B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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ed present labor bring about organic

Elected 11 delegates to at- the IWA District Con- on in January.

Elected four delegates to

attend the convention of the

B.C. Federation of Labor.

In dealing with camp condi- tions the following resolutions were passed:

Combination Jobs

RESOLVED: That we urge the elimination of all combinatién jobs, whenever possible, such as second loader and chaser, and flunkey and lunchman. *

Employment,

WHEREAS: The logging com- panies employment agencies send men to jobs without seemingly checking their ability for that particular job, and

WHEREAS: The logging com-

Qi are wholly responsible for ir agents;

THEREFORE BE IT RE- SOLVED: That when a potential employee is sent to a job and is found to be incompetent by a joint decision of camp committee and management and no other employment can be mutually agreed upon, that the employee be sent back to where he came from at the company’s expense, and _BE If FURTHER RE- SOLVED: That when a potential employee is sent to a job and that aed line of work for which

e is contracted is not available and if no other work can be mutually agreed upon, of a per- manent nature, this potential em- ployee be paid all expenses and lost time.

Daylight Saving

WHEREAS: Daylight saving is of no value to the logging in- dustry, and

_ WHEREAS: Daylight saving is

shi shly contested and disliked by other groups in B,C. as being unfavorable, now = *

THEREFORE BE IT RE- SOLVED: That~Local 1-71 sup- “ae all groups who favor the continuance of daylight saving.

Substitute Foods

WHEREAS: Fresh milk and butter are basic foods, and

WHEREAS: Attempts have been made by operators to pro- vide substitutes in serving camp meals, and

WHEREAS: Considerable suc- cess has been realized in main- taining these foods in major operations, now

THEREFORE BE IT RE- SOLVED: That we urge all camp committees to make every effort to keep substitute foods off cook- house tables.

Nominations for the Local

Union officers which were open- - ed at the December meeting of

Local 1-357, IWA, will close at

the January 28 meeting, and ballots will be issued within the next few days. 3

At the last membership meet- ing of the Local Union the fol- lowing were elected as delegates to the IWA District Convention in Victoria:

Rae Eddie, Pat Power, Law- rence Vandale, George Mitchell, J. 8. Alsbury, A. Smith, Dan Me- Bride, Ray Fraser, Dick Thomp- son, Doug Ferg, Stan Engberg, Jimmy Abrams, Leo Stadnyk, Leo Smith, Ray Pigeau, Henry Swit- zer, Maurice Pigeon, Albert Rose, Les Laxton, Lyall Moun- tain, Sandy Naylor, John Wall.

Fraternal delegates from the Women’s Auxiliary will also be chosen and will attend the Dis- trict. Convention,

Christmas Day was made brighter for Bro. J. Stanley, an ex-serviceman and employee of Timberland Ltd., when members of the Local Union took up a col- lection which netted over $155, and presented it to him December 24 in Shaughnessy Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for a prolonged illness.

Christmas Hampers |

_ Twenty-two hampers contain- | ing Christams goodies were dis-

22 Hampers, $155 Gift Distributed By 1-357

|members will be reecived up to

tributed to needy families of IWA members on the Saturday before the holiday by Local 1-857 mem- bers, who spent all day on their errands of good cheer, ni

Plant committees have again been alerted to report instances of injured members urged to re- turn to work before complete re- covery after an accident. In a recent case brought to the atten- tion of the Local~Union officers, an employee who had lost a finger was called back to work three days after the accident, contrary to medical advice.

Four of the New Westminster mills closed down for the holiday season,

Bro. Leo Stadnyk has been elected Local Union Safety Director, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Bro. Fred Hockey, promoted to an executive position.

February Classes

Local Union officials have an- nounced that enrollment is under way for the educational classes sponsored by the Vancouver Labor Council and to commence the first week in February in the Hollywood Bowl, New Westmin- ster. Applications from IWA

the number of 12 for the first class, and provision will be made for more applications for other classes, to be organized.

THAT 2 will attend my lo-

cal union meetings. THAT 9 will tche an active

put in union affairs, THAT 9 will sigue ep cll the

acu members I can.

THAT 9 will support to the fell cll efforts of or- ganized labor ta im- prove living dtand- ards and to bring peace ta the world.

THAT 9 will be « full-time citizen and Le active te dla cfens of ny community and heen nyself informedclout ony, country and the world,

These things | resolve to do in 1951 because | am a trade

unionist and firmly believe in ¢

Free Trade Unions: to bring FREEDOM, PEACE and

PERITY to all mankind.

he world-wide program of the

PROS- ES

‘APARTHEID’

IN THE AIR

Government of India News Service reports one of-the nastiest little pieces of “apartheid” (the policy of color bar enforcement)

from South Africa,

Air hostesses on South African lines have been ordered that linen head-rests used by Indians or Africans must be removed immediately after use and sent for “hygienic processing or dry cleaning” instead of the usual laundering applied to the same article

used by whites. Incidentally, non-Europeans Africans,

pay the same fares as South

WAGES NOT No. 1 FACTOR IN RISING LIVING COSTS

CCL President A. R. Mosher has attacked the Canadian Association of Consumers for its declared opposition to price

controls,

The CAC’s remedy for high prices, as stated in their bulletin, is to urge every member “to keep informed, to conserve and to buy wisely,” and goes on to say that the government cannot effectively control prices without controlling wages, Bs

Mr. Mosher points out that this is not in accordance with the facts as manufacturers are free at any time to boost prices with- out consulting anyone.

