STAFF SEMINAR The Annual Winter School sponsored by the Canadian Labour Congress in conjunc- tion with the B.C. Federation of Labour for local union of- ficers, stewards and delegates, will again be held in the Is- land Hall Hotel, Parksville, Vancouver Island, January 24-28. GRANT MacNEIL PRIORITY Travel time pay for loggers will be given high priority in this year’s industry negotia- tions warned Regional Presi- dent Jack Moore in his ad- dress to the 23rd Annual Convention of the Truck Loggers’ Association, January 12, in Vancouver. As a member of a: panel discussing “The status of a logger,’ Moore stated, “The logger will never feel he has achieved the same status. as other workers so long as he he is required to put in a maximum of 10 hours on the company premises to earn eight hours pay.” He added: “You can take this as an indication that in the summer of 1966 the IWA ‘intends to do something to correct the situation.” (See full speech page 7-8. The School will hold ad- vanced courses on Collective Bargaining, Shop Steward duties, Parliamentary Proced- ure and Public Speaking. In- structors for the courses are Grant MacNeil, IWA Regional Education Director; Ray Haynes, Representative, Re- tail, Wholesale & Department Store Union; Bob Smeal, Rep- resentative, Airline Flight At- tendants Association. The School’s Directors are Dan Radford, CLC Regional Director of Education and Tom Gooderham, CLC Re- gional Director of Organiza- tion. : Following the Winter School, the Annual Staff Sem- inar open to union staff mem- ‘| . bers will be held in the Island ‘Hall Hotel January 31-to Feb- ruary 4. The Seminar is also sponsored by the CLC in con- junction with the B.C. Fed- eration of Labour. The program of the Sem- inar will include the labour movements public image, its organizing efforts, economics and provincial affairs. The Chairman, Instructors and speakers are, Max Swerdlow, CLC National Di- rector of Education; Joe Mor- ris, CLC Executive Vice- President; Henry Rhodes, CLC Acting Director of Or- ganization; Jack Williams, CLC National Director of Public Relations; Dr. F. Mar- tin, Professor and Principal _of the Labour College; Pat O’Neal, Secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labour. f Tom Gooderham and Dan Radford who are also looking after the arrangements for the Seminar report they antici- pate a heavy enrolment at both the Winter School and Seminar. WHEN LOST Boy Scout leader to his _ troops: “Remember, men, if you're lost in the woods at night get your bearings from the sky. A glow will indicate the nearest shopping center.” ‘FLY B.C. AIR LINES’ THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER i) WORKER Published twice monthly as the official publication of the ax™:? INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, Pets Western Canadian Regional Council No. 1. Affiliated with AFL-C1O-CLC 2859 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C, Editor Business Manager -... Advertising Representative .. Phone 874-5261 ————-—. Pat Kerr Fred Fieber _-—_..-.--_.—— _ G, A, Spencer Forwarded to every member of the IWA in Western Canada in accordance with convention decisions. Subscription rate for non-members $2.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. 27,500 copies printed in this issue. THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER You wer’e right . . . we do need chains. . . slip back an’ get ‘em! FROM PAGE 3 "SUSPENSION" who had been suspended for failure to make an apology. Suspension of work in the plant was, therefore, continu- ed until the evening of the 12th when, by Company re- quest, a meeting was arrang- ed between Company officials, representatives of Forest In- dustrial Relations, Brother -Jack Moore, Regional Presi- dent; and Brother E. L. Freer, Local President, at which a compromise solution was found which was acceptable to the crew in Prince: Rupert Sawmills. Basically, the solution ar- rived at was that the suspend- ed Committeeman be rein- instated, with the provision that if the Company wanted to review the facts of his alleged disobedience it would be taken out of the hands of the Sawmill Manager and dealt with by two Company representatives and two Un- ion representatives in Van-- couver. It is unfortunate that the machinery of sitting down to- gether in good faith in an atmosphere of reason and mutual respect has been broken down to the point it has by the policy changes of Celgar Limited. Unless the Company sees fit to return to sound Industrial Relations procedures, we foresee noth- ing except continuing deter- ioration of the Labour-Man- agement relations in the future. CLC MEET The CLC will sponsor its first Manpower Training Con- ference in Ottawa, February 20-24. Some 250 trade union- ists are expected to attend the conference which will be held at the Chateau Laurier. PLYWOOD CONFERENCE Regional Council No. 1, IWA has called a conference of Local Union representa- tives and all union members of the Plant Review commit- tees for February 11 and 12, 1966. Regional President J. A. Moore will chair the meetings, pca the purpose of which is to discuss the problems facing the plywood workers and their demands for the 1966 negotiations. The Regional Plywood Job Evaluators, Al Busch and Tony Vanderheide will be in attendance. ‘FLY B.C. AIR LINES’ GLOBE GLOBE OF WINNIPEG announce the opening of our new Western Office in Vancouver TOURS TOURS 2645 E. Hastings St., Ste. 1, Vancouver 6, B.C. Telephone: 253-1221 af charge of branch office: MISS MARY FEDOSENKO dollar wisely. to your travel plans! 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