LUMBY IWA STRIKERS brave the frigid weather to en-
sure Riverside Forest Products plant remains closed.
Interior employers have mounted a back-to-work cam-
paign but the results so far have been negligible.

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"MOVE"

Mr. Jack Muirhead issued a
statement to the Kelowna
Daily Courier which said:
“This is the first Southern
group of men to return to
work since the strike started.
We hope members of the IWA
still on strike at other opera-
tions will re-consider their
positions in the light of this
development at Lumby.”

He also told Schumaker, in
a telephone conversation Jan-

uary 2:

“This is only the beginning.
We will have you guys on the
run from now on. There will
be many more similar inci-
dents.”

Schumaker in reporting the
conversation stated that it is
no secret that members of the

LF.L.R.A. are furious over

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the lack of success of their
very costly newspaper and
radio campaign to defeat the

strike.
“They are fully aware that

this campaign served only to

sway public opinion to the
side of the IWA,” he added,
“and in utter frustration they
are hitting blindly out in an
attempt to salvage victory
from certain defeat.”