September 20, 1951

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r je B.C. LUMBER WORKED
LOCAL 1-357 NEW WESTMINSTER

Tidewater Forest Products Gives Up Fight

“
Determined defence of ‘trade
union rights by the officials of
Local 1-357, IWA, New West-
minster, has brought about the
capitulation of management at
‘Tidewater Forest Products Ltd.
Several sessions before the La-
bor Relations Board apparently
convinced the managing direc-
tor that his prejudice against
union organization had no va-
lidity before the law.

The plant which had been clos-
ed down, pending developments,
and as suspected by the IWA to
replace the present crew, is again
operating. Negotiations have
opened for the signing of a con-
tract, with reasonable prospects
of an early settlement.

Discovery of some delinquents
with regard to the maintenance

of membership provisions in the
contract has resulted in a deci-
sion of the Executive Board to
take firm action. List of employ-
ees are being checked, and ap-
propriate steps are being taken
to collect arrears of dues from
any who have failed to report
their membership status.

An excellent arrangement has
been established by the Sub-local
at Fraser Mills by means of
which all. employees are being
‘notified to observe the contract
by the company. All employees
are advised to join the Union,
and a thorough check is being
made,

These plans form part of the
Local Union’s drive to attain the
full potential of membership

prior to next year’s negotiations.

I

357 IWA,

New Westminster, examine plans

for new IWA office building and auditorium to be erected on the
property adjoining the present IWA quarters. Clear title to the

premises now occupied are’ held by the Local Union and substantial |

reserve has been established for new development.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

By J. Stewart Alsbury

CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES

Tr is freely predicted that the IWA International Convention will
spend much of its time revising the IWA Constitution. The rea-
son for this and the purposes in mind should be clearly understood

by all delegates.

Inthe first
place, the revi-
. Sion to be under-
taken by the
Convention does
not propose any
new or startling
changes. As we
all know, the
Constitution sets
forth the demo-
eratie principles
upon which the IWA was found-
ed, and is designed to protect the
rights of the individual member.
We may be assured that not any
of these principles or safeguards
will be scrapped.

The original draft of the Con-
stitution was the product of the
membership thinking in 1937.
Since that time, various amend-
ments have been made at the re-
quest of the membership. These
amendments have been added to
the various sections, until the
Constitution as a related whole is
sometimes difficult to interpret,
when its application to present
circumstances is desired.

Clarification

‘The real intent behind the pres-
ent revision is that the Constitu-
tion should be consolidated and
clarified, that its meaning may be
clearly understood by every mem-
ber. ae

'The procedure is exactly simi-
lar to Fat followed by all legis-
lative bodies. Every ten years ps
So, our statutes are revised. The
revision does not alter the deci-
sions of the legislative body, but
brings all amendments that have
been made during the course of
the years into their place with
relation to the appropriate Acts.
We're dealing in the same way
with the laws of the IWA, that
all constitutional provisions may
be quickly found, easily under-
stood, and thus made workable.

Workable Laws

The Constitution is not a his-
document for our archives.
_is a working piece of legisla-

with an authority that is

given application in the day-to-
day affairs of our Union. It
makes commonsense that the
IWA membership should overhaul
this document, while at the same
time taking care that their rights
are preserved in spirit and in
act.

1-357 Meets |
September 23

Next membership meeting
of Local 1-357, IWA, New
Westminster, will be held in
the Canadian Legion Hall,
Sunday, September 23rd, at
7:30 p.m.

The date has been adyanc-
ed by one week on account
of the dates of the IWA In-
ternational Convention.

All members of Local 1-
357 are asked to make note
of the change. is

JORDON RIVER
SUB-LOCAL

The Jordan River Sub-Local of
Local 1-118, IWA, voted in favor
of working a six-day week until
October 31 at a meeting held in
the camp on Thursday, Sept. 13.

The meeting also re-organized
the camp committees, The follow-
ing committee members were
elected: 4

Executive — Sub-Local presi-
dent, John Reeves; Sub-Local
vice-president, Phil Loiseau; Sub-
Local secretary, Leo Rowney;
Head Job Stewart, Gerry van
Humbeck,

Job Stewards—J. Bartanus, F.
Zarelli, A. Giddings, Sister C.
Dychkowski.

Safety Committee —B. White,
F, Peterson, V. Redlick, Bill Her-

ron, K. Peterson, V. Reign, A.
Moliberg. i ;

Convention Mementoes

Three New Westminster lum-
ber firms have extended friendly
cooperation to the IWA in the
manufacture and presentation of
souvenirs for delegates attending
the Convention of the Canadian
Congress of Labor. Fraser Mills
supplied souvenir bread-boards,

Alaska Pine, paper weights, and
Pacific Veneer produced a quan-
tity of attractive tea pot stands.
All were made from-products of
the mills concerned and proved to ,
be useful and novel articles, ad-!
vertising B. C. products. i

Brooks Woodworking |
The services of a Condiliation |

Officer has been requested to as-
sist in settling final details in the
new contract with Brooks Wood-
working Plant. A satisfactory
settlement is in the offing.

A meeting of the Local 1-357
IWA Building Society was held
on Sunday at which preliminary

|plans for the new building were

examined and approved.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER:

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S, LOCAL 1-357 IWA, New Westminst

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er, meet to discuss new build-

ing project, and prepare for the CCL Convention and IWA International Convention. (Back row left)
Roy Moore, 3rd vice-president; Rae Eddie, business agent; Lee Palmer, trustee; Les Smith, conduc-
tor. (Front row, left) Otto Ekman, trustee; Lawrence Vandale, financial secretary; Andy Smith,

president.

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