Western Pulp and Paper

February 1966 Page 2

[photo by J. Buchanan] George Nairn 1st Vice-President, Local 312 made a presentation to outgoing president Peter Marshall, who is leaving Ocean Falls to take up an assignment with the International Union.

[photo by J. Buchanan] Newly elected President of Local 312 Eric Day receives the gavel of office from outgoing president Peter Marshall.

OCEAN FALLS REPORT by Peter Marshall Bt the time this reaches print it will be general knowledge that I have accepted an appointment as an Organizer. Brother Eric Day has been elected to the position of Associate Editor in my place,

Al Lessard, a member of the Local for 23 years has been elected to the position of Financial Secretary; Jock Roberston comes in on the Standing committee to fill the spot left vacant by Eric Day's elevation to the presidency. [continued on page 3]

Harry Rath was elected to the alternate wage delegate position as Gunter Hogrefe moved from that position to replace Peter Marshall as a wage delegate. Eric Day, a townsite carpenter, was elected president. There are 220 members of Local 312 employed on the townsite.

George Nairn and Jock Robertson were elected to the Parkesville School Training. Brothers Russell Jack and George Nairn gave an excellent report on the Safety Conference.

APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING by Eric Day

The BC Registered Apprenticeship Program at Ocean Falls has been in effect for several months now. Last July 1 the terms of the apprenticeship agreement were written into the Standard Labour Contract.

We were hopeful that the company would come up with an in-plant training program to supplement on the job training and vocational training. This has not yet happened.

February 1966 Page 4

NEWS AND VIEWS by Alex Jack, Local 360 For the past year of so the transfer to Elk Falls of some papermakers from this town has been a major topic. Many of our members have sunk a great deal of money into new homes in Campbell River all the while not bothering to apply for positions elsewhere. In the meantime the company has not been able to supply these people with any information as to who will move them or when it will be done.

The Future The best answer the company can give on this topic is that Ocean Falls will be a modern stream lined town.

On January 27, TV arrived in town, although for only four hours as repairs were being made. Thank you to all those concerned with making this happen.

Meals After numerous meetings with management a different approach to the meals was put into practice on a trial basis. Now it appears that some people are abusing this new service. I appeal to those people to stop this abuse immediately.