THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER TEN-YEAR LABOUR AGREEMENT A 10-year labor agreement that will see automation- caused phasing out of the en- tire union membership has been signed by Canadian Paci- fic Airlines. The 47 navigators now em- ployed by CPA belong to the Canadian Airline Navigators Association (Western Local). Their new agreement, retro- - active to Sept. 30, 1967, pro- vides for severance pay of one month’s pay for each year’s service when a navigator is » displaced because of techno- logical change. Wage increases totalling 10% percent will cover the period to next April 1. On that date and each following April 1, salaries will be in- creased according to a formula based on per capita gross national product in constant (1957) dollars and the con- sumer price. index. Present salaries range from $10,000 to $16,000 a year. Highly sophisticated new electronic navigational equip- ment is expected during the term of the agreement to elim- inate gradually all the navi- gators. The navigators are now required on any flight operating more than 500 miles from a continental land mass. The unprecedented 10-year term of the agreement was one of the recommendations made by Dr. Noel A. Hall of the University of British Col- umbia commerce faculty. The Federal Manpower Depart- ment was appointed to exam- ine the overall problems of displacement of navigators. LIGHTER SIDE Manager: “We can pay you $40 a week now, and $45 dol- lars in six months.” Applicant:“ Thank you, I'll drop back in six months!” * * Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy and wealthy and dead. * * * “Good news! I’ve saved enough money for us to go to Europe,” she said excitedly. “Wonderful,” responded her husband. “When do we leave?” “As soon as I’ve saved enough for us to come back,” explained the wife. PANG Ca A VW. FOUR RAIL UNIONS TO VOTE ON MERGING Machinery that will see one -large single union replace four existing unions is on the rails in Canada and the United States. Weekend reports indicate that general agreement on merging four international railway unions has blossomed from hush-hush talks by uni- on chiefs. And a start on a ratification vote has been made. The Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen reports on the move in the current issue of iy WIERESTING Caoe— yep & i] ty io fe , SURRENDERED WIT - |: OUT FRING A SHOT/" iy $ IF IT’S MONEY YOU WANT TO MAKE § THEN USE THE ““ALL-NEW SABRE WIDE-CUT CHAIN" 7 helps your saw make money faster, High qualily, low priced, fully guar- anteed. MADE IN CANADA, USED THROUGHOUT Ly, THE WORLD VuaAs | DEALER ENQUIRIES INVITED _ SELLS BROS. SALES LTD. CANADIEN CHAIN SAWS — Distributors for _ ALL-NEW SABRE WIDE-CUT CHAIN Vancouver 3, B.C Trainman News, and a spokes- man elaborated on the pro- gress in a subsequent inter- view. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Or- der of Railway Conductors _and Brakemen, and Switch- men’s Union of North Amer- ica. The unions have about 25,000 members in Canada. Members are now being sent copies of the proposed merger agreement and a constitution. This will be followed by a special mammoth mailing of ballots and cards authorizing the proposed United Trans- portation Union to represent members. Final tabulation of ballots is expected to be completed long before the Jan. 1, 1969 date set for the birth of the UTU. Under the proposed unifica- tion agreement, all officers of the unions and their perman- ent staffs are guaranteed con- tinued employment and com- pensation for expenses that may be incurred in shifts to new locations. Merging will be, the BRT, -BURSARY WINNER The $300.00 Annual Schol- arship awarded by Local 1-118 IWA Victoria, to a top student graduating from High School who is a son or daughter of a Local member was won this year by Miss Kathryn Fowler. Kathryn is the daughter of Joe Fowler, the First Vice- President and Business Agent of Local 1-118. The Local officers report that Kathryn graduated with an 89.25% average. She is presently attending the Uni- versity of Victoria. FROM PAGE ONE “AWARD" a decision it is incumbent up- on the board to give reasons for its decision.” He went on to say that he believed the Union proved to the board that the company had violated the collective agreement and various pro- vincial laws and the Union should have the right to know why its claim was rejected. The three-man board was comprised of Mr. Leonard Neal, chairman, and Mr. Da- vid Rogers, company nominee, who found for the company, and Mr. William Campbell, the Union nominee, who dis- sented with the majority award. Schlosser stated that he had written to the board chair- man pointing out the respon- sibility which rests on the board’s shoulders and request- ing reasons for the decision. He has had no reply to date. He concluded his statement by saying: “This is the first time to my knowledge that the Union has had to take this type of action in an arbitration award. It simply comes down to whe- ther or not this board has con- fidence in its reasons for com- ing to the decision it did. If the members have confidence in their decision then all we ask is that they supply their reasons so that we will know how to govern ourselves in a similar situation in the future, should one arise.” ‘ KRUSHCHEV JOKE QUOTE. From an unlikely source (but true) is this joke once told by Russian Premier Krushchev: “There was a man who ran along the streets in Moscow shouting “The Premier is an idiot.’ He was arrested, tried and convicted and sentenced to twenty-three years of hard labour in Siberia — three years for insulting the Premier, and twenty years for revealing state secrets.” SOME WORKBOOTS FEEL LIKE THIS ailysip sede PARIS is famous for its INDUSTRIAL FOOTWEAR — Logging Boots and Work Boots made in our own workshops. 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