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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

UNION’S BUSINESS
Unfair Ruling

ea: protest, Local 1-85, IWA, has turned the spotlight
a situation, which must now be fully aired in Ottawa. The
nt at issue is the special disqualification of loggers under the
Unemployment Insurance Act, when vacation pay is included in
_ the last pay cheque upon lay-off,
As reported by
the Local Union, [7
mber of log-
mployed by
Millan and
lel, were laid
on December ihe
At a later |
ate, when they
lade application
Unemploy- <
ment Insurance benefits, they
were informed that in addition to
the usual waiting period, they
would be further disqualified for
number of days for which
y received vacation allowance.
The penalty extended over per-
jods ranging from three to 15
days. The total amount of vaca-
tion pay was divided by one day’s
“normal earnings to determine the
‘period of disqualification. Men
entitled to two weeks’ vacation
or 5% were the chief sufferers.

Ottawa Decided

‘The first point to note in this
issue is that the local administra-
tion was powerless in the matter
under a ruling handed down by
the Head Office in Ottawa.

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The next point to note is that
this interpretation is made pos-
sible by the present wording of
the Act, and consideration should
{be given by the Canadian Con-

gress of Labor, represented on
the National Advisory Committee
to the required amendments of
the Act.

Discrimination Evident

The result of the ‘ruling ‘is a
confusing situation that requires
clarification, in order to prevent
gross discrimination. Those who
receive their vacation allowance
during thé year at various per-
jods do not suffer the penalty.
The penalty apparently applies
only to those who receive their
accumulated vacation pay, in lieu
of vacations, at the time of sepa-
ration from employment. *

For these workers it is clear
that the ruling of the Commis-
sion nullifies the benefits of the
vacation clause in the master
agreement.

The contract awards them va-
cation pay, which, under the cir-
cumstances related, is taken from

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date of the next issue of the B,C. LUMBER WORKER,
ry 5th, Deedline for ad copy is January 29th and for news
nuary 30th,

“Representing the Organized Loggers and Mill Workert of B-C.
PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY BY
INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO-CCL)

B.C DISTRICT COUNCIL No. 1. E>
DISTRICT OFFICERS:

J, Stewart Alsbury
a Joe Morris

George H. Mitchell
‘William N. Gray

Address all communications to
GE H, MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer
Bd inewray = Phone FAirmont 8807-8
Vancouver, B.C.

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STANDARD COAT

Note the “tailored” de-
sign, giving maximum
comfort and freedom; the
cape and sleeves all’ one
piece, and seams only un-
der-arm. Note also the
more generous use of ma-
terials with _ interlining
away down at back. (Also
made without interlia-
ing.)

STANDARD PANTS

See the extra depth of
double thickness, front
and back, and interlining
down entire front. Lots
of pockets, too. (Also
made without _ interlin-
ing.)

From

“DRY-BAK”

THE THINGS YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR IN

CANVAS RAINWEAR

YOU WILL FIND IN

~_-CRUISER’S COAT
Notice how it is moulded
to fit with comfort and
freedom. Double  thick-
mess over shoulders,
chest,, back and sleeves.
Look’ at the four roomy
outside pockets and pen-
cil _pocket., and see the
inside breast map pocket,
then look at the back and
see the large pack pocket
with openings both sides.
(This desiga ‘of coat
comes featherweight
“Yukon Cloth”, too.)

FALLER’S SHIRT
The fallers’ and buckers”
shirt is an original “Pio-
neer Brand” design, built
to give full freedom with
extra protection - where
needed, and with extra
long skirt at back, (This
also. comes in feather
weight “Yukon Cloth’,
00.)

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You will find-that it is

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pellent’. . . a real hat
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Your Local Dealer or Commissary,

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FROM COLUMN 2
them by the action of the UIC.
IWA Policy
IWA policy is that vacations
eared should be taken, for the
sake of the workers’ health and
morale.
The accumulated vacation pay
forms a part of the worker's
earnings. If through no fault of
his own he is separated from em-
ployment, and if he has made the
required number of contributions
to the fund, any special form in
which he may receive his earn-
ings should not obstruct his eligi-
bility for benefits, if otherwise
qualified.

The loggers who were disquali-
fied, were not on their vacations.
They were deprived of employ-
ment, through conditions which
ordinarily would make them
cligible for benefits.

To ensure elementary justice,

amend its ruling under the Act,
if possible, or recommend a suit-
able amendment to the Act dur-
ing the present session of Par-
Tiament.

HA! HA!

TOMSLAKE, B.C.. (CPA) —
After a regional CCF conference
in the Peace River district of
British Columbia a banquet was
B) arranged, by the local Women’s
| Committee, for- 150 guests. The
affair was well under way with
fa| the diners enjoying fried chicken,
various salads and other deli-
cacies when a hush fell over the
room,

Standing at the door of the
room, looking rather surprised,
was the local Social Credit big-
shot accompanied by his wife.
The diners wondered if there had
been a disagreement among the
local Socreds. Was their new
MLA so incompetent that even
high party officials couldn’t stand
it any longer and were deserting
the Socred movement.

The explanation was much
more prosaic. Apparently the
Social Crediters had decided that
this was a good day for them to
hold a banquet also and the
gentleman had gone to the wrong
address. His banquet was further
down the road.

All would have been well, how-
ever, if the visitor had kept
quiet, put he was heard to ask,
in a yery plaintive tone: “But
what happened to the potato
salad our children brought here?”

the Commission should either}

OWNERS GET WAGE HIKE

OTTAWA (CPA)— Big-busi-} 000,000 to $1,502,000,000.
ness has done very well in the| The survey, covering the ten-
last ten years in spite of the|year period, showed that in that
protestations that are raised| time the net income of stock-
every time unions ask for a wage | holders jumped from $288,000,000
increase. to a record $642,000,000. But

According to the Financial Sta- | even this tremendous pay-off did
tistics of 603 Canadian com-|not leave the companies broke,
panies, published in a recent Sta-| because total current assets of
tistical Summary of the Bank of | the companies rose from a figure
Canada, profits rose in the ten|of $1,700,000,000 in 1941 to $3,-
years 1941 to 1951, from $700,-!840,000,000 in 1951.

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