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Vol. XXXVI, No. 18

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cS> September, 1967

“IT'S NOW OR NEVER!”

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PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
“LABOUR RELATIONS ACT”

VOTE "YES"

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Are You In Favour Of Striking? |
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Mark Only With An X tn The Square Of Your Choice

The above is a copy of the ballot which will be used by the government in taking
the supervised strike vote in the Southern Interior. Your Negotiating Committee strongly
recommends you vote “YES” when casting your ballot.

A yes vote for strike will force the employers back to the bargaining table and will
protect your future. Don’t be fooled by the employers’ propaganda. Your massive 97.5%
vote to reject the Munroe Report shook the employers badly. A 100% vote for strike will
prove you really mean business and are determined to win coast parity now.

NOTE: Mark your ballot only with an “X’ inside the block opposite the “YES”.

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COLUMBIA CELLULOSE

CELGAR PULP DIVISION

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i CELGAR LIMITED.

_ CELGAR LUMBER DIVISION

FOUR HUNDRED MEMBERS of Local 1-405 IWA set the example and legally struck the

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Celgar operations on September 18. They are on the picket line to obtain parity with
Coast rates and conditions. They are counting on the support of al] Interior wood-

workers. Don’t let them down. Vote “YES” in the Southern Interior government-super-
vised strike vote Friday, September 29.

KEITH JOHNSON REGION 1 CHOICE
FOR INTERNATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT

Keith Johnson, highly pop-
ular and very able president
of Lecal 1-207 IWA Alberta,
has been chosen by Regional
Council No. 1 to contest the
position of International 2nd
Vice-President.

He is the first i cagucend in
twenty-five years seek a
top office in the International
Union. He is being opposed
for the position by an Ameri-
ean from Springfield, Oregon.

Keith is 37 years of age and
is married with four children,
two boys and two girls. Be-
sides being president of his
Local Union, he is the Ist
Vice-President of the Alberta
Federation of Labour and one
of the two International Exe-
cutive Board Members of Re-
gional Council No. 1.

After serving five years
with the Royal Canadian
Navy during the Korean War,

Keith returned to his native
province of Alberta in 1955.
In the spring of 1956 he com-
menced work at Western Ply-
wood Company in Edmonton
(now Weldwood of Canada)
and was instrumental in gain-
ing the IWA certification in
that plant. Soon after he was
elected the Plant Chairman.
Shortly after the formation

“See JOHNSON”— Page 2

You can protect your future “only” by
voting yes on the government-supervised
strike ballot. The vote is being held Friday,
September 29.

Do not be stampeded by either the em-
ployers or the government into throwing
away your last chance to get coast wages
and conditions.

“lt is now or never.”

The employers have accepted the Mun-
roe Report because they want to block
parity for many years. This would leave you
far behind the coast and short-change you
hundreds of dollars in wages.

Vote “YES” to. convince the employers
they must return to the bargaining table

aware of your determination to achieve
coast parity.

Your fellow woodworkers on the coast
are 100% behind you in your battle to im-
prove your wages and conditions as shown
by the following emergency resolution sub-

mitted to the Regional Convention presently
in session:

See‘NOW OR NEVER’— Page 3

KEITH JOHNSON

“First Canadian to seek a top office in International for twenty-five years.