ent u ee —— 2nd Issue, May B.c. LUMBER WORKER From Page 1 WwW wy Wages erators, ete, were being made) had invested their money in Vic- tory Bonds, compulsory savings, ete., and at war's end had con- siderable ready cash available. Those who served in the Armed Services were getting discharged and receiving their rehabilitation credits and gratuities. Prices Sky-Rocketed At this time with such a tre- mendous demand for the type of consumer goods which it was im- possible to get during the war, and with almost everyone having available cash and over-eager to spend it, and with returning Ser- vicemen bringing whole families back fro mfar-off countries, start- ing to set up house here in Can- ada, the Canadian Manufacturers’ ssociation pressured the Cana- dian Government to lift price con- trols and the wage freeze. Immediately this was done prices skyrocketed, but people with the ready cash were willing to pay for the goods they had gone without during the war. Most Union Agreements ran for a year to two years after the con- trols were lifted, and wages could not climh from the wartime freeze until these agreements termin- ated, Wages have been chasing prices ever since but have been unable to catch up. It was the same people who today are try- ing to blame labour for our economic ills who started this inflation, when they were able to convince the Government that price controls should be lifted. The Canadian Manufacturers Association are the ones who must answer for our economic turbulence. It is unfortunate that those hurt most by the action of the’ C.M.A. are the weaker sections of our society, the old age pensioner, the unorganized worker, and those on fixed incomes. Organized labour even though being unable to keep abreast of the price spiral, have fared better than m: other segments of our community, but that is no reason to lay the blame where it is not deserved. “Do you permit your wife to have her own way? “No. She permission.” has it without my Printers of The B.C. LUMBER WORKER NOUN 0 LIMITED PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS An Employee Owned Co, 944 RICHARDS STREET is functional. EXTERIOR VIEW of the spacious new building of Local 1-357, |WA, New Westminster. C: fion of wooden office buildings, so the architects designed the structure to use truss sus| by-laws in New Westminster, prohibit the construc- pension which not only adds beauty but at the same time From Page 1 bidding. In the opi “Interior” (7) Provision that work done in the bargaining unit shall be done only by members of the bargaining unit. (8) A contract clause to ensure that on any work performed by sub-contractors, the employer who has contracted out this work shall stipulate that the terms and conditions of the agree- ment are adhered to by the sub-contractor. (9) The inclusion in the contract of a new section requiring that all vacancies shall be posted with proper arrangements for (10) Amended leave of absence clause to require that the Union shall be notified of leave granted for reasons ‘other than those stated in the contract, and when the leave is for more than three weeks, for other reasons than stated in the contract, the mat- ter shall be discussed between the Union and management. (11) Deletion of the clause in the present contract relating to the return to the bargaining unit of members who have tempor- arily been promoted to supervisory positions. (Southern Interior) (12) Provision for an industry-wide medical services plan on a 50-50 contributory basis. (Southern Interior). ion of the conference, any contract negotiated this year should be for the period of one year only. IWA International President A, L. Hartung, was the guest speaker at the membership meeting of Local 1-80, IWA, Duncan, May 11th, and installed the newly elected Local Of- ficers. Officers elected were: President, George Smythe; Ist Vice-presi- dent, John Colwell; 2nd Vice- president, Alex McEwan; 3rd Vice-president, Lorne Atchison; Financial Secrdtary, Ed. Linder; Recording Secretary, Robert Bou- Local 1-80 Returns Smythe And Linder chard; Warden, David Aitken; Conductor, Leonard Baker; Three Year Trustee, Ron Waugh. President Hartung in his add- ress to the members discussed National and International affairs and gave a comprehensive report on matters affecting the Interna- tional Union. Reports were also made by the four delegates who attended the CLC Convention from the Local Union, They were Alistair Mac- Leod, John Colwell, Walter Tick- son, and Robert Bouchard. Membership meeting of Local 1-85, IWA, Port Alberni, held April 13th, was attended by District President, Joe Morris who spoke on IWA negotiations and installed the