Interior Call ‘THE official call, issued by the District Council, , for the igs Po Cec eae Contra aye ference, Kelowna, a signal for Yr com: mencement of Pull-stale pecbeaations. both in ie teeter, and at the st. The responsibilities now placed on IWA m have two aspects, for it is their wage rates working conditions that are at issue. They mu to be age” dentia ded across They must also put a fighting spirit behind the demands that will command the respect of re ce employers ey ion is well aware of the handi- Tier ich Interior lumber workers must fie battle Tae ae employers. Nevertheless, the membership in other cedure of the industry will expect Interior lumber workers to carry their full share 0: urden. vi cannot expect Coast v abo pa a struggle jee mets they may s iner The most convincing argument, when ue oe are down on t ees table, is oof 0: own employees will not accept unsatisfactory con- tract terms, and that they are prepared to act on that conviction. h e simplest and most effective way of plan ing Hod nore dg e in the minds of the Tees employs tion on pte oH now, as well as later. ean presuiion. results when the work- a pur fir tract Conference and one that will win. employers will then see that the work- table mean what nee se costal & area have even than before to back the Tnteriot neha ae ihe: limit of the Union ’s resources. This year, the Coast membersh t bur- dened by eanest negotiations and is ther ieee fr to enter the mee fight without some of t usual handic As the to tal volume of production for the prov- ince guetenss a age ates the Int The ss t resources of th pr caine "Ss inte he are lergoing expansion at a vate and paths resus, thine demand the closer attention ‘of the pbedingy| production i in the Interior employs rior ae eas fur- oe ie Union’s litions are improved, the whole Union Benefits Saronartion: ately. As Interior amine production expands, th prevail iling low wages in the area present a grow- ing ad to need now won by the Union at ie Coa: Evi ents the pee ior Jumber manufacturers intend to c: uch of the Coast lumber market as Dessible with, the low wage pro tion. To the y ¥ x! - Coastal ae of full e rt pressure against piandands a seailiahed by Union ee at the Coa: a Le is allowed to develop in any hole wage structure for the e quite easily depressed, by it. ‘whole-Ie earted g ooeipeintian bet orker: united effort to win uniformly high andards in all sections of the B.C. lumber industr, United Church State Irks Trade Unionists ARROL COBURN ishing in official spo: Cann workers to strike should be still further re- ‘ieted. aa a brief to the Gordon Eeo-| people could count on the United . Mutch- Yr pparent- would urge that stele Partlealany 3 in large-scale North Am trie 5 a x | ployee: further’ clarification, Dr Mutch-| as “little pean’ like milkm By with his customary zeal where Eueer would | 5, tchmor, as an ‘esm: committed the chnten to the proposition that the right of Church to take a Sen with them ment lecisio) million-dollar 8 ietaions ow! aa ae ‘poration, , No Gener sea EDITOR’S NOTE Before rae pie article dealing with the United Church m Garona by a trade union official, jes, the Edi J Canad whole. The reference to compulsory arbitratioi Mutchmor on his own responsibility. The Editor aac that Dr. Mutchmor and his Committee bo views on the subject which are diametrically opposed to ti held by the trade ws vatoae) Nevertheless, without allowing any esas aa oversy in the matter, this maBlicaion is prepared to correct y false impression given of the views of the United Church. n was made by a support n have much attrae- fon: Ne aa HERE'S A NEW TWIST io not pi sues, bread m mor hinted that he favored com- pulsory arbitration. Unions Never Welcome Strikes of Windsor two years ago mion man has ever wel- strike, but any factory There was a time, on such is- when Canadian working parl orner store men | ed mitered. Tae i cee in the City | when the Ford Motor Company laid off wil thas “Let it be