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_* Thirty-nine delegates rep-
* resenting 14 unions were on
« hand June 22 to watch Cliff
Scotton, CLC Director of La-
| bour Councils and Federa-
/* tions, present the Congress
|< charter to the officers of the
_.~ newly-formed New Westmin-
k ster and District Labour
+ Council.
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“= Wyman Trineer, who spear-
« headed the drive for the new
_ Council and who is its pro tem
” President, stated that it was
* an historic occasion for trade
j« unionists in the New West-

J ~ minster area.

The Council is the eleventh
in British Columbia and has
a membership potential of 20,-

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_ jurisdiction includes all the
| ® area from Boundary Road
| 4 east to Hope, south to the Ca-
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the Gulf of Georgia, north to
_ and including areas east of the
| « south end of the Fraser River.
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Bill Gault, CLC Represent-
ative, installed the pro tem of-
ficers who will serve until the
annual elections of the Coun-
cil are held in September. In-

‘stalled were: Wyman Trineer,
President; Jack , poate Bev-
erage Dispensers Union; Dave

a, Amalgamated Trans-
Workers Union; Vice-

mts; and Ray Mercer,
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LABOUR COUNCIL
RECEIVES CHARTER

ers presently serving a prison
sentence for contempt of court
arising from the Victoria Day
longshoremen’s walk-out.

The first action of the Coun-
cil was to pass a resolution
calling on the provincial gov-
ernment to take over the city-
owned Queensborough bridge
and remove the tolls. Presi-
dent Trineer pointed out that
the bridge was a part of the
arterial highway system and
should be the responsibility of
the government.

He stated that the Council
endorsed the efforts of the
New Westminster mayor and

_ council to have the province

take over the bridge.

The Council also adopted
an executive resolution which
demanded that the Surrey

municipal council install a
traffic signal at the corner of
Scott and Tannery roads.
(Local 1-357 made a similar
demand to the Surrey council
last year after one of its mem-
bers was killed by a train).

LABOUR COUNCIL delegates on hand to watch charter

John: Hachey, Local 1-357
1st Vice-President, told the
Council that between 800 and
900 workers have to cross the
dangerous intersection each
day and that unless some ac-
tion is taken more lives will
be lost.

Scotton, who addressed the
meeting earlier, stated that
the Canadian labour move-
ment must launch an all-out
fight to have “unfair” lanour

legislation, removed.

He told the 39 delegates
that, “Industrial welfare in-
volves the welfare of people

but some present laws are

ty rights.”

OFFICERS of the newly-formed New Westminster and District Labour Council pose
happily with the Congress charter presented to the Council June 22 by Cliff Scotton,

CLC Director of Federations -and’ Labour Councils (centre). Group left—Wyman

Trineer, Local 1-357 IWA President and President of the Council; Ray Mercer, Canadian
Union of Public Employees, Council Secretary; Scotton; Jack Tomson, Beverage Dis-
pensers Union, Council Vice-President; Dave Bryce, Amalgamated Transport Workers
Union, Council Vice-President. Missing from picture is Don Garcia, President of the
New Westminster Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, and Council Vice-

President, who was one of the ILWU leaders jailed for contempt of court arising from
the Victoria Day Longshoremen’s walk-out.

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60 years. We've yet to be shown a better way

to achieve the supreme quality of a Paris fit.

THREE GENERATIONS OF
LOGGERS AGREE

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