All those nominated for office in nominations for of- ficers during the 32nd Annual Delegated Meeting of Local 1- 424 April 16-17, in Prince George, were elected by ac- clamation on the convention floor. Elelected were - Don Muirhead, President; Gerald Wolfram, ist Vice-President; Bill Koshman, 2nd Vice- President; John Bowes, 3rd Vice-President; Tage Mogensen, Financial Secretary; Irene Cleave, Recording Secretary; Ron Steward, Conductor; Thomas Bray, Warden; Earl Hall, Six- Year Trustee. Business of the meeting included electing delegates to forthcoming conventions and conferences, dealing with a number of resolutions, ap- proving the Officers’ and Financial Reports, and hearing from a number of guest speakers. F The speakers’ included Regional President Jack Munro; International 2nd Vice- President Bud Rahberger; Bob DeLeeuw, Financial Secretary of Local 1-207 Alberta; Bill Hobbs, President of Local 1-147 Kamloops; Mike Kokura, 1st Vice-President of Local 1-85 Port Alberni; and Gerry THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ak JUNE - JULY, 1977 Se. cp ty Stoney, President of Local 1- 357 New Westminster. Other visitors in attendance were Regional ist Vice- President Stan Parker and Regional 3rd Vice-President Neil Menard. Regional President Jack Munro was the keynote speaker and also conducted the nominations for office. In his address he was strongly critical of Don Phillips, Minister of Economic Develop- ment in B.C, for his stupid pro- posal that unions sign agree- ments containing a clause that they wouldn’t strike for five years. Munro suggested that Phillips was a nut and should be removed from his position in the Cabinet. Munro then went on fo flail the federal government for its inaction on unemployment which he pointed out was close to 1,000,000. He also scored the government for its lack of creating more housing starts and its refusal to end wage controls. - Following aré.the names of the delegates elected to the various conventions: REGIONAL CONVENTION Joe Kiss, Abe Wiebe, John Kipke, Alan Fuller, Irene Cleave, Joe Bonen, Terry Gallup, Gordon Spratt, Hardy Enns, Henry Guenther, Carl Mueller, H. Hundle;, Tage Mogensen, Larry Dockenforff, Dave Reynolds. ALTERNATES: Jack Higgins, Don Good, Ron Stewart, Dean Hewitt, Bob Dresser, Alan Bray, Gerald Wolfram. SAFETY DELEGATES = Bob Dresser, Carl Mueller, Glenn Estabrooks, Joe De- Vore. ALTERNATES John Kipke, Terry Gallup B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR Irene Cleave, Larry July, Ron Stewart, Jim Stewart, George Deschene, Madeleine Ollenberger, Don Muirhead, Abe Wiebe, Gerald Wolfram. ALTERNATES Karl Winea, Dean Hewitt, Glen Estabrooks. INTERNATIONAL CON- VENTION Don. Muirhead, Tage Mogen- sen, George Magnuson, Klaus Kindermann, Pierra Thind, Sandor Gabris, Joe Bonin, Terry Gallup, Guy Drebet, John Bowes, George Deschene, Sucha Deepak, Roger Estabrooks. ALTERNATES K. Gill, Robert Bowes, Karl Winia, Larry July, Jack Heron, Gerald Wolfram, John Buzdon. The comprehensive Officers’ Report noted a healthy in- crease in the finances of the Local due to an increase in members and the dues formula adopted a few years ago. The Report pointed out that with the additional staff people hired in the past two years, the membership is getting better service than ever. There was only one major - contract to negotiate last year and this was settled by Financial Secretary Toby Mogensen without outside assistance. . During the year’ two operations were organized by the Regional Organizers with the assistance of the Local Uunion. The Local also organized a. contracting company as well. The three operations added ap- proximately three hundred new members to Local 1-424. A dismal safety picture was noted in the Report. There was one fatal accident on the job and a number of serious injuries. The Report. also December, Ken Andrew, Glenn general lack of interest in safety on the part of the membership which was badly affecting the safety pro- gramme. é _ The Union’s Benevolent Fund paid out over $5000 during the year to members or and to deceased members or their widows who were in fi- nancial distress. High priority has been given by the officers to the field of education. A number of seminars were held in the Local during the past year with great success and plans are under way to hold more of them. The Local has also had good success in fighting arbitration and compensation claims for the members. - The Local also won a number of U.I.C. claims for - the members but pointed out that a great number were lost because the claimants at- tempted to fight their appeals alone. The Local is urging the members with U.I.C. claims to seek help from the Union and not fight them alone. The Local as usual sponsored a fine dinner and dance at the Civic Centre on the Saturday night which was enjoyed by all . in attendance. By R.B. PICKERING Local 1-71 Vice-President The 27th Annual Delegated Meeting of Local 1-71, IWA was called to order at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7th, 1977 in the Sheraton Plaza 500 Hotel by President Ben Thompson and completed its work Sunday, May 8th, 1977. 