THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

LOCAL 1- 423

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TRIKE MEETINGS
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MLOOPS SUB-LOCAL MEETING

'§ PICKETS ON THE LINES

LOCAL 1-417 PRESIDENT Bob Schlosser reporting to the
Kamloops Sub-local meeting January 19. At head table
left, are Shorty Bernier, Sub-local chairman; Ken Sawka,
Sub-local secretary; Tony Vanderheide, Regional staff

representative.

LOCAL 1-417 MEMBERS
SUGGEST NEW APPROACH

At the three meetings held by Local 1-417 over the
January 19-21 weekend, the members bluntly stated they
would not settle for anything less than the Celgar settle-
ment terms.

They also exvressed ful] confidence in their Local
officers and the Union Negotiating Committee.

Showing their contempt for the employers’ association,
they passed a resolution which requested the Union’s
Negotiating Committee to explore the feasibility of enter-
ing into direct negotiations with individual companies
desiring to come to terms.

BARRETT
BACKS
STRIKERS

Coquitlam MLA Dave Bar-
rett told some 100 persons at
a Salmon Arm Motor Hotel

meeting that the provincial’

government just keeps dump-
ing the problems back on the
municipalities.

DAVE BARRETT
NDP-MLA, Coquitlam

Barrett also attacked the
government’s role in educa-
tion and its parks policy. Pro-
vincial parks, he said, are
“open for fast-buck promot-
ers.” He indicated he will
have some revelations to make
in the legislature on mining
claims in Tweedsmuir Park.

‘The qualifications of the
three women cabinet minis-
ters were questioned by Bar-
rett, who said they were
given no portfolios when made
ministers so they could spend
more time with their families.

He added, “I know many wo-.

men who would like to be
given $6,000 to spend more
time with their families.”
Referring to the interior
lumber strike, he said the
cost of living in the interior
is 16 per cent higher than at

the coast, “And when the av-

erage workingman doesn’t
bring enough wages home, it
affects the entire community.”

Bob Schlosser, President of
Local 1-417, IWA, reports that
his Local Union made a car
available to Mr. Barrett in
order to enable him to visit
the sub-local strike headquar-
ters and various picket lines.
Mr. Barrett indicated in a per-
sonal interview with IWA
representatives that he was

highly impressed with the -

spirit of the strikers and their
determination not to return to
work unless “parity within
the term of the next collec-

tive agreement” is achieved.

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