= section of the report the employers .. the maintennace of mem- bership provision should be amended to read as follows: a. Subject to compliance with the procedure hereinafter set out, it shall be a condi- tion of employment that any gployee who on the date ereof was a member of the Union in good standing or who becomes a member after that date shall main- tain such membership dur- ing the term of this agree- ment. An employee shall have satisfied the require- ments of this clause so long as he has not been expelled from membership in the Union in accordance with its Constitution and By-laws. No employee shall be sub- jected to any penalties against his application for membership or for re-instate- ment as a member in the Union except as may be pro- vided in the Constitution and By-laws of the Union; and *no coercion or intimidation of any kind shall be prac- tised to compel or influence an employee to join the Union nor shall any discri- mination of any kind what- b, + ever be practised or permit- ted with respect to employ- ees who are or who become members of the Union. c. If any employee asserts that he has been unfairly de- prived of membership in the Union such assertion shall constitute a grievance and shall be dealt with accord- ing to the Grievance Pro- cedure established by this Agreement.” Since the employers quote Mr. McTague with approval the union asks the Board to consider the recommendations referred to above, made by Mr. McTague, ac- cepted and written into the Big Three contracts, ie. Canada Packers, Burns, and Swifts. These proposals niay be accept- able as an alternative if the Board find they ‘cannot consider » the Union Shop requested, ‘The employers suggest on Page 62 of their brief, that the [WA presents the Union Security pro- persis as bargaining ammunition. is statement is false and mis- leading. We are desirous of a measure of Union Security now. It is common practice in all in- dustry to grant various forms of Union Security. Unlike the employers, we have no difficulty in compiling prece- dents and we do not even néed to #. beyond the borders of British Jumbia to give examples of Boards of Conciliation that have recently handed down decisions in favor of Union Security, rang- ing from Union Shop to Mainten- ance of Membership. To quote but a few outstanding examples, (48. quoted). It is also pertinent to note that |p several of the employers repre- sented by Forest Industrial Rela- tions Ltd., have current contracts for their pulp and paper opera- tions containing very strict Union Security provisions. These companies are obviously satisfied with’ these provisions since the contract has been re- newed from year to year with these provisions, not only un- as a bargaining tactic. * | IWA_ District Committee assembies Conci jon Board. Fieber, Reg Faint, Tom Bradley, Dist President Smith, J. Holst, Jack ‘Squire, grave, Virgil Burtz, Fred Soon, Standin« t President .E. Fadling, District Secretary George Mitchell, Roy Whitt (left) Mike Sekora, D. E, in Vancouver to discuss majority report of sd, (left) Bob Watters, Tom MacKenzie, "Stu" Hodgson, Fred International Neil Shaw, Andy. McShane, Bert Gar- S. Alsbury, Joe Mor Clarkson, Lipyd Wh ers even requesting revision. fusal to yield to [WA demands ‘on Union Shop appear to us as rank discrimination. Qur Union only asks for similar security provisions to those already in effect in the industry. We are satisfied to leave the matter to the good judgment of the present Board on the evidence submitted. Bonding To our knowledge this is the only industry in the United States, Canada or Great Brit- ain that has even suggested such a tool of destruction. Wage Increases and Monetary Request We now come to the most amazing section of the employ- ers’ brief, The accusation appears continually through the brief that the union has injected certain items as a bargaining tactic, but to ask at this point with profits high and living costs standing at a record high, that wages be re- duced is to say the least amazing. We say that they are guilty of ithe same thing they accuse the union of doing, injecting this item They know it would be preposterous to assume that a Conciliation Board would give their request a second thought. We charge that it is not made in good faith but is made in an effort to maintain status quo. They claim some 39 opera- tors out of 165 involved are closed because they cannot meet costs. They submit no profit sheets of these com- panies as evidence! The employers’ brief endeavors to point out that the industry is in a critical staté. Price and de- mand have fallen in all markets they say. We would like to have the Board refresh ’their memory on prices by referring to the union’s brief which shows lumber ices have increased 173% since 1940 while the general wholesale had inereased 90% and cost of living 51%. Lumber operators have no right to expect that they can con- tinue to gouge the consumer at unreasonable prices. We refer the Board to dollar wholesale prices of lumber in our brief where some individual items of coast lumber had risen as high as Deo: 9 come like our Bonki Weave thousat bd for banking by you live out-of-town, or find itinconvenient to the bank by Mail plan for doin; inds of ci : evidence of the satisfaction this service gives. <<<" Tallivover with your B of M manager. Bank or MonrreaL Canada's Foret Banh working with Canadians in every walk of life since 1817 Ask for our booklet 21 ways a million Canadians use the B of M wo ‘ou will ing business. Banking-by-Mail customers personally? If s0, “MY BANK Toa manos czar | touched, but without the employ- 394% since 1940. As far as demand is concerned we refer the Board to a report released from the Timber Control Office through the Vancouver Sun on Tuesday, August 9. This re- port shows a drop in lumber ex- ports of 5.87%. We can in no way interpret that drop in demand as being critical. The report further bears out the union’s contention that the ones that are being hit are the “fly by night” operators previously mentioned. Buyers are getting choosy and are demanding something for their money. They are refusing to take “rough green” lumber from mills which have no planers or dry kilns. The report further shows that while exports of 1,- 018,000 board feet in the first half of 1949 dropped 5.87% over the first half of 1948 the amount shipped so far this year is 50% of last year’s total shipments of 2,148,748,000 feet. The Trade) Commission figures disagree with those introduced by Forest» Industrial Relations’ figures specifically referring to the home market. It is worthy to note that the exports to the U.S. more than compensates for the drop in U.K. exports. Finally the employers close by saying present wages cannot be continued because companies can- not meet ‘present costs but they Continued on page 8 | FLY? Ve May Cost Less Yau You Vink CHARTER FLIGHT SERVICE LTD. 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