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November 16, 1942

E B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Page Seven

B.C. LUMBER WORKER soem’ Bi eatin Leabetd pee Monday by B.C. DISTRICT ‘oodworkers of America Sie aca aie ging Editor: B. J. MELNESS 9727 — Vancouver, B.C. District Council”

declaration, “I refuse to bargain with my employees,” signed, a,| sealed and de livered = the Se alocee to the union; and ever’ y- body realizes that is never the way in which aut refusal is xpressed,

happens is that such employers seize on eve:

avoid a signed agreement. Some fencihie tact ae

nion. in all its strength, the strength o: great ‘eset (See Stain sesolutely cae their aoctliat Bue is world fascism. To-| @. day, the ‘Sok et Fe Union phere aoe ect, admiration and}; active support of th the Pas Nati Senos peoples every- 0. reco} its plorious fight for the freedom of their eon is our eg

(O is there today, except the despicable eee pute

re will in this world ariel our Aces and our liberties at stad

today. We welcome the ae now being taken, and are heartened. by. the success of rican

in. PEO-

ay 1 the easinea

a growing all-o will bring aang pata save the ay jest e terrible ravages of fas

Time To Act, Mr. Pearson itheson’s al week in Pi

rs collecti tively with th ir employees ay ai i i Arbi-

tration me as also of ee Federal igation a seed cp eee pues petiestvs peparaain ining and thus eae

ion a all i chaieeice

no employer can. be con-

it Rus: ts and Soerety aes ae eee acti ion in Ru

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ye to pions strikes or to create dissension among of war when we are engaged in a life and death suede suai fascism and all that it implies, it is more than ver necess to prevent a powerful minority of employers ovince pag pees the war effort in pursuit of pen ‘selfish individual tulonasis bor Min- ister Pearson iloclace: i eee come to the se See in my, personal opinion, that the time is now ripe to seule ce side ler amendments to the act so that employers shall be m-

employees and where the majority of the employees can oe shown to be bona fide members of a properly constitute d trade union employers shall be pelled to e the union as a bargaining agent for their employees.’ x We wholeheartedly approved this statement when it wes ade. We await i lation into de next session the provincial house is approaching. Th timents ex- presse: minis ad to be imple: by I

al x minister ai ropesals adopted by a loggers’ emergency conference at Nanaimo last w

ane loggers asked for measures that would bring into being:

ae which a the majority of the employees af-

fected, with 0 nity for the union to decide whsthes it

wishes to su mi He membership record or have a vote con-

ducted in the operation.

aaialifes against employers discriminating

against or interfering with employees engaged in union ac- ivit

3. ‘Sev e penalties against employers engaging in in unfair labor Gectices such a gine e use of industrial spies and estab- lishment of com;

company uni 4, The immediate ag lishment Sa ec aa production committees and industrial councils’ thereby

viding the eatery through which workers can share with management all phases of responsibility for the mainten- ance and ier increase of production.

ie ave no hesitation in fully endorsing these proposals,

re just; they effected without delay, —“THE FISHERMAN,’ *

MEAN, VALUES CONSERVED ?’

Forestry Corps :

‘HEN I enlisted back a‘ ie, six thou:

(I joined up at Vancouver, lade

I went and joined the Forestry, 3h e, ever’

and miles a’ here trom Menzies Mey ing mi

Se know a spar-tree from a “cat.” wel, boys, they sure do know it now. We laid the country flat.

IR trees are mostly Hee stuff, a spindly kind of shrub. wouldn’t think their and fir ae Sith sae aa our grub.

are urgently needed, and they should be >

Hell

0 Boys: The k Worker” ‘par a letter addressed to your

I

issue of your “Lumber

mail from his readers occasional- ly. Well, Boel: Saieney I letter

received

sippies entitled “Opel n. Shop’ he een “would go good in “Lu orker. =P haa 3, sie I ar ae it below. - THE OPEN SH “What's all this in about the op Hennessey.

eo papers n shop?” asked Mr.

don’t ye know?” said Mr. all

e it constant stream of min min’ in t jobs cheaper min that os th’ jobs. "Tis

day anither son-ov-a-g1 zt? th’, boss, ‘Oi think Oi ‘ould ‘ieee th’ job lea fe 90 $i “Sure, sez th’ ae and th’ wan do tat 3 man gets out int eroo! exercise ‘his inalienable - n

nissey. An’ who gits th’ benefit? Thrue, its saves the but he don't

money thin he ice Gh si at

res all oe wid him.

hates t? see ‘obbed av aan pale asin av every- thi

ae said Mr. Hennéssey, “these open-shop min ye menshun say they ore f'r unions if oe conducted.”

” said Mr, Deeley “if prop-

them of the firs "that grow tw n’ ho’ id they have thim con- But Josh (that’s Scotch), they laugh at our aeart ete strikes, no rifles, no peak of cedars ten feet thick and mountains two miles high contracts, no Bese hardly iny

And rivers ae miles broad and s| . they blink an eye —_| wages, \bers.” But ee Y, “Och” and “‘Heugh” i “wow” and other Scottish words| ‘This vite in the at Bae adians can lie the same as other birds.” story about the old sergeant who was to swear in a bunch of MAE i fle he was render-

They we only wish their firs had grown two ous) res or so ‘o give us wood to bit on and put on a proper

*e gosh, # They rs They ought to see a loggi ing camp that really ae Ha blast, An outfit near Alberni, say, that tears the wo And turns the trees to Davis rafts before as pirely ‘att ND yet, though ae not logging folk, I like these eee ae

| They're solid and they’re careful and they never m: But just keep working on the job, aready for what's next,

Tve tt th

pal or two

m tact they think much peer, meh salle the cabs men,

is not published or displayed by the ned Control

d or by the Government of British’Colum!

n cuttin; gain,

—Reprinted from “PUNCH” of London, England.

boys, Keep quite. Silence please. I'll only be another few minutes.” Fin- ally he got through. He took a deep breath, pointed his finger at the C1 and hollered: “Damn you, shut up. u're in the ly now!” Of course, the TA. doe: it have

0 worry about ae unions 01 shops; the wi oe are ae ing members Why they

tat me that Bert Pao and Bill

from writing union receipts lately. Good work, bo} ae now get the ink on the contract