2 Holst Warns 1-367 Meet Of Automation Dangers _ Delegates to the Annual Meeting of Local 1-367, IWA, held in Mission, September 15, heard a warning by Regional Vice- President Jack Holst, that the Union must now face up to the dangers caused by the new technological changes in the forest industry. The meeting also approved the report of the officers and nominated officers for the ensuing year. Those nominated for office are - as follows: For President, W. Hayes (acclamation); 1st Vice- President, J. Allison (acclama- tion); 2nd Vice-President, W. Cain (acclamation); Financial Secretary, V. DeMarco, A. Corey; Recording Secretary, L. Holman (acclamation); Warden, G. Howard, E. Airth; Conductor, J. Theriault, R. Fraser; Regional Executive Board Member, W. Hayes (elected); Alternate Ex- ecutive Board Member, A. Corey (elected); 3-Year Trustee, J. Hammer (acclamation); 2- Year Trustee, C. McCormack (acclamation); Safety Director, W. Waldron (acclamation). In reviewing the past year’s ac- tivities, the Officers’ Report stat- ed in part: ‘Despite the introduction of automation and mechanization, membership in the Local remains at about the same level as it was a year ago. In dealing with this year’s nego- tiations, it is the considered opin- ion of your officers that the settle- ment reached and agreed to by the rank and file members is one that advanced this Union as a whole. j Decisions reached by the Re- gion’s Negotiating and Policy Committees were, in our opinicn, sound and realistic and voiced accurately the general opinion of the men on the job. Negotiations in the Local with the independent operators are completed but for two companies. We are sorry to report that the aecident experience of this Local has deteriorated in the past six or eight months. The Shingle Mill at B.C. Forest Products, Hammond Division, has been the bright spot in our Local. At time of writing, they have completed two years operation accident-free which is an achieve- ment that we are very proud of.” The guest speaker, Regional 8rd Vice-President Jack Holst, warned the meeting that the problems of job security caused by fuller mechanization in the forest industry must be reckoned with now. This trend toward greater mechanization was so general, he pointed out, that no one’s job was safe. He stated that when, as a mem- ber of the Industry’s Rate Revi- sion Committee, he visited vari- ous logging operations, it was quite common to find new mach- ines eliminating as much as 20 per cent of the crew and pro- ducing more logs. The IWA, he went on, was not the only union concerned with this problem. All the large unions in Canada and the United States were plagued with technological unemployment. The employers unfortunately, he added, were ignoring all pro- posals advanced by labour to alle- yiate the situation. They attempt- ed to justify their action by argu- ing that the present displacement of workers would right itself through the creation of new in- dustries, The unemployed can’t wait in- definitely for work, Holst stated, this is why labour is advocating now that union members take strong political action to remedy the situation. Alberni District Credit Union, ~ Alberni, B.C, Alberni Bran Nominations Local 1-363 Following are the names of those nominated for office at the Annual Meeting of Local 1-363, IWA, Courtenay: For President, M. Salter, E. Kemps; 1st Vice-President, M. Holst, O. Rajala; 2nd Vice-Presi- dent, Ben Falk; 3rd Vice-Presi- dent, N. Chernoff; Financial Sec- retary, K. Lidberg, J. Epp; Re- cording Secretary, F. McCabe; Warden, R. Williams; Conductor, O, Pederson; 3 Year Trustees, H. Prediger; Elected Regional Board member, M. Salter. RUNAWAY INDUSTRY A PROBLEM Runaway industry is now a problem for the IWA it was agreed by delegates at the Annual Regional Conven- tion. The most glaring in- stance discussed was the shut- down of the BCM division of MacMillan Bloedel and Pow- ell River Ltd. in New West- minster and removal of the machinery to a new plant site in close proximity to the company’s Harmac Division. Three hundred employees were affected. Unsatisfactory results followed all attempts to secure replacement of these workers with retention of seniority rights. Some had as much as forty years’ seniority. The two were: That the former employees of the BCM division of MB & PR be given the first opportunity of em- ployment at the Harmac sawmill, and that those BCM employees accepting employment maintain all their accumulated seniority. 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