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THE FISHERMAN
Friday, November 7, 1947
Activities at Stuart Island
By "ED"
With gillnettinjg reaching its "30" this week in Bute Inlet, and chill winds starting to breathe a little heavier, most Stuart Islanders are preparing for the winter weeks. Those who turned to the nets in place of poles or handlines report a fairly successful season on the basis of union agreement chum prices.
Henry Marshall and Bert Brima-combe left Monday night for Bute to make what may be their last attempt at cod this season. Last week they spent several days in the Inlet but tough weather limited them to only one day and 850 pounds. Harry and Stuart Island school teacher Margaret Dubois expect to be married in the new year.
"Ronnie" Willcock left Wednesday for boarding school on Vancouver Island. Her mother went down to Vancouver for a visit
Bert WUlcock, an accomplished story teller and writer, has promised to begin writing for The Fisherman after several years absence
from our columns. The promise the bay; he does his own canning has been made, now for the stor- and stalks the woods daily regard-
Fred and Roy Olsen are set to fall and boom up a section of cedar for speedy sale. Fred has been writing with same success but far from enough to make a living.
less of weather. A young man at 75, Jack is at the moment preparing the original George Sumner property in the Big Bay for Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby, mother and father of Mrs. Mary Brimacombe,
John  Davis  wants  to  sell  his who will be moving up next week.
large house in the Big Eay now that his children have grown up and drifted away. A smai.er homo will do—now that hia is all alone.
Len Larsen had to leave for Prince George quite suddenly. His wife will care for their 120-acre domain, while Len visits his mother and father at a time when the latter is having a serious operation.
Fred Lobsher is keeping as spry as ever—his woodshed is full and his shack is snug.
Hal Peterson married Beatrice Gateman last month. Bea is sister of Ethel Larsen, Len Larsen's wife, and of Bill Gateman, first secretary of the Fish Cannery, Reduction Plant and Allied Workers' Union.
Jack McPhee is one of the most active    of    the    old'    timers in
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Alex Barber, veteran live cod fishermen, has put away his lines for the season in face of the extremely cold weather now developing in the area,
Dan Martin, one of the founders of unionism in the B.C. fishing industry, has been collecting up Bute for B.C. Packers, but will probably be in Vancouver by the time this appears in print He has been away from Vancouver since May with his Barbara I.
Hugh (Ole) Mowat has been gill-netting these past two or three weeks with his "Dorothy K.'' His brother Jimmy is a well-known halibut man. Hughie had just lefi Loughborough Inlet Tuesday with his partner on "Lil-Ida" on his way to Lund which he reac'ned only about 5 minutes before the beer parlor closed its doors for the night. A slight miscalculation in his course was not enough to defeat the desire to get a thirst quencher   before bed-time.
Kenny Lusk returned last week from a trip to Ottawa where he says 95 percent of the buildings were unchanged from the time he left 41 years ago.
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IHAVE often heard the remark that the shop stewards in any union are the back-bone of the organization and believe me, after completing a tour of the plants on the West Coast, I am more than ever convinced of the truth of this statement. With but one exception, all plants which I visited were almost 100 percent organized and the few who were still non-members at the time of my visit were in most instances newcomers and we were able to sign them up before I left. The one exception which I referred to was Ecoole and' at this plant all the shop stewards had left at the close of last season and most of the crew were newcomers to the industry. During my stay at Ecoole, I was able to sign up the large majority of the crew and a shop steward, Pat Finlay, was chosen to act for the crew.
In addition to my work in the plants, I spent considerable time with the trollers and camp men, with whom I contacted and discussed the question of organization. Most of the camp men are presently members of our union and all those I met expressed the opinion that every effort must be made to have a signed agreement to cover camp men next year. Very few trollers are left on the coast owing to the lateness of my trip but the trollers X met gave me a very friendly hearing and we had several good discussions about the union and conditions generally. While I have not had the opportunity to discuss my trip with the executive board, 1 believe that a thorough job of contacting the trollers should be done next year at a time when the maximum number are fishing.
My first plant call after leaving Victoria was at Ceepeecee, where I found the crew well organized, thanks to the efforts of Harry Hoffman, chief shop steward. A good meeting was held at which resolutions were passed dealing with the 1948 agreement. Several   grievances were outlined
and these were referred to the shop stewards committee for action as soon as the manager returned to the plant.
Before leaving Ceepeecee I visited Hecate and met Les Lord, shop steward. There were only four crew members at the time of my visit but the herring crew were expected up within a short while.
When I arrived at Nootka, I found the plant busy for the first time during the salmon season, owing to the late run of dogs. Everyone was disappointed over the announced closure of the area since the run was unusually late snd the fish were all brights and in good condition. The general feeling was that a further week's fishing would have been in order. George Ossinger, retort man and shop steward, -has done his usual good job and the plant was well organized. Desoite the fact that the crew worked late, a very good meeting was held at which the 1948 agreement was discussed and several matters referred to headquarters. A good discussion was held on the question of closer cooperation between plants situated within visiting distance of each other. A motion was passed urging the election of delegates during the season who would attend the meetings of the Ceepeecee and Hecate plants. It was pointed out that this would help the members to better understand the problems of each plant.
built-in shower which turned on each time you went through a puddle (This was every few feet). I got a lift from Ucluelet to Port Albion, and was pleased to meet Mex Flett and Bert Petras again. All was in good order at the plant with only two or three newcomers not in the union. The cannery crew arrived from Nootka on the "Norah," Tuesday morning, so we were able to have a very good meeting that night. Among the cannery members from Nootka were Brother Ossinger and Brother Jim Atherton, shop steward at Talheo during the season, both of whom were down to complete the season at Port Albion. Executive member Stella Michalowski, who will be remembered for her work as shop steward at Great Northern last year, was also present and she volunteered the information that she likes the West Coast very well. Before I left Port Albion Brother Petras won undisputed title as cribbage champ over Alex Flett and myself, although Alex agrees with me that next time it will be different.
In company with Brother Barr, campman for the Co-op I visited a number of trollers in Usluelet. I had a very interesting discussion with Ken Miller, an active Co-op member who is now carrying union boat plates on his troller. Brother Miller expressed the opinion held by most of the trollers 1 talked to that an effective job oi organization among trollers could   only   be   done during the
During the whole period of my spring or early summer, trip the weather was bad but the j The reduction plant at Ecoole worst was during the Nootka ] was working to capacity when I visit where I was stormbound | arriVed and because of- the shift from Wednesday to Saturday. I \ arrangement it was not possible to finally  got  a lift on  the  seiner, I hold a meeting. However as prt
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viously stated I was able to sign up the large majority of the crew and get a shop steward elected. The saltery had not as yet opened but it might be well to note that negotiations for a saltery agreement have now opened in Vancouver and we should have this matter settled shortly.
Kildonan has had a poor salmon season but is now going strong on herring, which were beginning to show very well in Barclay Sound, with the "Dominion No. 1" getting a few good sets despite very bad weather. Bob McMillan, shop steward' reported that the organ-■ ization at the plant was in very good shape and before leaving we picked up the few newcomers which now brings the plant up to 100 percent.
With the exception of Ecoole and Ceepeecee, there were no grievances to speak of. I feel that credit should be given to the management at Nootka, Port Al-| bion and Kildonan, particularly for the way in which the agreements have been applied this year.
A thought strikes one after a trip of this sort. When you can find nearly every plant well organized despite the lack of regular contact with the union headquarters, it is plain that the UFAWU is here to stay and is going to take a lot of beating. With just a little more effort we will be in a position to claim 100 percent organization in every shore operation on the coast!
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