JACK MOORE JACK MUNRO WYMAN TRINEER ee \ ft — LOCAL 1-217 MAKES APPEAL Kin arial has eae out ck Local 1-217 Vancouver to all Regions and Local Unions in the IWA, requesting financial contributions to provide the strikers at Red Band Shingle and Huntting-Merritt and their families with additional money to enjoy a decent Christmas. The 185 members at Red Band Shingle (a MacMillan Bloedel operation) have been on strike since June 19, and the 175 members at Huntting- Merritt (a Canadian Forest Products operation) have been out since September 12. The main issues in dispute are the elimination of piece work rates and a reduction in the hours of work. So far there have been no meaningful negotiations on “ines ot issues but the morale of the strikers remains high. Local President Syd Thompson in a letter to IWA International President .Ron Roley pointed out, that the Regional Strike Fund payments and the resources of the the Local Union are inade- quate to properly look after the strikers, particularly during the winter months. He went on to state, that with Christmas coming shortly, the Local Union wanted to be in the position to provide additional money for these members and especially those with children. He said that there is a total of 420 children affected by the dispute and the Local was ce eomined to provide them with as good a Christmas as possible. number of Local Unions in Region No. 1 and the B.C. Federation of Labour have also contributed generously. President Thompson con- cluded his letter by stating, ‘We are determined to win this fight and with the assis- tance that we expect from the rest of the labour movement in our province, and with what- ever assistance our In- ternational organization can provide, we are confident that our membership will not be starved into submission.” LOGGERS’ LOCAL WINS SAWMILL VOTE AT KITWANGA Local 1-71 IWA (the Loggers’ Local) has been successful in defeating the Christian Labour Association of Canada in a representation vote of the employees of the Colcel Pro- perties Limited sawmill at Kitwanga, located fifty miles west of Terrace. The IWA which expects to receive certification of the mill shortly, won forty votes while the C.L.A.C., which previously. held the certification, received thirty-two votes. Seventy- seven employees were eligible to vote. I.W.A. officials stated that the mill was certified to the C.L.A.C. in 1971 and an agree- ment with an expiry date of July 31, 1973 was signed. This agreement will be inherited by the I.W.A. when the new certi- - ficate is issued by the Labour Relations Board. When faced with losing the certification to the I.W.A., this year, the C.L.A.C. and the Company extended the agree- ment to July 31, 1975. I.W.A. spokesmen stated the present agreement is far inferior to -],W.A. agreements and the fur- ther extension is a put-up job to benefit the employer. An in- vestigation will be conducted - immediately and the I.W.A. plans to make a representation to the Labour Relations Board to set aside the sweetheart deal. I.W.A. organizers in the campaign were Frank Stich, Waldemar Penner and Bill Hutchison. The I.W.A.’s ap- proach to the’ employees stressed that as woodworkers they deserved a decent collec- tive agreement with proper wages. And as well, employees were assured that they did not have to forego their Christian- principles to have a legitimate trade union. PER CAPITA INCREASE CARRIED IN REGION The Regional Tabulating Committee reports that the referendum vote to increase the per capita tax to the Regional Council, has carried. The decision to conduct the referendum ballot was unani- mously approved by the dele- gates to the pus Regional Convention, Their decision was based on recommendations to the 1972 convention. The committee reported that while the Regional Council was living within its financial boundaries, an additional 20 cents was needed to meet the future requirement of the organization and its mem- bership. The additional per capita now given to the Region will not require a further dues increase from the membership because of the new dues for- mula the Local Unions are now operating under. THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER STAN PARKER FRED FIEBER MOORE RE-ELECTED BY IWA Regional President Jack Moore has been re- elected to his sixth term as President of Regional Council To date the International has No. 1. Results of the Region-wide referendum ballot show contributed $1,000 and a that Moore won by a substantial margin over his opponent Don, Poirier. Other officers re-elected with Moore were Jack Munro, 1st Vice-President; Wyman Trineer, 2nd Vice-President; Stan Parker, 3rd Vice-Presi- dent; Fred Fieber, Secretary- Treasurer. The two International Executive Board Members elected were Bill Schumaker of Local 1-423 Kelowna and Doug Evans of Local 1-217 Van- couver. Max Salter of Local 1- 363 Courtenay was elected Alternate Executive Board Member.and Erik Wood of Local 1-367 was elected Reg- ional Trustee. While the election results were confirmed November 30 by Regional Tabulating Com- mittee members Syd Thomp- son, Wayne Nowlin and S. A. Muir, the actual figures can not be released until the Com- mittee makes its report to the Regional Executive Board in January. However, it can be reported that out of the 25,000 votes cast Moore won a majority in 13 of the 17 Local Unions in the Region. He topped the poll in 5 of the 9 Coast Local Unions and all the Interior and Prairie Local Unions. NANAIMO MAN NEW NDP PRESIDENT The B.C. New Democratic Party’s new president is Frank Murphy, a 48-year-old resident of Wellington in the Nanaimo riding. Murphy was elected at the NDP’s annual convention in Vancouver November 26. He succeeds Dave Stupich of Nanaimo who is now Minister of Agriculture in the Barrett government. Murphy defeated three other candidates to win the post on the third ballot. He is a school principal who joined the CCF Party (predecessor to the NDP) in 1946. Elected first vice-president was Mercy Robinson, a 37- year-old resident of Atlin. She is an active member of the B.C. Association of Non-status Indians and the mother of four children. Other table officers elected include second vice-president Ray Haynes, _ secretary- treasurer of the B.C. Federa- tion of Labour; third vice- president Yvonne Cocke of New Westminster; fourth vice- president Richard Olesen, of Kamloops. Treasurer is Roger Howard of Point Grey, by acclamation. The 10 people elected as members-at-large to the provincial Executive include: Wayne Bradley, Hartley Dent, Gwen Dowding, David Hobson, Mark Holtby, John Laxton, Joyce Meissenheimer, Dennis Mulroney, Dennis Nelson, Ray Parkinson. The two alternates are Garth Brown and Don Olds. . The federal delegates are Wayne Clarke and Harold Steves. MEMBERS LEAVE IBEW About 8,000 Quebec electricians have left the In- ternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) to form a new union, a Canadian Labour Congress officer has said. CLC vice-president Jean Beaudry, in a letter dated November 17 to the leaders of the new Interprovincial Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, said the CLC has decided to recognize it and grant it a charter.