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LETTERS

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GIBSON BROS.
JEUNE LANDING, B.C.

The regular meeting was cal|-
ed to order by Secretary Gubbe,

with Brother John Lauritsen
acting as chairman. A short
discussion was had regarding

the WPB decision to lower the
board rate to the original’ $1.35
per day. Nominations were
held for committees, with Bro-
thers T, Ferguson, A. Cyr, and
O. Anderson being elected to the
grievance committees. Brother
Art Anderson was elected to con-
tinue ‘as job steward. Brother
George Coover gave an enlight-
ening lecture on the WEA con-
vention (summer school) which
was enjoyed by everyone. A
special meeting was called on
August 14 to discuss the resolu-
tion on the meat rationing and it
was decided that this resolution
be endorsed as a petition, and
copies to be sent to the proper
authorities.

ALASKA PINE CO.,
“POWELL RIVER, B.C.

An election of officers took
place at the meeting sheld on
August 6th, with Brother J. Me-
Farlan being elected chairman,
and L. Vickman as_ secretary.
Brothers MacDonald, Thompson,
Baker, Smith, Benn, Rollins,
Pierce, Gleisner and Rallihan
were elected to the production
committee. Job Stewards were
also elected. A motion was car-
ried that the boat will leave
camp at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and
return Sunday morning. It was
also decided that the camp com-
mittee approach the manage-
ment with regards to procuring
free transportation for the local
workers, and that they ask the
management to state definite

CAMP AC

By ROVING REPORTER

THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Camp Comments

“Every Reader a Correspondent’”’

B.C. Conditions Compare
Favorably With States

The following letter, sent to Don Barbotr, Hiring Hall Man-

TIVITY

tax on fares as they seem to vary.
It was also decided to approach
the management regarding free
board or a reduction in price for
the men staying in camp in casa
of a shut-down. Regular meet-
ings will be held the first Mon-
day in each month.

CANADIAN FOREST
PRODUCTS, BEACH CAMP,
ENGLEWOOD, B.C.

A meeting was called at Alert
Bay by the Board of Trade at 3

pm., August 12, 1945. The
Board of Trade discussed the
hospital conditions, and Mr.

Cameron read out three propos-
als of the board, the first one |
being that the Columbia Coast
Mission should continue, second-
ly, that“ a local organization
Should take over the hospital
and thirdly, the National Board
of Health. Mr. Miller, inspector
of hospitals, was then intro-
duced, and stated that the sale|
price of the hospital was $15,-
000, and the inventory was $37,-
000. The meeting was then
opened for discussion, and Bro-
ther Sam Berry made a motion
that the Provincial Government
take over the Alert Bay Hospi-
tal. Mr. Miller stated that the
National Board of Health had
nothing to do with the provincial
government, and the Columbia
Coast Mission will carry on un-
tila responsible party takes
over. A committee of four was
appointed to meet the provincial
government, those being elected
were Brother Johnson of the
Pioneer Timber Company, Mr.
Cameron, Board of Trade, Miss
Lang, druggist, and Mr. Me-
Lennan of Alert Bay.

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IWA Contract
Signed For
Blubber Bay

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President John McCuish of
IWA-CIO Local 71 announces
completion of the agreement
with the Pacific Lime Company
at Blubber Bay. Substantial
wage increases were agreed to
by the company in negotiations
last spring, and signing of the
contract will put into effect va-
cations with pay, overtime pro-
visions, night shift differential,
seniority rights, grievance pro-
cedure, ete,

The agreement brings under
the union banner another com-
pany which will be remembered
in labor ranks for the bitter strug-
gle that took place there in 1938.

APPRECIATION |

I wish to express my sincere
thanks to all those employees
of George H. Moore, Meade
Creek; also the friends at the
Lake for their generous dona-
tion in my recent bereaye- |
ment.
Thanking
cerely,

you again, sin-

Elsie Edburg.

