g- CIO Convention Report. se raze. Bi-weekly, Bulletin Published by The B.C, District Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated to Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) VOL. XII. No. 23. VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1943 Broadway <> Printers Ltd, (305) IWA Local 1-71 Wins Again Aero Signs Union Contract Death Toll Up To 48 The death toll in B.C. lumber rose to 48 this week with four more workers being killed. Louis Greenan was instantly killed when crushed 48 between the loading bar and ‘Third Major Victory Brings/ Total Operations Under WA Agreement To Twenty - Six The third in a series of victories for the International Woodworkers of America was won last week when ani agreement was signed between Local 1-71 and Aero Tim- ber Products Limited. The signing of the agreement fol- lowed the certification of the union as the sole collective bargaining agency by Mr. Justice Richards, Industrial Dis- Negotiations Continue For IWA Master Agreement Contract To Cover All Present and Future Operations Where Union Is Certified Agemt ~ Following immediately upon the signing of the Queen The agreement which is based on the first Q.C.1. agreement gives complete recog- nition to IWA Local 1-71 as the collective bargaining the table of the | woodworken skidder at have been putes Inquiry Commissioner. Great Central | killed in B.C.s Lake, Camp 9. lumber in- Greenan was] dustry since 5 head shop stew- | Jan. 1, 1943 || a9ency for all men in camps. ard at the Bloe- del Stewart and Welch camp. Cliff Johnson was killed in the woods by a falling tree at the same camp on November 3. Alaf Johnson, faller at the same camp, was killed by a falling snag. Peter M. Kninicki was killed in- stantly at the North Coast Tim- ber Company’s logging camp at’ Cumshewa Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands, November 3rd, when he was hit on the side of the head by a flying spar in the course of logging operations, It further provides for an eight-hour day and forty- eight-hour week with time and one-half for all work in excess thereof. The agreement provides for seniority, compe- tency considered after 60 days probationary employment and in the event of shutdown no new employee will be hired until the former employees have had the opportunity to return to work. The agreement provides for leave of absence and main- tenance of full seniority to employees entering into the armed services or suffering injury or illness. ARBITRATION. The agreement contains the same arbitration clause and general machinery for settling disputes as the other QCI agree- ments. 4 The awards of such arbitration hearings are to be binding on both parties for the duration of the agreement which is for Agreement Is Reached On one year. The union agrees that there .|shall be no strike or work stop- page during the life of the agree- ment and the employers agree that there shall be no lockout. Other important regulations con- Charlotte Island agreements and the Lake Log agreement, IWA officials were contacted by various members. of the arbitration boards pending at the time with a view to re-entering negotia- tions on a district-wide basis and have met with R. V. Stuart Research and-are in the process of negotiating a master agree-— ment to cover all camps or mills which are now certified. At a special district executive® meeting of IWA District No. 1, it was recommended to the member- ship that the committee as a whole be empowered to negotiate agree- ments for the union as outlined above. It was further recommend- ed that Nigel Morgan, Interna- tional Board Member, District President Harold Pritchett and District Secretary Bert Melsness be authorized to act as spokesmen for the negotiating committee so formed. In the negotiations carried on in the past week agreements have been reached on all major basic points such as union recognition, seniority, hours of work, vacations with pay and safety and health. It is expected that within the next week the agreement will be finalized and placed before the membership for ratification. You Can’t Afford To Miss The Seventh Loggers’ Ball IWA Affiliation To CCL District Referendum Will Decide on j Return to CCL Labor Councils Re-affiliation of the eight ean which comprise District _ No. 1, International Woodworkers of America, with the Cana- _dian Congress of Labor was agreed to by CCL officials at the recent CIO convention in Philadelphia, Nigel Morgan, IWA dele- to the convention and former IWA representative on the CCL National Executive Council reported on his return to couver last week. _ The agreement followed a series of meetings of IWA, CCL nd CIO leaders, during the convention, and the union will be mitted on the usual terms for new affiliation, Morgan said. . proposal to rejoin the CCL® be submitted to a referendum SSS ee will take steps to affiliate with the labor councils in their respec- tive communities, stated Morgan, The eight locals which com- prise District No. 1 of the IWA were suspended from the CCL last January. tained in the agreement provide that (1) all cookhouse employees must have a health card signed by a recognized doctor (2) that the companies agree to recognize the union safety committee, which shall be paid at the regular rate for any time necessarily spent at- tending investigation of accidents or meetings during working hours. The agreement is now before the crews in the QCI’s for ratification with a recommendation for accept- ance fromthe negotiating com- mittee. Local 1-71 reports that all camps so far heard from have agreed to accept the agreement. LONDON—Referring to the fact that £25,000,000 ($111,000,000) had been subscribed ta the Red Cross since the war began, the chair- man, Lord Iliffe, said that fac- tory and house-to-house collec- tions in Great Britain mostly in pennies—yielded £5,000,000 Final arrangements for the wind-up affair of the loggers’ season — the Seventh Annual IWA Ball — have now been completed. The ball, which will take place Wednesday, Dec. 29, is again being held in two halls this year, the Hastings Audi- torium, 828 E. Hastings Street, where Alf Carlson and his old- time orchestra will be featured; and the Howden Hall, 1313 Granville Street, where Don Williamson and his modern swing band will hold sway. A third dance,o— under the auspices of IWA Local 1-85, will also be held in the Port Alberni Victory Hall, Wed- nesday, December 15. Main event of the evening at the Vancouver dances will be a contest to judge the best Paul Bunyan beard. Competition is as usual runnirig high among the log- gers and from our position it looks as if anything might happen. Tickets this year are 50c and “in- clude admission to both Vancou- ver dances and a chance on the following pricezes: (1) $100 Cash, (2) $50 Cash, (3) $25 Credit Note from the “Hub,” Men’s Clothing Store, (4) Men’s Writ Watch, don- ated by Goldbloom & Sons, (6) $15 Cash. Seller of the winning ticket will receive a $15 cash prize, With the tremendous gains made in organization, the many union agreements that have -been signed and especially the Queen Char- lotte Island victory, it is expected that an added impetus and enthus- iasm will be added to the annual festivities, As usual, the ball’ will be the big event of the loggers’ and millworkers’ Christmas season celebrations and a crowded time is expected to be had by all. Be on the lookout for ticket sellers and don’t miss the Sev- enth Annual Loggers’ Ball!