THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 1-367 LOGGERS’ CONFERENCE Local 1-367 IWA Haney, is holding a Loggers’ Conference May 12, starting at 10 a.m., at the 1.0.0.F. Hall, 150 Hope Street, Chilliwack. Purpose of the Conference is to discuss such matters as Sub-conta obiiie eainty, complement of crew, fire fighting and pollution. : ¥ pee one believe e shat such a Conference will allow for broad discuss DEFENDING THE WORKERS STILL GOING STRONG Few peopple in B:C. have dedicated so much of their life to the labour movement as has Howard Webb, the present Financial Secretary of the Prince George and District Labour Council. Howard, a long-time mem- ber of the IWA, has worked ceaselessly through the years on behalf of his fellow unionists and he has never turned down a request for help. His name is a byword in Prince George where he has spent the last thirty years pro- moting a better way of life for all working people. Howard was highly active in the old CCF Party and is-as equally active in the NDP, not only as a supporter but also as an elec- ted delegate to many of the Party’s conventions and con- ferences. Born and educated in On- tario, he later moved to Saskatchewan where he did a little farming before going to work in the northern lumber mills. It was there after seeing the atrocious working condi- tions that he became interested in the labour movement. FROM PAGE 1 “HINTON” increase effective March 1, 1974. In addition to this the rate ta- bles for spruce and pine cover- ing trees 8” to 14” were in- creased 5 per cent. This in- crease to the rate tables will — greatly benefit the loggers as the majority of the trees logged fall into the 8” to 14” category. Other benefits gained in- clude: @ Alberta Health Care Plan. @ Group Life and A.D. and D. at $14,000. © Alberta Blue Cross. Contributions for these bene- fits will be paid 80 per cent by the Company the first year of the contract and 90 per cent in the last year. The contract also stipulates that the Company will provide for all employees weekly in- demnity on the following basis: @ Effective May 1,, 1973, 70 per cent of the straight time earnings per week with a. minimum of $107.00 per week and a maximum of $175.00 per week. @® The above will be on 1-4-39 basis. @ The weekly indemnity co- verage premiums will be paid by the Company. The Negotiators for the Union were also successful in winning an additional statu- tory. holiday bringing the total to nine. In 1937 Howard moved to B.C. and in 1945 joined the IWA. He was highly active in Local 1-424 IWA and was elected its Financial Secretary HOWARD: WEBB . dedicated unionist. DAYTON SHOE MANUFACTURING CO. from 1950 to 1964. He was a tower of strength in the Local when the employers mounted their vicious campaign in an effort to break the IWA strike in the north which lasted 102 days and finally ended in vic- tory for the Union. In 1964 he ran for 1st Vice- President of the Local and was elected. He stayed in that post until his retirement from the IWA in 1967. Instead of taking a well des- erved rest, Howard the same year became the President of the Prince George and District Labour Council and continued on working day and night for his fellow unionists. A few months later he was elected to the full-time position of the Council’s Financial Secretary in recognition of his contribution to labour. This post he still holds. Too often tribute is paid to men like Howard after they have passed-on. We believe that he should know now that his great service to the labour movement is recognized and appreciated by all of us. 2250 EAST HASTINGS STREET grax] | TELL IT LIKE IT WAS (OA LESOTHO ar = ard RS SBA oes FRINGE BENEFITS VICTORIA, B.C. — People who somehow equate welfare with dishonesty have been given somethingto think about by a Victoria woman. Welfare recipients must sub- mit a signed statement of ad- . ditional earnings each month in order to qualify for the following month's welfare cheque. . At a local welfare office a woman submitted a statement | last month which specified this additional item: Shoplifting — $10; Prostitution — $50. 1973 a BETHEL LANDBANKING NEEDED DAVID LEWIS CLAIMS © Landbanking by govern- ments could save the public $15 billion in the next 10 years, according to David Lewis, leader of the federal New Democratic Party. He told a luncheon gathering of the Toronto Home Builders Association that land speculation was ‘‘a parasitical abuse of the needs and rights of Canadian people.” “If we leave it. to speculators and developers, the Canadian people will pay six times as much” for land required for home-building — $18 billion compared to $3 billion if land speculation were eliminated. Mr. Lewis called for ex- propriation of all development Jand around Canadian cities. ...and other pressures towards compromising on second-best, Dayton’s makes no contribution. — ma That is why Dayton’s loggers have won more world championships than any other boot ever made. — 3 é It has always been, and still is, | the choice of the man_ - who knows the prepared to TELEPHONE 253-6671 _. Alexander Pope, 1688-17448 Ti eo . An honest business, Never blush to tell. “The Odyssey of Homer” Contending that buying lane on the open market. “wouk only drive up land price faster, making speculate wealthy at public expense’’, ' called for expropriation of ¢ land suitable for developmer gradual acquisition of land tha is already developed at retention of land in the publ domain by leasing rather thi selling it. He told the THBA audience attending the annual Hom Show that builders, co tractors and suppliers woul not be hurt by land exprop ation and landbanking; “‘on| speculators and developers would be affected. d He said that profits in lat close to a growing city shou accrue to the public rath than to private interests. » best—and is pay for it. VANCOUVE!