SEATTLE, Wash. — A
meeting to lay the groundwork
: for coordination of industry-
wide negotiations next year in
the Pacific Northwest and
‘ fritish Columbia was held
here April 2 and 3 by officers of
+ the International Union and the
two largest Regional Councils
of the IWA.

Negotiations for new
working agreements covering
some 70,000 members of the
union will be held next spring
‘ in the two regions.

Contracts in Western States .

* Regional Council No. 3 will
expire June 1, 1972. The Coast
‘ Master Agreement has an
expiration date of June 15,
followed by the B.C. Interior
agreements at the end of June.
On behalf of the international
officers, President Ronald F.
Roley said he was ‘‘delighted
? with the spirit of cooperation
demonstrated by officers of the

« two Regional Councils.”
General agreement was
» reached on inter-regional co-
operation and coordination in

, _ the negotiations.

The Houston Sub-Local of
Local 1-424 IWA Prince George
reports that a number of
problems have been resolved
“ in the past month.

Chief among these was an

« attempt by company foreman
to force the crew .to work

' overtime. The Union com-
mittee pointed out at a meeting
with management that com-
pulsory overtime clauses
existed only in Pulp Union
*  eontracts and IWA members
could not be forced to d
’ overtime work. -

LEO WEST
IWA Plant Chairman at
Houston, Leo West, reports that
his Committee is hard at work

resolving a number of problems
of the members in the plant.

_ The Committee also reports

that the Houston Sub-Local
ee will be opened in April.
_ This additional service should
‘prove invaluable to the crew

and will greatly expedite
: ing day-to-day on the job

me tremendous response

the wives and daughters
members over the
of the for-

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

' President Roley also an-
nounced that the coordination
policy will include close work
with other unions, particularly
the Western Council of Lumber
and Sawmill Workers.

During the industry-wide
negotiations in 1969, the LSW
and Regional Council No. 3 met
with employer associations
and individual companies on a
single bargaining program.
The two unions are planning
joint bargaining again next
year.

President Roley said the
International Union will
assume the obligation of estab-
lishing liaison between the
Regional Councils during the
bargaining period, and on a
continuing basis to help bring
about better understanding of
mutual problems.

The two-day meeting also
included informal discussion of
general programs and policies
within the JWA, along with
constitutional issues.

A writing committee of the
Constitutional (C-1) Study

mation of a ladies auxiliary
indicates the ladies are all for
the plan. The potential
membership for Houston alone
is about eighty members. The
Committee states that ladies
from Smithers, Telkwa, Burns
Lake and other areas will be
most welcome if they care to
join.

The Sub-Local officers are
also pressing for lower rent
and mortgage interest rates in
Houston as well as lower food
prices. They state that a
comparison of food prices else-
where show the Houston prices
are far too high.

IWA Regional Safety
Director Andy Smith recently
visited Houston and worked
with the Committee in setting
up a more effective safety
programme. Safety Com-
mittee Chairman Vern Chase
reports that following Andy’s
visit great progress is being
made in the field of safety.

GOVERNMENT
DOES WELL
IN SPIRITS

Barry Mather, the NDP
Member of Parliament for
Surrey - White Rock, says the
federal government now
makes more than $8 million a
week out of sales of spirits,
beer and wine.

And he wants the govern-
ment to earmark one percent
of this — about $4,500,000 a
year — for “anti-alcoholism
and temperance causes.”

In an April 13 report, Mather
lists Ottawa’s $440,000,000
annual revenue from alcohol:
spirits, $195 million, beer $139
million, wine 7 million, sales

Committee created by the 1969
IWA International Convention
is meeting this week in Port-
land. The full C-1 committee,
comprised of two repre-
sentatives each from the Inter-
national and the five Regional
Councils, will meet next week.

Along with President Roley
at the Seattle meeting were the
other International officers —
First Vice President Keith W.
Johnson, Second Vice
President H. Landon Ladd and
Secretary-Treasurer William
Botkin.

President Leonard C.
Palmer of Regional Council
No. 3 was accompanied by
First Vice President D. C.
(Gundy) Gunvaldson, Second
Vice President Don Downing,
Third Vice President J. D.
(Shorty) Carter, Fourth Vice
President Vernon (Red)
Russell and  Secretary-
Treasurer Arley Anderson.

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SICK LEAVE REQUEST

“] rigged up a beam with a pulley at the top of the
building and hoisted up a couple of barrels full of bricks.
When I had fixed the building, there was a lot of bricks left
over. I hoisted the barrel back up again and secured the line
at the bottom, and then went up and filled the barrel with

extra bricks. Then I went to the

bottom and cast off the line.

Unfortunately, the barrel of bricks was heavier than I was
and before I knew what was happening the barrel started
down, jerking me off the ground. I decided to hang on and

halfway up I met the barrel coming down and received a
severe blow on the shoulder. I then continued to the top,
banging my head against the beam and getting my finger
jammed in the pulley. When the barrel hit the ground it
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received severe injuries to my shins. When I hit the ground I
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sharp edges. At this point I must have lost my presence of
mind, because I let go the line. The barrel then came down
giving me another heavy blow on the head and putting me in
the hospital. I respectfully request sick leave.”

President Jack Moore, First
Vice President T. Wyman
Trineer, Second Vice President
Jack Munro, Third Vice Pres-

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ident Stan Parker and
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Council No. 1 at the meeting.
—International Woodworker