. NEWS DIGEST

Items of Interest To Labor In Capsule Form

mily peewee. Peyaistte CL has decided to fi

t cl CO} At present a sever eesleuce qualifeationt is necessary. fee S. pho Dro

p gross national product—the value of goods

OTTAWA—Can: and services Pree ae ‘Gmnadine—ds oper 2% from $24.4 billion to $24 billion in 1954, the DBS repo:

OTTA)

a 910 Suey in 1954—up 2% from the Previous ‘year. the increase in the labor force during the 2.6%.

anadian Labou x Inc —Canadian labor income reached an,all-time high o

Hae ie period amounted

indians Pyerage Income of Indians during 1953-54

NEW D: smouated a ae Sh a ie! Tadian ‘Finance Minister announced in

Parliam

- eck) i build uy;

extile Strike Fun

FRONT os cle ¢ on i trike fund to combat almost industry-wide demands from ge

eae Balers for wa:

ics Heacncs Farce

red: and black; green and black, or blue and black,

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seat of bo!

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tan oe ac leciened through careful study of the ne eeds and desires of B.C. workmen.

y garment many designs of “Pioneer ommiss

C., by Jones, Tent & Awning

FOR WORK CLOTHING

UNSTINTED MATERIALS

an Wor RKMANSHIP

in onfer aa tone sponsored by the Woodsworth Memorial Foundation.

“Oh, Cactus ... stop playing!”

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MONTREAL (CPA)—Capt. N. McMaster, 78-year-old Work-

DesRoches,

voked, Irving

ional Director, District 50

McMaster was tte for fail- ing to ea t! nion’s constitu- ion right: to members the

‘ub sells everything with Back” Guarantee clothes must ae ‘our

EE CREDIT.

U. N. World Health Organization Can Save Other Children

This: err ht iB ees en a age spleen caused by ad- ,

ership dng the last four years; he faile to’ negotiate collective labor eee nts in the presence of a members’ committee; he obtained

retilication. of these sarees by.

Saati mi approved the contract; he pre- sented se documents for sig- nature to French-speaking seamen who could not read English it which language they were printed.

Failure to sign thes: uments “meant loss of membership and Sore ey of employment”,

said DesRoc!

both 1

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buts ‘in "Wer Health

“LTD: * 45 EAST HASTINGS

sd CIO are urging (Congress ii in 1955 to renew its (LIAPS)

he Suiits to WHO

Publication date of

the next issue of the B.C, LUMBER WORKER

: of ° is cat fase Deadline for ad copy is April 14th and for news copy

Apri

13 an Se

S&S

Ist, Vice-Presidi 8rd Vice-Pre: International Board Mem|

Authos

BC Lowen Women

‘en ling the Organized Mill welnie of UBLISHED TWICH eed ON THE

AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY. International Wood

workers of America, (CIO-CCL)

District Counell > = {CT OPRICERS:

resident. . Joe Morris

Ny, Gray

iam vt Bred dleber _ i Mitchell

2

nd Vice-President sident

‘ecretary-Treastirer

iber ‘Address all communteations eee ee ose Secretary Trearirer

iesway = 8 ken: Vancouver, Bc. Subsoription Rates. 1,

nye a pencer

avertising Re resentative ept., Ottawa SUB

ized as Second Class Mail, Post Oftice 24,000 COP} oS PRINTED IN THIS Is!

(UAW WINS 14c. BOOST

CPA) —

CCL), voted to accept ¢ the new contract term:

w agreement, which will

expire in 1956, provides a four cent pay increase retroactiv to July 15 fast a six cer id

pension payment; increases for 5 ine fi

See for yourself—today.

17% cents; and a

medical ae for dependents of pT Te

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