Alberta Drive Makes Headway B.C. LUMBER WORKER he province in the Iumber- te See? are fifty-four. When we consider these Jong hours, and the loy long seasonal interruptions ix their employment, no one can gleny, the ee for unionization, in wder to provide these pee ent 1 ith an fancel income Progress made in the IWA drive to unionize the lumber | fo, the decencies of life. industry of Alberta is making striking headway, it was = claimed by District 1st Vice-President William Gray, when| Interrupted Employment ported in a recent radio address. pomeing dperaaons) muy sto: Be cview ‘Setties a seth Be noranves 1 and Decem continue un- Nag provins a tthe ae Pe rpnpe ne on exemssot tl a dato somewhere, between re ~ | 400 millior pene, March 1 and April trae tine “asring via eae hird panes of muskeg ae ai c eahate year " + largest Hees reer | responsible for the custom “At least occasionally, IWA ve production is : manly confined of working during the freeze-up live and work in| to t i v0 reminded that the eastern boun- of their Union’s District was moved eastward last year to ee ne entire province of rta. ‘his enlarged jurisdi but pro- whic cect A th lity of organizing the wood- vorkers of Alberta, who up to jat time had not been success- ully unionized. For | more Sia a pret, District ena icted ‘ound reason for stimulat tion in thai the ais markets as ere if ind this section of our its most alae latin; cou 2 eee it | only to avoid i poosimactod an sive loggi: and trac dn ijcicesaillae an ee i Be shut-downs_ tae eak-u) eriods, when the eae ee as ion difficult, without expends, ture on the surfacing of road: and yards. he seasonal nature of lumber- atio’ Z| emuen r trac- tat also ssivi mpaign, with Pests that ia fully vin- cated the decision t to Union's activities h | employment. It is also true, inst the migration of workers from a low a B.C. e | du: Disgraceful W: age Rates The official statistics regarding 1 i Alberta r e t ern th area adjacent to the lumber pro- ing nee eae a Seka eda duction of this province was al-| on hehalf of the Union. Up to Ways 2 two-fold threat, Compe-|this time we have mainly direet- lumber and lumber were in Alberta with extre Ae distributing centres. Later this year, as the woods operations are resumed, we intend to make a drive on the camps, and thus sate usual IWA. strue- isfa try, on the same basis as found in this province, was long over- due, stonization Overdue Unionization of the lumber in- os istry in the neighboring prov- ince was sorely needed, becausi 2 val aan low lt standarc and orki onditions. The ved by nization, but also in the marked se | and 75 cents a in the lumber industry of that province as being 89 cents Fou personally vouch for the hourly w report the average hourly wage an rT ei the fact that in many operations rag 's low as 70 eats 8S wi ith British Columbia that of 7 bert ‘o ob ietsrarae De wep employ ge ath ughout the Aen woods operations, and here the w ete Baas. Aes feos ast with grncefully iow 5 eral are ipaid al orkers is an ( @) iliar und F tons and @) ‘extremely aa vyaze stan means that are > working in Alberta pager Bue 5 oni manageme: PETE GETS THE FACTS ABOUT THE MERGER As Told By Pete the Punk I started’ yakking The sure got my torso in the wringer when Sour this pene tile ate are so busy 3 ye old timers in the airly skinned me a! one tacked my hide o the bunkhouse w wall, oat Tye got my jaw in sling. I got Ree snnerent like, because I’d ey passing up the Local Union me as trying to meets my s Hheimtartent ansot, y had bee i quite a line Pate ‘the big merger pow-wow in Toronto this month. Seems like they’re going to bury the old EGC and set up housekeeping with the AFL lads. Not So Fu da funny, seeing how they were blasting away at tecch ee a ee months back. So after supper, I started ing cracks about bigger and better jobs for the arm-chair THgages Just when I thought I was putting on a big amusement pro- duction about the arr ins at nae top, Big Angus took off, and, penton, die pe shrink n ain all,” says he’ with an ieyoclarentiunys ainecram “Those rio we now r nothing, outa stay dumb. How in blazes can a aise net anywhere wi ys who won't learn that two and two makes four?” Seeing ow he’s built like Roéky Marciano, I auicldy 5 shifted into Lia and tetena meek-like. sold me on the deal this een Orchids, Ma: Pe The old schemozzle et anything out of rr is wet ting eee on tougher ana as how anes the bo: all g togethei ats, over their hi; pats ee eae: hee alga ys gare e eth e poor working: stiff a the dangers ie luxury I a their that’s ihr: hoa more bacon for the boys. It stands to reason, says he, that a stronger the combination, the more is the osses are gi 0 be half-way reasonable—comes the pay-off— ohusrelia: like if I-get into a serap, and all my pals stand Dy and chae a eee there’d be less chance of my getting the old kayo. Smart Politics Growing ‘Ind jour day and + the Z Until. we extended our organ-| magnificent rate of $4.00 a day. must measure k ine iii ints Albeita, we had ver not in direct comparison with| politicians well tamed and feeding out of their hands. When they litte seiesiation ae the a leaving them| this province, but in the increase] can’t ayp us on the contract package, tay cuit rastle Caer. which the ber i lustry in Ny 00 per 3 net. and improvements made over and} away fi yy fixing the r at Victoria and Ottawa. in recent years. The Tatest ofl reports place the annual Alb wally serious is jove those which existed at the it ontact of our drive. On this basis ppraisal, it must be said that atis- that the average hrough- ‘orked in a week tl ie or least “3 iginal Tate is peal, a ir or ayy hich i Baal an how wal t 25% as creas: youl ake a ‘hand i in that Panes We tliat we're going to fet “all the trade union battalions in we can give all our attention to fighting the boss, fae a fighting one anot id Nev ews For Bos: He then handed me a paper pubbated a fs hosses, in which it cn that the Bae was bad news for them ot to myself, I s of this kind for the boss is good news for me. Don’t tell him, but oe needling I got from Biss eae really turned me upside down, or should I say right Printers The B.C. MBER WORKER dN AON A “LIMITED The Vancouver Province IS THE ONLY Vancouver Evening Paper COMPLETELY PRODUCED IN VANCOUVER _ @ THE PROVINCE IS 100% UNION PRO- ame peel DUCED by VANCOUVER MEN and WOMEN Sse 3 WORLD NUMBER SOARS UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. 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