ELEGATES attending the annual Re-
eo gional convention that are interested in

building a strong Union should b
j eal e proud of

Delegates from 16 Local Unions, elected
by the membership, spent a long, hard week
finding answers to the problems in the organ-
ization.

This convention provided an opportunity
for all issues to be thoroughly
discussed, provided an oppor-
tunity to get the facts before
the convention and make de-
cisions to put the organiza-
tion back on the track.

It is most unfortunate that
; trade unionists should find it
necessary to spend time in
disagreement when the mem-
bership have so many press-
ing problems that require immediate atten-
tion. However, human nature being what it is,
this brings a question to our minds which
must be considered.

Isw’t it better to have a democratic Un-
ion and pay the price of tolerating unfair
criticism than to have a Union that is con-
trolled from the top down.”

Important gains made

_By FRED FIEBER
Regional Secretary-Treasurer

The answer is obvious; and the member-
ship in the IWA have, throughout the history
of our organization, come through to solve
their problems in the proper manner. The
convention emphatically set the record
straight on such important matters as:

@ Authority of Regional conventions

Authority of the Regional Executive

Board

problems resolved

Demanded that justice be done on the
accusations on alleged illegal and un-
constitutional spending of strike fund
money

@ Provided machinery for solving mem-
_ bership’s problems between industry
negotiations

@ Kept intact the basic principle of mem-
‘bership controls in all areas and co-
ordinating their efforts to resolve their

problems.

Remember that you are a member of a
democratic union. This carries a responsibil-
ity on you to

KNOW YOUR UNION
GET THE FACTS
BE ACTIVE IN YOUR UNION.

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@ Made policy decisions to get tradesmen’s
2)

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER iv,

CLAUDE JODOIN, President Canadian Labour
Congress, congratulates JACK MOORE, Regional
President of the IWA, upon his re-election by
acclamation as 1st Vice-President of the B.C.
Federation of Labour.

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT A CHEMISTRY PROFES-

—The baby has. its mother’s
features and father’s fixtures
.. . Announcement from the
proud parents of a_ baby
daughter: “We have skirted

the issue.”

sor asked his class what they
considered the most outstand-
ing contribution chemistry
had made to the world. The
first student to answer shout-
ed: “Blondes.”

SWEET REVENGE

An English lady, self-appointed supervisor of village
morals, accused a workman of having reverted to drink
because “with her own eyes” she had seen his wheel-
* barrow standing outside a public house. The accused
made no defense, but that evening placed his wheelbar-

row outside her door and left it there all night.

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