a

“and Issue, February

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

.... and now, united action

“Fellow-delegates: The contract demands formulated by you as stating the needs and
desires of IWA members in the coastal region have now been approved. They will be placed

the hands of the IWA District Policy Committee; and will constitute the instructions for
the District Negotiating Committee when they meet the operators.

“These are your demands. You have prepared them. You are solely responsible for
the instructions. You believe that these demands are legitimate and should be written

into the contract.
sibility to win these demands. You

friends and neighbours in
of these demands vitally necessary

know

for

rom this moment you must accept the greater share of the respon-
that bargaining will be tough. I call upon you to
mobilize every member of your Local Union, every fellow-worker on

e job, and your

in your communities into the whole-hearted and organized support
their attainment. Your part will be decisive in this

fight. Let’s all of us go into action with all we’ve got.”

—District President Joe Morris, sureene the delegates at the close
of the Annual District Conventio

DELEGATES UNANIMOUSLY DEMAND
TEN PER CENT WAGE INCREASE

Morris Outlines
pesic Purposes

In dis keynote address at the recent IWA District Cone

District President Joe M

CLYNE
SEEKS
FIGHT

ioe CSR ean was a most compelling reason
doubled effort at the bargaining table, and cllenged ae
“panic reasoning” of business interests.

He said in

mpt answer was given
TWA officials to the wide-

“Phe only = necbalan that I|hopes of those carly days. This
Union has really
a natter of
we may use in our deliberations teed eae ing papa et oaks
to bridge successfully any gap be- ®
S chee ent fa (first birthday.
“When we were only

can hope to make at this BLOWUD: As a

tween our past experience and fu-

en
ture attainments,

District: President Joe Morris

eleven | pos
increases,

Cl i In

pointed 975; 000 a year Chair-

decent compulsory arbi-
tration of industrial disputes,
and o; ing further wage

Convention Prepares 12-Point
ere For Negotiations

per cent across-the-board wage increase will be the

saaad of the [WA when hegotletens wy with the coast
ace ators open next mont! will raise the pres-

ent base rate from $1.72 to te 89. "Blew ven other. items were

added to the “package”, mainly to secure clarification or ex-

pansion ove erick ing contract peovidons

ay approved by the

tae demands originating ai the coast Local
pene nds ing t er’

are expec! os pete ce Jun

gl pebare Wates ae Contract Conferences os be held at Ke!

ing:
in eae Poe contract demands for the coast nego-
tiations are:
1. A ten per

r cent across-the-board wage Hieresces
An

upward revision of tradesmen’s rai
An industr: ay se medical services Bian on a

50-50 eaGineeey bas:
See

ge

“aS Page 5

Some tart comments were, “at
he expects to carn his $
year, he should do more is create
harmony than provoke strife’

“It comes with poor grace from
00 ly

a
ice - President

‘Union-Busting”
B. C. Laws Asked

y IWA Reporter

Intentions of the organized
oO

employers to seck legislation shoul wuld be alowed to exercise his
{akin to the “right to work” Hight aA ti

laws now enloreed in some Tecate ee ns

eke se tes legislation is also

aimed at dest aeaviige al right to

Madden cts fs with the
on the en Gold broadcast
stated that Ot
on the Bi

agement in British Columbia to
accomplish a full restoration of
neat ee eect

when ‘he "CN A and associ-
ted inte rests a ppeared be-

0.
cepted as the auivatent of ex-
perience in labor relations.

Stan
-| mittee on Labour in one Prov-
incial esis lature.
“Right t

in the lush post-war years,
Trade union officials across the
province have taken to

to work” laws, often de- steps to alert
“One such value is found in|years old, in 1948, we faced the| He said in part: scribed by trade unionists as ai eae ston members ith as
pe fact nea ab this ponvention full responsibilities of adulthood,|  « “Sight te ” laws, Ww im- IT n lab
INGA" in hie Distt sand assed fll ansgenen of our ave on all dhe afraid to rest nose. a legal prohibition on_all|aims of big business. A determined
fab pe tage (aie ow. affatcas We've ale coped |are mot content with the usual [forms of the union shop as well /fight wil be staged during the tn
Me us Nae ere a SpRnid with oe as the closed shop, on the pi YY, a ur’s
eal beat sve TORDREIS” Faye 4 See “CLYNE” Page 5. _—text_ thatthe individual worker co “LAWS” Page 5

‘coast may. be pardon

Baas chow ths LISTEN TO ———

‘sont te fe fonder

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7:00

‘p.m.
Thursday

fst and 3rd Thursday
6:00 p.m.

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