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strenuous night and day confer-
ences instituted upon the insist-
ence of the Board Chairman, Fred
Smelts. He gained an extension
of time for the submission of the
Board’s report in order that ar-
rangements might be made for
such conferences.

The IWA Negotiating Commit-
tee had been previously instruct-
ed to explore all such avenues of
settlement,

Under the conditions which de-
veloped by reason of Mr. Smelt’s
insistence upon further bargain-
ing, neither party could refuse to
confer, without seriously preju-
dicing its case. It involves a
technique in conciliation, fre-
quently advocated by Chairman
Smelts, when serving on other
conciliation boards.

The procedure followed has
obviated necessity of two votes
by the union-and all the uncer-
tainty that might ensue.

As now arranged, the members
of the Negotiating Committee
claim, time is saved. When the
members of the Union vote on
the proposal now before them,
they will know exactly what will
be placed into effect immediately,
if they approve it,

The full text of the various
clauses in the tentative agree-
ment are set forth below, with
any necessary explanatory re-
marks,

Contract Period
The following clause gives ef-
fect to the proposal extending
the master contract for a two-
year period.

“THAT Article XXI be renum-
bered as Article XXII and amend-
ed by the deletion of the word
‘subsequent’ in the fifteenth line

of the Article ond further
amended by deleting all words
after ‘the’ in line two until
‘June 1958’ in line four and sub-
stituting therefor 15th day of
June, 1955, to midnight the 14th
day of June, 1957.”
Wage Increase
The following clause provides

spread over the two-year period.
This brings the base rate in 1955
to $1.54, and in 1956 to $1.59. All
piece-rate workers share in this
increase directly.

“THAT Article VI be amended
to provide for a five cents per
hour increase for all Employees
effective the 15th day of June,
1955, and by a further five cents
per hour increase effective the
15th day of June, 1956, It is
understood that all employees
who are paid on a piece-work
basis will receive the said in-
creases of five cents per hour
added to any existing daily rate
on June 15th, 1955, and June
15th, 1956." ~

Statutory Holidays

another two paid statutory holi-
days, bringing the IWA total up
to eight. As in the case of the
wage increase, this gain is spread
over, the two-year contract per-
iod. The clause reads:

“THAT Article XIV, Sec. 3, be
amended to provide for pay-
ment for one additional Statu-
tory Holiday, namely Dominion
Day, effective the 15th day of
June, 1955, and a further paid
Statutory Holiday, namely New
Year's ‘Day, effective the 15th
day of June, 1956.”

“Portal to Portal” Pay

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portal” pay or travel time was
admitted by the employers when
they agreed to the following:

“THAT Article VI be further
amended by the addition of a
new Section to provide that
employees In all logging opera-
tions shall be paid at straight
time rates for time spent on
Company property in excess of
10 hours in any one day be-
tween leaving a designated mar-
shalling point,-to0 be agreed
upon, and returning to the said
point, provided always that the
said 10-hour period is based
upon one-half hour for lunch and
may be extended to a maximum
of a further fifteen minutes
where the lunch time exceeds
one-half hour.”

Fare Allowance
The vexed question of trans-
portation costs for loggers hir-
ing out for employment in dis-
tant camps was dealt with in the
following section of the tenta-
tive agreement.

“THAT a new Article XXI be
inserted in. the Master Agree-
ment to provide that if an em-
ployee upon entering the em-
ployment of a Company, or re-
turning to work after a shut-
down, is laid off through no
fault of his own by reason of
no work being available, before
the expiration of 20 working
days, the Company shall provide
him with the cost of his round
trip transportation back to the
point of hiring, and if similarly
laid off before the expiration of
forty working days, he shall be
provided with the cost of his
one-way transportation back to
the point of hiring, provided
always that this shall not apply
to any Employee or Company
where the Queen Charlotte Is-
land differential is in effect and
further provided that this shall
apply only to logging camps and
the sawmill at Tahsis.”

Shingle Mill Stand-by Time

The following section of the
agreement is self-explanatory:

“THAT Article VI be amended
by the addition of a new Sec-
tion to provide that Shingle
Sawyers and Packers are to be
paid at the rate of $2.25 per
hour and $1.75 per hour respec-
tively for stand-by time where
such time accumulates to a total
of one-half hour or. more in any
one day. It is understood that
the above rates shall be increas-
ed by five cents per hour effec-
tive June 15th, 1956.”

Category Rates Revised

“THAT Article VI be further
amended by the addition of
five cents per hour to the rates
as set out in Wage Supplements
under Sec, 3 for Cut-off Saw-
ygrs, Knee Bolters, Splittermen
and Deckmen in Shingle Mills
and Carrier Drivers and Fork Lift
Drivers in sawmills.”

