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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

“WALLS CHARGES L.R.B.”

_ In the meantime, the Un-
ion’s majority disintegrated
under the pressures of in-
timidation, threats, and clan-
destine acts against union
members and their families,
such as slashing car and
bicycle tires, threatening tele-
phone calls, efforts to deny
the Union use of public halls
such as the Legion Hall at
Chase,

Further, the Union Direc-
tor charged, that in his opin-
ion the Labour Board had
misused its discretionary
powers in that it changed the
date of eligible voters from
that of the date of application
for certification, August 10,
1966, to the later date of
March 29, 1967. The Union
protested the change but to
no avail. The IWA Director

said, “I challenge the Board
to state publicly a justifiable
reason for the change in dates.
We have said and repeat now
that the change in dates allow-
ed the company latitude to
‘salt’ the voters lists, by add-
ing known company sympath-
izers to the payroll.” —

Concluding, Walls said, the
Union normally would have
accepted the results of the
vote as an indication of the
wishes of a majority of the
employees. However as a re-
sult of the tremendous cam-
paign of vilification and in-
timidation, coupled with the
frustrations caused by ques-
tionable and delayed decisions
of the Labour Board, how
could a free vote be conduct-
ed in such an aura of fear and
confusion?

MARITIME TRUSTEES REPORT
INDUSTRY IN CHAOTIC STATE

In its annual report to Par-
liament, the maritime union

AUTHOR TO
DEFEND BOOK

A new chapter is about to
be unfolded in the controversy
surrounding the textbook that
city labor unionists claim
teaches high school students
how to fend off unions — if
and when they become man-

_ agers.

A. R. Hebert, author of the
book, “Introduction to Man-
agement” will meet. Peter-
borough labor council officers
and education officials May 13
on “neutral grounds” in the
Green Room of the YWCA.
He will be accompanied by a
representative of his publish-
ers, Sir Isaac Pitman Com-
pany.

Expected to attend th
meeting are Dr. Eldon Ray,
city director of education, and
the teacher who teaches out
of the textbook to Grade 11
business and commerce stu-
dents at Peterborough Col-
legiate and Vocational School.

The book stands approved
by the department of educa-
tion and was chosen from a
list supplied to a local teach-
ers’ committee by the city
board of education.

Mr. Hebert, and others who
defend his book say he is be-
ing misinterpreted, and that
some of the apparently anti-
labor segments are meant to
provoke thought and discus-
sion among tHe students. Un-
ionists counter that the lang-
uage in the book is too plain
to be misinterpreted, what-
ever good intentions the auth-
or may have had.

News of the controversy has
spread among Canadian and
United -States unionists and
the book has been criticized
in a number of labor publica-
tions in both countries. The
criticism also hits educational
systems that permits use of
such. books.

trustees appointed by the fed-
eral government warned that
labor relations in the shipping
industry are still in a “frag-
mented, almost chaotic” state.

The board of trustees is
headed by Judge Lippe of
Montreal. The other two trus-
tees are retired Canadian la-
bor leader C. H. Millard, and
Joseph MacKenzie, director
of organization for the Cana-
dian Labor Congress.

The report tabled April
14th reviewed the cross cur-
rents in labor - management
relations in the shipping in-
dustry. Its 13,000 statement
concluded by urging the fol-
lowing steps by both manage
ments and unions:

1. The organization of a single
body representing the in-
dustry to have authority
over collective bargaining.

2. Reduction of union rivalry
by closer ties between the
unions representing the sea-
men.

3. The re-admission of the
Seafarers’ International
Union to the Canadian La-
bor Congress leading to the
merger of the rival union

groups.

4. Establishment of a tripar-
tite government-labor-man-
agement committee which
can help bring about the
above proposals.

5. Joint control of the sea-
men’s hiring halls, now run
by the SIU. The report was
critical of the SIU fee of
$340 for job performance.

These recommendations are
not entirely new. They were
included to some extent in
last year’s report but are re-
peated this year in stronger
terms.

The trustees offer no pat
answers to the current dis-
put between the SIU and the
shipping industry regarding
the 40 hour week to replace
the seven-day 56-hour week
now in effect and the manning
scale on ships.

AFTER 27 MONTHS on strike caused by the company’s unfair labour practices, these
members of WA Local 3-436 returned to work April 24 at the Forest Industries plywood
plant near Roseburg, Oregon. Reinstatement of strikers was ordered by the National
Labour Relations Board as result of charges filed and fought by IWA.

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"MEMBERS WIN STRIKE"

Western States Regional
Council No. 3 in the Forrest

case, termed Myers’ ruling a

decision of national signifi- .

cance in regard to the com-
pany’s attempt to set a pre-
cedent for industry.

Business Agent Virdo Ligon
said the Union considers the
former strikers to be under
contract with Forrest through
June 1, 1969, with all benefits

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of the region-wide contract
agreement reached last sum-
mer with the Timber Operat-
ors Council.

Last summer, after negotia-
tions for a new three-year
contract were completed, For-
rest Industries sent a letter to
Local 3-436 stating that the
“TWA-TOC settlement agree-
ment” had been made ef-
fective in the plant.

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Regional and local union of-
ficers have highly praised the
strikers in Roseburg, who
maintained a solid determina-
tion to win justice in their
long battle, and did not lose
faith in their cause through
more than two years on pic-
ket lines where they were
forced to defend themselves

against violence from scabs.
—INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKER

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