B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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1st Issue, November = Fs

NEWS DIGEST

Items of Interest To Labor In Capsule Form

January Parliament Opening OTTAWA.—Prime Minister St. Laurent announced that the next session of Parliament would likely open early in January. Jan. 13 or 20 are considered the most probable dates.

New Colombo Members OTTAWA.—The Colombo Plan conference here admitted three new members—Japan, Thailand and the Philippines—to the economic aid body. Delegates also voiced demands for stepped-up assist- ance. Canada’s annual contribution is $25 million.

IUEW Wins Certification TORONTO.—IUEW was certified bargaining agent at the West- inghouse TY: plant at Brantford following dismissal of the com- munist-dominated UE’s application. The Brantford plant is the first Westinghouse operation to break away from UE.

London Dock . Strike LONDON.—The port of London, one of the world’s largest, was fied up as some 25,000 dock workers walked off the job following company refusal to negotiate a contract dispute.

Dividend Payments Up OTTAWA.—Dividend payments by Canadian companies for October and the first ten months reached an all-time high, J. R. Timmins Co. reported. October payments were $41.3 million com- pared with $39.6 million last year while the 10-month payments were $451.7 million against $434.2 million in the Same period in 1953.

8,100 Workers Strike WINDSOR.—Employees at the Ford Motor Co. plants at Wind- sor and Oakville struck to enforce wage and working condition demands. 5,700 are involved at Windsor and 700 at Oakville. A further 1,700 Oakville workers were due to resume on the day following the walkout.

Canadian Unemployment Rises

,TORONTO—Ontario mayors and reeves called for an end to ‘buck passing’ between the provincial and federal governments on the question of unemployment and called for immediate action by “either or both”. Unemployment was up nearly 80% in the first eight months of this year compared with 1953, they stated in a brief to Ontario Premier Frost. The brief called for a 7-point program of aid to jobless workers and for initiation of public works.

Coffee Climbs 30 Percent WASHINGTON.—The Federal Trade Commission charged that the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange had caused “substantial” inereases in coffee prices due to certain restrictive practices. Coffee prices jumped by nearly 30% earlier this year.

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ASK FOR iT BY NAME AT YOUR COMMISSARY OR LEADING STORES

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TO ALL LOCAL UNIONS Dear Sir and Brother:

Enclosed is the scab list issued | Becker, Otto nical ete by the IWA, the Interior Re- | Bens,Be an, BIL gional Office, with the names of. Bent oe those who crossed the IWA| frunham,Con.

Picket Line at Creston Sawmills. | Cairns, Bin

Fraternally yours, ae

G. Home, Sec.-Treas., B.C. Federation of Labour.

Creston Sawmills “Scab” List

Anderson, John

‘wom, Alex, Oran

reer, Jack Ringhime, Kathy Ringstead, R. Romano, Joe, Jr,

Logan, D. -

trikers at the Massey-Harris Plant in Toronto. Left to right, V.

Romano, Joe, Sr. Romano, Sadio, Dorothy Simster,

Gaze, E Good, Henry

Dore, Bill Wilson, Les Miller.

tion date of the next issue of the B.C, LUMBER WORKER is November 18th, Deadline for ad copy is November 11th and for mews copy November 12th.

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Representing the Orgesized Loggers aud Mill Workers of B.C. , PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST AND. THIRD ‘THURSDAYS BY, International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL) c=, B.C. District Council No. 1 DISTRICT OFFICERS:

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