The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-03-16
PROGRAM OF THE j.
r. INTERNATIONAL i
TIMBERWORKERS

The international Union of Timber
workers is forging ahead along the
lines of conservatism and common
sense. From its headquarters in
Aberdeen the following manifesto is
issued to the underwriters of the
Pacific Coast:
Fair Play for Boss Loggers
Wherever you run onto a group of
loggers, you can hear complaints of
the conditions that prevail in the
logging industry.
The conditions most commonly COM
planned of, are:
1. The bad condition in camp
crowded, unhealthy and uncomfort-
able bunkhouses.
2. In many camps poor food served
under very poor conditions.
3. Long hours.
4. Unsafe system of logging,
which constantly places men where
life and limbs are in danger.
5. Poor pay.
6. The discharge and blacklist of
men who protest against any of the
above conditions.
Attention, LOggers.
For years we have complained, in
dividually, of the above conditions,
with the result that the individual
who protested too loudly, was made a
goat" for the resentment of the
boss.
The time is ripe for change.
The protests of the individual have
been fruitless and must be succeeded
by organization and collective pro-
tests and collective bargaining.
The Example a
Look around and you can see the
workers in a hundred other industries,
winning better conditions for them
selves. Even women and girls in GER
tain industries, such as the garment
trades, have and are winning better
shop conditions, shorter hours and
better pay.
The Remedy
The secret of their success is as
plain as the day, and consists of
more or less than ORGANI-
ZATION and COLLECTIVE BAR
GAINING.
Don't Whine
We must not whine, because we are
working under such rotten conditions.
We certainly have as much intelli-
gence and courage as lot of women
and girls. We have their example of
seventeen nationalities effecting or
ganization and getting the things
they want.
Fair Play
Don't blame our rotten conditions
on the boss.
Why should the boss pay US a
cent more than he does?
Why should he provide better camp
conditions?
Why should he cut down the hours
of labor? Is
You don't suppose he is in the
logging business for his health?
Don't blame him!
We must blame ourselves!
When the bosses want anything
that will improve their business or
increase their profits, they are willing
to fight for it.
To the Wise Heads
To you wiseheads among the work
ing loggers, who see conditions as
they are, and who long for better con-
ditions, the International Timber
Workers Union extends an earnest
plea and invitation to join and help
lift the industry out of its present
rotten position.
Who We Are
The International Union of Timber
Workers was organized and is run by
men actually employed in the lumber
ing industry. 1t is industrially or
ganized and makes it's own laws, rules
and regulations.
Do 1t Now!
This union is absolutely necessary
in the numbering industry. You need
it badly. Don't stall about joining
Join now-it is to your own personal
benefit to help in building it up, so
Join at once!
Our Tactics
Our tactics will be entirely govern
ed by common sense and reason. Just
as the skillful hooktender when he
has hooked onto a big log-"Go
ahead easy"-and when you get it
going-give her "snuce."
Write to P. o. Kirkland, Box STA,
Aberdeen, Washington. He will an
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