_ we
OTTA einen
1954. ae % con 000, ya00. —a
ie Iabor force Finer eased by 1.6% between Sep: j
, 1954.

B.C, LUMBER WORKER

| NEWS DIGEST i
‘Items of Interest To
Labor In i ae Form '

Decertification Petition Dismissed
MONTREAL—The first de certieation petition eae Quebec's
Bin i9
dismissed. ‘The QLRB turned down a petition by the Quebec CE
poration of Plumbing and Heating Contractors against Hoa nee
of te APL TLC Plumbers unions on the grounds that
not officers of the union

Uni in Au' iiorives Increases
“WINDSOR. —Nenes of Local 195, UAW, employed by Chrys-

FOR WORK CLOTHING
UNSTINTED MATERIALS

m
WORKMANSHIP

ler improved
host fal and medical peneae sand ne menlgrty provisions. Con-
tract negotiations have been in progress for nine months.

-H-| F ‘Stri e En ds
TORONTO.—The 11-week setike oe ave ue Re Weitte
Harris-Ferguson puted here with Ba 300
200 mobil te quip-
operators. Sint Peabo provisions eat be pacts sine and
in the new contract. Strikers were members of"

‘amily Desertions investiga ited
TOR —A study of the number of men deserting their
families a aS ordered by | OGD Welfare Minister Goodfellow.
was s recorded
in the first 10 months of this year with the total likely to reach
700. Many desertions have been attributed ee mploya ble unem-
mak eligible

for relief payments,

Borrard Pact Sig

ck, or blue and

Notice the four large pockets in. front, and the large
Pack pocket in back, which opens at both sides
featur th mackin: and kersey garments. =;
te ese are ae ae many designs of “Pioneer
Brand” clothing obtainable from your commissary
or favorite deal
., by Jones Tent & Awning
ta sere ae esiened Grouch careful study of the
needs and desires of B.C. w

ned
and joint oreniing pact has bei

NEW On Ng
signed between the Re!
(CIO). and the Tesmsters (ex

mid-west states and in the retires ol

TORONTO.—An a) mmunist-led U.E. an
Ontario ORE decision. eariing EeeaaraticH at the Canadian West.
inghouse TV plant at Brantford to the IUEW (CIO-CCL) was

turned down by
ervin On CBC Board
TTAWA—R. K. Gervin, Vancouver, eee picaldent of the
TC. has been Femnointed to the CBC Board of Governors for a
three-year
halon gure

e for ie first nine months of
increase of 1.8% over a simi

period in 1953.

ad ae er

sulted a higher authority.’

‘|Reuther Recalls
eon) Struggle

In se Cal., CIO President Walter Reuther,
taking ies ou’

m CIO Convention preparations, Ge
dressed a Sten al conference of the CIO Electrical
Workers. To illustrate the huge advances made by organ-
ized labor, her drew vivid Ba ‘isons between work- standing
ers’ conditions today and 20 yeai ere and walked off the ship.”
ui) sident recalled

tember 19, 1953,
i Norwe:

OSLO.—The N

ans 3 Amend Constitution

dan amendment

“to prepare § soudliane so that every able-bodied citizen can earn a
living by hi

ianple Syiment Action Demanded
National precutive called. for steps to

0 re CCF
stimulate employment

employment insu
eeeisianes' to those ae eligible for UI p
benefits have ci
New South Africa Union
—A new trade union centr South Afi
alon retueN hae

n
nm iti in-
ance benefits; an srenerageoyeuinent
ent:

ti of 14 w
5 iu Blesa boston | of a trade unio
(0 discrimination on the grounds of race,
e! ills Stand
QuEsE Premier Duplessis told Catholic Syndicate leaders
that he had no intention of hrs soning Bills 19 and 20 vain Beers
cor ddecertifcation of union tolerating members of a communis
es

color or creed.

nt to
cally , on the S S: ae Set ae ov-
the national constitution recognizing the responsibility of the State et io ae

ordinary seaman and, ironi-

7] [
ze Bethe recalled: Sand’ ‘et
¢ tell y that was hot, swelt-

-| «But
‘we wo? sed 1

's and those whose | ip tool
acl th

rican Trade | the

engines.” g

Two ‘Tuesdays

se was the fact that,
rl 18 reais a day, seven |"

days a eons and I remember that

days. I was paid ex-

it wor:

a Ly; peat
was Tuesday for two days. So I
went to my shipboard boss and

two days.

“The boss glare me har
and said, ‘There’s ae one Tues-

party unions calling strikes | day in a week, according to the

in public service ee ndar, isn’t ? Well, you

t paid by the calendar—jus

day” I thought for a mo-

Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER || ment and asked the boss, ‘Well,

is January a Resdline for ad copy is January 13th and for news || if I didn’t work for you that day,

copy J cit I work fo oss
py Januai

, You worked for Jesus.

BC Lun WORKER .
Rel zZ the Workers of B.C,
PUBLIS! a hee Hees (B FIRST
END THIRD TAURSDALS. By
International, Woo Biutit Co of Amieriog (CIO-CCL)
ie a zeit

@

SS

bist

Beautiful “Hawaii

‘A few days more sailing and
‘we approached the Hawaiian Is-
land: I had he: or SO BANKING BY MAIL is convenient, easy tn do.

mn,

long about beautiful Hawaii that See for yourself—today.
was lo es ae a,
Eee leave. ii som

Haw:
thing I wasn’t sce th Tail But
fe miles out of Honolulu the

ent
Tae Vice
2nd Vice- Seaton
ara Vice Fresident
rotary Treas

fam
a
ore aa atenell

rer
vad Aue aad Allen

istaruatlonal Aue -d Mei

Eeeeuine would ‘be in port 24
hours, that there was new cargo

idress a fee croiaatl ions
onOnGH a hy apo Seren Brasurr

ingsw: ‘ade ¥ s 5261-2
Bee ies. G
Aavertistng Tey Tate la a
sen nicer
eo acnine see et Lt at Cities Bont. Ottawa
24,000 COPIES PRINTED IN THIS 1880)

be no shot leave for anyone, in-
cluding

nas I heard this I went
ne ta my boss and told him I
was taking shore leave anyway.
‘Oh, os ah re no ‘ ale ne panes

‘Oh, ye!

PEL 2.