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LADD
FLAYS
CRITICS

Role of the trade union
movement in a troubled
world is vastly greater than
that of negotiating better
wages and working condi-
tions, declared IWA Eastern
Canadian Director, Harvey
L. Ladd, when, as guest
speaker, he appeared before
the guests at the banquet
which closed the Victoria
CCL Union Institute Nov-

ember 28.

More than 150 students, wives,
and friends assembled in the
Century Room, Monteray Res-
taurant, Victoria, at the end of
a two-day training period, and
agreed that the 3rd CCL Institute
for Victoria and District had
been a rousing success.

‘The students registered filled
out four main classes as follows:
History of Union Movement and
Union Administration, Howard
Conquergood, course leader; Ef-
fective Speaking and Procedure,

See “LADD” Page 2

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WHAT'S
INSIDE

Kenney Urges
Economic Plan

Successful CCL Union Institute at Nanaimo, Novem-
ber 21-22, was climaxed by a banquet in the Malaspina
Hotel for students, wives and friends, at which IWA Re-
search Director, Ed Kenney forcefully advocated the
establishment of economic councils throughout industry.

The two-day courses of inten-
Sive training in trade union sub-
jects attracted. students from
Locals 1-80, 1-85, and 1-363 of
the IWA as well as from other
CCL Unions on Vancouver Is-
land,

An opinion survey made at the
conclusion of the Institute dis-
closed that the unionists in at-
tendance were pleased with the
conduct of the sessions, and were
desirous of continuing their
studies because of their value.

Shop Stewards Trained

The main emphasis was placed
on practical training in the duties
of shop stewards, grievance pro-
cedure, and the conduct of sub-
local and camp meetings. An-
other course was given in labor
legislation arising from the his-
torical development of the trade
union movement.

Instructors were District Pre-
sident Joe Morris; International
Board Member Walter Allen;
President Tony Poje, Local 1-80;
Secretary George Home, B.C.
Federation of Labor; Robert
Smeal, CBRE; Henry Weisbach,
CCL PAG Director, and Grant
MacNeil,

Mitchell Keynoted

Keynote speaker at the open-
ing assembly of the Institute was
District Secretary-Treasurer
George Mitchell, In his remarks
he stressed the purposes of the
program of the

Union, explaining that it was not

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any indoctrination of unionists
by ready-made opinions or
phrases, but was a genuine effort
to provide them with the material
for their own thinking for the
solution of their own problems.

See “KENNEY” Page 2

Showing “ Planing Mill Row’”’
Along River’s Edge At Left

3

VOTE :

Trade unionists were urged this week to turn out and
vote in municipal elections by IWA District and Local
Union officials, as they directed attention to the appear-
ance of labor candidates in a number of cities and muni-
cipalities in the province, indicating an awakened interest
in local government on the part of organized labor.

In a radio address this week,
District Sec.-Treasurer George
Mitchell, expressed pleasure that
many of the candidates in the
field had been recruited from the
ranks of the IWA.

He referred to the fact, that
the District 1st Vice-president
William Gray is contesting a seat
on the Vancouver Parks Board.

He reported the labor candi-
dates in the field as follows:

Vancouver Candidates

Nominated and suported by the
Vancouver Labor Council are:

For Alderman, Vic Forster,
member of the B.C. Woodworkers’
Union, and Secretary of the Van-
couver Labor Council.

For Parks Board, Wm. Gray,
District 1st Vice-president of the
IWA, and William Pierce, mem-
ber of the B.C. Woodworkers’
Union, and a member of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Vancou-
ver Labor Council.

For School Board, Dan Radford,
member of the United Mine

See “VOTE” Page 3

REGISTRATION at the Victoria CCL Institute, as caught by thé
camera, finds the Registrar, Ed Haw, busy answering enquiries from
the assembling trade union members and ‘officials.

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