THE B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

March 20, 1940.

MINNESOTA SIGNS NEW CONTRACT, GAINING TWELVE PERCENT PAY INCREASE

ELECT. STATEMENT

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LEARNS HIGH COST OF SCABBING.

VANCOUVER, Wash.—A strike-break- er learned something about the high cost of scabbing at a meeting of IWA Local 9-39 held here last Sunday even- ing,

‘The man, a former employée of the West-Oregon Lumber Co. at Linnton, had been working on the maintenance crew on a permit card. When he applied for regular membership in the local, an investigation of his qualifications was made, which revealed that he had gone through a picket line at the Linnton operation in 1938, A committee from IWA Local 5-3, consisting of business agent John Sullivan, “Brick” Bennett, Ed Peck, and Joe Gerritsen, was pres- ent at the meeting and went into the case thoroughly, The local expects to take final—and stringent—action on the case in the near future.

4) COCHRAN, Ore—Does union mem- bership really pay?

“The loggers at Beldings certainly think so. In the first place, they have one of the best agreements ever written —the five-consecutive days, 40 hour week, with time and a half for over- time; a 62c minimum wage; holidays (in addition to Sundays) New Year's Day, after 5 pm. New Year's Eve, Memorial Day, Armistice Day, all state and national election dates, and Christ-

eines Day. The men at Belding’s have

preferental hiring, too. To work there, you have to go through the IWA hiring hall in Portland; the agreement says so.

for the community as a whole ana for woodworkers in particular, We affirmed with renewed determination our inten- tion to bring this program into life. We placed ourselves and our organization firmly on record for economic justce for all, public works to provide for the unemployed, slum clearance and better housing, health insurance and old age pensions, greater educational facilities, conservation of our natural resources and particularly our forests, much needed improvements in labor laws, elimination of war-profits, and civil rights for all. We protested vigorously against the War Measures Act; the increased cost of liv- ing, the threat to our trade union rights and the threat of conscription—now is the time when we have got to register our unalterable disapproval of a state of affairs which has brought these re- pressive measures into effect and which provides a firm barrier to any legisla- tive program for the betterment of our standard of living and security. Farreaching realignments have taken place since last summer; many of those who previously stood out for a progres- sive program have wilted under the heat of international affairs and resultaat internal situations, and while still pay- ing lip service to “reform,” have become involved to varying degrees in the power- ful dragnet of INTERNATIONAL RE- ACTION, Individuals and parties who have already tied themselves to this state of affairs which is being used to further enslave Canadian workers and to defeat reform; will be worse than useless after election day when the “real

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Gaining a new agreement which pro- vides for a 12 per cent. increase in wages immediately and an automatic pay boost in October, Minnesota L.W.A., Local 12-29 this week announced the signing of a pact for the entire state with the Timber Producers Association.

Final settlement was made calling for an increase of 12% per cent. in the spruce and balsam peeling scale, with other adjustments also being made, in- cluding automatic increase in monthly wages on October 24, 1940, The mini- mum monthly scale will be increased’ to $76.

Peeled spruce and balsam piece-cutt- ing rate was raised from 4 to 4% cents on the 3%4to 6 inch bracket, which will affect 98 per cent, of the summer opera- tions, as peeled spruce and balsam is the major product in the summer months,

Renewal of the contract was planned by the executive board of the union on the basis of organization of the un- organized areas, and to bring in the remaining outlaw operations that are not covered by union contracts, union wages, conditions and other benefits,

It comes at the finish of a con- centrated organizational drive that has been carried out, and the union will now be able to further consolidate and move on for increased benefits through the use of special consideration clauses in the contract,

heat” goes on. Because of this fact it is particularly necessary for the wood- workers and labor in general not to be led astray by slogans, political plat- forms or catch-words—but to under- stand the basic underlying fundamentals necessary for the implimenting of these programs, Canada’s participation in the European war, which was entered into without any mandate from the Canadian people, must be challenged on election day. In view of the fact that profiteer- ing and increased taxation have resulted in imereased living costs; repressive measures have been used to take away our trade union rights and hold down wages; and that Canada’s participation can under any party of whatever political stripe, only mean continued and’ ever- greater suffering and hardship for the laboring people, your executive strongly recommends that the International Woodworkers of America only support those candidates who stand definitely for Canada’s withdrawal from partici- pation in the present European war. —International Woodworkers of Am- erica, B.C, District Council Executive. (Signed) —H. BERGREN, President ERNIE DALSKOG, Vice-Pres. NIGEL MORGAN, Secretary

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