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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

March 15, 1951

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follows:

ARTICLE VI— WAGES

SECTION 1:

(a) The parties hereby agree
that wages shall be increased
by nine (9) cents an hour to
all employees covered by this
Agreement except Fallers,
Buckers, Shingle Sawyers
and Packers who are paid on
piece work rates, retroactive
to January 1, 1951.

The following increases will
also be granted to employees
covered by Sub-section (a)
who fall into the following
wage brackets without tak-
ing into account any other
increases granted under this
Article. This increase to be
retroactive to January 1,
1951.

(b)

$1.25 - $1.39%4—Ie per hour
$1.40-$1.49%—2c per hour
$1.50-$1.74%,—6e per hour
$1.75 and oyer—9c_per hour

(©) Sawmill Lumber Graders in
all departments, in addition
to the increase granted in
Sub-section (a) and (b) will
receive a further increase of
three (3) cents per hour, re-
troactiye to January 1, 1951.

(d) Fallers and Buckers who are
paid on a piece work basis,
will receive an increase of
one dollar ($1.00) per day to
be paid on a daily basis, add-
ed to any existing daily rate,
retroactive to January 1,
1951.

Shingle Sawyers will receive
an increase in piece work
rates of four (4) cents per
square, and Shingle Packers
three (3) cents per square, or
alternatively, at the em-
ployees’ option, a wage in-
crease of one dollar ($1.00)
per day in lieu of piece work
increases added to any exist-
ing daily rate. The increases
to be retroactive to January
1, 1951.

The minimum rate for Com-
mon Labor (men) shall be
$1.29% per hour, except
those categories listed in the
Wage Supplement attached
hereto,

(e)

a)

ARTICLE VII—COSsT-
OF-LIVING BONUS

A cost-of-living bonus will be
paid to all employees covered by
this Agreement effective the 1st
day of July, 1951, and the Ist
day of January, 1952, based on
the rise in the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics, Canada, cost-of-liv-
ing index from 172.5 as at the
Ist day of January, 1951, If the
index rises above 172.5 the bonus
to be paid to the employees will
be one (1) cent per hour for each
1.3 point rise in the index. It is
further agreed that if the cost-of-
living index drops, the bonus
allowance will be adjusted down-
ward in accordance with the
aboye formula and on the above
dates, In no case during the term
of this Agreement will any drop
in the cost-of-living index below
the accepted figure of 172.5 affect
wage rates payable under this
Agreement,

ARTICLE XII — VACA-
TIONS WITH PAY

SECTION 1:

A yacation with pay will be
_ granted to all employees covered
by this Agreement, in accord-
ance with the provisions of the
Annual Holidays Act, being
Chapter 13 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia,
1948, and any amendments
thereto; however, it is agreed
that for the purposes of this
Agreement the words “two and
one-half per centum” will be con-
sidered substituted wherever the
words “two per centum” appear
throughout the said statute, and
the statute interpreted as if the
words “two and one-half per cen-
tum” were incorporated therein,

Contract Amendments

Amended sections of the FIR Coast Master Contract as
presented to the IWA Wages and Contract Conference, March
10-11, and now to be included in the 1950-51 contract read as

SECTION 2:

(a) Cookhouse and Bunkhouse
employees in unorganized
territory will receive one
week’s vacation with pay
after six months’ continuous
service; provided that such
employees shall not be en-
titled to more than two
weeks’ vacation with pay in
any one year.

Employees set out in clause
(a) above who qualify as
five-year employees will re-
ceive, in addition, vacation
pay as set out in Section 3
(a) or (b) below.
SECTION 3:

The following clauses shall
apply to an employee with five
() or more years’ continuous
service in addition to Section 1
set out above:

(a).An employee with five or
more years’ continuous ser-
vice will receive an addi-
tional one week’s vacation
with pay or in lieu thereof,
based on two and one-half
(2%) percent of the total
wages or salary earned by
the employee during the
working year; however, vaca-
tions should be taken wher-
ever possible.

An employee with five or
more years’ continuous ser-
vice who leaves the company
for any reason whatsoever
will receive double the
amount set out in Section 1
above.

(b)

(b)

ARTICLE XIV—HOURS
OF WORK

SECTION 3:

(a) Those employees who of
necessity regularly work on
Saturday and Sunday shall
take two (2) other days of
the week off to be mutually
agreed between the employee
and the company. In such
event, Saturday and Sunday
shall be considered working
days and overtime rates shall
not apply on Saturday. How-
eyer, these employees shall
be paid rate and one-half for
Work performed on Sunday.
It is agreed that overtime
rates will apply when the
regular daily or weekly work
limit has been exceeded. It
is further agreed that over-
time rates will apply on the
rest days of these employees
if worked unless a change in
rest days has been agreed
upon between the employee
and the company.

(b) For the purpose of this Sec-
tion, employees shall be En-
gineers, Firemen, Operating
Millwrights and Maintenance
Workers.

