Page 2 B.C. LUMBER WORKER July 19, 195 From Page 1 MEDICAL COSTS PLAN DENOUNCED of the funds required for medi- cal aid. This, on the basis of a 1c per day contribution declined to 35 percent in 1941. Employees continued to con- tribute to the fund until 1946, when such contributions were abolished by amendment to the Act. If resumed, such contribu- tions will be demanded only in British Columbia among all Canadian provinces. Medical aid paid in 1949 amounted to $2,- 364,171.25, ¥ The District Council was in- formed by Gray that the Sloan enquiry is nearing its conclusion, and that as representative of the IWA he will be permitted to summarize the evidence and argument of the Union in re- buttal. During the present hear- ing, as the sole trade union rep- resentative attending, he is exercising the right to cross- examine employer, and Board witnesses. Employers Say “No” In his report to the District Council, Secretary Gray revealed that the brief submitted on be- half of the employers in the lumber industry expressed oppo- sition to practically all of the Union’s proposals for improved compensation. Only with regard to widows and orphans did the employers concede that increases were necessary. The employers’ brief recom- mended that the pension for widows should be increased from $50 a month to $60 a month, and that the allowance for orphans be raised from $12.50 to $20.00 a month, The employers vetoed the pro- posal that the scale of compen- sation be increased from 66% percent of earnings to 75 per- cent. It was contended by them that the additional cost would place too great a burden on in- dustry, as the proposed increase was estimated to be $1,212,000. 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C, rehabilitation.” Opposed NeW Maximum Also opposed was the IWA proposal that the maximum wage on whieh compensation is based should be increased above the present ceiling of $2500. This, too, was considered too costly as it might involve an- other $650,000. The employers agreed that in Saskatchewan and Ontario, a maximum of $3,000 was provid- ed, but this was offset by a longer waiting period. Low Minimum Urged No increase should be made in the amount of minimum compen- sation stated the employers. The IWA had proposed that this be increased from $12.50 a week to $25.00 a week. The employers felt that any increase would have the effect of encouraging the injured to remain away from work, The employers stated the be- lief that the waiting period should be increased to 14 days, and that no greater coverage should be given for other workers not now benefitting un- der the Act. The employers viewed with disapproval the Union’s sugges- tion that the injured workmen should be given full compensa- tion until satisfactory employ- ment has been found for them. They expressed preference for the present system under which men can be returned to selective employment in industry to get “industrial therapy”. Likewise all other IWA pro- posals, including provisions for an increased rehabilitation fund, central hospital, expanded cover- age for industrial. diseases, and retroactive upward revision of earlier awards were found either too costly or impracticable by the employers. The brief which expressed these views was subscribed to by the Canadian Manufacturers Association, B.C. Lumber Manu- facturers Association, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canadian Red Cedar Shingle As- sociation, Interior Lumber Manu- facturers Association, Northern Interior ~Lumbermen's Associa- tion and the Truck Loggers Association. 1-80 DISPUTE Conciliation Officer William MacLaughlin has been named to deal with the dispute between Local 1-80, IWA, and the Phil Whittaker Logging Co. Bargaining talks to achieve an agreement in this newly-certified operation failed of any concrete results, and conciliation proceed- ings promise to be stormy, it is reported. JAKE J. FRIESEN Representative MUTUAL LIFE OF CANADA Branch Office 475 Howe Street, . VANCOUVER, B.C. ca EE Proposal of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Commission to establish special employment placement facilities for lumber workers was recommended for the favorable consideration of IWA Local -Unions at the Quarterly meeting of the B.C. District Council, July 14. The delegates were informed by District 1st Vice-President Joe Morris that the matter had been under discussion with officials of the Commission to ex- plore the advantages, especially for loggers. Attractive advantage would be that loggers would not be re- quired to travel to Vancouver in order to hire or re-hire, as the Commission now has 20 offices established throughout the prov- ince. It was stated that an agree- ment could be reached whereby the logal pool of available Ium- ber workers would be exhausted before additional workers would be placed from more distant points. This, it was said, would make for greater efficiency in employment placement. Tt was further explained that the value of the scheme would largely depend on new clauses in the master agreement relating to hiring, requiring negotiation with the employers. The procedure for the hiring of loggers and mill workers would: be streamlined by the Commission to eliminate many of the existing formalities, LECKIE LOGGER UNION MADE IN B.C. IWA Studies UIC Plan For Job Placement It is anticipated that the opin- ion of the TWA Local Unions will be canvassed prior to the next meeting of the District Executive Board. From page | FADLING good case for under the 10 per- cent formula, and that he was confident the increase would be granted. He was scornful of the chaos which he had observed in Wash- ington, relative to price and wage control, and took a gloomy view of the future unless the economic program proposed by organized labor was accepted. “Only wages are subject to con- trol,” he stated. “Whose fault is it?” was his question, which he answered by saying “It is the fault of the workers who failed to vote. 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