B.C. LUMBER WORKER *

NEWLY-ELECTED MEMBERS, Executive Committee, B.
vance merger of labour bodies in British Columbia. (I

‘CARETAKER’ EXECUTIVE —

Federation of Labour, were installed on November 20th, 1955, with instructions to ad-
nt row, seated) 3rd Vice-President, Bob Smeal, CBRE; 18t Vice-President, Joe Morris, |WA;
President, Dan Radford, UMWA and CCL Regional Director; Secretary-Treasurer, George Home, UPWA; 2nd Vice-President William Symington,
UPWA; (back row) Stewart Irving, ILU; Pen Baskin, USA; Gerry Emary, RWDSU; Vic Mauro, IWA; Warren Lowery, IWA; George Droneck, ACWU.

Contract Violations On Hours,
Rates, and Completion Named

Local 1-71

That serious contract violations have been condoned
by Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. is the accusation lodged
by the Officers of Local 1-71 IWA with the IWA District
Executive Board. Action in support of the Local Union is

suggested in a submission made to the District President.

A contract violation is alleged
with respect to the First Aid At-
tendant in the Englewood Camp
of Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
In posting the hours for this
employee, the Company stated
they would be, 7:00 to 10:00 a.m.;
0 to 5:30 pm; and 6:00 to
p.m.

With 300 men employed it is

essential that a first aid man be’

in attendance continuously dur-
ing the hours of their employ-
ment. The Company asserted that
the first aid man was on call
during the hours not posted for
his duties. This, the Union con-
tends, is a distinct violation of
the contract terms, as any man
required to remain on call is en-
titled to pay for such hours.

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Tow-Boatman

Another dispute concerns the
classification of the Passenger
Boat Skipper employed by Cana-
dian Forest Products at Lake
Nimpkish. In the 1955 negotia-
tions the classification was
amended to read Tow-boatman.
This changed the status of the
individual to bring him under the
provisions’ of Section I, (a) of
the Hours of Work Act.

To the great surprise of the
Local Union, a letter from FIR
advised that there had been an
arbitrary change in the Boat-
man’s rate from a monthly salary
to a day rate. This change has
been hotly protested by the Local
Union officers at a number of
conferences, but without securing
a satisfactory adjustment by the
Company.

Another serious complaint is
that signed agreements are being
held up, which concern opera-

tions of Canadian Forest Pro-
ducts Ltd., and Alaska Pine. It is
the claim of the Local Union that
all the terms of such agreements
had been finalized in the indus-
try-wide negotiations.

Legal Gimmicker

Financial Secretary, Fred Fie-
ber, has registered his objection
to the manner in which the legal
staff of Forest Industrial Rela-
tions Ltd., have set aside the
obvious intent of the master
agreement by recourse to legal
technicalities.

The actions of the gentleman
whom he describes as,a “legal
gimmicker” are calculated, he
states, to riddle agreements with
loopholes to the advantage of the
employers, and contrary to the
spirit of the agreement.

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Active role taken by the
IWA in the work of the recent
annual convention of the B.C.
Federation of Labor was dis-
closed when the composition of
the various committees was
announced, The list was as
follows.

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTER:

Bro, R. Smeal, CBRE: Bro, Vie
Forster, Van, Labor Couneil; Bro.
Ray Haynes, Retail Wholesale;
Bro, Rne Eddie, IWA 1-337, Seere-
tary; Bro. Sam Jenkins, 'Marine
Workers; “Bro. ‘Tony Peie, TWA
1-80, Chairman} Bre. Stu. Hodgson,
TWA 1-217.
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS:

Bro. Don Douglas, Shipwrights
and Joiners, Chairman; Bro. BE. Del
Rio, IWA 1-367, Secretary; Bro.
Glen “Snook, Steelworkers $202;
Bro. C, ln Brown, Longwhoremen
501.

CREDENTIAL COMMITTER:

Bro, Wm. Pierce, B.C. Wood-

.| workers; Bro. Andy 'Serink, CBRE

59, Secretary; Bro, Leonard Magda,
Steelworkers 3376; “Bro. John
Longmuir, UPWA 162, Chairmans

Bro. E. G. Moody, Lumber In-
xpectors.
OFFICERS’ REPORT
COMMITTED:

Bro. Fred Wieber, IWA 1-71,

Chairman; Bro, R. Henham, Van.
Labor Council; Bro. J. Mason, Re=
tall Wholesale; Bro. J, Squire, TWA

1-85, Secretary; Bro. K. Reich,
Upholsterers.”

c SNTION FINANCE
COMMITTEE:

Bro. Pen Baskin, Steelworkers,
Chairman; Bro. Carl Anshelm,
IWA 1-85, Secretary: Bro. George
Leon, Oilworkers 16-596.

CCL
HOME
READY

* OTTAWA (CPA)—The new
home of the Canadian Congress
of Labor in Ottawa is rapidly
nearing completion and CCL
officials expect to move in by
the end of October. The two-
story white stone structure is
in south Ottawa close to the
National Museum.

Affiliated unions of the CCL
have bought bonds to finance con-
struction of the new headquar-
ters. The overall cost of the
structure, including land, is
about $250,000. m

Entrance Hall

An imposing entrance hall
greets the visitor to the building
and the main offices which will
house Congress officials, are on
the main floor. A large CCL
badge in mosaic tile is set into
the floor of the entrance hall.
There are eleven offices on the
main floor and a number of smal-
ler offices at the semi-basement
level.

The upper floor consists of one
large room occupying the com-
plete area of the building. This
storey can be partitioned off and
may be rented to a suitable ten-
ant. At the back of the new
building their is an extensive
parking lot.

Ottawa and Toronto
Until the Congress officials

take up residence in the new

headquarters they will continue
to occupy offices in different parts
of Ottawa and Toronto. The main.
CCL office is now situated in the
headquarters of the CBRE in
Ottawa while the departments of
research, organization and inter-
national affairs occupy space in

another part of the city. The de-
partments of education and po-

litical action are at present quar-
tered in Toronto.

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