Pioneer Contract
Renewed With Increases

A 1945 contract with the Pio-
peer Timber Company at Port
McNeill was signed by IWA-CIO
Local 71 this week. Below ceil-
ing classifications were brought
up to the highest rate allowed
under P.C. 9384, with the com-
pany joining the union in making

War Labor Board for the follow-
ing boosts: High rigger from
$9.41 to $10.16; hook and rig
from $9.41 to $10.16; hook ten-
der from $9.16 to $9.41; rigging
slinger from $7.66 to $7.76; head
loader from $8.66 to $9.12; skid-
der extra rigger from $6.56 to

}| $6.64; skidder hooker from $9.66

to $9.92; skidder signalman from
$6.56 to $6.64; truck drivers
8942 to 92c per hour. pile driver-
man and bridge foreman from
$10.16 and board to $12.00; head
filer from $8.39 to $8.41 and sec-
ond filer from $8.39 to $8.41.

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tonight I seem to be in the mood.

Queen Charlotte island
Wage Appeal Goes
To Ottawa

Permission was granted last
week by the Regional War Labor
Board for the joint appeal of

IWA-CIO Local 71 and the Queen |

Charlotte Island Logging opera-
tors to go to the National War
Labor Board. At the Local’s
Executive meeting this week, In-

| ternational Board Member Nigel

Morgan and President John Mc-
Cuish were instructed to prepare
an_ extensive brief outlining the
unions position. Considerable
discussion has taken place in the
Queen Charlottte Island camps
during the last month and xecom-
mendations of the sub-locals are
being embodied in the brief which
Brother Morgan reports will be
completed by the weekend and
forwarded to District President
Harold Pritchett to present while
he is in Ottawa attending the
National Executive Council of
the CCL. :

The union’s brief, in addition to
showing comparative wage scales
will emphasize the fact that:
(1) wages generally have been
comparatively higher in the
Q.C.I’s than in the lower coast

Ps. (2) that working and
living conditions require a differ-
ential to go to this isolated dis-
trict, famous for its heavy rain-
falls and seasonal storms. ° (3)
that the lack of recreational fac-
ilities; radio reception; high boat
fares and poor boat service, de-
serve recognition as well.

“I would like to ask the mem-
bers of the Regional War Labor
Board where they would go to
work if they were given the chan-
ce of working say in a honie show
like Comox Log at Ladysmith or
in the Queen Charlotte Islands
for the same pay,” queried Pres-
ident John McCuish.

“Obviously it would be impos-
sible to get loggers to work in
the Q.C.I. camps, so long as there
are plenty of jobs available on

We are living here in North
| Bend, Washington, and it sure is
|a lovely spot. Couldn’t have lo-
cated in a more friendly town.
Lumbering and Dairy Farming
|are the main means of keeping
the wolves from the door.

Vm working for an outfit by
the name of Nettleton Timber
Company, It’s at Cedar Falls,
about six miles from North Bend,
Working conditions down here,
from what I’ve seen in the two
or three outfits I’ve worked for,
are far behind the large camps
you have on Vancouver Island.
Rigging and equipment is mostly
haywire and as for Safety First,
well, they just don’t know what
a first aid man is. This outfit
Im working for runs two sides,
one reload and has seven log
trucks besides the ‘cutting crews’
(They don’t call them fallers and
buckers down here). The near-
est first aid a person can get is
at the Snoqualmie Hospital. I
|think the government and also
the men themselves are to blame.
The Industrial Insurance, which
a person is supposed to receive
when injured, is also a laugh.
Ninety-nine percent of the claims
have to be fought for by lawyers;
so you see, B.C. has something
to be proud of in its Workmen’s
Compensation Act.

Johnnie Johnston,
Box No. 182, North Bend.

Vancouver Island for the same
rate of pay. The National War
Labor Board will have to recog-
nize this undeniable fact or pro-
duction of the important Queen
Charlotte spruce is bound to be
seriously impaired.”

R. V. Stuart of Stuart Research
and several of the operators left
for Ottawa Wednesday to appear
before the National Board to
make it a joint appeal.
cooperation is being given by the
operators in trying to maintain
the rate, and union officials are
hopeful the justice of their case
will be recognized by Ottawa.

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