FROM PAGE THREE THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER _ “SAWMILL RATE DETERMINATION” MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. — Queensborough Div. 14 MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., New Westminster Div. 51 Weldwood of Canada Ltd., Timberland Lumber Division 73 Weldwood of Canada Ltd., Flavelle Cedar Div. 49 Rayonier Canada (B.C. Ltd., New Westminster Div. 57 Triangle Pacific Forest Products Ltd.- 56 B.C. Forest Products Ltd., Tilbury Sawmill Div. 32 Acorn Forest Products Ltd. » e 30 Capilano Dry Kilns 7 Capilano Lumber Sales 21 Brownsville Sawmills Ltd. 32 McDonald Cedar Products Ltd. 51 Lamford Cedar Ltd. 37 Imp-Pac Lumber Ltd. 24 Local 1-363 > Raven Lumber Ltd. 40 Local 1-367 B.C. Forest Products Ltd. — Hammond Div. 88 Whonnock Lumber Company Ltd. 50 Orion Bowman & Sons Ltd. 30 In summary, a total of 53 operations have been completed to date, representing approximately 2535 categories. Unfinished Operations Following is a Local Union by Local Union breakdown of operations which have NOT YET been cleared at the joint I.W.A.-F.I.R. Sawmill Rate Determination Clearing Com- mittee level: Local 1-217 The Clearing Committee has been unable to reach unani- mous agreement on _ the grouping of applicable categories at E. L. Sauder Lumber Company Ltd. and have referred this problem in line with the Coast Master Agreement. djadjod od edted edad ody ~ ‘ ~ — \ 7! Local 1-357 Depending upon the disposi- tion of the disputed categories at E. L. Sauder Lumber Company Ltd. in Local 1-217 the Clearing Committee will be able to proceed with: (a) Wesco Lumber Distributors Ltd. and (b) Wesco Manufacturing Ltd. Local 1-424 A misunderstanding has arisen between Local 1-424 and Weldwood of Canada Ltd. with respect to the Quesnel and Canim Lake operations. A Lumber etek ae = a ot: . < Le an ah d er RT) PO he ee em PTL, meeting has been scheduled between the Regional Council, the Local Union and the Company for the early part of January 1975 to resolve this problem so that the Clearing Committee may be able to proceed. Special Operations There are several operations which fall within the scope of the Coast Sawmill Rate Determination Program which have not yet been finalized at the Local Union-Local Management level. These operations include a plywood specialty operation, pole yards, treating and/or laminating plants. — Effective January 6, 1975 the Coast Sawmill Rate Deter- mination Clearing Committee will hold discussions with the respective Local Union(s) and Plant Managements with respect to the application of sawmill grouping guidelines in these operations. Plywood Boom Categories The Regional Council has prepared grouping guidelines for plywood boom categories and has placed this material in the hands of the Local Unions. Following discussions at the Local Union - Local Manage- ment level the agreed-upon rates will be forwarded to the Coast Sawmill Rate Deter- mination Clearing Committee for finalization. oy eh 0H seo p peat sear sort 228 TELEPHONE REN eR AR SO ee DECEMBER, 1974 COLA CLAUSE NOW PAYING OFF Thanks to the Union’s insistence in demanding a Cost-of- Living Clause in this year’s Master Agreement, IWA mem- bers on the coast will receive a 13-cent-an-hour pay increase effective January 1, 1975. The plan calls for a one-cent increase for every .35 in- crease in the cost-of-living index and is considered the best COLA clause ever negotiated in a one-year agreement. ~ A further revision of the COLA clause will be made next April 1. Se far the Regional Council has not yet received any material from the Local Unions. Shingle Boom and Shingle Hourly-rated Categories A joint I.W.A.-F.I.R. sub- committee is presently engaged in the grouping of these categories in three (3) pilot operations, e.g. Somass Division of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Stave Lake Cedar Divis- ion of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. and Winde Pacific. The i.W.A. members on this sub-committee are Brother G. A. Stoney, President of Local 1- 37 and Brother Erik Wood, Financial Secretary of Local 1- 367. Future Developments Upon conclusion and/or in conjunction with the foregoing the Regional Council will have to get involved in the following in the early part of 1975: 3 TO A WORLD DRIVEN BY INFLATION = ...and other pressures towards compromising on second-best, fs Dayton’s makes no contribution. aN % That is why Dayton’s loggers i have won more world championships ‘ than any other boot ever made. i i It has always been, and still is, the choice of the man who knows the best—and is prepared to pay for it. {DAYTON SHOE MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. = 2250 EAST HASTINGS STREET 253-6671 VANCOUVER, B.C. Updating the present guide- lines for the grouping of sawmill categories. Correcting apparent errors in the groupings that have resulted from inadequate information received by the Sawmill Rate Determina- tion Clearing .Committee from the Local Union — Local Management level. Clearing the grouping of ‘“‘“changed’’ categories. Clearing the grauping of “new”’ categories. ; Developing the ‘on-going” system on the basis of the criteria listed in Section 4 of Article VIII of the 1974 Coast Master Agreement. It.-has been a tremendous © job of work accomplished in relatively short time and I would like to give praise to the Regional staff for their fine effort and also thank the Local Unions and Plant Committees for their co- operation. Bt ot Yh poh 20m Th SH AD Rw