2 WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER EDITORIALS Protection TEPS to make the IWA Health and Welfare Plan effective throughout the coast lumber industry marks an important advance for the Union. More than 24,860 workers in the coast lumber industry gain immediate and substantial protection for themselves and their de- pendents. Within a brief period the workers in operations bargain- ing independently are assured of the same degree of protection. Quite as important is the fact that the foundation has been laid for Health and Welfare protection in more complete form, with the prospect of the opportunity to negotiate retirement benefits. Impor- tant principles have been accepted. It remains now to enlarge the scope of application. The full text of the Plan as published in this issue deserves the close study of every coast lumber worker. An understanding of ifs provisions will assist administration in the initial compilation of the required data. An examination of the Plan will show that the Regional Officers and the TWA Trustees have laboured faithfully to carry out the intent of the agreement reached earlier with the employers. In this the Union’s insistence upon equality of representation upon the Board of Trustees has been amply vindicated. The Plan reveals a number of important features which ensure the maximum protection for the workers combined with financial security. These features also show that careful consideration has been given to problems caused by the seasonality of work in many sections of the industry. A leading Canadian insurance company will carry the insurance on terms that have been determined by close competitive bidding. The two trustees named by the Union and the two named by the employers have evidently found common ground in negotiations for a Plan to make the fullest possible use of financial reserves for the benefit of any claimants. Vital Tasks [ delegates attending the approaching convention of the B.C. Federation of Labour face a number of important tasks. As a large and influential section of the convention they will carry a major share of responsibility for its success. They have been freshly equipped for their role by the clear-cut decisions of the IWA Regional Convention on desirable legislative objectives. The issues which confront the convention serve to emphasize the importance of the functions performed by the B.C. Federation of Labour in safeguarding and advancing trade union purposes in the province. The continuing unemployment crisis will be a major issue, it is predicted. Certainly, the delegates will desire to strengthen the campaign to repeal Bills 43 and 42. A problem which grows more pressing each year is the effective co-ordination of trade union activities in the field of negotiations, and especially with regard to strike action. Ways and means to establish the political strength for the attain- ment of the Federation’s purposes will require consideration. Not only is the Federation fighting against restrictive labour legislation, but it is fighting for those measures of social security which have been gained by workers in other countries, such as Health Insur- ance, improved housing, wider educational opportunities and higher standards of social assistance. The Federation cannot wait until its legislative hopes are realized through the New Democratic Party. There is a host of immediate problems now neglected by the governments in power. It will be the responsibility of the Federation to create public awareness of this neglect and demand prompt measures of relief. Both the immediate and long-range objectives of the Federation have great significance for the workers in the province and for the progress of trade unionism. Not any of these objectives can be properly served by isolated and sporadic action on the part of indi- vidual unions. There must be an even greater effort to promote unified action at the provincial level by both large and small unions. Only through a program of close co-operation within the Federa- tion will it be possible to campaign successfully for either short- term or long-range purposes. The solidarity which builds the indi- vidual trade union must be given expression on a provincial scale. Publication date of the next issue of the WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER is October 19th. Deadline for ad copy is October 5, and for news copy October 6th. NGS Nast Y Bow UU Ee te Wie PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS B International Woodworkers of America <4 (AFL-CIO-CLC) Regional Council No. 1 5 REGIONAL OFFICERS: President Joe Mo: st Vice-President Jack Moore 2nd Vice-President Bob R rd Vice-President Jack MacKenzie Secretary-Treasurer ..........- Fred Fieber International Board Members Joe Madden Jack Holst Address all communications to FRED FIEBER, Secretary-Treasurer 2859 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C. R 4-5261 -2 Subscription Rates : annum Advertising Representative A. Spencer Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa 27.500 COPIES PRINTED IN THIS ISSUE i r Wall, Local 1-357; Local 1-423; R. Inglis, Local 1-424. CONVENTION RESOLUTION COMMITTEE: E. L. Freer, Local 1- ved ie | "| 71, Chairman; S. Abercrombie, Local 1-80. ; L. J. Randall, Local 1-85; E. Haw, Local 1-118, Secretary; K. W. Johnson, Local 1-207; T. Clark, Local 1-217; R. Beaton, Local 1-288; M. A. Corey, Local 1-367; J. Mack, 1-363; A. Damstrom, Local 1-405; C. Michael, Local 1-417; S. A. Muir, In Newfoundland Carpenters Union Scored By Federation Of Labour Tactics employed by the Carpenters and Joiners in Newfound- land were described as “contemptible and unprincipled” by the Federation of Labour in that province at its recent convention. The resolution stated: WHEREAS this Federation has gone on record in supporting the democratic right of the loggers of Newfoundland to join the union of their choice; and WHEREAS the loggers have dem- onstrated by an overwhelming ma- jority in a secret ballot conducted by the provincial Department of Labour that the union of their choice is the International Woodworkers of America; and WHEREAS this Federation has strongly condemned the action of the Smallwood Government in decerti- fying two locals of the IWA and de- priving the loggers of their freedom of association; an WHEREAS this Federation has consistently supported and assisted the IWA during the past two years in its efforts to reorganize and re- establish itself in this province; and WHEREAS in recent months top officials of another union, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, have intruded upon the hard-won jurisdiction of the IWA in an effort to take over the loggers against their will; and WHEREAS there is good reason to believe that these top officials of the Carpenters union are acting in collusion with the two paper com- panies and the provincial govern- ment; and without the knowledge or consent of the rank-and-file mem- bers of the Carpenters union, there- fore international | “Old } We have an excellent , CLEANER for DENTAL PLATES DR. 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MURDOCH Please Contact Jackson at Suite 6 855 Thurlow St. Vancouver 5, MU 4-6045 BE IT RESOLVED that this Fed- eration go on record as condemning the officials of the Carpenters union cipled and contemptible attack on a who are responsible for this unprin- brother union, and for their viola- tion of the fundamental ethics of trade unionism for selfish personal gains; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Federation document the full story of the Carpenters’ officials’ underhanded plot against the IWA Gentle Sex A school magazine in London, England, reported a poll it took among teen-agers on restoring the military draft showed girls favoured it much more than boys: “It does them good”, one girl said. and the Newfoundland loggers, and circulate it to all the locals of the Carpenters’ union in Canada, as well as to all Federations of Labour and Labour Councils in the other provinces and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Federation reaffirm its un- wavering support of the [WA in its valiant fight to bring justice, equal- ity and prosperity to the Joggers of Newfoundland. IWA (N.W.) C Westminster CREDIT UNION DIRECTORY IWA Credit Unions and other Credit Unions supported by IWA Local Unions in B.C. Alberni District Credit Union, 209 Argyle Street, Port Alberni IWA 1-217 Savings, Broadway & Quebec Streets, Vancouver 10 redit Union, Room 21, 774 Columbia Street, New Local 1-118, IWA (Victoria), 904 Gordon Street, Victoria Chemainus & District Credit Union, Box 229, Chemainus Lake Cowichan and District Credit Union, Lake Cowichan, B.C. Courtenay Credit Union, Box 952, Courtenay Duncan & District Credit Union, Box 1717, Duncan Prince George & District, 1046 - 4th Avenue, Prince George Nanaimo & District Credit Union, 499 Wallace St., Nanaimo Ladysmith & District Credit Union, Box 154, Ladysmith, B.C. United Labour Credit Union, 1475 East 43rd, Vancouver Salmon Arm Credit Union, Shuswap Ave., Salmon Arm, B.C. Mei once and for all the UNIT \Y D way dens 42 gg ea Risto ane >