led 907%. All Loe: Strike ballot conducted by the D. 26, throughout the ieee. liieber 4 * majority eae in poe or of B.C. LUMBER WORKER partment of Labor, industry resulted i a strike action which e: Analysis of the sity the day following was in part follows. “the | results he v Se ae wide strike might be ill legal because cee pri Oa failed to vote for rike. "| a me ae Union takes of the voti ducted yesterday throughout the mills and “ute of the Coast lumber indust gave a decisive Gafority in ee of strike action. tions in whic the general tren of opinion mae ignored, will ae no particular significance. We Imow that the Act requires a of the employers. They pee Hw answer. They know Hoven we now know that an v | industry-wide sanetion has been strike scale e | given actioi a that, if applied, will 16 all Bee S' all ke; tion of ful at o Bay fast and Bare with con i tion | Procedures under the lay ete str rike. We also know that when the over-all total is considered, the workers in the industry through- out the coastal area have given a gi stration of | confidence i in the Union, and sup- of the Union’s policy in ne- tion of the issues involved. roetcde On behalf of tie District ls ne, & 4 5° ee STB For wer = AFUCIO News will act in the Comittee I desire at me cent meee Pasirstiaal é Our pelvis the returns vie “spread and remarkable con- from our Local Unions indicates nce shown in the ition that the een answering ne by the Committee in the “Yes” to the question, “Are negotiations which have been fayor of striking?” averaged over |made extremely difficult by the 90 it of the votes cast. In eae: 4 ve employers. I wish has always bee evel it Local Union, the assi y, fe llow- ‘Workers in baie a this Union to see majority given was rwh he in iit 2 -|fully all avenues of settlement ing, which means that in y | mittee ‘will et the mandate bates re committing the member- section of the Coast industry the ener with a full sense oe re- ap to strike action. We will one Union’s policy has been empha-|§ ponsibility for their welfar re to that policy ais the tically endorsed. The 7 had Q his brings me The mem- jority in any one Local Union’s | of the next step. co et midst of |bers of the District Nesousune jurisdiction was approximately our prepara’ e govern-|Committee will attend at the 809%, Several of the an nions | ment-supervised Babee yote de- | Premier’s office tomorrow pr ee yoted well in excess o: fo for manded by the employers, we d strike action, In all i: tant re- eem likely to lead to a satisfac spects, the ‘vote followed closely ae of the Province, Honorable|tory settlement, and to aci the results ey in aie Ww. Ay Ch, poset je ee good on in respect of all dick that the resentatives of the | discussio ess ae gave all em- Union, together ma cera) Skowde wn Near ployees in each bargaining unit |tives of Paany. 2 na At the same time, we will make the Bpepttunity to vote, whether cae ete members, of the Union meet, Ny him ‘onference tks eel post- a til ine mote and isolated sections along the foactline, where infor- 3 : ‘ived the employees in these init! of the right to vote on this question. All Major Operations With very few exceptions, a all operations gave a peaicn ity in ct a major operations in every St tomor urge eaedaristapregtived tendance ae International Ex- However, vised the Bireiee hat see ill accept his vitation and meet with him and n y been schedul ied 2 Bee hie morning. | ™4 clear to eal eonderied that we a just hake nd settlement. There must be change of attitude on the part of employers or all such di e yesterday in the govern. ment-supervised strike vote will not permit us a ora to fur- ther delaying ta bei mployers’ rep morrow in Victoria. The whole situation was ca full conser & the Tight wf ye yote by ney la mmittee t ee Th Ww wh: they should be prepared Be do - aay to delay RIE goublarestan 2. eed Distri se y fully ear all tions of the memb ae not at liberty to disclose pully this ouaitiee is tive G C pro eae an roduetion in the Coast spats. gally entitled to organize a ful l- ae this thumping majority in fa- Yor of strike action, the argument that an industry- i mittee. eliberations ar ioe s na Se acitatves of each Local Union. bran 1 aati do not yield some definite possi- we manner required by the Union's membership. Preparations Advanced an the Union would be pre- red for all eventualities. Giuce! proaara lang: ere ereliEas vanced. All necessary material has been prepared. Our rela- tions with other Unions affect- ed have been worked out to our mutual satisfac! It is very Sani ing that I port full co-opera- ce log, nor a stick SE ‘imber Sates we may designa: “hot” will be moved. Situation Reviewed ay be no mis- I will now re- main points already That there understanding, peat the stated. The government-supervis: trike cos yesterday oe ve a ae than 90% over-all ma- jority in ae of strike action the 2 he seat of poe Bellon in all sections aud in all im- portant operat 3. The Union's Ss Distt eae Committee was in ses: to- day, and will remain in Paris until the peeree ee seine are made to act date of the workers in the in- dustry. 4, The IWA has accepted the invitation of the Premier, Hon. Mr. Bennett, a will meet with ithe and the employers’ repre- entatives in his Vietoria office 5. The IWA will continue to give attention to all opportuni- use for setelement and val be there is no immediate frst ity of a pate ry settlemen t, the Union’s mber: ll be on strike Seat soon. 6. The Union i is quite ready terial is renay. Necessary ar- rangement: have been made wit fh other 1 unions affected is a strike in the lumber industry. oc piling for a long Sinker we too make similar prepara- tices Se 8. Provision has be SPECIAL FINANCE pin AR’ OHNSTON MOTOR ‘CO. LTD. IWA DISTRICT OFFICERS ° Dive PLYMOUTHS SDHNSTON MOTORS The Long, Lo Tl Po h “TORSION- se Rido RANG! ical AVE. & MAIN “eae next door to B.C. District Council No. 1) and Luxurious wer” PLYMOUTH FOR IWA MEMBERS VANCOUVER 10, B.C. The Dental Association has for- bidden Dr, R. Llewellyn Peusles (Old De Publicly that he ta w provide re quality, ee oil, if et only $40 per plate, Jy, R. ee Douglas |2 Robson Vancouver 1, B. r of Granville) PAcific 4022 given. ee leavs ves: mn free to take e action ae any time after the torre Se hours have elap: es ‘te = *feadline’ The Union’s mem! will be noti- of the strike deadline after with the em- ”