4 STRIKE PICKET NEWS From Page 3 “We're Building A Stronger IWA" unions generally try to the last moment to prevent them. But just as cert tainly ame e of these gains could have been eae cea ve seals “S lo pay. W. P. 843 alles New Westminster. We've Got Lots Of Friends of the dirtiest tricks pulled by some employers is the sneaky atte: See i spread a rumo or it the strike fund will soon be exhausted and that ee strikers ay ir families will be left Of dead c thing, the aes may be dead certain. A g and repre- sentative Pane: Committee is. guarding that situation carefully an states that there is no cause for alarm. Wisely, the Union decided at t! itset to conserve t! funds in ev. possible, in preparation for a long fight. These methods of conservation are paying proved most reassuring to all concerned. Every striker can Troms this rumour baakn into the CRIME i the IWA is highly BAe i Gan forelont other Unions. In addition, ieee other Union in Canada is aware thai a the IWA is bea Pane the brunt of he organized employers’ attempt to smash all big union: So, anyone ce wants to doa see estas can easily foresee that the trade union movement as a wh not going to let the IWA suffer for lack of funds, while their treasuries are full. ne Community Spirit Shown neighbours of IWA members are now finding out that IWA eer can ae relied upon for a good community spirit. One anding example is reported by Local 1-80. Repeatedly, members Be ee Local Union’s sub-locals have turned out on vorting rti cone ‘tion of the parking lot for a local hospital, ‘an improvements th ‘w Exhibition grou: : pal me Local Union rane with thanks the aid of the — fishermen, Sie distributed a large catch among the families still living at Renfrew, Harris Creek, and Bear ai elk. The Youbou Sub-local has been staging “social nights” > movies and dancing in their nig community hall to liven things up for the — sik fe their famili 10 means ‘signifies that the more serious business in hand is ee. nee The Lake ee Sub-local meets jointly with the e Ci Bay Sub-locals every Tuesday evening ded that they oe aa biota of pies Es sti = pear to conduct a eek Educa : up the BER Union's wctona eet ‘ogram, ihe Subjects of b the bese of selected tae eae up oe Joe va paige Educatios and Resi will be held throughout the When simi ilar pigs from other Local Unions are examined, one can readily believe, what has been so often claimed, that a strike always builds a stronger and better IWA organization. Get The Facts From The Union —Not The Employers CANVASSING COMMITTEE of Local 1-217, WA, pose outside their Central Strike Headquarters, with the truck used by them to iso ~ ‘Lee ges. donated by sympathetic city merchants to the IWA strike relief. Names Jr. MeLachlan, Joyce Stewart, Doug Evans, Ricky Evans, of the donators are listed elsewhere on these pages. Group are, left: