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"1-424 MEETING"

started operation and at that
time employed about 160 men.
Alexandra Forest Industries’
new mill at MacKenzie start-
ed operation in the early sum-
mer. This is one of the most
modern mills in B.C. and was
built as the first phase of B.C,
Forest Products’ Pulp Mill
complex,

“Lakeland Mills (the old
Strom Planer operation) built
a stud mill at the same site.
This is not a very large opera-
tion but will likely enable
them to stay in business at a
’ time when most of the mills
on Planer Row are moving
out, some moving closer to
the supply and some going
out of business. Northwood

Mills has taken over all the
mills on the east line from
Prince George to Dome

Creek. During the past sum-
mer a large expansion pro-
gram took place in Upper
Fraser — a large shed was
built for storage and a new
modern side added to the
present sawmill.

“This company also started
a number of new logging
camps during the year. It ap-
pears that most of their log-
ging is done by their own
crews. Cattermole Timber
Ltd. closed down their opera-
tion at Kennedy Siding, and
rebuilt their planer at Mac-
Kenzie. We feel that the pur-
pose of this move is to start
logging on their Pulp Har-
vesting Licence.

“The next step will likely
be a modern sawmill complex
and after that, the proposed
pulp mill. Merrill Gardner,

THESE THREE LADIES are plywood workers from Weld-
wood of Canada’s Quesnel operation.

now known as Merrill Wag-
ner, is in the process of amal-
gamating their operations
with a large sawmill and
planer mill adjacent to their
green veneer plant in Wil-
liams Lake. This is also a
very modern sawmill.”

The Report noted that the
membership of Local 1-424
and other unions had increas-
ed as the area has prospered.
It stated that when the Local
was chartered in 1945, there
were few union members in
Prince George. There are now
close to 6,000 members and 18

full-time union officials in the
Northern Interior. Ten of
these unions have offices in
Prince George.

The’ Report listed a number
of companies where the Local
was successful in winning
substantial wage increases
and fringe benefits for their
members. These included
Alexandra Forest Industries,
Netherlands Overseas Mill,
Taylor, Pearson and Carson,
Cattermole Timber, and the
Weldwood of Canada, Ques-
nel Division settlement, that

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100 MILE HOUSE SUB-LOCAL MEMBERS

will give the Quesnel employ-
ees parity with the Coast in
1968.

The Report paid tribute to
the excellent organizational
job conducted in the Local
Union by International assis-
tant director of organization
Clayton Walls and his staff of
organizers.

The Report indicated that
progress was made during the
year in safety. Although the
Local suffered two fatalities,
the general safety picture was
good and the safety commit-
tees are active in most of the
operations.

The Report expressed
pleasure that Ron Tweedie,
the CLC representative in the
Prince George area, was re-
elected to the city council
with a large majority. It also
stated that the Local had gone
all out to defeat Robert Bon-
ner’s bid to win the Cariboo
By-election.

Plugging minor sports, the
Report stated:

“The Local has given finan-
cial support to a number of
minor sports in the area. Your
officers feel that participating
in the different sports is im-
portant for all youngsters and
we feel that the Local must
participate in nnancing these
activities to the best of our
ability.”

MORRIS NORDBLAD, financial secretary of Local 1-367 IWA, Haney, was one of
the guests at the Annual Meeting and is shown here wishing the delegates good luck

in their deliberations.

LAC LA HACHE SUB-LOCAL MEMBERS

A large part of the Report
was given over to a review of
the Local’s educational activ-
ities during the past year. The
Report stated that the educa-
tional programme and semin-
ars have been expanded with
classes being held in most
areas of the Local.

The Report noted that the
Local was the first in the IWA
to sign the Millwright Train-
ing Programme and since that
time some 90 millwrights
have passed the examination
and have their tickets.

The Report concluded by
listing the number of UIC and

compensation claims as well
as arbitration and board hear-
ings the officers handled dur-
ing the year,

The Annual Banquet spon-
sored by the Local to honour

_the work of the job stewards

and committee members was
again highly successful. Over
500 committee members, their
wives, friends and visitors at-
tended the gala affair held in
the Civic Centre the night of
the eighth. The Banquet
featured a lovely smorgas-
bord dinner which was fol-
lowed later by a dance open
to all Union members.

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