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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Qnd Issue, August

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“Vote”

pow Commision |

aiden ae public Pees Act.

After an energetic effort or re; eak deadlock, h

ee had reached an agree- 10 “hold the line” on con- Beek Taaceeanenty

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-with little | on:

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ig the fa taken

the a Union wit fi een he believed to be the best Shtsinable

under the circumstan This placed the Unk

i lemma.

HOE ee a dile te ‘bviouly

or losses.

he sai

¢ | strike situatio1

public inconvenience that the em- ere able

ok she accept Pe formula,

or call for

and ha! saat referen nates

almost contin in other industries. The m:

of these strikes had secured i j a

no gains after prol Periods on the picket lines. It was made evident that the

¢ |intervention on the

the

ployer

sure ie secure vari

government

the part of as

? propa-

gandists that trade union reeetiees and thi

It was plainly spelled out for

IWA, that a sike in the|"

whole coast lumi industry, vould be an eeonomie ease of such proportions th

is therefore preferable that they agree with ther employers on all such matter:

Finite on the side of the em-

ployers.

UNION BUYING WEEK STARTS LABOUR DAY

STABLE — SUPPORT THE UNION LABEL.

TRESIDENT. LLOYD WHALEN of Local 1-217, IWA, ees members of Local 5 217, during their Ninth 2nd, at Confederation Park, Burnaby.

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may convince ane general public: that it ped ee jonal security and well-b: ing. ee ae do, evs Se

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lemai were pee and not the victii in

period of price inflation. Every strike situation was

seized upon to Brees a favo beliefs, and arouse ized labour. Labour was even

Such antagonisms ave been experienced by labou before, ae ‘this time they have been artfully organized by the employing | snes to influence governments to and eventually throttle trade union freedom

As a result, the most serious threat now facing the trade unions BC i und in the back-roo nin; etween industrial tycoons, with high-priced legal talent and politicians in attendance. These self-styled publi enefactors are engaged in framing a new labour code which t e will strangle the trade unions. They

e: believe that this time they have sold the public on the

g the power of i There is one secon of ae opinion, which they

y trade union economic principles. “We must mal e)

facts known to the w

e must me, that they can gain better wages and working conditions by polite agreement with the employers’ asoning.

0 necessary that we call a halt to the gale

S| ie polls. is are identical with the employers’ interests at the bargaininegts

e latest employe rs? at takes oe form of at-

te na nceal the ni; e of their political designs by questioning Be aropoced ir. They claim that a trade unionist who believes in labour’s pol-

itical rights, cannot successfully serve labour’s economic interests.

The truth 188 thee Jaboups political and economic

in When-

ver y havi Hes arenes in the past, labour has suffered defeat in oe attainment of its objectives.

x democratic counties) such as Britain, and Sca: ania labour has social (Security when the or} ean ization which se thei economic organiza- tion.

ion.

oa. § 3

All the elements in the present situation point to te nea oH acting to implement the following prop- bled ene:

double: ergy: ich 1 members should eNe ee first loyalty ‘ki int independence of the miceeine so eeaee inflicted Seon the public by the owning clas: Tra inion members should unite to activate their

communities in order to prevent further. repetition of waste. ion members must now develop their 0” poled! eee independently, of the em ape political machinery, end themselves against men- acing pesilate “Testitions for which the employers now cl my PSP ula: ti

ion member r§ must give freer play to their own go hich their wn future ae They must ac cept self-disci- pine! which enables them to crercise ae aes col- lectively, each working for of u RIS

OR President, IWA District Council No-

he Dental Association has for. Hides Dr. R. sElewallya Douglas las

(Old Doc) that

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