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Welder Contest ,

Top Post in Local 1-423

Annual meeting of Local
1-423, IWA, held March 30,
in the Centennial Hall, Kel-
Owna, saw only two positions
contested when nominations
were conducted for new of-
ficers.

The following are the
names going out on the refer-
endum ballot to the member-
ship: For President, William
Schumaker, Jack Welder; for
1st vice-president, Jim Eger-
ton; for 2nd _ vice-president,
Victor Fast; for 3rd _ vice-
president, Ron MacLellan; for
financial secretary, S. A. ‘Bill’
Muir; for recording secretary,
Noel Gooding; for conductor,
Mike Wishlow; for warden,
Fred Colton for regional

board member, S. A. ‘Bill’
Muir, Noel Gooding.
The approximately one

hundred members who at-
tended the meeting heard Re-
gional President Jack Moore
praise the officers for the
manner in which they have
built up and held together the
IWA organization in the area.

President Moore also com-
plimented the Local for the
splendid cooperation extend-
ed the Regional and Interna-
tional Research Departments
at their recent educational
conference held in Kelowna.

In reviewing the past year’s
activities; the Officers’ Report
stated in part:

“We would like to once
again bring to the attention
of all members that we are
passing through a major cri-
sis in this great nation of ours.
Unemployment is still one of
the most important factors to
be reconciled.

ADMINISTRATION

“Since our Jast annual
meeting the Local Union has
maintained two people on the
payroll. The problems hand-
led have been many and var-
ied and follow a similar pat-
tern to other years. The em-
ployer has become more de-
sirous to employ younger
people and thus disregard
those employees who have
served faithfully for many
years. The speed-up program
is also continuing to rear its
ugly head in more and more
operations.

ORGANIZATION.

In the field of organization
progress has been relatively
slow, this is attributed to two
factors, the many problems
encountered in our organized
operations and the violent re-
actions of the non-organized
employers once they find out
that the Union Organizer is
talking to his employees.

“At the request of the In-
ternational Associate Direc-
tor of Organization, Brother
J. C. Walls, a complete sur-
vey of the Local Union was

The National Union of Public Employees (CLC) is being

Certified as bargaining agent for employees in its 100th Cana-
dian hospital. The 55,000-member union now can claim 15,069
hospital employees as members across the country. The mile-
stone came after Ontario Labor Relations Board approval of
the union’s application to represent 185 employees of the
Ottawa Perley hospital for chronically-ill, a 217-bed imstitu-
tion. Three other Ottawa hospitals are represented by the
Quebec syndicates.

Strikes and lockouts totalled 37 in February, says the Labor
department. There were 7,002 workers involved. This com-
pares with 24 work stoppages in January. The principal dis-
putes in February involved the tragic Kapuskasing forestry
affair as well as metal workers at Tracey, Que., and chemical
workers at Shawinigan, Quebec.

Canadian retailers in January sold an estimated $1,3907,-
618,000 worth of goods or 6.6 per cent more than a year earlier.
Increases were recorded for motor vehicles, hardware, gro-
ceries and other items.

Canada’s coal output in February rose 7.3 per cent to 973,908
tons compared with a year earlier.

Gold output in Canadian mines in January was 335,340 fine
ounces or 6.7 per cent less than a year ago.

made by our Local Union
Organizer. The purpose of
this survey was to obtain a
clear picture of all the unor-
ganized operations and poten-
tial membership.
SAFETY

“The Local Union Safety
Programme has been main-
tained fairly well. Some areas
have shown good results for
the past year. On the other
hand, severity and frequency
rates. have increased in other
operations. A lot of this, we
feel, is attributed to speed-up
and more of the work load
being forced upon our people
throughout the industry.

SUMMARY

“We refer again to the fact

that all Officers and Plant

Committee. Members have

had an extremely busy year
endeavoring to settle both
large and small problems. A
great majority of the griev-
ances and problems have
been resolved in a satisfac-
tory manner,
CONCLUSION

“We would once again ex-
tend to the Sub-Local Offi-
cers, Job Stewards, and Com-
mittee Members, our sincere
appreciation for the help and
assistance that they have
given us ‘in our efforts to con-
duct the Local Union’s busi-
ness in the best interest of
the membership.”

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er gee
Elections

Annual meeting of the You-
bou Sub-Local of Local 1-80,

IWA, held March 31, elected
the following officers for the
year: Chairman, Howard Del-
mage; ist vice - chairman,
Lorne Leakey; financial sec-
retary, Ed. Sayers; recording
secretary, R. Van De Voorde;
3-year trustee, R. Manweiller;
ist year trustee, D. Leischner.

Parksville 1-80

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Ejections

The following officers were
elected at the Annual Meet-
ing of the Parksville Sub-
Local of Local 1-80, TWA, on
March 12:

Chairman, Arthur Butler;
Ast Vice-Chairman, J. Lea-
key; Financial Secretary, Ar-
thur Briggs; Warden, Dave
Van Horne; Trustee, Neil Van
Horne; Recording Secretary,
W. Roberts.