78 delegates, six alternate delegates and four members were present to con- duct the business of the Local Union membership. After a brief welcoming address by Brother Thompson, the meeting dealt with the Officers’ Report and the Financial Reports for the year ending February 28th, 1977. Brother Keith Johnson, President of the International Union gave a brief talk praising Local 1-71 and its members for the progress which was made during the past 27 years and thanking them for pioneering in the development of the delegated meeting procedures which have been adopted by many Local Unions to enable them to ly serve members in e geographic areas. He also dealt with the difficult ee of organization in the States region of the union because of right to work laws and a hostility to out- siders which is nurtured by the and the local law enforcement bodies. Brother Jack Munro also addressed the meeting dealt and a sey ead the larly those created by the uidelines. He outlined the 1-7 employer resistance to nego- tiating one master agreement for B.C. and also the attempt of some zealous bureaucrats in the taxation department to classify room and board in Company camps and cook- houses as a taxable benefit and the efforts of the Negotiating Committee to thwart these moves. He made reference to the calls of various Local Unions, to retaliate against the Pulp Unions for their raiding tactics and placed the respon- sibility for at least making the initial moves in this regard with the Local Unions con- cerned. The Delegates approved of proposed By-Law Changes which would increase the per diem allowance for Delegates from $15.00 per day to $18.00 per day, pay hotel room in reasonable amount and provide lost time pay up to a maximum of $80.00 per day for delegates and members carrying out the business of the Union. The policy on mileage allow- ance was changed to provide 20c per mile instead of the present 15c. A proposal to institute a Local Union death benefit fund was referred to a Committee of the Local Executive Board with instructions to report back to the next Annual Delegated Meeting. The meeting dealt with 55 resolutions which called for: 1. Increased Income Tax Exemptions. : 2. Improvements to UIC Benefits. 3. Elimination of Income | Tax on Health & Welfare Benefits. 4. An increase in the Local’s activities with regard to Edu- cational Seminars. 5. Improvements to WCB procedures which would speed up settlement of claims, pro- vide coverage for degenerative conditions such as ‘‘white hand”’ and the elimination of light duty. 6. Establishment of one union in wood by whatever means necessary. 7. CBC to improve T.V. reception in outlying areas. 8. Reaffirming support of the NDP. 9. Future Annual Meetings to be held Thursday and Friday. 10. Members to remain on the job after June 15th until otherwise notified by the Local Union or the Negotiating Com- mittee. Nominations for Local ‘Offic- ers, Executive Board Mem- bers and Trustee — President - Ben Thompson - Unopposed ist Vice-President - Walter Kozij - Unopposed 2nd Vice-President - Bob Pickering - Unopposed 8rd Vice-President - George Robertson, Ernie Welsh Financial Secretary - W. H. Wilson - Unopposed Conductor - Ed Gill, M. & M. Log Sorting - Unopposed Warden - Duane Pederson, Crown Zellerbach, Bella Coola - Unopposed Trustee - Wayne Douglas, Stan Thompson 1's ANNUAL DELEGATED MEETING ~ Board Member No. 1 - Bill Hutchison, Terrace - Unop- posed _ Board Member No. 2 - Roger Harris, MacMillan Bloedel, Juskatla - Unopposed Board Member No. 3 - Al Claydon, Rayonier, Holberg - Unopposed : Board Member No: 4 - Clif: Crouter, CFP, Beaver Cove - Unopposed Board Member No. 5 - Peter Errington, Empire Lumber, Squamish - Unopposed Board Member No. 6 - Phil Jantz, MacMillan Bloedel, Teakerne - Unopposed Delegates elected to the Regional Convention — Brothers Ed Gill, Cliff Crouter, Ron Parsons, Walde- mar Penner, Bob Pickering, Phil Jantz, W. H. Wilson, Ernie Welsh, Geo. Robertson, Bill Brat ten 27. sit Sees J Hutchison, Steve Kilby, Walter Kozij, Brian Yates, Terry Logan, John Gregg, Bob Bee, Peter Errington, Bill West- wood, Dave Rice, ist Alternate Delegate - Surinder Malhotra, 2nd Altternate Delegate - Al Stewart, 3rd Alternate Dele- gate - Ron Clark. Delegates elected to the In- ternational Convention — Phil Jantz, Ben Thompson, Ed Gill, Bob Pickering, Bob Smith, Waldemar Penner, Ernie Welsh, Cliff Crouter, Steve Kilby, Ron Parsons, Jim Simms, Surinder Malhotra, Duane Pedersen, Dave Rice, Brian Yates, John Gregg, Terry Logan, Wayne Douglas, Glenn Robertson, 1st Alternate Delegate - Richard Kerr, 2nd Alternate Delegate - Malcom McRae, 3rd Alternate Delegate - Bill Perry. MALASPINA COLLEGE LOG LOADING AND SHOVEL OPERATOR This is a combined course lasting for eight weeks. Aq- mission is on a continuous basis and the course is open to men and women (19 and over) who have a minimum of two years experience working with equipment or in the forest/ construction industry. For further information please contact Dean of Instruction, Vocational, Malaspina College, 900 Fifth Street, NANAIMO, B.C. Telephone 753-3245 1-4-1-1 mentioned that there was a TAL