Aug. 3, 1950

B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

Page Three

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the new contract rates,
These employees, of whom

Alberni Powerhouse Crews
Haven’t Got Raise Yet

Concern is being felt in Local 1-85 area because 30 wood-
workers in powerhouses of surrounding mills are not receiving

a third are IWA members, are

covered by the AFL Engineers’ contract. Their negotiations

started at the same time, but
not yet signed a contract.

their bargaining committee has

Two powerhouse crews have made it clear they want the
raise, and the IWA has taken the necessary steps through the

ICA Act to bring them back into the woodworking industry.

Handicapped

Workers
Praised

Detailed report recently #re-
leased by the National Employ-
ment Service contains refer-
ences to the results achieved by
the special placements division,
which bear on the evidence
placed before the Sloan Com-
mission by the IWA.

It states in part:

Comprehensive surveys, con-
ducted in the United States and
Canada for the purpose of com-
paring the work efficiency of the
handicapped person who has been
properly placed in employment
with that of the non-handicapped
person, show that:

1, They can do well the work
required of them;

2, Their attitude towards
their job is satisfactory;

3. Their morale is higher;

4. Their record in the matter
of output, accidents, dnd at-
tendance, is on the whole, su-
perior to that of normal em-
ployees;

5. That, as a class, physi-
eally handicapped workers are
highly regarded by their em-
ployers.

Employment officers, who have
been trained in job analysis, make
@ comprehensive survey of the
Selected jobs, breaking down at-
tributes necessary for the per-
formance of the work into the
Same language that was used in
evaluating the work capacity of
the applicant for employment.

The “Job Analysis” form lists
the same physical requirements
and working conditions as are
shown on the “Physical Ajpprai-
sal” forms so that it is possible,
by a comparison of the two, to
determine whether or not an in-
dividual is physically able and
has the necessary training or ex-
perience to perform the specified
task.

This procedure sounds some-
what complicated but, in practice,
it has been found to be quite sim-
ple and satisfactory. By using
this method during the five years
that the Special Placements Div-
ision has been functioning, thou-
sands of handicapped workers
have been placed in employment
in Canada, a very large propor-
tion of whom are still in the orig-
inal jobs found for them.

In the furtherance of the work,
the NES co-operates to the full-
est extent with other organiza-
tions interested in the welfare of
handicapped citizens, both vet-
eran and civilian,

“Special Placements” works
very closely with the Casualty
Rehabilitation Branch of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs and
the Workmen's Compensation
Board. All pertinent information
obtained by these three agencies
is pooled.

Close contact is also maintained
with the social agencies, both pro-
vineial and civic; the hospitals,
ineluding the mental hospitals;
See ped creentzations; labor
groups, and handicapped groups.

Probably the most difficult class
of applicants for employment
with whom the Special Place-
ments Division has to deal are
the men in the ‘older age groups
who through infirmity due to age
or some additional disability are
badly handicapped in their search
for work.

FROM PAGE I

Interior

a Conciliation Board.

The IWA Negotiating Commit-
tee is today applying to the La-
bor Relations Board for the ap-
pointment of a Conciliation Officer
to hear the dispute between the
Union and the Prince George op-
erators. (Application had been
made previously in respect of
the dispute in the Southern In-
terior.) We are also requesting
our District Officers to ‘demand
of the Labor Relations Board,
that they process the dispute in
the most expeditious manner,

Unrest Feared

Fear is expressed by Local Dis-
trict and International officials
that any delay or further stalling
on the part of the operators-or
the Labor Relations Board may
precipitate wildcat work stop-
pages’ throughout the Interior
logging and lumbering centres.

Canford Lumber
Signed Up

Kamlops Local 1-417, IWA,
reports further membership in-
creases. :

George Collis, International
Organizer, reports that he has
applied for certification of the
operation Canford Lumber Co.
near Marritt, B.C. und has
signed up 29 out of the 35 -peo-
ple employed.

Another attempt is being made
to certify Woodford and Sons
sawmill in the same area. A pre-
vious application for certification
in this operation was denied by
the Labor Relations Board, and
Second District Vice-President
Joe Morris is now investigating
the methods used by Labor Rela-
tions Board officials who pro-
cessed the application.

Representatives Morris and
Miyazawa report nearly 80 per-
cent organization in Kamloops
Lumber Co., with 46 members
signed’ up at the present time,
after two very successful meet-
ings held in this operation during
the past week.

Officials Tour
1-363 Camps

Olficials of Local 1-363, IW-
A, accompanied District Presi-
dent J. Stewart Alsbury on a
three-day visit of camps in the
Campbell River area recently,
with marked results in terms of
increased IWA membership,

A well-attended meeting was
addressed by the District Presi-
dent at Camp 5, Bloedel, on the
terms of the new contract settle-
ment. An excellent response was
secured, and a discussion of camp
committee activities resulted in
commendation for their efforts,

Workers at Elk River Timber

Co, camp were addressed by the
visiting officials on July 20, at a
representative meeting.
Camp committee organization
was completed with evidence of
renewed interest in the IWA
since the contract settlement,

On July 21, the District Presi-
jdent visited the Tsable River
[Camp and discussed IWA affairs
with available employees.

ot yeaa

of Local

to the two key conventions this
Local Unions throughout B.C.

