British Columbia Loggers and the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, 1919-1922

In early 1919 A new union was created in British Columbia, an organization that brought together provincial loggers for the first time. Despite much initial success, the Lumber Workers Industrial Union was moribund by 1922, and it soon disappeared completely from provincial logging camps. As well as examining the grievances of the loggers, the changing nature of the logging industry, and the actions of employers, this history of the LWIU also offers insights into the character of the Canadian working class in the post-War years by highlighting the struggles of the Socialist Party of Canada, the One Big Union, and the Industrial Workers of the World to dominate the LWIU. Furthermore, this article draws out and assesses the divergent programmes of the LWIU leaders, who were aligned with the Socialist Party of Canada, and the men in the camps, exposing a fundamental gap in the post-War socialist agenda. Resume Au DEBUT DE 1919, un nouveau syndicat est cree en Colombie-Britannique pour unir pour la premiere fois dans la meme organisation les bucherons de la province. Malgre ses premiers succes, en 1922 le Lumber Workers Industrial Union (LWIU) etait deja moribond pour bientot disparaitre completement des camps de bucherons. En plus d'examiner les griefs des bucherons, les changements dans l'industrie du bois et l'action des employeurs, cette histoire du LWIU offre un apercu de la classe ouvriere canadienne d'apres-guerre en soulignant les luttes du Parti socialiste du Canada, le la One Big Union et les Industrial Workers of the World qui dominaient le LWIU. De plus, cet article analyse les programmes divergents des leaders du LWIU, alignes au Parti socialiste du Canada, et des hommes des camps, comblant ainsi une breche fondamentale dans le programme socialiste d'apres-guerre

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• The Socialist and Labourist Impulse in Small‐Town British Columbia

  Open Access•Gordon Hak•Canadian Historical Review•1989

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