LUMBER WORKER

“Interior Activities

FROM CRANBROOK, NELSON, PRINCETON, KELOWNA, KAMLOOPS AND PRINCE GEORGE

Elect Sande Business
Agent At Prince George

Harold Sande was selected as Business Agent for Local 1-424,
Prince George, at a special meeting of the Executive of that Local
held on September 30. He was the unanimous choice of the Execu-
tive Board and was hired subject to the endorsation of the next

* FORMER DISTRICT SECRETARY TO
ASSIST INTERIOR LOCALS

Bert Melsness, former secretary of IWA-CIO B.C. District
Council No. 1, was appointed by the quarterly meeting of the
council held on Sunday, October 7, to assist interior locals of
the IWA with their administration problems.

Bert Melsness, who arrived in Vancouver Friday on an
extended leave from the army, left the secretaryship a year and
a half ago to join the forces. He has had wide experience with

With Local 418

The Department of Labor this
week refused the appeal of Mr.
Leir, owner of Penticton’ Saw-
mills, challenging the appoint-
ment of IWA-CIO Local 1-418
‘as. the. collective bargaining

Local meeing.

The appointment of a Business
Agent became imperative as
Locef 1-424 now has a member-
ship approaching 800 and con-
tinues to grow steadily. Notifica-
tion of certification for three
sawmills in the area have been
received, and applications for
certification have been made

‘covering 721 employees of 16

operations. Negotiations for an
agreement are pending with the

ageney for the employees of.his! Bagle Lake Sawmills and Six-

plant. In refusing the appeal,!
the Labor Department stated
the company had no: grounds to
appeal the formal decision of the
Board.

_ The Taytor Lumber Company
‘of Princeton, where this Local
has also been certified, has noti-
fied’ the local executive of their
chosen bargaining  representa-
tives, and negotiations are ex-
pected to get under way shortly.
| The Financial Secretary of the
Local is now in the Princeton
General Hospital with a serious
eye injury and it is expected he
will have to go to Vancouver
for specialists’ treatments. The
executive and membership of
418 this week extended best
wishes to Brother Stewart for
a speedy recovery.

JOS. HARWOOD

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Mile’ Sawmills.

“At the same meeting, Brother
H. Brandner tendered his resig-
nation as President of the Local
because of hearing difficulties.
Subject -to ratification by “the
Local meeting, Brother‘ Hilding
Bkblad; first. vice-president -was
asked to, become the new presi-
dent. <. Z

A program to better health
conditions in the camps was
mapped out: The first move to
consist of a resolution submitted
to the Minister of Labor asking
more rigid enforcement of exist-
ing Health Regulations, Fur-
ther, a request will be sent to
all sub-locals to start an “on
the job” campaign for camp im-
provements.

Brother Mike Freylinger re-

ported that as soon as Brother
Sande takes over his duties as

Business Agent, he will be leav-
ing for the Houston, Smithers,
Terrace area for further organ-
izational work.

the IWA and assisted in negoti
on the coast. be

agreed upon by interior locals

early this week.

The surprise release of Melsness from the Army made un-
necessary a previous move that had been contemplated and

namely removing Vice-President Bergren from the important
work he is now doing to go into the interior.
Bert Melsness will be leaving Vancouver for the interior

ating the first contracts signed

at the Kamloops conference;

Operatars Try To Avoid

Negotiating Jointly.
egotiating Jointly «
| ..Bwidence that»Mr; Ruddock, representative ofthe Interior Lum-

ber Manufacturers Association, does not intend’ to speed up nego-
tiations: for ‘contracts. in-interior camps and miills was received

this’ week...

Foltowing “the Conference in
Kamloops on September 23, and
after word had been received that
the issue of the 8-hour day had
been settled, a letter was des-
patched to Mr. Ruddock advis-
ing him that the TWA was de
sirous of meeting to discuss the
terms of an agreement. In view
of , the difficulties that would |
certainly be encountered were |
each local to try and meet Mr.
Ruddock separately, it was felt
that this procedure would make
negotiations a whole lot simpler
for all parties concerned. In a

Worker from Recording Secre-
tary Marion Holtom. The report
continues, “The way is now open
for negotiations for the master
agreement‘ to cover all opera-
tions.”

Particular thanks are extend-
ed from this Local to the officers
and members of Local 1-405 for
their splendid work in spear-
heading the campaign which re-
sulted in an investigation and
favorable decision made by the
Board of Industrial Relations.

The last regular. meeting of
this local was adressed by
International Board Member
Nigel Morgan who gave an out-
line of the organizational and
legislative work that the Union
must do. Brother Al Parkin,

Greet 8-Hour Day With
Enthusiasm At Kelowna

“Officers and members of Local 1-423, Kelowna, hail the eight-
hour day with time and one-half for overtime in interior B.C. as
a tremendous victory for organized labor in the woodworking in-
dustry,” states a report received this week by the B.C. Lumber

President and Business Agent of
Local 1-405, Cranbrook, and
William Langmead, Internation-
al Representative of Local 1-425,
Nelson, brought greetings from
their respective locals.

A report was made that a
number of certifications have
been applied for operations in
the area and that sub-locals have
been set up in Vernon, Armstrong
and Lumby. Plans were made
for the sub-locals to receive
proper administration.

A late report from this Local
states that Brother Mel Fulton,
president, has been elected part-
time Business Agent and that
he has been elected to attend the
International Convention in

Eugene, Oregon, in November.

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Phone 155

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letter to ,District President) Pri
chett, dated October: ‘4th,\Mr
Ruddock. advised- that ‘he in-
tends to negotiate each contract
separately at the’towns at which
the operation’ is éstablished.

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Wage Hearing
Conducted |
At Kelowna

Immediately following the Dis-
trict Council’s wage conference
in Kamloops September 23, rep-
resentatives of interior sawmill
locals appeared before a special
hearing of the B.C.. Regional
War Labor Board at Kelowna
to support the union’s argument
for equal pay for equal work for
youth and female employees in
the mill and box factory plants.

International Board Member
Morgan ‘presented a 20-page
priéf summiarizing the union's
isting upon recognition
of the principle of equal pay for
equal work, which was estab-
lished, two years ago, for work-
ers‘in the mills on the B,C; coast.
The. Interior . Lumber: Operators

‘}Section: of the. Canadian-.Manu-

facturers, Association . represent-
ed. the operators, who were join:
ed by the. Fruit Growers Asso;
ciation in opposing the union's
demand. 4 :

“id ffér’ of the Interior Liimber
operators to: pay 40 to 45" éunts
for the first’ three months‘ or the
occupational rate, and after that
50c or the occupational rate, was
flatly; rejected:.by locals of: the

IWA. atu: Kelowna, _ Penticton,
brook. .

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