Fi ie International Disertat Connct Ro.
VOL. XXVI ee 12 aac STRIKE ISSUE, JUNE-JULY, 1959-VAN., B.C. 5¢ PER COPY

‘Strike seo. Effective

Solidarity Demonstrated In
“thence Mass_ Protest

With an impressive ee, ot mene twenty-seven
thousand eee job punctually at 11
a.m., Mond: Ma ot vend ees in the coast lumber
industt

eMorris States
IWA Position

Primary cause of the TWA strike in the coast lumber

Bosses
Wreck
Talks

y an
e Toes nar a earlier by the IWA, after a ie
per cent ees: a for are petion in the govern-

tive quietly, Be
with organized ees! oe t ae were everywhere est-
oe as at the employers’ premis

this fashion the woodworkers a the coast area ea:
\

upon by the cnaitery,

industry was the unreasonable attitude persisted in by the
employers, stated Regional President, Joe Morris in a recent
radio address, in which he outlined the efforts of the Union
to reach an amicable settlement, without open industrial

Last-ditch efforts to ee
a settlement, and t

President's Statement

warfare.

against ‘the

in the rusk ie is at a halt.

ted the t

Z

when they rejec

fered by the employers and the ae

‘0 | bers

have ee. stated, the mem-
of ‘Union peas
strike ce Ee when

means of gaining a ee aie
ment were exhausted.

strike were stymie c When all Local Unions had reported, Regional Presi-

oe ude of Be employes, a dent Jee Morris made the following. statement over a net-
charged by t

the TWA got Com- e decision made by the workers in the coast lumber
mittee. Par tory of een to take strike action, if all other means ae settle-

phat tna ined after the] mei ioe tte, was made effec! ae this Rome a.m. oa

a red that in all the mills amps lved, thi
an csmitovle Aiee for | workers cent worben in an ieee on sal titted

4
S
a

strike action w:

radio address

Vice-President, Jack Moore.
The IWA official also made

some interesting points, to indi-
te that evidence secured sinc
the proceedings the Concili-
ha @ out man:

oO contentions made by the
Union dar ing ae hearings.
He

out an agreement with employers. Monday, the Union's
The record will iow that no sean satitg Ganviitee met with
eeseures ee made ues the em-|the employers’ representatives
ployer the preliminary|the hope ‘that the sessions
Silheeainine Peale: An Creat effort] might have fruitful results. Un-
if

reach a settlement |

their picket lis
ie spi which the workers egistered for picl
evidence of their d in’

wu

nd equipment
withdrawing from oper: adeea
atthe mounting Of | the Sees lines took place in an orderly

The Greatest ee
officers i the [WA ate deeply concerned witl
Ess fa the effec
rea. We si:

‘looked, However that the greatest

oO
vision of the Conciliation Officer.| sions on a bas at made it im-
unsatisfactory. We believed that the Cane eeed * i sacrifice will ‘be made by the members of the IWA and their
“ Officer had sufficient information | ing the ex xpressed will of their em " ”
Inj pened ” ” 2 See “Strike” Page 3
One injunction has been served See “ IWA,” Page 3 LKS,” Page 2
on the Union by shipping com- :
panies. This was with reference ‘le l
On Strike: 11 am, July 6, 1959
Dock, Victoria, when Iumber ies
heing loaded. The Local Unik
Va complied with the re-
order issued by the
is
‘thi jis time criticism is directed
‘ sank the Union from two
m-
re

Bau of all, T must state,
ree ible union calls te

ction without proper con-

@ sett On this occasion, as I

au 3
For a few minutes I wish to deal
with both these bi prsicante al "
show that they are totally un-
founded.

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lean fold—-CJOR

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