$3.00 ASSESSMENT APPROVED BY 1-288 An officers’ recommendation to apply a three dollar month- ly assessment on the member- ship of Local 1-288 TWA, was approved by the delegates at- tending the Local’s 26th An- nual Meeting December 5, in Vancouver. The recommendation for more money, which the offi- cers stated was urgently need- ed to bolster the weakened finances of the Local Union, was later approved by the members in a _ referendum- vote. The officers also recom- mended that a study be made of the Local’s structure and finances and a full report with recommendations be made available to the 1971 Annual Meeting. Approximately fifty dele- gates and officers attended the meeting and displayed keen interest and conducted wide discussion on the Financial and Officers’ Reports. The most contentious issue in the Officers’ Report con- cerned the jurisdictional dis- pute the Local has with a number of IWA coast Local Unions over the operation of newly installed consoles. The delegates evidenced strong dissatisfaction with the stand taken by these Locals in dealing with the problem and were highly critical of the Re- port handed down by the three-man committe? appoint- ed by the IWA International President to resolve the dis- pute. The complex problem arose when MacMillan Bloedel in- stalled a third Console in one of its sawmills. Local 1-288 members insisted that opera- tion of the Console properly belonged to them. The Local Union whose members ran the other two Consoles disagreed so the question of jurisdiction was referred to the Regional Council. Following a meeting with representatives of Local 1-288 and the Regional Negotiating Committee it was decided that the issue would go before the International Executive Board for study. It was also recom- mended that a committee be appointed to look into the situation and report back on their findings. Following the meeting the delegates enjoyed a fine ban- quet and dance which is held annually by the Local Union. Also in attendance were a number of guest visitors. NEW 1-424 BUSINESS AGENT ‘Officers of Local 1-424 IWA Prince George have announc- ed that Don Muirhead has been appointed a Business Agent of the Local Union. Don is the Conductor of. the Local and an Executive Board Member. He served for years as a Job Steward and Safety Committee Chairman at the Weldwood plant in Quesnel. The officers report that the Local now has a full slate of qualified staff members and great progress is anticipated in further servicing and or- ganizing the far-flung Local Union this year. 2 & 43 DON MUIRHEAD - LOCAL 1-80 OFFICERS receive the oath of office at the recent meeting of the Local Union in Duncan. Left to right: Willie Komo, Conductor; Carl Stevens, Recording Sec- retary; Weldon Jubenville, President; Edwin ‘Linder, Financial Secretary; Jack Mumm, Vice-President; Fernie Viala, Ist Vice-President; Jagir Gill, ministering the oath, Murray Drew, President of Local 1-118 (Victoria). Trustee, and a Heavy snow conditions prevented 3rd Vice-President Hugh Robinson and Warden Louis Zuccolini from attending the meeting. DON'T BUY AT CUNNINGHAM'S The IWA Regional Execu- tive Board is requesting that IWA members refrain from patronizing Cunningham Drug stores until the strike at the Company’s subsidiary, C. H. Hosken Ltd., is settled. The employees of C. H. Hosken Ltd., members of the Retail, Wholesale & Depart- ment Store Union, struck the Company last April following its refusal to pay comparable drug industry rates. Cunningham Drugs also own the Western Wholesale Drug Company where the employees perform the same type of work and are paid from 70 cents to $1.00 an hour more than the employ- ees at C. H. Hosken. Working conditions at C. H. Hosken are also deplorable and conditions will not im- prove until the strikers can force the Company to meet their legitimate contract de- mands. At the moment the Com- pany is operating with the use of strikebreakers and has bluntly refused to consider any Union demand. The only way the strike can be settled is for the general public to support the strikers by refusing to buy Cunning- ham products. Make them live up to their motto: “At Cunningham’s We Care.” CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING FOR MPs? “The next Canadians to ben- efit from co-operative housing may be Members of Parlia- ment. An all-party committee of MPs is studying the possibil- ity of building a co-op hous- ing project in Ottawa for MPs. Sponsors are considering a 135-unit apartment building. It would be financed under the National Housing Act pro- visions for co-op housing, and would be open to Senators as well as to MPs. Organizers talk of one and two-bedroom units ranging for from $100 to $150 a month. Perhaps they could use the savings, especially in light of a committee report, now in the hands of the cabinet, that calls for pay increase of about $7,000 for MPs — to $25,000 from $18,000. GLOVE PROBLEMS? SOLVE THEM WITH THESE WATSON GLOVES AND MITTS ‘MILL-RITE’ ‘GREEN CHAIN’ ‘LUMBER LOADER’ CP) JOHN 7 WATSON LTD. MEN'S DRESS SHOES for example British Columbia’s SHOES THAT REALLY FIT! ARE NO ACCIDENT! can be stylish, hard-wearing and supremely comfortable when FITTED by PARIS’ PROFESSIONALLY-TRAINED SHOE-FITTERS. but does a lot more for your foot comfort and foot health. 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