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“PPWC's NORTH CENTRAL
PLYWOODS AGREEMENT”

the IWA Local 1-424 certifications, the Collective
Agreement for the period following June 30th, 1981.
(The IWA Successor Agreement).

Upon the conclusion of the IWA Successor Agree-

ment the provisions herein shall be amended with

effect from July 1st, 1981 to reflect the changes in the

IWA Successor Agreement on the following

principles:

(a) Wage rates per hour for each category and over-
time rates herein will be adjusted as in the IWA
Successor Agreement for the same amount of
cents per hour or percentage points as the case
may be.

(b) Category adjustments will be made on the same
basis herein as in the |WA Successor Agreement
with the same adjustments being applied in cents
per hour or percentage points.

(c) Fringe benefits herein referred to in Article XXII,
Health and Welfare will be adjusted where appli-

cable to bring them on par with the IWA Succes-
sor Agreement on an item by item basis except
where the benefits herein are more beneficial in
which case these benefits shall remain
unchanged herein.

(d) Changes in vacations, statutory holidays, floating
holidays, and shift differentials in the IWA Suc-
cessor Agreement shall be matched herein.

In the event that the parties are unable to agree on the
exact application of all changes herein within (30)
days of the conclusion of the IWA Successor Agree-
ment then either party may refer the matter to arbitra-
tion under the provisions of the herein Collective
Agreement and the principles set out above shall

apply.

(3) Find it necessary to insert the paragraph above
which says in fact, if you don’t give us the same,
we won’t negotiate, we will have a 3rd party arbi-
trate on our behalf.

QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK

(1) What Union was first to negotiate an industry
pension plan?

(2) What Union refused to sign a_ three-year
agreement?

(3) What Union negotiated a tradesmen’s and
apprenticeship revision during the life of an
existing agreement?

(4) What Union negotiated in 1974 for the better-
ment of all forest workers?

(5) What Union negotiated the first COLA clause?

(6) What Union concluded a settlement prior to the
AIB deadline?

(7) What Union now enjoys parity with the base
rate?

(8) What Union enjoyed the advantage on the base
rate in 1970?

(9) What Union signed an unwarranted three-year
agreement?

(10) What Union threw hundreds of woodworkers out
of the UIC eligibility with their “shotgun”
picketing?

(11) What Union writes into their agreements “causes
for dismissal”?

(12) What Union continually delays the signing of

agreements with unsuccessful attempts at
improving the contracts?

(13) What Union causes their members to wait
months for their retro-activity?

(14) Finally, what Union continues to expend a great
deal of energy criticizing another Union’s ability
to negotiate?

If you have answered the questions fairly and hon-
estly, the record speaks for itself!

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