3i-weekly Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, (CIO), Affiliated with Canadian Congress of Labor VANCOUVER, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1942 (263) representative of the employers in IWA Executive Lays Basis For Fir Belt Negotiations SEATTLE, Wash.—The IWA-CIO International Executive Board meeting held here recently unanimously endorsed the contract drafted by the IWA Fir Belt Committee and instructed the International officers to call a meeting with the Lumbermen’s Industrial Relations Committee, the west coast fir belt area. The program adopted for a basis for negotiations includes: ® 1A 12% cent wage increase. 2. Vacations with pay and standardiza- tion- of the vacation clause in all fir belt contracts, 8.Union shop and union hiring, 4.Termination of all contracts to pro- vide uniform expiration of April ist, 5. Establishment of standard minimum crews. 6. Adoption of the policy of writing con- tracts including wages and working conditions uniformly for the Pacific Coast fir belt in Washington, Oregon and California and as far east as the Cascade Mountains. NEGOTIATIONS OPEN WITH COMOX LOG LADYSMITH, B.C.—Negotiations got under way here last Sunday be- tween a representative of the man- agement and a committee represent- ing the employees of the Comox Logging and Railway Company, the overwhelming majority of whom are members of the International Wood- workers of America, ‘The committee of five, including Sec- retary John Ulinder, Stan Brinham, Ben _ Rozzano (employees), Sam Guthrie, MLA, and IWA-CIO International Ex- ecutive Board Member Nigel Morgan, “presented the employees’ proposals for ‘and conditions of wark. After a har- -montous discussion of the proposals for the agreement, negotiations were ad- med until Saturday, Jan. 31, to give officials of the company an oppor- ‘to review them and to submit any proposals they may have to ‘The Negotiations Committee was d by the company’s representative, ndent James Shasgreen, that es’ suggestions would receive ted that a meeting of the Comox Log will be called Although there have not yet been any concrete conclusions reached, it is the firm opinion of the committee represent- ing our International Union that nego- tlations will be successful in bringing the union and the employers much closer to industry-wide negotiations such as are in effect in the coal industry and that this procedure will assist materially in keeping production at its highest peak during the present world emergency, FOUND! A packsack containing clothes was left in front of the office of the In- dustrial Timber Mills, Youbou, about the time of the Camp 6 and 3 close- down in December. Contents look as though they belonged to an engineer working” on a cold-decker machine. Only identification mark is the name of the town of Bowser on the outside of the pack. Anyone who lost this packsack can obtain same by proving ownership on application to Secretary A. B. Green- well, IWA Local 1-80, Box 51, Lake Cowichan, B.C. A Officers Negotiate With Operators of Largest QCI Camps VANCOUVER, B.C.—Negotiations got under way this week between the Joint Operators Committee and District Officials of the International Woodworkers of America, of which more than 85 per cent of the Queen Charlotte Island loggers are members, ‘ Culminating an organizational drive in the Queen Charlotte Islands last summer and a three-month long attempt to open negotiations, representatives of the Kel- ley Logging Company, Pacific Mills Log- ging Company, Morgan Logging Com- pany, Allison Logging Company,- met President Harold Pritchett, Secretary Nigel Morgan of the IWA B.C. District Council this week in a meeting arranged under the auspices of the Federal De-. partment of Labor. The agreement drafted and endorsed by all Queen Charlotte Island logging crews last fall was discussed, clause by clause, and the operators requested a ten-day adjournment to review the agreement and submit any counter pro- posals they may have to offer. The IWA officials stressed the’ im- portance of collective bargaining in the carrying out of the program for in- creasing production in line with the gov- ernment’s requirements and for bring- ing about a total war in the Queen Charlotte Islands, It is hoped the con-~ ference will lay the basis for such a pro- gram as well as bringing about an ami- cable settlement of mutual benefit to both employers and employees alike. IWA Member Reported Missing Reports from Charlie Valley, Queen Charlotte City, indicate that Axel John- son, a member of IWA Local 1-71, has not been heard of since he left last November with his trolling boat, “Blue Nose,” by way of the west coast of Gra-. ham Island. DR. DOUGLAS GIVES PRIZE FOR LETTER Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas, whose gen- erosity makes it possible for the IWA to present to their members Green Gold each Tuesday evening at 7:30 over Sta- tion CJOR, this week made a special offer to Green Gold listeners, Anxious to find out where and how far Green Gold is being heard, Dr. Douglas is offering for the next month to pay one month’s dues to the union for the member who eae writes in from the D¥B-1.Dougias farthest distance reporting that he has heard Green Gold, We urge our listen- ers to write in and let us know if they are hearing the program, also to send us news and any suggestions they have for making it more interesting. this matter. * * OF PURPOSE. jured to receive compensation. The accident toll in B.C. during 1927-; permanently disable them 38 was 630 killed, 1766 permanently in-| years, jured, 33,897 who were sufficiently in-| Over the past 23 years, the Workmen’s These Compensation Board reports that B.C, figures prove that approximately one- lumber accounted for 54 per cent of fatal accidents and 43 per cent of the total accidents in this province. quarter of the number of loggers em- ployed are killed or receive injuries that Time Lost By Accidents’ Holds Up Lumber Production Several requests have been made to the IWA for a copy of the accident figures for 1941 released over Green Gold on Tuesday, Jan. 13, In answer to these requests, we are reprinting an extract from the broadcast dealing with * oy When we realize that the year 1941 accounted for more than 73 lives and over 5,000 compensable accidents in the logging end of the industry | alone, we realize how serious it is. The average loss of time a logging | accident caused a man is 60 days’ worl. During 1941, an average of 465 accidents occurred each month, If only half of them caused loss of time it means there was enough time lost to keep 50 men working 300 days | a year for ten years. So just think how many logs 50 men could produce ,in ten years! Then we get an idea of how important it is to the war effort to prevent men from being injured. It is necessary for-us to have a solid unity of all the powers opposed to aggressions and, as the Gov- ernment Safety Department at Victoria points out, in order to win the war against accidents, IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A SOLID UNITY every ten