IWA Council Conference - Sept. 20-23, 2004

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PHOTOS BY NORMAN GARCIA

= Above, raising their arms in unity were, |. to r., IWA Council officer Wade Fisher,
Council officer Wilf McIntyre, former IWA Canada president Jack Munro,
Steelworkers International president Leo Gerard, IWA Council chairman Norm
Rivard, Steelworker Canadian Director Ken Neumann, and David Tones, Assistant to
the Director in District 3. Top right, USWA international president Leo Gerard called
for unity and progress. Across, left and right, were IWA Council officers Joe da
Costa and Mike Pisak.

= Above, (left) were, I. tor r., Local 1-423
president Ben Landis and Local 1-2171 first vice
president Gary Kobayashi, reading resolutions for
the Resolutions Committee. Above, was David
Tones, now the Assistant to the Director in
Western Canada District 3. Left, was the
delegation from Kamloops Local 1-417 and right,
was IWA Council officer Wade Fisher during the
reading of the officer’s report.

= Above left was Steelworkers Local 1-405 President Bob Matters
from the Kootenays. Above centre, was Steelworkers Canadian
Director Ken Neumann answering a reporter’s questions during an
impromptu interview. Above, right, were (I. to r.) Ontario/Atlantic
Canada District 6 Director Wayne Fraser and Western Canada
District 3 Director Steve Hunt. Across, bottom right, was Quebec
District 5 Director Michel Arsenault who brought special greetings
on behalf the province’s membership, which includes over 2,000
forest industry workers. Across, bottom left, was Duncan, B.C.
Local 1-80 president Bill Routley.

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