CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ‘UNIONS ATTACKED” SLOWDOWN PLANNED The deliberations of the conference resulted in the following decisions: —to exert pressure for a fair settlementof the OEIU strike. —to launch a public relations campaign, directed by a Federation Committee to in- form trade union members and the public of the trade union position regarding the strike issues. —to institute a “work to the rules” production program in MB & PR operations and offset the existing pressures for a “speed-up.” —to refuse union permission for the excessive overtime now demanded and insist upon observance of employees’ established rights in this respect. —to organize a panel of speakers to visit local union meetings and acquaint trade union members of the dangers in the situation. —to promote a vigorous fund-raising campaign in aid of the Port Alberni trade unionists idled by the strike. BOSSES WORRIED Action on the basis outlined had an immediate effect. Trade tiionisi= involved in the Port Alberni area were cheered by evidence of support. Food supplies, carried by convoys organized by the B.C. Federation of Labour started rolling into the beleagured ' city. The ban on overtime successfully disrupted the company’s plant to increase the work load of employees in the large mills to which the company’s Port Alberni orders were be- ing diverted. Local Union officers reported that company officials were in a state of near- hysteria. ORDER SOUGHT Almost simultaneously, the Company laid a complaint before the Labour Relations Board intended to make all unions concerned’ “bite the dust.” It asked for an order that would compel the unions, their officers, members and other senior representatives to refrain from encouraging, condoning, assisting or in any way advising a work stoppage to inter- fere with production in the Port Alberni mills. A hearing on the complaint was scheduled for July 7 in Vancouver. If granted, the order lays the ground for punitive action against any member, official or union that fails to obey its terms. It takes full advantage of the legal provisions enacted by the Social Credit Government in Bills 43 and 42, amending the Trade Unions Act and the Labour Relations Act. When registered with the Supreme Court, it will have all the force and effect of a court order. The order, if obtained, is evidently intended by the company to pave the way for court action to recover damages in suits against the unions concerned, including the IWA. A suitable defence for the unions is now planned. Observers agree that the situation is highly explosive and threatens the worst labour- management war in B.C. history. All the predictions made by the trade unions, they say, are now vindicated as the law is invoked to crush action, regarded by trade unionists as right and necessary. Iv’S WAR In a rapid canvass of opinion among trade unionists, the consensus could be summed up in a few sentences. “The laws to be used against us are inspired by large companies such as MB & PR for no other reason than to smash the unions and give them a free hand in making huge profits. They intend for this reason to make a farce of collective bargaining, which is the law of the land. We are still free men, living in a democracy, and the dictatorial use of force cannot compel us to forego our freedom. The day is long past when we carrbe forced to work under the threat of the policeman’s baton. HANEY BUSINESS GUIDE ESQUIRE MEN’S WEAR (Graham Mowatt) Complete Stock. of Work and Dress Clothing STHE al oss WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” HANEY BRITISH COLUMBIA PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE We Can Afford To Sell The. . BEST For LESS Bible Group Not Trade > Unionists The Christian Labour As- sociation of Canada has gain- ed its first certification . i British Columbia. It repre- sents a group of six workers in a garage at Smithers, B.C. The Labour Relations Board granted certification on the ground that an Ontario court decision had ruled that no religious discrimination was practiced by the Associa- tion. In its bid for a foothold in British Columbia, the CLAC has incurred the censure of the B.C. Federation of Labour. Says the Federation, “The CLAC is not a trade union by any stretch of the imagination. They have com- bined the theories of the American campaign for ‘right to work’ laws and Moral Re- armament.” The CLAC maintains open shop agreements. and is op- posed to compulsory union membership as contrary to freedoms taught in the Bible. The members have