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PROPOSED DATE APRIL 30

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directors, subject to the ap- lumber mill at Smith, 150 see
proval of the annual meeting miles north of Edmonton, and s hile
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organization stretching from Fertilizers Ltd. at Calgary. or

Thunder Bay in Ontario to
the Pacific Ocean, with annual
sales near $200,000,000, and
serving more than 450 retail-
ing co-operatives with a mem-
bership between 400,000 and
450,000, as well as a number
of other co-operatives and
non-profit organizations.
Topic of Discussion

Amalgamation has been a
continuing discussion between
the co-operative centrals for
several years. The 1968 annual
meeting of B.C. Co-op Whole-
sale asked directors to work
toward a union with FCL.
Delegates of Federated Co-
operatives have: expressed
themselves in favor of amal-
gamation.

The two organizations have
worked closely together for
some time. They provide
parallel services to their mem-
ber associations, co-operate
in merchandising programs,
and overlap one another at
the border of Alberta and in
the Peace River country of
B.C., where thriving co-opera-
tives at Dawson Creek and
a St. John are members of

Successful Mergers

Federated Co-operatives al-
ready is the product of suc-
cessive mergers between Sas-
katchewan Co-operative
Wholesale Society, Consum-
ers’ Co-operative Refineries,
Manitoba Co-operative Whole-
sale and Alberta Co-operative
Wholesale Association. It pro-
vides manufacturing, whole-
saling and other services to
just over 400 consumer co-ops
and about 150 other co-opera-
tives and non-profit organiza-
tions in Northwestern Ontario,
the three prairie provinces,
the Peace River area of B.
and the Northwest Territories,

Active individual member-
ship of consumer co-ops serv-
ed is estimated at 370,000.

Services to member associ-
ates are provided by Federa-
ted Co-operatives through re-
gional offices and warehouses
at Saskatoon, where a new
home office is being built, at
Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary
and Edmonton, with auxiliary
warehouses at Yorkton and
Swift Current.

_ 1969 Sales

Sales for 1969 were $174,-
000,000.

B.C. Co-op Wholesale be-
gan in 1939 with 10 member
associations. It now serves
100, including some 40 con-
sumer co-operatives with
membership of about 50,000
persons. It has warehousing
facilities at Burnaby adjacent
to Vancouver where its head
office is located, and a feed
mill at Prince George. It also
operates a consumer outlet at
Mackenzie, a new community
100 miles north of Prince
George, and participates with
member associations in a net-
work of petroleum depots. Its
sales last year were just over
$14,000,000.

Agreement on the merger
was reached March 11 at a

meeting in Burnaby attended,

by directors of B.C. Co-op
Wholesale and the executive
of the board of Federated Co-
operatives. Under the agree-
ment the board of FCL would
be enlarged to 18 directors
from 16, to provide for repre-

» sentation of the member asso-

eiations from B.C. There is
already a director from Brit-
ish Columbia on the board of
Federated, he being E. R. Ad-
ams of Dawson Creek.
Logical Move
R. H. Boyes, president of
Federated Co-operatives, said
the merger is a logical move
in light of the widespread feel-
ing that there is need for con-
solidation of co-operative en-
terprise. The purpose of co-

MARINE UNDERWATER PARK
PLANNED BY MINISTER DAVIS

Loeal 1-85 Financial Secre-
“ ved Maurice Corbeil, who is
also Secre

minister and the minister re-
sponsible for National Parks.

He added that because the
bottom of the Strait already
belongs to the people of Can-
ada it will be a simple admin-

_ istrative act to designate it as

ers Twentieth National
P

He expressed pleasure that
the Alberni Labour Council
supported the idea and re-
quested that everybody inter-
ested in seeing the plan be-
come a reality should. write
to the Prime Minister urging
immediate action,

Names of B.C. co-ops providing retail services, as located by numbers on map

operatives is to provide bene-
or members, he said. If
greater efficiency and econo-
my can be achieved by having
one central organization in-
stead of two, and if this can be
translated into greater sav-
ings, better and more satisfy-
ing service to the individual
members, then this would be
fulfilling the objective of both
organizations, he said.
Full Potential

Mr. Boyes said the diversi-
fied and buoyant economy of
British Columbia should add
strength and depth to ae en-
tire system, and help it to
reach its full nee g for
serving consumers and pro-
ducers.

