THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

LOCAL 1-324’s FOURTH

NOVEMBER, 1975

_ |Annual Delegated Meeting

Delegates to the 4th Annual
Delegated Meeting of Local 1-
324 IWA, The Pas, Manitoba,
June 21, pledged their solid
support for the members who
have been on strike at Swan
River for the past year.

The strike developed last
July when the Union attempted
to secure a first agreement at
the operation. The government
finally appointed an Industrial
Inquiry Commission to look
into the dispute and the Com-
missioner’s report on his find-
ings is expected at any time.

Regional 2nd Vice-President
Stan Parker, one of the guest
speakers at the meeting, also
paid tribute to the determina-
tion of the members on the
picket line by stating that their
solidarity should be an inspira-
tion to all IWA members and

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Local officers left, James Anerson, Recording Secretary; Stan Chatfield, 2nd Vice-
President; Bill Benson, President; Don Parker, Financial Secretary; Eugene Krochak, 3rd

Vice-President.

that the Union could not let
them down.

Other business of the

meeting included dealing with

twenty resolutions, a number
of reports, electing delegates
to the conventions of the IWA
International, Regional, Mani-
toba Federation of Labour, the
New Democratic Party, and
hearing from the guest
speakers.

Delegates elected to the
various conventions are as
follows:

Regional — Claude Belisle,
Phil Barbeau, Don Parker.

Manitoba Federation of
Labour — Herb MacMillan,
Stan Chatfield, George Greig,
Eugene Krochak, Deniis Gain.

N.D.P. — Rocky Sorenson.

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ns Committee review resolutions prior to the Annual Meeting. Group left, Herb
an, Stan Chatfield, Second Vice-President ; Val Baso, Rocky Sorensen, Phil Barbeau,

-International — Jim An-
derson.

Many of the resolutions
approved -reflected the dele-
gates’ discontent with the lack
of many social and recreation-
al activities inthe Northern
Communities. Demands were
pressed for improved cable
television, cheaper air travel
rates, and lower freight and
hydro rates.

Other resolutions called for
government legislation to pro-
hibit employers hiring scabs
and strike breakers during
legal strikes, changes to the
Labour Relations Act spelling
out the right of union repre-
sentatives to enter operations
where they are certified, and
legislation giving an Industrial
Inquiry Commission the power
to settle disputes.

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Financial Secretary, and Don Erhardt, Business Agent.

The officers in their Report,
also dealt with the Swan River
strike. They stated that at the
moment they were awaiting
the Industrial Inquiry Com-
missioner’s report before
taking further action.

They also paid tribute to the
determination of the members
on the picket line and strongly
indicated that the Union would
back them to the hilt.

The Report went on to review
the past year’s activities of the
Local which showed that while
progress had been slow over
the year before, things were
now picking up and the officers
expected greater things for the
Local in the near future.

The Local as in past years,
ended the meeting with its
Annual banquet and dance

_ which was enjoyed by all.

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Local Warden Cecil Pillar with office secretary Laurie $

Ron McBryde, Minister of Nor-
thern Affairs and Local NDP-MLA
for the area.

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cal 1-184 IWA, are left, Neil Menard, President; Ted Becker,

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