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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

June 4, 1953

LOCAL 1-217

MILLS STE
PRODUCTION

Increased market demands have caused Vancouver sawmills to
step up production to capacity, it is reported by officials of Local
1-217, IWA. Latest development has been the. re-opening of Sey-
mour Park Lumber Co., an operation which previously had been

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shut down for one year.
Negotiations for a revised con-
tract have been commenced be-
tween the Local Union and Jones
Tent & Awning, Venetian Blind
Division. Employees’ demands

this year are for a.wage increase }-

of 15 cents an hour across the
board, category revisions, and an
employer contribution of 50% to-
ward B.C. Hospital Insurance.
New Rate Established

Local Union officers, after per-
sistent negotiations, have now
established a category rate for
the operation of bundling ma-
chines. The’ new rate has been
set higher ‘than originally pro-
posed.

Shop stewards and committee
men at Western Plywoods Ltd.
report that they have succeeded
in maintaining the 100% IWA
membership standard for the
fourth month in succession.

Grievances Settled

Further attempts made by
Kashmir Lumber Co. Ltd. to dis-
pose of the work for a clean-up
man, by assigning the work to
the night shift was dealt with by
the Local Union as a grievance,
with the result of a satisfactory
settlement.

Complaint that pay cheques at
J. & M. Shingle Company were
bouncing resulted in an investi-
gation by the Local Union’s offi-
cers, and steps which fully pro-
tected the employees,

Continued difficulties regarding
over-lapping shifts precipitated a
grievance at J. R. Murray Co.
with respect to men who, by rea-
son of the overlapping, were sent
home from the afternoon shift,
one and one-half hours early,
with a corresponding loss of pay.
Adjustment, when the grievance
was processed, secured 8 hours’
pay for the short shifts, and the
assurance from the management
that the practice would be dis-
continued.

Fans have now been installed
in the engine room at Capilano
Shingle Mill where formerly the
temperature frequently soared to
120 degrees, with complaints
which reached the grievance com-
mittee.

Strike Pickets Registered

Steps taken by the Local Union
to register strike pickets have

met with widespread response,
and the registration is being
brought into readiness for any
eventuality.

The recent shop stewards’
meeting decided to set up strike
committees in the plants, zones,
as well as for the entire area.”
The plans then made, are now
well advanced...

This week saw the completion
of a series of plant meetings to
discuss negotiations. Concluding
meetings were at Keeley Lumber
Co., Bridge Lumber Co., and
Cedar Products.

Upon the opening of the sit-
tings of the Conciliation Board
another series of such meetings
will commence, with the object
of again covering all plants with
full information on contract ne-
gotiations,

STAFF CONFERENCE

IWA STAFF REPRESENTATIVES in conference at the Steel Hall, Vancouver, May 22, laid plans

for full mobilization of Union’s strength behind current contract demands.

Twenty-five staff mem-

bers from eight Coast Local-Unions met with District and International officers for the purpose.

Crew Refuses Sat. Work

Saturday overtime proposals,
made by the B.C. Forest Pro-
ducts Ltd. Victoria Plywood
Division, May 22, were unani-
mously rejected in a vote taken
by the men.

The Company’s Manager in-
formed the Committee that the
plant would be operating on full
production, Saturday, May 23.
Committee men held a meeting
with the crew at 2:00 p.m. and

turned down in no uncertain

terms the Company’s request.
Eyery effort was made by the

Company to change the men’s
decision but with no success.

Local 1-80

Loggers’ Sports

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Win Approval

Loggers’ Sports, which were staged by the Nanaimo
Sub-Local 1-80, IWA, proved to be an outstanding attrac-
tion of the city’s Empire Day celebrations, for which the
lion’s share of the credit was given to President “Jocko”
Colwell, who capably directed the affair as Master of

under sentence for strike activity, was “absence on union
business” the members of Local 1-80, IWA, installed him
as their President “in absentia” at the membership meet-

ing, Duncan, May 24. -
District President Joe Morris

Ceremonies.
Competition -was keen- in’ all

events, for which generous cash
prizes were awarded as follows:

CHOPPING — 1, Alan Wood-
row, Comox Logging, Courtenay,
41 seconds; 2, Hugh McKenzie,
VMD, Victoria, 47; 8, Charles
Murray, Comox Logging, Na-
naimo Lakes, 48 1/5.

