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Items of Interest To
Labor In Capsule Form

mily peewee. Peyaistte
CL has decided to
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At present a sever eesleuce qualifeationt is necessary.
fee S. pho Dro

p
gross national product—the value of goods

OTTAWA—Can:
and services Pree ae ‘Gmnadine—ds oper 2% from $24.4 billion
to $24 billion in 1954, the DBS repo:

OTTA)

a 910 Suey in 1954—up 2% from the Previous ‘year.
the increase in the labor force during the
2.6%.

anadian Labou x Inc
—Canadian labor income reached an,all-time high o

Hae
ie period amounted

indians Pyerage Income
of Indians during 1953-54

NEW D:
smouated a ae Sh a ie! Tadian ‘Finance Minister announced in

Parliam

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build uy;

extile Strike Fun

FRONT
os cle ¢ on i
trike fund to combat almost industry-wide demands from
ge

eae Balers for wa:

ics Heacncs Farce

red: and black; green and
black, or blue and black,

Notice the four large pockets in front, and the large
pack pocket in back, which Bgi both sides... a
its.

seat of bo!

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Brand” “clothing obtainable from your c

or

tan oe ac leciened through careful study of the
ne eeds and desires of B.C. workmen.

y garment
many designs of “Pioneer
ommiss

C., by Jones, Tent & Awning

FOR WORK CLOTHING

UNSTINTED MATERIALS

an
Wor RKMANSHIP

in onfer
aa tone sponsored by the Woodsworth Memorial Foundation.

“Oh, Cactus ... stop playing!”

The Hi
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“Money
that our
good or we
aa and Summer “Clothes
here with FR

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ADVERTISERS

OFFICIAL Mae 2 FOR NEerey

MONTREAL (CPA)—Capt.
N. McMaster, 78-year-old
Work-

DesRoches,

voked, Irving

ional Director, District 50

McMaster was tte for fail-
ing to ea t! nion’s constitu-
ion right: to members the

‘ub sells everything with
Back” Guarantee
clothes must ae
‘our

EE CREDIT.

U. N. World Health Organization
Can Save Other Children

This: err ht iB ees en a age spleen caused by ad- ,

ership
dng the last four years; he faile
to’ negotiate collective labor
eee nts in the presence of a
members’ committee; he obtained

retilication. of these sarees by.

Saati mi
approved the contract; he pre-
sented se documents for sig-
nature to French-speaking seamen
who could not read English it
which language they were printed.

Failure to sign thes: uments
“meant loss of membership and
Sore ey of employment”,

said DesRoc!

both 1

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buts ‘in "Wer Health

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45 EAST HASTINGS

sd CIO are urging (Congress ii in 1955 to renew its
(LIAPS)

he
Suiits to WHO

Publication date of

the next issue of the B.C, LUMBER WORKER

: of
° is cat fase Deadline for ad copy is April 14th and for news copy

Apri

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Ist, Vice-Presidi
8rd Vice-Pre:
International Board Mem|

Authos

BC Lowen Women

‘en ling the Organized Mill welnie of
UBLISHED TWICH eed ON THE

AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY.
International Wood

workers of America, (CIO-CCL)

District Counell > =
{CT OPRICERS:

resident. . Joe Morris

Ny, Gray

iam
vt Bred dleber
_ i Mitchell

2

nd Vice-President
sident

‘ecretary-Treastirer

iber
‘Address all communteations
eee ee ose Secretary Trearirer

iesway = 8 ken:
Vancouver, Bc.
Subsoription Rates. 1,

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avertising Re resentative
ept., Ottawa
SUB

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24,000 COP} oS PRINTED IN THIS Is!

(UAW WINS
14c. BOOST

CPA) —

CCL), voted to accept ¢ the new
contract term:

w agreement, which will

expire in 1956, provides a
four cent pay increase retroactiv
to July 15 fast a six cer id

pension payment; increases for
5 ine fi

See for yourself—today.

17% cents; and a

medical
ae for dependents of pT Te

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