< THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 7 BEN THOMPSON, Financial Secretary of Local 1-71, IWA (the Loggers’ Local) joined the Union in 1947 while work- ing at Beaver Cove. During his sixteen years on the job as a Head Boomman, he has held the positions of Job Steward, Camp Secretary, Camp Chairman, and Local Board Member. In the Local’s 1963 elections he was elected Warden and later that year hired as a Business Agent. He was recently appointed Finan- cia] Secretary of the Local Union and Regional Trustee. Ben is married with four children. Government Ratifies Convention OTTAWA. — The federal government plans to ratify an International Labor Organi- zation convention dealing with discrimination in employment and occupation. Labor Minister Allan J. MacKEachen announced this in the commons during the de- bate on the speech Bk the throne. The ILO convention seeks to promote efforts throughout the world to remove discrim- ination in employment and occupation based on grounds of race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, national ex- traction or social origin, and to promote equality of oppor- tunity. It will be the 21st ILO con- vention to be ratified by Canada. There are 99 other ILO conventions that have not been ratified by Canada. OLYMPIA TAILORS WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER YOU SHIFFER HILLMAN QUALITY TAILORED CLOTHES ° A Large Selection of Imported Materials Tuxedo Rentals for All Occasions 2425 East Hastings St. (Nanaimo & Hastings. Sts.) Vancouver 6, B.C AL. 3-1310 WYMAN TRINEER, the new President of Local 1-357, IWA, New Westminster, started working in the wood- working industry in 1933 at the International Pulp & Paper Sawmill at Calumet, Quebec. During the war he served with the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Canadian Scottish Regiment and was a Company Sergeant - Major when discharged. He then went to work at the B.C. Manufacturing Plant in New Westminster and was Plant Chairman for five and one - half years. In October 1954, he went on the payroll of Local 1-357, TWA, as a Business Agent. In 1955, he was elected Local Safety Di- rector. Since then, he has held the positions of Execu- tive Member of the B.C. Fed- eration of Labour; the Local’s Regional Executive Board Member; Executive Member of the Vancouver Labour Council; and Local 1st Vice- President. He succeeded to the Presidency of his Local Union with the resignation of Joe Madden. He was also ap- pointed International Execu- tive Board Member. Wyman is married and has two chil- The Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Porkers has asked the federal government to ap- point a conciliation officer to help resolve its contract dis- pute with the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. LOOK FOR THIS TAG It is your guarantee of the . finest leather work gloves made for your job — see them at your focal dealers, JOHN WATSON LTD. 127 2nd Ave. East, Vanc,, B.C. JOHN HACHEY, 2nd Vice- President of Local 1-357, IWA, New Westminster, join- ed the IWA in:1943 while working at Fraser Mills. His first elected office was that of President of the Fraser Mills Employees’ Welfare Associa- tion. Later he was elected to the post of Local Education Director. He was recently hired as a Business Agent by Local 1-357’s Executive Board. John is married with two children. Rail operating revenues last November totalled $102,614,- 200 or 12.4 per cent less than a year earlier. Operating expenses rose 6.6 per cent to $97,347,300. Cooperation Agreement Mapped by Unions An agreement of far-reach- ing significance for wood- workers in Western Canada was reached at a conference in Portland, March 3, when the representatives of five in- ternational unions mapped a ’ program of cooperation. Regi- onal President Jack Moore was associated with the IWA International Officers in rep- resenting IWA Canadian in- terests. At the conclusion of the Portland conference the fol- lowing statement was issued by joint agreement. “International Officers and International Representatives of the following five Inter- national Unions from the United States and Canada: International Woodworkers of America, AFL-CIO- CLC International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, AFL- CIO-CLC Lumber and Sawmill Work- ers, AFL-CIO-CLC International Brotherhood of Teamsters International Longshore- men’s and Warehouse- men’s Union met March 3 at the Interna- tional headquarters of the In- ternational Woodworkers of America in Portland, Oregon. The day-long discussion cen- * tered around concerted action to promote the job security of the members of the respective Unions. “The program unanimously adopted for recommendation to the several Unions in- cluded: 1. Taking steps to attain joint termination dates for all major contracts. 2. Working toward concur- rent and ultimately joint negotiations. 3. Recognizing that the basic issue confronting each Union is job and in- come security for the members, developing methods for mutual sup- port for securing this ob- jective. 4. Working out procedures for avoiding inter-Union raiding on the basis of mutual respect. ‘It was agreed that each item of the program must be approved by all five Unions. Upon adoption by all five Unions, immediate action will be taken to implement the program. “The agreement applies at present only to the Pacific Northwest.” ‘Output of refined petrole- um products in December was 29,195,900 barrels, an in- crease over a year of 5.8 per cent, THE MOST EXCITING THINGS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL Why not 123 East Hastings Street Canada Europe Mexico Hawaii CO fe C UC] Caribbean Florida Bermuda South America to you? 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