7th, 1959

STRIKE PICKET NEWS 3

istri: eoy In this day and age, the use es force of any kind is the

method of getting work di
when the conditions are
Dee Eeotimce with these etna the strike is still

Examples Of Unity Seen
; id report from the Local Unions gives examples of smoothly

c a ion as between the members of the Union and all
the Uni

g ly staged by Local 1-217,
ir wives heard ae nal

£ ctril

which delayed the delivery of this lumber until an ae was
d. A damage suit is threatened, but the point m: ere is that
i _. ot eS cooperation is practiced among on Frac Unions

o the present time, no injunctions have been handed
a sesinater Local Union.

Bro. . Gives, The Facts

eat 5 a » yo
FREE Gia are another service provided at the Central Strike Headquarters of
Local 1-71, and on excellent job is done by Barber Pete Proceviat, seen here
cutting the ie a Bill Kai

belief

for $289.60 for holiday

inore effective eae has ever been given to ae claim than
ment developed by Bro. W. Parker, a popes the Union, in
which eta in a Vancouver Sun, July

e said in

ama eal of the IWA at present on strike and here are the

pay, in addition, Diet ee T have eight statutory
mondays with pay See ina ies 28)

ear, ae in the
seven years since the last nee ie certainly Bice, to $2,01

As I poly lost $420 in wages in the 1952 strike it is rather at rd to
convince me “Strikes do not pay,” unless you mean to the operators of
the lumber indus’

as they apply to me and to thousands of other workers in British

"5 These figures set out above have made no allowance for the fact

T aaa the basic wage level has risen from 95 cents to $1.72 in the period

1 the aaae 12 pea that I pave ae in the industry we havi
9. The ce in 1952 ia

ile. 35 porns 8 — ane T lost cee in wai

‘as a result of that strike and the yearly nego oe tions since that

shave gained several each benefits as the companies will be
1

fact that wage increases won by strike action as long ago as 1946 have
og continued to t this day.
Man

be used to prove
dislocati d 1

and

willing to
‘instance, a few ies agol received a cheque from ae company iCantinned Nauk Pase)

is Union Reaiks These Firms For Donations

d below are the names of those Companies which have generously contributed merchandise to
the IWA Strike Headquarters in Vancouver

Toastmaster Bread Van. Fancy Sausage Nalley’s Ltd. Malkins Ltd. Veg. Div.
601 W. 10th 795 W. 16th 1330 E. 66th 57 Water
McGavins Bakery Orange Crush Sohnels’ Fancy Sausage Pepsi-Cola Ltd.
Broadway & Arbutus 3675 W. 4th 49th & Victoria 3600 E. Broadway
Save-On Meats Canada Dry Ltd. Van. Growers
43 W. Hastings 2777 Kingsway 880 Malkin
Surrey Produce Kraft Food Ltd. Slate & Stewart
E. Georgia ~ Grandview Hy. 400 Prior
B.C. Coast Veg. Bd. Imperial Tobacco Co. Pacific Produce
~ Vulcan Way 3675 Grandview Hy. 700 Taylor

Ferry Meat Market

N ‘ed Crokle
119°E. Hastings U.P.W.A. Local 499