B.C. LUMBER WORKER

2nd Issue, March

“FIR SUBMITS”

ployees and not more than
seven (7) Employees with com-
pleted probationary period of
employment with the Company
who are members of the Union
and, wherever possible, they
shall be selected on a depart-
mental basis.”

The following to become the
new Section 2:

“The Committee shail consist
of not less than three (3) Em-
ployees and not more than
seven (7) Employees with com-
pleted probationary period of
employment with the Company
who are members of the Union
and they shall be selected on a
basis of not more than one
from each department.”
SECTION 3:

Delete Section 3 which now
reads as follows:

“The Union will, within sixty
(60) days from the date of this
Agreement, notify the Com-
pany in writing of the mem-
bers on the Committee. The
Union or Committee will in-
form the Company in writing
when any member change
takes place on the Committee.
No member of the Committee
will be recognized by the Com-
pany unless the above proce-
dure is carried out.”

The following to be added as
the new Section 3:

“The Union will, within sixty
(60) days from the date of this
Agreement, notify the Com-
pany in writing of the mem-
bers on the Committee. The
Union or Committee will in-
form the Company in writing

not later than ten (10) days
prior to a meeting with Man-
agement of any change in the
membership of the Committee.
No member of the Committee
will be recognized by the Com-
pany unless the above proce-
dure is carried out.”

ARTICLE VI.—WAGES
SECTION 4:

Delete all words after Parties
in the second line of the Section
in the Master Agreement book-
let, The Section as amended
would read as follows:

“The wage scale attached here-
to, Supplement No. 1, is ap-
proved by hoth Parties.”

ARTICLE X.
SENIORITY
SECTION 1:

Designate the present Section
1 as Section 1(a) and the follow-
ing to be added as Section 1(b):
“Jt is agreed that transfers to
jobs calling for the same rate
of pay shall not be considered
a promotion within the mean-
ing of this Section.”
SECTION 2:

The addition of the following
clause to the present Section:
“Provided however that where
a layoff is temporary the Com-
pany may postpone the appli-
cation of plant seniority for a
period up to two weeks.”

The amended Section would
then read as follows:

“I the event of a reduction of
the forces, the last person
hired shall be the first released
subject to the competency of
the person involved and the

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provisions of Section 1, pro-
vided however that where a
layoff is temporary the Com-
pany may postpone the appli-
cation of plant seniority for a
period up to two (2) weeks.”
SECTION 3:

The present Section 3 to be re-
numbered as Section 4 and the
following to become new Section
3, subsequent Sections to be re-
numbered accordingly:

“It is agreed that during a re-
duction of forces or resumption
of operations, plant seniority
shall not entitle an Employee
to a job in a higher classifica-
tion than that which he regu-
larly holds.”

SECTION 8:

The following Section to’ be
deleted:

“Any Employee who is absent
without leave for a period of
more than three (3) consecu-
tive working days shall forfeit
all seniority rights. This shall
not interfere with the Employ-
er’s right to discharge for
proper cause.”

SECTION 10:

The following Section to be

amended:
“In any case where an Em-
ployee has been transferred by
the Company to a position out-
side the bargaining unit and at
a later date ceases to hold this
position and the Company de-
sires to retain his services, it
is hereby agreed that the Em-
ployee may be reinstated with-
in the bargaining unit and
placed in the job to which he
would have been entitled had
he remained in the bargaining
unit, competency and seniority
considered.”

SECTION 11:.

The addition of a new Section
in Article X which would be num-
bered as Section 11 and would

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“Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement,
the Company shall have the
right from time to time to sel-
ect for special training to a
number not exceeding one for
each one hundred (100) Em-
ployees or portion thereof and
to determine their status and
direct their efforts free from
the limitations provided for in
this Article; provided always
that no regular Employee shall
be displaced through the oper-
ation of this Section and the
trainee shall not remain in any
one job for a period longer
than six (6) months, It is
agreed that this Section shall
not apply to students holding
summer jobs.”

ARTICLE XI.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE
SECTION 1:

Add the following sentence to

Section 1:
“The Employee shall report the
injury or illness which requires
his absence to the Company as
soon as may be reasonably
possible.”

The amended Section
then read as follows:

“The Company will grant leave
of absence to Employees suf-
fering injury or illness for the
term of this Agreement, sub-
ject to a medical certificate if
requested by the Employers.
The Employee shall report the
injury or illness which requires
his absence to the Company as
soon as may be reasonably pos-
sible.”

SECTION 4:

The addition of the following
new Section to Article XI to be
numbered as Section 4:

“The Company shall have the
right to terminate any leave of
absence if the Employee ac-
cepts or undertakes other em-
ployment not authorized by the

Company.”

ARTICLE XII.
VACATIONS WITH PAY

Delete Sections 1, 2 and 3
which read as follows:
SECTION 1:

“A Vacation with pay will be

granted to all Employees coy-

Alex B: Macdonald

Barrister & Solicitor
Notary Public

would

751 Granville Street
VANCOUVER, B.C.

Telephone TAtlow 6641

SOLICITOR TO THE 1. W. A.

ered by this Agreement in ac-
cordance with the provisions of
the Annual Holidays Act, being
Chapter 13 of the Revised Stat-
utes of British Columbia, 1948,
and any amendments thereto:
however, it is agreed that for
the purposes of this Agreement
the words ‘two and one-half
per centum’ will be considered
substituted wherever the words
‘two per centum’_ appear
throughout the said statute,
and the statute interpreted as
if the words ‘two and one-half.
per centum’ were incorporated
therein. a
SECTION 2:
(a) Cookhouse and Bunkhouse
Employees in unorganized ter-
ritory will receive one (1)
week’s vacation with pay after
six (6) months’ continuous
service; provided that such
Employees shall not be entitled
to more than two (2) weeks’
vacation with pay in any one
(1) year.
(b) Employees set out’ in
Clause (a) above who qualify
as five-year Employees will re
ceive, in addition, vacation pay
as set out in Section 3, (a) or
(b) below.
SECTION 3:
The following Clauses shall ap-
ply to an Employee with five (5)
or more years’ continuous service
in addition to Section 1 set out
above:
“(a) An Employee with five
(5) or more years’ continuous
Service will receive an addition-
al one (1) week’s vacation with
pay or pay in lieu thereof,
based .on two and one-half
(2%) percent of the total
Wages or salary earned by the
Employee during the working
year; however, vacations
should be taken wherever pos-
sible.
(b) An Employee with five (5)
or more year's’ continuous serv-
ice who leaves the Company
for any reason whatsoever will
xeceive double the amount set
out in Section 1 above.”
SECTION 1:
The following Section to be-
come Section 1, Article XII:
“Two weeks vacation will be
granted to all Employees with
one (1) to five (5) years con-
tinuous service covered by this
Agreement and the pay there-
for shall be based upon 4 per-
cent of the total wages or sal-
ary earned by the Employee
during the working year.”
SECTION 2:
The following to become Sec
tion 2, Article XII:
“An Employee with five (5) or
more yeasr continuous service
shall be entitled to two weeks’
vacation with the vacation pay
based on 5 percent of the

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