4 B.C, LUMBER WORKER

THE FACTS

NY ae of the IWA who takes oe Nps
e IW.

apes notable service
held by lumber oie kers in
and expanding indus
te hake ae the
ae the Union
to admit
swell eaoned and
sed on a careful pane of the facts.

The brief points to the real issue in this strug-
gle with the employer: s. The e question is whether
iven their

proper arg in the gains accruing from rising
Producti tiv:
This Se productivity, and the ge of
unit production costs should make continuing
improveme! ents in living conditions possi! ve

aE aie in the Union’s submission, m out-

a Hou rises, production costs fend
deci Rising productivity ie that the output
in — hou Pies

benefit der:

a ae chan;
Those cittice the
he o

aa to rising pr oductivity
gs n

shared with the workers, the results are aisass
trous to the general econ Excessive profits,
coupled with lowered

bu: aie power, inevitably
trigger off cycles of unemployment.

Economic good sense, as t ao a ief states, is to
share the pees of rising prodiet with the
workers. Onl

e
dence gathered by th

ing costs
ek wages (ie. wages ee to eaeicesyt by
4%.

'o make matters worse, adjustments made in

ect of the workers in other industries have
utstripped oe a a the IWA.

Wage ra in the lumber dn ey = now

substantially ‘behind ey rates now bei aid in

industries a few years ago were S npieete
ately
The point was s made that when 30, 000 workers
in the " less than awarded gen-

jo
damaging to the whole economy.

ill be ae 108 the employers to brush
anus the following p

Their level of
higher than sec aired in other
wages are now higher.

The successful saleeton of waste now ap-
ractnatss the $20 mi mark, and will cli al
ae cba enormously pee | their financial
posi

a have continued to be
r industries whiete

ea ts of operating have been substan-
eae reduced a oe correspondingly small adjust-

ae rican 7 anes with substantial interests
n the B.C. industry are now pa) substantially
soe wages than are | paid ‘ior corresponding
f the industry. This
dispar’ a exists, even Sous ane same general
market prices prevail in both a’
nad st sig it of all the iia made
s that the issue this year pase ae ge termined
by ane attitude of the work on the j
The employers now know that He
reckon wit ith the mood of the lumber wor! ee them-
tae and not just the Union’s ele aaa Com-

must

os ‘manner in which _the workers on the job
ip: Wiper os, the

next few weeks
negotiations.

LABOUR HONOURS
DARROW'S MEMORY

OTTAWA (CP A) earn nen labor leaders gathered

to honor the memory of Clarence Da

row, we late jays and friend of the working man, wh

was a 100 y

'S ago, and died in 1938,

tion of union very=
where — an affection *3til pens
today. ‘i
Open Shop
The Chicago committee un-
backntis a little-known booklet

ceremonies

were ® higignted ae panel dis-

cussion, “Freedom Under Law”;
abe

an acquittal. He then became
counsel sa coal miners in arbi-
din

ry
oe Ich, Army counsel
he ss MeCartny hear-
ipal speak
the
were: former

socialist Presidential. Peataeattted
pa ee Darrow used to de-
He Edward J. parting,

eet to the
Walter Reuther

The Clarence Darrow Centen-
nial Commit 138 included Presi-
dent : P, Reuther

rt. Oth-| strike of 1:
ing

ceedings before a
Presidential. een to oe
the ene lvania anthra

301.

Famous Cases

Darrow fought on the side of
labor in many other famous
cases. He obtained an acquittal
for Mins

8S:
sin to kill a former governor of
Idaho in 1905.

Darr a great champion
of homenttasii causes, a power-
ful fighter against sea Fitberic

-|mination, and a believer in the

the Mlinois State Federation of
Labor.

education were the chief causes
of lawlessness. He was

‘Expe)
“has Hig ‘that the
AHO shop’ tee essential to pro

tect the liberty (the unions) have
won an eh some vantage
ear for cane triumphs yet to

The labor movement, accord-
ing to Darrow, “evolved to
serve a purpose and pe
os in the Loward

e human ri to
cmnton ie get

lass)... Its -
sion protect” the weak

profound eae
The noted film actor, Melvyn| ins defence of human freatiom, ota ae wrest.
Tigh wR

play entitled “Darrow For The |fight to uphold the Belifs whieh ;

Defence”, ring selections |he considered x Patronize Our Advertisers

from five of the famous atto:

ey’s courtroom address

tl of ee worth $15,
got a $5 chic Gs po ight the case
on the way t state supreme
court where ae a won an acquittal
eight as later. The costs (as
was the rule in many a case)

Defended Debs

ved to Chicago in 1888
a ohare = aerate position
Chicago &

Darrow was ican in a
ting the conspiracy charge dis-
‘issed, but Debs w sentenced

cused ot soumines Ls the result
a stri

plant in Wisconsin. bin won,

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