4 ; INTERIOR CONCILIATION BOARD HEARS IWA CONTRACT DEMANDS JoRKeR arings 0} Vol. XXV, No. 18 <>" 2nd ISSUE, SEPT. 1958 - VANCOUVER, B.C. SS terior 5c PER COPY ‘Sinister Plot” Says Mitchell rning that trade unions must prepare to fight for was given by IWA District Secretary-Treasurer ids Mitchell in a recent radio address in which ne pointed to the fact that Conservati' ie Liberal te Socia! “Be Glad You Can Give” Organized labor’s support of community services has is the Unio: ard appointed to deal with ‘ited ue Werers will represent ployee nominee is W. A. District President, Joe Morris, mn’s nominee Northern Board Starts lie: September 30 the Conciliation ae sro o deal WA a mm In- on the Board. pesiesmernmenrne 1G 12S inerease since the last nego- tiations of 4.8%. This means that the values derived from the las’ rease have ec Committee, seid by to oe Mi yazawa, Associate Research fect pe s bri St wetting! In a recent radio address, Dis- rict G mands, with supporting evidence | (ite as and argument. else Interior Rates easing 8. Costs of living have risen sath sin it Interior as his Sieh paths ndin, io of the acon eae Gee Inte rior rates. With Mitchell, ized th f the brief as follows. roved to be a sound invest- Cre dit parties evidently intended fe support fabiano ae in humanity, stated calculated to strangle the trade unio) gp F. Schnitzler, Secre- O in 4 pe eat labour legisla- par 8 jets enquiry ee a eked wadioraddvecs. ion which will: ‘ore a strike is pos: Impose compulsory arbitra- amp ressive recital of in- tion. minikecvoter void: i where the a unions a on shop, with | Jess PATER nied a 72 hours. a pues. haierren aac “rig! work” provisions. the course of his address he Brn y gine Make mane liable for dam- quoted from a letter signed b: anner, he said. ages for losses durin; sintla tS loss luring leading Liberal ag urging| “But, best of all, it seems EiCanibel Re vataveal the em. | SUPPor three of the above me, is the yardstick of commun- proposal: he j poe proposals during atrike Be ics ence and its 13% miton id aes to ae make their c CLC-CCF Joint Meet Gets Facts In the first of a series of eight conferences, 100 tra union and CCF me eruers from the Yale, Dewdney, Gna wack, Delta, and Ni estminster x City ’ Ree ae ridings met at ae tisford, Rettenber 18-14, under the aus- pices of the B.C. ee deration of Labor, and the CCF. (B.C.- Yukon exchange ideas occasion about a joint political ‘s mathities qbetter places! in’-which to live. When the AFL-CIO was found- ed on December 5, 1955 in New rk City, one of its first acts was to establish Community Services Committ “The union member is first and foremos' 3 a citizen of his com- munity.” adopted by the AFL-CIO Con then, the mber a responsibility to his com ity. He must cooperate with ‘his the were ‘Wyn "Trincer, Local 1-357] CCF Provincial IWA, and Jim Rhodes, Chairman, | Committee. Gooree Home, Sereaty or the munity a good place in which to ‘ea conference at- erica 100 delegates. See “CLC-CCF” Page 3 bye ee work, to raise ch ildren. t be concerned about the See “GIVE” Page 3 and ¥ That was the basic prindiple i “ Demand “The first across the eae aitgea oe fecal wage increase. a SUpDOEE oe Ae demand the union convineing Sane S. 1. is 110 ae ~ the ‘poor’ country cousin of the coast lumber in- dustry. The Interior lw mber pro- duction i an Interior base rate hour the differenti al 4 cents an hour, the highest ‘hat it has been for years. I 1953 the trent was 15 c pike zien » Tt nts an hour in 1955, bat. an aauaeal i ce cal in 1956. It rose to 19 c in 1957. The Uni it anxious to wipe out this eaeean for an vious reasons. There is moneoe will soon surpass tl he coast is duction, Now it is 47 per otal. the t Costs of Living 2. The increased cost of living justifies a eee increase. The of- ficial cost of living ides shows Interior work is the same as the cided advantage in the Canadian “BOARD” Page 2 Unanimity was ou paged jate Beate iss Fistustan of the organized farmers wae considered de- es rest with the izations. Parallel polities structure & = & a Ee ne Problems relating to can- didates, finance, ete. will re we further stu gens: ee oe Pavlos icated re recetbitities ras SL win, if forees combine. WHAT'S INSIDE €LC-CCF Area Conference, Abbotsford LISTEN TO Green Gold-CJOR Thursday 7:00 p.m. 4 CKPG-Ist & 3rd Thurs., 6:00 p.m. > CKEK-Thurs., 8:15-8:30 p.m.