1-405

ANNUAL MEETING

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The shocking depletion of
wildlife in the East Kootenay
game reserves was bitterly
condemned by the- delegates
attending the 7th Annual
Delegated Conference of Lo-
cal 1-405 IWA, July 30-31, in
Cranbrook.

The delegates approved a
resolution which requested
the Provincial Government to
close the present game re-
serves to hunters immediate-
ly. They also instructed the
Local’s Financial Secretary to
lodge a strong protest with
the Provincial Government
for allowing the wholesale
slaughter of game reserve
animals.

The two-day meeting held
in the Legion Hall also dealt
with 59 other resolutions, ap-
proved the Officers’ and Fi-
nancial Reports, conducted
nominations for Local officers,
elected a New Regional Board
Member, heard from a num-
ber of guest speakers, and
elected delegates to the Re-
gional, B.C. Federation of La-
bour and New Democratic
Party conventions.

’ All the officers were re-
turned to office with the ex-
ception of Financial Secretary
Elmer Atwood who is op-
posed by Carl Johnson, a Tal-
lyman at the Kootenay Forest
Products operation in Nelson.
Their names will go out on
a réferendum ballot to the

membership.

Officers re-elected were Art
Damstrom, President; Jack.
Munro, Ist Vice-President; L.
Johnson, 2nd Vice-President;
C. Varney, 3rd Vice-Presi-

dent; E. DeAnna, Recording .

Secretary; J. Inglis, Conduc-
tor; G. Baird, Warden.

Jack Munro was also
elected the Local’s Regional
Executive Board Member. C.
Varney was elected the alter-
nate member.

Regional Convention dele-
gates elected were A. Dam-
strom, J. Inglis, E. Atwood,
G. Baird, C. Johnson, W.
Craig, E. DeAnna, D. Hood.
Alternate delegates are G.
Johnson, W. Semeniuk, N.

Kosinec, J. Poelt.
B.C. Federation of Labour

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BOB SCHLOSSER
President, Local 1-417

delegates elected were C.
Johnson and J. Teggart. J.
Poelt was elected alternate.

New Democratic Party
delegates elected were E. De-
Anna and J. Inglis. C. John-
son was elected the alternate.

Included among the Con-
ference guests were Interna-
tional President A. F.. Har-
tung, Regional President Jack
Moore, -International Assist-
ant Director of Organization
Clayton Walls, Regional Safe-
ty Director Andy Smith,
Financial Secretary.Tom
Sprlak, Local 1-206 Alberta,
1st Vice - President Fred
Painter, Local 1-206, Alberta,
President Murray Drew,
Local 1-118 Victoria, Presi-
dent Syd Thompson, Local
1-217 Vancouver, President
Bob Schlosser, Local 1-417
Salmon Arm, President Bill
Schumaker, Local 1-423 Kel-
owna, and Leo Nimsick, NDP-
MLA for the riding of Koot-
enay. ;

President Hartung, the first
of the guest speakers, stressed
the need for the trade union
movement to take stronger
political action. He suggested
that more unionists should
take an interest in politics as
a means of protecting their
job security.

He pointed out that if all
workers were to support pro-
labour candidates in all areas
of politics there would be no
need to fear the employer or
worry about adverse legisla-
tion.

Regional President Jack
Moore spoke on the recent
Coast settlement and the ef-
fects it will have on next
year’s Interior negotiations.
He told the delegates that the
Union must utilize the time
between now and negotiations
in building up the member-
ship.

As in Prince George the
previous week, he emphasized
the need for the Interior Lo-
cals to plan their negotiations
strategy. He stated that the
full resources of the Union
would be available to them
and the objective was to have
one contract covering IWA
workers in British Columbia.

One of the resolutions

ANDY SMITH
Regional Safety Director

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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

which drew a good deal of in-
terest from the delegates
dealt with the 1963 Interna-
tional Convention action
which deprived Local Unions
the right to retain the roll call
at delegated annual meetings.

Following a lengthy debate,
the delegates amended the
original resolution which
called for the next Interna-
tional Convention to re-insti-
tute the roll call vote and in-
stead instructed the Local of-
ficers to submit a comprehen-
sive report on the subject for
study by the Local’s 1967
Conference.

The Conference also ap-
proved a resolution which

called for the Strike Directive
to be amended so that in the
event of a strike in the Inter-
ior, married strikers would
receive $36.00 per week,
single strikers $27.00 per
week, and each dependent
$3.00 per week.

Included among the. im-
portant resolutions were de-
mands that:

e The Local Executive
Board institute a Death Bene-
fit Plan providing $100 pay-
able on a member’s death to
his beneficiary.

© The Provincial Govern-
ment implement a Provincial
Insurance Plan similar to the

Saskatchewan Plan.
e The results of balloting

on, negotiations in the South-
ern Interior be published in
the “Lumber Worker.”

e Each year three Shop
Stewards’ schools be held in
the Local Union, the location
to be decided on by the Local
Executive Board.

See “ANNUAL MEETING”
—Page Seven

President, Local 1-423

PRESIDENT ART DAMSTROM (centre) is shown reading aie,
the Officers’ Report as Ist Vice-President Jack Munro oi
(left) and Financial Secretary Elmer Atwood look on ras
during the first morning of Local 1-405’s Seventh Annual ;
Delegated Conference July 30-31, in Cranbrook.

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CLAYTON WALLS
International Assistant
Director of Organization