| August 20, 1953 B.C. LUMBER WORKER FROM PAGE 1 _—_— “CONTRACT” 4th Class Engineer. Fireman The above rates include the general wage increase of five (5) as set out in Sec- The wage scale attached he! Supplement No. 1, is approved by both Parties and may, subject to mutual consent of both Parties be revised once annually. SECTION 4: 2 The first shift, which may vary in individual operations, is the recognized day shift. Hours work- ed outside the recognized day shift will be regarded as the sec- ond and third shifts. Premiom rate of six [6] cents per hour will be pald for second and third shifts, A day shift Em- Ployee working In excess of eight (8) hours will be paid rate and one-half without the differential. Persons employed other than on regular shifts shall be pald the six 16) cents premium rate for all hours worked outside the recog- nized day shift. Article X—Seniority SECTION It is agreed that upon request of the Union a list will be supplied by the Company setting out the name and starting date with the Company of each regular Em- ployee. However, such request shall not be granted more than twice dur- Ing the term of this Agreement. The Company will advise the Union ence each month of changes to the sald list, SECTION 9: In any case where an Employee has been transferred by the Com- Pany to a supervisory position and at a later date ceases to be a supervisory worker and the Com- pany desires to retain his services, it is hereby agreed that reinstate- ment can be made within the bar- gaining unit commensurate with competency and seniority. Article X1J—Hours of Work SECTION 5: {b) If both Parties agree, Joint application shall be made to the Relations exemption from the provisions of the Factories Act permitting the working of two hours or less on a Statutory Holiday te complete the last shift prior to the Holiday at straight time rates. . Article XIV— Statutory Holidays SECTION 1: fa) All Employees who work on New Year's Day, Empire Day, Do- minion Day, Labor Day, Thanks- giving Day, Armistice Day, Christ- mas Day and Boxing Day -will be paid rate and one-half for all hours so worked. s {bl In the event one of the above Statutory Holidays falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as the Statutory Holiday. SECTION 3: fel It is agreed between the parties that Casual Labor will not receive pay for Statutory Holi- days, i Article XX— Board and Lodging The rate for board and lodging in logging camp boarding-houses shall be $2.25 per day. Article XXI— Duration of Agreement The Parties hereto mutually agree that this Agreement shall be effective from and after the 15th day of June, 1953, to midnight the 14th day of June, 1954, and there- after from year to year unless sixty (60) days’ written notice of contrary intention is given by either Party to the other Party. The notice required hereunder shall be validly and sufficiently served at the Head Office of the Party of the First Part, or at the Local Office upon the Local Officers of the Union, Party of the Second Part, at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiry of any yearly period. If no agreement is reached at the expiration of this Contract and negotiations are continued, the Agreement shall remain in force up to the time a subsequent Agree- ment is reached, or until negotia- tlons are discontinued, by either Party. Interior, and which the Interior employers are determined to maintain, is 19 cents an hour below that now negotiated at the Coast. This means that the In- terior Woodworker is producing lumber for $1.52 a day less than is received by a man doing the same work at the Coast. 5'%4-Day Week This situation is further ag- gravated by the fact that cate- gory rates in the Interior are far from satisfactory in regard to wages for comparable skills. The Interior, woodworker is now required to work a 44-hour, 44-day week. He is not only re- quired to work-a half-day on Saturday, but he is required to work that half-day at straight time. No Holidays Interior woodworkers’ get no paid statutory holidays, another contract condition which places them at a disadvantage compared with Coast workers, Those who qualify for two wéeks’ vacation, must have work- ed 1250 days, and are not allowed their two weeks’ vacation when, as at the Coast, they have com- pleted the regular five years’ em- ployment. They get only 4 percent vaca- tion allowance, and not the 5 per- cent paid at-the Coast. These are but a few of the dis- FROM PAGE 1 W BID vy vital matters of national and in- ternational importance. Results of negotiations on both sides of the international boun- dary will undoubtedly require analysis, with the object of de- veloping still more effective use of the Union’s bargaining strength, Canadian and American dele- gates will have the opportunity to compare notes on the recent elections in both countries, and consider future political action on the side of organized labor, — CCL DELEGATION PROMINENT AT ICFTU MEET—Seen listening to the translation of a speech given in German, Spanish or French during one of the sessions of the July World Congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions are, left to right: William Mahoney, assistant to the Canadian director of the United Steel workers; H. A. Chappell, president, Canadian Brother- hood of Railway Employees and Other Transport Workers; Donald MacDonald, national secretary~ treasurer, Canadian Congress of Labor; Harold Daoust, Canadian director, Textile Workers’ Union of America; and Martin Levinson, CCL director for international affairs, adviser to the delegation. The CCL resolution, calling for a three-year extension of the first ICFTU Regional Activities’ Pro- which the expiry date was July, 1954—was adopted by the ICFTU delegates. The CCL delegation was also successful in winning support for regional selection of members for the 25- man ICFTU Board. The ICFTU was held July 4-11, in Stockholm, Sweden, FROM PAGE 1 advantages suffered by Interior workers. These points by no means indicate all that has been endured by the Interior workers because of tactics of intimidation, all directed to smash union orga- nization, and force down labor costs . Potential Threat” We realize the potential threat to the interests of workers at the Coast, when we note that over one-third of the lumber produced in B.C. is produced in the In- terior, Also, developments in the Interior point to the prospect of a marked increase in Interior production. Costs Lower The lumber produced in the In- terior is shipped to the same markets as Coast lumber, at the same prices. To all intents and purposes, it is one and the same industry. The Interior employers have even greater opportunities to make profits in certain respects than the Coast operators, for their investment is lower, and operating costs are less, espe- cially for stumpage and royalties. The Interior lumber workers perform the same kind of work as lumber workers at the Coast, ahd their living requirements are as high, and in some instances higher, Depressed Area It becomes apparent, then, why the Union cannot permit the con- tinued existence of a depressed area represented by these lower wages and inferior working con- ditions, within a district produc- ing lumber for the same markets. If more and more lumber is pro- duced with cheap. labor in the Interior, it will tend to displace lumber produced with higher la- bor costs here. “Interior Boards” Inevitable Result The inevitable result will be, either, that production and em- ployment will be reduced at the Coast, or that Coast employers will insist on Coast wages being lowered to Interior levels. The, only obstacle to contract improvements in the Interior has been the anti-labor attitude of the employers and their greed for expanding profits. They are well organized to bludgeon the work- ers into acceptance of the terms dictated by them. They have un- scrupulously exploited the orga- nizational conditions which at- tend production in numerous small operations scattered over wide distances. Our Responsibility It is our responsibility to build an organization in the Interior, with the aid of the more compact Coast Local Unions, to offset thesé disadvantages. In so doing we will win for the Interior woodworkers, and at the same time win additional protection for the rights attained by Coast workers after bitter struggle. This year we must reverse the experience of last year. The Con- ciliation Boards then recommend- ed a wage increase of 3% cents an hour, and three paid statutory holidays. The employers refused to grant these contract improve- ments to their employees. Vigorous Campaign This year the employers’ atti- tude is the same as last year, a determined opposition to any fur- ther benefits under the contracts. 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