B.C. LUMBER WORKER

only with an adequate living
re also the working

tablished. We are in much the
same position at the present mo-
ent.

mot it acaition Goo: d

“STRIKE

Unions Not
Popular

Interest taken by

tions that have the effect of
fying the eae of the Hows
Work Act for many employees.
hey are pageemined to maintain
n

end
ights

They Piaaat Tene the right to de-

are considered,

recognized statutory holidays, and

imr
_One eine ne I should es
_ her and that is that ow

i of Precio in Britis h Colum-

than 4,500 voting cere

eral convention on January
ES See evident when only
150 remained in the
sidera-

Boee intion KallGr cont
tion of the Liberal party’s
planks on Jabone oe
his indiffer

the loss of all pay for
y. They make this a ae,

to exclude some of our oe
from the bargaining units, These
now pro by

fe is continuous production on

oie oat considered ey,
such ees re; gulat

iepoaed upon the workers,

Seniority
Another matter in dispute is
that of seniority.
he

The companies insist
ercising an unrestricted right in
the final analysis to decide h

tected

reporters
from ie Girt Wakes
Congre:

Pereainiceertiehts). and

very “eel iat it is an geste

sly dangerous principle to allow
=

tee discrimination at their ex-

a hat is the nature of the
support en ae elt 8 now
require fro: other ns
in the provin cae

Support Urged
‘We pre been more tha:
nine weeks on

dividend payments throughout re- rike. Every ade
cent years, but out of sury “ah ale when seniorit, y a unionist will Bee that every
earnings have been able to ii of support is wel elcome e, both
mote an almost ‘unprecedented the authority to make the final nese eh financial. I refer you
plant expansion, Never at any|decision whatever the circum-|to the appeal issued by it ke
time were our employers able to pieces or what ever the Union’s | Federation of Labour

plead inability to mect our Union’s
demands,

Conc ion Failed
referred our dispute

“We toa
Conciliation Board last autumn

able to demon-
Ae peeeccnably paustactory y

tions, These will be cordi: ially ae
comed. This appeal in no manner
indie cates that w weakening,
r that we have the end
of our financial errese Tt in-

have been working elsewhere in
after a prolonged period of nego- | industry, The TWA has quite dif-|dicates that we are facing a bit-
tiations extending back rules in its master | *¢T "18! c
17th, Not until after the mice agreement, granted in some in-|Ployers, and because our fight i
report had been pee, pate the| stances by the same employers your fight, we intend to leave no
employers willir more} You will understand that if stone unturned to win this strike.
sam “ie per ta ae ser %S cents | consent to allow the eunloverd t xe)

increase, even though some
oft these employers had palecady,
granted the IWA 7% p

ur
reposed settlement with an 88
oar ae strike vale ae ne eee
reason that in
wage ina we Ree peated

unfait
motions, ani
uit su ee our rig! ts in refus-
in aa where we are ¢x-
id, design-

mar intolerable working

art Mainly, the dispute remains un-

ed to ee the Union.

Vacations
nembers will

sable to proper
sive relations,”

‘ill you ple: the
contract clauses proposed by the
employers wi
ieee

Hou a hake
eee Sa e nt
the veoniyes “insist ee
writing in

25

the contract condi-

dustry ve industry in ee

Local 1-207
Reports
“| Progress

Haren or the recotdl
Baas

Meeting,
cember Ist, in Edmonton,

During the two day meeting,

the delegates | fom every opera-

in the cal, reviewed the

f 195 d mappe

to operate ee Local
ment of
wets ayas saurevell The Lo

Education
Program
Launched:

view of the 195

witch TWA
icers Ply 2
has been

at Pinewoods ge, Man-
ning Park, Jan: Vee
the week llowing two

mn Dire ec-

tor,
During the ensuing months the
Institutes will be held at other
hae é

fairs Dieter ani

Ar rrange ements for the Victoria

by
" From Page 1

“Problems”

ment:

Ssh aS VA
No stone is being left unturned

50c assessment.
speakers at the meeting
istrict President ue
ae pee ral
of I

preparation:
e Sean eaten deleratons

special committees,

pro vision, the pulp and paper
acky y estas, ae best Sock,
When the conditions under which

“Present Mortis i in his addre:

IWA m be equal het week pei
in= 35 5 iefly on negotiations in
st, but compat pith our demand ior Semele, EES oe CIEE Baten (Grntsite tl git it
p " are indis- | thre ‘ks’ vacation after five | uled for all major committees, that proposed changes in th
ele was | full information may be available | Poet cecucture 5
@ ey  IWA, pret any|to the delegates. These meetings |" F7. atso urped the delegate
of the ate Gans roposed by | include hase of the District Exe-| ti. even ae interest ed ot
lease name the | the same employers z the ease of | cutive the B.C, Lumber | Sy education and. leg istatv
the pulp mills, and is now being | Worker Bditorial Board: the Dis-
hich are found ob- ted Eee throughout in- | trict Policy Committee, and other | ™2tter
cepte te , build up their Shop Steward sys-

tem as the Shop Stewards are the
back bone

of the
vie "nominations ai,
the f

HEAD'S
LIG

ATTEND YOUR
ae MEETINGS
ULARLY /

Tae

PAY
MORE?

the elec.
‘following were
their names hav
¢ ballot to

sominatel and

Arne Christensen,
anes Ist Vice- “sien,
H. P. Caird, - K. W. Nyssa me
2nd Vice-president, Joh:

unopposed; 3rd Vicecpresdent,

rag one Clark,

Nanaimo Weekend Institutes
are in the hands of the Labour
Councils insta: jurisdiction at
these point

Stork
“| Busy In
1-423

A satisfactory settlement has.
been reached in the dispute at
the S. & K.

are etl is nooreee at the Pion-

th & Door Company in

n, and a are biexpected to go
ortly.

el
a six pound baby boy born at 1:20
a.m., January Ist.

Mr. and Mrs, Rene Bouce
Vernon, were four hours later but
their baby boy was three pounds
heavier, weighi: in

pounds even,

Working conditions are

ack to normal in the Local Fah
ening the shut down of the ma-

jority of the mills over the Christ-
mas holidays.

Dental Association has for-
bidden Dr. Re perenrs Douglas
Doc! nouncing

ubliely thot he is willing end
Te CAL ah iliiad quality,
guaranteed plates ot

$40 per

Local 1-80 Meets
February 16th

Membership Meeting of Local 1-80, IWA, Ria be held Boa
a ry 16th, in the IWA _ Hall _Dunea:

commencing at

10:

resent the Local Union at the 2nd sore eal Convention of

International
ee ee

Woodworkers of America

‘ial Convention
which convenes