THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER AT FORT MACLEOD, ALBERTA IWA The Alberta government will attempt to mediate the contract dispute between Local 1-206 IWA and Gen- eral Coach Works of Canada Ltd., Fort Macleod. -Local 1-206 financial secre- tary Tom Sprlak reports that D. I. Gardner, acting deputy labour minister and vice- chairman of the board of in- dustrial relations, is calling the two parties together Au- gust 9 in an effort to end the month-old strike. Regional 1st vice-president Jack MacKenzie who aided the Local during negotiations will be in attendance at the meeting. The eighty employees of General Coach Works of Canada Ltd. (a subsidiary of the Boise-Cascade Corp.) struck the plant July 6 fol- lowing the Company’s refusal to accept the conciliation board’s majority award terms _ for a first agreement. The Company, which manufactures mobile homes sold under the names “Gen- eral,” “Eastavilla” and “Park- wood,” asked the Blood and Pigan Indians to aid in breaking the strike but was bluntly told “No!” Both Sprlak and MacKen- zie state that the Indians have given the Union invalu- able help during the strike and those that are members of the IWA_have been getting up at four o’clock in the morning and travelling forty miles to do their stint on the picket line. Sprlak also reports that the morale of the strikers is high and the majority of the peo- ple in Fort Macleod are be- hind them. The Union is seeking the majority report recommend- ed wage increases over the present wage scale for the four groups of categories, "eat = = ~~ STRIKERS PICKET entrance to General Coach Company. Group left, Wayne Davis, Tom Sprlak, Local 1-206 financial secretary; Randy First Rider, Gerald Seiverwright, Camille Russell, Pete Merritt. Following is the list of outlets through which General Coach Mobile Homes and Trailers are sold in British Co- lumbia: Cranbrook Trailer Sales === Cranbrook, B.C. Big Eddy Revelstoke, B.C. Tall Nae) Se ae a alae Penticton, B.C. May Fair Mobile Homes ___.--.-... _ Vernon, B.C. Lake Aire Trailer Sales Kamloops, B.C. Square Deal Mobile Homes __.._...... Revelstoke, B.C. 1D Cad) en Lae Sa see ae Fort St. John, B.C. Won eee Wie ee Dawson Creek, B.C. lal del eeeen setae, ese Williams Lake, B.C. Triangle Trailer Sales Terrace, B.C. Western Trailer Sales Terrace, B.C. Western Mobile Homes _ Prince George, B.C. Bob’s Trailer Sales Prince George, B.C. Esta-Villa Mobile Homes North Surrey, B.C. Pacific Mobile Homes __-._..-----------_-- Burnaby, B.C. Bob's Trailer Sales —. Victoria, B.C. Triangle Trailer Sales Victoria, B.C. Triangle Trailer Sales Nanaimo, B.C. Triangle Trailer Sales Campbell River, B.C. Triangle Trailer Sales __..----_-_-_-- Smithers, B.C. Granbrook Sales =. Castlegar, B.C. ranging from 24 cents to 64 cents an hour for the period January 1, 1967, to December 31, 1968. It is also determined to gain Union security, a decent seniority clause, and the other fringe benefits recom- mended in the majority re- port. CUPE TO ORGANIZE CBC An all-out campaign to or- ganize the 1,700 CBC produc- tion employees has been launched by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. CUPE has been highly suc- cessful in organizing the un- organized workers in the service field and its present membership now stands at 111,608. It represents all classes of workers employed by muni- cipalities, public utilities, school boards, hospitals and crown, corporations. CUPE’s national president stated in a letter to the CBC employees that his union be- lieves it has the solution to bring effective union repre- sentation to CBC production workers and stabilize the in- dustrial relations scene. Representation for the pro- duction employees has been confused by a series of appli- cations to the Canada Labour Relations Board for a certifi- cation to represent these em- ployees. WEG OAKLAND, Calif.—Byron L. Dusky, a local attorney, served a three-day jail sen- tence because he practiced Is A REAL "CLOSED SHOP" ure to pay bar association dues. Imagine what would have happened if any union, ex- cept the lawyer’s union or doctor union, had tried to send people to jail for non- payment of dues! j j i j f por ig { GOVERNMENT TO MEDIATE STRIKE PICKETS enjoy coffee break. Only two members were identified in picture and are Clarence Sauter and Pete Merritt. tol FIVE OF THE EIGHTY Local 1-206 members striking Gen- eral Coach Works of Canada Ltd., Fort Macleod, enjoy the sunshine in front of the Local’s strike headquarters. Group . are left, Pat Kellington, Martha Millward, Trevor Mill-- ward, Wayne Romanchuk, Tom MacLean. A series from the Masters dedicated in Canada’s Cen- tennial Year to the men priv- ileged to wear footwear cre- ated by the skilled hands of Paris craftsmen, working in living leather for over balf of Canada’s Centennial. SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER Pencil VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON, ENGLAND Crown Copyright OUR PROUD BOAST: “WHEN BETTER BOOTS ARE MADE, PARIS WILL MAKE THEM” PIERRE PARIS & SONS 51 West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C.