if fe FROM PAGE 10 / BY-LAW CHANGES ; ) 3 4 ? fit of the many members we now serve who are presently | in areas outside our local | boundaries, but are in effect within the natural guidlines common to the local central office. To this end, the regional convention will deal with a resolution from our Local proposing structure of a com- mittee to reconsider present + local boundaries, i Spot strikes are a necessary Weapon in these difficult times, and in planning for the ‘ immediate future, your offi- é cers are proposing a by-law { which will provide for an as- r: sessment to raise money 1 quickly for strikers in order [ to face the economic needs | of the members involved. The i intent is to call for a “one- time” levy to set up a fund js to serve the purpose, and thereby adding to the amount of strike relief now available from the Regional Strike Fund, NOMINATIONS Gray, R. Vandenbrink and J. Hilton to the balloting com- mittee. | Elected to represent the lo- i cal at the next convention of L the B.C. Federation of La- i bour were: W. Armstrong, R. | Vandenbrink and Roy Wil- i liams, with F, Smith as an al- | ternate delegate. Upon conclusion of nomi- nation for local union officers . the following names will ap- pear 6n the ballot: : Regional board member: M. Salter and N. Chernoff. Alternate board member: * __K. Lidberg and E. Kiviniemi. ! rr > | The meeting elected L. be President: M. Salter and t N. Chernoff. i Ist Vice: W. Armstrong and , C. Watkins, ' 2nd Vice: E. Thompson , and J. Bergen. ’ 3rd Vice: Russ Williams and J. Bodner. Financial secretary: K, Lid- berg and E. Kiviniemi, Conductor: Roy Williams and D, Sloat. Trustee (six year): B. Prentice and S. Holt. Art Wesner and Ken Bader were unopposed in their re- spective bids for recording secretary and warden. BYLAWS The membership approved the following by-law changes: (1) In the event of a spot strike, an assessment to the aid of the members involved membership meeting called for that purpose. Prior notice of the proposed assessment shall be issued to the mem- bership in accordance with . the local by-laws. ; (2) Siecitantions and elec- tions to conferences and con- ventions shall be held at a general or at a special mem- ‘ilies sieht ; may be approved at a special - (3) Nominations and elec- tion shall be held at the bi- annual meeting to elect a lo- cal union balloting committee of three members. (4) The local union execu- tive board shall set up the following committees: a five member safety council, to in- clude a safety director; a poli- tical action committee of five members to include a direc- tor; a publicity and education committee of five members to include a director. All actions and decision of any local union committee shall be subject to the ap- proval of the local union ex- ecutivé board. A proposed change in the by-laws to alternate the place of meetings between Cadite. nay and Campbell River was defeated. At the close of the regular meeting the membership went into a closed session to dis- cuss the problems and strat- egy regarding the work stop- page at Crown Zellerbach’s Comox logging division. (Eprtor’s Norte: The nine- day work stoppage ended. when the company guaran- teed to discuss grievances with the local union repre- sentatives. The work stoppage started after a dispute over travel time payments and safety conditions-in the vpera— tion). On September 14 Regional President Jack Moore issued the following press release: “There is no illegal strike in this Crown Zellerbach op- eration. The local union is prepared to recommend that the crew return to work im- mediately the company acts to correct the situation into which it forced the crew members. “It was the company that caused the operation to be shut down. The crew mem- bers had requested a meeting with management to discuss some job problems. While waiting in the marshalling yard for the expected meet- ing, the company sent the supervisory staff home. This made it impossible for the THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER NATIVE Sons Hall in Courtenay was filled to capacity when Local 1-363 held its 1966 annual meeting on September 11. present, crew to go to work and left them no alternative but to re- turn to their homes as well. “This was in the nature of a lockout and does not con- stitute any deliberate viola- tion by the crew of their agreement. The onus for the cessation of work rests entire- ly with the company. “On behalf of the local un- ion, I have proposed a sensi- ble solution of the problem. 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