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Vol. XXII, No. 19

FRANK HOWARD, M.

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GD *° Ist ISSUE, OCT. 1954 - VANCOUVER, B.C.

FALLERS & BUCKERS
SHORT-CHANGED

5c PER COPY

‘PICKET WARNS LOGGERS

President of Local 1-71, IWA, marches the picket line in front of the
loggers’ employment agency with information regarding logging companies who have failed to con-
sider the annual category rate revision, for which provision is made in the contract.

MORRIS MAPS |
IWA POLICY

Contract bargaining strategy, which has been tested
and developed by the IWA in British Columbia, must find
general acceptance throughout all districts of the Inter-
national, stated District President Joe Morris, when he
addvessed the recent membership meeting of Local 1-118,

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pikes NG eke had just | Northwest States, outlined the’
turned from a visit to the scene! Theat ae pene and se
Ore ike ii ific | families. He stres: e import-|
of the recent strike in the eee eal
j been assumed by the Local |
| Unions in British Columbia inj
responding to the eall for help. |
| Generous Donation Made
| The membership of the Local
| Union, on the recommendation of
Union President J. MacKenzie
and the executive committee vot-
ed a sum equivalent to one dol-
lar per member in aid of the
See “MORRIS” Page 2

WHAT'S
INSIDE

HARTUNG|
THANKS
LOCALS

International President A.
F, Hartung, in a communica-
tion addressed to all Local
Unions this week advised
that the strike in the Pagific
Northwest States has official-
ly ended.

Approximately 3000 Ium-
ber workers have not yet re-
turned to work, but further
financial assistance from Dis-
trict No. 1 will not now be
necessary, he states.

President Hartung thanked
Local Unions in District No.
1 very warmly for the gen-
erous financial support ten-
dered the strikers and their
families.

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Union’s Survey Reveals

Omissions and Cut Rates
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Startling discovery that fallers and buckers have been
“short-changed” thousands of dollars in wage payments
by their employers has been made by the officers of Local
1-71, IWA, during a survey in the course of establishing
the basic contract rates with daily rates for individual
operations under the negotiating rights for fallers and

buckers gained by the Union in the 1954-55 Coast master
agreement.

Proof that there is a legal
basis for the claim made by the
Local Union is found in the fact
that already some employers have
offered a compromise settlement
in admission of its validity. Re-
covery of the sum involved pre-
sents the Union with a gigantic
| problem of investigation, demand-

fully justify the value of the
settlement stipulated for fallers
and buckers in the 1954 settle-
ment. When the required adjust-
ments are negotiated the annual
earnings of fallers and buckers
vill be increased and protected
in a most substantial way.
Although the employers can-

| ing full cooperation on the part not be absolved by the Union for
|of the fallers and buckers. con-| their responsibility in the matter,

| cerned,

| the fallers and buckers them-

|" No reliable estimate can be selves must accept a share of the

| made of the total sum involved,
| but it is freely predicted that full
| and legal compensation to fallers
jand buckers on the basis of the
terms in the Union’s agreement
| for the past three or four years
| would run into an impressive
figure.

| Settlement Vindicated

| IWA officers hold the opinion,
| with considerable justification,
that the conditions now exposed,

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blame, it is pointed out.

Many of them have shown a
disposition to bargain with the
employer, independently, and
without reference to contract
terms established on their behalf
by the Union. It is now shown,
in instance after instance, that,
in ignorance of their contract
rights, they failed to collect their
full wages as they might have

See “SHORT” Page 2

BOARD SCORED

Severe criticism of the Board of Industrial Relations
| with regard to the issue of overtime permits in logging
| camps originated with Local 1-71, IWA, at a recent meet-
| ing of the District Executive Board, and was subsequently
| voiced on behalf of the Board by Secretary George Mitchell

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| in the following terms:

| “At the last meeting of the
District Executive Board of the
IWA, attention was directed to
the permits indiscriminately
ranted by the Board of Indu
trial Relations to logging oper:
| tors for overtime work.

| Contract Ignored

| The policy pursued by the
|

completely our contract

rangéments with the employers
| regarding the 40-hour week.

Board is such as to undermine |
ar- |

The Union is well aware that
emergencies sometimes arise
which justify overtime, In such
cases the application for overtime
permits should be made in con-
sultation with the Union certified
in the operation.

If there is reason to question
the purposes for which it is
proposed to grant overtime per-
mits, the Union’s evidence should

See “BOARD” Page 3

Kenzie (centre), Vice-president,
| Recording Secretary.

VICTORIA OFFICERS

TABLE OFFICERS, Local 1-118, IWA, Victoria, are seen here in
action at the last membership meeting. Financial Secretary Ed Haw
(left) submits fiancial statement. Presiding is President J, Mac-

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7.05 p.m. ¢
Saturday §

S. A. Muir acts as substitute
6.30 p.m.

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