2nd Issue, January

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

3

ORGANIZATION TOPS RECORD

From Page 2

“Growth”

| Interior Negotiations

Negotiations were not required
in the Interior “suring 1955, as

iS bargaini

Guterior and

in the de-

and con-

ee for oa nego’
tions, based on the contract pol
aes established in the Coastal

ee cuey to remind the
roblems

area. The basic needs are 2 ee
1;

e t be
"unify: ying and liyine: Sant Toe
ing demai
mus'

nds.
We must again impress the

fo
Union will be given full Boone 5

a many as-
pects from the problems experi-
~ enced by members in the Coastal

‘0 gain
a contract ARETE eoneietent
with the ‘pressing needs of our
brothers and sisters in the In-
terior. -

Organization in B.C.

officers are happy to
eet "that the combined mem-
bership strength of the Local
Unions within District No. 1,
Eo heehee 1956 io the highest

been reported by Local 1-71,
Coast loggers’ Local. This
I

sequent upon the 1948 attempt to

The New

“ALL HANDS!"
ALL TRADES -

Emblem

ALL CRAFTS-

ALL CREEDS- ALL COLORS -

of
the TWA fe province. In the
latter wi of the year, our
is of

lane eR ea
time high.

membership was in exces: It i a pleasure to report
34,000. that membership throughout the
This outstanding success on the | Interior Local Unions ha pies

part of the Local Unions may
mainly attributed to pays posite,
One—in a Pesons, of the Dis-
trict, growth has rest be-

ise shown a Seely and subst:

by a very nary
Side an
allowedlauficient, time to discs
the issues with cx

wi

tial growth

of the pitt ae cman in 1953.
sted.

WIUC Ous

was Sold

It was made orion, power ver, | the N
enjoys

that the WIUC no longer

ow margin, ee the the confidence of the majority.
ui

ion wi

sapatRonat plans in and around
elson area, and across the

Southern part of the Inter

a lumbering ai

areas.

ribui
uly seen that in the near

into the camps, in order that

union structure may be ane
out and more firmly based for
our future organizational effort.

Interior
Administration ©

e Local Unions in the In-

and. vefticl

iently. The

climinated, with very beneficial

ve eau con eee u: be reauital intielosee) supersietRwed
nished al lumber workers for| able to report that, as a reantd oF 4s o membershi rds and union
greater confidence in the Union.| of an intensive campaign to com: Organization in Alberta activity, as well as dues collec-
It is no’ enon that the con-| plete IWA organization through- = ion
tracts negotiated by the IWA are| out all woodworking operations F ae use administrative fune-
shaped to meet their needs, are| in the Eas West Kootenays | ;, Bea nek campaign Bae Dene pt is (aervin gs they Loca Ustad
vigilantly police and always | under jurisdiction of Local |iast year, is progressing as well| berta is extremely difficult, as the|3M such matters as. distribution
capable of expanding benefits 1-405, the antiIWA influence of | 2° ne be expected under exist-|negotiating officers must deal | Of Supplies, allocation of per cap-
For & PeEren onesie 9 WIUC has heen rendered ing matinee: with each operator separately, | ta tax, and office managem
osi vila Tsaa th xealize nex The worker e To. new Local Unions, 1-206| instead of an operators’ group 2g | ate executed through the Region-
Gaeeane benefit from ration uth, and 1-207 in the|in the Coast area of BC. Despite | al office, the Business Agents
Pane toctie austen years the WIUC had held ‘cont y : ig

ae Be he
feat
tablished closer Co operation of
activity betwe: Distric
all and Rane Unions a
noteworthy result of this co-
joxtinaton set ee our ones

organi: e unorganized has
nt.

fe compulaory ais sof

nm more lt cie!
All Locals Gre

All Loe: dae walbos without ex-
ee have shown a satisfac-
rate of growth. The most

and ha’ d with ee ae
jorities for IWA representation.
Most riking instance of this
was the large operation of Pass.
more, ‘where the ew 0: Eee
members i orm a ortant
arson eaewibership a

w
the
al 1-405, Soother large opera
aoa Ttuel voted rtific:
is # that

na;
2.
to win: cestication i in sate opera-

it Products

in

soag an chartered during the
ear. ie boundaries of the Lo-

cals have been) set to di vide the
province

zs, Be east and

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point for woodworkers in that
area,

pe ‘ike Vote Won
in the Jusladietions of Lo-

in:

ade ision from a Con-

ciliation "Board ssvanding fhe em-

piovess a bane By 1.10 an
This

aio by.

IWA were heartily ap-
proved by th bership. No
plans have yet been announced
with rega) strike action as
the strategy involved is under
advisement by the District Ex-

e northern part of the

-C. Goast master

andard Wag

hi satan of wore ‘rates is
giving us thet
of our

systematic visits on the part of
m. 70c our. It will the Busi
aueee ie meGtseomal teah a closer policing
effort to establi ra a satisfactory | of the contract provisions on the
wage tate in first year’s| part of ci creme d, with bene-
greement behalf of newly-| ficial re:
organized workers meets with} Throt ote m of daily and
formidable ees weekly 1 sits, ae Regional Di-
Your officers h idl the District veces axe
that the Maodeecere in eae a nee in mstant touch with de-
have been forced to ie eeu 1 Jonger | velopmen in all operations, and
hours than in B.C. It t un-| are in: ed regarding the re-
usual to find them Soin 54! gularit; its by the Busines:
ours . This makes it] Agents, This enables the District
necessary that we enga; ice to ice rior re-
campaign of education that both cuirements. attention
m1]

0-hour week may
lopted without lessening
pebducts ‘ive capacity or reducing
the biti income.

Progressively, we are cultivat-
ing an Rae amon}

ration
is ue distne Peas a
Sik officers to report vat
the second successive
Interior Local Unions have’ “tally

is
oodworkers in the principal op
eusne that higher wages, an

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iast Hastings St. (PA. 4844) c

were appointed , deal with dis-
em]

hours are rights wh:
may he gained through effecti
(WA. organization. Every. sai
ies tory contract ela aa ad
to the momentum of this org:

both to the District and the In-

anes oees offices. We regard
ot ae ees an it milestone
ir Union in

Poach Columbia. ah in the two-
ar period just oes alte
the trict

Council has not found tei ne fecha
| sary ti y

bie has hitherto been possible

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