é B.C. LUMBER WORKER

_ Attendance at the Parksville
= staff Seminar (CCL) of a

_ ber of trade iraichists with 7 TCL

Aifiliations provided the oppor.

tunity

will statements Raticcn the

members of two groups about

4o merge in the Canadian Lab-
or Congress.

_ In the special TLC edition of
“The Arctic Times”, ee as “a
parr-rrr-eak down of seminar
new” with epceence to the close-
to-zero weather at the time, the
following a) di:

“The ing merger in
April w le emergence of

Lab
Ganges This is already true of
and a

= hey is no oe
that the CCL tie ae the wa;

m of can ease Union edu-
cational pro;

Shall seminar, ‘vhile in many

ys unique, is only one of the

Iiterally hund now pera-

tion or scheduled acréss the Na-

eS . tisties of five

probably shock

the the catin-nin 1d delegates
peecey: The fi

a
no doubt

VANCOUVER ISLAND DELEGATION

Speaking for the CCL section, he
said:
“All CCL attendants at this

LA
ration in the Hotel Geo!

n
pair, sa 2H5 amazing dift-
ference.

The ce, member:
trained in the inten
inars of
full Beardie. tox ae
of the Labor Movement

‘Thanks to the vision and ee
sight of such men as Howar
a" we will succeed. :

ity of oe with our TLC
Es athe) In the past our prob-
haven’t pr aa ided us nee
the sent a working
i extent.
Too, some tee our associations
in the past have been of a rival
nature and perhaps we assessed
ite ae a ih some anew
Now
ats - Union Brothers sl ae
Sadie haye the same prob-
game needs, the same

I

ments, the "So. ‘men-are Natt ws”

‘entitled “the official organ of ee

‘organizers protective associati

of B.C” Dubie | ae follo owing

editorial w red over es
oe nae

iS

=H “attendants at the Seminar
will agree that the merger will
greatly, benefit workers in Can

orgia, Vancouy

Jubilee Camp
Cabaret, March 16

Cabaret Night which will include a Floor Show, Dancing

and Retres hments is being

Dance Hall, under the eres

Children’s Jubilee Summer Cam:
Tickets are $1.50 e:

the Offices of Local 1-: aa TWA,

held Maré

ch 16th, in the Happyland
of the Ladies Auxiliary to the
mp Association.

y be obtained at the Hall or
i Kingsw vay.

> Fs
ADIES’ AUXILIARY DELEGATES from Vancouver Island attending the 19th Annual IWA Con-
er (from left, back row) I. Peterson, Z. Lygnet
| . Milmore,-Lucy Epp. (Front row, left to right) M. Clarke, E. Dunnigan, Mrs. Dillon.

n, J. McDonald,

TOBACCO USE Wena
Including | pecs duties
tory selling sane

taxes,

ots all pee shipped by tobacco
mufacturers in 1954 amounted

to 389, 750,071, Excise duties and

es accounted Eos sen 716 08
this of t

Paaact Ss ae ss Fees al many
amounting to $152,033,653.

Civilization seems to have ad-
vanced to such a point that the
whole world is living in a bull’s
eye.

Local ue

said the politician,

“Well,”
“ho w did zoo Hike. my speech on
“Tt wasn’ i a said the farm-

er, “but a is gain would do a

| heap more oy

'|Sarita
Hears

(Allen

ident Walter Allen of
Local “1:85, IWA, ae Alberni,
addressed the Saritta River
Sub- Leet _Meoting February
8th, a e a comprehensive
oak ie Raiicnsnesedmtniee
ration of the Local to the
Freeman was re-
et ce the election of
Baa
Sub-Local reports ° that
dee are at present 265 em-
ployees in oe et whi BS 86%
are union memb jope
to ma make this 100% in the near

was
gates to. the 13th as
yenaee of the Ontario peda
ion of Labor here.
‘The eee of the 200,000-
meml and the 250,000-
nee Ontario Provincial Fed-
eration ._af , Labor (TLC) will

LONDON )—A merger
of the two largest provincial |
organizations of the Canadian

congress hi

Onterio CCL

Scans Merger

proved the merger. “Any changes

of this sort should have been
made then”. Mr joke said that
there was a good deal of dissatis-
faction among CCL unionists
bout convention representation
it wi x that shoul
je discus

oN aeres as ae (orien, Auto-
worker Bird, Local 222, ae ae
e representation at the

th
convention: from his bios a

meat
“| of Se me aa Canadian Labor

placing example of
aoe the present asist tae. ea

mgress will co: pre rly
ie alt 0% ne 1
strength of the Bee b
hile scleene nani-
mous approval t rinciple
of the merger ean alates
Hise f the

cudien of some oj
erger,

of grievances all

of
Lee ea promptly dealt with

to the mutual satisfaction of all
parties.
The Sub-Local members wish

term: a A resolut tion
calling

peasy of AFL- affiliated

| locals in Oshawa was only one-
that of ia

the
‘il have more - representation

CLC conventions —
ger agreement— carried
the convention.

to congratulate Brother and Mrs.
Gordon Armstrong on the birth No “Watering” Down
fa daughter, Februai : In supporting a resolution em-
A Port Alberni resident, Mrs, | Powering the OFL Executive to
George Ridgewell was a guest of | negotiate merger details, dele-
Mrs. B. Buogoyne and also of|gate Hall, Local 3321 Steel,
Mrs. Allen Freem: ile visit- | warned that vigilance would be
ing Saritta River. some i

WORK
CLOWES

eae)

ate guareres
tempt to “water di

it bi-
annually as epost in fe Siee
by }-

le merger convent io)
sa ity Terms Satie
ke Kidd, OFL Secretary-

eratio: ich ad
been reached, Initially, the pre-
sideney of the mer, i

tion oat five vice-presidents
will be selected by each federa-

Se hen

be from the OFL; and two Bxecu-
tive bmgccaleg will at Sopot
erged federat

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