FORMER INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENT TAKES
ON NEW CHALLENGE

EITH Johnson, who for 14
years | served as In pa paciony al

taken

h

Keith Johnson’s appointment to
COMDP is for two years. At present
he is familiarizing himself with the

and women who make the products
the foreign market buys. At the
same time I will be bringing back to

on a ne
half of I WA members. ‘ohne is the

op) tment Eee {COMDP). It's a

getting up
to speed path me industry. The
learning pha: the appointment

done, Batisod Si be ee on the

COMDP is a joint peeey
pe and industry pro;
men

im to
and awareness of over: a iS mar-

abroad.
irst will be eiesogh inhieeies
“Primarily I will be working inan

I will be bringing with me on these
trips abroad, an inti imate worlang

union, of the

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JOB THAT N NEVER ENDS

ee |
pay. Just as the industry is chang-

ing ifr tech | chan; nge and ni new

of the foreign market to ou:
all it it will

position overseas,” says

mson has been visiting mills,
imber camps and other IWA opera-
tiga enroughout the province over
the las ionths. He met,

with aia committees, chaste
ead sales people, management Mand

ae jeauinped and ready to a his
red info! ormation abroad.” There

eating overseas. Equipping all L

eo

gee We are working hard to
ensure that [WA members share in
that pocreased. productivity. We can’t

top, ni x do we want to stop, the

sure that
are treated a:

ous remaining members
paid fairly.

nigication Del eparti

enjoys one of the better working

change. It is one oe he hallnges
cing us in the fut onfi-
dent we can do it, iin it a ac
some hard work.”

Hard work is not something

Flannery and Walls are unfamiliar
with. They evaluate as many as 700
jobs in a single Bear 30 to 40% of

Ay
It is in the mutual ee of the
union and the indus par eae
pigsty | in aierminine te S 0!
on a fair and equitable Bases Tt
avoids lot of headaches.

time is coming though, when

to wie Moe Walls puts it this
ay: “We ha
older systems to establish rates of

ve been operating on.

ling from operation to operation.
That is a lot of time spent in hotel
nd away from

-lot to us. Helping our members is
pa marecsiisian 5

is exactly what we are doing.”

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Forest Industry
Posts Record Profits

For the second year in a row, the Canadian Forest
ree 1 its. Stockbrok }
y

“We all want a healthy industry,
it helps our members,
it helps the economy,
that is nothing but good.”

members with more information,

office is in the pcounall of Forest

mcouver. He is
the only union tepresantativel His
role though.

to see better ‘it in. After
all, it is IWA members who make the
oducts”, says
hi is havi all his

ei
g to u
diplomatic skills in n this sie job! His

buys on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

position wit! ees abe industry. “I am

mpted si imes to put on my
peeibenl Presidents hat over
in;

will result in new jobs for

members.
The issue of raw logs is a prime

example.

hundred: , I

out of the icountty, wi each oe

load of raw logs. id
val

iS jobs.

record profits, we want our “ie of that”, was
typical of the feelings expresse ed.

1e paccusrcis

C

also

Conferei
The ine

a hot gece as it promises to a at pe Provincial

March Bh in Vancouver.

demands f

until then. ‘

The record profits make the forthcoming Provincial “This is an opportunity & to sie ad
Local d I u been doi id
held tt d there is a clear pattern he long run, we
emerging. trying to expand the produci

Both Local 1-417 in Kamloops and Local 1-217 in base. The wider the product base,
Vancouver are calling for substantial w:

Delegates at both conferences made the point forcefully hi
hat IWA members accepted small wage increases over | ucts. Thi will all res in more jobs
It i i f tk for IWA mem that’s m:
sacrifices back. d We all want a hesithy industry, it
fe pale

omy, that is nothing but, d.”

ai
feel that I am well ‘Suited for

T

I’ve missed it a lot. I’m
in and youne for IWA
MA

st
oa
-
ot

ons wi cor
ar jobs. That’s a Dood ne

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8/LUMBERWORKER/MARCH, 1988