i Seaeare gs Ur, Stuarhy © Cito: Stews Research Services, Royal Bank Bldg., Vancouver, B. CG. » Oficial Publication of the Intemational Weeduorhenrs of Aymeniea 20. District Council No.1. SS» December 6, 1948 SS ** ‘Shingle Men Win Pay Tussle ANOTHER IWA VICTORY; @PERATORS TOLD ‘REVERT 0 2714¢ PREMIUM, DEC. 31’ Vol. XIX, No. 31 Vancouver, B. C. MAS OR victory has been won by the IWA over coast shingle operators. i An important Arbitration Board ruling this week has laid down that shingle-producing units will revert to paying the 2714 cent hourly 1946 and 1947 premiums ‘to sawyers and packers on December 31, 1948. But the ruling allows employees in any one unit, where they wish, to retain or change to the 814 cents per square basis. Loyal District TWA officers called for the Arbitration Board as soon as they learned that the negligence of Dalskog and Pritchett had allowed the operators to convert the hard won ap and 1947 contract increases to the per cent per square asis. Sawyers, Packers Can Choose The way is now clear, state [WA officials, for similar action in cases where payments to other contract work- ers may haye been altered from the hourly premium basis. Detailed finding of the Board, composed of Chief Justice Gordon M. Sloan, Harry Hurndall, employers’ nominee, and Tom MacKenzie, recording secretary, Local 1-217, IWA was: The Board recommends that on December 31, 1948, shingle producing units pay the 2714 cents increase on an hourly basis, provided: ‘ (1) that this recommendation will not apply to units in which the 2714 cent hourly increase was converted to piece work increase prior to September 27, 1948, and (2) that this recommendation shall not apply to units in which employers and employees agree on or before December 31, 1948, to establish or continue piece-work increases in place of the 2714 cent hourly increase. 1948 Contract Laxity Rapped The Arbitration Board findings rapped both Stuart Re- search and Pritchett and Dalskog when they recorded in their findings: “Tt is the opinion of the Board that the 1948 contract * should contain precise provisions qualifying the respec- tive positions of employer and employee groups in rela- tion to the matter in dispute. “We make this recommendation because the language in the 1948 master contract leaves much to be desired.” This is a direct reference to what loyal IWA officials con- sider to be the “negligence” of Pritchett and Dalskog in agreeing to drop the contract clause detailing the 15-cent in- crease in 1946 and the 1214 cent increase in 1947 for fallers, buckers, and other contract workers. Mike Sekora, district secretary, summarized the effect of the new ruling as: “A major victory. The ruling will allow _ the workers in each single operation to decide for themselves which method of payment is going to give them the better deal. “Tf any other contract workers are suffering from similar handed changes over by the operators, this Board sets a his precedent which the operators will find hard to escape from.’ SOLIDLY BEHIND the IWA are this bunch of workers from Canadian White Pine in Vancouver. This is one of the plants which overwhelmingly spurned the overtures of the rebel organization when it tried to swing them into their set-up. ¢ $5000 BAIL FOR BROWN, WILSON Owen G. Brown and Fred Wilson, ex - IW A members, were released on $5000 bail at Duncan Police Court on Mon- day. Brown and Wilson will ap- pear in court again on Decem- ber 7 for preliminary hearing of the two serious charges against them. The charges are: (1) steal- ing $5000 in IWA bonds: (2) fraudulently converting $12,- 000 of IWA money to their own use. Brown and Wilson are now adherents to the “WIUC”. SEVEN MORE OPERATIONS CERTIFIED FOR IWA ., Labor Relations Board this week issued official certification to the International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL) in seven more operations in B. C. Meantime, the “WIUC's” two lone applications for certification are still shrouded in the mists of indecision, commented an IWA of- ficial. Nothing has been heard since the Labor Relations Board rejected the applications as incomplete. Certifications announced were: Local 1-357, New Westminster: Totem Pole and Piling Ltd. Local 1-469, Terrace: H. S. Olsen, Burns Lake; EB. G. Strim- bold, ‘Lopley;. Theodore Sorenson, Cedarville, Local_ 1-367, Mission: West Bridge Timber, Mission; T. P. Ene- mark Truck Logging, Dewdney; Chilliwack Sawmills, DISTRICT CONVENTION SET FOR JAN. 15 AND 16 Twelfth annual district convention of the IWA in B. C., has been arranged for January 15 and 16. It is to be held in the Hotel Vancouver. One hundred: and thirty-four delegates from all locals in British Columbia will be present. « : Full details will be published in a later issue of “The B.C. Lumber Worker”. LOCAL 1-80 YOUBOU REPORTS 68 NEW MEMBERS A meeting of membership was held November 18th during which the gratifying report of 68 new members, against 12 check-off re- vokes was received. Business was interrupted for a short interval during which a splinter was removed. This indivi- dual, an elected officer of the WIU, thought he could still attend IWA meetings. At the conclusion of regular business, an open meeting was de- clared in order to allow Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau men to listen to an address by Dan Rad- ford, C.C.L. Regional Director, in which he discussed as possible, af- filiation with the IWA. The untiring efforts of officers and shop stewards in this operation deserve great praise. Together with International rep- resentative, Tom Bradley, and Dan Radford, they have helped greatly in the re-organizing of sub-Locals at Camp 6, Mesachie Lake and Honeymoon Bay. ' ‘ to “GREEN GOLD” - - CJOR, Pwrsday, 1 p.m.