B.C. LUMBER WORKER

1st Issue, November

IMPRESSIONS OF
LOCAL 1-357

By IWA ROVING REPORTER

Members of Local 1-357, IWA, in the City of New
Westminster, pride themselves on two distinctive features
of their organization. They have built up one of the most
compact and completely organized units in the IWA Inter-
national, and they may claim important “firsts” in many of

the Union’s projects.

One such “first” was the ac-
quisition of premises to house
IWA activities in New Westmin-
ster. The Local Union was char-
tered on October 23, 1942. The
present property and building
were purchased August, 1948,

Credit Union Centre

An attractive annex was built
on the property held by the Local
Union adjoining the main build-
ing. This annex is now known
in New Westminster as the
Credit Union Centre as it houses
not only the IWA Credit Union
but also a number of others. It
is probably the most active cen-
tre of its kind in the province.

This, it should be pointed out,
represents another “first” for
this Local Union pioneered the
idea of organizing credit unions
on the basis of the occupational
interests of the woodworkers.

Now it is an ambition of the
Local Union, already nearing re-
alization, to erect a still larger
building, which will provide for
a large auditorium to seat over
760, This will convert the prem-
ises now held by the IWA into
what will be known as ths New
Westminster Labour Centre.

New Labour Centre

As it happens the IWA hall is
now a rallying centre for most
of the trade unions in the area.
It is only logical that the IWA
should spark the move to provide
the City with a well-equipped,
commodious, and modern CCL
Labour Centre.

The property is held in the
name of the IWA Local 1-357
Society, an arrangement which
fully complies with the law in

munity Chest Campaign.

Fishing Derby, conducted by
the Social Committee of Local
1,357, IWA, New Westminster,
October 17th, attracted over
250 Issac Waltons, from the
Local Union.

Prize winners were as follows:
rewdsen,

THIRD LAR:
THIRD MOST — 31

CHILDREN’S LARGES'
MOST — Wendy Coult

FISHING DERBY PROVES SUCCESS

Other activities of the Social
Committee is a Banquet to be
held at the Shangri La on Nov.
20th in Co-operation with the
Ladies’ Auxiliary.

The Committee also sponsors
A PEE WEE Lacrosse team,
three times City Champions—a

_- Tent
Sleeping Bag
inning Outit
oleman Stove
Hunting Cont
alaxs Rod
5 Gixt Certificate
‘Tackle Box, ete.

Mixed Five Pin Bowling League
—also a new one added this fall,
a Junior Soccer Team.

Funds for. these events are
raised by a Suit of the Month

Junior Bowling Team—a Sunday”

Club, the draw being made at -

the Local’s monthly meeting.

I envy you, little lightning bug,
You worry not a bit,

For when you see a traffic cop,
You know your tail light’s lit.

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RAE EDDIE, M.L.A. Business Agent of Local 1-357 IWA is General Chairman of the New Westminster Com-
This is a natural sequence to the policy of the Local Union in past years of active

participation in community activities.

Bowling League, which has prov-
ed so popular as to require nego-
tiations for more playing time.
Most recent sports event was the
Fishing Derby which attracted
many of the devotees of Isaac
Walton.

One “first” which stands to the
credit of this Local Union, and
one which is readily conceded by
other Local Unions in the Dis-
trict, is that it initiated the
moves which exposed the LPP-
Communist regime prior to the
October “revolution” in 1948, The
vecords will show that this Local
Union’s officials formed a loyal
basis for organizing the destruc-
tion of the Pritchett-Dalskog dic-
tatorship.

APOLOGY

UNIONS PLAN
CCL CENTRE |

2 Incorporation of the Industrial Workers Cooperative
Association, as the holding organization, has given more
concrete expression to the plan of CCL Unions in the
Vancouver Metropolitan area to erect and occupy a build-

Printers of
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LUMBER WORKER

ing of their own.

Property at Main and 14th
in Vancouver has been purchas-
ed by Local 1-217, IWA, and is

being held in trust pending the |

completion of financial plans.
The Association holds an op-
tion on this property, enabling:

purchased at $5.00 a share.
Directors

Vancouver Labour Council and
the B.C, Federation af Labour
have already subscribed $1,000

AON 0

respect of property administra- the final transfer without pro- | each toward the plan. LIMITED

ea ah Hae oa 200 DEMANDED fit from the IWA Local Union. | rhe Provisional Board of Di- aes

5 cong Modern Building rectors soon to be confirmed in PRI ’ ‘
tinues to grow at the present rate office are as follows: ‘President, LITHOGRAPHERS

the IWA itself will need ampler
accommodation. The offices, now
located over the hall, are con-
stantly a hive of activity, with
a Financial Secretary, three busi-
ness agents, and a stenographic
staff of three to service the in-
terests of the membership. The
Financial Secretary, Lawrence
Vandale, who possesses a rare
genius for invention, can boast
of some unique labor-saving de-
vices which contribute to the ef-
ficiency of his office.

One major activity on the
premises has been the educa-
tional classes for the Local Union
members, and which have in-
structed many of them on the
conduct of trade union business,
safety, and first aid.

Recreation Favored
Reereational activities stand
high on this Local Union’s cal-
endar, One of the most success-
ful of the ventures in the
Sports’ arena has been the IWA

Incensed delegates in attend-
ance at the last meeting of the
Vancouver Labor Council call-
ed upon Premier Bennett to
prove the charges of ineffici-
ency made by the Social Credit
Party against the civil ser-
vants or make a public apology.

The Resolution, adopted un-
animously, read as follows:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV-

ED that we call upon Premier
Benriett and his Cabinet Min-
isters, in the public interest, to
either support the charges with
full documentary proof, or pub-
licly apologize to the Civil Ser-
vants of this Province.

The plans as envisaged by the
provisional Board of Directors
call for the erection of a $300,000
building. Office accommodation
will be designed so as to pro-
vide for all CCL Unions requir-
ing same, An adequate number
of meeting halls will be available
for rental by unions. In addition
the building will have modern
library accommodation as well as
a coffee shop.

It is expected that the first sod
will be turned on the CCL pro-
perty on or about next April.

Finance plans will _enable
unions to purchase blocks of
shares. Individual shares may be

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