B.C. LUMBER WORKER. co FROM PAGE 1 ~“RESTMORE” he then stated that they were all fired. When the Local Union placed pickets around the plant, carry- ing the information that the em- ployees had heen locked-out, a restraining order was ‘secured from the courts. Scabs Hired _ Proteeted by this court order, the company then proceeded to hire seabs, and transport them to the plant by taxi, The Local Union thereupon is- sued information to all workers in the city, warning them not to scab in the Restmore Manufac- turing Plant. Further action hinges upon the outcome of action in the courts. RESULT OF ONE BOMB FALL-OUT MIGHT KILL 100% OF POPULATION FALL-OUTMIGHT KILE 50¢.0F POPULATION) FALL OUTMIGHTKILE 5-10% OR POPULATION Board of B.C, Basic Accident Prevention. 130 West Hastings Street INSTRUCTION IN INDUSTRIAL FIRST AID lable through Correspondence Courses leading to Industrial Aid Gertificates approved by the Workmen’s Compensation Also Correspondence Course in Timekeeping and THE INDUSTRIAL FIRST AID ATTENDANTS ASSN. OF B.C. Vancouver 3, B.C. Union Favoured Swing Shifts Discussions now in progress throughout IWA Local Unions on the question of swing shifts have caused the District Officers to direct attention once more to the reso- lution adopted at the last District Convention, and the releyant discussion. A resolution, introduced by Lo- cal 1-118, IWA, Victoria, was ap- proved by the convention in the following terms: Resolution Adopted WHEREAS: Swing shifts are a recognized fair labor practice in nearly all industries, including the plywood industry, and WHEREAS: A large number of sawmills operate on a two- and three-shift basis, and WHEREAS: Only a few of these sawmills have swing shifts for their employees, and WHEREAS: All employees should have the same working condi- tions, now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That this 18th Annual Convention of the B. C. District Council No. 1 go on record as being in favor of swing shifts in the lumber industry. The debate, which followed the presentation of the resolution brought out points for and against, with a preponderance of opinion in favor of swinging the shifts. District President Morris, presiding, ruled repeatedly, that the resolution should be regard- ed only as an expression: of opinion regarding policy, and that its adoption or rejection would not deprive the workers in any plant of the right to vote on the matter as they might consider practicable. Objections to swing shift ar- rangements were based mainly on three points: (1) that swinging shifts are not healthy for the yeason that they involve a periodi- eal disturbance of a worker's sleeping and eating schedules; (2) that frequent changes in the area of work would involve great- er accident hazards; (3) that swing shifts would seriously up- set the domestic routine, and cause hardship for the house- wives. Favoring the plan to swing the shifts were the following argu- ments: In Favor (1) That many workers with long service on night shift must wait years before they gain the opportunity to work on day shift; (2) that swing shifts would elimi- nate serious seniority grievances; (3) continuous night shift work is decidedly unhealthy; (4) per- manent night shift work utimate- ly forces a man out of employ- ment in the industry in order to establish normal living condi- tions; (5) swing shift arrange- ments have been placed into ef- fect in Port Alberni, and have been proven equitable for the majority; (6) experience with swing shifts in Port Alberni in- dicates that no additional accident hazards have been encountered; (7) it is unjust to sentence any worker to permanent night shift work. TLC-CCL Merger Plans Ready OTTAWA (CPA) — Enough progress has now been made in the discussions between the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labor on the question of one united labor body to enable_TLC officers to place concrete merger proposals before their For the last four years thejuryofinternational —__ brewing experts at the International competi- tions for Canadian Brewers have awarded Lucky Lager the Star of Excellence—symbol of annual conventions to be held at Windsor in May. The latest meeting of the TLC- CCL unity committee speeded up the consideration of merger de- tails to round out the principles adoptéd at the March 9-10 meet- ing of the committee here. Fol- lowing the aproval of the basic principles by the unity commit- tee, “executive members of both congresses haye given their en- dorsaiton to the agreement. Representation Basis Details worked out at the latest unity meeting included such points as the basis of representa- tion to be laid down for the first meeting of the joint congress, expected to be held early in 1956. The need for haste in reaching agreement on major details of the merger is emphasized by the fact that if substantial agreement is not reached-before the TLC convention, the labor merger will be delayed for a whole year. Both the TLC convention and the convention of the CCL, to be held in Toronto on October 10, must give the congress executives CIO To Study Automation WASHINGTON — The CIO announced that it was planning a national conference to make an exhaustive study of automation. Leaders from the academic, professional, labor and business worlds will be invited to study the implications of progress in automation. From Page 1 “Alberta” ship potential as being in the neighborhood of 8,000. During his stay in Southern Alberta, Vice-President Gray succeeded in blocking the threat- ened eviction from company houses of 14 families by the Bur- mis Logging Co. when these retaliatory measures against unionization were exposed before the Labor Relations Board of Alberta. the power to call a merged con- vention. The individual conven- tions must ratify the underlying principles of the merger -while the merged congress convention will deal only with details of the merger. Merger Arrangements Under the arrangements for the merger, it is probable that TLC President Claude Jodoin will head the new. labor body. Veteran unionist’ CCL President A. R. Mosher will likely be made president emeritus in an advisory capacity to the head of.the 1,- 000,000 strong merged group. * CCL Secretary-treasurer Donald MacDonald and TLC Secretary- treasurer Gordon Cushing will likely hold top organizational and administrative posts. At the latest unity meetings, CCL Vice-presidents George Burt, United Auto Workers, and C. H. Millard, United Steelworkers, were unable to attend and were represented by substitutes. They were among the three CCL dele- gates to the Third Continental _ Congress of the Inter-American Regional Organization (ORIT) of the ICFTU at San Jose, Costa Rica. SIMPSON’S EXPOSED Unfair practices preval- ent. in the plant of S. M. Simpson Co. Ltd., Kelowna, were exposed by District Secretaxy-Treasurer George Mitchell during his recent tour of points in the Okan- agan Valley. He reported to the District President that the company has been in the habit of persuading junior employees when reaching the age of 18, to waive their rights to full pay. It was also discovered that a number of employees were de- prived of their rightful vacatio: pay on slim pretexts. : Employees attending safety committee meetings were allowed only 50 cents an hour. 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