B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Ist Issue, January

LOCAL 1.71 CONVENTION
contract demands of coast loggers.

Some 138 unions with a total
memibs rot Re approximately
now make up the main
ie e 0} -

ieee atte, with a Sieber
ship of nearl:
tenti fa oe te

At the time of the merger the

Despite the adver: Tse factors ARNE

Labour's Position
At Highest Peak.

in organizational
eposiue ion f oreuized mee
th

from the? een AFL-CIO

merce,” ee Counci eae as

their nationally-prepared propa-

5
a

Canadian delegates in’ attend-

see million. Of these, 13 million

Local 1-71 IWA Reports|"
High Level Activity

unfavorable economic conditions during the last ae

ite
Aa ithe affairs of Local 1-71

high level, reported the officers of the Local Union

TWA have been maintained ai
at the Ann

Conyention held in Vancouver, December 20-21.

increase faster as he: se of
a economic roof gets

ers oy 1 See
f th at De
coming Seae
memory of farmers
Paoustiodt the Great Plains. with
remorseless advance of the
ae packing companies, chain
‘ores and food proce: into

ance agreed that the eee in
in re

position to bring the benefits of
trade unionism to these yet un-
preemie en than at any
previo
Bei mee ‘Posit 1) Gained
aon resources,” said the Coun-

tion in the camps has been brought
to a more efficient state, and that
the resour ces of the Local had)

been wisely
sentation from the a Union at
Significant conferences and con-

mon
approaching District Convention |e
aa Nichols; W. H. Maat

ey to buy out the family farm=
d turn agriculture into a

y years are being
gainst the wall by a ma-

cil,” are greater, our posters
y-how—based on
experience—superior
se of any easly period or
ier movemen

B¢
ao

re in white-collar enalay nen the objectives of the Canadian
and a9 million were in abot
type of attack from the employers’
ee point was made in agencies.
port of the Executive ean that The financial net worth of the
organized labour is in a better} AFL-CIO has increased by $745,-

000 since December, 1955. As of
June 30th, the total assets of th

anization amoun es ie $7,773,-
699.79, an it st $900,-
000 since the m ees

eclines

Tg L-CI 5 no-raiding agree-
m tlie t since 1954, has pro-
Shy = able arrangements for
re Sain Sjurisdictional differences
within the trade union movement,

Raiding

ere mainly those arising

mansiditeGamp corcrage has been sale “farm program” and in| W

Antably improved, Hees reported. apidly increasing numbers are national economic policies/2nd mo the

Hol 10 the city. th
ne result noted,

upon better cruantzation. was the Ww. MePhai Newhaven; * a Ay two million Vaiss pate ized ae

increased volume of work, espe- [Ss G- Flov oved to the city since April of] The mer oer presented a new

i with te grievances] Elected a: ee tes to the In- 1986 "tae get for a ee aceanterert be A

and claims, placed upon the cen- | ternational ‘Con vention were: A. barrage o: aganda has

tral office A eal "This alko SED, + F, Fieber; W. H. Wik No Advantage to Consum since persis ste: Many mevsraets,

indicated a marked confidence in ay; G. Phelps; P. The consumer is not reaping |which for years rept roached |?

the Union’s bargaining integrity. Brace te genset; J. W.| any advantage as ult of this | the trade unions Hae stk ees
icers’ Report also indi- | Grove: Ben d R. Par- rogram, say the Montana farm- ed eeone and 1; nity,

cated satisfaction with the results | ker. Alternates nied were: A,| ets, and they point to the fact | did len right Soa fact

of the 1956 negotiation: was | mpbell, and R. B, Pickering. that even though their prices for pas whey. ee that the greater

stated that the Union Shop clause] To attend the C c macy peraurerhy spent and a; hundred phipeatized ietoueonsts

s proved to be of great benefit) were named: J. E. joue : ae creped’ ms ae
to the loggers. Wilson, and. eS oa Gee ee ue a decrease {HS ES) One n Ste ped Up
Delegates elected to attend the |nate: E. L. Fi Piste prices | “Confitmed opponents of trade
ropeie const mionism lie the National Aseo-

