FINAL STRIKE ISSUE 3a 3sue B.C. LUMBER WORKER WW

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employers. Beyond a doubt, if the Union’s Negoti-

ating Committee had attempted to deal with this

Qwestion on the basis of the report, the employers

would have insisted upon Ecc their own for

oduction workers

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The recommendation of the Conciliation Board

proposed no change. Thereby it mespected the pro-

er of the Union that voting for should
be conducted in a fully democratic manner. In this

respect the Board upheld the employer’s point of
view.
@ With reference to the minimum basic rate for
elers a a. the Board proposed that this
joi the Union and
management. This i in Rerect declared the existing
provision to be unsatisfactory. Evidently the Board
and the employers expected that when the master
agreement was brought under revision, this clause
would disappear until the review had been under-
taken. Experience with the tactics of the employers’
1 Seneca would justify the belief that the re-
view would be delayed long enough to destroy the
ie a the present contract provisions in this re-
spect.

Although the Board did not advocate any speci-
fic change in board rates, the general tone of the
recommendation on this point suggested that the

£, Lh ile () ee J 3 LU, im thea d was

left open to sul with the Union

at a disadvantage in seeking to prevent a reduction
in the take-home pay of the loggers. In effect the
majority of the Board expressed sympathy with the
.employers’ demand that the rates be increased by
$1.50 a day

Seniority Proposals

The Board proposed that the word “plant” be
deleted from the contract clause dealing with sen-
iority aa aie a stronger clause rather than
a weaker . In taking sides with the employers’
point of view on seniority, the Board was paving the
way to greater confusion regarding the application
of seniority principles.

The majority of the Board dodged this issue by
proposing that Union and management should work
out a satisfactory agreement. This was a point upon
which agreement had been reached iduring gia
tions. p Id have been
written into the report. The Board left the capes
in a position which would have enabled the employ-
ers to re-introduce a number of devices intended to
make arbitration procedures too costly for the
Union. :

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ers with regard to the transportation of loggers :
agit work sites from marshalling points. The onu
placed upon the employers to deal justly seid
icsdlses delays, thus sie the Union a foothold to
protest poor conditio:
he full text of this Broceealh is as follows:
“A provision to be inserted into Article XII
of the Master Agreement to provide that the
Company endeavor to avoid unnecessary delay
rom ed m ars al-
ling points to places of work eal reebvi!
im in respect of

be establi: riba d.
e proposal re

“Secti ion 7 rine of Article V of the ieee:

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gaining unit at iirelke the ee

“presi Agency

st e employers shemet to break down
seniority ri is proposal pro-
tects seniority along the lines already established i in
practice by some Local Unions in logging camps.
The text of the ‘Proposal eae :
“A new din Article 1 of
the Master Agreement, as follo
Where the Local Union holds a certificts of
bargaining authority covering a large area in
which the company has two or more distinct
logging operations, and disience makes the ap-
plication of seniority impractical, the parties
agree that the following Seen shall pre-
vail:
(a) There ihe! be separate seniority in each
operati
(b) In the eee of camp closures or layoffs,
other than normal s

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cordance with the provision of Article
XIV, Section 1, to the employees affec:
ted “asenit hir ing fo "f
other operations covered by certification
and agreement.

(c) The detailed appheen of these princi-
ples to be worked out bet tween t the Com.
pany and the Local Union.”

| Arbitration Procedure

(The Deutsch prpee dealing with arbitration
n to take any gri levance
proced-

tin Art. XVIII to arbitration if so desired.
The i RE es placed upon the aended clause

that k L

cision ona Tie Tt read as follo ows:

‘Delete th

alee an » Employee or or the failure to oe an ae

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