newly elected officers. Officers elected were: President, W. F. Allen; Ist Vice-president, Morris Reports On Negotiations S. Parker; 2nd Vice-president, L. J. Randall; 3rd Vice-president, A. G. Ingram; Financial Secre- tary, M. J. Corbeil; Recording Secretary, S. J. Squire; Warden, J. McIntyre; Conductor, W. An- derson; Trustee, R. Ross; District Executive Board Member, M. J. Corbeil, New Westminster Chem« _—-MUtual 1-6338 - 6339 CREDIT UNION DIRECTORY IWA Credit Unions and other Credit Unions supported by IWA Local Unions in B.C. Alberni District Credit Union, 209 Argyle Street, Port Albernt IWA 1-217 Savings, Broadway & Quebec Streets, Vancouver 10 IWA (N.W.) Credit Union, Room 21, 774 Columbia Street, Local 1-118, IWA (Victoria), 904 Gordon Street, Victoria us & District Credit Union, Box 299, Chemainus Leake Cowichan and District Credit Union, Lake Cowichan, B.C. Courtenay Credit Union, Box 952 Courtenay Duncan & District Credit Union, Box 1717, Duncan Prince George & District, 1046-4th Avenue, Prince George Nanaimo & District Credit Union, 499 Wallace St., Nanaimo Prompt Speedy settlement of accum- ulated grievances threatening a work stoppage by employees of Lobb Shingle Co. Ltd., Stave Lake, resulted when District and Local Union IWA officials promptly met in conference with management and employees to resolve differences on contract observance, Acting for the Union were District Secretary-Treasurer, George Mitchell, Financial Sec- retary Art Corey, and Business Agent Charles Marshall, Local 1-367. All aggrieved employees participated in the resulting dis- cussions after they had “taken a recess” seeking consideration of neglected problems. All. Reinstated All employ: when assured returned to work that management Action Mends Dispute would meet immediately with the Union’s officials. Twelve crew members were involved in the dis- pute. The basic wage rate which had been calculated for some employ- ees at $1.71% per hour was im- mediately adjusted with retro- active effect. A number of cate- gory rates were also revised to conform with the standards set for the area. In some instances, vacation pay had been‘ calculated incorrectly. This too was reme- died, when all the facts were made known, Qualifications for two statutory holidays were in dispute, but ref- erence to the contract’s terms, settled the matter in favor of the aggrieved employees. Price per square for produc- tion from the guillotine was agreed upon, Unions Hold Status OTTAWA (CPA) — The unions consisting exclusively of government employees like other Congress affiliates are completely autonomous within the CLC and will remain politi- cally neutral, Congress presi- dent Claude Jodoin said here. “The Congress recognizes that these unions must maintain, as they always have, a position of strict neutrality” with regard to political affairs, he said, “The Congress has as much in- terest as anyone else in seeing the government service of Canada... free from any suspicion of political partisanship.’ Respects This Attitude “The decision whether or not to become identified with any action such as is contemplated in the resolution on political action rests with individual unions. Obyious- ly the government emplo: ions will not want such identifi- cation and the Congress respects this attitude. “In any case, the Congress would take the necessary action to relieve these unions of any re- sponsibility for identification with any policy pertaining to political ” Mr. Jodoin said. The CLC, he continued, would centinue to assist these unions in their organizational, economic and union-recognition programs. The Congress, he said, “has every faith in its ability to retain and add to the government employee unions in its ranks.” From Page 1 “Boar Total waterborne shipments are up 59.9 per cent. Wy Total shipments are up 15.7 per cent. Freight cost of waterborne shipments are down approxi- mately 20 per cent. Canadian housing starts are up 129.2 per cent. Wage settlements already ne- gotiated in the province reveal that lumber workers are behind the trend, as these have ranged from 10 to’ 24 cents per hour, many of them made possible by long term agreements granting automatic increases. “Good Luck” Stanley Heys, well known member of Local 1-80, IWA, and former Secretary of the Ladysmith Sub-Local for a number of years, is leaving the Union to become a sales- man for the real estate firm of Miner & Pringle, in Lady- smith, His countless friends in and out of the Union will wish him every success in his new ven- ture. ¢ Union members interested in buying, selling or renting jhomes in the Ladysmith area, ‘can be assured of honest ‘treatment in dealing with ‘Stan. |