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Vol. XIX, No. 81 Feb. 1, 1951 5c per copy Vancouver, B.C.

IN WAGE TALKS

The stage is set for the annual contract battle.

IWA District Officers are now sounding the attitude of
the lumber operators’ representatives on the question of
an early contract settlement based on demands formulated
at the recent District Convention in Victoria.

NINE ON
DISTRICT
BALLOT

Nominations for the election
of IWA District Officers (to be
conducted by referendum bal-
lot of the entire membership),
were held at the 14th Annual
District Convention, January
21, with the result that the
following names will appear on
the ballot for membership vot-
ing:

FOR DISTRICT PRESI-

DENT: J. Stewart Alsbury,
Local 1-357 (unopposed).

FOR DISTRICT 1st VICE-
PRESIDENT: Tom Bradley,
Local 1-217, and Joe Morris,
Local 1-80.

FOR DISTRICT 2nd VICE-
PRESIDENT: Stuart M. Hodg-
son, Local 1-217, and Carl
Mertz, Local 1-217.

FOR DISTRICT 3rd VICE-
PRESIDENT: Fred Fieber,
Local 1-71 (mopposed).

FOR SECRETARY-TREAS-
URER: George H. Mitchell,
Local 1-357 (unopposed).

FOR SIX-YEAR TRUSTEE:
Andy Good, Local 1-217, and
Roy Whittle, Local 1-118.

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Pending developments will
determine whether the Policy
Committee will be summoned
to Vancouver immediately to
consider a more definite ex-
change of views leading to the
mutual agreement on which an
interim settlement demands.

The IWA Wages and Con-
tract Conference in any event
will convene in the IWA Hall,
New Westminster, on March
10 and 11.

Closed session of the District
Convention heard the report of
the District Officers on prelimi-
nary talks with Forest Industrial
Relations Ltd. to explore the pos-
Sibilities of an early agreement.

The Demands

_Out of the ensuing delibera-
tions emerged the IWA contract
demands for 1951, which are:

A 25c an hour wage increase
across the board.

Nine paid statutory holidays.

Periodical adjustment of
wage rates to rises in the cost,
of living index.

Additional adjustment of
wage rates for employees in
the semi-skilled and skilled
categories.

Union Shop conditions.
Health and Welfare plan.

A further resolution of the
convention, unanimously endorsed,
stipulated—on June 15, no con-
tract, no work.

Comprehensive plans were
made for the vigorous support of
negotiations required to secure
the above contract demands.

., Lhe convention instructed that,
if early negotiations promise
fruitful results, the Policy Com-
mittee be convened immediately.

This committee is constituted of
one representative from each
Local Union, the District Officers
and the International Board
member,

, The outcome of any negotia-
tions if likely to be found satis-
factory will be submitted to
referendum vote of the entire
membership.

CONVENTION PHOTOS

Enlarged 8”x10” prints of
convention photos may be
secured upon application to the
IWA District Office, 45 Kings-
way, Vancouver, or J. W. Bow
& Co. 1530 West 4th Ave.
Vancouver.

LOCAL I-405

New Office

For Cranbrook

Cranbrook Local 1-405, IWA,
announces that its offices have
been moved to a new location
and are now situated in the
Cranbrook Block, No. 5 Baker
St., opposite the Armouries.

Telephone number is 728,
and postal address is Box 712.

’*51 PROGRAM SET
AT 14th ASSEMBLY

B.C.’s largest union, the IWA, B.C. District No. 1,
held its most successful annual convention in the Crystal
Gardens, Victoria, January 19, 20, 21.

Delegate representation, membership strength, finan-
cial resources, administrative efficiency, were all at the
highest peak in the Union’s history as marked by the 14th

annual assembly.
‘The three-day session, attended

REFERENDUM UNDER WAY

Membership ballots for the election of District Officers were
issued from the IWA District Office January 31, and are return-

able March 16.

Tabulating Committee appointed by the IWA District Execu-
tive Board is comprised of Rae Eddie, Local 1-357; Gilbert Scho-
field, Local 1-80; and Lloyd Whalen, Local 1-217.

Referendum ballots for approval of proposed amendments to
the District Council by-laws have been distributed with the
election ballots. Upon registration, both ballots will Be issued
to the voting IWA member at the same time, without requiring
a second registration. Full instructions have been forwarded to

Local Union officials.

Sample ballots are reproduced in this issue of the B.C.
LUMBER WORKER for the information of IWA members.

by over 150 delegates, was jam-
packed with business relating to
the welfare of the lumber work-
ers in British Columbia. Not-
withstanding the strenuous grind
the delegates cleaned up the
agenda before District President
Aisbury’s gavel crashed. dowr
for the final adjournment, Sun-
day evening.

All committees had reported
and had been discharged. More
than 200 resolutions had passed
through the mill of committee
and convention deliberation. An
ambitious program of action for
1951 had been charted.

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