= Gatica met Local 1-85’s Ed
Eskola (I.) and Tom Russell.

Confederation president
visits BC coastal locals
Following both the IWA
Council and District 3 confer-
ences, held in Winnipeg in
early October, CTF president

Harder and his fellow officers
and business agents as they
held a staff meeting. One of
the topics - how the local pro-
motes organizing —

special interest to the Chilean

Gatica a tour of the office and
historic photos in the union

Local 1- 363 Stan Beech took
Gatica out on a logging tour
of a TimberWest contractor,

== CTF

CTF

CTF starts to build new headquarters

THE NATIONAL Confederation of Forest
Workers of Chile (CTF) has undertaken
project of building a new office and
Education Centre in the city of El Coronel,
about 40 km from its current makeshi
headquarters in Concepcion.

This past winter the roof of the build-

ing the CTF was in partially
laa eae torrential
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had to get out, for aa ia ag toa
nearby temporary headqu:

Last year the eee ope a

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lot in El Coronel from the Chilean govern-
ment and this past August the CTF held a
sod turning event to mark the first phase
of construction.

The building will be an impressive two
floor facility with offices, meeting rooms
and a kitchen on the first floor, along with
a large hall that will be the Education
Centre. On the second floor will be a com-
mon area, with 10 double-bunk rooms,
each with washroom facilities.

The IWA Council has approved a spe-
cial appeal for donations from local
unions. Several have already responded.

Confederation marks major
progress in past few years
THE IWA COUNCIL’S southern partn
in ae the CTF, has made a lot of
ie g the past few years as it has

fr bo to over
9,00 er cent or oe
ae workers. To grow, the CTF i

all affiliates fax

a massive organizing campaign.

International Building
of Wood Workers aes the aunt and
Woodworkers International). As the CIF
grows in size it has recently supported

= CTF members and families marched in

ly Vay P

affiliates in winning major contract gains.
Through the joint CTF-IWA Council
Education Centre several collective bargain-
ing courses have been held and more are
planned for the future

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