THE WESTERN CANAD it etl ta MY Vol XXX, No. 7 VANCOUVER, B.C. \t ie uit wi Incorporating The ZZ. Lumberworker Official Publication of the Jeternatéanal Woodworkers of yémertea Regional Council No. 1 1st Issue April, 1963 5c PER COPY oe * PLYWOOD RATES UP tory-making flight of the Regional Council’s daily chartered plane service between Wancouver and Sullivan Bay, is watched with interest by Regional President Jack Moore, right, and Regional 3rd Vice-President Bob Ross, second from right. The service was organized by the IWA to provide air transportation for loggers unwilling to patronize the strike- bound planes of Pacific Western Airlines. Union Protests Order Banning Air Service Telegrams protesting the action of the Air Transport Board in prohibiting the daily chartered plane service instituted by the Regional Council for loggers refusing to travel on strike- bound Pacific Western Airlines, have been sent by Regional President Jack Moore to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, Hon. Howard Green, Minister of External Affairs, and Hon. Davie Fulton, Minister of Public Works. The following is the complete text of the telegram sent by President Moore: PRIME MINISTER JOHN DIEFENBAKER The International Woodworkers of America, representing 33,000 woodworkers, respectfully request that you investigate and countermand an order of the Air Transport Board prohibiting this union from aera, a chartered and licensed plane service for its members employed in remote coast logging camps who will not patronize the strike-bound service of the publicly-subsidized Pacific Western Airlines. Failure to provide this service will heavily penalize them. This union reached a satisfactory agreement with B.C. Airlines which would service the needs of our members, in compliance with all published regulations. We claim the right granted all individuals and companies to charter planes when required by the union's membership. Your attention to this matter would be warmly appreciated. JACK MOORE, IWA Regional President. See “UNION PROTESTS”—Page 3 1-357 DONATES $750.00 TO PWA STRIKERS A donation of $750.00 has been made by Local 1-357, IWA, New Westminster, to aid members of the Cana- dian Air Line Flight At- tendants’ Association strik- ing Pacific Western Air- lines in Vancouver and Ed- monton. The donation was in an- ___ swer to the appeal made by the «~B.C, Federation of Regional Council Negotiates New Plan With F.I.R. The IWA Regional Council has successfully negotiated a settlement with Forest Industrial Relations Litd., giving the Coast plywood members new wage increases ranging from 1 cent to 13 cents per hour. All plywood jobs from Grade VII to Grade XIX will benefit from the increase. Representatives of the Coast Local Unions have ratified the agreement. ; The basis of the settlement is an accelerated increment pattern which departs from the original basis of a constant increment of four cenis between all grades, from Grade 1 (the base rate) through Grade XIX (the top rate). ; The settlement also provides for a rewrite of the Job Evaluation Manual so that it will conform to actual industry conditions as they exist. It is hoped this will clear up some of the misunderstandings that have cropped up over the past few years. The new formula changes the wage pattern by accelerating the increases from Grade Vil on. For example, a worker in Grade XIII classification will now receive an increase of 7 cents per hour. premature, | am hopeful that we can make some worthwhile progress.” “This new wage curve pe —- will do much to alleviate a | * long - standing problem,” said Regional President Jack Moore in making the seltlement announcement. “We feel it places a better relationship between job rates and establishes a wage schedule which is a product of logic and rea- The negotiations were headed up by President Moore, assisted by Al Busch, Regional Plywood Evaluator, and Joe Miyaz- awa, Regional Director of Research and Education. son.” The settlement brought to a conclusion several _ months of vigorous nego- in \ | tiations requiring a consid- yy | erable amount of research, { \ | and When asked about the other sections of the indus- try, he replied, “Under the terms of the Coast Master Agreement we are pres- ently engaged in a rate re- vision study of pew and changed jobs in the Log- ging Section and prelimin- ary talks have commenced involving numerous meetings within the Union as well as with Forest In- dustrial Relations, on the part of the Regional Offi- cers and technical staff. 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Scie ae Pent coaege.”7." | iat ee ou Meme... © . 04 S I } ; 2 a MORE ANTI-LABOUR TACTICS NLRB Ruling Aids Employers Employers in the United States have now been given the green light to break un- to quit union membership. tion envelopes to the employ- The unanimous ruling, by a_ er and Local 223 of the AFL- three-man panel, came in a CIO International Union of case in which the Perkins Ma-_ Electrical Workers. chine Co., Warren, Mass., ;