EYE SPLICING — 1, Percy
Dewar, Malpass Logging, Nanai-
mo, 2.39 7/10; 2, Johnny Toive-
nan, Comox Logging, Nanaimo
Lakes, 2.48; 8, Scotty Sutherland,
Comox Logging, Extension,
3.14 1/10.

ONE-MAN BUCKING—1, Bill
Riples, MacMillan & Bloedel, Na-
naimo River, 60 seconds; 2, Tony
Boulange, MacMillan & Bloedel,
1.03; 3, Fred Repesse, Comox
Logging, Nanaimo Lakes, 1.28.

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TWO-MAN BUCKING — 1,
Martin Holt and A. (Scotty) Mc-
Cubbing, Comox Logging, Head-
quarters, 40 1/10 and 88 1/5,
1.18 3/5; 2, Hugh Anderton and
Martin Peterson, Bradley Creek
Logging, Courtenay, 44 2/5 and
41 2/5, 1.26; 3, Clem Ingram and
Orland Clark, Salmon River Log-
ging, Kelsey Bay, 45 1/5 and
41 2/5, 1. 26 3/5.

EXHIBITION HAND BUCK-
ING = 1, Charlie Murray, Wel-
lington, 1.25 2/5; 2, Hugh Mc-
Kenzie, VMD, Victoria, 1.50;
8, Alan Woodrow, Courtenay,
2 1/10; 4, Phil Whittaker, Dun-
can, 2.10 2/5.

CLIMBING—1, Danny Sailor,
Camp B, Franklin River, 29 2/5;
2, Les Nehji, Comox Logging,
Nanaimo Lakes, 51 1/5.

Highlight of the day proved to
be the event in which a’ human
cat in the person of 26-year-old
Danny Sailor gave a death-
defying exhibition of tree climb-
ing.

He raced up a spar pole 80
feet, banged a bell and was back
on the ground in 29 2/5 seconds
to win $75 at the rate of $1.50
a second, then volunteered a free-
fall slide from over half-way up
the pole that drew gasps from
the crowd.

communicated a message from
the imprisonéd official, express-
ing his sincere appreciation of
the honor. He was reported to be
in good health and spirits, and
eagerly anticipating his early re-
turn to duty.

Results of the election were
announced to the members at the
meeting, held in the Odeon The-
atre. Elected officers present, in-
stalled by the District President,
Joe Morris, were: i

1st Vice-President, Ernest
Boulet; 2nd Vice - President,
Percy Clements; 3rd _Vice-
President, Frank Telford; Fi-
nancial Secretary, Ed Linder;

Recording Secretary, Laurence

Jones; Conductor, A. L. Smith;
Warden, Max Salter; Trustee,
Jocko Colwell. 2

The Secretary of the Negotiat-
ing Committee and President of
Local 1-85, IWA, Walter Allen,
guest speaker at the meeting,
gave the members a compre-
hensive report of all that had
transpired between the Union
and the Operators since negotia-
tions commenced.

The Officers reported that the
Local Union had completed the
purchase of a building lot in Dun-
can, on Brae Road, and that plans
fare going forward to build a suit-
able office building which the

Union believes will be a credit
to the community.

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In dealing with negotiations,
Walter Allen stated that this
year no deadline for the conclu-
sion of négotiations had been laid
down. “We believe the member-
ship this year is more concerned
with getting a good contract than
they are with hitting the bricks
on June 15.

“We feel we have a strong
case for conciliation,” he said,
“but how far the conciliation
board can be influenced in our
favor we don’t know. We do feel
that we can influence Forest In-
dustrial Relations.” Mr. Allan
said that a questionnaire will be
sent out to the membership to
determine their views on nego-
tiations,

Lost Ground

“In 1949 the IWA occupied a
Position ahead of most other
unions in B.C. with regard to
wage, scales,” he said, “but it has -
lost considerable ground.”

Mr. Allan said no press re-
leases were being made by agree-
ment between the IWA and FIR
unless a joint statement is made.
“We are not going to negotiate
our agreement in the paid press,”
he said. “We hayen’t the money
to carry on negotiations through
paid space.”

NOTICE

LOCAL 1-118, IWA, Gen-
eral Membership Meeting
will be held Sunday, June 7,
at 2 p.m., at 715 Johnson St.

The Local Union is also
holding a meeting of all log-
gers and millworkers in
the Sooke area Thursday,
June 11, at 8 p.m., in the
Sooke Community Hall. One
of the District Officers will
be the guest speaker.

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