B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Twenty-One

February 3rd, Di: strict Council No.
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be held to ahaa. po the Tet | tirthday 4 Fed
notes attainment of adulthood or physical
matur:
ae the passage of time will reveal whether
not the [WA in British Columbia has reached
its ‘full foals purines eae course of twen nty~ one

ep wit] ¢.

on
its adaptation to ange processes ies roduc:
tion based on forest resources, and the i integra-
tion of all tednehes of the forest products in-
Eee
de union standards, it may be demon-

strated ce the IWA in this province has gained

aturity. The eae of this may be seen in all
ate i its activities.

Its membership coe us been ark snes
to secure contract conditions which f the
basis for steadily i unr ovinE vine and oridng
standards for its

The IWA caine Diesen has ied
ively matched its negotiating program and pro
vides full coverage for all cases of Svotkeis ite
kitts d to the lumber indus

has fostered

Notabl panes in the field ee faccident
ae also witness to the effective
nner in which sie 20k nion has devoted its re-
eiiteed fo. the protection of life and limb on the
job.

_ The Union is functioning effectively as it was
intended to He which is a most reliable
a st of matur:
aturity inevitably brings new and more de-
pee oS This rule
th

we perplexing problems of startling propor-

“The economic background for the 1958 nego-
tiations is rife with parado xes a eae
evidence o: upward swing
in business activity, but the diing cf this recov-
ery is a matter of open oe ulation. Existing un-
himiloymeat slays darkens the outlook. Well-
in the aemialation of con-

ul workmanship will be necessary in the
on of constit tutional provisions a and ad-

“These Need Help Right Away, Doc”

Trade Unionists Study
United Nation Aims

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What is tt - f And

‘orld trouble spots. The effective.
re of the United Nations and

even more important, ee an we 38 trade unionists do to
e effective erent ion? T! wei f
db: rade unionists from all parts
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ber 7. 23, voianed by the American Labor Education ca
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NATO in their renee ae spheres
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was closely exam

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jority of ae se interview s

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tended ia é school: tre From an |auestion for workers, especially on
‘ood o!

Se ms ther Railway

supported the UN, Sows ther
be

too weak and shor Md b es

ae Si ig ports: how to keep out cheap support Me a permanent
. Ed McAllister (Monc- goods which undercut our own} force. In contrast, a survey of over

Ce ron) a a ak inn rkets and thus cause lay-offs]100 U.S. newspapers produced a
peg) who were the first recipients | Alle, at the same time, encour, uraging picture. Less
of the recently established Harry | trade with underdeveloped | than 5% of total newspaper space

happell Memorial Fund, while I ‘tries to make them self-suffi-|is devoted to foreign affairs.
represented Local 343 oehewOe (cee Lectures and discussions were

fice Employees International| .. Old Prejudices ntersper
Union Bill Smith, CBRE Presi-| Similarities and differences be-|negie Endowment Building and
ig Sec- Bs ween. culnes ai the United ne Fe, shee co-
inci

den
eae attended as ataces
Few Gro:

ae Dal are 1 discussions in which
septic ae speakers from Scandinavia, Japan,
sive schools I have ever saul Puede Rietee Asa Renae
with courses starting at 8:45 a. served to their Shewaton
and
cope Geanto
for itz sing on until 10 pm.| mein count an mn organization a
or even This schedule is
SieuehtS Bee any 40-hour week te frouble Spots
conscious unionist groan, but very | acai of internet wae the vont
S| le

few groans were heard from the inleenainal organizations
student body, thanks to the in-

idence we se:
of the General “Assembly ‘whi
beans, Cana disarmament
rest Ae ion, 2
s took us

eo discal in me adel
room and brought us into contact

h people who have to deal with
ue realities of international rela-
tions and gave us some under-

gre
standing of he problems which —
in| they run into.

en}
structors and discussion leaders
and the way in which the program
was presente

Tt followed a very definite pat-
tet starting with an analysis es

The SUN has

daptat:
cainiabrative technique: pace of
change in the ESlntions' Be es
taken to

fee and today both in

established sopiitsies of Europe

and the new emerging nations of
ial

WRITERS and q

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the

All t be
safeguard th ion’s inte: oe spdinat an ex- | Asiaand Kennels By Th FE TURE I
pected attack on its rights by the organized em- ill Ke ane ICFTU  Repre- le A Ss
ployers, on: oP olitical front as well as on the sani picked up eme
from there explaining the role In add i
ceosOmie shich | the , international’ labor e e The Vanconven sti its reader
me politial situation is in a state of flux. | movement has played in develop- on ents aiden of enjoyment ia i any ies
i . ae ind_ commen
Here agai: Cea Union’s pete must be in- | # gen Soe. oe wide variety of special features of interes
structed that hey may be able to grasp every | through close co-operation ‘be-| Gnd Totagravure mugezing aed fale, seoe p
opport ity to advance the Union’ s legislative | tween new and old unions in dif- that come with the Big Saciiey SaaiEe een
ferent pa oe ie world, ‘t has the most ocaue entertaining new:
brought greater under- Poper read Tho e
bl ising f: these four develop- | standing !
. 4 y The economic basis of world
ments, “are legion, and cannot be side-stepped sens des gree emeaacdoaieaeae THE
with any superficial generalities. countries, hunger and poverty in VANCOUVER'S
*. 2. thers — was a rent theme.
On its twenty-first birthday, the [WA in Brit- | CoNpED (Special United Naw
ish Columbia will be found, as usual, working, | tions Fund for Economic Devel- NEWSPAPER
but with intensified effort, to to carve for itself a | opment) and other proposed anc ‘é

es from which
0 serve the welfare of its membership.

development schemes were fully
discussed; as was the very vital