Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01

ing run in the Voice Of Action
for your convenience, in order
for every member to become more
acquainted with the organic
ational structure OF our Union.
The National Lumber Workers
Union is oganized on the basis OF
getting all workers in the entire
lumber industry into one union;
sawmills, single mills, plywood
and veneer plants, paper and pulp
mills, logging, pulp and cordwood
camps, and all forest workers, dis
regarding race, creed, color, nation
ality, political opinions, sex or age.
Realizing the necessity of unity
of all workers. the NLWU organ
ICES the unemployed lumber work.
ers, and make it easy for all to re-
main and function in the union
while out of work.
The NLWU is affiliated to the
Trade Union Unity League, which
has broad influences among hun
dreds Of thousands Of workers thru
out the u. s., has ed the majority
of struggles Of the workers in the
last four years, many of which have
been victorious. The TUUL unites
all rank and file workers organic
atoms into one solid front in the
struggles for the right to live.
The Mill, Camp, Plant and
Unemployed Branches, Basic Form
of Organization
Tho mil, camp or plant branch
IS composed OF every member OF
the Union in the given mill, camp
or plant, etc, and is divided into
department groups. The mill, camp
plant and unemployed branch
meets and elects a Branch Com
mittee, which from then on is re-
sponsible for carrying out and
guiding of the work of the MEM
beers of the union in the various de-
partments OF the mills, camps and
plants. Every member of the I'm
ion in a given department belongs
to the department group which is
under the jurisdiction of the
branch committee. The department
group elects one delegate who at
tends every meeting of the mill,
camp, plant branch committee. This
establishes a working connection
between the departments and the
leading committee in the mill, camp
and plant.
Tho branch committee should
meet once a week, and the depart
ments should meet the following
day to receive the instructions OF
the leading committee and then
put them into effect between the
meetings of the following week.
The Unemployed Branches
OF the Union
All members who have been re
Gently land on or discharged from
me mills, camps, etc. if possible
remain and function as members Of
the branch. At the same time unem-
pIoyed branches OF the union and
unemployed movement must be
organized and developed. The I'm
employed branch must work in
close cooperation with the mill,
camp and plant branches and local
council. Ihe unemployed branches
must issue regular membership
books to its members, issuing the
regular unemployed dues stamp.
The main tasks of the unemployed
branches are to support the work
IN the mills and camps in estab-
fishing new branches inside; lead
ing and supporting the fight for
unemployment and Social lnsur-
unce at the expenseof the Bosses
and Government, for immediate re-
lief from the local city, county and
state governments.
How to Elect Mill, Camp and
Plant Branch of Union
Any individual logger or lumber
worker, or group of same can take
the initiative in getting more Of
their fellow workers together into
a meeting, whether large or small.
At these meetings wage standards,
grievances. demands, job con-
ditions should be discussed. Elect
responsible secretary for the
group, which should make immed-
late contact with the nearest local
council, or national office of the
NLWU, reporting on the action
taken by the group in establishing
the branch. The unemployed branch
is established on the same basis
as the mill, camp and plant branch
etc.
Composition of Local Councils
When there are three or more
mill, camp. plant and unemployed
branches established and function
ing correctly in one locality, then
a conference should be called, by
all branches electing delegates to
the Conference where the local
council can be established. The
Local Committee has jurisdiction
over all mill, camp, plant and I'M
employed branches in the given
locality. The tasks OF the Local
Committee are as follows: To lead
aud support the activities of the
branches, to check up and further
all union activities in the mills.
camps, plants; To be responsible
for the mobilization of mass meet
ings, demonstrations etc. The Loca