‘OUR CASE 1S_JUST’ RES
ah IWA marshals arguments for Bay 20) eae
| 10 percent wage hike demand )

“The jolt taken by the stock market in 1929 started a chain reaction when employers
took the recession of that time as an opportunity to cut wages, lay off workers and strangle i
the economy by drastically reducing the power of the people to purchase goods. This snow- “ay was the remarkable Derek Ibbotson nippe,

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balled into the great depression of the thirties. It is in some measure up to us not to allow a Showing of Cumberland’s gal- Lincoln of Australia bya
; ada tis tee 129 just : . loping terror, Terry Tobacco. at the tape, after a Pai
: a this year are up 129 per- dustry makes up more than ve ies : stride for stride dash °
The district policy commit- ¢ent over last year. When friendly foreign in- stride for stride d
tee of International Wood-

OMEWHAT underplayed in of a four-minute-milé
S accounts of the, Saturday event itself was a real i
track and field extravaganza Proving his feet are J
at Empire Stadium last Satur- fast as his tongue,

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as

repeat performance.”

90 percent of the economy of vaders come here to do their last 80 yards.
: 4—The production of lumber B.C. and it is imperative that stuff, Tobacco (like Magic Time for the events §
workers of America makes roducts has incr d by 15 : Nor eae ctaeese our ak ers.
oak Bie products has increased by this large segment of the com- Note) is usually underesti- by the official clock ioctl

point in a special issue of percent in the first and second mated by the natives. Ibbotson 4:05.4 and

the B.C. Lumber Worker re- months of this year. In whipping the likes of 4:05.5. The clockers *
viewing current wage negoti- 5—Shipment of lumber dur- Dr, John Wrighton (Great have their noggins el.
ations (now before a concili- ing these first months of 1958 Britain, Charlie Jenkins (Vil- Derek won by throw!

munity should be able to main-
tain its. ability to purchase
consumer goods in order to

make for a healthy economy. . : : ‘ i
ation board) and affirming the 0S¢ 7-1 percent over the same y omy: anova), Spike -Art (Washing- his chest and the tim@” |
Ss determination toe Wik period last year. To offset the trend of the ton State) and Mel Spence have been, identical.

a 10 percent wage boost this And these are the argu- pea ss “we mouse get greater Ege * % Fe:

year. ments the review marshals Purchasing power in the hands es A fellow who tall
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The B.C. Lumber Worker’s belied Ls demand for a wage of BhOse Ba employed tig horses dropped into ne

review cites these facts: ea (which) will automatically fice this week to tell Mg

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1—Productivity per man @ Rising cost of living is create employment for those
hour in the woodworking in- @ctually reducing the pur- still unemployed,” the IWA
chasing power of the wood-
workers. Cost of living has in-
creased approximately 3.3 per- “An example is the desperate

2—A 20 percent decrease in cent since the last IWA agree- need for homes in our coun-
ocean freight rates will save ment was negotiated, and it fee SHniveds ok ehenceds
the operators vast sums of ji; expected to climb in the 23
money in the transportation coming months.
of our manufactured goods to
overseas markets.

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atu :
“Twas wanderin
the barns and I heat 4 Pi
kicking in two stalls
he. “I go over and find: fi
and Western States acl™
“Kronje gazes at ie
bloodshot eyes and tel
his story: ‘It’s that es
Note—she’s no maré;
nightmare., Every timé f i
up with her I think fit
it, boy, this is the A
put her in her plac®
every time she ruDs
the ground.’

“Western States 1 y
gloomy. He’s a high 4
oat-burner, a big sh? te!
home in the United Be ie
star on the big apple wy
to hear him tell it):
age of four he’s full ie
raring to run. To get

dustry has increased eight per- statement points out.

cent during the past year.

