ea United Way campaign gathers momentum as it looks again to trade unions as major supporters + e In 1991 , the LW.A y Joe Morris i ice Award. is pi i cer eel ay pea ‘Lag 1 Joe LeCl were BCGEU President John Shield, the BCGEU's Lynne Farthorpe, then t tl A United Way, the Canadian Labour of Congress, the B.C. Federation of Labour and unions work pa vogcie® fo support and maintain vit ty- based social services. s Tese Bee vi pals for-} paptont and voluntary organiza- the most important ea ‘resulting from United War's Ss ith Labour is the Can: tan ee bGoniekeas Union Counsel: ing Bch a This program trains 8. United Way, offers donors “one-stop giving”- allowing you to thoughtfully Dian your donations for the enti ire ‘ou can paign within your worksite, ple give. If you don’t have an cniployee program call us, we would be glad to a local hero. Call 294- aoa give to the 1996 United Way aign. hari table giving and use the een op- United Way tion that t 9.United Way’s payroll deduction plan allows you to spread the payment of your gift over ee same period that is convenient for y 10. Through Unite d Way’s Dono: Choice Program you can direct Rone Si to nited Way's broad-based com- fund, an area of personal inier, at me or more specific ene, choi up union me: Ts as peer counselors a combination - the and ‘referral agents to help : endl aree you. There are mar our com- munit, .e from all walks of life. Your nations assist many nity. At United Way of the Lower Main- people in overcoming tremendous members. thee ‘Ss oe aa with labour back- grounds serve as members, can- vassers and volunteers throughout th di ear old David. David had ae decoding lan- guage, and began to feel frustrated and discouraged. In school, his spelling and reading skills were lag- indi- viduals renabled Hie. ae Tae of the yo cake $20,852, 000 crease of any anor city in Canada. Fifty- four percent of the money raised in our campaign came from employ- ees giving BE their workplace. These funds help support United Way’s member agencies, as wells as fun dreds of other non-profit 0: THE TOP 10 REASONS 70 ‘GIVE T To THE UNITED WAY LY ple. United: The Learning Disabilities mesocia- tion of BC - Van neuer chepte matched him up with Bill, a van ver lawyer, who Aicats to give to his community. Together, Bill and Davi started reading boo! ani writing es- says. from “Where's Waldo?” to “The Catch- er in the Rye,” and writing his own stories. I.W.A. CANADA has been actively involved with the United Wa: ay for Lower Mainland 2. United W: of the sine a evanitable hanralsing Cea eae of y goes bergen itis 3. The money that is ees in the Lower Mainland stays here, respond- ty. 4. United Way funding provides stabil- ity and pusieined funding to our 99 eee agencies through dramatical- 5. ‘United Way also supports lesser — ge agencies that are eoviding services in our communi Without United Way's assistance, 6. United Way of the Lower mainland has been a valuable and integral part of our community for more than 65 years. 7. Your donation is income tax de- ductible. Receipts for cash donations be payroll deductions will appear on your aM sli slip. first | unions to recognize the impor- tance of Labour's i in the broader community. The I.W.A. certi- fications in the Lower Mainland have consistently run good employee cam- Gerry Stoney, the I.W.A.’s National President, was a key person in arrang- ing for the first Labour loaned repre- sentative from an industrial union to Joe Morris orris, one of I.W.A.’s an Canada’s most distinguished een ee died on October 11th, aged 3. , he came to Vancouver from Amel: where his father had been a charter He ere of Britain’s Steelworkers’ Pn He first join a LWA redecessor forest union, the Lumber "e Sawmill 1914-1996 unsuccessful attempt of the District’s leaders Aw establish an indepen- gen tt Canadian union, Joe was select- as pias re (soon to be elected) president of the Duncan Local (1 -80). od was grinding away at the wes of organizing until every mill an in us unedienon was I.W.A. 1949, Joe was Vee the B.C. Di Workers, in 1 working at the Chemainus Planing ; Mill. Soon after, as a scaler for Campbell River Timber Company, he distributed LW.A litera- After war time service as a lieu- enant in the Canadi: ian Army, Joe re- turned to the industry in 1946. He Second trict Council, and in 1953, he can against and de: -feated si Alsbu ury for Preside ae e Coun old foes. In particular, Syd Thompson, though no longer a member of the ty, first as finance itt Sl cers and staff p ople ‘like do foe LeClair and many others have orked with United Way in many dif- Tei capacities. At the local level, Local 1-3567 has fficially encores the United Way as its primary charity. Both Vancouver Local 217 aa ase Valley/New Westminster local 1-3567 have had of- ficers and staff run excellent cam- This year sider donating a fair share to assist United Way agencies and services in working to keep our community healthy. If you have a employee cam- amore mili 1 In 1962, he was elected an Execu- tive Vice- ‘President of the Canedian Labour Congress, and in 1974, wa: elected President. national Labour issues, Joe was elect- ed to the Workers’ Group of the Inter- national Labour Office (the United Nation’s tri-lateral - Chair of the Governing en of the ILO. as he also be- ber of the Executive Board of the “In- on beh: ite ve ee nem as chatonay of the sublocal. ne a Boat Africa : ae Namibia in the bitter ieee Beureent ae were then known as the “) ied and hite apa travelling aro Van. couver Island with other prominent aphite blockers: organizing resis- to the B.C. District and Local Otheas, the the Labour Progressive, or Communist Party of Canada. £3 In 1948, Joe went as a delegate to the I.W.A.’s convention, and estab- of the B.C. Opposition. That fall, after the ment came later, when he became a member of the Independent Commis- Stes leaves his wife, Margaret and children Helen, Joe, Evan and Patrick. Perry _ 16/LUMBERWORKER/NOVEMBER, 1996