DISPUTE FORCED

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EMPLOYERS SAY “NO”;
CONCILIATION DEMANDED

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Bargaining talks between the IWA District Negotiating
Committee and Forest Industrial Relations Ltd., on the
terms of the 1955-56 coast master contract were broken off
April 7, when the discussions reached a complete stalemate.

Coast Local Unions were im-

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submitted by thé Union for con-
tract revision.
The employers’ representa-

to reach an agreement through
these conferences. The refusal of
the operators to concede any of

mediately advised by the Union’s

spokesmen that no progress had |

been possible after three weeks
at the bargaining table. Due to
the employers’ attitude no satis-
factory basis of a settlement had
been made possible, it was
stated.

Application was made imme--

diately for the conciliation serv-

ices of the Provincial Depart-
ment of Labor, in order that
negotiations might proceed to
the next stage without delay.
In reporting to the Union
over the Green Gold radio pro-
gram the same date, District
Secretary«Treasurer George Mit-
chell stated that the employers
had indicated that they would
not concede any of the ten points

tives had countered with the pro-
posal that last year’s contract
be signed without change. They
had previously made a series of
proposals which were interpret-
ed by the Negotiating Commit-
tee as an attempt to weaken the
existing contract.

It was explained that the [WA
negotiators had made every effort,
lconsistent with the circumstances,

the essential points advanced by
the Union, made further discus-
sions futile. Conciliation was ap-
plied for to ensure further consid-
eration by the employers of needs,
which can no longer be ignored,
it was claimed.

Spokesmen for the IWA pointed
out that the employers’ could not
hope to justify their attitude with
the workers or the public because

for continuing profits in the mar-
keting of lumber were never
better, they said.

Officials of the Union were at
pains to warn the membership that
organization activities must now
be thrown into gear for the deter-
mined struggle rendered necessary
by this recent proof of the em-
| ployers’ intentions,

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