B.c. LUMBER WORKER

Ist Strike Issue, June-July

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“Strike™

ies. They
submit to contract terms which en not sla ie
proved standards of living to which they are entitled. "they
icce| hi

economic rule in indus' ee

In this situation, the Union has kept faith with the e pul ub-

lic. Until the last moment, the Union’s negotiators remaine

ready to discuss terms that could have averted this serious
ish.

ete cla
mployers, whose wealth has been derived from t
if uurces of the Province, disregarded their nublic
responsibility, a Cae pouiied upon terms ate re
ee s of their employee:

the Vancouver Plywood Division of Mac! in & Bloedel Limit-
sPleket Captains Clint Corbett, G. See R Menard, ea sf
erg, Mrs. Pat Florko, S. Anderson, R. Richtl, S. Brown, A Wed

eer caer
IWA MEMBERS of Local 1-217, picketing
Committee iad a earnest effo: i ed, following the strike aeadting Group are
i We ths de th |— W- Cunningham, A. . Chri

te
budge from. ee original eae and made no single move | From Page 1
» which eee e led to instead of industrial warfare. }———___
nly. surmise one either they did not realize w “IWA Po § d "
the a ee ination of their employes? or ae bent upon sia siti ion tate
ing its strength. Had they so chosen, they could hav S-j} and y on to make aj) posed wage rates, whe iT
cussed terms which they knew their employee: Br auid't fevor which, ea have laid the | over — the three-year period, gam in the Seat section of
probability accept, and thus Haye ree the Seis of aoe basis for settle: C d industry. Agreement was
turning on rofit to bares Sse a id so, and ins eaprauceted an increase of only oie to undertake a job eval
. dispute was reeset to four cents per hour per year.| ation Fare: in
made the actual ee oe was completed

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© pA eg The (esloyars rate indicated that they would was ne Board, ee chairman Be inet, mee spies Teas ago. Frequent’

ean tions in a ehees on the grounds of its gaan filed to reach a satis-

enable their employees to eam some small share in the ex- the lumber industry. The Board’s| inadequacy. Nevertheless , the | fac settlement due the

panding prosperity Showed the investors. report endorsed an aiioetarale by| Union entered the last-minute Fete taken by the employers.

As they have chosen to Paes rather than conciliate the | the em; Bey yers, which had pre- conferences arranged by the Pro- It thus became a matter of con-

dispute, ae Union will carry ie pe to the point where ppously en rejected by the|vincial Cabinet, and Agreed to} sideration in the general negoti-

some measure ae just eeere cre Union’s Pee hie scale down its demands to a point | ations this year. The employers

Provocative Offer: where settlement appeared pos-|are still opposing the establish-

inereomiploversm iitlexible in| Cle The employers held to their] ment of a fair and equitable wage

that the workers ie no other defence of their ri: pee than Risrened a ie pe sera Rea original offer and refused to im- Hee in the plywood plants,
the use of the strike weapon. We use it reluctantly, but mice Pi isciices: eae cea We [DOS it in i respect. afte four-year survey of the

out fear, that in the end our people may secure a fair share] yocative. There had been no wage Plywood Neglected Situation,

of the fruits of their labour.” increase last year, and the pro-! One oe tn Tae was the} The Union has given careful

consideration to the economics of

the industry. The Uni Re-

search Department has painstael

ingly all ¢

statistics regarding production,
ice:

shipments, _ inventories, ratty
order files, and profits. The evi-
we

5 ae 5
‘ di y 4 deneviod cred
: . é ing to the effect that all Vee
z y factors were shaping one of the
: n
cord, The lumber operators are

well able this year to pay a sub-
stantial wage increase.

yp

hav: ver attempted to claim
financial inability to give the
Union a much better contract than
offered. With a repetition that be-
con isome, t employers
keep saying that if they give a
proper rd of wages to their

ie m ‘than Pomme
v to say that they con-
template further increases,

Prices les volume have

and sale!
risen simultaneously. The em-
ployers themselves have Leet

1
that nt
n nothing sihatever ‘to

ve no}

IT'S LUCKY when you live in B.C een sin te

y fee are determined to charge for their

lumber all that the traffic will

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“Sur 's Lucky!”, says this ‘British bear, and they know that the de-

umbia seat itoon geal fe Tike this mand is bound te increase in the
province fin ay nom Ractive forseeable futur

le I know. And aft adore s Pit I like Special oe
ae ing better than to eoes Lucky with They are able to do this be-
the boys.”

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