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