30, 1959 STRIKE PICKET NEWS 3 om 1-217 IWA Vancouver 1 Union 1-217 IWA enters a fourth week of the strike, the tset on the picket line, and ae it of solidarity has never been higher throughout the oreengeng 3 iy due to several r win a just wage increase .. por pos: nee makes it the ands are a jd has proven to be tl Efies a kiioeat Union can have, it is reported. (2) members a a at Union have been made aware that aM public is on the side of the Union. This support, eas on the belief the woodworkers are entitled to a decent wage increase has given ee to he picket line. dded t co this i isa slog are Resear nese of the fact that a number d injunctions limiting the number of pickets allowed on the usual picket lines. The chief problem encountered by the Local Union has arisen be- cause of ie companies which have given fire-watching jobs to the foremen. The Local Union has insisted that necessary work behind the picket 3 should be aes aaeate IWA members. Some companies have refused to allow aoe to do this work, e best morale is were taken to apply is form of Bee ie the courts cannot be appealed, because the ae have recessed for the summer. jn one occasion eae carloads of policemen were called to the job, but retired stating that they could not take the action proposed by ‘the employer. These actions on the part of the employers have only aroused the members to express a greater x feeling of solidari hile this spirit is mainfest on all picket finest the Local Union has no doubt about the eventual outcome of the str uggle — victory for the workers. Local 1-357 IWA New Westminster Three manufacturing plants all controlled by Brownlee pauses Ltd. have now Industrial Relations Ltd. UNION REPORTS The situation on the river is under uae and lumber-laden pace are no longer in evidence. Booms are being. watched because of tl presence of a number of oe tug-boa' New Wes Se, merchants are giving good support to the strike. This has been evident in the supplies made available to strike head- quarters on Kings . This base of picket operations is now well equipped. Finance Campane Benne agreed to ereend credit to strikers who beginning of the strike. meek includes personal loans up to $1,500, with payments to begin after strike is settled. Local 1-363 IWA Courtenay Local Union 1-363 had considerable trouble with inaccurate state: ments appearing in the local press. Upon reference, however, Bee ee a hie para were cleared up. It was falsely rumout he Union had tt d down a Faust wage offer. he Bot. ers are eieed ss eaiae ae type of propaganda intended to divide the strikers’ forces. ¢ > ® Sm eo 0 operations are trying to keep running by paying above ie wage scale. Most of them have now been forced to close down oe of a fire Stree as. The Locai Union has equipped strike headquarters to cater to the needs of men on picket duty and to provide a suitable rendezvous. Booms moving through the area are carefully spotted. Local 1-367 IWA Haney The strike in the eras of Local 1-367 IWA is fully effective at all major production cen‘ . The chief trouble He been with small oe scattered tl esl ae farming area near Chilliwack aud e of these Wee are paying siete scale to pre bet ones of the cre Despite this opposition more than one hundred new members have been secure At the Withesraet operation the management was persuaded to tinue maintenance gee et gee the Local Union has protested 1 ae by the for It is expected that as the Local Union is able to secure better coverage ane all ears will stop. ae sun ot their picket a edanerten built just off the Company's property. The smiles on the faces of the group