‘

‘city as a packinghouse worker

- permanently closed down. The

ment of Claim

claimant, 53 years of age,
st employed as a laborer
City of Moose Jaw, Sas-
in, from October 27th,
to December 5th, 1952
y he was laid off because of

shortage of work. Previous to
he was employed in the said

Swift Canadian Company Ltd.

_ for some 15 years.

His employment with that

company terminated on October

4th, 1952; when the plant was

employer granted him severance

_ pay amounting to $630 which was

based on his years of service.”
On December 8th, 1952, he filed
a renewal claim for benefit.
The Insurance Officer was of
the opinion that, pursuant to
section 29 (1) (f) of the Act and
Benefit Regulation 5 (2) (f), the
moneys received by the claimant
upon termination of his employ-
ment had to be considered as
having been paid for days subse-
quent thereto and he disqualified
him from the receipt of benefit
for the period from October 4th,
1952, to December 24th, 1952.
From the decision of the Insur-
ance Officer the claimant, on De-
cember 15th, 1952, appealed to a
Court of Referees. ;
The Court of Kefereés which
heard the case in Regina, Sask.,
on December 29th, 1952, unani-
mously upheld the decision of the
Insurance Officer in a finding
which reads:
"It is the opinion of the Court
that the monies paid to the claim-
ant on separation, do not consti-
lute a part of the monies in
Section 4 (2) (e) of the Regula-
tions, and therefore, there must be
a disqualification for the money
received in the proportionate time,
and accordingly, the appeal is

1 WINS
'C. APPEAL

appeal to the Umpire of the Unemployment

meas by Local 177, UPWA, on the ques-

yf disqualification because of severance pay, was re-

to a recent meeting of the Vancouver Labor Council
decision which sets an important precedent.

July 16, 1953

From the decision of the Court
of Referees, Local 177, United
Packinghouse Workers of Ameri-
ca appealed to the Umpire and
in its submission dated January
12th, 1953, and under the signa-
ture of C. Lyons it stated:

“In addition to the reasons
stated in Mr. Marchuk's original
appeal we would like more specifi-

cally to contend that the $630.00
Severance pay received by Mr.
Marchuk should not be considered
as remuneration but should be
considered as past earnings under
Benefit Regulations 5 (2E) as it
is our contention that this money
is a payoff in lieu of a pension
which Mr. Marchuk will now not
receive. For the purpose of Sub-
section (b) of Section 57 Mr.
Fred Marchuk was a member of
Local 177, UPWA, on October 4
which was his last day of employ-
ment at Swift's and will continue
to be a member until February 4,
1953.”

The interested union requested
an oral hearing of the case before
the Umpire and it was held in
Ottawa, Ontario on April 15th,
1953. The union was represented
by Mr. A. Andras, Assistant Re-
search Director, Canadian Con-
gress of Labor and the Commis-
sion by Messrs. C. Dubue and
N. M. Retallack, Legal Adviser
and Acting Chief Claims Officer
respectively.

Conclusion

“I cannot see how the Com-
mission can, in fairness, apply
to a future period an amount
of money which has been given
to a claimant in respect of his~
past services or differentiate
between a claimant who is in
receipt of a pension and one
who, upon retirement, receives
a gratuity because he. does not
come under a pension plan.

The appeal is allowed.”

ALFRED SAVARD,

dismissed, aud the disqualification

confirmed.”

Umpire.

C.A.R.S. APPEAL

MERITS S

Rheumatic diseases, which
include arthritis, were respons-
ible in 1947 for an estimated
loss of 9,500,000 working days
and $54,000,000 in wages to
Canadians with a time-loss an-
nually now equal to that of an
army of 30,000 continuously
unemployed.

Approximately 600,000 Cana-
dians at the present time are
affected by these diseases, al-
though not all to the same de-
gree. Medical science has to date

identified roughly one hundred

different kinds of arthritis, each
of which must be treated in its
own manner.

With the exception of the
Theumatie heart type, the disease
cause few deaths, yet they rank
second only to mental illness as
2 cause of human incapacity.

‘To combat the rising toll of

UPPORT

Canadians crippled by this
Scourge, the Canadian Arthritis
and Rheumatism Society, a Ca-
nadian-wide organization, was
founded and in 1948 their express
purpose has been to ease the suf-
fering and financial worries of
those afflicted pee these dreaded
diseases.

The Bluebird - ‘emblem of the
Society is as well known as is
their policy of according equal
treatment to patients, regardless
of race, color, creed or financial
status.

Public Appeals

C.A.R.S, members make annual
public appeals for funds to en-
able them to carry out their pro-
gram of constructive measures
leading to the reduction and final
elimination of the human suffer-
ing caused by these diseases.

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seconds flat.

It was announced that the
champion had recently set a
speed climbing record at the Al-
bany Timber Carnival, Albany,
Ore., when he broke the record
previously established at that
point by Malcolm Harper in 1948.

Sawing Contest

At Ladysmith, Hugh MacKen-
zie, Victoria, formerly of Lady-
smith, was the winner of the
Hillerest Lumber Company Tro-
phy, cutting through the 30-inch

diameter log in 1 minute, 30
seconds. Last year he did it in
1 minute, 44% seconds.

The results of the loggers’
events, all of them’ close, were as
follows:

Buckers, one-man power saw—
1, T. Boulanger, Nanaimo River
Camp, his time for two cuts be-
ing 77 seconds; 2, D. Crawford,
Chemainus, 82 seconds, two cuts;
3, F. Repesse, Nanaimo River
Camp, 85-2/5 seconds, two cuts.

Bucking Contest

Medium power saw bucking
was won by H. Anderson and
M. Peterson, both of Courtenay,
their time being two minutes and
2-3/5 seconds, Second were J.
Ssasz and G. La Fleur, Lady-
smith, two minutes and 4-2/5
seconds. Third were Alf De
Frane and R, Clavering, Lady-
smith, two minutes and 4-3/5
seconds.

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IWA Job Steward Dan Sailor, Gordon River, répeated
his tree-climbing victories of previous years, when at
Ladysmith he captured for the third successive year the
V.I. Coach Lines Trophy at the Loggers’ Sports. His time
was 28.2 seconds. In July, 1952, he made the climb in 25

Splicing

J. R. Laird, and Dennis Currie
of Ladysmith won the long splic-
ing event, doing 16 inches on a
one-inch line in six minutes and
50 seconds. The team of W. Suth-
erland and 'T. Dewar were second
with a time of seven minutes and
59-3/5 seconds.

In the short splicing event,
J, R. Laird of Ladysmith copped
first money in the time of 1:54.
In second place was D. Currie,
also of Ladysmith, his time being
2:8-1/5.

Open power-saw bucking was
won by Pete Sundberg and Fred
Ostrand, both of Ladysmith, in
one minute and 44-2/5 seconds;
2, 'T. Boulanger and D. Shaw,
Nanaimo, one minute and 52-4/5
seconds; 8, Alf De Frane and Ron

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OTTAWA — Like a vulture
waiting for the pickings from a
corpse, General Franco, the Spa-
nish dictator, waits for World
War III and his pickings,

J. Alvarez del Vayo,- writing
in The Nation on the imminence
of a bi-lateral treaty between the
United States and Spain, records
a recent statement made by dic-
tator Francisco Franco at army
headquarters in Seville.

“How happy I am to find my-
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comrades-in-arms. In Morocco
and later in the war (Spanish
Civil War) we tempered our
spirits for the great days that

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that the Third World War is
coming. When it comes, those
who have been chary with their
aid and denied us what we need
will give us what we need;
more, they will give us what
we demand.”

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