B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

1st Issue, June

'WORKMEN’S COMPEN:
the B.C, ojo of seth pase a cane 's Ltda Board.
Federation here officiates. of the Boa

IN problems were fully aired at the two-da seminar held under the auspices of
per. eee. frcesident of the
, Mr. J. Edwin Eades, is see

Simmons’ Unfair Tactics
Rouses Trade Unions

; n direct contradiction to the Labor Relations Act of
| Brite Columbia, the employees of Simmons Limited

cf of Retail, Wholesale ent Store| ©
| Union, Local 535, AFL-CIO) have een esate Tn ad-
dition to this, all employees have m advised that
their pension _ at i cancelled ‘effective May 1, 1957.
This, of co in dires

taliatic "7 he eiiteat a See The employees requested a
these Union members took by re-|25¢ an hour increase on present

to return to-work after| eaten ot 78be.

the Company had issued an ulti-

‘eg ooh to return by April 30 or

be

iason Plan Gone

loyees, many with

LINE TO RETURN

The strike itself, which began
en March 27th, is over the mat-
ter of wages and working condi-

Joint Seminar.
Proves Success

A two-day seminar on Wo:
sored by the B.C. Iederston
WCB officials, was held May
Vancouver.

Fae two-day affair Ree attend-

ed by 100 abe mad legates from

all over the ince,
ion pales

The delegates came from Na-

naimo, Powell River, Port Al.

berni, Victoria, Courtenay, Prince

‘upert, Ocean Falls, Vernon,

New Westminster and Vancouver

and to fa-
pilievize’ Shemscves with require-
ments under tl
00 union niente a
‘e were 11 men
C unions and. 2%

Seminar | the

of the
an to pean union delegates
with factual information on how
: ae a

the, prod

eueeeeerl and
d | tha:

rkmen’s Compensation, spon-
of Labor in co-operation with
31 to June 1, at the WCB in

Se ee
Panes Solicitor, dealt with the
was meant by

gesines cael vee & ap-

r+ WCB Deer who lec-

awe “pends which followed
rat lect

minar Successful

fgiimae was highly
the

ur for men. iti
pee a reduction in the hours
of work from
er week.
Board Award Refused
Te

The employees refused 2

4235 to 40 hours

award.

These

Trade Unionists
first

how injured workmen can receive
compensation benefits with as lit-
oe y as nae

George Home, Secretary-Treas-
urer of the BCFL, informed the

ane
en Gompenetion cea
his

gave lectures on the history of
ihe Jas, Hana cul PRET EE
‘mation which would hel

stand the Act and its administra-
ti

ing their revision to the
Ree and suggested that the sae
gates send in through their Joe
unions suggestions for am
ments
y Director

John T. 4 icin inson, Safety inte
‘tor of the IWA, who acted a:

over

who eee on pas for their
a deter

iy Hon

e WCB head office | Chairma Friday session,
aid Beabitation fone Was | aphatically stated tar the eae
held Friday m eration was against commuta-
On the opening aay) the first |tions of disability pensions and
lecture was given by the WCB’s|warned the union delegates that
Chief S Bentoe: John P. Berry,|such applications for commuta-
who spoke on the commencement | tions be disco raged. “Only un-
of the Act and is amendments ae very strictest circumstances

over ast 40 y mi

it Claims | to ‘aecict work

their Bsns he sai

imited would have its
whil i

customers

“DON’T BUY SIMMONS PRODUCTS”
downtown Vancouver on May 27th. i Roig, iat Simmons | #
Li

an
ane under the
|| On th

j i
‘| Aen 3 the WCB, pike on is
rep i

and use of forms, and Solis

citor, Ivan Tufts, fxplaiped the
Act.

e Saturday, R. S. Sulli-

WCB Cha’ Eades,

told the Paslanieas ‘hat the
B.C. Federation of Labor should
be congratulated for icin efforts
in initiating this Semi

their Employer he must sign a
polestive agreement. An agree

iy EY HONE
empivee's pension plan plus de-

ent wages and working condi-
‘ions.
*| The tremendous re-

ceived to date from. ae ae of

sleep on ibrend) new mattresses

‘rade Union Movement has
proven stat workers Bisehd Ss
led

collected from City Dump.

eke «

on the editorial

that these type of

ACWU_
WINS
HIKES

Substantial wage increases
have been successfully nego-
ti the

still eeelat in this day and

ey
S mons:
mattresses or bed furnishings.

to knock it into the water

jated f tailors employed
in Vancouver retail clothing
res by G eorge Droneck, Bo

mated Clothing Workers Gael

The increases agreed to w

$10 per week to foremen-fitters,

h aunt: “I’m sorry you don’t | $5 per aele to tailors, pressers,

we pour ae te it I did ask you | operators and eloreares Other
large or small | concessions were, va-

ean cation with pay for those em-
Nephew: “Yes, but/ I didn’t | ployed one year or more and the
mow you were talking about | qualifying period for a three-
neckties.” week vacation was ] by
e years. However, even with

Shipyard oni iS Pests the above increases ges in
“Any questions, madai a ip industry are still somewhat
Lady with champ e bottle: ry than that of other compar-

aie, secondary industries in this

Lanter
’ Brighten life's ee moments
ead “'T|

he Lantern”,

ilf Bennett, rag day
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