o- THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER REGION 2 OFFICERS WIN RE-ELECTION Top officers of Regional Council No. 2 (Eastern Can- ada) were re-elected to office by acclamation at the Region’s Annual Convention held in Toronto. iS HEADS N.D.P. NORMAN LEVI, a Counsellor with the John Howard Society, has been appointed the new presi- dent of the B.C. Section of the New Democratic Party. He suc- ceeds Ray Haynes, who was re- cently appointed secretary-treas- urer of the B.C. Federation of Labour. Mr. Levi, who was born in England, is also the president of the Association of Chest Em- ployees, Local 881, Canadian Union of Public Employees. He joined the NDP in 1963 and ran in the Vancouver South riding against Northern Affairs Minister Arthur Laing in the last Federal election. He spent a number of years in Israel where he became keenly interested in the Histra- duth (Israel Trade Union Move- ment). His present trade union activities include the researching and. writing of briefs on various issues. Up and over! Outdoor action gets into high gear when men and machines tackle the rugged, rock-strewn hill climbs of the . Fraser Valley. Officers elected were Presi- dent H. Landon Ladd; Vice- President William Pointon; Secretary-Treasurer Earl R. Patterson. Elected to serve on the In- ternational Executive’ Board were Patterson and KE. H. Griffith of Owen Sound Local 2-499. Eleven members, in- cluding the six incumbents, were nominated for the Re- gional Executive Board, which was increased to eight seats by the 1964 convention. The delegates by an over- whelming vote approved a resolution to use the 50 cent strike fund per capita tax to finance an expanded organiza- tional effort during the next year, with the option of con- tinuing the programme for an additional year with the Re- gional Executive Board in a “watchdog” role. The resolution calls for curtailing the programme if a serious strike situation de- velops, and also prohibits use of the present $150,000 in the strike fund for the plan. The resolution was drafted by the ways and means com- mittee at the suggestion of President Ladd in his Presi- dential address. Region 2 now has approxi- mately 8,000 members, an in- crease of some 700 members since last October, and the goal is to go over the 10,000 mark by the time of the Re- gion’s next convention in 1968. Other resolutions adopted by the delegates included de- mands for action by the gov- ernment on income tax relief, support for the Teamsters Un- ion if it applies for admission to the CLC, better employ- ment compensation, revision of the Ontario Pension Plan, repeal of the building mater- jals tax and greater vacation pay guarantees. On the saddle or the sidelines, this can be a muddy, dusty sport—a two- wheeled test of stamina and skill, Lager. DON’T BUY FROM DOMINION “FORD” CITY CAR SALESMEN AT DOMINION VANCOUVER MOTORS ARE ON STRIKE On May 17th, the car salesmen of Dominion Vancouver Motors Ltd. went on a legal strike after exhausting all of the procedures of the B.C. Labour Relations Act. The salesmen are fighting for a first contract after gaining a Cetrificate of Bargaining Authority earlier this year. COMPANY’S “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” PROPOSAL PROVOKED STRIKE Although there were a number of items which the parties had been able to resolve the main point in dispute is a Company request that “any employee who does not earn $800.00 each and every month will be fired.” This means that every salesman, every month, would have to guarantee that he would sell approximately Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) worth of cars. Incidentally, this would realize a profit of approximately $2,750.00 to Dominion Vancouver Motors from each of its fifteen salesmen each month. This policy would only increase high pressure type selling. Such a clause will do nothing to improve the already tarnished image of the car selling industry. The Public can help bring Dominion Vancouver Motors back to reality. There are other Ford dealers — buy your new or used car elsewhere. Members of all Unions are respecting the salesmen’s picket lines. We ask that you take your service work elsewhere. You can also assist by making your gas or parts purchases at another dealer. PLEASE INSURE THAT THE FIRM YOU WORK FOR DOES NOT DO BUSINESS WITH DOMINION VANCOUVER MOTORS PLEASE RESPECT THESE PICKET LINES ISSUED BY: B.C, FEDERATION OF LABOUR And after the action, relax back home with a quenching glass of Lucky Lucky Lager’s a bold breed of beer, slow-brewed Western-style for man-sized taste. So grab yourself a Lucky. Enjoy beer flavour as big as all outdoors.