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LUMBER WORKER

“First
Things
_ First"

re than ordinary in-
fire he editorial comment in mn the Vancouver dailies,
IWA strike,

of bargaining and conciliation pro
ncouver Prov vince states ‘that it would be in-
age!

Vi
advisable to establish some super:
er

hi

thing is seriously iz
Unfortunately, the I ete pcuterial neces

permanent Industrial En rmed o:
men of the calibre of Dr. J. De eee This. suggestion a

a famili. iar ring for trade EERE for however name

y acbiteat a bs

Nevertheless, such an enquiry into the th of ex-
isting Broceduress if conducted objectively Mee without
ias s, would s the pinterests pore Bap oUE, _ management,

sue thei

0 purs
of evidence cBeaned “abae ag events Teegee up to the
recent BS

‘is " sta; ‘age we do not propose to advance any
re ay wade solution to this vexatious problem. Wi

over-

ess.

proposition is that the ability of a union

wv engage in in effective collective bargaining must be je pre-
ed.

tal right.
To. the jonlooken) it may Seem that in collective
ha sling and

horse-trating and there are. Manaceont has ai s to
offer id the power to withold them. Trade unionists
ve Tense and skill — an wer to ithold them.
Both si try i ining to

y this we mean, an
agreement on wages and wor! ing conditions, ni
Haken
ing the contract. In that | sense collective bargaining i is a
continuing
If we state the ees tas collective bargaining i in its
simplest terms, we find that when one worker deals ne
a company, there is no bargaining. Too much of th
power is on one side.
en wo! ores join together and engage in collec-
tive bargaining,

industry, lerwise, anarchy
‘uch of what happens in a dispute depends on the
i! attitude Shown by the disputants during the ev: ents ‘Dre:
ne ing. ig.

sign contracts with them, it is vain to ee ee
ie ‘i ve will evaporate overnight. Workers whose
employer has been battling them for years, are naturally
aly to acce pt the univ: ersal human attitude and tell the
boss to “go to hel
Employer: s who habitually say “No” to every Sug
ae contract improvement, Whether or not it involve:

things must be said at this time for the at-

Slt rather a
We suggest to the Vancouver aes nae insteat

of attempting to formulate a new industrial creed, that
they first advocate the sieninaten of the defects ‘of the

i and justice

to all.

In an
Director of Accid on ee ‘evention for

Moore Confers

Halo On Francis

of this publication, Mr. Art Francis,
the Workmen’s Compensa-

with ac-

earlier issue

tion Board d for ths Se to deal
bein,

Me
rans declined the offer made by Of,

en to pe gis Ae at fio same time that ee
case ee

Since ies een a cae Ke been made thr ‘ough the columns
of the B.C. BUMS Bis en a Ube uel ee aa for

ment. column oO,

e matter, President Wilson, Local 1-71
that nue wee formerly expressed by him were
cider nt prevention steps taken by the

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prevention Canto Art Fra soul peace: and ing

piddling pettines B

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lated ae wring concessions from them by pressure

oe experienced industrial leaders on both les
assert, democracy of any | kind turns on the right of ae
welfare,
the semocre te
ersons in

Collective Bargaining i in industry is
perument thro ven ae in
workers, a: walla Lae in participate in m
the vital chsntns that effect “the local industrial iat
the coum munity in which it is located, right down to its

ccident -rates ti Stone vith
d id

es minor feuds. His singel an

oi the i ing, most

cooperative and courteous govern-

ae types we had ever encoun-
red.

abi the

industey’s declining secient fre-

qui ral should effec-

it his critics.

abet Benign “Bow-Tie”

3 a5 a meee most of you felon
Art Francis. He that

“Recently the IWA’s ote

ihe eyed indivi runs
ar ike

idual oie
to be strictly a safety wee He ound inva hardhat making Ii

was ae: of making a

a result of their increased
in eli the com-

plete co-operation He the IWA

te, department and the efforts

ot the yee stiff actually om
job. qd

mana: t decision while eS

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vais TEs TBE ees cratic safety seminars, etc.

2 a es F patsteite more of
policy problem than an uns safe
situation.

Art, who was merely trying to

can tell him
he See wraps around the stem
his fortably disreputable
iokng bi a
jome safety crusaders don’t

Rt. Rev. R. L. Seaborn, assist-
ant Anglican bishop os

trees, but not our Art; Re aman
a most

fore: products sity
r aving acquired

nt, and| heaithy habit of cating during fis|
conscientious, s lays, he dd: -the
job to the i
‘y- Wh: at more | ¢,

eventually
ticket.

“The Chie!” fortunately is too

big a man to be influenced by a

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