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>. body, the United Brotherhood of
"Carpenters and Jointers of
. 2) America was established in 1881
~ "sand Local 1735, which covers
_ othe Terrace area was chartered -
-:, din Prince Rupert in 1900. Moat of
‘ur members are long time
’ pesidents of the Northwest.

‘The Union carpenters in the

| area have always believed that,
“perhaps in all of

i. Western British Columbia had
.:: the greatest potential and possi-
~ biHty for expansion and con-
"sequently in 1970 the B.C.
_~, Northwest District Council was
~ , formed. With its head office lo-
“ Veated in Terrace, the Council
“. banded together C

‘arpetners
Millwrights, Bridgemen, Pile-

~. drivers, Shipwrights, Divers,
: »:Millmen and Cabinetmakers ..
‘encompassed in this vast area
- from Burns Lake to and in-
“cluding the Queen Charlotte
-:. Island; Bella-Coola to the
>. Yukon boarder.

* It takes a special kind of man

>to work on construction sites
--amder the adverse conditions .
: “experienced in the northwest.
“. Snow, rain, wind and extreme

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‘temperatures sometimes
makes it almost impossible to.

work. A lot of credit, anda great
' deal of respect,

‘is dué our me-
mbers, who, in spite.of all this
get the job done.

- True, because of conditions, it
is often times more expensive to

build here than in the Lower.

Mainland, but we do get the Job
ne

Our members have, over the
years, supplied the ingenuity
and the muscles to build many
large projects; Pulpmills in
Prince Rupert and Kitimat, the
Power Plant in Kemano, Alcan
and the entire townsite of

Kitimat to name a few. ‘
-Within the last few years

- alone we have supplied Car-

penters for such projects as the
Terrace Hotel, the Arena co-
mplex, the new Bank of Mon-

treal building; C.F.T.K.’s of-.

fices; and the expansion of the
Pohle Lumbermill. We are
presently engaged at the
Catholic Church complex and
the expansion of the Theatre
building. With many other su-
bstantial additions to Terrace
just around the corner, we are
able and willing to materialize
the dreams and visions of
_ owners and architects..

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‘Jerrace

-Garpenters 2 and ‘Joiners

“<The B.C. Northwest District _
-- Council of Carpenters, although
‘only two years old, has a long

The Union Carpenters are
also engaged on ‘all ‘schools and
school expansions.
and Cabinetmakers. are’ em-
ployed by such Terrace em-
ployers as Northern Sash and
Door and Sav-Mor Homes, pret .

- fabricating homes and cabinets

for the entire northwest,.Union'

Bridgemen and Carpenters are _

working on all bridges and
overpasses from Burns Lake to
Prince Rupert doing their share
toimprove transportation in the
Northwest. —

Shipwrights, 40 in number are
of course, mainly engaged in.
Prince Rupert where they. are
insuring the fishermen of ha-
ving their boats ship-shape for
the years’ fishing season.

We would be remiss in not

thanking the “Herald” for the.

opportunity of getting a bit of
favourable publicity. Most: pu-
blicity that is given Unions is
adverse, some perhaps justi-
fied, but the uninitiated, by and
large have a great fear of
unionism, mainly because of the
fact that man has always been
fearful of things he does not un-

- derstand.

‘Sometimes our union: takes
drastic measures to achieve an

. end, but one must bear in mind

that almost all major changes
in the world were achieved by
some sort of revolt: Abolition of
Slavery; the formation: of the

‘United States of America, even

the.Maple Leaf flag to mention

. Basically . the _ United
Brotherhood of Carpenters are
men and women selling their
skill and abilities to the em-
ployer (who in turn selis the

‘a few.

| finished product to the owner)

and through belonging to the

‘Brotherhood tries to get a fair

return on their investment of la-
bour,

The role of the union is not, as
professed by some individuals

outside the -movement, : to .
harrass and finally. break the.

contractor, which of course

| would only accomplish our une-

Our Millmen _

ployment.

To the end of supplying t the
builder with the best qualified
Tradesmen possible we . have
established a close Hason with

the Terrace Vocation Schoalan-'

sie ie EP ee

d in anticipation of thefuture we «.-. Bie

centage. of- apprentices than
anywhere else in British’ Colues

mbia.

The Nort hwest

moving ahead with

Union Tradesmen.

The British Columbia. Pro-
vincial Council of Carpenters
was. granted a charter as a Pro-
vincial Council by the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America in 1943.

Although there were a nu
mber of chartered locals dating
back tothe early 1900's, it was
not until the early years in the
’40’s that the majority of the lo-
cal unions were chartered.

Today there are 43 local

unions’ affiliated to the. Pro- .

vincial Council of Carpenters, -
representing approximately
13,000 members, . Of this nu-
mber 28 (which includes
Whitehorse) are construction

locals (carpenters and milJ-

wrights). This group re-
presents approximately 83 per-
cent of the. Council me-
mbership. The other 17 local
‘unions fall in many categories
such as the Floorlayers who
specialize in the laying of
resilient, hard-wood and carpet

floor coverings; Bridgemen and

Piledrivers which includes deep
. sea and scuba divers; Shi-
pwrights and Joiners in the ship
building industry (steel and
wood); Millwork and Sash and
Door shops; Trailer and House
fabrication plants; Lumber and
of a number of school districts.
In each distinct geographic

area where there are a number |

. of local unions, a district council
is chartered. There are. six
district councils in the -Pro-
vince, mamely: Vancouver
Island, the Lower Mainland,

Kootenays, Okanagan, Central.

and North-West.

The last one named covered’
the largest area of the Province
‘and includes the construction |
locals at Kitimat and Prince .

Rupert-Terrace, and the _pile-

drivers and bridgemen, All the’

construction from ap-
proximately the northern tip of
Vancouver . Island (including
the Queen Charlottes) _to the
Alaskan and Yukon borders and
as far east as Smithers, comes
under the jurisdiction of the
North-West. District Council.

It is a geographical area that, -

‘has a fantastic future. The me-
mbers of the carpenters union
are proud of their past per-
formances in: the building of

Kitimat and Kemano, the major —

construction projects on the

Queen Charlotte Islands and in - -

the mining areas of Stewart and
Cassiar.
Equally proud | are they of

. their participation in the con-. 7

struction of the fine schools,
hospitals and commercial buil-
dings in this are of the Province.

Labour turnover in the area is ~
Sur-—

prisingly, this is not true with --
the resident construction car- —.
penter despite the fact that --

claimed to run high. °

there are lean years with 5
months or more unemployment.

The Council can unequi-
vocally state that in the future

‘our members will be available . -.
-at all times to play their part,
not long as workers, but also a as
responsible | citizens. os

2B, C. NORTHWEST DISTRICT. COUNCIL

of Carpenters and: ‘Joiners

_ P.O. BOX: 743.

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