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of them, yet because the wage
earner is not obtaining enough
money to purchase proper

® Wage settlements with
other unions in the area range : ?
3—A pick-up in lumber from 7.5 to 15 percent increases, housing, this need is generally
markets is indicated by the with some unions gaining even being unfulfilled. One way
fact that housing starts in Can- more. The woodworking in- which we as organized labor

can get this necessary pur-
chasing power is through wage

Punitive damage suits

Negotiations between the

i/ e U S$. f IWA and the B.C. Coast lum-
@ arming @ e Unions ber operators have progressed
as usual, with the employers

SAN FRANCISCO — Labor spokesmen here express con- “painting a ruinous picture of
siderable anxiety about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision the industry for 1958, a story
making unions liable to punitive damage suits in state courts. Which is a repetition of the

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In one case the high tribunal upheld a $10,000 award by same tale the negotiating com- Sate | pres
the Alabama state supreme court to a non-union electrician who M™ittee heard in 1957.” by a eee ride 04
wanted to crash a picket line . tats To the union’s demand for aE oe S$ his pr

Francisco machinist, Marcos so he’s busy trying

but couldn’t. a 10 percent hike, the employ-

The suit for picketing dam- oa ee bce oe ers gave a flat “no.” Follow-
ages was filed against United Pelled by the International As- ing direct negotiations, there
Auto Workers by Paul S. Rus- sociation of Machinists. A Cali- was a period with a concilia-

the slats out of his/=aaam
won't talk, just give
sullen look. I fieU? 4
horse needs to visit 3 Bi

sell, a non-union employee of fornia court ordered the IAM tion officer, and now the mat- dobtor <a hereeci aa
a Decatur, Alabama, plant. to reinstate Gonzales to mem- ter is before a conciliation ? ; pack
P bership, to pay him $6,800 for board. get his confidence nett :

Russell complained that he ste : i : . are I
was prevented from entering peat Ea oe steal The pattern is the same as TERRY TOBACCO eee, a the Gam re .
the plant by “mass picketing 44q mental pain and suffer- self. “Phere she is; wet :
and force and violence,” and ing.” a RO ish smile, Mi
hence lost five weeks’ wages : her oats and behav al
— she didn’t have a cat ne | aS
world. And I guess SR®”
at that.”

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last year when the operators
maintained their position with- (Arizona State) the Vancou-
out any sort of concession until ver Island flash demonstrated
Gonzales had been expelled after the conciliation board had that he is one of the best
on charges of making false and completed their hearing and quarter-miler on this contin-
The UAW argued that the nalicious statements about an- the union members had indi- ent — and wonderful Olympic
right to strike was protected other union member. cated their determination to material. os
by U-S. federal law and could“ “~. TAM did not contest the make gains by letting the op- | Too bad Terry Tobacco had % 8 yf
ot BaSR NS SSS seematcn order to reinstate Gonzales to erators know they would strike to go to a U.S. college to com- Revenge is sweet, 4?
by the ce eee ag and prejudices membership, but did challenge if necessary to implement the plete his education and get chester City player p
ee ee ee the right of a state court to union’s program,” says the top athletic coaching. In Can- feeling sweeter than ail)
ate et cons throughout award punitive damages. IWA statement. ada we have universities of- of sugar after they eat
oo scholastic Scottish champions iB 9s
But the Supreme Court, ina 444 Justice William O. Doug- be like all other years; even courses — but none which Midlothian 7-1 befor we
6-2 decision, argued that the las, the two dissenters, said the though the union has the facts could offer him the same fans at Varsity = :
National Labor Relations Board Gucision, with its threat of and figures ta back up its pro- chance to develop his abilities Toronto last Saturda

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Chief Justice Earl Warren “This year, it appears, will fering the same

is limited to ordering the re- «-tasgering punitive damages,” posals, it seems certain that on the cinder track. At Empire stadivy i?

covery of back pay, and hence 1... force unions to surrender only the affirmed determina- Quite naturally, chief inter- the Scots completely ake’

ane State court Should be free 35 “too risky” the exercise of tion of the membership will est at the meet centred on the ed the play, which ™ all

to award punitive damages. certain rights guaranteed by convince the employers that mile race, and although a _ reversal down eas
Another case involved a San _ federal law. our emands are just.” muddy track killed all chance more startling.

June 13, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE