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LOCAL 1-424 PRESIDENT Ross Inglis making his presi-
dential address to the Local’s Annual Meeting April 27, in
Prince George. Other officers are left, Bob Pitman Record-

ing Secretary; Doug Edwards, Resolutions Committee; Toby
Mogensen, Financial Secretary.

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"LOCAL 1-424"

“The strikers are growing
more militant,” he said, “and
are not prepared to sacrifice
seven long months on the
picket line to grab a cheap
settlement.”

Keith Johnson,. who heads
up the organization depart-
ment, spoke on the need for
organizing more of the unor-
ganized woodworkers to pro-
tect the present living stand-
ards of IWA members.

Too many unions, he stated,
failed to realize the necessity
of bringing the unorganized
workers into the orbit of their
organization with disastrous
results. He went on to say
that the International officers
were determined to go all out
to organize these workers and
plans had already been
drafted to achieve this goal.
Following the addresses,
the Local officers made a
presentation to Dan Radford,
who is retiring from his posi-
tion in the Labour Congress
this summer.

Among the more important
resolutions dealt with by the
meeting included:

° A motion to refer the
question of the roll call vote
at delegated meetings to a
referendum ballot of the
members,

e A recommendation to in-
form by posters the time and
date of all executive board
meetings.

© A motion that in all fut-
ure negotiations an attempt

be made to negotiate an ade-
quate sub-contractors clause.

e A recommendation that
the provincial government
amend the Statutes to provide
for at least one-half hour
lunch break for all male
workers.

The extensive Officers’ Re-
port noted that central B.C.
had experienced a severe cut-
back in new construction
which seriously affected em-
ployment in the area. It add-
ed, however, that the lumber
industry was doing very well,
with prices and demands ris-
ing steadily.

The Report stated that the
Local officers believed that
summer logging (done on a
small scale in the North) was
now economically feasible
with the advent of the pulp
mills provided the operators
were prepared to invest capi-
tal to build all-weather roads

and good camps to ensure a
stable workforce.

A considerable portion. of
the Report was given over to
a history of last summer’s ne-
gotiations both in the North-
ern and Southern Interior.

The Report in the section
dealing with organization
pointed out that due to the
time spent on negotiations,
the Local Union was not able
to concentrate the energy it
would have liked to in organ-
izing the unorganized.

The Report painted a black
picture for the Local’s safety

THE WESTERN

CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

CREW of the newly organized Park Bros. Silver Sawmills Ltd., Vanderhoof.

effort in the logging section.
Seven fatalities occurred last
year with two of them in
Union operations and five oc-
curring in non-union opera-
tions.

Other sections of the Re-
port showed that progress
was made in the fields of edu-
cation, political action and ar-
bitration, compensation and
UIC appeals.

For the first time, the Local
Union devoted two hours of
the Annual Meeting to an
education seminar headed up
by Oliver McMillan. During
this period the delegates dis-
cussed the pros and cons of
direct political action by un-
ions and the need for organiz-
ing the unorganized.

The seminar was put on on
a trial basis and Ross Inglis,
President of the Local, re-

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ports that it proved so suc-
cessful that it will likely be
repeated in future Annual
Meetings.

The two-day meet was
highlighted by the Local’s An-
nual Banquet and dance

held to honour the work of
the Job stewards and Com-

_mittee Members. The gala af-

fair was held again this year
in the Prince George Civic
Arena and proved to be a
tremendous success.

HURLBERT RESIGNS POST

Ross Inglis, President of
Local 1-424 Prince George re-
ports that Gordon Hurlbert,
the Local’s 1st Vice-President,
has resigned.

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Hurlbert, who was also a
business agent, had been an
officer of the Local Union for
a number of years and for a

time held the position of safe-
ty director.

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