2 B. c. LUMBER WORKER FROM PAGE 1 6 Issues Union must have the union shop. The reasons are the same which we have persistently presented for the last ten years, The em- ployers’ reasons for opposing it this year are exactly the same as in former years, namely, that they don’t want a strong union in the industry if they can pos- sibly prevent it. They feel that 100% unionization of the indus- try would be too great a threat to the profit-making plans which they have carried out largely at the expense of the workers. For that very reason the IWA must have the Union shop. We must have a strong union in the industry to protect the interests of the workers, and make certain that they gain their fair share of the wealth produced. When every person working for wages in the industry is a member of the IWA, then and then only, does the Union pos- sess the bargaining strength equal to the responsibilities of the Union. It should also be noted that the Union Shop is the only democratic form of employ- er-employee relations. It pro- vides that those who must rely on and benefit by the Union's bargaining will have a voice in | family, for he must make up in Bared” all bargaining decisions and will share equally in the costs of bar- gaining. It also provides that the Union is not required to ans- wer for the conduct of those, who will not accept their obliga- tions toward the majority deci- sions. Wage Increase Due. The IWA Negotiating Commit- tee has demanded a 10-cent-an- hour wage increase across the board. The employers oppose this and suggest that they would be doing the lumber workers ‘a favor, if they agree to the same wage rates as paid last year. We ask that these points be noted: (1) the Union made no demand for a wage increase last year, and thus gave the opera- tors an advantage which assured them expanding and_ profitable export markets; (2) production has been steadily increased to fill the orders on file, and ship- ments last year reached an al- most unprecedented volume in important markets; (3) the pro- ductive capacity of the industry has increased and the output per man-hour has risen. When we add up all the facts, which can be established by the official statistics, beyond any doubt, we find that the operators are well able to grant the pro- posed wage increase, without handicapping the industry. 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As everyone knows, the timber now being cut in the woods is found at greater and greater distances miles to and from the actual | point where he can perform the work assigned to him. It sometimes means that he must spend almost 12 hours out of his day to put in the eight |hours required by the employer |for his daily wage. He is thus penalized, hecause his employer |Renmna hours of travel time as a condition of his eight hours’ employment. It’s only the re- actionary type of employers such as we have in the lumber indus- try, that would try to justify such a fare-faced injustice. Fare Allowance Fare allowance, another de- mand of the IWA, is in the same category. It also represents an attempt by the Union to remedy a glaring injustice caused by the expansiqn of lumbering opera- tions. 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