Wages Lagging

“Workers,” he added, “are al- ready subject‘to a large measure of control through the necessity to negotiate, conciliate and some- times arbitrate to get extra. Wages in many industries are

lagging far behind the recent |

price increases.”

Curious fact in the reasoning of CAC is that in the same bulle- tin as they oppose price control, it is stated, “Many Canadians are finding it impossible to maintain their standards of living, particu- larly those on fixed incomes, and rural consumers who have lost crops.”

Profits Ignored

But CAC admits that the cost of living is 70 percent higher than pre-war, but claims that “the high level of jobs and in- comes is one of the chief causes of high prices.”

To that statement, Mr. Mosher commented, “Completely ignored are the unprecedent high level of profit and the undeniable fact that many current price increases are completely unwarranted.

“It is difficult to understand

how any organization claiming to

represent consumers can com- pletely disregard the welfare of the Canadian people.

“The CCL is one of the organi- zations connected with the Cana- dian Association of Consumers, but the viewpoint now expressed by that association is not the viewpoint of our organization nor, we are convinced, the viewpoint of Canadian consumers.”

UNION RATES

In Riviera, France, 21 models and chorus girls formed a unique union, one that will exist for only three months every year. The girls decided they needed “pro- tection” only during the months that Egyptian King Farouk visits France each year.

RAILWAY STRIKERS VINDICATED

Award of the government arbitrator in the rail dispute has justified completely the stand taken by the nation’s rail workers last fall when strike action was forced upon them by stubborn oper- ators,

The arbitrator, Mr. Justice Kellock, has conceded the union seven cents an hour as at Sep- tember 1, 1950, and the 40-hour week as at June 1, 1951, as re- quested by the unions involved.

The judge was acting as a dis- interested arbitrator after the government had forced the men back to work.

Talks Stalled

It is worth while remembering that the companies would not budge from their offer of four cents and would only start the 40-hour week as at September 1, 1951, instead of June.

All the cards were stacked against the railway union men and the companies had managed to stall negotiations for almost 18 months.

In order to present a united front, the 17 unions involved made a uniform wage demand of 10 cents an hour across the board. Some reduced their demands to do so.

During the negotiations the unions came down to .seven cents, and when strike loomed on the operators’ stubbornness not to come up from four cents, the federal government took no steps to try and ayoid it.

Major Victory

This was the first time in Canadian history that compulsory arbitration was used, but in the face of powerful and adamant company opposition and the goy- ernment’s attitude, the unions have still won a major victory. Much credit is due to Mr. Justice Kellock.

Feeling in many labor circles, however, is that the seven cent compromise plus the June, 1951, date for the 40-hour week could have been reached without the necessity of government interven- tion to make the workers accept forced arbitration.

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discourage them—militia, police, scabs, etc., but instead of grow- ing weaker our trade unions flourished and flaunted their democratic right.

Trade unions are now strong and large enough to be listened to with respect by government bodies,

Who votes the government into power? It’s only a little over 150 years ago that men won the hard, bitter, bloody struggle against serfdom. They won the v Women were ex- tended this privilege much later,

It was not so long ago that men and women died because they staunchly believed in their right to organize as brothers and sis- ters a (ne struggle for equal etter working con- ditions, better ee better

saree aes medic: mopar fair taxation, Threat

against the viciously exploiting employer, They’re still as hungry for dollars now as they were in the hungry 30’s, but physical strife proved a costly business, so they have turned to politics to do their work for them.

Y’m very sure no honest trade unionist asked for the I.C.A. Act and I’m doubly sure that no honest trade unionist asked for the Labor Relations Board who are vested with extraordinary Powers. All their decisions are final, there is no appeal to any higher body,

Webster quotes democracy as, “Will of the majority provided it imposes no hardship on the minority.”

We Should Know

It’s high time that we found out if the people we elect carry out pamper Dies cee We gave these people something very dear to us—our vote!

Nowadays when election. day rolls along, many don’t exactly

Imow who to vote for. For two weeks previous to election day well-trained politicians cry their party wares, wage vicious slan- der, to high heaven thus so con- fusing quite a number and con- vineing just as many that are the real McCoy.

To get elected any trained poli- tician needs the most precious thing you possess — your vote; but during the four years after they get elected, you never seem to see them again, except to read where they've attended some big business luncheon or banquet.

YOU, the voter, don’t know what they have done for you or did to you and exactly whom they’ve been representing for four years, when again they re- turn to solicit your vote.

Reliable Information

Brothers and sisters, PAC is in reality your bureau of infor-

Sandy Naylor, 1-357, Calls For Sensible Voting

you as to whether your M.P. or M.L.A. has voted against you, for you or in the -Party bloc. Through PAC you'll get reliable information—you'll get it at your Local meetings, PAC bulletins, the official organ of this Union and also by means of radio broadcasts throughout the year.

You'll definitely know then, long before election day, just whom you'll support. There will be no confusion in your mind.

All this can’t be done with peanuts. It requires funds and if every IWA member gave at least $1.00 or assessed himself that amount, a very worthy, sound investment would be yours.

I'd like to remind all our brothers and sisters that B.C.’s population is over a million people. M,L.A.’s represent them in the legislature. HOW MANY

REPRESENT YOU?

mation. Committees _ provided with true information will inform |

Sandy Naylor, Local 1-357, IWA.