ty future oh ~ ah, a Paictyne « on
the highway of lif
A

an about to ewe such an

A ou gle am nite appropriate that IWA m
w the achievements of the
pon ane year, "bat that they should a re-
mind themselves their convention’s planning is
years of struggle and concrete

of the Union who were employed in
the B.C. feats industry prior to 1937, the year
of the Union’s at , can bes
been this
it is quickly ied
acme the pi Seth of the IWA.
Jaim better ee | ca

The contrast between wages paid then an
now is striking, even when adjustment is made to

ices as known then and now. ers now
in te ieaesiny remember working for wages as
low W as 23 cents an hour. The fact that pr ‘ices were

lection that those years were painfully Jean ame

f 3 is es yet r
garded as saisactor 'y, but it at least be ag
mitted that, 0 x the Tinton nM ae be little
better than We
The wages ae conditions endured by loggers
were even worse than millworkers in 1937. Old-
— say ey were lucky to clear forty dollars
mth in mps. oped they ate ed dis-
ptacefal uaditions on the job and in the bunk-
houses. Organization ae enabled Hien, to ain
the right to live like human beings.
One factor of improv
able to the Union
toward Job securit:

eat directly attribut-
n’s, fight, is the sent attitude
y, and hours of work.

work for extra hou favor from the front
of by = of which they might eke out a
subsis

he change i is sours due to the Union’s ef-
fort ~ establish coi ce erat under
which, if a man does ork he may claim a
decent standard of fa fe par with the com-
munity standard.

When the Union vel a and nrg yee ue
sie
the condos ¢ veh ment, the whole aitit-
changed in a degree that is difficult to ap-
preciate now.
Without the Union, and without the contract,

= the employers’ terms or joined
the bread line. Fear of gaxyetion es aa
during

periods of a labor s mble
egaacage for the eas oe gaining ac-
ti Saga] ig their labor

Now that re is lar; Lge removed, and remains

in the background, just as long as the workers
deal with he empl ayer i a spirit of solidarity.
With the advent of the contract, there was es-

ebieted ee yeasts tor Ee on all contract
uch a! ent for statutory holl,

fa 8, Pot ects ith ay, Si Seeerighity provisions, an

a e ae have made the swork-

e t
in. thi is. anniversary, IwA oe may con-

ist Issue, February

Lady
Thanks
John T.

The
a am writing tis letter to ex-

a tine union struggle have oer en ence for so

CREDIT UNIONS
AID THRIFT

Much has been written of
benefits that credit unions
bring to the average John
Henry, be he white collar or
coveralls. However, very little
is pera of 01 yf ites

I

are avail:

shi ap a 700 rea assets $750,-
000.

the pages of financial. Meigs
covering the field of small
loans,

A cross-section of ordinary
people have united together to

The wth of membership,
service end assets of eas bergen
padout is Bical of the other 375
cre ib in Briti ish Colum-
all all of piers show

e principle of self-help i considerable gain each y
on

by
in doing so have formed

lable I
RAST, administered by 19 ine in;

Total member- | Athi

tion pen.-
ie IWA worked so
for me has finally
come through,
The Board sent me two cheques
—one for $1,02; 22 and the other
for me

without the
kinson.

and helpful to me and I am sure

hat without his help I would
havi ed nothing from the
WCB.

I shall always be grateful to
Mr, Atkinson and the IWA for
their help in my time of need.

Mrs. Helen Armstrong.

the greatest financial or; es

tions in ,000,
members on the continent of
North America alone.
“Not For Profit”
All this is euidea by an adel
fe ppasible te

a direct bearing in forcing th

i revise their methods of lean:
lo less than TEN unio

rates on personal lo:

A Real Union Shop
And No Mistake!

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