pada iene
B.C. LUMBER WORKER

re

Appreciation

Ue IWA MEMBER who knows his es
knows that he has a good contract. The recen’
pcaciies t makes ee valear. Not all the demands
e met, but, under the circumstances, the
farsi ae eRe accept the e compromise.
It rd of progress, in which
r may take pride, and find ae nefit.
ill claim that the agreement is per.
fect. It cS not ‘completely fulfill the ee oe
the mem! ee in mteeard to wage rates, as sta ed
in this y
for the "members oe ee all that can be obtained
the conditions which prevail in the

ever y Reeder

aside in its present form is not BY any
ord in such attainment. In a pro-
the
in contract excellence.
»t of the present c d
be fully appreciated, for exactly ae it is worth.

onest appraisal of its worth is the best and
most auaaiel ae for effective Tene of its
job enfor

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It a ae adinit ted that, too often during
negotiations, attention is rivette d almost exclu-
sively on wage increases. This is only natural, ae
it should not entirely obscure the impor rtance
contract provisions which protect Sade eae
tions, on une to eae cae afety.

Also. ati nt: t
over a sate e years ae a parallel
development of the Union’s bargaining strength.

vit ital feature of the contract, as it is ow
titten, is that it provides

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thermore, it is in an excellent position to continue
its pr eee toward its ultimate contract ob-
jectiv
The whol €p
. not one of bo oasting but ee that. these vals
may be preserved by effective policing on n the p:
of the workers on the job. A contract is aie as
good as its enforcement. Its enforcement is only
the ee vigilance of the workers

The Kohler Story |"

By ALLAN J. GRASKAMP

greater bargaining strength in the artis. he
union shop conditions hed ae the Union its
maximum in, tees eet ip stre

Of still greater nee is the fact that all
wae “affec ted by bar. rgaining decisions will

have the opportunity to exercise a voice in such

matters. Greater democratic participation in the
functi m will ma greate:
i

tights wil
struggle to retain a foothold i
ations, and enabl

bership welf: ie

in its certified oper-
e greater concentration on mem-

A long-range point of lew reveals the union
oe ae now written the contract as
he more notable Dchisvenants to the

cai of the IWA.

- Effective eounpration on ve part of the Local
Unions has success intained another fea-
ae of unques' ili

ain on an indust
this feature for the aver:
ways ee Tecognize: ed.

age worker are not al-

the see pine 35,000 workers acting to-
vy & n

an, the
better able to match ane resources
withi in the ie structur

Ind wide bargaining, followed by cate-
gory rae ig amen has established uniform:
ity in con ms and standards throughout the
entire area. This stabilizes conditions in a most

ici f wo: It be-

ONE in all
operations and in all locati

The new vacation gales UA oe such
matters as stand-by ti ime, fare allowance, travel
time, rest pe) riods, seniority, all these reveal that
the IWA in its conceptions of contract conditions
is well abreast of modern industrial trends. Fur-

eel Kohler is different iy

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nd Kohler has also made a!
dennerate attempt to get weak _
sisters in the community to say to

‘The company is wrong, but it
won't give in and E won't settle,
So why don’t you quit?”

We. who are on we oe not.
quit bes ause ju
bee: BU

ustice has.not yet

we not negotiate ourselves
ut of existence, nor will we com-
promise “the justi ice that is due. We

land as said that unions and
em} iployers must bareainy cole
tively in good faith. the
ate Haste act says me ver

r has Bek himself

en we pro;
of te COateaneTO Ravoies with-
in ies framework of the Kohler
Company’s three main competi-
tors’ contracts, the company said:

“No, we can’t do that. We're
different.”

toe da e I;
Kohler Company ha:
shoves s
seathe” law around here.”
“Weal ik Contract

as arrogantly

Rule Through Feai
The Kohler Company oe al-
ways sought to lle through fear,

distrust to ae one

counany notified us that it w iad man
against the other. Kohler has seen

cancelling its contract with our

n
reed
wit!

"| have been thoroughly sown in the
community. But b; ee ae get
ler formula was not en

ray igh by far.

Herbert
to live with organized labor.

i y 1954 the Kohler workers had
couthetco meaty ceed it le ie G a B Gh: thing ul
asked for an extension. of Kohlei

+} sol: ates ne

ler.

We

which we hoped would inte &
favihee conteeatralian
pany said no,

5 ite Hl: strike began April

are not our Deaplees on tne, They
jutsiders, e fe

ers.

its regular

given Kohler m
years of back-breaking labor. We

bee made as ae fantastically

‘h, w he

and strangers. While
publicity machine was s
label us in this is way, he
ing an EraDEeIUDHEE gs paeonle
from far and wide t ie and
steal our jobs.

“Kohler is Different’

Kohler’ 's

“Man with a Lante

contons, the company said:
ohles is different.”
we asked for arbitration
within ‘he contract, the company

Brighten ites s ae moments 3
Read “

by Wilf Bennett, each day
on the editorial page.

The Province

t jeopardize the principles of
sane and modern induta rela-
tions, even us bt r has a
fixation abou’ aie to the
class warfare ef 1 early Nine-
teen Thirti

soe Fight On
The bars. a a ean

an
in} tenets on ndetaying the ae
union of i loyees, :
When eae Konig ceases to
violate the law and comes to the
ba pea nin} nee fable in good faith, the
strike
peice fer 833, United Auto
Workers ‘f
—From AFL-C1O AMERICAN
FEDERATIONIST. &

he Lantern”,