In New Year Message
Morris Predicts 1957
Will See Vital Gains.

By JOE MORRIS
President, District Council No. 1, IWA
Penner in British ola. step over the
hold of the New Yea: y can wave good-
bye't the old with buoyant eae in the ae In
e IWA, we will Inoye upwar rd as well as forward,

ioe elevated our Union to a more aoe position

a continuing ascent. At this vantage point won by
a coos pcbort, the prospect is much brighter than one
yea

ast year has been one of the most eventful in
ihe | histor of the IWA. It has been also one of the

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ment in

e brought into
cose Approximation with the Coast standards than
in turn gave greatly increased protection
aan dander - In the ies ger
in vastly ancxeased strength for avere tests ahgat to
be faced in the ly fut
The headway made re x Union in Alberta, has
fully vindicated the decision ti extend the boundaries

NER
R FOR UNION

BENEDICT

ions,
cently in a report relehersl a
the IWA District Office in B.C.

tory were extended by District
epoleen it was recalled ae

pees to the Annual Di

1956 Summary Of Events
Records Strenuous IWA
Activity And Achievement

of events within
om

IWA District No. 1 as re-

Union, stated the Tditor, | aoe ba Mitchell, eae a
he launched his usual preparations for {ew

Dreseheasion
in 1957.

foun

Ed Benedict had been a delegati
i dis ion oF ae

IWA in 1937.

He was 01 £ the. organizers
originally responsible for the
path f the Northern West =

Di:
as a Secretary- Treasurer Pe a
per

ahs activities, a stories
year form a mosaic which in

held in the Hotel,Georgia. The

ine Fuure sal prove of
ance in the Union’s progress, he

a
Skeiched in bare outline, the

the year with a buoyant
ism, and planned amalldaton "Of
its igen in a year free from

~ | ral for boo:

AS they appeared, andl

rising living standards of lum

*| workers in British Columbia.

Negotiations. to secure a satis-
Sata revision a ait ts category
reached |

orts ene was
ey contributed to the steadily 5
or

given to the for-

tional and organizational
m.
the Union won a peetiement

While empl
ee Olympic ane a, he was
ected I WA Inter

loyed as a scaler on

opponent of ‘ihe Pritchet!

oruis recent stechion fo ae State
nee arkable

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=, ae was ‘ahen in

The majority of the

benefited by these negotiations
es the t Sane es Me cents an how
Certain ies were a3 ecified.
‘he rate finally averaged $1.64%
an hour, with a ceiling of $1.72
n hot

he pee wate aes in
Yr. in. hous

\, All pee which doged
that area
ents

s MARCH, "1956
Educational Institute promoted
by r Local 1-217, IwA, featured the

A panel of

Hef on forest management
serval ahon

this ead the fst strike
Whalen, a 1- ait, |

Council

P.
f WA was re- reel President of
e ur
mi

Van
SCL).
FEBRUARY, 1956
ais 19th Annual District er
ention of the IWA attracted

mn a| Sive
1

ee citizens, arranged by

“ the Local Union, and including
E

Research Director Ed Kenney,
hae selves by CBUT, aa
n hour’s presentation on :
radio networks.
‘A officers took a prominent
part in the

cational program
ince, the csseieatal ae
embers in the Nor
Ae Tee
IWA delegation from B.C.,
See “SUMMARY” Page 5

See “MESSAGE” Page 6

JOE MORRIS

TOP STORY IN 1956

FOUNDING CONVENTION OF CLC

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