IWA

Editor’s Note: Clay Perry,
assistant to Regional educa-
tional director Grant MacNeil,
has just returned from Sashat-
chewan where he spent two
weeks evaluating the strike
situation between the IWA
and the Saskatchewan Timber
Board and Northern Wood
Preservers Lid. While there
he attended the Annual Con-
vention of Local 1-184 and the
following is his report of the
meeting.

By CLAY PERRY

Regional 2nd vice-president
Del Pratt warned delegates
attending the Annual Con-
-vention of Local 1-184 IWA
Saskatchewan, August 19-20,
that it was up to them to show
the lead in upsetting the 5%
wage limit imposed by the
Thatcher government on
unions negotiating new agree-
ments.’

Apart from the internal af-
fairs of the Local Union, the
convention held in Prince Al-
bert was chiefly preoccupied
with the ‘current strike
against the Saskatchewan
Timber Board and Northern
- Wood Preservers Ltd.

Both employers have offer-
ed what has become the stan-
dard gambit in Saskatchewan

REPORT FROM
SASKATCHEWAN

— the 5% increase. The
Union has reduced its original
demands of 30 cents to 21
cents to bring the base rate in
line with the $2.09 paid by
MacMillan Bloedel and Dom-
tar to their employees in Sas-
katchewan.

At the convention, the dele-
gates reaffirmed their deter-
mination to get the $2.09, and
put an end to pre-determined
and arbitrary limits on wages.

Bill Gilby, president of the
Saskatchewan Federation of
Labour, spoke at the conven-
tion banquet, calling for a
united stand of all Saskatche-
wan labour organizations ne-
gotiating with the government
and its crown corporations.

“If we stand firmly togeth-
er, we will convince the peo-
ple of the province and
through them the govern-
ment, that Saskatchewan has
nothing to gain and every-
thing to lose from maintain-
ing a depressed income
policy,” Gilby said.

The convention endorsed
his position by unanimously
planning a resolution which
committed the Local to all
possible support for other la-
bour groups negotiating with
the government.

Also passed was a resolu-

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agerial incompetence was the
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1966, says’ Dun and Brad-
street of Canada Ltd., the
company that keeps tab on
thousands of employers.

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nesses that went into bank-
ruptey or folded up shop
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mostly due to illness or mari-
tal difficulties involving com-
pany principals.

On the bright side, total
business failures in Canada
last year decreased by seven
per cent to end a seven-year
period of increase.- Total
’ losses amounted to $174,800,-
000 and the average liability
of each failure was $72,270.

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tion calling for affiliation of
the Local with the CCF Party.

Speaking on behalf of this
resolution, Glen Thompson,
long-time president of Local
1-184 said,

“The problems faced by or-
ganized labour in the province
can almost all be traced to
the anti-labour bias of the
present government.

“Legislation such as the
Essential Services Act has al-
ready been introduced to crip-
ple labour. If the Liberal gov-
ernment is returned, we can
expect even more of such leg-
islation, and more of the strife
that follows it.

“The Premier has made it
clear that he intends to do
everything he can to impede
our progress, and that leaves
us no alternative but to join
with the CCF to bring Saskat-
chewan back to the 20th Cen-
tury.”

Del Pratt paid warm tribute
to Glen Thompson, now retir-
ing from his long-term as Lo-
cal president.

“Few men in the country
can match Glen’s contribution
to organized labour in this
province, and the IWA is for-
tunate to have had the serv-
ices of so dedicated a man for
so long,” he stated.

Alex Smith of Prince Al-
bert and Roy Milligan of Big
River were nominated for the
position of president of the
Local and their names will go
out on a referendum ballot to
the membership.

The following officers were
elected without opposition:

1st vice-president, Harry
Doig; 2nd vice-president, Abe
Pahlke; secretary - treasurer,
Sam Amos; recording secre-
tary, John Lebrecht; warden,
Jake Rosenfeldt; conductor,
J. Phillips; trustees, Art
Powell, six-year; Ron Everett,
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Queen Charlotte Islands, just prior to meeting manage-

ment representatives at their camp August 11 in order Saat
to resolve a number of outstanding problems involving . :
cook and bunkhouse conditions, safety, rates of pay, etc., =
which had precipitated a brief cessation of work in the
Moresby Camp earlier in the week. Committee members
from left are, “Shorty” Lawrence, Jack Cook, camp com- =
mittee chairman, Bert Parker, Harvey Woodward. The
discussions proved fruitful and the problems were solved *
before the meeting concluded. Jack Cook reported the
results to a general membership meeting in the camp
and the crew were unanimous in expressing their satis-
faction with the fine job accomplished by the committee
in convincing the company to correct the poor conditions ws
in the operation.

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