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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Ist_Issue,

From Page 1

“Interior”

IWA members affected.
These He!

ratified by a mi

the niembe con ore

Interior Lumber
sociation.

The principal gains made are:

across-the-board in-

ff
Within 13 months, the bas
in the Interior will be raised to
$1.69 an hour.

Increased rates ae poys
rs

ir, 3% cee an hour,
pate an hou the
dates mentioned al we

° sions for Union se-
curity as in effect in the Coast
Master Agreement—union shop
conditions.

new, arbitration clause
to ue enous ted.

of understanding |

sep rain transfer of em-

nthe
ployees ee supervisory posi- i

tion to the bargaining unit.

© Board and lodging rates
to be $2.25 a day, from Febru-
ary 1.

contract conditions
ah aE during the proceed-
dngetor (they cone ait ation Board
and which includ

o 10-minute rest -per-
ous

Tw
hese can regular shift.

© An improved grievance
pia oe

dical services plan
on a ant fifty contributory bas-

Oper where such
plans are iat a in force.

© Reduction in qualifying
period for 5-years’ pe fre ‘rom
1,000 days to 900 d

© Clarified ae Job
Beat ie an leave of absence
provis:

Improved phraseology in
Parioud aaiacs of the Master
Agreement.

Production in the strikebound
and locked-out operations will
now e resumed.

this point, the a Bare
erie desire to express t
appreciation to the cues miniGs
in the Southern Interior who
respected IWA picket lines.”

New High
Set In US.

Press
eed Smallwood o

ia ote ne Wn

pani mot
Aantal District | Comenting
on record witl
was placed on the reco:

“I desire to place on the aa
ords of this Convention a sta'
ment regarding recent aaeal
ments in Rewiumibne) as they
affect our Union. This statement
is based on the teat is as verified
ie our Thisrnatioet Officers
and the Canadian Labour Con-
gress,
a pis sae ask the ConvenHlon
emergen

wfoundland ape
‘oi:

Called “Shameful”

reports reiaeeel to the t
woo

hreatening statements of
IWA strikers

a
WA

jeleeoles aeceaiag the
incouver to place their views

in Vi
heated ercheg The following acne t
r by District President Mor

Dual Standards
ir. Smallwood has aiscloged

come the corpora:
rv for the work-
ora

We point to the fact that IWA
complied with every legal re-
quirement stipulated under the

cies aang

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fae the ie to Mr. Smallwood’s
A as an ating be te
ty

"of rane trade union move-

is

reclition, which will be pre-|been done over a period of ee
sented ane diately on behalf years, although officials of the
WASHINGTON (CPA) — Un-| of the District Executive Board. pacing Er government plac-
employment in the United States is statement is made nec- ery conceivable technical
reached 4,724,000 in January, a| essary because of the high- Sbetaete Tat ae way of organ’
gain of 616,000 over the previ-| handed interference on the side| zation, certification and nego-
month, and the hig ests er f the employers by Premier} tjations.
the first month of eph Smallwood of ew- cts Stated
since before the outbreak of the | foundland in a strike now being ne. faétor ana aenielinee
second world war, aceording to | conducted by our Unio Jatt 4 —The “Union comple with
the joint monthly  relea e by the | woods operations of the provin- | Fd jad ueatt Obl tneieo Ten
ederal Labour and Commerce |¢2's Pulp an Fare Tats Sty. | ment’s officials to obtain reg:
departments. ee eee aca te istration as a trade union in
ae the pro
2. When denied

E a blanket c
tification oe adjacent opera.
tions of

the re hbede eded a gal n
ertification for individual op-
ations as ired.

requ
he case of ie pene
de-

individual operations, an over-
all certification for the com-

Local 1—~357 Delegates at Convention

wie He granting
co

rhe AW

vat dont Pace
TS ae on : Unlel in
Newioundand It was reject:
orpor IS

‘action
the enaes pees who had
aus red disgracefully low
-hour work week,
a “Tolerable ving condi-
tions in the
7.—The mi caren oe the Union,

now on strike have repudiated
the type of company union,
which Mr. Smallwood now ad
vocates, because such unions
were wholly dominated by the
corporations, and condoned
the worst orient and ie
conditions known an;

Canada,

Strike- Breakin,

can
latest Statement as announetiil
Aue pice ne -breaking action

part o government,

sine ny the emp. gt ren
to the s to rid them:

selves of elton union,

Hebeie tor thet rights, is an

recogni nieea
portage ant the oa pro
well

Kin som,

The mpt to dictate to the
workensy ee Nee a
Pt

quired. Certification is now
held in more than thirty of
these Ge bt
4.—The

caren COLUMBIA Ilr

self in direct oppc to

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legitimate trade cenonisa? a
in the British Common-

-— nion’s demands were
hea iy. a Conciliation Board
appointed under the laws of
the province. This Board made

d
a unanimous award to raise

Ts.
wages, and reduce the hours
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