8 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

1st Issue
September, 1968

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BOWSTRING TRUSSES from Amfab Limited. New West-
minster, give the new Kootenay Plywood plant a 160-ft.
clear span. Johnston Terminals Ltd. handled erection of
the trusses, said to be the largest ever constructed in B.C.

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DEBARKED BLOCKS originate at the adjacent sawmill
and travel along conveyor to pick-up point near steam vats.

which is supplied by a Durand 40-inch automatic lathe
charger cycling up to 4 blocks per minute.

SUITABLE RANDOM WIDTHS of veneer are used in the
manufacture of sheets at the jointer, edge-gluing and sheet-
offbearing workstations. This operation features the use of
“contact” glue.

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Newest plywood plant in British
Columbia’s Interior and one of the
most modern in the province is the
Plywood Division of Kootenay Forest
Products, which is a division of the
Eddy Match Company Ltd.

This plant — with a present annual

’ production of 40,000,000 square feet

¥.”” measure — is located adjacent to
the company’s sawmill operation in
Nelson on Kootenay Lake.

SALES

A large proportion of the plywood
production is marketed nationally by
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., appointed as
sales agents. In addition to the nor-
mal sheathing grades, specialty prod-
ucts such as Tongue and Groove
panels have been developed.

Pulp chips are produced by an 80-
inch Nicholson eight-knife chipper
utilizing block-cores and green waste
veneer for maximum log recovery.
ORGANIZATION...

The initial membership drive was
undertaken by Jack Munro, Business

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Lamb-Cargate sheet take-off system.

_ PANEL LAY-UP at each of the two glue spreaders requires
one core feeder, one core layer and two sheet turners.

GREEN VENEER travels from the lathe along a four-
deck tray system through the “spotter” and “clipper”
workstations and onto the green chain which features a

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Agent and 1st Vice-President of Local
1-405, together with IWA Regional |
Organizer Dick Larson.

Application for certification was }
submitted on April 25, 1967, but due °
to the Company’s objections certi-
fication was not ordered by the De-
partment of Labour until the middle
of June 1967.

NEGOTIATIONS
Jack Munro — assisted by IWA Re-
gional Evaluator Tony Vanderheide—
opened negotiations with the Com-
pany on July 4, 1967 and after inten-
sive bargaining sessions was able to
present acceptable terms of settle-
ment for an interim agreement to the »
Local Union Executive Board in Cran- _ |
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brook on July 8 and subsequently to
the plywood crew for ratification.

AGREEMENT Ne
Among other conditions the interim |
agreement provided for: HGS. BY.
(a) Equal rates for male and female ‘|
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ASSEMBLED PANELS are

of the hot press charger—whi
subsequently machine-fed in
press, which is equipped with.
for pressed panels.