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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Ist Issue, November

Local 1-71 Holds

Weekend

Successful weekend education-
al class was held by Local 1-71,
IWA, November 8-9, for the
IWA membership in the Col-
umbia Cellulose operation, Ter-
race, with Fred Fieber, Local
Union Financial Secretary, class
‘instructor.

The application of seniority was
given prominence during the
weekend session because of the
importance of seniority to the
Terrace members. Seniority
changes in the Contract also
aroused keen interest in the stu-

Classes

dents when these were clearly

and thoroughly analyzed by In-|

structor Fieber.

Membership Meeting

Following the close of the ses-
sions, a membership meeting was
held at which decisions were
made pertaining to seniority and
the number of departments to
apply to the operation.

A meeting was later held with
Company Officials and the de-
tailed application of seniority was
worked out.

Bill Gray Wins
Federation Post

Local 1-207, IWA, Alberta,
reports that negotiations be-
tween the Local Union and the
Western Plywood (Alberta)
Limited, are proving to be un-
satisfactory, and unless more
substantial progress is made at
forthcoming meetings, they will
apply for the services of a
Government Conciliation Offi-
cer.

Meanwhile negotiations with
the Zeidler Plywood Corporation
and the Imperial Lumber Com-
pany (which covers seven opera-
tions), are proceeding satisfactor-
ily.

Obed Lumber Dispute

A dispute between Local 1-207
and the Obed Lumber Company,
which is now in the Conciliation
Board stage, resulted over the
Company's refusal to meet the
existing contract terms, The
Company wanted to employ work-
ers for the first 90 days at 30c an
hour lower than ‘the established
wage rate.

They refused to recognize any
union security and have at the
same time proposed a seniority
clause with a 90 day probation-

ary period. They also refuse to
recognize statutory holidays rec-
ognized by the rest of the indus-
try in Alberta.
Alberta Federation

Bill Gray, Financial Secretary
of Local 1-207, IWA, was elected
by acclamation to the position of
Second Vice-President of the Al-
hberta Federation of Labour, Other
Federation officers elected are as
follows:

Brother Dave Erickson,
Teamsters’ Union, President;
Brother Frank Bodie, Secre-
tary, Calgary Labour Council,
1st Vice-President; Brother Bill
Gray, IWA, 2nd Vice-President,
and Brother Roy Jahma,
OCAW, 3rd _ Vice-President;
Brother Jack Hampson,
UPWA, Secretary Treasurer.

North Area Vice-Presidents:
Brothers Henry Tomaschuk,
UPWA, Lindsay King, Plumb-
ers & Steamfitters.

Central Vice - Presidents:
Brothers Joe Hannigan, Sheet
Metal Workers, Pat Lannihan,
NUPE.

Southern Vice - Presidents:
Larry Mesmer, Glass Workers
and Len Lancaster, NUPE.

Index Hits All-Time High

OTTAWA (CPA)—Canada’s consumer price index (base
1949=100) jumped to an all-time high of 126.0 from 125.6 be-
ween September and October this year, the Bureau of Statistics

reports.

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CREW OF THE ATLAS LUMBER COMPANY at Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, the latest addition to Lo-

cal 1
submitted the picture ide

Charlie McLeod; Chester Vissotto; Frank Korpan.

-207's growing number of certifications. Bill Gray, Financial Secretary of Local 1-207, IWA, who

‘ies only three members of the Local Committee in the front row who are

From Page 11

“Civic Slates”

elections are as follows:

For Councillors: J. Higman,
Diy. 101, S.R.U., nominated; A.
H, Hill, Local 1-357, IWA, nom-
inated; R. A. Scott, Local 69,
Printing Pressman, nominated;
Robert Prittie, B.C.A. Nominee,
endorsed.

For School Trustees: R. Hicks,
Div. 101, S.R.U., nominated; C.

B. Gray, Local 213, I.B.E.W.,
nominated; Mrs. Eileen Dailly,
endorsed.

North Van. Elections

Candidates nominated or en-
dorsed by Labour in the North
Vancouver City elections are as
follows:

For Aldermen: C, B. Keely,
Local 1, Marine Workers & Boil-
ermakers Union, nominated; C.
Perri, Diy. 101, S.R.U., nomin-
ated; Mrs. W. Henderson, Inde-
pendent, endorsed.

North Van. District
Candidates nominated or en-

dorsed by Labour in the District
of North Vancouver are as fol-
lows:

For Councillor: Ivan Birchard,
Local 170, Plumbers Union, nom-
inated.

Surrey Elections

Candidates nominated or en-
dorsed by Labour in Surrey are
as follows:

For Councillor: W. A. Fomich,
Railroad Trainmen, nominated;
E. P. Wood, Local 511, LL.W.U.,
nominated; W. P. Wilson, Local
1-357, IWA, nominated.

For School Trustee: E. New-
mann, Street Railwaymen’s Div.
134, nominated.

Candidates nominated or en-
dorsed by Labour in the New
Westminster elections are as fol-
lows:

For Council: B. S, Kelly, Div.
101, S.R.U., nominated; A. Schil-
ler, Local 134, S.R.U., nominated;
H. Wilcox, endorsed; D. Stout,
endorsed.

German Union

Fined $6

Million

Striking example of the danger the IWA could have been
faced with had the recent Employers’ demand for the incor-
poration of the Union under the Societies Act of British Col-
umbia been allowed, is seen by the following court action
brought against the West German Metal Workers Union by
the employers, for striking the industry for sixteen weeks dur-

ing 1956.

The  1,760,000-member West
German Metal Workers Union,
biggest free trade union in the
free world, has been ordered by
the federal labor court in Kassel
to pay damages which may
amount to $6 millions to employ-
ers affected by a 16 week strike

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from October 1956 to February
1957.

High Court Appeal

The case was heard in two
lower courts. The first threw out
the award, which was allowed on
appeal by the employers. The
union appealed to the high court,
from which there is no appeal.

In Frankfurt, the union's exe-
cutive said that the award “opens

of the union’s independence and
interfered in the union’s internal
affairs, the union executive
charged.

So far, the court has awarded
damages of about $100,000 in two
cases. Every individual employer
affected by the strike of the big
industrial union could now sue for

Norway
Finances
Projects

OSLO (CPA)—Finance com-
mittee of the Norwegian parlia-
ment has unanimously approved
a government request for a 10
per cent increase in funds ear-
marked to fight winter unem-
ployment, to bring the total up
to Kr.110,000,000 ($15,026,000).

Subject to specific appropria-
tions by parliament, the money
will provide full-time employment
at prevailing wages to some 17,-
000 workers on government and
municipal projects,

Road Construction

Moreover, road construction in
17 provinces has been allocated
Kr.49,000,000 ($6,693,400) of the
extraordinary funds.

Unemployment here rose to
30,000 last January, about 10,000
more than the previous year. At
the end of August over 10,000
were still unemployed, twice as
high as in the same month in 1957,
but still only one per cent of those
working.

ILO Studies

Disease

GENEVA (CPA) — Experts
from 10 countries are meeting
here to decide on the interna-
tional classification of radio~
graphs of the dread disease
pneumoconioses, which attacks’
workers breathing mine oF
quarry dust.

Three international conferences
(1930, 1938, 1950) have already
been sponsored by the Interna-
tional Labor Organizations.

The current meeting is con-
vened with a systematic
cation for international
radiographs to enable comparisons —

use of

damages. The union can now|to be made of the results of in-
da contest the size of the | vestigations in different in 4
claim. in different i ps4

in ie countries. ra >

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