B.C. LUMBER WORKER | ‘

THE IWA IN WESTERN CANADA

‘ollowing article is reprinted from “Can
Lal Baus es ber issue. It is published he for “the

reason | that it provides for

thos: se who have joined t!

of the Union in British Columbia. It also providles te

general member: rship | with an appraisal o:

of ithe Union’s

rates of pay.
union’s Cy CEE ter must
whi

initiative

om
rede wired: in
ind

js revealed that al

The attempts of
satisfy workers who have always |strength of organization. Www siaatien workers! ha cd
displayed ‘a high de of inde-|“‘auickie” work stoppages, and |i

pendence, which sunins from the |sometimes discreet sa botage, the [at

ad
2
a 3
e
ae

riddin;
of disgr ies vnsattary

tive effort in its entirety must b mps, ad ensuring orkers
Bi sor MORRIS strong enough and ‘ntellizent decent foo

enough in direction to cope with se ne pioneers suffer
Th hool of Men = well-financed | the ho ng “black-list” ite
- di ided themelves on ‘employers, and, too
industry of Beltishs cout and|made men, and aes "al i nee resent any ¢ curb on their | often, ed unduly severe pen-
pee are not accidental in ori-|vices and virtues of employers in | “fret ee) enter eriees exploitation of |alties i der law eniorbeisent in-
gin. y stem eee stvenlyrone this category. human and material resources. spired the employers. Their
ee ‘ sora experience. Dur- tives. in th ories
ye rod, uaton minded | They were highly individualistic wie Ind I Organization eee serge cL

in (eaue ment. ‘hey did not

faced tremendous odds as th

0 ex! =xploit the toil Ge their

Out of ee onan as tay
have developed o'

mployees with

years, has emer; ape ‘000-mem-

sought collectively

eriardslofiliving a ‘king |

and worl
which at the eaeos were esmolol fa

ously low and oppre:

ideas of indus-

3 eet ecutcas

and Ruthles:

Rugged S
t These oo a feastioa & rugged
i bee

blended
e of the

re
lustry, even though today it is

ge
ber organization, Peprecaate all
the Goan in the logging camps,
the sawmills, the plywood plants,

th

revived today in

cussions,

| Internationa Union Founded
Early mts to link this em-

bryonic sonia tion with the

trade union eavertnd revealed Is

MILITANT INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
co IWA PROUD TRADITION

0a:
When proces-
lex

industrial ¢
her

3 two thou-|into the equally extraordinary and |@ com! plet ee industry-wide aa a new international

pee "They are. sepvated Hot | co-ordinated skill of crews con-|The diversification of occupations | union was: founded, atising! from
aot i wered equipment, and |has, th n
Ce aes vn crafts, /OPerating at almost incredible |Of related interests, built the | ganizing Serene ae. “tomer
and yal the kao, skills sree, even in the densest forest |strength of the unity now
growth.

unknown elsewhere, — Especi: Wy fred et th tion was held in Portland, Oregon,
the men who must under take the Difficu Ities Overcome in each section of Jin 1937. These were attended by Jo
ha: rking uride prime-| These conditions and their de-| the ae oe tink arms with the tere aelegstions from Britis!
val conditions, “felling” and" yard-|yelopment have presented diffi- ae in all other sections to | Columb:
ing” towers tree! nie cultic Hed} ‘Rot. ordinarily experienced | mobilize the united strength on
Lope: turdil 1 d ions, IWA. organiza-| which aie ae new organization

corporations. The industry Brel
several fede ago required indi-
vidual daring, stamina, and man-
ual skill, is now being mechani a

hing’
plants, it

urgent need for industrial

organization began
elf, the members discovered

the so-called) militan

In no other wang

‘The atc
presses his inependence cs “wit
through organization

-|trade union solidarity itab-
Se in the panes aay to
ide effective - bargaining

ne days is now being replaced |}
oy the equally ruthless es
tion. The extraordinary skill,

is
sourcefulness, and hardihood de

nianded from the logger in

ingrained outlook dakota by
pis nature of his w

ie e-scal ee oppo:
te geri is now matched by
a workers’ _, Structure, which has

osition of izal

‘When, after expulsion from the
American Federation of
th i

ral
With the 2 Bein te

pioneer

independent in outlook eee i

ees

of ship

ence in October, 1948, pas

cr fe
2 nions,

ne,
a eaetsioet to Bs the me
into a_new_natio: iat
dubbed the Wooaworkers
ial Union of Canada, thus

no plac
logging c
Similarly, Rice individual

be mastered only in the

idely
tered eerie units,
ugh they are linked together

Tradition of Milita
The_ Tntemational ‘Woodwork
meri

he
christened the saetne geua
d:

in one industry. The union mu
weld together workers of
sexes, who are engaged in a wit vide
range of occupations with varying

ers oft America. entered this field,
in 19;

the neue credit se successful
organization in the woods and
mills at the coast.

Ores eee trained in the ate

rect a

part ely,
units of this international union,
could be found Bynes acd fs
amazing vitality in the coast lum-
b

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The restrictive nature of wa)
time regulations imposed during”
the period 1939-1945 di t suc-

in “b ie a

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