Editorial : A MATTER i>) ae PRINCIPLE i [as IWA acted in the best trade union tradition when __ it arranged air transportation for loggers who were unwilling to travel on the strike-bound PWA. Loggers who refused to cross the picket line of the Flight Attendants’ Association upheld a long-recognized principle of trade union conduct. It became the responsi- bility of the IWA to assist them in observance of this principle. Refusal to cross the picket line involved great inconvenience and expense for many in their circumstan- ces of employment. It is a unique situation which required a unique solution. The importance of the step taken by the IWA in sup- port of its logger members was demonstrated by the action of the Air Transport Board in placing a ban on IWA chartered flights. It became obvious that the IWA action would defeat the strike-breaking tactics of PWA. Pressure was exercised to secure the cancellation of the IWA service. The order completely disregards the civil rights of the IWA to charter planes from.a licensed air line for its own purposes as legally permitted for all individuals and companies engaged in lawful enterprise. The IWA was subjected to rank discrimination only be- . cause a strike situation existed. The resulting stalemate raises a number of questions for IWA.members for which there are simple and ob- vious answers. 1. The PWA strike is a legitimate strike for wages and working conditions on the part of an affiliated union. Business interests have combined to defeat the strike. The strikers required the support of ordinary PWA pas- sengers to make their strike effective. Loggers, tavelling to and from their employment, form a large percentage of these passengers. Loggers could win or break the strike. 2. A legitimate strike anywhere in B.C. indusiry is of vital concern to workers anywhere in related opera- tions. A strike is an indispensable weapon of last resort in the struggle for better wages and working conditions. This struggle must be won on a common front; it can only be won by full working-class solidarity. Self-in- terest alone demands that all workers rally to the sup- port of any one group under attack. A defeat for one union is a defeat for all unions. Today it is the PWA workers, tomorrow it may be the IWA members. Victory for the PWA workers is a victory for every member of the IWA. 3. The slogan “ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE” embodies a principle even more important in modern industry than in the early days of trade union struggle. It must be given effect on-a larger scale because of the closer inter-relation of industrial operations and employ- | ers’ combinations. Trade unions are all under a massive attack by the organized employers, for no other purpose than to de- stroy trade union strength and thereby cut wages. The employers single out the weaker unions to accomplish their purposes, so the strong must help to bear the bur- dens of the weaker or the strong will soon be weakened. The defeat of one union is a defeat for all unions. The trade union movement is built on the ties of brotherhood born under common oppression and in a common struggle for economic rights and freedom. The ideals of brotherhood are not to be trampled on in this cynical age, for such ideals, when given expression, realistically lighten the burden of the toilers. In its support of PWA strikers, the IWA served the economic self-interest of its own members. Underlying the IWA action was genuine recognition of the principles of a great brotherhood which stands strong and united for the rights of all workers struggling for decent living and working standards. Money Entering Canada The sum of $282,000,000 entered Canada in 1962 as a result of stock and bond transactions between Canada and other countries. More than seven-eighths of this came in the last three months, on the heels of the financial crisis when confi- dence was lost in the Progressive Conservative government. of the WESTERN CANADIAN Publication date of the next issue } Deadline for ad copy is April 4, LUMBER WORKER is April 18. and for news copy’ April 5. CO Pe SONS Boe Ti Se geet SP bas ES ree ‘a Local 1-417 Convention Fifth Annual Convention of Local 1-417, IWA, will be = held in Kamloops, May 25, = 2 at Alex’s Barbeque. = = The Local’s Annual Ball = 7 will be held in conjunction = = with the Convention. ; bour Tax IWA, wish to apologize to Brother Lloyd Lilje for incor- rectly stating in their Hos- hospitalized pital List of February 12, in Published Twice Monthly on the First and Third Thursdays by INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA On Wealth LONDON — A British La- bor Government would place a new tax on wealth to take a slice off hefty capital gains and relieve the tax burden now weighted heavily against salary and wage earners. An annual tax on all wealth (AFL-CIO-CLC) Regional Council No. 1 : Editor .. . Grant MacNeil REGIONAL OFFICERS: Pres derity ia aa ees: ane o.. Jack Moore 1st Vice-President Jack MacKenzie 2nd Vice-President uu. Jack Holst 83rd Vice-President .. wu, BOD Ross Secretary-Treasurer ._... _.... 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