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Vol. XXXIII, No. 21

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2nd Issue
October, 1966

IT’S ELECTION TIME:

THREE OFFICERS of Local 1-405 elected this month are (from left) Jack Munro, first
vice-president and regional board member; Elmer Atwood, fiinancial secretary; and

Art Damstrom, president. See story Page 8.

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ALL WON BY ACCLAMATION in Local 1-80 elections. Pictured are (from left sitting):
Financial secretary E. Linder, President W. Jubenville, First Vice-president F. Viala;

(from left standing):

Safety Director J.

Mumm, Second Vice-president W. Hanna,

Warden B. Millburn, Recording Secretary C. Stevens, Third Vice-president H. Robinson,
Six-year Trustee G. Popplestone, and Conductor. R. White. See story Pages 5-6.

TIGHT MONEY
POLICIES HURT
EMPLOYMENT

Increasing layoffs are begin-
ning to be felt among IWA
members and regional presi-
dent Jack Moore has hit out
again at federal government
tight money policies as the
main cause.

It is estimated that about
3,000 men have been laid off
recently. Reports from IWA
local unions indicate that some
areas are being harder hit
than others and some locals
report negligible cutbacks in
employment among their
members.

President Moore made it
clear that nobody should
press the panic button yet,
He said: “Layoffs are not of
a critical nature yet. But we
have one local, the loggers’
local, which is the hardest
hit and some of our locals
aye not felt the situation at

“But there is concern that
the situation may worsen by
the beginning of the year.

“Most of the trouble has
come about due to the tight
money policies emanating
from Ottawa and the fact that
tight money and high interest
rates are scaring off home
builders. This is bound to be
reflected in our own indus-
try. So long as they keep this
tight money policy on we can
expect difficulty. There is no
doubt that if it continues, to-
gether with high _ interest
rates, we may be in for a bad
time at the beginning of the
year.”

President Moore was also
critical of the continued im-
position, by the federal gov-
ernment, of the 11 per cent
sales tax on building ma-
terials.

The regional convention
passed a resolution calling
for the immediate abolition
of the tax. It said:

“Housing starts have been
drastically reduced in Can-
ada over the past year. The

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JACK MOORE

‘SEMINAR

Frank Fuller, International
director of education, conduct-
ed an October seminar in
Prince George on “The roll of
a trade union in an expanding
economy and the effect of
automation.”

Those attending said they
gained a much greater idea as
to how automation was event-
ually going to effect the lum-
bering industry in B.C. The
seminar also gave them an in-
sight into how labor and man-
agement were going to have
to deal with changes and how
collective agreements are go-
ing to have to be amended
to contend with automation.

Several films were shown
on what other countries are
doing about automation . . . so
that it can be brought into be-
ing, without causing mass un-
employment, for the benefit
of society as a whole. The
films also showed how work-
ers can be retrained to run
the machines which are being
introduced.

IWA PLAYS LARGE ROLE AT B.C. FEDERATION CONVENTION

The International Wood-
workers of America has sub-
mitted more resolutions for
consideration at the conven-
tion of the B.C. Federation
of Labor, Oct. 31 to Nov. 4,
than any other union in B.C.

The 36 resolutions it sent
forward to the provincial par-

liament of labor range from
calls for greater auto safety
and government auto insur-
ance to an investigation of the
operation of the National
Hockey League in Canada.
One of ae asks the Fed-
eration to continue its efforts
to get reduced work schedules

in the B.C. forest industry.
The resolution said automa-
tion and mechanization have

eliminated many jobs and at
the same time increased the

responsibility and work loads

of members left on the job.
Another asks the Federa-

tion and the Canadian Labor

Congress to pursue a policy
adopted earlier this year by
the IWA convention. This says
trade union demands for in-
creased wages have been un-
justly blamed for rising prices
and the present inflation is a
profit inflation.

The resolution asks the

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Federation and the CLC to
renew representations to the
federal government and the
parliamentary committee on
living costs to achieve a roll-
back in interest rates, more
funds for home construction
through lowered interest
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