prayers, hymns and Bible readings at their meetings and eschew the use of the strike. Only loving persuasion is used to obtain contract agreements, they say. MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR For Everything A Man Wears * WORK, SPORT or DRESS x > SHOP AT Wocdwards PORT ALBERNI YOUR FAMILY SHOPPING CENTRE FOR A COMPLETE SELECTION OF F stan wor’ werk Your guide to better value STORE HOURS OPEN 9 AM to 5:30 PM CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY OPEN FRI. NITE ‘TILL 9 PM PHONE 723-5641 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER Conciliation Officers Appointed In Interior E. P. Fisher has been appointed Conciliation Officer in the dispute between the IWA and the Northern In- terior Lumbermen’s Association. Robert S. Raguin will act in the same capacity in the Southern Interior dis- pute with the Interior Forest Labour Relations Associa- tion. IWA discussions with the Conciliation Officers named and the employers’ representatives are expected to begin CLL LLL LLL “LLL LLL LLL LL LLL LLL La Q LLL t) KILL Lh ddd dddlddddddiddiiddisbiddshdddiddddddddddddaidies, during the week commencing July 6. MILLA ALLL LLL LLL LLL ddd SVAUULILLLILLLLLLLL LILLIE LULLUL ALLL LULL ULI ‘Parity With Coast!” Interior Battle Cry Members of the IWA in the Interior of British Columbia . are mobilizing membership support for their contract de- mands which are now refer- red to the first stage of con- ciliation. Local Unions report that the demand for parity with coast lumber workers has aroused enthusiastic sup- port on all sides. The public support already experienced has been unprecedented, it is claimed. The Union is pre- senting the logic of the de- mands in a vigorous public relations program, utilizing morning radio programs, job bulletins, news releases, bumper strips, plant stickers and membership meetings. Jack Holst, Regional Vice- President, and Ross Inglis, President, Local 1-424, have held lengthy sessions in Prince George with the old pro, Terry Watt, and employ- ers representing the Northern Interior Lumbermen’s Asso- ciation. Reasonable amiability has prevailed so far, they re- port, but the big wage issue remains unresolved. Regional Vice - President Jack MacKenzie, acting as spokesman for the Southern Interior Negotiating Commit- tee, is supported by a com- mittee comprised of J. Bic- cum, Local 1-417, S. A. Muir, Local 1-423, and A. Dams- trom, Local .1-405. Negotiations in the South- ern Interior took a difficult turn when the employers pro- posed to revise the existing agreement with the deletion or watering-down of import- aut benefits already negotiat- e The Southern Interior ne- gotiators are required to de- - mand additional demands to those presented in the North- ern Interior. A job evaluation program is required in South- ern plywood plants. The Southern Interior Local Unions also desire’ an appren- ticeship training program similar to that now in effect in the Northern Interior. A summary of the demands for both areas is given below. NORTHERN DEMANDS . @ A base rate of $2.23 an hour as in coast settlement. @ An additional 15c an hour for tradesmen and improvers. A premium rate of 10c an hour for second and third shifts. Travel time pay from marshalling points. Union conditions on contracted work. Three weeks vacation with pay for all employees with 1 to 5 years’ service. Four weeks vacation with pay for all employees with 5 or more years’ service. Pay days every second Friday. Double rate of pay for all overtime work. One additional paid statutory holiday. Leave of absence to be granted for union duty. Job vacancies to be posted. A single arbitrator to be appointed from a 3-man panel. Complete revision of category rates. SOUTHERN DEMANDS... A one-year agreement. Provision for swing shifts. A base rate of $2.23 an hour as in coast settlement. An additional 15c an hour for tradesmen and improvers, An additional 5c an hour for the night shift differential. Provision for negotiation of uniform category rates. Pay days every second Friday. Double rate of pay for all overtime work. Travel time pay for loggers from marshalling points. Standard application of seniority and job-posting. Three weeks vacation with pay for all employees with 1 to 5 years’ service. Four weeks vacation with pay for all employees with 5 or more years’ service. program. @ A one-year agreement. Union conditions on contracted work. Job evaluation in plywood plants. A union-management-government apprenticeship training A single arbitrator to be appointed from a 3-man panel.