- Jerk, mae THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 3 2 .* LOCAL 1-424 = GIWA DELEGATED MEETING ~The Annual Delegated = Meeting of Local 1-424 IWA Prince George, had more vot- - ing delegates than any IWA - Regional Convention to date. - One hundred and seventy- ~ three delegates, representing the majority of the Local’s ~ certified operations, attended ‘+ the meeting April 8-9, in the ~- Simon Fraser Hotel. The meeting conducted nominations for Local officers, dealt with 22 resolutions, ap- Lt RA a Me Te Pete A peal Bee ae out on a referendum ballot to the members and are: B. /-- Farquharson, G. Angoldt for .-. 3rd vice-president; T. Mogen- sen, W. Zwahlen for financial secretary; S. Annis, J. Flahr - for conductor; W. Koshman, -' D. Edwards for warden. First vice-president Gordon Hurlbert was elected the proved the Officers’ and finan- cial reports and heard from two guest speakers. Five of the officers were elected when nominated without opposition. Elected were Ross Inglis, president; Gordon Hurlbert, 1st vice- president; Stan Ball, 2nd vice- president; Bob Pitman, re- cording secretary; Warner Rudeloff, six year trustee. The names of eight others nominated for office will go gmt nor ee igi crew i wyeee e GUEST SPEAKER Regional President Jack Moore. Local officers are, left: Ross Inglis, president; Toby Mogensen, financial secretary; Gordon Hurlbert, Ist vice-president; Stan Ball, 2nd vice-president. Local’s alternate Regional ex- ecutive board member. The guest speakers were Regional president Jack Moore and Wyman Trineer, president of Local 1-357, and International executive board member. i Moore bluntly told the dele- gates that the success of this GUEST SPEAKER Wyman Trineer, president of Local * : 1-357 IWA New Westminster. Seated at right is Doug year’s negotiations depended on their attitude and tighting “spirit. He stated that he was convinced Interior workers could win parity with their thers on the coast provided ; demonstrated to the em- ~ ployers they weren‘t fooling. ~ He stated that the negotia- Edwards, chairman of the resolutions committee. the world was useless if the members refused to back up their negotiators with con- crete action. He suggested they spend the time from now on con- vincing their fellow employ- ees that this is the year to make a wage breakthrough, even if it is necessary to strike to win. He added, however, that in his opinion the mem- bers could achieve parity - without striking. LOCAL 1-424 IWA delegates in session at the largest Annual Delegated Meeting ever held in the Regional Council. Trineer, in his address, promised the delegates that his Local, which is the second largest in the Regional Coun- cil, would give ali out support to the Interior Locals in their fight to gain wage parity. He then went on to discuss the role of the International and the highly important job the people there were doing for both the Canadian and American members. He made it plain that he was in com- plete disagreement with those who advocated breaking away from international unions for nationalistic reasons. He pointed out that most of the large forest companies now operated on both sides of the border and the only way Canadian and American workers can hope to success- fully bargain with these inter- national giants was to ensure that the present union alli- ances remain firm. Among the resolutions ap- proved by the meeting were two dealing with retarded children. The first requested the federal government to double the children’s fam- ily allowances. The second pressed for the provincial gov- ernment to include the chil- dren in the school system un- bi) 4 ayy nal t { NDE Pils) der the Department of Educa- tion and proper staff and facilities be obtained for their training. A resolution which de- plored the lack of adequate low-cost housing in Canada and called for action by all levels of government. was unanimously endorsed by the delegates. Other important resolutions approved by the meeting call- ed for: ° ° The B.C. government to in- stitute a compulsory car in- surance scheme. © The federal government to establish a guaranteed an- nual income based on the basic standard of living to replace Unemployment In- surance and Social Welfare. e The B.C. government to bring in a dental plan covering all B.C. residents. The meeting also approved By-law changes to raise the Local’s present $8.00 per diem to $10.00, and to increase the $22.00 a' day paid members while off work on Union busi- ness to $25.00 a day. The comprehensive Offic- ers’ Report painted a glowing picture of the industrial prog- ress in the Prince George area which has ensured continued employment for 1-424 mem- bers. It stated in part: “During the latter part of the year when money started to get tight and a slow down was felt in the lumber indus- try on the Coast, it had little or no effect in the Prince George area. In fact it ap- pears that logging during the past winter has increased over the previous years. The cause for this greater activity is no doubt because of the Pulp Mills. Northwood Mills has done considerable logging during the past year but this has not created any complica- tions for the Local Union as all of their logging is done by their own crews in their own logging camps, and we have> ‘blanket certifications’ cover- ing all their operations. “During the past year there has been considerable build- ing going on in some of our larger operations and two new sawmill complexes were com- pleted. Netherlands Overseas Ltd. in the P.G.E. Industrial Park went into production in early spring. This company was certified soon after it See “MEETING”—Page 4 Rinva (RIG IED Rial AY wey! TOP OFFICERS of Local 1-424 IWA, Prince George, are back row left: Gordon Hurlbert, ist vice-president; Ross Inglis, president; Stan Ball, 2nd vice-president; front row left: Bob Pitman, recording secretary; Howard Webb, business agent; Toby Mogensen, financial secretary.