OR NEWS IN BRIEF 4 current edition of the — 1-80 Bulletin gives mbnail. sketch of the rn Forest Industries Gor- River shutdown up to : 5. At Pacific Tribune time’ there is no indica- of an early satisfactory ment of the dispute. July 9 WFI operators at ordon River Camp noti- the crew that due to hot €r the camp would op- on an early morning : This meant that log- diving in Lake Cowichan, an and further afield Id haye to be out of bed thd 2.30 a.m. to get on the Only to find that the com- f could end the shift any Fit so decided. > - we camp crews, through F union grievance commit- . that on such early the men be assured of at the normal morning {time and “take whatever tS the comapnny worked.” Stern Forest Industries re- q with a flat “no” and post- Aotices that all loggers not prting for work by a given ine, and within the hours by the company, would fired. Notices were also ved that all crew members _ their families living in any houses at Gordon must vacate these shacks uly 31 “if they did not n to work.” f0w WFI has carried this ; He alw ’ ° Bakes ays sate Dees, GALORE at _ the EAR ANNUAL SUMMER ae SALE. Example: Mme, Flannel, or Wor- Slacks, Reg. value $12.95. aaa $9.50 pr., 2 prs. for =© our FREE CREDIT plan) ‘ discrimination a step further by declaring that three mem- bers of the union grievance committee will not be allow- cd to return to work. IWA Local 1480 answered this by a unanimous resolution stating that nobody would return to work unless all those who wish to return can do so with full seniority. and other rights as . guaranteed under the IWA agreement, The union also decided to take action against a few mem- bers who continued to work under company restrictions. This had the effect of all work- ers quitting the job and the camp closed down. Meanwhile the IWA is giv- ing the Gordon River crew every assistance towards win- ning a settlement of the dis- pute and compelling WFI to live up to the terms of the IWA agreement. IWA mem- bers regard the company’s discrimination against union members as an attempt to de- stroy progressive union lead- ership and leave the logging operators as the sole interpre- ters of working conditions. ee eee B.C. Woodworkers’ Union has voted 238-210 to join Un- ited Brotherhood of Carpen- ters rather than International Woodworkers of America. Result of the vote was a sur- prise, as the union had been expected to favor joining the IWA. Members recently vot- ed. to join either IWA or Unit- ed Brotherhood of Carpenters, and the latest ballot was to Gecide which union. Ce Spo A dispute between 17 chem- ical workers and Reichhold Chemicals Ltd. at Port Moody was settled when the company offered the men, members of International Chemical Work- ers Local 546, a 30-cent hourly wage boost this year and a three-year contract open to “Everything in Flowers” FROM . EARL SYKE 56 E. Hastings St., PA. 3855 Vancouver, B.C. PPT TTT Oe UO OL Lea RECTOR CIGAR Only Union Made Cigar in Vancouver Hand Rolled Finest in Dutch and Havana Tobacco SOLD AT HOTELS or 214 Union St., Van. SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES For Pacific Tribune Readers o settlement near in ie 9 ordon River shutdown wage negotiations on each an- niversary. pA Executive of Vancouver, Lower Mainland Trades and Lzbor Council is mapping the next move for labor’s possible entry in December civic elec- tion, The Labor Statesman re- ports in its current issue. Council secretary E. A. Jamieson said requests that eazly ‘action be launched -to line up strong organization for the election is “well in hand ky the executive.” At its last council meeting before the summer holidays delegates approved a two-point program to set up a Political Education Committee and to “endeavor to obtain suitable candidates from its ranks to run in the forthcoming civic election.” ee pends A drive has started to org- anze the two largest hospitals in B.C. not under the banner of Hospital Employees Feder- al Union — St. Paul’s in Van- couver and Jubilee in Victoria. The two hospitals belong to associations not affiliated with the labor movement. MISSION, B.C. During his address at the opening of the new Mission Bridge this week, Labor Min- ister Lyle Wicks announced that the Bennett government had appointed Dr. A. R. Rid- dell of Toronto, head of the Department of Health in On- tario, to begin a full dress in- quiry into the incidence of sili- cosis in B.C.’s metal mining in- “dustry. This decision, according to the labor minister’s remarks, “has come after many months of study and consideration by both the department of labor and the workmen’s compensa- tion board.” Dr. Riddell is described as “qa leading specialist in lung *diseases” and his appointment is a tribute to the consistent efforts of the Mine-Mill union over a period of years to have provincial silicosis regulations brought into line with the reeds of its many victims in the hard-rock mining industry. Mine-Mill officials said they “welcomed any appointment or effort” by the government to acsure silicosis victims ade- . auate compensation and medi- cal treatment, but» weren’t overly enthusiastic about the Gov’t. will probe silicosis in B.C. Dr. Riddell appointment. One Mine-Mill official told the Pacific Tribune that if Dr. Rid- cell’s “independent inquiry” ccincided with the views held by G. W. Kinkaid, head of TB control and silicosis ‘‘referee” on the Workmen’s Compensa- tion Board, that “we needn’t expect much change.” The case of Mrs. Bea Zucco of New Westminster who camped with her children on the steps of the legislature some three months ago in pro- test against provincial silicosis regulations, and whose case won strong support from Mine- Mill, was one of the ‘serious problems” referred to by the lnbor minister in announcing the appointment of Dr. Rid- dell. Mrs. Zucco’s plea for a sili- cosis pension for her husband was rejected by Workmen’s Compensation Board on the grounds that her TB-hospital- ized husband did not show any signs of “disabling silicosis.” Determined to press her fight further, Mrs. Zucco toured mining camps throughout B.C. znd spoke to many Mine-Mill rmeetings. ALBERT E. KAHN Special offer to all subscrtbers FALSE WITNESS by HARVEY MATUSOW e@ 50¢ and 6-month sub @ 25¢ and I-year sub political ee ees eee ee ee ee ee eee eee en ee “In all of the literature dealing with the dark annals of espionage, intrigue and. anti- democratic conspiracy, I know of no more significant and remark- able work than this book .. .” ALBERT E. KAHN FILL IN AND SEND NOW To: TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO. LTD. Room 6 — 426 Main Street, Vancouver 4, B.C. Please send FALSE WITNESS ta (New sub) ° [] (Money order) ( (Renewal) (2 (Cheque) August 17, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 5.