Bee:

Strike Action Value
fheic” a a =

iTS 1
speaker outlined a number of basic cones tion:
Strikes are responsible for only | only a very minute ae of the
ami industrial activity of the
t

days
Job ace’ caer and ae unem- Strike action Eee sen a

ployment, he claimed, The
5 =

on time lost] to strike ea dou ht-

phasis is placed s is no}

through aisles only because the|lessly, and wi mithisae considered
employers are campaigning to| deliberation. No single individual
See iaioae of the right to} or small group can make the de-

suite cision that a strike will be called.
cali: la e

Not Through Benevolence st

“In the IWA we would be ao
earning little more than 95 cents
an hour in effect prior to 1946,” he
stated,

sisal
ultimate weapon in his rela-

n able to hieve con-

eee aaanees in living stand-

Employer Inspired ards largely because, when neces-

The IWA official said in part —] sary, oom have been willing to

“In this strike as in all others,| leave their work in concert in

the employers are again saying | order to sain fautable conditions |

that workers always lose by strike from ie mploy'

action, for the reason that a perio: | Un on me Res find that
of time is required to i i

earnings lost during the strike|are frequently used to combat

period. In order to undermine the] union orga ne Sasa Employers
morale of ‘workers on strike, and] attempt to create the impression
is its th i i

LUMBER WORKER

IWA PICKETS at the B.C. Forest Products plant at Youbou, Vancouver Island.

4TH STRIKE 15's UE

h mt ca

in the community, they Eee to conduct strikes, For
lel p eraS suk ip eines this reason it is caivorGiat that
the over-all picture of labour-
tonuporatva lessee incaue! Bee management relations in Canada

baat Gal GES) Geman and the United States should bi

ely. aul

In the last year of record, th Strike action involves a serious
Au a ie feoreented personal hardship to the workers
only about fo of al nee In effect, by agreeing
bargaining situations. The |(o trite’ the worker hae made
workers involved in strike num- | .", Rae erecta pee the
onl; ut 25% of income from his job for an inde-
industrial working force. In | finite period of time. Under these

neve!

- | ployei IWA John Hac
wages and So Sade to] September 21-25, in Minneapolis} Stuart Alsbury, Louis McLeod,
we ers, ous Ne ot

suit

in
feel

‘ow Arithmetic

e
+ be called, a situation that
would Se ee the em-

a set

rs. ‘hey

their fancy,

‘'To Int. Convention

The nt fact to consider
n tel sinaced is that workers
he

Delegates Elected

Elected at the regular meeting | Wyman Trinneer, Andy Smith,

of Local 1-217, IWA., Vancouver,| Peter Rebeyka, Norman rman Kelly, —
Sunday, August, 30, t0 attend the] Albert Rose, Dan McBride,
Tatenationalme Convent hey, Bill A

rams,

Bill Betker, Len Catling, Bob | Ja a, Dave Steeves,

Clair, Tom Clarke, Marg Eaves, Gite Tester, Les Miller, Alex
S, ha God

i
ations the parties settled tl ii to the t of their
differences _witl any work | ability, made provision for fin.
stoppage. The work-time lost | ancial support to avert hardship
as far less than the 50 million mongst _ striki =

man-days lost through on-the- | ineir f, es.

job accidents. Certainly the It is the temporary los:
man-days lost through strikes | come that is its tert ef ine
was an even smaller proportion |}. the cuploye They use what
of the total lost work-time they claime:

caused by the enforced idleness | jogic to ae that the work
of the unemployed. stoppage was pointless, because
When viewed in relation to the| of the time nee to recover

total collective bargaining and] lost income. The argument may

economic activity, the work-time | sometimes fund Sonning: but
lost as a result of strikes involves] it entirely misses the pi

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INSURE AND he ESTATE
ncan Lindsay Loutet 131 Jubilee St.

strongly enouat _about en Grant, Lil Harris, Ron 3

their union and the | tenderson, Harry Jaeck, George Delegates from Local 1-85,

ons is improving oer Kowbel, Harold Korson, Al | IWA., Port Albe: a aa 4
con itio: a oo oymenw. (tat! McLachlan, Jim McLachlan, | to attend the Inter-
are willing to sacrifice cur- Bale pases C. P, “Paddy” | national Convention in Minne-

reat Suomen sik onttas US GR Oscar Pohl, Al Pollard, apolis, September 21-25 are
= ssttloriet of Bee gonenee ee " Schiller, love Stewart, | as follows; Ron Tweedie;

a ae te re Reber George Vobey. Geo, Slater; Norm St 5
industry, that their employ oO .
never grant onic concessions] Delegates elected at the regular] Ten Kifiale; Bill Anderson;
sae they are forced to do so.| meeting of Local eae wag Len Randall; Stan Parker;

ann ik

ic LWA has cxercised the nent Ney w Westmi ninstey Aug
nd 1 IWA

t 30 t M
Taeaiatient a i ae

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ie :
Conventon to be held Bee mber} John 1 Sq auire "ecoring See :
3, in Minneapolis, as i Business

Deke Cowichan Go don R. Loutet S. Shore Road |

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AFL-CIO To Step Up

Political Action

it ate FL. IO will step up pol- | duri ring the next few mont
itical activity next year as one way | be set by the first of the
: ‘ab.

passed by the current Con

gress, | when asked if these plam
peas to PAI, the U.S, labor inecaaes Federaha ott
ne eryices vity said “We ie

Federati Bi Cones on Po ti
tical Education 5), report-
ea ite h executive | yal

lue
cil meeting in Penns: i
evan ctivity,” Meany
on eee to improve politic: “We mu
ion.

pai rtieivareal in our
Proposals coming under study! tion work.”

GNP. Bed: he Billio

a neuen 4 sone two per cent over the i
rates, the GNP in the are ‘(oar
ai ao about four per cent above the average for