FROM PAGE ONE THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER — ; "LOGGERS CONSIDER DEMANDS" have in the forthcoming nego- tiations. Freer’s address was follow- ed by an hour-long economic report on the industry by In- ternational research & educa- tion director Walter Simcich. His report indicated that, bar- ring a.sudden down turn in lumber markets, the operators were facing another fine year and could well afford to pay a good wage increase to their employees. Regional president Jack Moore then reported on the Interior strike and gave the recommended terms of settle- ment negotiated between the Union’s Southern Interior Negotiating Committee and Celgar Litd., which brought that strike to a conclusion. Moore then went on to warn the delegates that the labour movement in Canada can expect to face a difficult year in 1968. He said that al- ready large business groups were crying that unless : labour refrained from seeking wage increases, the country faced a ruinous inflationary period ahead. He added that the real cause of inflation, excess pro- fits, high interest rates and overburdening taxes, were blithely ignored by these pro- ponents of big business in their desire to finger labour as the culprit. Soa to REGIONAL SECRETARY - TREASURER Fred Fieber (right) is shown receiving from Regional President Jack Moore his certificate and pin awarded by the International for twenty-five years of dedicated service to the IWA. The presentation was made during the Wage & Contract Conference of Local 1-71 January 5. Fred has been an active member of the IWA since joining in 1942. Over the years he has held the positions of International organ- izer, financial secretary of Local 1-71 from 1949 to 1960, Regional 3rd vice-president from 1951 to 1960, and Regional secretary-treasurer from 1961 on. Reproduced below is a photograph of the certificate which as time goes on more and more I!WA members will be entitled to receive. He also took a swipe atthe role played by the provincial government. during the In-- terior negotiations. He -sug- gested that if cabinet minis- ters continued to show their bias to labour as they did in the Interior, the day would not be far off when any medi- ation attempts by the govern- ment would be automatically suspect by labour. international Woodworkers of America 5 Ut is 2 priuilege and 2 pleasure to extend to “Fred Fieber our congratulations for twenty-five years of teruice to the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America, AZL-CIO, CLC, It is not the years a man hat lived, but how muck he has accomplished that indicates his sbefulness to labor. During your twenty-five years of serwics-te your inion aud the community, you fave wor the respect, confidence and admiration of the labor mouement, and you have every right le be proud of the reputation you have earned. On tis Nm ___ day of December, 196.9, we place our hand and seal COAST LOCAL OFFICERS present at the meeting in- cluded, left, back row: Cy Godfrey, president, Local. 1-367, Haney; Doug Evans, financial secretary, Local 1-217, Van- couver; Syd Thompson, president, Local 1-217, Vancouver; front row, left, Karl Lidberg, financial secretary, Local 1-363, Courtenay; Max Salter, president, Local 1-363, Court- Vice Presiden RB EON Ais Secretary Treasurer enay; International research and education director,. Walter Simcich; Fernie Viala, Ist vice-president, Local 1-80, Duncan; Bob Clair, 2nd vice-president, Local 1-217, Van- couver. In attendance at the meeting but missing from the picture was Weldon Jubenville, president Local 1-80, Duncan. %. Fieber waits for Miss Myrna Grovestine to give him the table is Mrs. Frances WALTER SIMCICH INTERNATIONAL research and education’director Walter Simcich presenting his economic report to the conference. JACK MOORE REGIONAL PRESIDENT Jack Moore making his address to the wage conference. 1-71 CONFERENCE DELEGATES Delegates elected to repre- sent Local 1-71 at the Regi- onal Wages & Contract Con- ference February 23 - 24, at Woodworkers’ House, in Van- couver, are as follows: Gordon Davis, W. H. Wilson, E. Ollen- berger, Frank Millar, Ben Thompson, W. H. Gill, Walter Kozij, George Stiles, Bert Parker, Glenn Phillips, Wal- demar Penner, Henry Hart- mier, R. B. Pickering, Gordon Flowerdew. Alternate delegates elected | were Jack Cook and Bruce © Kirkland. CREDIT UNION NOTICE The Lumber Worker wishes to correct an error appearing in the November Ist issue, 1967, in the story on Credit Unions on pages 6-7, headed Current B.C. Loan Rates, Loan rates for credit unions range from 6.0% to 12.0% not 9.6% to 14.2% as stated. These last figures are the current rates for chartered banks. ;