Arthur Swenson, president
of B.C. Co-op Wholesale, said
it has long been the desire of
B.C. co-operatives to join with
the strong co-operative move-
ment on the prairies. He said
he believed the resources and

-experience of the FCL organ-

ization would strengthen the
co-operative movement in

.C., and in doing so would
bring greater benefits to those
who participated as co-opera-
tive members.

Cooperative Consumer

Alberni District Co-op., Port Alberni.
Armstrong Co-op Society.

Bella Coola. Consumers’ Co-op.

Burns Lake Co-operative.

Canoe Co-op Association.

Comox District Co-op, Courtenay.
Consumers’ Co-op, Pitt Meadows.

Co-op Granite Trading Assoc., Tappen.
Co-op Supply Centre, Prince George.
Cowichan Co-op Services, Duncan,

Co-op Petroleum Services, China Creek.
Co-op Petroleum Services, Ruskin.
Dawson Co-op Union, Dawson Creek.
Delmas Co-op Assoc., Masset.

East Chilliwack Fruit Growers Co-op.
Fort Fraser Co-op Exchange.

Fort St. John Co-op

. Fruitvale Co-op, 7 rans portation Society.
Hornby Island Co-op.

Houston Co-op Marketing Assoc.

. Co-op Petroleum Services, Prince Rupert.
. Kootenay Columbia Co-op, Brilliant.

. Lake Cowichan Consumers’ Co-op.

. Mid Island Consumer Co-op, Nanaimo.

. Mackenzie Co-op Store.

. North Cariboo Sones ee -op, Quesnel.

. Oliver Co-op Store Ass

. Otter District Farmers’ "ehiete Aldergrove.
. Princeton Consumers’ Co-op Centre

. Revelstoke Co-op, branches at Nakusp, Mica Creek.
. Salmo Community Development Co-op.

. Shuswap Consumers’ Co-op, Salmon Arm.
. Slocan Valley Co-op, Slocan Park.

. Sointula Co-op Store Assoc.

. Sunshine Valley Co-op, Grand For

. Surrey Co-op at Cloverdale, pe Ladner.
. Tasu Consumers’ Co-op.

. Tahsis Consumers’ Co-op.

. Terrace Co-op Association.

. Tofino Consumers’ Co-op.

. Ucluelet Consumers’ Co-op.

. Vanderhoof Co-op Assoc.

. Elphinstone Co-op, Gibsons.

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WE HAVE
TOP NUMBER
OF INJURIES

The Workmen’s Compensa-
tion Board report showed that
a total of 99,644 workers were
injured whilst at work in 1969.
This was an increase of 10.6%
over figures for 1968. More
than one third of the 16,646
registered employers had com-
pensation payments made on
behalf of one or more employ-
ees, and 1,340,444 work days
were lost as a result of com-
pensable work injuries.

Compensation benefit costs
also reached a record high of
more than $36 million. Of this
amount, $15 million was paid
to compensate for time lost;
$13 million for pension re-
serves, and $7 million for
medical aid. The forest pro-
ducts industry had the high-
est number of work injuries,
amounting to 24.5% of the to-
tal. During the year, a total
of 1,940 safety inspections
were carried out, which re-
sulted in 7,571 safety orders
being issued.

FEDERATED CO-OP eaatay Division employees at
Canoe, have not had a loss time accident since June 2,
1965. Their safety performance won the Forest Products
Safety Council Goddess Award, the first time the Award
has been won by a firm in Canada. Shown in the picture
are two members of the logging Division Clayton Pederson,
left, and Emil Erikson. The Lumber Worker regrets that
because of the farBoag nature of the Company’s logging
Sper. ne rest of the crew were not able to appear
in the p' j