2nd Issue

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER Renee

TWO LABOR SCHOOLS ©

Two important labor
schools are being planned for
January at the Island Hall
Hotel in Parksville.

The B.C. 1966 Winter
School will be held January
24-28 and the 1966 statt semi-
nar will run from January 31
to February 4.

Both are sponsored by the
Canadian Labour Congress
education department and the
B.C. Federation of Labour.

The winter school is open
to officers, stewards and
members of local unions and
CLC regional director of edu-
cation, Dan Radford, has
urged that unions send as

many representatives as pos-
sible.

All students will take part
in general daily sessions from
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and then
separate into the advanced
course classes which run
from 10:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The courses include:

® Collective bargaining,
today and tomorrow — deal-
ing with bargaining basics,
function of the strike, modern
techniques, technological
change and contract clauses.
Instructor is Grant MacNeil,

education director of the
IWA.

e Shop steward duties —
the handling of grievances,
case histories of grievances
dealing with matters arising
out of the administration of
collective agreements, prob-
lems of arbitration, contract
clauses and other matters
soncerning stewards’ respon-
sibilities. instructor: Ray
Haynes, representative of Ke-
tail, Wholesale and Depart-
ment Store Union.

e Parliamentary procedure
and public speaking — How
to conduct a union meeting,
the making of motions, etc.
This course is designed to

help us express our thoughts
clearly at meetings, prepare
for discussion, gain confi-
dence in speaking and get our
message across to the audi-
ence. Instructor: Bob Smeal,
representative of Airline
Flight Attendants Associa-
tion.

A special subject — Prob-
lems facing the labor move-
ment in B.C.” — will be dis-
cussed on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 26.

At the staff seminar, speak-
ers and instructors include,
Max Swerdlow, national edu-
cation director of the CLC;
Joe Morris, CLC executive
vice-president; Henry Rhodes,
CLC director of organization;
Jack Williams, CLC director
of public relations; Dr. F.
Martin, professor and princi-
pal of the Labour College;
and Pat O’Neal, secretary
of B.C. Federation of Labour.

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