THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

JUNE-JULY, 1974

Editor’s note:
_ During the period publica-
tion of the Lumber Worker was
suspended a number of impor-
tant events took place which,
unfortunately, could not be re-
ported at the time. One of these
events was the Annual Delega-
ted Meeting of Local 1-405 IWA
Cranbrook of which the follow-
ing is a short report of the pro-
ceedings. Pictures of the meet-
ing have been published on
pages 6-7.

In attendance at the meeting
were ninety-four delegates,
four officers and fourteen visi-
tors. Included among the visi-
tors were IWA International
President Keith Johnson,
Regional President Jack
Munro, Regional ist Vice-

President Wyman Trineer,
Regional 2nd~ Vice-President
Stan Parker, Local 1-184 Presi-
dent Neil Menard and Finan-
cial Secretary Ted Becker,
Local 1-417 First Vice-Presi-
dent Bill Hobbs and Financial
Secretary Kevin Kelly, Local 1-
423 President Bill Schumaker
and Regional Safety Director
Max Salter.

The main guest speakers
were Presidents Johnson and
Munro. Due to prior commit-
ments which required his early
return to Vancouver, Munro
gave the first address.

In a short but rousing speech
he told the meeting that, the
Union was making every effort
to improve its image with the
public. He stated that this was
essential to offset the anti-

PUBLIC WARNED
TO WATCH SHOP SCALES

Hohart Manufacturing won’t
bargain with its striking
employees, members of Local
264, the International
Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, who are seeking a

first agreement. As a result,

GM shareholders.

5.5 PERCENT GUIDELINE

As requested by the U.S. Cost of Living Council, the
increase in salary paid to the chairman of General Motors’
Corp., Richard C, Gerstenberg, was within the standard 5.5
per cent guideline. However this amounted to $48,037. This
brought Gerstenberg’s total compensation for 1973 to
$923,000, according to a proxy statement recently mailed to

supermarket scales may be
ripping consumers off.

Seales are now being ser-
viced by unqualified people. A
one-ounce error could result in
an overcharge of around 15
cents on a pound of ham-
burger.

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labour propaganda of the em-

ployers. :

He then spoke on the suc-
cessful revisions made by the
Union during the past year and
stated that this success was
due to the fact that the IWA
was the only union in British
Columbia that had the fore-
sight to insist. on a reopener
clause in the Master Agree-
ment.

Johnson addressed the dele-
gates on some of the major
problems faced by the Union.
He stressed that a lack of
proper communications was
hurting the organization
because it made it difficult for
one area to know what the
others were doing at all times.

As the former head of the
Organization Department,
Johnson was able to give dele-
gates a better understanding of
the problems faced by the
Union’s organizers. Some of
the problems of the organizers,
he said, varied in the different
Regions but in all of-them the
job was still a difficult and
time consuming task.

He stated that this was
especially true in the deep
south of the United States
where “Right to Work’’ laws
were in effect and union orga-
nizers literally took their life in
their hands when organizing
in some towns.

Other business of the meet-
ing included dealing with
seventy-three _ resolutions
approving a comprehensive
Officers’ and _ Financial
Report, and electing delegates
to the various conventions.

Ore of these resolutions
called for the Local to renew its

NO SHORTAGE OF PROFITS

Scarcities and soaring prices translated into record
results in the oil companies’ latest earnings reports.

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affiliation to the New Demo-
cratic Party and the motion
was unanimously endorsed.

Two of the resolutions cri-
ticized the present office quar-
ters of the Local and suggested
that the officers either build or
buy adequate quarters. The
resolution was referred to
Local Executive Board for
study.

A resolution which caused a
good deal of debate, called for
all staff officers to return to
their last posted position in the
industry for two weeks a year
at a time of their greatest
convenience, with no financial
loss.

While the resolution had been
endorsed by the Resolutions
Committee, it was soundly
defeated by the delegates when
President Nowlin pointed out
all the problems involved not
only to the Local Office but also
the confusion it would create
through the bumping that
would take place in the plants.
He also suggested that it would

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compromising on second-best,
Dayton’s makes no contribution.

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That is why Dayton’s loggers

have won more world championships
- than any other boot ever made.

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It has always been, and still is,
the choice of the man

who knows the
prepared to

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pay for it.

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likely prove impossible to get
the companies to take back
officers and staff people for
two weeks each year.

The meeting once again took
the position that there should
be one union in the forest in-
dustry so that it could stand
united against the employers
and that the one union must be
the IWA.

The meeting also suggested
that the officers should at-
tempt to secure singers to
record labour songs for the
Union. The resolution stated
that there was a lot of talented
artists in the area and these
people should be used if possi-
ble.

The other resolutions called
for higher income tax exemp-
tions, improved safety mea-
sures on the job, better pen-
sions for the aged, and stricter
pollution controls.

The Officers’ Report touched
on all the activities of the Local
Union during the past year.
These included the present
Southern Interior negotiations,
the successful tradesmen revi-

- sions, the progress made in

changes to the evaluation plan,
general administration, and
the progress made in organiz-
ing the unorganized.

The officers also reported
that while there had been im-
provement in safety in some
operations, the overall picture
was not encouraging. The
Local suffered one fatality on
the job during the year and at .
least one member was killed in
a highway accident.

The Local sponsored a Ban-
quet and dance on the Saturday
night which was thoroughly
enjoyed by the delegates,
friends and visitors.

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