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Delegates attending the 20th Annual Delegated Meeting of Local 1-417 IWA,
May 13-14, in Clearwater, were the third group of delegates to approve a recom-
mendation which would give from the Local Union twenty-five cents per member
per month to the International’s organization drive in the Southern United States.

Local 1-424, Prince George, and Local 1-423, Kelowna, approved the proposal at
their recent Annual Meetings.

The purpose of the programme is to improve the working and living standards
of woodworkers in the Southern States while at the same time protecting con-
ditions of IWA members in British Columbia.

The programme is voluntary on local unions. While the plan calls for the
donations for a four year period, the locals have the right to review the
programme from year to year and drop out if they desire.

The ninety-nine delegates also dealt with a number of other resolutions, ap-
proved the Officers’ and Financial Reports, elected delegates to forth-coming
conventions and conferences and heard from the guest speakers.

Speakers included Regional 3rd Vice-President_ Neil Menard, Local 1-425 .

President Harvey Arcand and Ron Anderson, NDP-Federal candidate.
Menard spoke on the Union’s Drug and Alcohol Abuse Programme, which is

gaining keen interest among IWA members. He stated that the programme is still

in the formative stage but the Union was determined to have it running well in the

near future.

As spokesman for the Southern Interior Negotiations, he reported on some of

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Mary-Ann, Doreen and Kathy, looked after the table containing the various IWA items for

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the problems he and his committee were having in attempting to clear up eg
tract points with some of the companies. E
He also discussed the Union’s plans for improving the contract in the next set
negotiations. : wal
Arcand gave a brief account of his Local’s progress over the past year and t}
difficulty he encountered keeping up on matters due to the length of ti

negotiations kept him out of the Local Union. Be
Anderson reviewed the sorry record of the Liberal government in Ottaw:
Trudeau’s broken promises, and suggested that the only party worth voting fo
was the New Democratic Party. 4 04
The officers reported that the Local Union had experienced a good year in 19
and a greatly improved financial picture. ce:
They also reported the Job Steward’s School held January 13-14 met Wi
unqualified approval from those attending and plans were already made
conduct more in the future. ; %
The Report listed a number of arbitration cases and grievances the officer}
handled over the year and noted that the companies appear to be deliberatel}
going out of their way to force a fight.
The Report also remarked on the new Labour Code recently enacted by th
Socred government in Victoria which was making organizing of new operations

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Again the Local put onits annual banquet and dance which was a huge success

Harvey Arcand, President of Loca
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