THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ALEX SMITH RE-ELECTED LOCAL 1-184 PRESIDENT Alex Smith President of Local 1-184 IWA Saskat- chewan, was re-elected to office by acclamation at the Local’s Annual Meeting held August 20 in Prince Albert. Also re-elected by acclama- tion were Financial Secretary Ted Becker and Recording Secretary Abe Pahlke. Others nominated for office and whose names will go out on a referendum ballot are: For ist Vice-President— Harry Doig and _ Fred Soderland. For 2nd Vice-President— Robert Carter and Art Friske. For Warden—Alex Schewaga and Jake Rosen- feldt. Delegates elected to the Regional Convention are: Robert Carter, Alex Schewaga, Art Friske. Alternates are Ray Ricard and H. Massey Jr. The delegates during the one-day meeting dealt with a number of reports and resolutions and heard from a number of guest speakers. Included among the speakers were Regional 3rd Vice-Pres- ident Stan Parker and the Hon. Roy Romanow, Attorney- General of Saskatchewan. Among the more important resolutions approved were demands for: e The provincial government to keep the operations of the Saskatchewan Timber Board. e The government to put a stop to the forest industry wasting trees suitable for lumber on pulp. e All levels of government to enact and enforce more rigid pollution controls. The meeting also approved a resolution calling for the government to check on em- ployers violating the Labour Standards Act and to publicise the Act more broadly by having it part of the school curriculum. LOCAL 1-85 IWA President Ear! Foxcroft (right) presenting Brother Bill Prior of A.P.D. with a twenty-five year Mem- bership Certificate in the IWA. The presentation took place in the Local’s headquarters in Port Alberni. FALLERS’ CONFERENCE — | All Union and non-union fallers and buckers in the Haney-Fraser Valley areas are urged to attend the Fallers’ Conference called by Local 1- 367 IWA to discuss pricing formulas and agreements. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 23 in the Legion Hall, Chilliwack. IWA Regional 3rd Vice- President Stan Parker will _make a full report on pricing CHAIN SAW CHAIN and chain saw parts Brand New! Top Quality! FULLY GUARANTEED! You must be pleased or money back SAW_CHAIN HARDNOSE SARS 12" to 14° only $ 9.50 only 7S 15” to 16” only $10.50 17” to 20° enly $13.75 177 to 20° only $12.50 217 to 24” only $17.50 217 to 24” only $15.00 257 to 28” only $16.00 25” to 28” only $17.50 297 to 327 only $22.00 33” to 26” ently $24.00 37” t0 407 only $26.00 41” to 44° only $30.00 mokes of direct-drive ond geor- 12° tol Write for tree catalog of chain saw parts. Wyow ; buy in large quantity, ask for Voleae Discouat Leet FAGTORY WAREHOUSE Dept. W-5, Box 3300, Sta. D, Edmonton, Alta. 12701-119th St. Phone 452-5202 formulas and agreements other locals are working under. BROADWAY PRINTERS LIMITED printers and lithographers since 1911 SS ' 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, B.C. Telephone 876-2101 LeComfte. *| MS % | i a .% , ~ e A ing a oo x tr. i ee EXECUTIVE OFFICERS of Local 1-184. Front row, left, Art Friske, Alex Smith, Jake Yo pS 7 (7 fede is FOR LOGGERS’ TREATMENT B.C. FOREST SERVICE SCORED BY OFFICERS OF LOCAL 1-367. | Officers of Local 1-367 IWA have roundly condemned the B.C. Forest Service’s treat- ment of Local 1-367 loggers conscripted by the Service to fight forest fires in the Boston Bar area last August. Erik Wood, the Local’s Financial Secretary, lodged a strong letter of protest with the Chief Forester over the in- cident and stated that the Union was conducting a full investigation into the matter. The following in part is the letter: “On August 12th at approx- imately 5 a.m. the Whonnock Lumber Co. logging crews were conscripted at the com- pany marshalling yard in Hope for the purpose of fighting fires for the B.C. Forest. Service. These men were at that time awaiting transportation to the Whonnock Lumber Co. logging area to resume work on an early shift basis due to the extreme fire hazard at the time. “Fifteen men from this crew were transported to an area 52 East Cordova Street near the Both Ray Airport in SELLS BROS. INTRODUCES ANOTHER FIRST FOR SELLS BROS.! NOW — DOLMAR CHAIN SAWS from Germany — where it all be. f with standard features like S.S. added solid state ignition — lifetime warranty on chromed cylind ee risk! years ago see Three Dolmar models to choose from — Model C.T. full 12 H.P. for the professional faller in bi PRES: oe — no vibration. — Model C.C. the lightweight intermediate, 9 H.P. — Model C.A. the midget lightweight 6 ae ae andles up to 60 inches tested at Sells Bros. logging contracts — try them at yours, and watch your fallers’ stale see pied 3 been thoroughly SELLS BROS. SALES LTD. the vicinity of Boston Bar. ‘A Charge hand, Mr. Regier, was appointed by the Ranger but was later taken away with the radio leaving the crew without supervision. “The following conditions prevailed: 1. No water bags or water for drinking from the time the men started to work fill 10 p.m. when they left. 2. No food was supplied until 12 noon and it consisted of three sandwiches _ per person, cookies, an orange and fruit juice which was too hot to drink. 3. No Supervision tendance. 4. No transportation or com- munication device available. 5. No First Aid equipment available. “The fifteen men were left in this area until 10 p.m. that evening and finally sent one man to phone the Boston Bar Ranger Station. The man walked till he was able to locate a phone at a highway in at- (SOME CHOICE DEALERSHIPS AVAILABLE) DISTRIBUTORS FOR DOLMAR CHAIN SAWS AND SABRE CHAIN Telephone . . . 684-7758 service station. He was ad- vised by the dispatcher that he must have fallen asleep as all the rest of the crew were back in Hope. “Finally a 34 ton pick-up was sent to pick up 16 men, 14 of them having to ride in the back canopy in an overcrowded con- dition to Hope, 50 miles away. ’ “These men had obviously been forgotten by the Forest Service and had been away ‘from home since 5:00 that morning till they arrived back at 12:00 midnight, a total of nineteen hours after having accomplished nothing. “We strongly protest this treatment of our members or any other working citizens, it would not be tolerated by our members at their normal employment nor will we accept it from our government agencies. I sincerely trust that a complete investigation will be conducted by your depart- ment into this matter and these conditions remedied. We will be in touch with you in the near future to submit a complete and detailed report.” Vancouver 4, B.C.