they “need people to stand behind them.”

Alberta Local 1-207 president Nick Stewart thanked the
district and other locals for supporting them in the struggle
for a first collective agreement at the West Fraser-owned
LVL plant in Sundre, near Rocky Mountain House, a plant
that was organized i os March 2006. “With your =
support we will get ” he s

As participants on a collective bargaining panel. oe I-
405's Veronica Tanner and Brother Stewart shared strate-
gies for building unity and solidarity in the workplace.

considerable
portion on the con-
ference dealt with
the USW’s strong

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NEW MEMBERS BETWEEN 2002-2005
AND HAS BECOME THE FASTEST

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ee In Pertion to a workshop on building political power
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oad elected politicians, wi
how to actually run a lobby. District 3’s Stop the Killing cam-

importance

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paign and the USW lobby for Westray Bill C-45 were offered
as successful soe

Local 1-405’s Jeff Bromley sat on a panel to share his
views on the Stop the Killing lobby that he was a part of in
Victoria this past spring.

to Build Power in district

National Director speaks
on taking political action

At both the District 3 and

els. He said the party, specifi-

3 Ken Neumann and Jack Lat
cally the NDP’s International 4 p3 conference. nonwan agen
Treacle’ Gatite Relig Julian, has

he Harper-Bush soft-
wood deal — as the union continued with its Parliament
Hill lobby of MP’s and Senators to attempt to stop the
agreement. He said that federal politicians a supported
the Harper-Bush deal will “pay a high price” in the next
election. Neumann also said it was political fe led by
the USW, the CLC and affiliates, the NDP and the Bloc
Quebecois that would push for the passage of federal anti-
scab legislation (see article page 34).

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