Former Local 1-1000 member is
killed in Quebec trucking mishap

Raymond
Duquette

driving wes hit by an empty logging
left.

Raymond and another worker were

thrown from their vehicle but the

h
McCarter, who presented a eulogy to
a funeral mass of 350 in Campbell
Bay, which included Raymond's wife
Dana and two teenage sons, said
Duquette was a well respected union

mill surge yard which handled over-

flows of logs. “He was always fight-

ing for the members for what was fair

and what was the right thing to do,”

says McCarter. At the time of his

death, Raymond wees 2 cee ss
CERI

Norm Rivard (m) participated in yeahs
parade at BWI convention. 50s marten:

[> IWA Council attends found-
ing BWI Congress In December
of 2005, IWA Council chairperson
Norm Rivard and Local 1-405 presi-
dent Bob Matters were in Buenos
Aires, Argentina to participate in the
founding Congress of the Building
and Woodworkers International. The
Congress saw the formation of a new
global union federation for building,
wood and forestry workers by merg-
ing the IFBWW (International
Federation of Building and

the elt
Ze the former in and our ec union
em Is McCarter. “He

The new billboard is near Edson, Alberta

Alberta local ae new Sen
Local 1-207 have put up a new bill-
board outside A Edson, encourag-

Why not fix the one you’ve got?”

) and the WFBW
(World Federation of Building and
Wood Workers.) On December 9 the
BWI was christened, with more than
12 million workers in more than 130
countries. The BWI was created to
form greater international solidarity
to take on corporate-driven globaliza-
tion. “The BWI will be a more pow-
erful organization, uniting resource
sector workers, factory workers and
construction workers around the
planet,” says Rivard, who will remain
active as the USW-IWA Council’s
rep on the Forestry Committee.
Brother Matters says the BWI is an
important body to be a part of. “It’s
strategy of organizing a stronger
union movement, which is strong
and democratic, negotiating better

working conditions, in all their
forms, and campaigning for free
trade union rights in all countries, is
one that will make the global labour
movement stronger,” he said.
Brothers Matters and Rivard met
with an delegation from the CTF
(the National Confederation of
Forest Workers of Chile), also a for-
mer IFBWW affiliate that the former
IWA and now IWA Council has
been working with since the 1990s.
(see International Solidarity page 37).

Terry Tate is the Forest and

Environment
Committee’s new chairperson. Loca 1-425
[> Williams Lake officer appoint-

ed as new Chair At the WA
“1, Rae

held in Edmonton in May, Williams
Lake, BC Local 1-425 financial secre-
tary Terry Ta was ratified as tine new
Forest and C

chairperson. Tate brings a wealth of
experience in dealing with land-use
issues in the Cariboo Chilcotin region.

y
tee has never been more relevant than
today, given the wide array of issues
that are impacting on workers and the
environment, including the Harper-
Bush softwood deal, the growing pine

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corporate concentration.

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