IWA BACKS

The IWA Regional Council
August 31, joined with the
railway unions on strike in
protesting the terms of the
back-to-work Bill now before
the House of Commons.

In a message addressed to
the Prime Minister, IWA Re-
gional President, Jack Moore,
said;

“The Western Canadian Re-
gional Council, International
Woodworkers of America,
strongly urges that your
government withdraw the Bill
now before the House of
Commons which proposes
methods of compulsion to im-
pose an inadequate settlement
of the present strike upon the
railway unions.

_ “Tt is the opinion of this
Union that the terms of the
Bill will destroy any oppor-
tunity to achieve an early and
satisfactory settlement of the
strike through free collective

STRIKERS

bargaining which offers the
sole means of avoiding chaotic
industrial strife. The proposed
Bill, if enacted, will make a
mockery of collective bargain-
ing and invite distrust on the
part of trade union members
of established negotiating pro-
cedures.

“Because this Union has
knowledge of the sub-

-standard wages paid thou-

sands of railway workers, it is
opposed to the imposition of
the interim wage increase of
eight percent as a condition
of a return to work. It will
downgrade the settlement to
which they are entitled and
cripple their right to bargain
for wages commensurate with
rapidly rising living costs. We
ask that Parliament abandon
methods of coercion in deal-
ing with deserving Canadian
workers.”

“P.N.E. — FESTIVAL OF LOGGING” trophies donated by
Regional Council No. 1 IWA for Power Saw Bucking and
by Local 1-71, IWA for Obstacle Pole Bucking. The larger
trophies remain the property of the respective donors while
the smaller ones will be presented to the individual cham-
pions of the above events.

1-207 SEEKS WAGE INCREASE
FOR SWANSON LUMBER CREW

A general wage increase of
fifty cents an hour and a Un-
ion Security clause are two
of the major items demanded
by Local 1-207 IWA, for the
crews of the Swanson Lum-
ber Company employed at
Chisholm, and at Camp 6,
Sweetgrass Landing, Alberta.

The Union has been nego-
tiating with the Company
since August 1, for a new con-
tract for the twenty employ-
ees at the Company’s planer
mill at Chisholm, and the
sixty-five employees at the
Company’s logging operation
at Camn 6.

The present base rate in

‘both operations is $1.55 an

hour. The average rate paid

is between $1.65 and $1.70 an
hour. The highest rate is
$2.20 an hour paid to the
planerman filer.

The Union is also demand-
ing an upward revision of the
wage scales in both opera-
tions; a ten cent an hour in-
crease in the night shift dif-

ferential; three weeks vaca-
tion at 6% after five years
and four weeks at 8% after
fifteen years; two additional
paid statutory holidays; a
nursing service for employees
and their families at Camp 6;
and a Northern allowance of
25 cents per hour at Camp
6 in the form of a seasonal
bonus.

The length of the agreement
would be for one year.

HOW IT’S DONE

The manager heard that a
30-dollar-a-week clerk had a
new car, and asked him how
he could afford it with four
children.

“Oh, that’s easy,” said the
clerk. “There are five hun-
dred of us employed at this
factory, and I raffle off my

wages every week at four bits
a chance.”

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

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