B.C. LUMBER WORKER gS Entertaining Program Delighted IWA Audience Hager capacity crowd of children and their IWA par- ents greeted Santa Claus with a rousing reception upon his appearance at the 7th Annual Christmas Party of _ Local 1-217, IWA, December 11th, in the Georgia Audi- torium. To ensure the maximum enjoy- } ment for their young guests, the | Local Union kept speeches to a minimum with only the approp- viate addresses of welcome by President Lloyd Whalen and Pearl Hodgson, President of the ‘Ladies’ Auxiliary. Singing and Dancing > Two hours of fine stage énter- tainment were provided by a troupe of singers and dancers under the direction of Mrs. Frame and their well-rendered numbers drew tremendous ap- plause from the audience, Following the singing and dancing, Santa Claus made his traditional entrance via the stage chimney to the evident delight of the youngsters. 4000 Presents This was the cue for members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to dis- tribute the more than 4000 pres- ents wrapped by them, to the children. The credit for the Christmas Party’s huge success belongs to the members of the Local Union and the Ladies’ Auxiliary who gave all their time and effort for this party so that the children would have an afternoon of rare enjoyment. . Miyazawa Named Special Envoy ‘A Associate Director of Research and Education, Joe Miyazawa, will leave Vancouver for Japan early in ep next on a six-months’ mission for the Interna- Metal Workers’ Federation, it was announced re- Geneva headquarters of the Federation had re- the IWA for a loan of the IWA official's services earlier in the year, and at an Executive meeting in New York during the AFL-CIO merger convention, arrange- ments were completed and the terms of his commission stated. The IWA official will conduct a survey of workers’ conditions in the metal-working industries. ON SPECIAL MISSION Simultaneously he will invite co- operation of the Japanese trade unions in the development of a mutual aid plan to exchange in- formation and trade union “Imow- how”, through the metal workers’ world secretariat. This, it is claimed, will prove of advantage to the workers in industries with inter-locking controls, based on a number of countries, The International Federation of Metal Workers, which fune- tions as an international trade union secretariat, serves more than 7% million members from 82 affiliated organizations in 22 countries. Included are such unions as the United Automobile Workers, the International Asso- ciation of Machinists, and organ- izations in the aluminum, ship- building and electrical industri Uniformity Sought The work planned for Japan, under Joe Miyazawa, is intended See “MIYAZAWA” Page 5 LOGGERS BLAST GIRODAY’S Report reaching Local 1- 71, IWA, from the Union’s representatives attached to the Loggers’ Navy, describes a situation. in Giroday’s Camp, Redonda Bay, which has provoked bitter com- ment in trade union circles because of needless hard- ships imposed by the com- pany on the crew members and their families. The report, which is now the subject of investigation, states: “A new low has been reached in the treatment of employees and their families at Giroday’s Camp at Redorflda Bay. When the Loggers’ Navy visited this camp in November, this is what they found, The Company have an anti- quated power plant which sup- plies, or should we say fails to supply, power. The generator is totally inadequate for the re- quirements of the camp. As a result, the Company has to curtail the supply of electricity ot the camp and to the married quarters, Here is a direct quote from a notice posted by the Company: See “GIRODAY’S” Page 5 FEDERATION — : URGES LABOR ACT CHANGES Proposed changes in the Labor Relations Act featured the recent presentation to the Provincial Cabinet made on behalf of the B.C. Federation of Labor by its officers. The brief of the Federation set forth the views of CCL unions in British Columbia on fifty separate subjects indicating a growing interest on the part of trade unions in the general economic development of the province, as well as in labor legislation. Spokesmen for the Federation on the occasion were President Dan Radford; 1st Vice-President, Joe Morris; 2nd Vice-President, Wm. Symington; 3rd Vice-Presi- dent, R. Smeal; and Secretary- Treasurer, George Home. -The views of the Federation with regard to items of labor legislation and subjects of special interest to organized labor are quoted below as they were set forth in the official brief. Labor Relations Act “In addition to our previous requests we strongly urge the following amendment be enacted at this Session: (a) Where, subsequent to the certification of a trade union by the Board, the trade union, as a result of a merger or affiliation with another trade union has changed its name, the new trade union may apply to the Board to have its certification amended so as to show the correct designa- tion of the new trade union, and the new trade union shall produce as evidence a certificate of the President or the Secretary-Treas- urer of its international or head office, certifying to such change of name, merger or affiliation, to- gether with a copy of a resolu- tion, certified by the Secretary of the local trade union or trade unions as the case may be, auth- orizing or consenting to such change of name, merger or af- filiation; and in such event the Board shall have the power to vary the certification so that. the name of the new trade union shall replace the name of the first-mentioned trade union in such certification. (b) Where a certification is varied in the manner provided in paragraph (a) hereof, any col- lective agreement entered into with an employer by the prev- iously-certified trade union shall be deemed to have been entered into on behalf of the employees by the trade union named or shown in the varied certification, and the provisions of the collee- tive agreement shall apply mu- tatis mutandis as if the collective agreement had been previously entered into with the trade union shown on the varied certification. Reasons Certain legal doubts have raised as to whether or not the Labor Relations Board can change the name of unions on certificates where these unions ~ have changed their names by merger or otherwise. 5 Naturally this also raises the question of the validity of the certificates and collective agree- ments in force at the time of change of name. We haye heen strongly advised by our legal counsel to request this amend- ment to the Act, which would have the effect of removing any. doubts, and possible future court action. Regulation 9A The Labor Relations Board drafted Regulation 9A to govern procedure for unions applying for a change of name on certificates. This Regulation was approved by the Honorable Minister of Labor on November 8, 1955. There are two sections within See “FEDERATION” Page 5