength of Local 1-217, IWA,| Board, at its recent meeting | ganizing the workers in the tures, directing attention to the | stem from the events of October,| a}so voted $50,000 in aid of the | industry on both sides of the achievements of each Local in| 1948, At that time. it was in-| strikers from the Internation- | international boundary into one turn, the Labor Day salute of the| tended to provide a rich reward} ays Emergency Fund. union—the IWA — the lumber B.C. Lumber Worker honors the| to the LPP-Communist conspira- In this province, the IWA | workers have been better able ie largest Local Union in the Inter-| tors who had looted the treasury, Local Unions will continue to | to ‘defeat attacks upon their j ‘ta national, also the largest Local|and attempted to enmesh the| raise funds in aid of the strik- | standards. These recent attacks feu = _ | Union in Western Canada, occu-| members in the LPP manipula-| ers by means of voluntary con- | upon the purposes of trade | JOE MIYAZAWA, IWA Asso-|PYié the Place of greatest poneion Pebalt of their Canadian | ¢ributions. Again I would ex- | unionism are the same on both J KiabeEDIGERTusGt Research eee aa) nt mer | press ihe hone’ ob District fides of the oundery, beceueg 4 2 de. Inder the LPP-Communist| Executive Board, thai ie ap- ey originate wit ie same end) Peaueation, swho) has) beet) “the President of this Local] management, previously fasten-| peal will be given a most gen- | interests who form the top | Selected by. the Canadian Con-| Union, Lloyd Whalen, who is also| eq pon the Local Union, the| erous support by every indivi- | command of management, both gress of Labor to represent that! President of the Vancouver Labor A 2 a v i i ie ae membership strength had | dual lumber worker. in Canada and the United | body at the TOFTU Seminar in| Council, was selected to lead the| exceeded Rei en ae BEN Our Fight States. : | Yop” Commencing October 31,) parade this year, and will address | steward organization had been| ye ¢ Balen A Suicidal Policy U the assembled workers before dis-| Seavend to Lid, the Hqnn anna | We cannot remind ourselves too 4 7 S| often, th: ich is be-| It, » is v Pee ee aeaea cle ttcatz)oF) atthe Local Union only reached | $y Vaved om Ger alten clisad|_ anys thinkin Cone lnaied the Pacific National Exhibiti | Be ae Tae gumibition on Pep nek $12,000, fox Tea50ns | the international boundary, is a| that it wowld be suicidal for - It Began October, 1948 i Th i controv.>& | fight in which the interests of| the Union as an international gan October, aque. ober avons seruded'| tne B.C. lumber workers are ex-| whole to disregard what hap- The reasons for the present-day See “SALUTE” Page 2 | posed to danger. If the fight is} See “STRIKE” Page 3 PROBED “WELL STICK WITH THE IWA” System of hiring loggers by the Loggers’ Agency, Vancouver, has been under close investigation by Local 1-71, IWA, because of dis- quieting rumours that pow- erful employing interests have exercised discrimina- tion in a manner detrimen- tal to the Union. To date, a number of interesting facts have been disclosed. The extent to which hiring had been centralized through this one agency by the logging corpora- tions had not been formerly re- alized. From this central point loggers are engaged and routed to more than 100 different opera- tions owned by almost as many different companies. Quite obvi- ously the agency is operated by these companies jointly in order to control the employment of loggers by means of a centralized system. Additional companies which have recently utilized the agency to meet their crew requirements are Alaska Pine & Cellulose, ‘Tahsis Co., Granite Bay Timber Co., Charles Creek Logging Co., See “PROBE” Page 10 WHAT'S INSIDE AT THIS HISTORIC MEETING Vancouver lumber workers repudiated the LPP-Communist inspired move to separate them from the IWA, and de- cided to establish their own management of their own affairs. Local 1-217 was here re-established as a bigger and better unit in the International en Gold-CJOR es CANN (A Ss 5. 1-217 Pix .... 8-9 _IWA Champion 10