. Onc LUMBER WORKER

ESOLUTIONS and letters

‘have been received criticizing

the District Office for authorizing

the insertion of a Coalition Gov-

ermment political advertisement

in the last issue of the B.C. Lum-
ber Worker.

This week we

_ have authorized

_ the insertion of a

COF political ad,

and will no doubt

be acecwsed by

some others of

undue favoritism

to the CCF.

It is true, that

the_ publishers,

the B.C, District

Council, IWA,

stipulate on all

advertising contracts that the

right is reserved to reject any

advertising material within the

discretion of the publishers .

It is equally true that the IWA
membership has not instructed
the B. District officials to re-
ject legitimate advertising which

. «is not in direct violation of trade
union principles,

Our decision was made in the
belief that we should mairitain
the freedom of the press. The
B.C. Lumber Worker is a regis-
tered publication, which openly
solicits commercial advertising.

It seemed a democratic proce-
dure to allow both political par-
ties, contending for office in the
province, an equal opportunity to
pay for advertising space, and
allow the readers to judge be-
‘tween the alternatives so pre-
sented,

We know that the IWA would
deeply resent any such discrimin-
ation on a political basis if em-
ployed against trade unions by
any ¢ommercially-operated news-
paper.

We welcome the criticism and
ensuing discussion as showing a
healthy interest in such matters,
and will ask for a ruling from
‘the District Council. In the mean-

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ARTICLE 11—
VACATIONS WITH PAY

Section 1: Cook and bunkhouse
employees in unorganized terri-
tory, will receive one week’s va-
cation with pay after six (6)
months’ continuous service, pro-
vided that such employees shall
not be entitled to more than three
weeks’ vacation with pay in any
one year except as outlined in
Section 8, below.

Section 2: No revisions.

Section 3: All employees with
one year’s service shall receive
one week’s vacation with pay.
Employees with two (2) year’s
service shall receive an additional
one regular week with pay. All
Employees with five (5) or more
years continuous service shall re-
ceive an additional regular week
witb pay, or pay in lieu thereof.
However, vacations should be
taken wherever possible. All Em-
ployees who leave the Company
for any reason whatsoever, shall
receive accumulated vacation pay
on the above basis.

Section “4: Vacations for em-
ployees shall be taken at such

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time, we have evened the score
as between both political parties.

The attention of all interested
lumber workers is directed to the
list of certified operations pub-
lished in this issue. Any camp
or mill not listed, and not deal-
ing through an independent
agency, desiring certification,
should immediately communicate
with the nearest IWA Local, or
with this office.

It has been found that on.some
joint logging and milling opera-
tions, that the mill employees
have IWA certification, but that
the interests of the workers on
the complementary logging oper-
ation have been overlooked in the
past.

The IWA will readily furnish
the desired information as to the
correct procedure to take, upon
enquiry on behalf of the employ-

ees concerned,

JUST RECEIVED A FINE SELECTION OF

SHARKSKIN $
SLACKS °/

00

ALL
SIZES

$1.50 BOARD RATES

_ Smartly cut and well-tailored of the popular
sharkskin fabric ... pleats . . . zipper and well-

made roomy pockets. New season’s shades of

gray, bive, green and brown.

Representing the Organized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C.
Published Twice Monthly by the
INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS
OF AMERICA (CIO-CCL)

1 B.C. DISTRICT COUNCIL, Ne. 1

¥ DISTRICT OFFICERS:

ane nraneann eh HH. Mitchell
Board Wake ere. MacKenzie
TRUSTEES:
James McEwan J. 8. Squire Neil E. Shaw
Address all communications to

H. MITCHELL, Treasurer
| Sat 426 Mala Street Phone PAcific 4151

‘anceuyer, B.C,

time as mutually agreed upon by
the Committee and the Company.

Section 5: The following days
shall be considered as days ac-
tually worked for determining
vacations with pay, for an Em-
ployee after one continuous year
of employment,

(a) Absence on Workmen’s
Compensation for a period of one
year; provided the Employee re-
turns to his employment.

