2nd Issue, February

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

From Page 1

“Interior”

tion (a).

The clause dealing with leave
of absence will be amended as
agreed upon during the earlier
stage of negotiations.

A new section provides that
in the event job conditions
change, or new machinery is
installed, or a new category is

tablished, the Union and rep-

ntatives of NILA agree to
meet with the Company to dis-
cuss the designation and wage
rate to be paid to the employee
or employees concerned. 3

Provision has been made for
the appointment of a permanent
arbitrator.

The settlement was reached
when only a few days remained
of the ninety-day period follow-
ing the affirmative government-

terior contract marks the end
of a long struggle waged by
the Union on this point. Al-
‘though this contract provision
Places no monetary burden on
the lumber operators, it has al-
ways been bitterly opposed,
mainly because of anti-union
reasons.

It was first introduced in the
coast master agreement in 1957,
— dating back to 1954. Earlier
this year it was conceded by the
Southern Interior lumber oper-
ators. The latest agreement with
the Northern Interior operators
makes the union shop a reality
throughout all sections of the
lumber industry in British Col-
umbia.

The provisions of the present
Northern ard Southern Interior

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agreement respecting the union

supervised strike vote.
shop apply retroactively to 1956.

The inclusion of union shop
conditions in the Northern In-

Congress Plans
To Lay Charges

Premier Smallwood has been advised by the Canadian
Labour Congress that if he continues to pursue his ‘‘present
course’’ of action with respect to the Newfoundland loggers’
strike, the CLC will file a complaint against him and his
government with the International Labour Organization. The
ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations.

In a letter to Mr. Smallwood, |on the traditions of labour-man-
Claude Jodoin, president of the'|agement-government relations
CLC, described the Premier's jin Canada.” The CLC president
actions as “a serious assault up- |said the effects of those actions

Stry Hall, February, 17, to aid in the campaign to arrange financial help for the loggers of New-
foundland. Group on platform are left, IWA District President, Joe Morris; Bill Black, Presi-
dent of the B.C. Federation; Pat O'Neal, Sccretary-Treasurer of the B.C. Federation; Jim Bury,
Assistant Secretary of the B.C. Federation.

“will be felt far beyond the
Shores of Newfoundland.

The complaint to the ILO
would be made under the terms,
of Convention 87 of the Inter-
national Labour Organization,|
This deals with “freedom of as-
sociation and protection of the)
right to organize.” Mr. Jodoin
quoted four relevant sections of|
the Convention in his leter to
the Newfoundland Premier.

Democracy Threatened
The letter noted: “The Can-

ger a fight between Premier
Smallwood and the IWA, it has
become a struggle between those
who cherish freedom and the
rule of law and those who op-
pose it.”

He added that Mr. Small-
wood’s actions in the dispute
had been a flagrant violation of
the basic principles of govern-
ment and a contravention of
xecognized democratic proced-
ures.”

The CLC president said that
Congress greatly regretted hav-

Strike
Losses

Rise

Number of strikes and lock-

outs in Canada rose slightly to
260 last year compared with 245
in 1957, according to the Federal
Department of Labour.
Preliminary figures released by
the department show that although

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adian Labour Congress feels
that if a government in one part
of Canada will not adhere to
these internationally - accepted
rules and principles, a serious
reflection is cast upon the sac-
redness of the democratic pro-
cess in all parts of Canada. If
even the spirit of these prin-
ciples, to say nothing of the let-
ter, is violated by a government
in Canada, then the entire fab-
rie of democracy is threatened.”
Mr. Jodoin said that “the dis-

: pute in Newfoundland is no lon-

LOCAL 1-217 President, Syd T!
quarters for the District Office.

ing to use the machinery of the
interational body in respect of
}a government in Canada. Can-
; ada has a democratic tradition.
“We feel that tradition has been
violated.” said Mr. Jodoin, “by
the action of Mr. Smallwood and
his government in the Newfoun-
dland loggers’ dispute.”

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the number of employees involved
rose from 86,198 to 107,497 and the
time-loss’ increased to 2,879,120
from. 1,607,180 man-working days,
the time lost was only 0.24 percent
of the total estimated working time
last year, as against only 0.14 per-
cent'in 1957.

Peak post-war year for time-
loss, was in 1946 when 228 stop-
pages involving 139,474 workers
lost_ 4,516,393 man-working days.

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Auditor

Appointed

OTTAWA (CPA) — Gilbert
Robinson of Winnipeg, long-
time Canadian Labor Congress
organizing representative there,
has been named Travelling
Auditor (Western Canada) by
the Congress executive,

Mr. Robinson will audit the
books of CLC directly-chartered
locals in Manitoba and the other
three western provinces. He is
also responsible for conducting
educational campaigns for CLC
local officers,