SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1979

Mr. Fred Mills Vice-President

of Industrial Relations for °

Evans Products, flew them to
Golden and gave them a con-
ducted tour of the Company’s
manufacturing operations

there and its logging operation
at Donald.

On their return to Kamloops
they were taken to dinner by
the Company where they met
some of the officers of Local 1-
417, and then flew back to
Vancouver.

The next morning they met
with the officers of Local 1-357
New Westminster, and were

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LARRY ROGERS, Bertil Jonsson and Plant iManage Frank Trotto watch filing operation in the
filing room at Weldwood’s Flavelle Cedar plant.

shown the Local’s new head-
quarters. They were then
taken on a tour of Weldwood’s
T-Ply operation in the morning
and a lunch sponsored by the
Local Union.

During the afternoon, Mr.
Larry Rogers, Vice-President
of Industrial Relations for
Weldwood, conducted them
through the Company’s
Flavelle Cedar plant and was
the host at a dinner for them
that evening.

Friday morning they flew to
Castlegar where the day was
spent touring Kootenay Forest
Products in Nelson with of-

_ MacMILLAN PARK VISIT where the size of the trees took their
attention. While some of the trees in Sweden do reach
feet through at the butt they can’t compare in size to the

_ Pacttic Covet Deugies firs

ficers of Local. 1-405 and
Company officials. Included in
the group were the two worker
representatives on the Com-
pany’s Board of Directors.

On their return to Vancouver
they were guests at a number
of banquets sponsored by
Forest Industrial Relations
Ltd., officers of Local 1-217
Vancouver and the Regional
Council.

The remaining three days of
their visit were spent attending
the IWA Regional convention
where they were guest
speakers on the second day.

_ THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

BLANCHARD AND JONSSON examine plywood panel at the
Kootenay Forest Products plywood plant.

MacMILLAN BLOEDEL helicopter provided a the Company for
the group to tour the Alberni Canal logging operations.

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EVANS PRODUCTS’ summer logging operation at Donald. In the group second from left is Fred
Mills, the Company’s Vice-President of Industrial Relations and foum from right is Local 1-405

President Wayne Nowlin.