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The following list contains the names of all camps,
sawmills and Plywood operations where members.

full Union Coverage both as to wages and Health and
Welfare Protection. ‘

Before hiring out to West Coast Vancouver Island

Camps, loggers should make certain that a Union contract
is in effect. 3

UNION CAMPS:
All MacMillan, Bloedel & Powell River Operations.
All Tahsis Company Operations.

E. J. Eason Trucking, R. B. McLean Lumber Company,
Milligan Brothers, M & M Pole, Taylor Way Logging, Craig
& Bond Logging, Stoltz Logging, Green Logging, Mars
Contracting, Hamilton Logging, Rayner & Bracht Lid., J. W.
Arden, A. N. Mangles, Wamac Logging, Grosskleg and
Trueman, Braithwaite & Son, Northern Hemlock Logging,
O. & W Contractors (Fedge), Northwest Cedar, Millstream
Timber, Kyuquot Log, A. F. Barker.

NON-UNION CAMPS:

Freill Lake Logging, Brentwood Logging (Deering),
Inlet Contractors Ltd., Amai Inlet (Jorgenson Bros.).

Non-Union Camps cannot participate in the Industry-
wide Health and Welfare Plan.

IWA LOCAL 1-367, HANEY

UNION CAMPS AND MILLS

B.C. Forest Products Ltd., Hammond Sawmill Division; B.C.
Forest Products Ltd., Pitt Lake Logging Division; Border Lum-
ber Co. Ltd., Ruskin; Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Harrison
Mills Logging Division; Davidson Shingle Co. Ltd., Mission;
Eddy Match Co. Ltd., Mission; Fleetwood Logging Co. Ltd.,
Camp “B,” Harrison Lake; Fleetwood Logging Co. Ltd., Camp
“Y," Yale; G. & F. Logging Co. Ltd., Box 99, Hope; Hammer
Sawmills Ltd., Stave Falls; Hammer Logging Ltd., Stave Lake;
H. & F. Contracting Co. Ltd., Harrison Mills; Huston & Mc-
Bride Shingle Ltd., Ruskin; Katz Timber Ltd., Hope; Lakeberg
Logging Ltd., Harrison’ Lake; Lakewood Lumber Co. Ltd., East
of Fort Langley; H. A. Larson Logging Co. Ltd., Harrison Lake;
G. W. Lobb Shingle Mill Ltd., Stave Falls; McLenaine & Smith
Logging Co. Ltd., Pitt Lake; McMahon Lumber Co. Ltd., Mis-
sion; Northwest Forest Products Ltd., Mission; Princeton Trail
Timber Ltd., Hope; Rafuse Timber & Logging Co. Ltd., Hope;
Spring Creek Logging Co. Ltd., Harrison Lake; Stave Lake
Cedar Ltd., Dewdney; Whonnock Lumber Co. Ltd, (Sawmill),
Whonnock; Whonnock Lumber Co. Ltd. (Logging), Stave
Lake; Whonnock Lumber Co. Ltd. (Shake Mill), Stave Lake;
Foucher Logging Co. Ltd., Hope.

NON-UNION CAMPS AND MILLS

Watkins Logging, Harrison Lake; Cattermole Logging, any-
where east of Pitt River; Trethewey Logging, Harrison Lake;
Pretty Logging, Bear Creek, Harrison Lake and 20 Mile, Har-
rison Lake; Eagle Creek Logging Co. Ltd., Harrison Lake; Her-
man Sawmill, Mission; Fraser Valley Sawmills, Mission;
Hampton Sawmill, Boston Bar; Pretty Logging, Hope; R.
White, falling’ and bucking contractor, Hatzic; Steelhead
Logging, sub-contracting for Whonnock Logging on Stave
Lake (falling and bucking contractor) working out of Power
Saw Sales, Vancouver; Bowman & Orion Sawmills, Chilliwack.

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Why Unions?

The Lee Rubber Co, is no
small-change outfit. The
firm’s stock is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange.
Its products are national
owned and widely mar-
keted.

Maurice Marcel Clair-
mont, described by Fortune
magazine as a “shrewd
raider,” decided that Lee
was ripe for plucking. He
banded together a small
group of shareholders who
owned 30 percent of the
stock and kicked out the
old management.

Clairmont soon took over
Lee management and be-
gan a ruthless cost-cutting
campaign at the expense
of the employees. Produc-
tion workers had the pro-
tection cf a Rubber Work-
ers’ contract, but white col-
lar workers were totally at
the mercy of the new man-
agement.

Callously cast adrift as a
first step were about 100
white collar retirees past
age 65. Most of these had
received modest pension
checks under a “voluntary”
plan instituted by the for-
mer management after the

union had won pension
benefits for most of the in-
dustry’s production and
maintenance workers.

In early February, sal-
aried retirees received not-
ices of plan termination in-
stead of the usual pension
checks. New management
informed these pensioners
that it was regretful but
was taking the step in the
best interests of the com-
pany. It reminded the re-
tirees that “no pension plan
has ever been adopted to
provide pension benefits to
employees belonging to
your category. . .” and that
payments were “purely vol-
untary” on the company’s
part.

Things would have been
different with a union. The
pension would have been
protected by a contract
which would have remained
in effect regardless of
changes in management.
That contract would also
protect seniority rights, re-
employment rights, and
other job security rights
now denied the unorgan-
ized white collar em

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