Cc. LUMBER WORKER Realism POKESMEN for the employers have been Pp ing that they are puzzled because the recent convention of the B.C. Federation of eae d mae a vigorou: ounter-offen- the organized employers’ atact “There its no a attempt” they_say, “‘to de- stroy trade unionism.”’ The Federation convention acted with real- ism, when it stated that there is now canituatve proof that the employers Ps intensified their cam: nes against the union: t has been a three- 3 eee attack. It was detected ae the sae a rt to ‘hold the lin wages and c mprovements ex- Satleniced by all B. (om trade ies the past year. It in in the barrage of prop- aganda_ designed a "the ceplovene organiza- tions to discredit trade unions. Finally, it was openly stated by the employ- er: anizations ir briefs submitted to the Provincial Government. The employers can- their prepaeett legislation is in- tended to aid trade un: It should be noted that no effort has been e the values of genuine and free Gallective reining 1 feature of the attack is that it has isnien ail teference to the me: e curbs on free trade unions which they vigorous- ly oppose oe applied to their own free enter- pri The B.C. Federation of ees plan to meet the employers’ campaign has other motive than to pecenare the existing dele of the or- ganized w is plan deserves the support of every in- dudttial worker, because it is essential to main- tain and improve his standards of living. If the Provincial Government is persuaded by the employers to enact crippling legislation, the hope of any wage increases in the next few years will vanish. The sole purnee of the peace now pro- posed by the employers is to render the trade unions fielpless to demand any contract improve- ments. To bring the matter closer to home, let us suppose that the DMO OS eal laws are aa by the L The effect on IWA negotiations would be arauie { wis Vi BE RESTRI | af i } tod Asch Gala a oe 8 “Okay Mister, You've Had Your Vicious The a s demands. Dp y ‘No’ every one Phe ffective protes cut wages fifty oS saa powerles job actin in Pp a ree Uni ganization. s simple as that. gaining collapses. IWA ae he would present the Un- he mele yers would as usual Without the ate * to the [WA would be powerless to make a If the employers said . they intended to cent, e IWA would be rotest would be illegal heavy penalties in the the Union with heavy courts which eventually would bankrupt the or- Take away from a It is a 135 Union the right to strike and its collective bar- fae Taub Nam Directo Appointment of Elwood di Taub ae ‘Baward x Howard Conquergood, 50, di- rector of the Canadian Labor political education department, died in an Ottawa hospital ae an mines ee sev veral_m ae Con ey salt eee ‘the ‘United Stee ers of Ameri ‘ion al werk “for the YMCA ji in Toronto id Hamilton, ote Conquergood, all- ormadeartlete ty astak certo the B.C. LUMBER WORKER is Nov dline for ad js df copy oat one four years Ege cal was a meer of the 1937 Grey Cup cham; EC Luspentil JORKE ee jeating tbe Orgenized Lo; Mill We PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THe AND (RD THURSDAYS BY ae International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL)’ ‘District Council ne 1 STRICT OFFICER: lent... resid Tat Vice-President 2nd Vice-President Stu: Hodgson 8rd _Vice-Presiden’ _ Sinert Fred leper Secretary-Treasurer George H. Mitchell International Board Member ‘Walter F. Allen 88 all communications cxonca # = MITCHELL, Secretary-' roaeurer $3.00 per annum G, A. Sp Anne “= Second Class Mall, Post Office Dept, Ottawa 27,500 COPINS PRINTED IN THIS ISSU During aa “toa steel strike in Hamilton, Mr. cCmmetea IN MEMORIAM was placed in charge a picket- ing an na serine welfart at the Stelco . Within a few days fe: slated. a staff of 200 from ,000 strikers and trained a em. in all aspects of strike ad- ministration, In 1947 he was instrumental in Seren eEe the first CIO-CCL sponsored nion Summer Scho: sol at Soneva paw whea pa ao Steelworkers) 2 bec ie new department’s irect a oon the CCL mer; the TL! ‘ged with) in April, 1956 ee was de- fe and speech w eaco ie Ontario Federation Lahore Peecoumens ion PAC conference Toronto last cto) wl ie doe! to folk less che than Ne duties as research Fi education chief h permitte y has resigned his TWA wr ; NLRB briefs for From 1946 until he joined Pi ne Sul Iphite, Taub was an as vat course in jabor histaigy zie € particul larly ple iver ay Bes: bee 14 per cent large the Dominion Bureau of Stat OTTAWA (CP. caer 1949=100) rose 0,3 percen year from 125.2 t Stati aie vance of 0.7 in the c than, month record of 90,849 units, ede to adv: cabins ‘oa pad ‘0 125.6, according to aol Housing Starts Increase ‘ like total of 1955's previous eight- ance figures from Price indom Seill Climbs Price ee. ame see ommodities aoe Services group accoaniea for half of the increase, DBS sai izations with the ber conan efforts,” Harte ed o1 bares his background a