Namu Engineer J. Leigh Dies After Heart Attack
A lifetime of work in the mining and fishing industries came to an end on March 3 with the death of John S. Leigh, shift engineer at B.C. Packers' Namu plant for the past 10 years.
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Born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1911, he came to this country in 1932 after leaving university in Dublin where he had begun the study of medicine.
For many years he worked in mines throughout B.C., Northwest Territories and the Yukon as an engineer and miner, entering the fishing industry at Namu in 1957.
Hospitalized at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver following a heart attack at Namu on January 29, he was discharged at the end of three weeks but died soon afterward.
He is survived by his wife, Nina, registered nurse and first aid attendant at Namu, and by three sisters and two brothers variously in Britain, Ireland and France.
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Speaking in support of the resolution, Verna Parkin agreed much more could be done in the field of trade union education.
"Young people come into shore plants where conditions have been established over years of struggle. We need a program to involve them in the activity of today while learning the lessons of the past," she said.
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In an address to the convention, UFAWU secretary Homer Stevens applauded the participation of women in the recent lobby to Victoria and urged their continuing involvement in support of Union policy and objectives.
Discussing the Union's intention of organizing on the East Coast, Stevens said it was "a very necessary move," particularly in view of the many BC boats leaving to take part in the Atlantic fishery.
Eastern fishermen and their families face a cost of living in many cases higher than in BC he said, and in Newfoundland, for example, federal government employees receive a cost of living bonus when transferred there from other parts of the country.
"At the same time, men and women in shore plants are mainly unorganized with wage rates often less than half those established in BC and the same situation prevails among fishermen," Stevens pointed out.
Noting that as the convention met, UFAWU members were on the picket line in their struggle to win a first agreement with trawl owners, Stevens outlined some major tasks facing the Union in 1987.
"Monopoly profits are at an all time high while in large sections of our industry wage rates now lag behind those of other comparable BC workers.
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SAFETY AT SEA
Delegates listened attentively to an address by UFAWU navigational aids and safety committee chairman Reg Payne, in which he outlined work being done by the Union around the issues of safety and preservation of life at sea.
"Fishermen, in making a living for their families, must also ensure they live to enjoy some of the fruits of their work.
"Over many years our committee fought for establishment of a coastguard and achieved some success in this regard although more needs to be done," Payne reported.
Vessel stability and compulsory inspection of all commercial fishing vessels were important issues facing the Union, he said, and here again some results were being achieved with the federal transport department's recent decision to test vessels in the herring seine fleet.
"Anyone who ever travels on a boat should become acquainted with lifesaving procedures and proper use of equipment. You should urge your husband to attend lifesaving demonstrations such as those held recently in Vancouver and Prince Rupert and go along yourselves, particularly if you sometimes accompany him on his boat," he said.
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Island Woman Wins First Prize
Prizewinners in the annual draw conducted by the Women's Auxiliaries as a means of defraying convention costs ranged all the way from Vancouver to Port Edward, with one of the 11 winners on Vancouver Island.
First prize, a set of luggage, was won by Mrs. Lows of Nanai-mo with ticket 1042.
Other prizewinners were:
Second prize, a comforter, Mike James, Vancouver, with ticket 2828; third prize, Haida pendant set, Allan Clark, 42 Esplanade, Ladysmith, with ticket 246; fourth prize, sheet and pillow cases, Y. Nishihama, 1146 Fourth Avenue, Steveston, with ticket 4656; fifth prize, lace tablecloth, Port Edward WA, with ticket 1883; sixth prize, woven mats, Don Cox, Vancouver, with ticket 5667; seventh prize, set of towels, J. Ladislaus, 4094 River Road, Ladner; eighth prize, set of glasses, Mrs. Olga Lee, RR 1, Whonnock with ticket 933; ninth prize, blanket, Lena Belveal, Sointula WA, with ticket 3949; tenth prize, thermal blanket, John Stauffer, Box 162, Alert Bay, with ticket 4370; eleventh prize, doily and tablecloth, Mike James, Vancouver, with ticket 2829.
ermen, Payne suggested that wives ensure their husbands were covered before going out to sea.
"No one likes to dwell on possibility of a tragedy striking but too many widows and fatherless children bear witness to the continuing hazardous nature of fishermen's work.
"Our Union welfare funds have done a fine job providing relief, but the fight for complete universal . coverage must continue," he said.
Convention delegates endorsed a Port Edward resolution calling for federal transport department inspection of all fishing vessels, regardless of size.
ANTI-POLLUTION FIGHT
A comprehensive resolution from Steveston declared "the people of this province consider clean air and clean water socially desirable and economically attainable," and pointed to increasing dangers of pollution by industrial wastes and domestic sewage.
Pollution continues because of government failure to act positively on control measures, the resolution stated, making specific reference to Richmond municipality's decision to dump raw sewage into the Fraser River "as an economy measure, rather than diverting it through Iona treatment plant."
Speaking on the Union's campaign against pollution, UFAWU general organizer Tom Parkin attacked the contention of a senior provincial government official that water must be considered a "multi-use resource" with waste disposal being one of its major functions.
"This means that, despite the sorry experience of eastern Canada and the US, we are being asked to accept the use of BC rivers as sewers," Parkin charged.
While the new Pollution Control Act has positive features which vindicate demands made by the Union and various pollution control societies, it still has many shortcomings and a continuing fight will have to be waged by all interested parties, he declared.
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