[> LRB victory on contracting out In early May USW Locals 1-80 and 1-217 won a major victory against contracting out at the Labour Relations Board. The LRB finally tuled on a case that was argued in July of 2005, that Weyerhaeuser’s attempt to sell falling phases in the Cowichan, Northwest Bay and Pt. McNeill areas. It said that Weyco did not sell of part of its business because it still retained control over the contractors and the timber they fall. Local 1-80 president Bill Routley says the long wait has been hard on the fallers, but that the decision goes a long way to protecting bar- gaining unit positions. Up in Port McNeill Local 1-2171 officer Nick Doubin says that 16 or more Coast Forest Industries’ employees may get compensation for a claim, like the Local 1-80 fallers and related falling and harvesting equipment operators, that goes back to January 24, 2004. Doubinin said when the case was being fought, workers were forced to be sub-contractors. They took deep reductions in work and pay and some nearly lost their homes. Weyco was sold to Cascadia and is now part of Western Forest Products. Local 1-2171 president Darrel Wong and Brother Routley are encouraged that Western has indicated it wants the case settled once and for all. [> Western at Englewood Local 1-2171 president Darrel Wong reports that efforts are underway to lengthen the work year at the former Canfor Englewood log- ging division, taken over by Western Forest Products in the spring. Brother Wong predicts there will be = Local 1-3567 elected Brian Harder, the local’s former financial secretary, reese a oe naa ; Pp Fraser Valley local holds elections LANGLEY-BASED LOCAL 1-3567 has been taken out from administration, which began in June of last year, and new officers have ae mo ee lowing local elections. The new president is former fi Harder. Since last year an administration team worked to rebuild the vee which boasts of over 5,000 members. IWA Council chairperson Norm Rivard notes the local “has been through trying times” and is working hard to clean up a whole range of past and current grievances. “The elections have demonstrated that democracy has been d land the fi lool d,” he added. At the local’s annu- al meeting in late March, which included executive, District 3 Director ee Hunt noted that there is a “real rank and tr ” He thanked the member- ship for defending the local union. Besides Harder, other officers elected include: Manjit Sidhu, 1st vice-president; Jim Kilty, financial secretary; Don White, Treasurer; Peter Peats, Zena Harty and Dallis Van mee au vice- 4 1 Trina Legge di All of on May 27. job loss but that remaining jobs will be more stable. In Timber jobs back to Community Local 1-85 reports that meetings with Island Timberlands are taking place July the union will to see that 150,000 cubic meters of be meeting with the | private wood taken out of TFL 44 Darrel Wong company in an would be re-tendered to unionized effort to alleviate tump-to-d oy: = ion impacts on the crew. [> Island ing local residents. The local wants 6 T sune 2006 THE ALLIED WORKER