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B,C. LUMBER WORKER

1-71

CAMPS STEP-UP
ORGANIZATION

Camp Sub-Locals within the
jurisdiction of Local 1-71, IWA,
are engaged in preparations
for an all-out organizational
drive during the season now
opening, and report the elec-

_ tion of officers and committees
as the opening phase in the
drive to make al Coast logging
camps 100% IWA. a

Camp Woss
Camp Woss, Englewood, at a
recent camp meeting elected the
following officers and committees:
Chairman, Gordon Glover;
Vice-Chairman, J. Black; Secre-
tary, W. I. Donald; Alternate
Secretary, J. Rae; Wardens, W.

Haymond, B. Forsman.
Grievance Committee, Brothers
Duncan, Forsman, Passerina,
Glover, Hamilton and Shannon.
Safety Committee, Brothers J.
Golpitts, W. Buchnell, P. Nidka,
A, Filby, A. Plaison, J. Jenzen, J.
Passerina; Press Committee, W.

Haymond. :
Job Stewards, P. Franzen, and
Brothers Naurette, Thomson,
Duncan, Brady, Rae, McSwain,

Bain, Forsman, Hogg and Bot-|

terill.

Grievance committee reported
that management has promised
to install shower curtains, and
that same have been ordered.
The committee will meet with

PRESIDENT

management at an early date to|-

discuss improved recreational
facilities to include card and pool-
room.

Bell and Campbell

Elections at the Bell and];

Campbell Camp, Minstrel Island,
returned the following:

Chairman, Stan Gray; Secre-
tary, Joe O'Gorman; Job Stew-
ards, J. McInnes, M. Carmichael,
J. H. Beckman, CG. McFarlane.

Safety Committee, Stan Gray,
J. L. Bellamy, S. Raymaeker, J.
Cade, J. W. Johnson, Oscar Lee-
man.

Grievance Committee, C. Mc-
Farlane, W. J. Cook, G. Martin-
dale.

Safety Committee undertook
the investigation of methods of
storing blasting caps, and urged
that caps and powder were stored
too close to camp buildings.

Job Stewards reported that
eight new members had been
signed up on the check-off, bring-
ing camp membership close to
the 100% mark. is

Jeune Landin

Elections were not completed
at Jeune Landing Sub-Local, as
only a few men are in camp at
present. A further meeting will
be held at a later date to com-
plete the slate of officers.

At present P. Fraser is Camp
Chairman, and Bros. Ourrerkirk
and J. Fraser are Job Stewards.

FIN.-SECRETARY

Justkatla

Ninety-eight percent organiza-
tion is reported from Justkatla
Camp under Camp Chairman
John Vowel, Secretary W. C.
Henry and Job Steward Albert
Ryan.

Meetings are planned to elect
full committees.

Smith and Osberg

P. R. “Rocky” Good is Camp
Chairman at Smith and Osberg’s
Camp, where there are about 35
men at present, and he is under-
taking the work of camp organi-
zation.
President Frank Howard, Local
1-71, leaves this week to under-
take further organization work
in the Queen Charlottes and
camps on the upper end of Van-
couver Island. Financial Secre-
ary Fred Fieber will also visit
camps in the Englewood area and
Pioneer Timber.
The Loggers’ Navy is under-
going repairs, in preparation for
the season’s cruises.

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WHALEN RE-ELECTED IN 1-217

BALLOT

Results of the referendum
ballot for election of officers in
Local 1-217, IWA, Vancouver,
were announced by the official
tabulation committee at the
membership meeting, February
11, and was immediately fol-
lowed by the installation of the
newly -elected officers. _Re-
elected were President Lloyd
Whalen, and Financial Secre-
tary Stuart M. Hodgson.

Also elected were: Ist Vice-
President, R. G. Watters; 2nd
Vice-President, Al Busch; Record-
ing Secretary, A. H. Good; Con-
ductor, Dan Hamilton; Warden,
E. C. Wood; Three-year Trustee,
Carl Mertz.

A run-off ballot will be held to
determine the outcome of the
contest for the office for One-year
Trustee between Mel Andrews
and Bert Fulljames.

District Council Delegates-

Fourteen delegates to the
Quarterly District Council were
also elected at the same meeting
and are: Fred Soon, Harry Bards-
ley, A. H. Good; Carl Mertz, R.
G. ‘Watters, E. C. Wood, S. M.
Hodgson, Bert Fulljames, Cleve
Austin, Vie Mauro, A. Gargrave,
Al Busch, John Busch, A. Evans.

President Lloyd Whalen was
elected Local 1-217 member on
the District Executive Board.

