oe B.C. LUMBER WORKER “NEXT” MPLE warning was given at the recent IWA veg ae bea ee that the Union will have a major figh its hands as negotiations for the Interior Pate care Ss get under way. The persistent struggle, which the Interior Local Unions have bee en forced to wage : ae ist- ing contract Bae ee the suilorete Fate the Bee attitude of these sam loyers when negotiations reach a stage of offic iality. sot ly since ing strike eerie in 1953 hay: e employers commenced to hilnne of labor-: erat emate a industry depends on a humanizat tude toward their employ As the per’ ‘iod for eeota ions draws: near, it n tion of their atti- taneously, at the | District Policy Committee level, and the Local Union level. It is through the District or: ganization that the Coast Local Unions will os nel their support for the aes lumber worker ie resources, and experience of the ae ia Conseil will be at the disposal of ne Interior embership, once their own contract dem formulated at the Wages and Gonttact Tone: Members of the Union in the coastal area, are aware that their interests are closely inte- imposes grave gers on Saas el sta ind Pee Whil will b i the Dis- trict Policy &e iisnitlen Interiox’s ob- jectives, the fight cannot tee ate solely by the Distriet officials. mbers in the’ Interior have it within determine whether tiations will in the final analysis prove effective only when backed by a militant membership on the job. No Union has ever won its struggle at the bar- gaining table by forceful language and weak in- n the 2 at tl tentions. It is when language he bargain ing table in reality expresses a solidarity and mili- tancy on the at it commands attention, and wi resi e the IWA in the Interior, who so ear nest des = better wages and improved work- miss the note of determination with which it is said, Better now than later, a stan t be made in view by workers on the job thr ont the tee The mployers mut be ante med that these peuiands «1 arise from the known n of the work- ers, and that they intend to gain ae because of ee entatlem ent. Book V. L. Allen: Longmans, $5.00 gives a clear and aetaiea “trays of the govern- ent of British trade aoe ae ace in the main, an ess: the po unions, but rather a gazetteer of wers and Renciorn. of | Br HATCHING TIME _ Je Review Power In The Unions). find that British union structure is strikingly different TL to ours, notal in the tremen- dous power 0: a ae General Secre- tary and the relative insignifi- rt | cance of he National President; of our customary “Allen's review of the status and position of a General Secretary seems to indicate that carthorse, the Trades Union Con- gress of Great Britain, nee chos the members are stuck with ane for the rest of his and their lives, | whether she CLC Gets Allen doe: Ante part ef mie vor te dis cussion of _such wien the Canadian labor move- Assets OTTAWA (CPA)—The Trades nd errs Congress has sent s aff ferences of yale: is opposed to eae uni no wrong, his argument is doubly convincing. North American unionists will He union His argument is that 3 The bulk of the book is a de- oar i ea been aacenete and scholarly. Trade union staff people an students would ok ‘mation lit interest to the pees reader. —B, Mather PAYROLL CHECK-OFF URGED ~ LONDON (CPA)—A reduce st tion of tame (CCL) here. The 400 dcleeetss to the three- at the Hotel Lon- ions vadeble gon working iscussions now in the Local U: job a clarify the issues, and the desires of ue workers in enue to action on the is A ae ene xelaeonaniy, ue on job or-~ ganiz: aintain the desires of the mem- ber hip He Ouivine proceeds. employers choose to reject the reason- a of their employees, and sterner action percmes necessary, then the framework will be ready for the necessary suifieation of ‘ stru sare the em them from the oasages “of quick loan sta and private loan companie: businesses mployees favored T.W.U. JOINS a L-CIO awe a ce — Th es for- mer aitilieted “vith the cio, has voted oy erwhelmin, in ion by osing entry of ‘his ton in ita linc merged Federatioy Members of the unio: Alex B. Macdonald Barrister & Solicitor lotary Public 751 parr Street VANCOUVER, B.C. Telephone TAtlow 6641 SOLICITOR TO THE 1. W.A. entatives ee wo separate meetings, pees ioe the Cana- dian Labor Congress Rus a aa minated on the basi tionment of CLG aaa stea ; agreed ie By ‘the TLC-CCL Unity Commit! The human brain is wonderful. It starts wou the. moment you stand up to speak in public.