_ JANUARY—FEBRUARY, 1974 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 13

LOCAL 1-417
JOB
STEWARDS
SEMINAR

A large turnout of Job Stewards attended the Seminar put on by
the [WA International Department of Research, Education and
Collective Bargaining Coordination for Local 1-417 |WA, January 11-
12, in Kamloops. ;

The Seminar, held in the David Thompson Hotel, was headed up
by IWA International Ist Vice-President H. Landon Ladd, who was
assisted by Denny Scott, Research Economist, Doug Smyth,
Research & Education Associate, and Dick Spohn, Research &
Education Assistant Coordinator.

During the two days the Job Stewards were broken into four
groups with the newer members attending the Basic Stewards
Training course while the more advanced members studied such
courses as Collective Bargaining, Contract Analysis & Arbitration,
and Economics of the Forest Industry.

The International and Regional Council are sponsoring a number
of these Seminars throughout Regional Council No. 1, and all reports
indicate that the members attending are finding them well worth
while and are demanding more of them.