WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

Shows Skill
Of Members

A concrete example of the IWA slogan, “From the tree to
the finished product” is shown in the photographs on this
page depicting the trade and skill of the members of Local
1-252, IWA, employed at the Enterprise Manufacturing
Company Limited, Vancouver.

IWA members originally felled the trees, |WA members
then processed the trees into lumber, and here |WA mem-
bers are making products from the lumber.

The Plant is the only one in British Columbia making lad-
ders and garden furniture that is covered by a union agree-

The Plant also makes wood ironing boards, folding clothes
driers, step stools, as well as every type of ladder.

Occasionally orders are received by the Firm from such far
away places as Panama and the Dutch East Indies. However,
the majority of the products are sold here in B.C.

The number of fly by night operators manufacturing simi-
liar products in their basements and garages has made this
industry a highly competitive one with a low margin of profit.

For this reason Vic Forster, Business Agent of Local 1-252,
IWA, is asking all !WA members to request the “Enter-
prise” product when buying ladders or garden furniture. _

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1—Sticker operator, Josef Czerny is shown here at the start of the ladder pro-
duction line running stock through the sticker for rungs of ladder. From here it
goes to the next stage which is...

2—the multiple drill press run by Abram Konrad, who drills the rung holes on the
ladder stock. The rungs must be then cut to size which is done bye gs

3—J. Bergen on the cut-off saw. The ladders are then...

4—assembled by H. Thiessen and...

5—John Fast who is installing reinforcing metal plates. The next step in the
operation is carried out by...

6—Jacob Schroeder who sands the pail racks before they are attached
ladders. From here they go to the shipping department where . . . a
7—G. G. Fast examines each completed article for flaws.

8—Some samples of the quality patio furniture made by members of Local 1-252,
IWA. :