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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

April 5, 1951

1-363

GRIEVANCES
SETTLED

Evidence in the hands of the
officers of Local 1-363 appears
to indicate that Bloedel, Stew-
art Welch are making an effort
to meet IWA committees and
settle the grievances in the
company’s camps.

At Camp 1, the Camp Commit- |*

tee, Bill Alcock, Chairman, and
Len Blakely, Secretary, recently
negotiated settlement of the fol-
lowing matters:

‘The sub-contract on the boom, |!
which has been opposed by the |

Union, was ended.

Locomotive repair crews were |
allowed extra time, at overtime |

rates for the handling of tools
when going from Camp 5 to
Camp 1 to do repair work. Travel
time is allowed for this work.

Boom crew when late reporting
to the cookhouse for dinner will
in future receive their full noon
hour in any case,

Camp 5

Further meetings have been
held between the Camp Commit-
tee and management at Camp 5,
and agreement was reached on 2
number of grievances placed be-
fore the company.

The Local Union has extended
congratulations to Chairman T.
Walker, and the members of the
committee, for the excellent re-
sults achieved.

Totem Shingle Mill and Oyster
River Shingle Mill have voted to
accept the $1.00 increased daily
rate instead of increased piece
work rates.

Back Pay

The sum of $50.99 was collected
recently from S, and S. Trucking
for F, A. Cameron; and $45.55
back pay was secured for W. J.
Neal from B.S. & W.

Special mention is made this
week of the excellent work ac-
complished by W. H. Wilson,
Chairman, and L. Sprackman,
Secretary, in keeping the Salmon
River Logging camp organized.

1-85

MITCHELL INSTALS
OFFICERS

Officers of Local 1-85, IWA,
Port Alberni, elected by mem-
bership referendum ballot to
serve the ensuing term of office
were installed by District Sec-
retary-Treasurer George
Mitchell before the Local Union
membership meeting, March 18,

They were:

President, Walter F. Allen (re-
elected); 1st Vice-President, A.
G. Ingram; 2nd Vice-President,

N. W. Shaw; 8rd Vice-President, !

J. Moore; Recording Secretary,
R. W. Muir; Financial Secretary,
8. J. Squire; Conductor, A. Man-
nix; Warden, H. Reider; Trustee,
three-year, C. M. MeDermott;
Trustee, two-year, F, Somervill
Trustee, one-year, J. Ross; Di
trict Executive Board Member,
Walter F, Allen,

Sarita River Grievances

Sarita River Camp Grievance
Committee, assisted by Business
Agent Gil Ingram, met with
Superintendent Banks on March
14 and dealt with a list of out-
standing grievances. Immediate
action was promised on some,
others will be adjusted as quickly
as circumstances permit,

The major matters under dis-
cussion were:

Wooden floor in shower room,
and improved equipment such as
holders for soap, hangers for
elothes, ventilation, and shower
curtains.

Sheets in bunkhouses will now
be changed once a week.

A table with benches in each
room. Union members agreed to
be reponsible for proper care of
furniture.

Siren to be used for the morn-
the gong used

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@iss1 Gee Sramuare

“Now you can see why good union
officials must be rather thick-
skinned!”

CCL Men

IWA District Officers, J. S.
Alsbury and S, M. Hodgson
joined with representatives of
the Greater Vancouver and
Lower Mainland Labor Coun-
cil, and the B.C. Federation of
Labor at a luncheon meeting
March 30 to impress upon Van-
couver members of the House
of Commons the urgent need
for price control.

Parliamentarians who accepted
the invitation to the luncheon
jwore: Ralph Campney, MP.

(Vancouver Centre), Arthur
Laing, M.P. (Vancouver South),
Tom Goods, M.P. (Burnaby-Rich-
mond), and Angus MacInnis, M.P.
(Vancouver East). Several other
M.P.’s sent their regrets.

It was subsequently reported
by the CCL representatives that
only Angus MacInnis, M.P., ex-
pressed a readiness to support
organized labor on this issue.

Query MPs

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN By J. Stewart Alsbury

Justice Clyne Agrees

Those of us who served on the joint labor lobby in Victoria
recently were told that the trade unions have been unfair in
criticism of the Labor Relations Board.
ernment took the position that the ICA Act is the best ever, and
that the Board has acted with great wisdom. The Ministers
should now read the judgment of Mr. Justice Clyne, which, in
part, is published in this issue of the B.C. Lumber Worker.

|. If the Cabinet Ministers in the

Members of the Goy-

Coalition Cabinet are loathe to
believe the trade
unions, perhaps
they will give
some attention to
‘ the words of a
Judge of the
Supreme Court.

