THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

1-71 HOLDS MEETING

By BOB PICKERING
3rd Vice-President, Local 1-71

A successful and informa-
tive meeting was held in Port
McNeill November 23 to dis-
cuss falling and bucking
problems in the various Ray-
onier Canada (B.C.) Ltd. op-
erations within Local 1-71.
Ernie Freer, president of the
Loggers’ Local, chaired the
meeting with Ben Thompson,
1st vice-president, and myself
also on hand representing the
Local Union.

Mahatta River was repre-
sented by Chuck Evans and
Paul Dawedow. Holberg was
represented by Ben Gies-
brecht, Ben LaRose, Eric Jas-
kala, John Calhoun and Hank
Polny. Jeune Landing was
represented by G. Graham,
Doug Milligan and Ernie Jen-
sen. Port McNeill was repre-
sented by Jim Babbington and
Russ Pedersen. Moresby was
represented by myself at the
request of the fallers in that
operation.

Ernie Freer called the meet-
ing to order at 10:00 am.
stating that the purpose of the

ON FALLERS' PROBLEMS

gathering was to discuss the
changes in the fallers’ work-
ing conditions brought about
by Rayonier’s close utilization
policy and also the new pro-
cedure of logging everything
in one pass which had elimi-
nated the salvage operations
that had been carried out by
the company until this year.
Falling problems and falling
agreements held with various
other companies within the
Local Union were also dis-
cussed at some length.

The meeting adjourned at
noon with the delegates en-
joying a fine lunch at the
Dalewood Inn. The afternoon
session was spent in dealing
with the proposals to make
the. necessary improvements
in the fallers’ working condi-
tions and to also provide the
means of exchanging infor-
mation between the. Rayonier
camps.

It was agreed that the Lo-
cal would meet with the com-
pany as soon as possible to
discuss these items and that
any proposals would be
brought back to the fallers for
their approval.

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LOCAL 1-71 I|WA OFFICERS who headed up the meeting
at Port McNeill November 23, which was held to discuss
the problems of the fallers and buckers. Group, left,
President Ernie Freer; Ist Vice-President Ben Thompson;
3rd Vice-President Bob Pickering.

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Festive Greetings to One and All.
May the Christmas Season fill your

hearts with joy and pleasure, and

the New Year bring continued

success in all your endeavours.

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MEMBERS OF LOCAL 1-71 who attended the successful fallers’ and buckers’ meeting
at Port-McNeill, November 23.

To all our friends in the woods
and mills of British Columbia

Al Dery Merry Christmas

Canadian Artist H.E. BERGMAN “SPIRITS OF THE PAST” Wood Engraving, 1932

Proud of the spirit of our own past, symbolized by three
generations of shoe craftsmen serving the British Columbia
woods industry, we look forward to bringing to the future
that same pride of family craftsmanship that has stood so
well the test of our first sixty years.

PIERRE PARIS & SONS

51 West Hastings Street
Vancouver 3, B.C.

amily Teamwork Craftsmanship since 190