Page 6 B.C. LUMBER WORKE

New Counci

Program Stepped-up;
Full-Time Director

Director, Michael A.

Secretary, William Gray, Local

Director, John T. Atkinson, Local 1
Fieber, Local 1-71; 3rd Vice-Director,

1 Officers.

Officers of the IWA District Safety Council elected at the
Annual District Convention for a two-year term are as follows:
Skuzanski,

Local 1-217; Ist. Viee-
-80; ond Vice-Director, Fred
W. S. Lynch, Local 1-417:

1-217,

ss ene and sawmill operations marked the attitude of the
delegates attending the IWA District Convention in Victoria.
Resolutions on various phases of the IWA Safety program were
adopted, and approval was given to the appointment of a full-
time Safety Director, finances permitting.

Decision was reached to pre
sent a brief to the Workmen's |
Compensation Board requesting |
a one-third contribution toward
the cost of safety lenses, and the
recognition of industrial deafness
as_an industrial disease.

Emphatic condemnation was

IWA DISTRICT S. CERS_
for their proposed safety campaign. (Left), District
Skuzanski, Safety Secretary, Bill Gray.

President

AFETY OFFICERS report to Annual Convention and are accorded warm approval

Alsbury, Safety Director, Gus

given the practice reported from
some operations of bringing han-
dicapped workers back to the job

during the period of con-
valescence. |
During the convention discus- |
sion, warm commendation was |

eter eter IN SAFETY WORK

Council ca ils Hainstaking prep- é |
aration of a brief for presenta-| More than 50 delegates from the IWA Local Unions

tion to. Chief Justice Sloan,|.. More than 50 delegates from the

seins esas to ihe in British Columbia attended the IWA Safety Conference |
Workmen's Compensation Act|held on January 18 in Victoria. Progress for the past year

and the accident prevention regu- | was reviewed, with resulting determination to step up the |
IWA safety program for 1951.

lations.
District President J. S. Als-|— ak eee a a aS

WANTS MULL © [2rie"(irerine” aczlorand these advantages wat’ shown by |
DIAGRAMS

warmly commended the work of | means of a film exhibited prior to |
the-District Safety Council. his remarks,

The Editor:

I have just finished reading the

He declared that the objective , The one-day session attended
of safe working conditions for by many men of practical experi-
all workers in the lumber indus-| ence in safety matters developed |
try should be/a major purpose of @ profitable discussion, and re

Lumber Worker dated January | (1¥ fi7u" sulted in the preparation of man
18th. It was a bigger paper this F | important resolutions for the Dis:
time and you boys are to be com-| Experience had shown, he trict Convention on the succeed. |

stated, that vigilant organiza
of job safety committees, unde
the terms of the Union
demonstrated the po
reducing needless
lumber workers.

New Tradition

The IWA had established
new tradition, that of co-opera-|
tive endeavour on the part of all |
engaged in an operation to guard

mended for turning out a good
paper. However, there is one
suggestion I would like to make
and that is in regard to the
safety page. There must be a
large percentage of the fellows
who like myself work in a saw-
mill , We do not. see any large
illustrations of mill accidents on
this page, they are always log-
ging. Can it not be arranged
some issue to give coverage to
the mills? I hope so. We are
trying hard in our mill here to
keep the accidents to a minimum
and the ntore reminders we get
the better.

Yours truly,
Francis T. C. Seed.

ng three da;

who ha

Council,
preparations for |
most successful safety con-
ference in the history of the|
| Union.

Y made careful

the

Recommendations for the Dis-
trict Convention in the matter of

a ‘cil officers were voted. upon and,
one another's safety. asion | Ite? Submitted to the convention. |

Guest speaker for the occasion) —Ghairman of the International |
was Mr. J. McMahon, of Asso-| Safety Council, John T. Atkin- |
ciated Air Taxi Ltd.,’ who out-| son, reported on the formation o}
lined the benefits of a helicopter | the International Council, and his
ambulance service to remote log-| conclusions were endorsed by the |
ging camps. | delegates.

DAYTON SHOE MFG. CO. «8.¢. LID.

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“WE'RE 100% BEHIND ‘THE IWA SAFETY CAMPAIGN” says Mr. Charles Woliitord, President of
Dayton Shoe Manufacturing Co., as he presents to Chris Lind (left), “N” Camp Englewood, a pair of

Dayton’s “64’s” won at the Loggers’ Ball, donated by the shoe manufacturer.
specialty of the Vancouyer firm.

Safety shoes are a}

election of District Safety Coun-! s

IWA FOUNDS NEW TRADITION.

Cates
Praises
IWA Satety

“Concern for the safety of
the workers has proven one of
the finest developments in in-
dustry,” affirmed British Co-

lumbia’s Minister of Labor,
Hon. John Cates, as he extended
congratulations to the IWA

Annual District Convention
upon the Union’s interest in
accident prevention.

The fact that safety measures
will reduce compensation costs
and increase production is sec-
ondary, he stated, to the well-
being of the men, which is the
paramount consideration. No one
can ignore the sorrow and misery
which follows in the wake of
ious accidents. The humani-
tarian outlook should receive the
greater emphasis, he added.

The minister | expressed
opinion that harmonious labor-
management relations were an
important factor in a safety pro-
gram. A discontented worker
was always likely to be accident-
prone.

It would be preferable to spend
more money on safety measures
than on public relations, continu-
ed the minister. People are the
greatest asset, and it would be
wise for industry to guard their
safety and health.

the

a ‘This report brings with
cil and the hope that we will
we done in the past.

that we y Wes
Safety Council, whe said in the

is a rac ‘
“It is an unending com)
to deal with new problems, which’
While we can justly be proud:
there is too much unfinished n
what has been done, p
If we are a civilized
right in order to find new ways
health in the woodworking ind@ust,

‘This then is what we face in 1
A reduction of hazards to
certain areas a good job has been
A wholesale attack on the ha:
Extension of our Accident
areas.
Functioning of Accident Preys
A broadening and intensificati
co-operation, yi
Fulfilling our part on the Inj
Intensification of a program of
It is the responsibility of this
general interest in Accident Prey
is it possible for a handful of i
The Safety pages of the B.C
of members not just a mere half

There has been in our opinion, a
many of our Local Unions. This
major problem in all the Locals,
more time, work, and money than it is

One Local Union by co-operati
Minutes are sent in regularly to
They look for repeats in these aw

In the past year your Council
of the B,C. Lumberworker.

Prepared in conjunction wNh
on the Workmen’s Compensation
compensation, re-habilitation, First
which took approximately ten days |
prestige of the IWA in a way that
seen until after the legislature has
in 19

Several of the recommendations
in Nanaimo, have not been implement
Officers, none of who are on full-ti
should be re-endorsed and the Conyeal
The field of radio in our opinion
of this means of education should b
If the Safety pages of the Li
re, m contributions and pict
s Council should seriously
Council Convention. Delegati
who are keenly interested in

In the view of our experiences:
shauld be given to the training of
has been proven highly effective in

A closer working liaison with #
sidered as the Fi
information and

Ve would recommend to thi
the Minister of Health and Welfare
parts of the province.

The question ‘of competent co
Convention and District Officers
endorsed.

Representation to the annual mi
should be studied with a view to pi
_ Finally, it is necessary to find ¥
IWA that everyone has a job to
Accident Prevention is an integral
of far more time, energy, thought,

District S
G. Skuzat
Fred Fiel
John T. At
Wm. N. G