In carefully
) guarded legal
| language, . but
ale with emphasis on
VB the importance
of the case, Mr. Justice Clyne
makes the following points, by
implication:

1, The Board should have up-
held the rights of the employees
to make a free choice of the
union desired by them as their
bargaining agency.

2. The only proper way to de-
termine the choice of the em-
ployee is by a secret ballot con-
ducted in democratic fashion, and
this was unwisely denied the em-
ployees by the Board,

8. The Board failed to give
consideration to all the available
evidence or to allow the interest-
ed parties full opportunity to
make representations.

4, The Board failed to act with
judicial fairness.

5. The Board ignored the in-
terpretation of the law given by
another Supreme Court Judge,
Mr. Justice Coady.

6. In refusing to give reasons
for its decisions the Board has
laid itself open to the charge of
acting in an arbitrary and
bureaucratic fashion.

These conclusions stand out
clearly in the judgment of the
Court. In essence, these are the
charges that the IWA has been
making against the Board. These
are some of the reasons why the
IWA wants the Act amended so
as to curb the powers of the
Board, which have been exercised
in such arbitrary fashion, not
only against the Steelworkers but
against many CCL unions.

If it becomes necessary for a
Supreme Court Judge to say
these things about the Board,
what shall we say about the
Coalition Government which con-
tinues to shield the Board?

Fifth Annual Meeting of Kam-
loops Local Union, 1-417, IWA,
held March 18th, elected the fol-
lowing officers:

President, Harold Hickling; 1st
Vice-President, Bob Eatonshore;
2nd Vice-President, Pat Swaile;
; Financial Secretary, W. S. Lynch;
Recording Secretary, Doug An-
derson; Trustees (three years),
E. A. Mackay, A, Rowbottom;
(two years), Greg Gutfriend;
Warden, H. L. Evans; Conductor,
A. C. Robertson; District Board
Member, H. Hickling, Bob Eaton-
shore (alternate); Policy Com-
mittee, W. S. Lynch, S. Widmark
(alternate); Quarterly Council
delegate, W. S. Lynch, H. Hick-
ling (alternate).

Salmon Arm Sub-Local

A new Sub-Local,- including
IWA certified plants in Salmon
Arm and Canoe, has now been
established. Members will meet
jeintly in a Sub-Local meeting
every three months, with meet-
ings held alternately at Salmon
Arm and Canoe,

1-417

NEW SLATE NAMED

Chairman is J. Fuller, and Sec-
retary H, L. Evans.

Safety Equipment

Special arrangements with
local merchants will enable [WA
members in future to buy all
types of protective clothing and
equipment at reduced prices.

Recovering in Kamloops Hos-
pital are: Len Levalle, Clear-
water; Y. Shin, Kamloops.

F. Kruchi is recovering in Sal-
mon Arm Hospital; leg injury.

BEAMER HURT

Officers of Local 1-71, IWA,
have learned with regret that
Harry Beamer, candidate for
election as Vice-President, is at
present in Alert Bay Hospital
with a serious leg injury. His
many friends within the Union
wish Harry a speedy recovery.

Ordinary Life
Endowment

Courtesy and Service

Annuities
Pensions
Children's Policies

Term

Jake Friesen

Branch Office - District Agent
475 HOWE STREET

VANCOUVER, B.C.

1-217

PROGRAM LIVENED

Members of Local 1-217, IWA, Vancouver, are reminded
that commencing April 8, membership meetings will be held in
the evening of the second Sunday in each month.

Plans have been laid by the |

Local Union Executive to reduce Support their own team,

the amount of time spent at
membership meetings on admini

' trative detail and provide greater

opportunity for the members to
engage in discussion of policy
matters offering wider scope and
greater interest.

Members are asked to take
note and to attend the meetings
of the Union which safeguards
their interests, and to participate
actively in the policy-making de-
cisions.

Last membership meeting pro-
vided the occasion for lively and
interesting discussion on such
timely topics as Hospital Insur-
ance.

Union’s Program

Next membership meeting will
give consideration to the pro-
grams of the Educational and
Social Committees. Members of
the Education Committee will be
elected April 8.

Approval has been given the
recommendation of the Executive
-to sponsor a soft-ball team for
the 1951 season. Prospects are
that a franchise will be secured
for the IWA team in the Major
“A” Men’s League.

IWA soft-ball fans are thus as-
sured that if they turn out and

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and North Arm Sawmills. Other
firms are being signed up as
rapidly as possible,

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