| 4-417) and Bill Schumaker
'/+ (Local 1-423) while the In-
', terior Forest Labour Rela-
' tions Association was repre-
sented by Mr. J. Muirhead,
* Mr. C, Garrside, Mr. J. Finch
'. and Mr. H. Quinn.
A Some of the problems rais-
ed by the Union members of
* this Joint Committee included
_« Firefighting, Marshalling
| Points for employees at Koot-
enay Forest Products Ltd.
Training Program for elec-
* tricians, Training Program for
“. production workers and Cate-
, gory Revisions.

« BOB SCHLOSSER

« Completely contrary to the
+ intent of the above section 15
, of the Raguin report the rep-
resentation of the IFLRA

_ the authority to discuss rates
. and/or categories, Mr. C.
: Garrside summarized the As-
' Sociation’s position as follows:
“You, the Union, have to deal
with each plant individually.
“We, the Association, are not
Prepared to deal with revi-
Sions at this level and have
“no authority, but we will pass
_ © your requests and convey
your ur arguments to our prin-
cipals and let you know.”

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» Us 7 the base rate will

“DISPUTE”

$2.17 with an increase of
nine cents per hour effective
December 1, 1966), while at
the same time the base rate
on the Coast will amount to
$2.76 per hour.

Over and above the future
50 cents per hour difference
in the base rate and the pres-
ent five cents per hour differ-
ence in shift differential, an
extensive study by the IWA
Regional Research Depart-
ment reveals flagrant discrep-
encies in rates for comparable
job categories in the South-
ern Interior and on the Coast.

JACK MUNRO

Based upon the above com-
parisons and as a result of
the Association’s present re-
fusal to negotiate category re-
visions—in the face of a sky-
rocketing cost of living—there
is steadily mounting dissen-
sion between the Interior
Woodworkers and their em-

ployers.

The Union members of the
Southern Interior Joint In-
dustry Committee strongly
urge the affiliates of the
IFLRA to instruct their As-
sociation to get down to ser-
ious negotiations — in line
with the Raguin report — at
the next scheduled Commit-
tee meeting later this month
or bear the full consequences
resulting from this highly ex-
plosive situation.

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