THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

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“REGIONAL COUNCIL SUPPORTS INJUNCTION

aging but, to quote Brother
Roy Smith, “The need is ur-
gent and the amount required
is plenty.”

Regional president Jack
Moore indicated the Regional
Council’s position on the mat-
ter in a letter circulated to all
IWA Local Unions which
stated in part:

“The oltoers of the Region-
al Council approve the actions
of Brother Smith and will also
do everything in their power
to ensure that trade unionists,
whoever they may be are not
jailed like common criminals

only because injunctions have

been granted in labour dis-
putes after hearing the em-
ployer’s side only.”

SYD THOMPSON

ROY SMITH

STAN BALL

Local 1-424 2nd vice-president
Stan Ball poses in his centennial

tume,
si —Photo by Gordon Hurlbert

REUTHER OFFERS AID
TO WHITE COLLAR WORKERS

Walter Reuther, interna-
tional president of the United
Auto workers of America
(CLC), has backed up a re-
cent promise made by his lo-
cal representatives with an
offer of financial and legal
support to striking Northern
Electric office workers in
Montreal.

Speaking at a union ban-
quet in Montreal this week,
Mr. Reuther said the UAW
will support-the workers in
their current struggle if they
affiliate with his union.

He told some 700 of the -

3,000 white collar workers
that they could make it pos-
sible for the UAW to back
them up.

“T am aware that there are
certain legal problems in-
volved with a merger, but the
lawyers can look after them,”
he said.

The union leader said the
employees’ independent asso-
ciation had done a good job
up to now, but that it was
“faced with the facts of life.”

He gave the workers a little
of the union’s history, and
told what his union plans to
do in negotiations with the
U.S. auto industry later this
year.

“We will abolish the differ-
ential between Canadian and

American workers,” he said,-

“and we will also try and do
away with hourly pay and re-
place it with a guaranteed an-
nual income.”

The United Steelworkers of
America (CLC) has also be-
come involved in the four-
week-old Northern strike

_here, having made a pitch to

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the 7,000 blue collar workers
who are on strike as well,

and who are represented by
their own association at
present.

Delegates attending the Na-
tional Convention of the New
Democratic Party in Toronto,
July 5, gave unanimous ap-
proval to a resolution calling
for repeal of legislation per-
mitting compulsory arbitra-
tion and use of injunctions in
labour disputes.

The resolution was the first
to win unanimous approval at
the convention and was intro-
duced by the NDP’s Alberta
Leader Neil Reimer.

The resolution, sponsored

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by the NDP policy council,
said compulsory arbitration
and the use of injunctions in
labour disputes “are a reflec-
tion of the anti-union bias of
the Liberal government at Ot-
tawa and of various provincial
governments.”

It promised that an NDP
government would pass legis-
lation prohibiting the use of
strike injunctions and outlaw-
ing the use of strikebreakers
in industrial disputes.

JOB STEWARD SCHOOL

Local 1-417, IWA, held a
Job Steward School for mem-
bers at Canyon Creek Saw-
mills and Bell Pole Co.. Ltd.
at the community hall in
Valemount on June 24 and 25.

Valemount is situated 220
miles north of Kamloops.

Instructors at the school
were Dan Radford, CLC Edu-
cation Director, and Art
Kelly, Local 1-417 IWA Fi-
nancial Secretary and Busi-
ness Agent.

All classes were well at-

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tended during the two-day
course and the students,
members, their wives and in-
vited guests enjoyed them-
selves at a social evening and
dance which was arranged
by the Sub-local Officers and
plant Committee Members,
on Saturday evening.
A vote of thanks was given
to Mrs. McCallum, Mrs. Frie-
sen, Mrs. McNee and Mrs.
Van Ray for the fine lunch

served at the conclusion of
the dance.