Ist Issue, April B, Cc. LUMBER WORKER “Proposals” day will be recognized as their rest days and any work per- formed on their rest days will be paid for at rate and one-half. It is further agreed that the rest day, Monday, may be changed by mutual consent be- tween the Employee and the Company. In such event, work performed on Monday will be paid for a straight-time. If the Employee is directed by the Company to work on Monday the vate of pay will be rate and one- half, However, if the Employee requests a temporary change from his rest day on Monday, work performed on Monday will be paid for at straight-time.” SECTION 5: An additional provision by which shifts which commence two hours or less before mid- night on a Statutory Holiday or Sunday and are completed in the regular working day following are to be paid at straight-time for all hours worked during the shift. Article ViI—Wages SECTION 2: The minimum basic rate for Falling and Bucking and the ex- isting daily rate for piece-work Fallers and Buckers to be de- leted from the Wage Supple- ments of all Collective Agree- ments covered in these negotia- tions. SECTION 4: The present Section 4 to be deleted and replaced by the fol- lowing: “The wage scale attached here- to, Supplement No.1, is ap- proved by both Parties and may be changed only where a new job category is created or where substantial changes take“place in the job content of an existing category, and only for the job categories created or changed.” Article VIII Statutory Holidays SECTION 3 (a): Deletion of the clause “at his regular job rate of pay for his regular work schedule” in lines 8 and 9 of Section 3 (a) and sub- stitution of the following clause: “on the basis of eight (8) hours’ pay at the regular hourly rate”. The amended Sub-section would then read as follows: “An hourly-rated or piece- work Employee who qualifies for the following holidays, that is, Empire Day, Dominion Day, La- bor Day, Armistice Day, Thanks- giving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and either Good Fri- day or Easter Monday, in ac- cordance with Section 2 herein, under the conditions set out be- low, shall be paid for the holiday on the basis of eight (8) hours’ pay at the regular hourly rate. It is agreed that the hours so DENTAL PLATES paid for the Statutory Holiday will not be included in the weekly work schedule. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the holiday.” Article IX Vacations With Pay SECTION 4: Delete Section 4 (c) which reads as follows: (“The follow- ing shall be considered as days actually worked for determining vacations with pay for an Em- ployee after one (1) continuous year of employment:”) “Any other absence duly ap- proved by the Employer in writ- ing; provided the Employee does not take employment with any other Employer during this period.” Article X—Call Time NEW SECTION: The following to be added as new Section 4: “Call time for Fallers and Buckers. shall be paid on. the basis of the day rate and for Shingle Sawyers and Packers on the basis of the stand-by time rate.” Article XIII Board and Lodging The rate for board and lodging in logging camp boarding-houses to be increased from $2.50 per day to $4.00 per day. Article XIV—Seniority SECTION 2: Delete the word “plant” in line 6 of Section 2. The relevant sen- tence in the Section would then read as follows: “Where a reduction of forces is caused by emergency condi- tions the application of seniority may be postponed for such period as may be necessary but not ex- ceeding five (5) working days.” SECTION 10: This Section to be amended in order to extend its coverage to non-supervisory personnel who are promoted outside of the bar- gaining unit and later have to return to the unit. Article XX—Arbitration SECTION 2: This Section to be amended to make it conform to Section 22 of the Labor Relations Act which provides for the arbitration of any dispute or difference con- cerning the application, operation or any alleged violation of the collective agreement. NEW SUB-SECTION: : A new provision imposing a time limit for choosing a Chair- man for an Arbitration Board and a further time limit for be CANDIDATES of four political parties, are seen here at a special all-candidates meeting of the air, on the Green Gold radio program, March 21st, at which were discussed issues of direct concern to “trade unionists. Group are, from left, George Hahn, Social Credit; Alex Macdonald, CCF; Professor William Dixon, U.B.C., moderator; Ernie Broome, Progressive Conservative; Elmore Philpott, Lib. handing down the Board decision in cases involving discharge, pro- vided, however, that an extension of this time limit may be auth- orized by the agreement of both parties to the dispute. Article XXII Duration of Agreement The period for negotiating a renewal of the Collective Agree- ment to commence not earlier than sixty (60) days immediately prior to the anniversary date of the Contract. From Page 1 ees “Celgar” | \' new wage schedule that may be negotiated in the Interior bar- gaining, which opens in June. The terms of the contract were i 1958 made retroactive to March 6th, 1958, and terminate August 31st, COWVTRACT 1959, excepting only the wage NEGOTIAT/ ONS opening clause mentioned above. Negotiations were conducted by District Executive Assistant Jack Moore, International Or- ganizer, and committee members Emie Boulet, Harry Drake, E. Brunner, and B. Patterson. “| BROUGHT ALONG SOME FRIENDS THIS YEAR® Higher Wages One Answer “Legislation is not the whole answer to this problem of un- employment. “Some of the answer lies at the bargaining table. Some of it can be achieved by higher wages, which actually mean more pur- chasing power for the consumer. “Some of it can be achieved if business would reverse its pricing policy and realize that it can make greater profits in the long run by lowering prices on individual items, by making a smaller profit per item, and thus having a larger yolume of sales. “When you go into collective bargaining, with your employ- érs, don’t let anyone tell you this is the time to hold the line on wages. “We've sure learned that higher wages mean greater pur- chases. The higher the purchasing power, the greater the sales, the greater the production; and the greater the production, the greater the employment; and the greater the employment, the greater the prosperity—not only for us, but for the farmer, and for the business man, and for the professional man, and for every single segment of our society.” GEORGE MEANY, President, AFL-CIO. Retail Sales Rose OTTAWA (CPA) — Retail sales to Canadians in January 1958 rose almost 6 percent as compared with the corresponding month last year, according to the Dominion -Bureau of Statistics. The totals were $1,091,304,000 for January 1958 and $1,030,036,- 000 last year. Sales of independ- ent stores increased 4.5 percent to $880,089,000 from $842,422,000 while chain stores rose 12.6 per- cent to $211,215,000 from $187,656,000. GUEST SPEAKERS and discussion leaders who participated at the Eighth Annual Labour Institute on Race Relations, March 28rd, in Vancouver, The Institute was sponsored jointly by the Vancouver & District Labour Council and the B.C. Federation of Labour.