Bas hs ea ee
. LUMBER WORKER

GENERAL STAFF IN CAMPAIGN

‘SAFETY DIRECTORS attendin;
Deer John T. Atkinson; Local 1

Director, R. Muir; Local 1-424

That

Re

efore the bon mM
of

ker:
cause of accidents.

Thoughts that f
workers who took part int §
were much like those expy §

\

If every one ae 0 goes
With broken i" ,
tures pa
And there nae th be
They'd never need
you,
If every one could ,
friend,

And MG the doctor 3g H,

Aa see in there un

ve
the District Safety

Safety Director,

afety Director, Andy Smith; Local 1
Jacob Holst; Local 1-217 Safety Director Martha Goddard.

took place, :

The laws, aa rules ohq
embrace.

If every one could mit
ehind,

And step into the dark id
light shined,

And look upon the “vabe
0 sit,

a I'm ug each reckless
GonterencedSanuary, a0ih. in theSicel’ Hall from le ou istre mentee ink a bit.

-118 Safety Director, T. Ainsley; Local 1-85 Safety

CONVENTION HEARS DIRECTOR TELL
BEST SAFETY STORY ON RECORD

Accident prevention was

Ac high p

Annual District Convention as was pieted evident. in the attentio
resolutions on the subject. Highlight of this us:

E. Eades, Work m Board,

tion made to the safety program of the A bere rdnatae by the IWA

Chairman, J.

given n the proceedings of the recent 19th | trict organization and sie Local
n given reports, and notable
sion was the ade ss given by th

‘men’s Compe Heat

who pualerd the contribu-

UH
committees in
| Unions, aided by an exchange of

| safety all. Local

The District Convention
preceded a one-day session
the District Annual Safety Con-

Dis|

ference, which body undertook to
deal with the resolutions ‘on
Sakti, anol mache GMs ean
mendations to the full convention.

tary-Treasurer George Mitchell.

m J. Milmore and See-

recommendations through } a;
ntion.

jonference and subse-
/ ni

Eas

progress mad

He said ii

making the forest products in-

k has phicldedts mai

on the job, to which labo:
‘gement and the

men’s
carne ensation Board have made

their special contributions. This
co-operation has made the pro-
gram as a whole fully workable

many states
of pe U.S.A.

requests for Segidiones
ete “tor information on the B.

in which has brought
ja a pas improvement in

my of our | fewer deaths, and less mutilation a ne aa
revlaspleyonleersveront@aes it arta lint) thasnodiee tote people. | S*fety stan

crippling injury. This humai Progra eaten In a greater ie than be-
taria’ tion performed n the report HC aub ae ted and ac- | fore ene > enployerd have recog-
mem df Union acting at dat last year’s BED nized value of full Union
asa isi 1 it Safety Conference and bariciation in the pate pro-

ere ac- | Convention, the x lities | 8am thi helped

cara gllEn Wane ce aes tha assumed by the District Safety |to build Sta eins Saaniees
of the year before, has proved | Department were outlined in de- ment velati ons.

to be an important and wel- | tail, Those responsibilities as

Ake i the year, you

come feature of our Union’s | then approved have been carried ee has soerta i ee ae
service to lumber workers out, together with the recom-|to seek cons siltation att ti

Cooperation Succeeded BET of ie Convention. ae eritiea in regard to the ap-

4 e past year has seen a mark-| plication of aceiden venti

‘The continued success of the] ed improvement in the co-ordina- 2 5 ener

ions Safety Program may be| tion cr cn ina- | regulations. ee was especially
at ributed in a large measure to e instance of ‘the (
e better co-operation for safet;

ties jointly conducted by the Dis-
y

new regulations governing truck

OVO KWOWEBETIER 00,

dustry in B.C. g safer pines th program aoe other CIO ‘Sniess
which to work, Side by side with| fave, been, received, confirming
Godin Senate dent ofthe National Safety Coun-
ee mnmmunity on Foarcnt nke cil, Mr. Ned Dearborn, that the
. Lumber Industry is in th

lead of the continent. It is quite

in the homes. er te here that the ac-
Those who ‘orked ive participation of our Union
scentoualy in vais aiiste to |has served to a this success

general acceptance of
raise cos of safety, may claim

i le in
cess is Cae because we

without boasting that their

know that such success spells

ye are