1-217 Program
For Education

The educational committee of
Local 1-217, IWA, has sponsored
the following program during the
past few months:

1. A credit union promotional
campaign which promises to be
the biggest of its kind in District
No, 1,

2. Showing of film prior to
each Local meeting.

8. Assembling and distributing
to plants and local meetings a
ee library of educational leaf-
lets.

4. Sponsorship of some 30
members attending V.L.C. public
speaking and chairmanship
classes,

5. Co-operation with other city
educational groups, i.e, V.L.C.
educational committee. Joint
Lahor Committees to combat
racial discrimination,

The success of the committee's
work has been in large measure
due to the Local’s willingness to
give moral and financial help to
these projects.

Tony Gargrave
Education

Local 1-217.

intensive educational campaign
Credit Union membership before

This step was taken after the
members present had made pro-
vision for a 20% rebate on the
interest paid for personal loans,
a deposit of $200 from undivided
surplus in the reserve fund, and
a share dividend of 3%. $300 was
voted for educational purposes.

Treasurer’s report presented by
Percy Harris disclosed that the
Credit Union’s assets had in-
creased by 28% to a total of
$119,787. Loans made during
1950 were $82,062. Loans in force
at December, 1950, were $107,788.

Membership increased during
the financial year by 182 to reach
the total of 778.

Since incorporation the Credit
Union has loaned a total of $367,-
152 to its members, who through
this period numbered 1,077. The
endowment plan is now applicable
to 31 members.

Elections

Elected to the Board of Direc-
tors were Mrs. J.°S. Alsbury and
John Hazelton, for a thre-year

Portion of surplus earnings accumulated by Local 1-357,
IWA Credit Union, New Westminster, will be devoted to an

to place the advantages of
all IWA members, it was de-

cided at the Seventh Annual Meeting, February 16.

period, and Doug Ferg, for a
two-year period.

Les Smith was re-elected to the
Supervisory Committee for a
three-year term, and Vincent
Yates and Frank Courneyeur
were added to the Credit Com-
mittee.

Percy Harris and Frank Cour-
neyeur were named as delegates
to the Credit Union Convention
and local Credit Union Chapter.

The seventh annual meeting
was addressed by T. Switzer, In-
spector of Credit Unions; Jim
Wallace, President of the B.C.
Credit Union League, and Dick
Monrufet, newly-appointed man-
ager of the League.

Directors

A subsequent meeting of the
Board of Directors elected Stan
Engberg as Chairman, and Mrs.
J. S..Alsbury as Secretary. Perey
Harris and Pat Power were again
installed as Treasurer and Assist-
ant Treasurer, respectively.

It is the intention of the Board
to make certain that each of the

THE CO-OPERATIVE VIEW

CU SURPLUS FOR EDUCATION

5,000 IWA members in New.
Westminster is made aware of
the outstanding service rendered
by their own credit union, and
the advantages to be gained by

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Bill Of Rights
Sought For B.C.

In conformity with the oft-
repeated demands of organized
labor, Leader of the Opposition
Harold Winch, M.L.A., has
again introduced a Bill in the
B.C. Legislature, which if
approved, will offer definite
protection against any in-
fringement of basic civil rights,
and ban any open racial or re-
ligious discrimination. Some
pertinent sections of the Bill
are quoted below:

3. Every person and every class of
persons shall enjoy the right-to free-
dom of conscience, opinion ,and be- |
lief, and freedom of religions
association, teaching, practice, and
worship.

4. Every person and every class of
person shall, under the law, enjoy
the right to freedom of expression
through all means of communica:
tion, including speech, the press,
radio, and the arts.

5. Every person and every class of
person shall enjoy the right to peace-
able assembly with others and to
form with other associations of any
character under the law.

6. Every person and every class of
persons shall enjoy the right to free-
dom from arbitrary arrest or deten-
tion, and every person who is arrest-
ed or detained shall enjoy the right
to an immediate judicial determina-
tion of the legality of his detention
and to notice of the charges on
which he is detained.

7. Every qualified voter resident
in British Columbia shall enjoy the
right to exercise freely his franchise
in all elections and shall possess the
right to require that no Legislative
Assembly shall continue for a period
of five years.

8. (I) Every person and every
class of persons shall enjoy the right
to obtain and retain employment
without discrimination with respect
to the compensation, terms, condi-
tions, or privileges of employment
because of the race, creed, religion,
color, or ethnic or national origin
of such person or class of persons.

9. Every person and every class of
bersons shall enjoy the right to en-
‘gage in and carry on any occupation,
business, or enterprise under the law
without discrimination because of
the race, creed, religion, color, or
ethnic or national origin of such per-
son or class of persons.

10, Every person and every class
of persons shall enjoy the ‘right to
acquire by purchase, to own in fee-
simple or otherwise, to lease, rent,
and 10 oceupy any lands, messuages,
tenements, or hereditaments, cor-
boreal or incorporeal, of every
nature and description and every
taste or interest therein, whether
legal or equitable, without discrimi-
nation because of the race, creed, re-
ligion, color, or ethnic or national
origin of such person or class of per-

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