Local 1-324 IWA and the Canadian Labour Congress sponsored a highly successful combined education and safety seminar February 14-15, in the _Nor-Light Hall, The Pas, _ Manitoba. _ Approximately forty stu- ents attended the conference which was the first of what is REGIONAL SAFETY DIRECTOR Max Salter points out some of the harmful substances found in most manufacturing operations. i THIS STUDENT also enjoyed the hoped will be an’annual affair. Instructors included Regional Education Director Frank Wall, Regional Safety Director Max Salter, CLC Prairie Regional Director of Education Alf Walker and Bill Redgeway, President of the Manitoba Government Em- ployees’ Association, who is REGIONAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR Frank Wall discusses the structure of the Canadian Labour Congress. et 7 Pe ¥ LOCAL 1-324 PRESIDENT Bill Ben 7 uy 7s ee - Seale. |. OT Se 4 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER HOLDS SUCCESSFUL COMBINED -DUCATION/SAFETY SEMINAR also an Executive Council Member of. the Manitoba Federation of Labour. While the majority of the stu- dents were IWA members, other unions were represented and included the Retail Clerks, Government Employees’ As- sociation and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. ‘CLC REGIONAL DIRECTOR of Education Alf Walker addresses his class on how to conduct a union meeting. oe son (centre) took time off from: his ’ course and took an active part in busy schedule to sit in with this group studying parliamentary procedure. the general discussion. ane C Vice-President (third from left). a > ENJOYING THIS CLASS are Don Parker, Local 1-324 Fi- nancial Secretary (left) and James Anderson, Local 1-324 ~” - it THIS GROUP prepares to draft some questions for the meeting chairman fo field. Max Salter conducted a pilot course on safety at the work place while Frank Wall gave a comprehensive course on the responsibilities and impor- tance of union Job Stewards. Alf Walker and Bill Ridge- way lectured on Union Admini- stration and Parliamentary Procedure: Films were shown during the courses and included the “Heritage,” “Grievance,” and a B.C. Workers’ Compensation Board safety feature on how to control bleeding. All the courses generated considerable interest and broad discussion. An _ in- teresting and novel approach was used by Walker and Ridgeway to put their group at ease and promote debate. Two of the students were selected as chairman and se- cretary of the meeting while the others were directed to put forward various questions and motions to evaluate their knowledge of the rules and pro- cedure in running a meeting. 7 | 4 » This approach put the entire class at ease and made the course stimulating and enter- taining. ~ Frank Wall’s course was conducted in a different fashion. The majority of his students were Job Stewards With varying degrees: of ex- perience. He concentrated on pointing out their importance to their organization and how to carry out their duties on the job to benefit the members. He dealt at length with how to process grievances but warned the studentsto be very careful to ensure that the grievance was legitimate before pressing it further. — Max Salter gave a broad lecture on safety covering as ~ much of the field in the limited time he had. He concluded this with a showing of the WCB film. On the’Saturday evening, the Local put on a Banquet and dance for the students and in- structors and a gala time was had by everybody. ~ MANITOBA GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ Association President Bill Ridgeway checks out the meeting procedure of these two students. questions and learned a great deal from the two-day courses.