THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

APRIL, 1971

IWA INTERNATIONAL ist Vice-President Keith Johnson

The offices of President, 3rd
Vice-President and Warden,
are being contested following
the nominations for officers
held at the Annual Meeting of
Local 1-424 IWA _ Prince
George, April 18.

Those seeking office are —
For President — Jim Mitchell,
Local Business Agent and
Doug Edwards, Local
Executive Board member. For
3rd Vice-President — Don

Muirhead, Local Business
Agent and Darrell Preston,
Local 2nd Vice-President and
Executive Board member.

Elected by acclamation
were: for Ist Vice-President,
Ralph Bouvette; 2nd _ Vice-
President Gus Angoldt;
Financial Secretary Toby
Mogensen; Recording
Secretary Blanche Miller;
Conductor Stan Ball and Six-
Year Trustee Ear] Hall.

The names of those
nominated for office will go out
on a referendum ballot to the
membership and the results
tabulated by June Ist.

Approximately 150 delegates
attended the two-day meet and
dealt with a number of
resolutions, the usual Officers’ .
Report, financial statements
and listened to a number of
guest speakers.

Guests included IWA_ In-
ternational 1st Vice-President

addressing the Annual Meeting of Local 1-424 IWA Prince Keith Johnson, Regional
George, held April 17-18. Pictures below are of the various 2 .

i t Jack Moore,

delegates attending the meet. IMMIGRATION DOWN Tucteat ond Vice-President

Jack Munro and CLC

Another result of Canada’s economic slump: im-
migration declined last year by eight per cent to 147,713
from 161,531. Immigration Minister Lang who announced
the figures March 19, conceded that they reflect Canada’s
economic conditions and reduced unemployment con- -
ditions. .

Representative Jack Radford.
Following the first day’s
meeting, the delegates, their
wives, friends and guests
enjoyed the Annual Banquet
and dance. Approximately 450
attended the gala affair.

A Joint Labour/Management
Conference on Safety

June 10 - 11, 1971

Hotel Vancouver.

*To seek solutions to accident
prevention problems.

*To further the correction of safety
hazards in industry and to promote
Labour/Management cooperation
in these areas.

Participate in the largest
safety conference ever planned
in British Columbia.

Sponsored by the Workmen's
Compensation Board of British Columbia.

For Conference brochure (including
registration form), simply
fill in and mail the coupon below.

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To the: Safety Research and Education Dept.,
Workmen’s Compensation Board of British Columbia
707 West 37th Avenue, Vancouver 13, B.C.

Please send me ........ copies of your Search '71 brochure.
CREDIT UNIONS GROWING es
Credit unions continued to grow rapidly in 1969. ADDRESS

Dominion Bureau of Statistics says their assets rose by 10

per cent to top $4 billion. a
Memberships increased by 370,000 to 5 million, and
‘deposits and equity in credit unions averaged $782 a

member.

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