IWA Asks 20% Wage Hike SZ RY Z A} RIN Kin, en \ e:: XXVI NO. 4 “© 2nd ISSUE FEB., 1959 - VANCOUVER, B.C. 5c PER COPY be Interior Wins 16c Boost ttlement reached between the Northern Jotenor oar tract period which expires on August ais, 1 crease will raise the base rate to $1.69 a Ist, 1960. Seite led between the lum- pera er ety ia IWA Meee titi ing mittee, headed i 960. ne Paneiee "president Tod Morris, Certain hour on March ra sal a further increase ents an hour March st wage revisions and tative agreement, Re eCry Beets agreed upon dur-|+ Sees 13k This was con-| ing tiations will be sidered by the District Policy ynage cttective March Ast, 1959. ‘committee on the following |' agreement will pro- aay ee was perumouet re- ues? inion Rep conditions oD in ex Bae the same sels as in Membership voting approved the recommendation. minute rest Sadiods llée Package ae vegan enue have now Al pacrerse of ax cents an hour comes effective March a 1959, and another six cents n hour increase September 1st, Seniority A new section will be inserted in Article VIII to provide for lay-otts as follows: aslaveee .|with less than one year’s ser- vice—eight- ‘months’ retention; employees with more than one year’s service—one year plus nme month for each sets ec vice up to an addition: months. retention of seniority during It was agreed to re-insert a clause dealing with the eee cee ae sea ced of Bet viso: nel, in anton paecion Pecement pe oball ications for vacations y will be 200 years’ service, and for those with re than five years’ serv- ice 900 days. y’ ‘he grievance procedure will Convention Adopts 1959 8 - Point Contract Program one of eight cern to be poe to the coast lumber operators this year, it was deci by the delegates attend- ing the Annual IWA District Convention. These demands di last two. ye of the convention at ngs time the dele; Be a met in closed session as a wage and contract confers ployees of contractors and sub- contractors in IWA-certified op- erations. ed © Clarification of the voting procedures set forth in the con- tract to determine the employ- ees’ choles for or against swing shi Peo ene received from the Loc unio tract ance of mmittee resolitien was finally drafted, pies included the most eee is for the 1959 neg el time for loggers. * rav ‘otiation: The latter demand arose for starting time in all Hees shot negotiated, will raise the coast in how uld be fro: ae the nace ignated base rate to ) §2.06% a logge) fe belie Vedaquized to eve too rane of their own time aera eymaaden contained in the 1955 settlement with the op- erators. At that tine a labour. management team was named ‘point to the site of operation. It is anticlpated that bar- uation stu at ayes reported to the con- on or about March 16th. re get Bes this year, that ‘or thirty days in peace Sem Section 1, sub-sec- ee “Strikers” Page 3. Manne the ka job ogee d, tion had bee! mplete: ° ° agreement had been possible | Nominations with noes 0 es application, ; Received Strikers Given Record Suppor By union m nt in Canada as never serare to fight Ni he himself has organized, a intends to dominate for his poi itical purposes. He has claimed a zany, union couslaered by him t ae He te operate in eee See “Strikers” Page 2 Nominations’ received by: the posed Rie it Annual District Convene BOE nee eoattaet demands in- Morris and George Saran om the ballot for the posts of Dis- ae President and District Sec- asurer respectively without opposition. es suena piovisions for tte evista of r where the content gemey and her it pees easy | to aes ee rates for new j pun ward see fot trades- secure conform. istrict 1, Bee ie the threatened ¢ deetiiction of free trade unionism in ll Local Unions responded paceroucly = the second appeal made by Dis- Delay | Un wad re: ahs Mort is, and ing to circ He reakin Eaton Board the iaebnieat B.C. Lumber Worker has been due bers of the printing trades ioe f es trei uries Rae the indi fividual dante pudens policed on the job, e rou! on Epiant proilections cal 1. of as been unavoidably del. toa jurisdictional dispute invalving m avoidable s beyond the control of the tion recent issues of the in Vancouver shops. s to Jacl ity with, Teil rates in the n area. Ross; for One additional paid stat- |Fred Fieber and ase holiday, to increase the |Six-year trustee, Max ‘Salter and number specified in the contract ae s me Be to nine. aS unop- pose ths ‘in onisaten for Inter- national Board Mem! The required mnemtenanee of contract terms for all e of union, which WHAT'S INSIDE Page Newfoundland .. 2 of five cents an hour an hour, on A two-year contract, which Soak bests them up to $1.2z per ‘a Pes Je: Seas rate of ena zi ar 7:00 Thursday pm. { CKPG-Ist & 3rd Thurs., 6:00 p.m. ¢ CKEK-Thurs., 8:15-8:30 p.m.