(b) Absence due to illness up
to a period of one year. The Em-
ployer shall have the right to re-
quire a certificate from a quali-
fied medical practitioner.

(c) Any other absence duly ap-
proved by the Employer in writ-
ing; provided the Employee does
not take employment with any
other Employer during this
period.

ARTICLE 12—
HOURS OF WORK:
Section 1:

(a) The regular hours of work
in all the Forest Products opera-
tions shall not exceed eight hours
per day and forty hours per
week, Monday through Friday,
with time and one-half for any
hours worked over eight hours
per day and forty hours per week.
Section 2:

(a) No revisions. (b) Delete—
new (b) and (c).

(b) In continuous production
plants the following hours will
prevail. If a second shift is .em-
ployed, the hours of work shall
be seven and one-half (7%)

(8) hours will’ be paid, with a
designated thirty (30) minute
lunch period,

(c) If a third shift is employed,
the hours of work shall be seven

eight (8) hours will be paid,
a designated thirty (30) minute
Iunch period. Five (5) shifts,
Monday to Friday, shall consti-
tute a regular week’s work on the
second and third shifts.

ARTICLE 13—
STATUTORY HOLIDAYS

Section 1: All employees shall
be paid for, the following Statu-
tory Holidays at the regular
standard hourly rates, without
being required to render service
on such holidays, provided that
these holidays fall on regular
working days, or such days as
may be substituted for any of
the following Statutory Holidays:
New Year, Good Friday, Victori:
Day, Christmas Day, Do:
Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving
Day, Boxing Day, Armistice Day.
Provided, however, that in order
to receive holiday pay, an em-
ployee must report for work on
his last schedule work day, pre-
vious to the holiday, and his next
schedule work day, after the
holiday, unless excused for ill-
ness, or by consent of the Com-
pany in writing.

ARTICLE 18— *
BOARD RATES:

Section 3: The Company agrees
that the rate of Board and Lodg-
ings shall be $1.50 per day. How-
ever, where a lesser rate is now
in effect, the lesser rate shall
prevail. The Company further
agrees to continue to provide free
transportation, that is in opera-
tion at present, and also to pro-
vide free transportation to work
where no public utilities for
transportation are available.
ARTICLE 19—

HEALTH AND WELFARE:

1. Employer paid Health and
Welfare program covering com-
plete hospitalization, surgical
and medical care, and

2. Sick leave $20 per week for
fifty-two (52) weeks,

8. Life Insurance — $1000 Life
Insurance, and $1000 accidental
death and dismemberment,

THREE MORE
IWA GAINS

The Labor Relations Board an-
nounces three more certifications
for the IWA.
Local 1-217, as to employees in
the scow building repair ,
employed by Canadian rest
Products Ltd., (Eburne Sawmill
Division), Vancouver.
ae 1.363, as cs gesnlpyses in
los operations at Little
River and in booming on

Dyke |, emplo: by -
mour and see Se Co,
Ltd., Courtenay. “*

hours per shift for which eight||

(7) hours per shift for which |}
ith ||

Communists Lose Key Jobs
In British Trade Unions

BRTise unionists have moved
-~ efficiently and quietly to pre-
vent the use of their trade unions
as sounding boards for Moscow
music,

Without instituting a purge,
the TUC has impressed upon af-
filiated unions the dangers of en-
trusting key positions in the
unions to Communists.

Arthur Horner, Communist
secretary of the National Union
of Mineworkers has been slapped
down. He was soundly defeated
when running for the General
Council of the TUC. On his re-
turn. from France, where he
openly defied British Trade Union
policy, he was warned that sub-

stitution of Communist-policy for
union policy would not be toler-
ated, and he subsided, quietly.

Communist attempts to whip
up trade union agitation against
the policies of the Labor Govern-
ment have dismally failed. Com-
munist party strength is reported
as at an all-time low.

British labor bas been firm but
tolerant in dealing withe the Com-
muenist minority.

Not onze Communist or fellow
traveller has been dismissed from
the Civil Service out of a total of
1,109,000 workers. Only 17 have
been transferred to son-secret em-
ployment, after a fair enquiry.

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