Plywood Job Evaluation

One of the most contentious
questions befere the Conciliation
Board was the situation in the
B.C. plywood plants. It was ob-
vious that reliable and complete
information on the subject was

not available, and that further

TLEMENT RECOMMENDED”

|,expert investigation would be

necessary.

The clause dealing with this
matter read as follows:

“THAT a job evaluation pro-
gram be established in the ply-
wood industry by which one
Person from the Union and one
person to be nominated by For-
est Industrial Relations act as a
Committee of two and go into
the individual plants to make a
formal study of all jobs above
the male and female base rate
on a recognized evaluation basis.
The sald Committee would be
required to report back to the
Parties hereto on June 14th,
1956, and its recommendations
will be binding on those accept-
ing this Agreement. It is under-
stood that this program will not
affect the operation of Article
VI, Sec. 3 of the Master Agree-
ment.”

The union security provisions
of the contract will be strength-
ened by changes in phrasing
which will enable important im-
provements in their administra-
tion, and remove points of fric-
tion between the Local Union
offices and the employers. They
read:

“THAT Article 1, Sec. 3 be
amended by deleting the word
“new” in line 3 and line 6 of
the said Section.”

“THAT Article Ill, Sec. 1b)
be amended by deleting the
word “now” from the first line
of the said Sub-section.”

The remaining sections of the

tentative agreement provide:

Boatmen
“THAT Article-XIlI, Sec. 1fd)
be amended by deleting the
word “Boatmen” in the third and
fourth line of the said Sub-sec-
tion and substituting the word
‘Tow Boatmen’ therefor.”

Grievance Procedure

“THAT Article V be amended
to provide for a time limit of
fourteen {14} calendar days be-
tween each stage of the griev-
ance procedure provided always
that where the Union is not able
to continue processing a griev-
~ance by reason of the absence
of the aggrieved Employee or
the Committee from camp the
said time limit shall not apply
but the Union shall be bound to
proceed in such a case as quick-
ly as may be reasonably pos-
sible.”

Arbitration

“THAT Article XVII, Sec. 2(a)
be amended by the addition of
the following paragraph:

‘No one shall serve as a mem-
ber of an Arbitration Board who

(i) either directly or indirectly
has any interest in the sub-
ject of arbitration.
has participated in the
grievance procedure pre-
ceding the arbitration.
is, or has been, within a
period of six months pre-
ceding the initiation of
arbitration proceedings,
employed by any local
union, District 1, IWA, or a
Company directly engaged
in the forest products in-
dustry’.”

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(iii)

“THAT Article XVII, Sec, 21e)
be amended by a provision
whereby if it is shown to an
Arbitration Board that the Em- —
ployee concerned has been in
receipt of wages during the per-
riod between discharge for sus-
pension) and reinstatement, or
date of failure to rehire and
reinstatement, the amount
money so received shall be de-
ducted from wages payable by
the Company pursuant fo Article
XVII, Sec. 2[¢), provided always
that the wages so deducted shall
be first reduced by the amount —
required for the paym
from the original pl
ployment to the place where
employed during the perlod of
discharge for suspension) and
return.”

General

“THAT Article 1, Sec, 1 of the
Master Agreement be amended
by adding Office Employees to
those excluded from the bar-
gaining unit.”

“THAT renumbered Article
XXII be further amended by add-
ing a provision by which the
operation of Section 2312) of
the Labor Relations Act. Chap.
17, Statutes of British Colum-
bla, 1954, is excluded from the
Master Agreement.”

As promptly as possible the
ballots for membership voting
are being distributed through the
Local Unions this present week.
Simultaneously, the Negotiating
Committee will complete the final
drafting in consultation with FIR
of the new and amended propos-
ed sections of the Coast master
contract.

CHAIRMAN
F. SMELTS
STATED

“After more than 3 weeks
of continuous negotiations, I
am most pleased to announce
together with the two other
members of the Board, Mr.
Robert Smeal and Mr. George
Robson, that a settlement has
been reached between the bar-
gaining committees of the
Union and the Employers. The
terms of settlement will be
placed before the Union mem-
hership to be voted on by secret
ballot, and before the Clientele
of Forest Industrial Relations
Limited during «the coming
week.

The terms of settlement re-
flect substantial concessions
from both parties from their
first demands,

The terms follow (see at-
tached).

‘Lo the members of the Board
and myself these terms of set-
tlement appear fair and reason-
able to both sides.

Our thanks go to Employers
and Union whose co-operation
and desire to avoid strife have
made this settlement possible.

My own personal thanks to
my colleagues on the Board
whose individual efforts so
greatly assisted.”

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