B.C. LUMBER WORKER

_ BRAIN TRUST OF LOGGERS’ LOCAL _

Sacher, and Earl Watson.

OFFICERS, LOCAL 1-71 IWA, recently elected, are here installed by District 1st Vice-President William Gray in an impressive cere-
mony. (From left to right) Wm..Hammond, Wm. Wilson, Bob Pickering, Bob Ross, Tom Gordon, Art Granger, Jimmy Ray, Frank] _
Howard, MLA, President, Fred Fieber, Financial Secretary. (Absent when photo was taken) Alex Munroe,

Doug Jamieson, Martin

AFL-CIO Merger Set

For December 6

WASHINGTON (CPA) — Separate merger conven-
tions of the American Federation of Labor and the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations will be held in New York
City on December 1-2 and the first constitutional conven-
tion of the new 16,000,000-member labor body will be held
in the same city three days later, the Joint AFL-CIO Unity
Committee has announced. é

In a statement issued by AFL

President George Meany and CIO
President Walter Reuther follow-
ing the latest unity meeting, the
labor leaders declared that a con-
stitution, described. as “another
great step toward labor unity”,
had been approved by the Unity
Committee. The name of the
merged organization would be
decided at a later date, they an-
nounced.
New Constitution

The new constitution, “an

amalgamation of the best of the

CIO and AFL constitutions”, was
called by the labor leaders “a
forward-looking document geared
to the needs of a democratic
labor movement conscious of its
responsibility to the people of
this nation and the free world”.

They noted that the constitu-
tion “offers a closed-door policy
to unions controlled or directed
by Communist or other totali-
tarians, It promotes democratic
unionism. It recognizes that all
workers, whatever their ace,

color, creed or national origin,
are entitled to share fully in the
benefits of trade unionism.

It provides effective remedies
for keeping the new organization
free of both corruption and total-
itarianism, and for quick and ef-
fective penalties against unions
which fail to measure up to the
high ethical and moral standards
to which the public has a right
to expect of our affiliated organ-
izations.”

Equal Status

Both the forthcoming AFL and
CIO regular national conventions
will have to endorse the constitu-
tion, which “recognizes the equal
status of craft and industrial
unions”, before the final details
of the merger are considered by
the merger conventions in New
York next December.

Profits
Dropped

WINDSOR (CPA)—A re-
duction in net profits due to the
109-day strike by the United
Auto Workers (CIO-CCL) has
been announced by Ford of
Canada in a preliminary sum-
mary of 1954 operations. Net
profits last year totalled $14,-
243,319 compared with $20,029,-
513 for 1953,

The drop in profits was attrib-
uted by the company’ “almost
wholly” to the result of the strikes

and the “diminished demand for
trucks in the Canadian market”.

OTTAWA HEARS

OARD’S

APPEAL

OTTAWA (CPA) — A famous Canadian labor case

““ESQUIRE” MEN’S WEAR
(Graham Mowatt)
Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing
“THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS”

was aired in the Supreme Court of Canada here this week
when the Saskatchewan Labor Relations Board appealed
against provincial court order that it rehear an application
for decertification of a union. The Court reserved judg-
ment on the appeal.

The case involved 19 em-

HANEY

BRITISH COLUMBIA

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: J. LINDSAY LOUTET
(C. Bradshaw & Co.)
INSURANCE AND REAL ‘ESTATE

Duncan
131 Jubilee St.

Lake Cowichan Branch:
Old Post Office Building

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MacGREGOR’S .
MEN’S WEAR

For Everything a Man Wears
WORK, SPORT or DRESS

We Can Afford to Sell the
BEST for LESS!

WOODWARD STORES
(PORT ALBERNI) LTD.

“Your Family. Shopping Centre”
“Closed Wednesdays All Day”
Hours: 9 - 5:30

Phone 1600

MacDONALD’S
PHARMACY

Prescriptions, Drug Sundries,
First Aid Supplies

Registered Optometrist
Argyle Street Port Alberni

ployees of the F. W. Woolworth
Co. department store at Wey-
burn, Sask. and the Retail,
Wholesale and Department Store
Union (CIO-CCL) which was éer-
tified as bargaining agent for
the employees in January, 1953.
Following unsuccessful attempts
to negotiate a contract with the
company, the employees went on
strike against the store for two
months.

In December, 1953 an applica-

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VANCOUVER, B.C.

tion was made by some employees
to the provincial Labor Relations
Board for decertification of the
union. The Board dismissed the
application on the grounds that
it was a company-inspired move.

Woolworths then obtained an
order from the Saskatchewan
Court of ‘Appeal directing the
Board to re-open the decertifica-
tion hearing. This decision was
the basis of the appeal by the
LRB to the Supreme Court,

F, Andrew Brewin Q.C., coun-
Sel for the union, agreed that the
courts had no power to interfere
with the jurisdiction of the Labor
Relations Board while counsel
for the company argued that the
Board had displayed an anti-
union bias.

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LE.L. CHAIN SAWS

Local 1-80
Units 3
Elect

YOUBOU—Annual Meeting of
Youbou Sub Local of Local 1-80,
IWA., was addressed by Perey
Clements, Business Agent of
Local 1-80, April 6th, who gave @
report on the Union's negotiations
and installed the following officers
elected for the year.
Chairman—Max Salter
1st Vice—D, Whittaker
2nd Vice—Norman Dolald
3rd Vice—Douglas Thorley
Financial Secretary — Robert

Bouchard
Recording Secretary — Fred

Sampson
Conductor—James Ludvig
Warden—Roy Instrom
Trustees: Otto Halverson, Jim

Miller, Walter Dickson
Elected to the Grievance Com-
mittee: Roy Thorley, Ross Davis

Robert Bouchard, Fred Sam-

son, Max Salter
Elected to the Balloting Com-
mittee: Bill Doran, Peter Lang-

kamer, W. Easton, Fred Eas-

ton, Howard Cameron
Brother Robert Bouchard was
elected Head Job Steward.

GORDON RIVER — Meeting
of the Gordon River Camp Com-
mittee was held April Sth, with
Stanley Abercrombie in Chair.
Officers clected at the meeting
were:

Chairman — Malcom “Smoky”

McKinnon
1st Vice Chairman—James
Callopy

Secretary—W. Emmerson

The following were elected to
the Grievance Committee:

C, Anderson, G. Donaldson, H.

Fitzpatrick, A. Branting, J.
Jekins.

The following were elected to
Safety Committee:

J. Miles, H. Blackhall, R. Cou-

lombe, E. Wylie, R. Grigg, W.,

Jubenville, M. Rocke, E. Arnold

A press Comimttee was set up
to gather news for the Iumber-
worker, consisting of Brothers
Jubenville and Salmon,

LAKE COWICHAN—Meeting
of Lake Cowichan Sub Local of
Local 1-80, IWA.. held April 3rd,
elected the following officers for
the year:

Chairman—Gordon W. Donald-

son
1st Vice-Chairman — David
Peverett

2nd Vice-Chairman — N, Gra-
velle

3rd Vice-Chairman — J. Ander-_
son

Financial Secretary — James
Bailey

Ballotting Committee: J. Ander-
son, P. Bailey, Gordon W.
Donaldson

NOTICE

Anyone knowing the pre-
sent whereabouts of Graham
Whatman, believed to be
working in the lumber in-
dustry, is asked to contact
“his wife, Mrs. Joan M. What-
man, 595 Campbell St., Win-
nipeg, Man., or the IWA
District Office, 45 Kingsway,
Vancouver, B.C.

Saw with diaphragm carburetor.

Campbell River, B.C.
Phone 309F

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