NDP Premier Mike
Harcourt said his gov-
~} ernment would work

}) with B.C. IWA mem-
bers to save and cre-
ate jobs.

Brian Symmes of
Williams Lake Local
1-425 said the govern-
ment must help
retrain workers in
rural communities.

Local 1-423 president
Troi Caldwell of
Kelowna, B.C. spoke
of the need to regu-
late logging on pri-
vate lands.

Ontario Local 1-1000
president Joe da
Costa told IWA dele-
gates that they must
show support for the
NDP before and after
elections.

National secretary-
treasurer Terry Smith
gave delegates an
impassioned speech
on the state of the

union.

° Ina Safety
Resolutions
Committee meeting
Duncan B.C. Local 1-
80’s Ross Davies,
Ontario Local 1-
1000’s Bob Hird,
Williams Lake Local
1-425’s Brian Brown,
and Local 1-71’s Bob
Patterson help review
convention resolu-
tions.

'LUMBERWORKER/DECEMBER, 1992/13