12 ; B.C. LUMBER WORKER el ICFTU CONGRESS IN | SESSION, at the Bourse de eureyalr ie new fecha of the Tunisian Jee federation, in Tunis, which was officially r opened by Prime Minister Habib Bourguiba in fol Confedorall ition of Free rade Unions, CLC del nm eon be Ane in muthels second row, fro1 pe I Union of Electrical Noes: ‘Connor, general secretary, B.C. Government Engloyees! Association; Fred peti Serie een United Packin: ee rica; VicesPresident evillier: ‘Mahoney, Canadian: director, United Steelworkers of America; President Claude Jodoin and Workers of Ame: rane Cushing To TUC Congress TTAWA—The executive council of the Canadian Labor Congress named CLC executive vice-president Gordon G. Cush. ing as fraternal cele to the al convention of the British BRIEF 8 Hif:| Trades Union Congress, which opens in BIacrocolmetetsttaiaee ins me IN BRIEE in BRIER September oon Squads | Over Murdochville WA—Goon squa ‘9 Ase 9. showered ri interarenes roe Q Umpire Suee ‘Vi IC Payme BRANTFORD—An impartial umpire ordered tl oh more than $20 thousand in back See “Taae ental i orkers Union of America a public highway without at avaing Carpets here. seen ecutive Council mect- “Convento hoes will be Penile oa The ns in “the big City wer jtorium on ee Board- walk. wns sist two pies Decem-_ Ras ¢ largely de-” ith the work coneentate in me Final we M Mei aid the convention i Beach, was orginally ‘a co dition ioe imental ie fi md our movement. per cent in 1954, Quebec was next with 12.9 per cent, down from 5.2 per cent. Britis! ‘olumbia nodes ed 4,914,285 board feet in 1955, as against 4,378,695 in 1954. fears eeopistrrece)iaiucedl cars damaged, propert destroyed—and all in a f less than 3,000 people in which there was a squad of 150 provincial police. Murdochville is th Railways R Raise Passengdl Rates ste of the Gaspe Copper Mines, where a strike en in pr Cees railways the Scena to raise their miles from Gucbes City to stage a peaceful picket gates stra- maximum of 10 Fe. r cent. tion when the violence was started by the goon an Sealine Nantes Meany To AS TON—President Eisenhower named AFL-CIO president ree ‘ge Meany to the U.S. delegat den ce the United Nations ‘Geieey Assembly, which convenes this fall in New York. Pe * Meany Proclaims Label Week ASHINGTON AFL-CIO. president George Meany has proclaimed the week beginning with Labor De as Union Label Week, in pccordauce with long-standing traditio1 A man who het ae ree after a tre, -week Yi pee ida was asked: “Diy it ” ae it aned every day.” em to have gotten a ea fat ere Pe tan, that’s rust.” OO CLE Union Attilia s Now 113 Was Sunes of unions) we afliated with the Cana- dia of arrange- mente cos the omental independent Brotherhood of Railroad oF he Police Break Polish Strike IODZ, Poland—A 48-hour strike Husband: have some fun. Wife: “All ‘right, » and if you con in before I do, leave the hall light on for me.” “Let's go out and cndithvesta of xepricalalby the Army, The workers Had walled off their jobs in search of higher pay. Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER is ic See r 19th, eae for ad copy is September 12th and for’ bi copy September KEEP YOUR MONEY SAFE... when you're travelling ! Shes 1g rf, Organized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C. PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST International Woodworkers of ‘Amortoa (CIO-CCL) District Cow: uel No. 1 > DIST! FICE} ae Beat '3 cheques protect you against loss anywhere, of your money Address all Se ae Retest H. MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer Kingsway - RIS one 5261-2 ‘Vancouver, B.C. Subscription Rates, $2.00 per annum Advertising paprenent ntative___.G. A, Spence Authorized as Seco! 8 Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa 27,500 Copine t PRINTED IN THIS ISSUE 100 Branches In British Columbia s ‘RICT OF) while travelling. Ne; ecable Presiden .. Joe Morris is Ist Vice- “ares w=. Joe Madden You can obtain Tr: b ‘h ira. viss-Presidsnt rt Bred Bieber hi than 700 to ‘Presiden . Fred Fieber e ha Secretary -Treasurer . George H. Mitchell Mea To area nerve e you. International Board Mferl ‘Walter F. Allen THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE