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LUMBER WORKER

> terni, An antage was take
urity clause added the compuls- | the 90- eriod for ne
ory check-off to the existing | ing now allowed under the La-
maintenance of membership | bour Relations Act, and as the
clause; hours of work for cook- | District Negotiating une aes
house and bunkhot employ- | was able to concentrate on Int
ees were improved; 4 percent | rior requil nts, all the issues
of the total var were clarified and placed before
tion pay up years’ sery- | the men erie pri the ex.
ice and 6 percent of total earn- >| ee date of the pmenoe master
ings after five was pro- acts, Aug.
vided edi i
dustry -wide basis and the | port that the interest expressed,
clauses dealing with seniority | and support given these negotia-
and leave-of-absence were | tions by iA members in the In-
strengthened. board rates | terior nore povhes an
were set at $2.35 a day. tter organized t] on former
te 1. | o¢easions. at i is also efattsine to

a note that the settlement reached

etaishea for the Northern In-

eee ine pemuaitise

acne strated the Uni

reeitae: g
beienniyety sen any For the reason that IWA or-
Northern and Southern master | 82nization is only BOW bei Cre)
aarecent firmly established in
low-wage areas, negotiations for
at Baer, the ef Bowe RM Geemrvince. have
SA EE aaa yielded results which unavoid-
Reet Interiors Grad Pere pau )
‘ined. Bargaining on TGA rates ave of
joint declared to be imperative | p04 hitter oorecitin: A tWA
y the Union's negotiators, led | 2°24 bitter opposition to TWA
© some further variations | 'eanization and IWA demands,
rom the Northern agreement.
even cents of the total wage Albert in process ws
Es seta gaining the the neces ty experience
0 meet ec-
TGS sae haa Bonk, | tively. Mile Union tee, there! ore,
per | agre the establishment of

Two ‘of the ree Saditienal
paid statutory holidays were

qin

a a marked upsurge of confi-
ik. our Union throughout

the eee ior.
Your” Officers desire to ac-
Imowledge with, appreciation, the
able assistance

28a ‘ovoiate

padi ent in
wes di

the cul irtain at which Evaluators Al

Statistics to a confer

© was arran:

PLYWOOD EVALUATION complexities are explain: ined t to Ply

PEAK ACHIEVEMENT

Busch is seen

ged by

issue. Thi P

ge ers’ representatiy

of $1.82 an hour. A night shift
iterential of Se an hour was
a secure

vel ae ure of the newly-
established wage structure for

here-
y a series of wage brackets
eoeetthe e jobs listed in the wage

‘0 the top rate

ero percent of total earnings

Wage rates, lower than
wh

contract peal and three in the
oy ir. The com) ee

fhe now general
throuhoat both sections of the

Dee special conditions, the
clause ‘dealing with a medical
was m g)

plan jodified. Although
agrees in principle, its de
are to be worked out in further

to

conferences, while medical plans

ae ie eet re to be continued
nded.

ee siitieniatioh made in

iey

was miitoved by ete of the IWA

members concern

mbia for the reason that they
‘epresent a marked ad’

provided as vacation al-
lowance for those with more than
one year’s service, Three paid
Beer nepericiittetinwara seated
for the first year, and a madd
Enact! ages Tees

ond year of the contract aaa
iiematonbeceatiee clause pro-
vides for maintenance of mem-

earbaton Plywood
Ee eee

The highest bas yet
meeariated tbe ithe TWA i wi NE
berta was gained in negotia-
tions with Western Plywood

Huth in iBfln imonton, A two-year
eement signed
ited “the Weaderrate a $1.26
an hour with successive
creases during
term with a top bracket rat

BY DAN ILLINGWORTH

The -
Province

100% UNION

MEN AND WOMEN

ip ay compulsory check-
the Tee to 85¢ an hour rate in for employees. In
eaect before ne Wena of the ie aoe sche contract Bre
in Alberta woods ion
ion now in force in the Quesnel
on nt.

his agreement was negotiated
aoe reference to the Alberta
Board of eee Belations,
and has since pro’ ve a
morale-building inuenes “pon

oodworkers in that prov

perseded the average rate in

organized operations of $1.10

an hour which had previously
a

mem-
Meee with compulsory union

membership as a = sonsition a
enalteiment for
ployees ai

One paid statutory one
was included i the agreement,
which also navided: Stor such
matters as seniority, vacations
with pay, and a ceiling of $2.10
lay on board rates. Provision

is also made for medical serv-
i as ayvell as safety meas-
ures. These co:
nad ot

a

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sy
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s

the IWA drive for better con.
ditions.

The pupoeneey of this con-
t

ean 1; a shift differential of | 3c
hour uberalizede vac:
clauses thi

Foie culo Case
finagincidatens

Strike action became necessary

io
the Birch
Island Lumber Go. Lid, rejected

e recommendations of a Con-
ciliation Officer which favored ‘i
a general way, the terms of the
master Geet then in force

aghou!

f the Union’s demands. The em-
ployer’s anti-union attitude had

prospect of

woods operation in Alberta, with
a probable work force well in ex-

cess of a thousand employees.

Following prolonged but suc-

tiations ‘which

tions of the Imperial Lumber Co.
Ltd, an agreement was reached

an hour and provided for suc-
contract period to $1.15 an hour.

The new agreement provides
for union security in Ree ToRGe

rm Oo!
peer ee ene Be
roactive adjustment

settlement, plus
M.S.A. plan and the com jee
ory check-off for all employ:

THE
LABOR
SCENE”

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years, ieigreommang sua always
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Alex B: Macdonald.

Barrister e Solicitor
Notary Public

751 Granville Street
VANCOUVER, B.C.

» Telephone TAtlow 6641

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