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B.C. LUMBER’ WORKER

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From Page 1

"Talks"

right of all y
smployers demanded that
& sue) jokesmen should
make a conipromise
posal on wages, ee they wow ld
pe nothing themselves. They
to discuss other matters in
our eoiniea

d

workers to withhold

Fe
out-mane:
aa limit the Reeeiaaions ne terms
alsa rejected by the Union's
ments ship.
‘here

disposition on

of the Dispute

all Uni who mployes

IWA END COMES ae the Vancouver Plywood

ed in the Plant, for picket duty.

sion of MacMillan & Bloedel Limited, regist

Union has produced evi-

io the

thelr employes. They base ie
Dat assertions or

alleged market

er Conciliation Board
was in session, we claimed that
the lube industr ry was on the
threshold of a boom. Since that
time ie id s been ac-
cumulating to jus stify the state-
ment ae by the Union.
It i for the em-

y eat in evel
the indust

ployers
mi ior ane
on

spi aie some of the
1 | major tee
ts
The| Lumber production an
recommendations of the Concili-| 13.1% last year, aad in ‘the sis

ation Board pereepiene: [shes
jected in a membership referen-

wail |‘The « Swed
> unprecedented pre lreceny
re

more important each year as the

incre:
“scoring to the latest official

that there is a basic requirement

of around a quarter of a aul

standards (500 milllion Bd.

conditions are °

fae between the two countries
ie Commonwealth.”

““\Federation Asks

Investigation

ale zation in
he Vancouver yee nt

Federation of Labor

Minister of Lab

a

ur Hen DE

a annial subs ior the Northland N

n the

Che issues ed by observers
ee unions “Wiliated with the
ce ration state the issues are as
follow

En,

53

National Association

isl

by t
ra? | the

temp}
igineers dec

t was made to

rtified,

nto the activities of the SIU on

However, at that moment, an at-

have the

then refused to

f
gineers, a
the ‘ahetey ie vote was in
affirmative, and the
icket

he Con
sign an agreement Hate the En-
trike wa

s taken

Company
ine estab-

nio
js on the membership of the
NAME even aut the Engineers
were in_ ae ocess of Collective
Bargaini

rt
daaMenret tHevessne ote eteike attempting to solicit mem-|5
action was authorized. This was n Lehiaesh io a beatin the SIU were assisted by
fully endorsed in the government- | anothe the home production renains ne officials of the Company. This
supervised strike vote, in which waterome shipments have  in-| Changed — must fecal influence} statement is supported by the
almost 25,000 workers voted —| creased 16.4% ie aaron ee naiderable idavi 5
Sage MEAT peat eteeEa tie [PTH tieldisteibution of shipments, | Patt of th anadian export offers. | hers Engineers presented
history of the industry. ‘anada got 31%, the United ere fees ee eae sump-|t the. eee Labour cme

‘Wellnowanow if the em-|41%, the United Kingdom, 13%,| #0" by only 5% above normal,) during its hearings af the Engin-
ployers persist in refusing fair|and other countries 15%. Please |{F ¢xample, corresponds to 0} cers’ complaints. omer SS
terms of settlement, the Union| note the trend of shipments ia ee less than 40% or about 800,000} ordered ti i i cease and de-
can bring production to a halt| United Kingdom has been be- stedags of the normal Canadian| sist the raiding. The SIU refused
next Monday. We will do so, by|tween 13-14% since 195 a tte exp Ons unis ex Daag were in cet-| 4 comply, and on June 18, 1959,
collectively exercising the civil| United Sie market has become cant situations GEMS os ie pe was suspended by the Canadian

Labour Ct
ch a deciding influence on co and

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velopment in the European
ket.”

arly evident that, not-

eee the alarm expressed

by the employers regarding ute

us

lost thes cir ji

seHlenent es “cseabliiedia sicker

Longshoremen's Union

refi hay.
exp! elled from i Seafarer! Union

eg os over:

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The

is producing to ca nds

ping the leanber Sane
rative mark

that there are lements of
bility in this market expan-
sion. In Canada and the United

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rything A Man Wears To Sell The...
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