¢ “Camp Jubilee” cover photo shows work crew members (I. to r.) Ken Georgetti, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour; Clay Perry IWA Director of Environment and Land Use; Len Werden, President of the B.C. and Yukon Territories Building Trades Council, Walter Peain of the W.C.B. Appeals, Roger Lewis, IWA Benefit Appeal Rep., Jack Munro, IWA President and John Smithies IWA’s Director of Organizing. Packing a roof beam are Clay Perry (forefront) and IWA-Canada’s Financial Secre- tary Terry Smith. Volunteer workers from B.C. Lower Mainland locals helped assemble cedar cabins for the children's summer camp. Unions help children’s camp °® IWA-CANADA members will be happy to hear that “Camp Jubilee”, a children’s camping and recreational facility situated on Indian Arm in southwestern B.C., is getting closer to completion. The facility should be in operation sometime next summer if all goes as planned. “It’s great that the people in the labour movement are working together to further such a worthy cause,” said IWA-CANADA President Jack Munro. “We're very proud to bea part of something which is just as important today as it has been in the past.” Camp Jubilee was originally founded in 1936 through the efforts of the Workers’ Unity League who invoked the participation of the Wom- en’s Labour League which took on the bulk of the project. During the depression years, chil- dren from unemployed, poor families attended the camp. In those days the camp consisted of two dormitories, one each for boys and girls, a kitchen, a dining room, and a caretaker’s cot- tage. Unions including the Carpen- ters, the Teamsters’ Local 213, the Painters, the Plumbers, and the IWA were active in those years. Throughout the remainder of the 1930s and 1940s, the camping facili- ties expanded. It became the first children’s camp in the province spon- sored by labour. Although the camp closed in 1981, it has been used on a limited basis since. In 1986, under- privileged children from the Down- town East Side Youth Association, who were impacted by the influx of Expo tourists, were sent to Jubilee for recreational activity and nature studies. The IWA has played a key role in facilitating the re-building of the camp. Various Locals including 1-71, 1-85, 1-217, 1-357, and 1-367 have helped out with either direct dona- tions and/or volunteer services. IWA- CANADA National Education Direc- tor, Frank Wall, is an Executive Board Member of the Camp Jubilee Summer Association. “I have always felt that if there was anything we needed, I could call on the IWA,” says Charmaine Murray, Vice-President and Co-ordinator of the C.J.S.A. Sister Murray, a member of the Hotel, Restaurant Culinary Employ- ees and Bartenders Union, Local 40, says that Locals of the IWA in the Cariboo and Northern Interior have talked about eventually arranging bus trips for kids when the camp opens. They have offered to use union offices to co-ordinate trips from such loca- tions as Quesnel and Smithers. In March of 1988, IWA-CANADA President, Jack Munro committed the union to pay for at least one of ten custom-built cabins for the camp. Munro played a key role in negotiat- ing a deal with Pan-Abode International Ltd. of Vancouver, an IWA Local 1-217 certification, for 10 cabins to be sponsored by B.C. Feder- ation of Labour affiliates. Expertise through 16 affiliates of the B.C. and Yukon Territory Build- © Nailing down a roof of a Pan-Abode cabin are (I. to r) Gary Kobayashi, recording secretary of Local 1-217; Phillip Legg, IWA Assistant research Director and Jack Munro. ing and Construction Trades Council has been instrumental in all phases of construction. The Camp has been able to employ trades apprentices through a jointly administered and funded program with the Federal government. Camp Jubilee, when finally com- pleted, will accommodate 100 chil- dren per session. The facilities are designed to be accessible to handi- capped children as well. The completed site will include a main hall, a recreation hall, a kitchen and dining room, 13 cabins, and a bathhouse facility. Both city hydro and auxiliary power will be available. As the camp will be primarily alate Spring and Summer operation, orga- nizers hope that the facilities can be used on a more year-round basis. A committee formed at the BC. Federation of Labour, has been look- ing into off-season use of the facili- ties. Member affiliates will be encour- aged to hold meetings at Cam Jubilee. Such events as weeken schools, job steward seminars, policy conferences, etc., might be held on the property. © Construction gang members inside a partially build Pan-Abode cedar cabin at Camp Jubilee are (I. to r.) Jack Munro, Walter Peain, Doug Smyth, [WA-Canada Research Director, Jim Cuthbertson of Fletcher Challenge’s Delta Plywood Division (Local 1-357), Noel Sifton of Pan-Abode International, Vancouver; Roger Lewis; and Phillip Legg, IWA's Assistant Research Director. e Assembling the prefabricated building materials are Local 1-367 President Dave ‘Tones (facing) and Local 1-357's Ron Paradis (left).