B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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mn
and Ui
Grinnell fdhete are now on the trade a union eo list.
AFL-CIO MERGER has teen competed in hee States of the
Union—Tennessee, Louisiana, and Missou ‘ger bodies are
described as AFL-CIO State eae Ca rae

“THE BATTLE OF THE B sACH”, ahs rae ere piri on

signed up nine,

ace in a newly formed, newly-organized ie, the largest in

STRIKE OF 8000 cnabeee in tlie department Bee of Macy
in

CAMP COMMITTEE of the Pitt Lake Sub-Local of Local 1-367, IWA, elected at the Annual Meeting,
ae His Group are, from left, Bob Manners, Frank Blackstock, .R. Preuss, Burt Dunbar, Walter
Baile: 4

Co. cL New York, resulted in the erection of hea’ sidewalk
's by the police to keep the picket lines the width of the side-
walk awa: ay from the doors. The walk-out was 100% effective, and
business in the store srpped: 8 5%.

GENERAL MOTORS got sha BilionfoR US, defence contracts
in the period July 1, 1950, to June 30, 1955. It rated top place
among 100 companies awarded #128 billion in the same period.

GOODS:-' ECCS INDUSTRIES had 65% of the workers
in 1919, but in 1956, these industries slipped to 48%, while the
service trades Micazed 52% ot Hie WOH on this continent.

U.S. SUPREME ion of the U.S

ls favoring the Textile
j hi

court will review a decisio

Bs
2s
3

y
me ju
pee frees a genuine desire to c
of economic pressure to get the kind Por agreement one wants.”
KOHLER STRIKERS eee firedriiecleeselon thelr strilieion
April 5. ‘The UAW has organized a nation-wide primary boycott
m aiade

by Kohler.

WESTINGHOUSE Workers won hee eike after 156 days,
f 25 cents, with in-

and gained a tof i elke ‘ar minimum rai
creases incorpor: into the basic rate: BS ensieh and insurance
benefits were ey puceumnually.

the AFL-CIO aaiilies on Political Education yas

ened a dollar drive for funds to organize union members an

their wives into registering to vote and voting in a critical as.
lection year.

Local 1-80 IWA

INTIMIDATION TACTICS
DEFEATED BY JOB ACTION

Attempt on the part a Doman s Lumber & T

‘o. Ltd., Duncan, a preven

‘ranspo.
t IWA organization of its aie

ni
playees by thr eatening los: = of employment for those who

might jo:
the employers took unified
lo pee

in the Union, was successfully circumvented when

action to protest a partial

1 Unions, 1-2:
35 a Ge “8, when aren of
the situation, acted promptly to
assist the protesting employees

n their struggle for recognition
of bargaining rights.

The story, as reported by Fi-|
nancial Secretary Ed peda re-
veals that when some of the

aE made an appr
IWA, for

a a

ity
Bete for
ay were bromptly ssdvised: t
ick up their chegu

the IWA master agreement, with
adjustments as necessary for
trucking occupational differences.

| 1-80 Installs Officers

Financial Secretary
as of Local 1-80, IWA,
dt lowing elected aes
of th

ft the

a eeting
Lake Cowich

Chairman, “faeee Osokin; ist] t

i
Nee -chairman, Glen Ward; 2nd

Co-Op Store
Succeeds

ual meeting of the

SoinlulalGoonerativee orenrae
held at Sointula on March 31,
1956, and a good percentage of
the ip was 5
sented.

The reports of the Board o
Directors and manager indented
ce scan rogress during

eal

ie decommendation of the

Board of Directors for distribu-
tion of the net surplus was adopt-
ed whereby, after making the

incom

Vice-chairman, Butler;

Thorvald
Ludvigsen

that bad r ee ate
mecoesrea reife seauction of staff.
This excuse was not accepted by
nityaticloyeestey Retrepardedicie
action of the company as a lock-
out, and placarded the warning

Will anyone knowing

a
24th Ave.
we a V: ancouv er, or the IWA
District eke 45 Kingsway,
Vancouy

in Seg 7 job.
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THE PROVINCE IS 100% UNION PRO-
DUCED by VANCOUVER MEN and WOMEN

that a
The action taken by the em-
ployees soon resulted in a confer
ence between the Union's officials
and m:
ofa

collective agreeme
Gains made e em nee.
were, ‘principal aly a 207 wage in-

pasa eetediare seanacd th

LY

management and the signing Fi
tive

Financial Secretary, Jack All;

Recording Secretary, Dennis
Bailey; Brastees, Ross Farrell
and H. Stephen

“|Caycuse Elects

Annual meeting of the Caycuse
Beach Sub-Local of Local 1-80,

whi betty the employees have
adop

New Cousse
Planne

's for the coming year:
Chairman: Geo. L. Smythe. ; ONDON ‘ A) ms Britain
plans to spend more than $250,-
Ato naman: Lorne | 090,000 during the next 5 years
Brot? in an effort to step up her out-
ee nae Vice-Chairman: Cecil | put of trained technicians. The
ile plans are aimed at a 50% i
3rd V
aker. nced courses at tech-
Financial Secretary: Peter sea cles anda) 200%, rise
MacDonald. the number orkers re-
Ceeil ikeeatt fee bart Bree teatatn ing

aerdine. Secretary:
ae

lucto
ee E. a a
Trustees: J. iEumaleecsy and
J. Lundeberg.

gunk tae
nendations for the

aaa that technical ecuetion

y British citizen and offered

SAN FRANCISCO
TAILORS L’

LOANS

On suits, overcoats, watches,

pe Roy radios, log-

gin, ots, chain saws and
les of value.

_ STORAGE

generousl.
The ae e-year plan, to be start-
ea in 1956, involves the expendi-

nt.
ing satiny secondary: a uaeler wi
geared to help provide
ee technicians and cra‘ one
men who are needed to help in
the cae of dechnologiste,
‘anced erste
aan 8, it is hoped t
ve Lay Sea annual pene
students from 9,500 to 15,000.

goge in our es vaults
while out, of tor
52 WEST HASTINGS
VANCOUVER, B.C.

New courses
crate the highest pusible

eae of pari Pere

courses, consisting

three- or See ae

theoretical education in a techni-

cal ae and pele sstiliat