eat September 7, 1951_ B.C. LUMBER | | ! | | | | ee Weteom Z 11TH ANNUAL CONVENTION * Canadim Congress of Lobo VANCOUVER, B. C. SEPT. 17TH TO 21ST, 1951 Fe tA pt WS to receive a complimentary mem- bership card in the Club for con- vention week. Tuesday night a banquet, fol- lowed by 40 rhinutes of entertain- ment and a dance, will be held in the Commodore Cabaret. Wed- nesday afternoon will be devoted to a complete tour of the city, covering about 180 miles. Thurs- day night is being left free for the various unions to entertain their own delegates. Wives Not Neglected Wives of visiting delegates have not been neglected in con- vention plans. If it can be ar- ranged, there will be a boat trip up the North Arm for them on Monday afternoon. Tuesday af- ternoon the Hudson’s Bay Com- pany is holding a fashion show and tea in their honor, Thursday they will be guests of the B.C. Sugar Refinery. Their tour of the plant will be followed by tea and each lady will receive a small tin of Rogers’ Golden Syrup. Education Committee The Education Committee is planning activity in two fields. First, there will be a large dis- play in the lobby which will illus- trate the work the Committee has been doing and intends to do. Secondly, there will be a show- ing of films and film strips from 1:30 to 2 p.m. on Thursday and a ist AID SUPPLIES PROMPT ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS —_ KNOWLTONS DRUGS 15 EAST HASTINGS ST. VANCOUVER, B.C, FREE CLUB MEMBERSHIP Friday of convention week. Some of these films have been borrow- ed from the Tourist Bureau and record pictorially a number of beauty spots in B.C. Year Book The regular Souvenir Program which is issued at each conven- tion has been prepared this year under the direction of J. Bury, Secretary of the Council, with Lamoureux Publications in charge of sales. In previous years, according to estimates, the advertising content never exceed- ed $6,000. This year it has al- ready passed the $13,000 mark. Previously it averaged about 80 | - pages. This year it will run to approximately 135 pages. There are other differences. Photographs of B.C. industry and scenery are prominently fea- tured in the advertising pages. In addition to the regular contri- butions from the CCL President and Secretary and other unions and officials, the Year Book will contain lively articles on the his- tory of the IWA, the work of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, the value of the co- operative movement, etc. and a sparkling contribution by Barry Mather, Printing is in the hands of J. W. Bow & Company, who put out the B.C. Lumber Worker. Mitchell First Speaker ‘When the convention opens at 9:30 a.m, on Monday, Sept 17, first speaker on the agenda will be George H. Mitchell, Secretary- treasurer of IWA District Coun- cil No. 1. In-his official capacity as President of the Greater Van- couver and Lower Mainland La- bor Council (CCL), he will ex- tend a welcome to the visiting delegates and introduce President R. Mosher. It is only fitting that members of the IWA, the largest union in B.C., should play a leading role in the arrangements for the first CCL convention to be held west of Winnipeg. It is to be hoped that the- work they have done will bear fruit — that the dele- gates will acelaim the 1951 con- vention of the CCL, held in Van- couver, as the most successful in their history. SANDWICH WHITE BREAD “Listen to Jimmy Allen—CKWX—5:30 p.m. Mon. Thru Fri,” Holiday. Slash Eo Wace increase of 12% cents an hour, negotiated earlier in the year by the IWA Pacific North- addi west Regional Committee was approved August 10 by the U.S. Wage Stabilization Board. The mal three paid statutory holidays included in the new contract terms were denied under the application of the 10% formula. Protest will be lodged with the Board on the latter point, The ad- justment affects upwards of 75,000 lumber workers in six States, according to the Board. Denial of -the additional three paid holidays was leid directly to the door of the AFL’s Carpenter & Join’y satellite Lumber Work- ers by IWA-CIO officials, They charged the AFL case Was so weak that it jeopardized the approval of both the full amount of the wage increase that had been negotiated with the operators and the added holidays as well. “The AFL's retreat from its pension and welfare demands and its weak acceptanceyof a wage increase in lieu therof,? said President J. H. Fadling, “resulted in their wage proposals exceeding the ten percent formula to such an extent that no more than two or three cents per hour could have been approved had it not been for the IWA-CIO case.” $100 Back Pay This regulation allows general wage adjustments of 10 percent over the level of January 1950. The $1.00 per day wage boost is effective as of April 1, 1951, and to those workers who have been with their present em- ployer since that date it will mean back pay of about $100 each. The Board’s action was taken on an eight to four vote, with the labor members dissenting be- Braemar WEAR A HAND-TAILORED SUIT Made in Our Own Shop WORKMANSHIP, STYLE AND FIT GUARANTEED We carry high grade Woollens for Men and Ladies Braemar Custom Tailors 326 West Cordova Vancouver, B.C, cause of the’denial of the holiday pay. This opposition of the employer members was encountered despite the fact that the Pacific North- west’s lumber industry operators had joined with the IWA-CIO in petitioning the Board for the ap- proval of the increases and the holidays. AFL Also “The AFL lumber workers are also covered by the order,” said Fadling, “even though in approv- ing their wage increase the Wage Stabilization Board exceeded the ten percent formula by about 10% cents per hour.” “If the Board can exceed the formula in order to prevent an inequity between wages paid to IWA members and the rates paid AFL members,” he added, “then it can surely approve the IWA’s three paid holidays under either the formula or Regulation No. 13 that was issued recently.” In the AFL case, the Board approved an increase of 7%4 cents per hour effective March 1, 1951, and 5 cents of an eight-cent-an- hour adjustment effective May 1 or June 1, 1951, in ‘accordance Three cents of the eight cents was not approved. 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