Ist Issue, October

B.C. LUMBER

WORKER

Sick

List 2a |

Port, Alberni—Ruptured
Royal Columbi: Fd a i P
St ee elle’
Poraettaen dagrd salar’ caren | Oliver Hein Canadian White
IWA, visited the following patients | | Pine —t sing hatve eC Sea
in the Royal Souci, Hospital, | C- Everitt, Hammond—Improvin
September sth, ‘distributing, candy, Fl Moravec, B.C. Forest’ Pre
cigarettes ade the BAC “plair, Tahsis—Operation.
hiss H. Gunneman, eee ille—Better.
. ts js—Throat erento L. Gee, Widgeon Creek—Feeling bet-
; Brownsville — Im-| “ter,
Scope" es B. Waite, fae edge
is] Ppine—Sleep-| F. Gertsor ian hite ine—
Sergi Kosciuk, Alaska Pin Jeep- wetrly er
Flavelle's—Not too well. | Ed. Pelke: ey, Bloedel's—Surgery

inadian White Pine

4 ae better.

Hug! a
dus

=e
ER

theca st

YOUNGSTERS line up for free pop

Widgeon Creek—Improv-

ke Cowichan—Feel-
_fankin, Robertson & Hackett
rest. Pro-

Ss Mt Cowichan—Opera-
tion,

A. Windram, Fraser Mills.

4; -MeKibbon, Island Camp Cook—

Mills'— Feeling
Better.
Till—Improvi

S. Chmelyk, Fraser
c.

a

at the pienic held by Local 1-217,

IWA, August 17th, at Confederation Park, Vancouve:

, Mrs. Percy Clement:

& oe
THESE MEMBERS of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of Local 1-80,
the pict held by the Local September 22nd, ot Ivy Green Park. Group from left: Isabel Peterson, 0.
Lyn: S;

walle :
IWA, helped with the coffee arrangements at

Third enamel aa of Local

ie families to this gal

“PORTABLE PENSION”
PLAN FEASIBLE

untcoduction of tht “Portable
would all

p
ponents measure is the conclu-
sion reached by the
of wage Research, the Canadian
Labor Congress Research Depart-
ment’s Saecn which deals with
the Een pycbee situation.
ae Ease

Nea
rtable pension is a

recent issue

is
insurance companies —

elim
leave within'a ce eet

ideo benefits with t

| quirements and vesting
the sees ints
entry i is for
due eet or pian cciviee
or an unduly high entrance age,
or a combination of the two, a
ae is prevented from obtain-
carly participation in the
ae ” the bulletin notes.

provisions,
ont at

‘ont ‘ory plans — = specially
those See by commercial
seck to
minate Suplaveck likely to

marriageable etc.
No ett

ually ha
| rea irement

Ren aa eLNGara older workers
eenialltiys,

Smythe, President of
Ae i 80, opened the picnic with
a_ short speech oO! velcome in
which he peatescctt: atisfaction
‘or the fine turn: out and wished

veryone a day of relaxation and

cana =a

A full list of contests were pro-
vided for the enjoyment of the

1-80 CELEBRATES
ANNUAL PICNIC

youngsters under the capable di-
se oe Percy viementss Busi-
t of Local 1-80.

Free Pop
cream and pop were pr
free for the children a
hundred of them dined up at the

ue

ce
ay passing

liary of Local
1-80 volunt esi Be take care of
the faites: which was given away
free to the adults.

Committee Members
The committee in charge of the
picnic arrangements were Hum-
phrey Butler, Ross Davis, Allen
Nelson, Percy Ge ae, Jack All,
Josep a a Leonard Baker.

+r IWA mem-
Ea ae who is an
excellent accordionist, kept the

mu which every-
body took part, included many
union songs - which

well-I iron
prover bi

did not neglect safe-

frolicking the meated| remaine
safe.

OBINS

.WORKING MARRIED WOMEN
INCREASING IN CANADA

EEN

By EILEEN R
I was talking to aman the other day who told me that

married woman, working, w

the who
earns $250 a month.
ys

Of this, she

wife
store gnaitiage: The man

was against

ve was that

11 months, siceded ate mother at home to
tru Id

her
their t

returning to her
two children, four

that’s
hild

—chi ren do need

20k
te eir mother: But
our. 8

tw af the
teach fea 2

a mother most—
ycriidret! or the fort

s n
ul after them with ha

li and when - thought o}
school holida: ash
er oot be with the

diitdren ot a time.

Support the Fami
ype o! ea situation is being
ted all over Canada la, in some

many marrie
led in fav
returning to

Jn Ss itty 9 vest since 1901, the
percentage of w in the labor
force es risen Foti ni over

le
igure does not include di
lows separated wiv

childre;

n
Canada is woefully short of

remaining $150,
$250. TI
Cc.

Tax Unfair
If the working mother was able

Britain United States,
where women represent 32% of
the total labor force and where
one married woman in five is
ordi 3

and the

lo 5 fen ing Problem

Perhaps tl that | is all to the good;
it gives Canada a little longer to
puzzle over the problems which
follow in the train of women
working. It’s quite obvious, of
course, that this isn’t a passing
problem.

The Canadian Bank Com-
merce monthly review te events

says that because of in acres Fae
‘help’ via |
the

pai a
f!men in the labor force may be

expected to increase.

The former Liberal government
evidently recognized that this
growth in the Hane of women
workers constitu situation
that sh ee be
create

meen

self, that On B
gest 2 a ative
govel “that sides something
itcab pune erties in the law
which prevents a women from

cisining exempt on ae tax for
nee she pay out for

ae, would
Conserva'

sug-

as “dramatic”. Even so, Ci

ae government, 4 in fact, gets

tax from the same

from the married
id then fi

Department ae Labor. 1 at a

to afford a full-time housekeeper,
however, she would be able to de-
froi

ecause of automat
Be s,

e iter ewspaper Guild

FL-CIO/ cic) “ne filed a
aris oe ee int wi F

af

mig!

up with their sisters in Great

who

j the home-heip.) Take the case of

organizing white collar
workers,