From: ILWU Canada [email protected] Subject: BC Lions ILWU Night-eNews Date: October 2, 2015 at 5:11 PM To: [email protected]

Oct 2, 2015 Click here to read the whole report.

Election Volunteers Needed

Last weekend the and District Labour Council held a number of labour canvasses for NDP Last weekend the New Westminster and District Labour Council held a number of labour canvasses for NDP candidates Carol Baird Ellan - Burnaby North - Seymour and Bob D'Eith in Pitt Meadows - Maple Ridge. The canvasses were a great help to the campaigns.

This is a reminder that this weekend the New Westminster and District Labour Council and the and District Labour Council have organized a number of labour canvasses with NDP Candidates. Please join one of these canvasses, invite other members of your team, staff and membership as well. We need as many volunteers as possible!

New Westminster and District Labour Council

Date Time Candidate Riding Address Phone #

Saturday, 10:30 am - Fin Donnelly - #1 - 2565 Barnet Highway, Coquitlam 604 474 2882 Oct 3 2:30 pm Sunday, 10:30 am - Surrey-Newton #210-7093 King George Blvd, Surrey, 778 565 8724 Oct 4 2:30 pm BC

Sunday, 10:30 am - Fleetwood - Port Kells 101A - 15355 Fraser Highway. Surrey, 778 394 5525 Oct 4 2:30 pm BC

Vancouver and District Labour Council

Date Time Candidate Riding Address Phone #

Sunday, Noon- Mira Oreck Vancouver - Granville 1308 West Broadway, Vancouver 604 428 4850 Oct 4 4:00 pm

Sunday, Noon - Constance Barnes Vancouver - Centre #140 - 1265 Granville Street, 604 428 8847 Oct 4 4:00 pm Vancouver Western Transportation Advisory Council

WESTAC is a non-profit society of major transportation organizations in Western Canada represented by business, labour, and government decision-makers. The ILWU is a founding member and holds two positions on the Executive Board, one is ILWU Canada President Mark Gordienko and the other through the ILWU Affiliate in Saskatchewan the Grain Services Union General Secretary Hugh Wagner.

Click here to read the weekly information we receive from Westac, with links to many interesting articles that relate to transportation.

News in Review - September 26 to October 2, 2015

What do customers of Canadian wheat want? (and why it matters to you) Farmers Continue to Fight False Information about Supply Management Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops G3 Investments Benefit Sask Producers IMF urges commodity exporters to get moving Conflicting plans for land reserve; Port sees property as key for expansion; Richmond mayor calls farmland 'irreplaceable' Roberts Bank eyed for pipeline; Alberta Premier Rachel Notley suggests Delta as alternative terminus for contentious Kinder Morgan proposal RoboCab: Driverless Taxi Experiment To Start in Japan AT&T Takes Container Tracking To A New Level CN, CP test future leaders as CEOs recover from health issues Why the world economy as we know it is about to be turned on its head

Disclaimer: These articles are not necessarily the opinions of either WESTAC or the ILWU. They are a sampling of topical reports on transportation issues only.

Our Working Waterfront, 1945-2015

AN EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE DIVERSITY OF WORK ON NEW WESTMINSTER'S WATERFRONT

This exhibition explores the diversity of work on the New Westminster waterfront from 1945 to the present, including shipbuilding, longshore work, food service, and tug boating. The exhibit draws on more than 90 oral histories with waterfront workers, and is the culmination of 4 years of collaboration between the New Westminster Museum and Archives, longshore pensioners of ILWU Local 502, teachers in our City's schools, of collaboration between the New Westminster Museum and Archives, longshore pensioners of ILWU Local 502, teachers in our City's schools, and Simon Fraser University.

The New Westminster Museum and Archives gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of .

Waterfront News Reminder

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President Mark Gordienko First Vice President Robert Ashton Second Vice President Steve Nasby Third Vice President Romeo Bordignon Secretary Treasurer Bob Dhaliwal

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