4 Buc; From Page 1 “Message” for the eight-hour day, and the right to organize and barpain collectively. the trade unions hav. ay ha: r] out important gains won by the organized workers in their arduous climb upward towards the sings ‘od life. eae Danger: On this Labour D: by the trade unions are in peril because of the deliberate combinations of employers. Hae Plotting gth and un- ed with relentless and is accout for the intensify- gain: ing opposit ion of “big business interests. ae that th eh are now ee trade unions nul a poses already c aptu red, while at the same time oe ey pee to move ona Eat towards the attainment LUMBER WORKER Labour Day, 1959 Prong: against “those who would sacrifice the workers’ interests loyers bliterate the freed of democr: in order to cripple the unions. The most serious threat facing trade unions in Can- ada is found in the back-room planning of industrial ty- coons, with their high-priced legal talent and compliant Pp es i arten nce. The: ee etvled blic bene- faci w and still more restrictive il bour evs which they hope will strangle the rade ep lanning to act in concert well- nigh idibetcible to pee ouate at the bargaining ‘able for any betterment of the orkers’ living stan ards. They public that it is desirable to gourtall the legitimate activi- ties of trade union organizati Their unscrupulous Beeoeise | is revealed when it is seen that they would, if not halted by the trade unions, democracy. Their ulate greater profits. Lest We Forset pub- lic eas professing to upho old Chin cape who perpetrated the greatest wrongs uj ie workers be pentalD as they founded our faresiae Gees of free erpri et ie not forget it was only trade union organiza- tions that exposed those wrongs and exerted the pres- sure which compelled the industrial masters to treat the workers as human beings. Let us not forget that once more the trade union fi on both the politi- m province of British Columbia—now given ruthless application to the distress of thousands of workers, and ith the erection of barriers to social progress. ne Bright Spot ight spot seen is our own Union.—the Inter- ogant tactics of the em} mbers may speak with pride of the splendid ii oe Tae UE Eacrehell y .. 1 ber workers P ested in crippling the Union than in maintaining produc- tion levels. a ae omen that a Renae: of the largest Union in Western Canada m this spirit, and red to join with ‘ele * listed unions in still ‘inite eee against any evil-intentioned economic dict: Political Action rade unionists in i tl any one aetiteal party. It was never envisioned primary function: with regard to wages and working conditions in order to implement a political creed. On the contrary, it is hoped that the trade unions i company with othe er like-minded Sroups % pal ane a -y- Suc 1 and ic fi to curb this Th against the records of oF ae employers’ organizations in Canada, and in their Tepresentations to governments at the le na- the American Congress, and in Canadian Legislatures. Witness the trend in labour laws in the Provinces. of the Dominion—in Newfoundland, Ontario, Pai PUBLISHER'S NOTICE During the strike, the IWA will continue to publish two issues of the B.C, Lumber worker each month. In order that the yeadecd mi ‘ull rep ickly Pp le on important st: de ts, the di f publication will be altered to give ene fast trike Issue “August” Sal the following issues will be cel as srt ie et etc., within the months indicated, for the duration of the si BR FIRST ‘H MONTHLY ON THE TWIG! AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY International Woodworkers of America == (AFL-CIO-CLC) Region: REGIONAL OFFICERS: al Council No. 1 President dat, Viee Presi a Vice-President Sra Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer ... International Board Members Address all communications to SEDREE aE DUNG stst esata ry TraAmtoe aati Subscription Baten 00 per annum avertising Representative.....G. A. Spencer ‘Authorized ga Second Class Mall, Post Office Dept, Ottawa 27,500 COPIES PRINTED IN THIS ISSUE ‘Ys in Parliament, ees it will give allegiance poe to Such a party must be built with the cooperation of trade ie ionists, ai ut any their dailyi faceusationes Es, ent tial Propositions All the elements in the Present situation ee to the ESSE of acting, and actin; ing w: rich vigor to implement de union groups t give a greater loyalty to oooeien interests a “dlbeaed all for rms of union sseuageay nly in this way unity to take effective measures ae resistance against = well-oiled machine of the organized employer le union members should combine to in: form oe mabe wsoton sparked by ae ic sues one its needless economic waste. member: rade 's must develop their own politi cal Instrument, outside an a pone id apart foe the trade union , and quite independent of the employers’ political plans, i in order t i acing legislative restrictions for which the employers claim popular sanction. iz ig the lines of these three prop: s' more imminent dangers would be immediately re; ell ahs trade nuns would then be free to ual yaks : great lesire to serve their own interests in the tional interests, ae ‘ef es ‘ATH STRIKE ISSU IWA ~ Strife Relief For ; Needy 4 The Edito . is about ou trike and the cond aa on ae Some hor based on error and osu e fund, for is intended to repl wages, but to stave off destitutiy Strike relief is issued to the pit n th sis of the urgency eae ies cisions are mad ts bee Fe 8 the fund does not n sarily indicates his need. Z is the continuation, of kin # of spirit that will seit fey a just ee em when 1 is finally Corporation Profits Up — $113. Million Corporation profits before in the 2 million or 20.5 per last year’s corresponding of ion. year’s $314 million. =