fiat, Sa 7 sits * PL he ¥ fat a aa Strike of IWA now in fifth week Strike of 27,060 coast woodworkers is now in its fifth week, with no sign of any early settlement and no talks between the IWA and Forest Industries slated. The strike is 100 percent solid and the men on the picket lines are determined to hang on until the besses are willing to sit dewn and listen to reason. Most dramatie incident on the IWA strike front in the| past week was the stopping of} seven trucks, loaded with lum-! ber, -by a mass IWA picket Zine last Friday as they drove} eff the Blackball ferry at. Horseshoe Bay. The lumber was being ship-| ped from Summit Lumber Co. in- Duncan to Superior Forest Products Ltd. in Vancouver. The local company claimed it) was fair cargo and said the| first cargo shipped carried “fair cargo” labels. The IWA pickets: blocked the exit of the ramp and the trucks were driven into a park- ing lot. @n Sunday night, however and this week the trucks were allowed to bring the 70,000 feet of lumber into the city. IWA.. action was taken be- cause the union felt that this might be a “dummy run’ to pave the way for moving hot #2argo. | “We have no quarrel with the small operators,” said Syd Thompson, president of Local | 1-217. “They can sign an in- terim agreement with the IWA any time they like, granting | Our 20 percent pay hike de- mand until we reach a settle- ment with Forest Industrial Relations.” Paul Manhas, president of Superior Forest Products Ltd., said the delay at’ Horseshoe Bay had cost his firm. more than $2,000, and he planned to sue the IWA! Manhas said the trucks will return to Duncan for more lumber. An injunction good ,| until Friday restrains the union the union lifted its picket lines |; from interfering with lumber shipments by the company. “The Horseshoe Bay incid- ent demonstrated the militancy of the IWA strikers, and the mass picket line showed their ‘determination to fight,” one IWA picket told -a-. Pacific Tribune reporter this week. If you haven’t got a car ‘Return fare is $1.20. ‘which will leave the same return and more buses will Buses to picnic Farmer picnic at Bear Creek Park this coming Sunday, August 9, buses will take you there. : Regular buses on Sunday leave Vancouver Bus Depot, 150 Dunsmuir at 9:55 a.m., 11:55 am. and 12:55 p.m. The picnic committee has also chartered a special bus and want to go to the Labor- depot at 11 a.m. Fare is $l be put on if required. Elaine Hannuksela (above), Miss Langley in the Labor- Farmer Picnic contest for the title of Miss Farmer, is well in the lead with 22,995 votes. In the contest for Miss B.C. Labor one of the Burrard constitu- ency contestants, Miss Broad- way is holding a slim lead over two Vancouver Centre con- testanis. lronworkers talks stall Renewed talks aimed at set- tling the strike ‘of 550 mem- bers of the Ironworkers Union were held this week, but at Pacific Tribune press time no agreement had been reached between the union and the firms affected. This week Local 97 applied for special sitting of Court of Appeal to hear their appeal from an order of Mr. Justice Manson directing the union to order its men back to work on Second Narrows Bridge. The union and three officers are also appealing their con- victions for contempt of court. The union paid a $10,000 fine, and $3,000 fines were paid by president F. L. Whitmore and business agents Norman Story and Thomas E. McGrath. Brotherhood, and other trade The resolution urged the special session to “repeal Bill 43, remove the threats and sen- tences imposed on union lead- ers, editors, and others, amend the Labor, Relations Act, and bring the employers to the bargaining table to negotiate in good faith.” Syd Thompson, president of Local 1-217 of the IWA and Craig Pritchett, president of the Canadian District, Interna- tional Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union ex- pressed strong support and solidarity with the strikers in the fishing industry. The ILWU has pledged ‘100 percent co-operation” with the Fishermen’s Union in its dis- pute with fishing companies. ‘Thompson said that there book need for greater unity of the trade union movement, both economically and pole: ally. The meeting heard a speaker from the wives.of strikers in the fishing industry pledge “full support” to the men on United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union, Native W. A. C. Bennett to return from the Okanagan and | an immediate session of the Legislative Assembly. strike. The women have beens 1,000 attend | UFAWU rally — A mass meeting of more than 1,000 members of Me . unions has called on Prem ba! supplying picketers with coffee and sandwiches on a round the} clock basis. The meeting heard details of current negotiations fom union secretary Homer Steven and a report on the contempt action against Fisherman edit: or George North. North is on $1,000 bail pend ing appeal of a 30-day sentence ‘ for writing an editorial head- ed “Injunctions Won't Catch Fish Nor Build Bridges.” The Fisherman, a weekly paper for the industry, Was fined $3,000 for publishing the editorial. Co we * The UFAW submitted neW proposals to the Fisheries As: : sociation at a meeting in Hotel Vancouver early ¥ week, but they were reje by the operators. Earlier an open meeting of salmon rollers in Hastings Auditorium wired the Fisheries — Association to “protest yout stalling of negotiations with the UFAW and _ the Nal : Brotherhood.” LS Time to civic elections. Now is the time to make sure ‘you are on the voters — list in Vancouver, if you wish to vote in next December's Every year ai election day thousands of citizens com- © plain that they have been left off the list. But complaining on election day does little good. Between August 8 and August 21 names will be added to the list at the city clerk’s office in City Hall. Dong delay: make sure YOUR name is on today. C. S. JACKSON ADMISSION FREE BEAR CREEK PARK (King George Highway, Between Whalley and Newton) SWIMMING —SPORTS =" > INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN CULTURAL PROGRAM — GAMES FOR THE KIDDIES LABOR, FARMER SPEAKERS EVERYONE WELCOME _ August 7, 1959—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page § HENRY CODD