To Name Delegates

1-85

Contract
. Minorities

The finalization of Bloedel’s
contract is regarded in Local
1-85 as a complete demonstra-
tion that the rights of a minor-
ity group, no matter how small,
are well protected by industrial
unions.

The Negotiating Committee
were well aware that the dispute
over the interpretation of the in-
terim agreement affected only
some 25 or 30 men. Bloedel’s said
they couldn’t pay them overtime
for Saturday and Sunday work in
line with the master contract; the
Union disagreed.

Second Time

In the weekly broadcast over
CJAV, Local spokesman said,
“This is the second time during
recent negotiations that the [WA
has had to use the strength of
the whole industry to protect the
hours, wages and working condi-
tions of minority groups.

“First, it was the cookhouse
crews, faced with a smaller wage
increase.

“This successful conclusion of
the 1950 negotiations should be
proof to any section of the indus-
try that their strength lies in the
bargaining power of 30,000 wood-
workers, and not in the strength
of segregated groups throughout
our industry.”

Pay Statement

“The $1.00 a day increase for
piece workers must show as a
separate earning, and must not
be incorporated into the contract
price,” said the spokesman.

“Pay statements for contract
workers must show the wages
earned by the contract rate of
June 15, plus the $1 a day for
every day worked during the
period shown on the pay state-
ment.”

All contract fallers and buck-
ers should save their monthly pay
statements so that their 1950
daily average earnings is equal
to their daily average earning for
1949, plus the $1.a day inerease.
A close check will be kept so
that the present increase for
piece workers does not disappear,
as it has done in years past.

1186-227

Official count in this Local of
the District ballot on the contract
was: Accept, 1,186; Reject, 227.

Of those who voted to reject,
Local officials are of the opinion
that their objective was that a

full Union shop clause was not
obtained.

Of those who favored accept-

FROM PAGE I

STRIKE
SETTLED

auspices of the U.S. Conciliation
Service.
Meanwhile, the entire Interna-
tional Union had banded to-
gether as one, to give the fullest
aid to the brothers on the picket
line.
Vancouver’s Local 1-217 had
pledged $10,000 to the fighting
fund and voted to send off an im-
mediate $1,000 in good faith.
Ballot Taken
The Union, which had obtained
a Union-controlled health and
welfare plan, as well as the other
benefits, from the main body of
Northwest employers, rejected
out of hand the attempt by
Weyerhaueser to foist on them a
company - dominated insurance
scheme,
They had also rejected a wage
boost of approximately 10 cents
in lieu of the social security ob-
jects of the IWA.
Details of the ballot under
which acceptance was made are
not yet known.

Meanwhile, two Northwest
Locals, 3-306 at McDonald,
near Chehalis, “and 2-191 at
Vail, near Washington, have
voted to go out on strike on
August 9 against, unless Lo-
eal issues are settled by that
time. Both Locals are Weyer-
haueser operations.

The two Locals have some 30

wage adjustments disputes with
the company.

Shows IWA Protects

ance, the opinion appeared to be,
“Give the new security clause a
try-out for a year”.
‘At a Local meeting recently,
one item that caused considerable
discussion was on the question of
sending’ delegates to the CCL
convention.
Full number of delegates is to
be sent from the Local, and all
other B.C. Locals are to be noti-
fied of this decision so that they
may follow the same example,
and have all affiliated unions in
B.C. properly represented.
The election of delegates for
the Winnipeg convention will be
held on August 13,
A &N Strike

In discussions on the year-
long Army & Navy strike in
New Westminster, it was noted
that the company there re-
jected a Conciliation Board
award which would have given
the employees a weekly wage,
equivalent to about half of
what IWA women workers get
in plywood operations.

“We can’t sit by any longer

a Local spokesman.

A protracted meeting was held
recently between members of the
Union Shop Committee and B. S.
& W, representatives for the Al-
berni mill. a

Many problems were discussed
and most of them were settled.
They included drinking facilities,
washrooms, hours of work, over-
time and back pay for an em-
ployee working outside his regu-
Jar eight-hour shoot.

A new and larger lunch room
was proposed.

The Committee have already
raised the point of winter heat-
ing and are negotiating for
proper drying room and locker
space.

Second discussion is to be held
over the discharge of an em-
ployee for what the Union claims
is insufficient cause.

Quality of the food at Sarita
and Franklin River camps, has
improved since officials have
taken the matter up with the
company. Local business agents
visited the area to get an on-the-

and let this strike be lost,” said| spot report.

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