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FRIDAY, JULY 3; 1959
- Vol. 18 No. 27

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B "Three main sections of the fishing industry (salmon —
-seinermen and gillnetters, tendermen and the herring fleet)
voted in favor of strike action in union-conducted votes
to back up demands for negotiations on fish prices, and a
e deadline will be set soon.

‘strike deadline after
‘all salmon net fisher-
shoreworkers and ten-
will walk off their
s unless all agreements are
ed and signed, will be an-

“Herring* fishermen are al-
ready on strike and have
voted to remain tied up until.
an agreement has been
signed.”

Members of the UFAWU

women’s auxiliaries will do
“whatever we are called on to®™
do” in support of the union’s
fight to win price agreements
and defeat the attack under
the Combines Investigation
Act, Mrs. Helen Selnes, sec-
retary of the auxiliaries,
pledged in a letter to union
secretary Homer Stevens,
“The Fisheries Association —
claims that it cannot negotiate
with the UFAWU pending the
settlement of a Combines In-
vestigation report which al-
leges the companies and the
unions are “acting ina manner
which prejudices the interests
of consumers.” (See story on
page 2).
“The only real issue is the
Strike plans are proceed- fright of fishermen to organize,
full speed ahead .with to bargain collectively and to
tion of local strike com- take strike action to defend or
and other prepara- improve their agreements,”
said Homer Stevens.

es place,” says a statement
led by the United Fisher-
m and Allied Workers Un-

he strike deadline, which
be fixed by the joint
ating committees of the
groups, will fall be-
n July 15 and August 15,
likely closest to the mid-
date.” ‘

The union paper, The Fish-
F Ey? in its current is-

“All groups have so far
ed strongly for strike

d will all be out at the
time on the basis of
strike — one settlement.’

ANISH FIGHT -IWA

Unless last-ditch attempts to reach agreement succeed, 27,000

coast woodworkers will strike next Monday.

The IWA is set to wage a

“finish fight” against the operators and is completing preparations for a

struggle that may prove to be a long and bitter one.

In a government supervised strike vote last Friday the woodworkers
voted 90.7 percent for strike action to back up their wage demands. |IWA

president Joe Morris announc-
ed that 158 of 165 individual
logging operations approved
the move, while only sever
small outfits voted against.

Prior to the vote the IWA
made it clear to all members
that if they authorized strike
action a strike would be called.

“The union has engaged in
a strenuous struggle to secure
contract terms that will en-
sure decent wages and work-
ing conditions.’ said Morris.
“We have now reached the
stage where the responsibility
for decisions regarding further
action rests upon the workers
themselves. Results of the gov-
ernment supervised vote will
determine whether we stand
shoulder to shoulder with firm
determination to win for our-
selves and our families a right-
ful share of the wealth we
produce.”

When coast woodworkers
voted nine to one in favor of
strike action IWA leaders im-
mediately set Monday, July 6
as a strike deadline. Totals in
the government vote showed
19,983 of a possible 27,000 cast
ballots.

Post-strike vote talks be-
tween the IWA and Forest
Industrial. Relations (repre-
senting coast operators) were
held Monday this week but
failed to achieve anything.

“We went to see if they
were prepared to negotiate,”
said Morris. “Operators must
realize that we are not bluffing.
There are more than wages to
be discussed and we wanted
to review the whole situation.”

The IWA has ample proof

from its statistical department

that the coast lumber industry
is well able to pay higher
wages (the union is asking a
20 percent hike) and is pre-
pared to wage a finish fight to
attain its demands.

“Your nervous rash will disappear as soon as you
sign a contract with the IWA, Henry.”

Phoney murder charge collapses,

Newfoundland striker freed

ST. JOHN’S, NFLD.—Strik-
ing logger Ronald Laing has
been acquitted of the picket-
line “murder” of a provincial
policeman.

Spectators cheered when the
Supreme Court brought in a
verdict of “not guilty” after
deliberating less than one
hour.

Constable William Moss died
after being struck on the

head during a clash between
pickets and police at Badger
last March. 10.

The crown’s case collapsed
after Constable John Gather-
all testified that Deing was
not close enough to Moss to
have struck the fatal blow.

The fracas occurred when
police attacked the loggers’
peaceful picket line without
warning, and the _ strikers
fought back.

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