Labor Council Delegates

Delegates elected to the
Greater Vancouver and Lower
Mainland Labor Council are:
Fred Wilson, Harry Bardsley,
Tom Bradley, Lloyd’ Whalen, A’
H. Good, C. Clarkson, H. Ross,
S. M. Hodgson, D, McDonald, A.
Evans, C, McKellar, Vie Mauro,
E, Holmes, A. Gargrave, T. Hag-
gart.

Application has been made by
the Local Union for the appoint-
ment of a Conciliation Officer in
a dispute which has arisen with
Hardwood Chair Ltd. In dispute
are the matters of Union
Security, Vacations with Pay,
Statutory Holiday, category ad-
justments as well as a general
wage increase- comparable with
that recently awarded furniture
workers in other plants.

Settlement in the dispute af-
fecting employees of the mill
section, Sweeney’s Cooperage
Ltd. has been affected upon the
acceptance by the employees and
the management of the unani-
mous award of a Conciliation
Board, on which Financial Secre-

Union’s nominee.
Crome-O-Craft

IWA organization of the em-
ployees in Crome-O-Craft was
followed by the lay-off of a num-
ber of employees, including the
shop steward.

This action was immediately
questioned by the Local Union
officials and a complaint made to
the Labor Relations Board. The
company alleged that the lay-off
had been caused by a shortage of
plywood, but this was disputed
by the Union. Agreement was
reached to investigate the situa-
tion. When the Local Union
officers presented themselves at
the company’s premises to pursue
the agreed-upon investigation,
they were denied admittance. The
matter will again be brought to
the attention of the Labor Rela-
tions Board.

Education Classes

Local 1-217 has enrolled 28
members in the special education
classes now being conducted by
the Education Committee of
Greater Vancouver and Lower
Mainland Labor Council.

Tuition fees are paid by the
Local Union. IWA members have
divided themselves between the
classes on trade union procedure
and public speaking.

Consideration is now being
given the advisability of holding
afternoon classes for those on
afternoon or graveyard shifts.
Already nine applications have
been received. Any member in-
terested in afternoon classes

should apply at the Local Union
office, i

- | demanded.

tary S. M. Hodgson was the |,

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KILLED IN
FUEL BIN

Executive Board of Local
1-357, IWA, New Westminster,
last week expressed deep re-
gret at the accidental death of
Bro. James Nelson while em-
ployed at Alaska Pine, and
tendered a message of sym-
pathy to the bereaved widow
and family.

Verdict of the coroner’s jury
at the inquest, attended by Busi-
ness Agent Rae Eddie, was that
of “accidental death.” The acci-
dent occurred while the deceased
was alone in tending the fuel bin,
and within a few minutes of the
end of the graveyard shift.

It is presumed that he entered
the fuel bin to remove an ob-
struction, and while doing so fell
into the conveyor. His body was
badly mangled, when the acci-
dent was discovered.

Evidently the victim of the
accident failed to attach his
safety belt provided for the pur-
pose, as it was found hanging up
nearby. When he slipped, nothing
checked his fatal plunge.

Members of the Executive
Board, Local 3-357, IWA, ex-
pressed indignation over the fact
that the news of his death was
broadcast over the local radio
station before the widow had
been notified of the tragedy.

An investigation into the cir-
cumstances under which the- re-
port reached the station will be

_ The radio station has a stand-
ing offer of a sum of money for
news items, phoned in from the
scene of an accident. Apparently,
a number of individuals rushed
to the phone with the news in
order to win the award, without

giving thought to the harrowing
effect on the next-of-kin,

Annual meeting and banquet
of Local 1-85, IWA, Port Al-
berni, was held on
February 11, and was ai
by District Officers Alsbury and
Mitchell.

A full report of the affair,
together with the names of
those nominated for office will
appear in the next issue of the
B.C. LUMBER WORKER.

1-367

Forest License
Protested

Application of the Clayburn
Brick Co, Ltd. for a Forest
Management Licence in the
vicinity of Sumas Mountain
was recently protested by Local
1-367, IWA, Haney, in a com-
munication addressed to the
Minister of Lands and Forests,
Victoria. Protest was endorsed
by the IWA District Executive
Board, February 6.

Main reason for. the protest
was that the Clayburn Brick Co.
is not now associated in any

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with the lumbering industry. e@ ’

is presumed that the applicatil
was made for speculative pur-
Poses,

It was also pointed out that a
number of small independent
operators in the Mission City and
Chilliwack area are entirely de-
pendent for logs obtained from
these sources, and would be
penalized if Crown forest lands
were subject to control by spe;
lators,

Application for a Forest Man-
agement Licence has been made,
it was affirmed, by the Mission
Forest Products Ltd., already en- @
gaged in bona fide lumbering
operations.

Action was taken by the Haney
Local Union of the LWA in pro-
tection of the employment inter-
ests of woodworkers in the
Fraser Valley.

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