THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

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P.N.E. LOGGERS' SPORTS __
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By BEN THOMPSON
Local 1-71 First Vice-President

Three years ago under the
guiding enthusiasm of the then
Truck lLogger’s Association
President, Bill (W. D.)
Moore, “Festival of Forestry”
was borne to illustrate the im-
portance of our forests and
the many people who work
the woods. ;

Federal and provincial for-
estry departments were con-
tacted. The University of B.C.,
the Burnaby Institute of Tech-
nology, the Truck Loggers,
the major lumber companies,
equipment suppliers, the IWA
and the PNE, all helped de-
velop the festival.

This year the festival began
with the popular Woodchop-
pers’ Ball where a Beauty
Queen was chosen to reign

4 over the festival events. The

Loggers’ pancake breakfast
followed on a downtown Van-
couver parking lot where the
Hoo-Hoo Club had created a
“cookhouse” in the midst of
a miniature forest.

An important role that the

Festival of Forestry plays is

to bring to British Columbia

graduate forestry students
from other countries of the
world. This year students
came from Turkey, Yugosla-
via, France, Bulgaria, Italy,
Portugal, Spain, Switzerland,
South Africa, U.S.A. and Ja-
pan.

_From the time of their ar-
rival to their departure three
weeks later, they toured
through the university, to the
Interior and to Vancouver Is-
land; through tree nurseries,
mills and logging shows. They
were crammed with informa-
tion concerning the forests of
our Province. Local 1-80 host-
ed the young men one evening
before going on the next
morning to the more serious
task of explaining the part
that the IWA performs in our
Industry. Members of Local
1-85 also showed another as-
pect of the IWA in action
when the students observed
a safety committee meeting
held at Gold River. These stu-
dents all return home wish-
ing their stay were longer.

The best known feature of
the Festival of Forestry is the
Loggers’ Sports held during

and at the PNE. The competi-
tions and exhibitions held
three times daily drew thou-
sands of spectators. Competi-
tion is now in three classes:
Novice, B.C. Champions and
North American Champion-
ship, the latter drawing com-
petitors from all over the

‘world. The IWA has contri-

buted two of the trophies for
the B.C. Champions class; Re-
gion No. 1 for the standing
block chop and the Loggers’

Local, Local 1-71, for the ob- |

stacle pole bucking.

Pictured is the “Logger
of the Year” scoring the
ger of the Year” scoring the
highest number of points
Brian Herlihey with the Pan-
icky Bill trophy. Labour Day
saw the finalists in action for
the North American Cham-
pionships and one just cannot
believe that men can go up
those trees so fast.

Another Festival of Fores-
try has drawn to an end but
already thoughts and plans
are being formulated for next
year. Can it be improved?
Are changes needed or what

do you think could be added?

BEST BARGAIN TODAY!

UNITED APPEAL GOAL $3,900,000 —
GIVE WHAT YOU CAN AND MORE

The United Appeal opens

September 22nd and will run

through to the end of October
with a goal of $3,900,000 to
meet the minimum operating
needs of more than sixty
member services.

The price tag of $3,900,000
is the highest yet, but even
so it represents one of the best

bargains available today; an
investment in our Province’s
finest resource, its people. As
in the Labour movement, im-
provement of the quality of
life is the motivation behind
every service supported by
the United Appeal. If even
one vital agency had to cur-
tail operations, a dependent

segment of our community
would suffer:

Why is the United Appeal
such a good buy? One of the
reasons is that thousands of
volunteers, many union mem-
bers among them, put in liter-
ally thousands of work-hours
free, because they are con-
cerned with and involved in
agency programs. This means
that every dollar donated to
the United Appeal is stretch-
ed to do the work of two or
more, and that’s an invest-
ment no-one can afford to
pass up.

Every single cent which
comes into the Appeal is ac-
counted for, and agency allo-
cations are subject to the most
stringent scrutiny by citizen
committees. The very strict
rules governing admission to
the United Appeal ensure that
the books are open to inspec-
tion by anyone donating to
the Appeal.

In the next few weeks more
than 20,000 volunteers, some
of your friends and fellow-
workers among them, will be
aiming toward that $3,900,000
goal. Getting it won’t be easy,
but if each of us gives a fair
share it can be achieved.

Fair share? Because lots of
people have asked for some
indication of what would be
a reasonable donation, United
Appeal suggests one hour’s
pay a month, on a year-round
payroll deduction basis. It’s
an easy, painless way of giv-
ing, but counted up it can
mean for thousands of men,
women and children all the
difference between despair
and hope, pain and comfort,
defeat and victory. These are
things we do care about, so

let’s not be ashamed of show-
ing it!

BRIAN HERLIHEY was also winner of the Panicky Bell
Trophy awarded to the best all around logger at the
Loggers’ Sports at the PNE.

CNTU GAINS FROM STEEL

The Quebec-based Confederation of National Trade
Unions has made its biggest gain in Ontario by taking a
group of Ontario miners from the United Steelworkers

of America.

In a vote conducted by the Ontario Labor Relations
Board the Canadian Union of Base Metal Workers
(CNTU) was approved as bargaining agent for about 400
miners in the Manitouwadge area, in northwestern

Ontario.

The vote was 204 in favour, 156 against, or 54 per cent
in favour of displacing the Steelworkers’ Local 5418.

INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
BROUGHT BY TRADE UNIONS

The fact that trade unions
themselves bring industrial
democracy into economic life
has gone largely unnoticed,
according to Canadian Labor
Congress President Donald

MacDonald.

Speaking to the convention
of National Defense Employ-
ees in Halifax, the CLC head
pointed out that when employ-
ees of a corporation or a
government are organized
into a trade union, “a very

- profound change takes place.

“The employees who had
previously accepted authori-
tarian rule no longer have to
do so.

Become Partners
“By virtue of their trade
union organization, they have

become partners in the deter- _

mination of their conditions
of employment.”

This is evident, the CLC
president went on, from their
participation “in deciding
what they should be paid, how
long they should work, what
holidays and what fringe ben-
efits they should have.

“They enjoy due process

by virtue of a grievance pro-
cedure. They are protected

against arbitrary dismissal or
discipline or layoff.
Have Franchise

“In other words, to use the
anology of government, they
have a franchise and they are
involved in the legislative
process.”

This very important form
of industrial democraty is one
which needs to be more uni-
versally applied, said Mr.
MacDonald, “as it will be with
the continued growth of the
labor movement and the ex-
tension of collective bargain-
ing to those who do not as yet
enjoy its benefits.

The CLC president said that
a large percentage of the
eligible working force will be
organized into the labor move-
ment in the future.

Would Dominate

He also predicted that with-
in a generation unions in the
public service would domin-
ate the trade union movement.

A shift is taking place in
organized labor from an in-
stitution based in the blue-
collar group — the manual
worker — into one that in
which clerical, technical and
professional workers are be-

coming increasing] oe
nent. ey Promi