Farm-Labour Talks
Show Mutual Aims_

Farmer and labour organizations in the United Beers are
taking a leaf from the experience of their ere eri

Farmers tell of the “built in
aid serv! vic eat has aeaben ore
corporate pac and f

mer. This “built in mas service”
works, they say, to give excu:
fs processors and pants ers 5

uw
ciation of Manufacturers, and
the U.S. Chamber of Com-

Processors to Blame

The truth is fee the real blame
must be shoulder
hi

packaging and wrapping of food,

n Montana, the farmers, trad

in, Mont., and discusses d

be held in the-state and the result
was to sashes weld yer farm-
ers wo! Ss
Ranier to form what ae hope
will be a winning team in the

in Cae amounts and in ae a
the housewife can
win sie oe
jecting to
an pea ‘Of are pat they
are peices to the fac| pe
sen

this meeting, which was the 1th
annual Farmer Labor Institute to

ing within the
Tv

m
next few months.

re blaming them for the ane

One farmer, Ole Gunderson,
ee eawress pene, pointed out
it potatoes oft

DENTAL

ica is a necessity if the people are
to prevent a cartelization of our
economy and a stifling of our
freedom.

Farm Income Falling
One major topic for discus-
state

bag Ss ae

oe aos four
a a

individual pac

packers and chain stores,
ae, * the help of _fisentower's
hired hand, Ezra

extortionate costs to their|/who have used tise packagin;
a ucts, systems and their monopoly con-
1 of the market to inflate the

ea of food to an unreasonable

The Processors have blamed

labor for these inflated
aT

to split, us
and sisi eee conquer ase
and

ier Siig Jobles:

e!
: Unemployment, in large part

the Part of the nation’s farmers,
h th metals ind:

tween the effective date in
e| 1088, and last October 4, 135 cases
have been processed under the

ety:
geal apr beniEnt with-
oa Pareenes to the impartial um-

, David L. C i

‘ole.
total of 33 cases were sent t to

for:
new international
created by merger. ~

union was

pinch at unemployment, too, a
the “cut off? mark rises tighe:

De ess alliance between farm-
ers and workers is not new ta
Montana, but the susie aoe
here had as
ait jane employment

he falling, farm yisemes im-
part as those are.

aero — Freight and

abou ix vehicles each. At las!

sont 426 0 epee tors owned re
oe 2 Bae tractor semi-
ke uni S, ‘1 traile: id

Vedic egy ee

try quae hard.

alvas, International ex-
ecutive erates
Ind, re-
Institute delegates

He ted_ to ee
that “miners are wall ing the

ther major topic was th
spectre of rising unemployment,
which like a snowball has begun

sic

farm

time in the history of any coun-

tr, le is er than
it money

le

pe

the jis
ieee of “he i

same people blame labi

gett, ony
ate yu! seek
they talk to the farmers, aie oS

in Bu een in pear of jobs,
where none are availa!

ane delegates

aconda Copper Min-| w
ration—known puaimoly ag as

pret me é Also Correspond.

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INSTRUCTION IN INDUSTRIAL Enel AID
jh_ Correspondence Ci
ates approved by the Wi =

The Company ” to Mont

ea aCe om — 402,921,000
ion:
three mont bic of this sie
889,000 ox 28% more Seah
r last year.
ZO BLAD ES cost an av-
| factors of about 2c each at the

Prisoner to fellow inmate: “I
was making big money—about a
Quarter of an inch too long.”

to Industrial
ie Compareation
lence Course in Timekeeping
ATTENDANTS ASEN. OF B.C.
Vancouver 3, B.C.

“Thanksgiving presents” so char
ee a of pet peau attitude

Unem, Sea

he: “Will you bring ore an-
other sete aDe today, dear?”
ei hat’s wrong with the
I got yesterday?”

t Gro ing
Railroad men are feeling the

Bee “It's full.”