B.C. LUMBER WORKER 2nd Issue, November IMPRESSIONS O INSTITUTES Sa F By IWA ROVING REPORTER WHEN you meet a guy around the trade unions, who thinks that he knows all that needs to be known about the movement, or who doesn’t give a damn about things he obviously doesn’t know, you'll find that he was one guy that didn’t attend one of the IWA-CCL Institutes. ‘When you meet a trade union member who has attended one of the Institutes, you usually meet a person with an awakened inter- est in the amazing possibilities of the trade unions, and a quicken- ed thirst for more useful know- ledge. That's the attractive feature about these Institutes. As George Mitchell said in a keynote ad- dress, “The purpose of the In- stitute is not to indoctrinate the students, It is to lay the basis and furnish the material for their own thinking.” * N Welcomed In Interior Nowhere were the Institutes more appreciated than in the In- terior. The students, whether at Cranbrook, Kelowna, or Prince George, quite frankly stated that the classes filled a need in their lives that otherwise would have remained neglected. They were hungry for what they got, and what they got satisfied them, and that’s always a “good deal.” It was not only that they pick- Alex B. Macdonald Barrister & Solicitor Notary Public 751 Granville Street VANCOUVER, B.C. Telephone TAtlow 6641 SOLICITOR TO THE |. W. A. ed up skills in the performance of trade union duties, but also that they broadened their perspective of all that the union stands for in their lives. One Complaint It’s most interesting to add up the impressions gleaned from the students themselves. Their only complaint was that the time was too short for them to assimilate all that was made available to them. / From the classes on contract analysis, as taught by Joe Mor- ris, they gained a brand new idea of what the contract meant in their relations with the employ- ers. Joe had helped write the contract, and could answer their numerous questions with author- ity. All of them returned to the job with an intelligent basis for the policing of the contract. In the training on shop stew- ard’s duties and grievance pro- cedure, courses taught by Bill Gray, George Mitchell and Bill MacDonald, they found out that there is nothing haphazard about the development of successful shop organization and the handl- ing of grievances. It takes an all-round able man to be an efficient shop steward, they discovered, for no one must have a more practical knowledge of the psychology of human rela- tions than the same shop stew- ard. - A Great Record “Johnny-come-latelies” who at- tended the classes on trade union history seemed to blossom out as trade union enthusiasts, when they got the story of the why and “TAKE IT FROM ME” _ DISTRICT SECRETARY GEORGE MITCHELL was the centre of some interesting discussions in his class on grievance procedure and shop stewards’ duties at Interior week-end Institutes. Ask any logger across North America . . . he'll tell you 1.E,L. Pioneer chain saws cut faster ‘ond have less repairs than eny other chain saw! ‘There are 3 different 1.E.L. Pioneer saws. One of them will suit your job exactly. See them... use them... buy them... ‘et the dealer in your town. * EL, Pioneer PH * LEL. Pioneer DD * LEL. 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Students at the University In- stitute could not fail to appreci- ate the fact that four college pro- fessors were on hand to unravel the mysteries of labor economies, and that two prominent civil ser- vants undertook to give first hand information on the laws which they themselves were ad- ministering. Prestige Gained | It was apparent that the com- munities in which the Institutes were held, found good reason to lend support. In the Interior towns the retail shop windows displayed attractive cards wel- coming the IWA delegates to the Institutes. Even though Clayton Walls might be suspected of an enterprising public relations ef- fort the sentiment was neverthe- less present. Public sentiment was made more clearly apparent at the ban- | quets which closed each Institute. The more prominent citizens ac- cepted their invitations most readily, and their spokesmen were more charitable than their wont, when complimenting the Union. These banquets set the stage for a message from the District President, that has been sorely needed in the Interior as well as at the Coast. They Serve Community The citizenry learned that the objectives of the trade unions are only those which will serve their labor a square in The always gets Province nion Produced communities well, and that the trade union members have the highest standards of citizenship in prospect. Viewing this, educational pro- ject in its entirety, the Institutes were a wholesome tonic for the Union, and the means of carving a new and higher niche for the Union in community life. Cc.U. Centre Opened Growth of the B.C. Credit Union League was celebrated by the Credit Union members of Local 1-217, IWA, and their fam- ilies, along with other members of the League, September 19th, at the official opening of the new Credit Union League Building, corner of Quebec and Broadway, Vancouver. 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