INTERNATIONAL

DeQUEEN, ARKANSAS — After a six
year battle which included two arbitration
cases and appearances before two federal
courts, a grievance filed by 5-15 member
Terry Smith against Weyerhauser on Janu-
ary 31, 1978 has finally been settled. The
settlement, signed on December 1, 1983,
provides back pay ranging from $500 to
$2070 for about 350 maintenance employ-
ees. The total dollar amount of the award
will be over $400,000 according to 5-15
president Randall Rice.

The settlement also provides an imme-
diate $.20 per hour adjustment for all
top-rated maintenance employees, plus the
opportunity to train and/or test for four
higher-rated Systems Technician catego-
ries. Those reaching the top level, Systems
Technician IV, will receive an additional
$1.40 per hour.

“This is an enormous victory,” said IWA
General Counsel Jim Youngdahl, “it is a
tribute to the tenacity and perseverance of
these IWA members and a vivid example of
the effectiveness of unions in the South.”

The original grievance charged Weyer-
hauser with violating the wage article of
5-15’s contract. The article states that when
new jobs are created or when changes are
made which result in a “substantial change
in the content of existing jobs” the company
can assign a temporary rate of pay for a
maximum of sixty days. A permanent rate
will be assigned within the sixty day period
and if the union disagrees with the rate a
grievance can be filed within fifteen days of
the date the rate is made permanent.

The grievance alleged that substantial
changes had been made in existing mainte-
nance jobs and sought a $1.50 per hour
increase for maintenance employees in
Wright City, Oklahoma and DeQueen,
Mountain Pine and Dierks, Arkansas.

“ON POVERTY

George Gilder, author of Wealth and
Poverty, a book highly praised by President
Reagan stated, “‘A successful economy is
based on the rapid accumulation of riches,
the establishment of a large class of men
who enjoy taking risks, are prepared toshun
the easy way, the comfortable life, and
instead go into new ventures, making
enormous profits, which they then re-
invest.” And on poverty: “Poverty is less
a matter of income than a state of mind
... In order to progress,t he poor essen-
tially need the stimulus of their pov-
erty.”

Remember the
Bad Old Days?

Bennett's advisors hope you've forgotten why ICBC
was needed in the first place. They want to privatize our
non-profit auto insurance company. But let’s have a look at
how British Columbians would fare if we lose ICBC.

With Private Insurance...

With ICBC...

Today British Columbians are paying among
the lowest rates of any province.

Higher Premiums—10 years ago under
private insurers we paid the highest rates

in Canada.
ICBC returns 95¢ of every premium dollar

in claim payments whereas only 74¢ is
retumed by private insurers. This is how
ICBC keeps your premiums lower.

$125 more per policy would have been paid
on average by each of us last year under
private insurance firms.

1,000 jobs and nearly $30 million in wages
would be taken from B.C. and exported to
head offices of American and eastern
insurance companies.

ICBC employs 2,600 British Columbians
with an annual payroll of over $80 million
which is spent here in our stores, restau-
rants and small businesses.

The shareholders in ICBC are the citizens
of B.C. and the corporation is under the
control of B.C. government and account-
able to the Ombudsman.

The big insurance companies in London,
New York, Montreal or Toronto are ac-
countable only to their shareholders not to
British Columbians.

In the past, private firms would rather not
insure high risk drivers, elderly, handicap-
ped, new drivers or certain job categories
such as cab drivers so they were refused
coverage or charged so much that these
people were forced to drive without insur-
ance... Rembember?

ICBC will insure any driver anywhere in
B.C. Outlying remote areas of the province
are no longer left unserviced and the
discriminatory practices of private in-
surers are history—Let’s not go back to
those bad old days. Let's not lose control of
our insurance.

Private insurance can’t do a better job. Ask questions. —
Get the facts. Find out who profits and who loses.
Then let your MLA know that...

ICBC is not for sale.

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QUOTE OF THE CENTURY

(from Merryl Lynch “Research Com-
ment,” Feb. 6, 1984)

“.. The good news was that President
Reagan decided to seek re-election. The bad
news was that the market did not act like
that was good news.”

Well, the market can’t be all bad.

CU&C OPENS CLINIC

CU&C has opened a full service medical
clinic at its offices at 22 E. 8th Ave., Van-
couver.

General Manager Dave Schreck says the
clinic has two physicians, who, in an effort
to combat medical piece-work, will be paid

TRUCTION

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Interested members can phone 879-2114
for information.

STOCK
OWNERS
DOING FINE

As you see in the table below, Canadian
stockholders have fared even better than
their American counterparts during the last
year, averaging about 35% on their invest-
ments. So if you have been worrying about
them, relax. They'll get through the winter.

creates 138,939 jobs

' creates 100,072 jobs

creates 92,071 jobs % Change in
Year ended
Dec. 30, 1983
ee 300 30.3%
. E 300 (including income) 35.5%
creates 75,710 jobs Dagyoies 20.3
S&P 500 17.3

S&P 500 (including income) 22.5

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