B.C. LUMBER WORKER Ist Issue, July NEWS DIGEST: Items Of Interest To Labor In Capsule Form MONTREAL—A CCCL union, the National Federation of Ser- vice Employees, at its recent convention here urged a four-point in- quiry into Quebec hospitals to investigate costs for treatment and surgery, employment stability, nature of care provided patients, and the gap between hospital care, costs and wages paid employees. Coldwell Joints News Guild OTTAWA—CCF National Leader M. J. Coldwell has joined the American Newspaper Guild (CLC). Mr. Coldwell is writing a syndi- cated newspaper column on current affairs. 1.U.E. Plans Canadian Organization Drive TORONTO—The International Union of Electrical Workers is planning to expand its organizing drive in Canada as soon as economic conditions permit, according to I.U.E. Canadian Director George Hutchens. Plans are already under way for putting more organizers jn the field and developing a new action program, he said. Billionaire Defends Labour OTTAWA—Billionaire oilman Jean Paul Getty in a magazine interview has strongly defended unions and the labor movement. Getty described free, honest’ unions as “our greatest guarantees of continuing prosperity and our strongest bulwark against social and economic totalitarianism” in the June issue of True magazine. Starr Calls Unemployment Meeting OTTAWA—Federal Labor minister Michael Starr has invited leaders in the trade union movement and industry along with repre- sentatives of provincial governments here July 14 and 15 to discuss methods of reducing seasonal unemployment in Canada. __U.A.W. To Take Strike Vote DETROIT—The United Auto Workers will take a strike author- jzation vote of its 500,000 members who are employed by the “big three” auto companies, according to U.A.W. headquarters, The U.A.W. emphasized that the strike authorization would give added strength to negotiations now in progress, but the union was holding fast to its “no-strike” policy. Contracts with the firms, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, have expired. C.L.C. Backs Hyde Park Employees OTTAWA—The C.L.C. is asking its affiliated unions to support a campaign against the purchase of Hyde Park Clothes, according to secretary-treasurer Donald MacDonald. Hyde Park locked out its employees, members of the A.C.W.A., some time ago. DOUBLE THE LIFE OF YOUR CHAIN SAW....... FULBARIONNT \. Boost take-home pay with this easy-to-use FILE-N-JOINT saw sharpener; your saw lasts longer, cuts faster, Increases production for less time and effort. SEE and TEST it at your CHAIN SAW DEALER TODAY! NYGRAN INDUSTRIES LTD. 5935 E. Hastings, Burnaby, B.C. of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER e for ad copy is July 10th and for news copy Publication do is July 17th, De July 12th. BC LuncentiWorven Representing the Organized Loggers «nd Mill Workers of B.C. PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY. <=> International Woedworkers of America (CIO-CCL) District Council No. 1 DISTRICT OFFICERS: 2 President . Ist. Vice-P) 2nd Vice-President Srd Vice-President .. - RetretaryeTreasurer - George H. Mitchell International Board Member mene Walter F, Allen Address all communications to GEORGE H. MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer 45 Kingsway - Dickens 6261-2 ‘Vancouver, B.C. Subscription Rates. $2.00 per annum Advertising Representative.........G. A. Spencer as Second Class Post Office Dept., Ottawa 27,500 COPIES P| IN THIS ISSUE Joe Morris Joe Madden ‘Stuart M. Hodgson Fred Fleber “STAFF CONFERENCE was called by IWA District Neg oti plain terms of the majority report of the Conciliation Board. Here the Committee's spokesman, Joe Morris, is seen briefing staff members on the recommendations for the membership. ig Com fee, when it became necessary to ex- District President Joe Morris is expected to attend the Con- ference on Winter Work, called by Labour Minister Michael Starr, to be held July 14-15, in Ottawa. About 90 delegates representing 25 national organizations and pro- vincial governments are expected to attend. Principal Objective Mr. Starr's invitation recog- nized that the principal objective of government and industry must continue to be the expansion of employment on a_ year-round basis. The basic purpose of the conference, however, is to increase the effectiveness of the National Winter Work Campaigns of re- cent years, he said. Labor, management and gov- Winter Work Under Review ernment should now get together at a national level to develop fur- ther practical proposals which could lead to increased action at all levels, he continued. Three main items listed on the agenda contained in Mr. Starr’s invitation are: —extent and causes of the an- nual employment slump; —action already taken to in- crease winter employment op- portunities; —practical proposals for further action by all interested groups on local, provincial and na- tional levels. The Canadian Labor Congress and the Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labor are among the organizations invited. The IUD’s research section has sent to all affiliated unions an “Analysis of Holiday Pay Provisions in Key Manufactur- ing Agreements.” Accerding to the study — of contracts on file at the Bureau of Labor Statistics covering 5,000 or more workers — there is “unmis- takable evidence of steady and substantial improvement in holi- day pay clauses in union agree- ments.” The anal includes 137 con- tracts covering 2.7 million employ- ees and deals with the number of holidays provided under the col- lective bargaining agreements and the rates of pay for holidays worked, Holiday Pay Surveyed Somewhat similar surveys were conducted by the BLS in 1950 and 1952-53, but these covered both large and small companies and — consequently — many more con- tracts. Indicating a definite trend in holiday improvements are the fol- lowing statistics revealed in the IUD study: © The 1950 BLS report showed 77 per cent of the con- tracts studied had paid holiday provisions, the 1952-53 report showed 93 per cent of the agree- ments had such provisions, while all of the contracts ana- lyzed by the IUD included paid holiday clauses. © The 1950 study showed that only six per cent of these contracts recognizing holidays provided seven or more such days, the 1952-53 analysis indi- cated that 31 per cent of the contracts provided seven or more holidays. and represented 25 per cent of the workers cov- ered by all of the agreements, and the IUD statistics show that 75 per cent of the contracts —covering 65 per cent of the workers — stipulate seven or more holidays. The Department study found that some 57 per cent of the agreements provided either one and one-half or double time pay for hours actually worked on a holiday, in addition to full straight time pay for the holiday. The research section report pointed out that prior to World War II, few union agreements contained clauses providing for paid holidays to production work- ers. During the war, unions bar- gained for these provisions to off- set in part the wage controls im- posed by the War Labor Board. After the war, paid holidays were negotiated in the auto, rub- ber and meat-packing industries, The Steelworkers won six paid holidays from basic steel as a part of their economic gains fol- lowing their 1952 strike. GNP Levels OTTAWA (CPA) — Canada’s Gross National Product — total output of goods and services — had a value of $31,676 million in the first quarter of 1958, little changed from the level of the pre- ceding quarter, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statsitics. 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