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Vol. XIX, No. 65

May 25, 1950 5c per copy

Vancouver, B.C.

Conciliation Report
Denies Union Demands

Wage boost of 9 cents an hour for all but a few
categories and maintenance of membership in the
Coast forest products industry are the main recom-

é& mendations of the Conciliation Board which heard the
~ dispute between the IWA and the Coast lumber opera-
tors, it was announced today.

In summary the recommendations of |[

the Conciliation Board, whose mem-

bers were Col. D. R. Blair, chairman, |)

Dr. Eugene Forsey (IWA) and M. M.
MacFarlane (F.LR.) on the six points
in dispute are:

1. Maintenance of member-
ship in the IWA for those now
members and those who become
members as a condition of em-
ployment.

2. Wage increase of 9 cents
for all except cookhouse and
bunkhouse employees, who,
apart from cooks and bakers,
are awarded an increase of 64;
cents per hour,

Additional night shift differ-
ential of 74 cents an hour for
employees working 6 shifts, 40
hours a week, upon completion
of the sixth shift.

8. The 48-hour week in log-
ging operations, April to Oc-
tober, at time and one-half
above 40 hours, in the week,
with oyertime work to be mutu-
ally agreed upon between the
employer and the Union repre-
sentatives on the job, Prompt

EDDY MATCH
VOTES STRIKE!

_, By an overwhelming major-
ity, employees of Eddy Match
Co., Mission, B.C., voted this
week to authorize strike ac-
tion by Local 1-367, IWA.
Award of a Conciliation Board
for a 4-cent an hour increase
was rejected by workers now
receiving the lowest wage rates
in the lumber industry.

J UST Gey:
TAROU:
=~ THINK OF

HOW ABOUT THINKING
AUTTLE ABOUT US,

arbitration for differences of
interpretation on contract. pro-
visions.

4, No bonding plan.

5. No increase in rates for
board and lodging.

6. Contract period of two
years. See REPORT pase 3

IWA TO TAKE OWN STRIKE VOTE

Balloting within the Union will enable [WA members to give
a clear-cut majority decision with regard to any settlement in
the dispute with the Coast operators, prior to any government-
supervised strike ballot considered necessary.

The procedure to be followed by the IWA District Policy
Committee will avoid the confusion likely to arise from an
“operation-by-operation” supervised strike vote as required by

the Labor Relations Board.

Solidarity of Union action by majority yote on an industry-wide

basis will first be determined.
Step by step, the procedure will

be:
1. Conciliation Board Award
IWA_ members will be ad-
vised of the recommendation of
the Policy Committee dealing
with the report of the Concilia-
tion Board and will then vote
for or against acceptance of
the recommendation.
2. IWA Strike Vote
If the award is rejected, IWA
members will then vote by se-
eret ballot for or against au-
thorization to take strike ac-
tion in accordance with the

WHAT'S
INSIDE

District Convention mandate,
“On June 15, no contract, no
work”, a

8. Goyernment-Supervised

Strike Vote
If the proposed settlement is
rejected by the IWA member-

ship, the IWA will request a

government - supervised strike

vote, under the terms of the

ICA Act, and will co-operate

im the conduct of a vote among

all the employees in the lumber

industry, prior to June 15,

Action by the Union to poll the
majority opinion of the member-
ship first can legally be under-
taken. It will be so conducted as
to offer no intereference with the
compulsory government strike
vote, but will prevent ICA Act
sabotage of policy-forming deci-
sions of the IWA,

It is pointed out that ample
time has been allowed for the
government - supervised strike
vote following the Union’s vote,
and before June 15.

On JUNE 15

“NiO” was the unanimous and emphatic answer of

- the IWA District Policy Committee to the

jones terms proposed by the Coast Conciliation
ard.

Immediate endorsation by the IWA membership
will be sought for the determination of the IWA nego-
tiatiors to secure just terms of employment for lum-
ber workers, under the 1950-51 Coast master contract.

The IWA District Convention mandate,—“On June
15, no contract, no work,” remains the issue to be
fought for by the Union. |

Statement released by the District Policy Committee follows:

The IWA District Policy Committee has unanimously decided to
recommend rejection of the award of the Conciliation Board which
heard the dispute between the IWA and the Coast lumber operators.

After careful consideration at today’s session of the Committee,
attended by representatives of all Coast Local Unions, the award
was declared wholly unacceptable as a settlement of the dispute.

The recommendation of the Policy Committee will now be placed
before the IWA membership in a referendum vote for acceptance or
rejection, At the same time, IWA members will vote by secret ballot
on authorization of strike action on June 15, if no satisfactory
settlement is achieved prior to that date. !

The membership vote will determine whether application will be
made for a government-supervised strike vote of all employees in
the lumber industry.

Six Reasons For ‘No’

‘The reasons which governed the decision of the IWA District
Policy Committee are:

1, The proposed maintenance of membership clause for the
1950-51 master contract does not provide any satisfactory
form of Union Security.

2. The proposed wage increase is inadequate, and unfairly
discriminates against certain categories of employees con-
trary to the principles of industrial unionism.

The proposed hours of work clause for logging camps
does not secure the basic 40-hour work week, row estab-
lished, and gives no reasonable assurance of overtime pay
for Saturdays.

The proposed premium for the sixth shift in continuous
operation plants is made conditional upon the completion
of six shifts by a large number of workers, who are able
and willing to complete the 40-hour work week in five
shifts. This infringes upon the basic 40-hour, five-day
week.

The existing contract makes ample provision for the refer-
ence of any differences of opinion on interpretation, to
arbitration, if so desired.

By mutual agreement between the employers’ represent-
atives and the Union the question of the duration of the
contract was not in dispute, and has no place in the award
of the Conciliation Board. It is clearly impossible for the
Union to sign a two-year contract on terms so obviously
in contradiction to the expressed wishes of the IVA mem-

bership.
J. S. ALSBURY, Chairman
TOM MacKENZIE, Secretary
For IWA District Policy Committee.

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