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ONE LAW FOR US
NO LAW FOR THEM

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By Jack Munro

E Supreme Court of aa
pe au ‘aoa one of tl

tant landmark decisions

in ee Thistory when i it thre out

In effect

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a woman and her doctor. It is private,

and not ome Bs es meddling:
x the

win for tl He ee of this issue
Dr. r. Henry Lea

It would seem that there are provincial
governments who would like to pretend
that the court case never happened.
In the case of British Columbia the level
of double standard is beyond belief.

cause, he is to be admired and
applauded.

But there is a dark side to this
case. It would seem that there are

Th
of this stand is hee It i
e

ig!
thr rough eed courts and when they
doing they

x happened. In particular,
B.C., Nova Scotia and Alberta. They
have oe publicly that they wil

crow about unions “breaking the
law!

In the case of British Columbia
Oho. level of double standard is

charges of “sedition” on the
ica dade TS.

Relations Council illegal. Yet when

ea Geaiston on an issue such as

ae nee are all ofa sudden above
the aw w, they chose to ij agro

Premier ae

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oe not intervene in a strike by

another for the government of the

Beye were noe in a illegal act.

This action by B.C., Alberta and

not pay f bortioi nd belief. nother mple oh a cing} be- a Scotia shows us that democ-
saying, tier will i fonare “the } Meneee Bais 19 and 20 the government ran ind ‘th S ate it ae is not something that can be
court in the land. off to the B.C. Supreme Court with suits the ams taken for granted.
Continued from page 1 but there is some merit in his eo After U.
NZIE essianintion as it relates to eae Minimum standard for| > Pacific Northwest, he had an oppor-
The IWA Master Agreementshould | logging camps tunity to see that the U.S. experi-

d th

honour the cent of the commis-
sion’s fi indin;

nderway on

how that will be handled.
A. Contracting out

1. Companies should not contract
out work because a contractor has
iP

a Gaia ten should train employ-

and changing company require-
ments, to the extent reasonably
ossible.

sho uld be cost ett eres Al-
not overlook
is as above.

atonal ecnieale the
5 cars :

the companies and disclosed to ithe

companies should consider in oe
faith any alternative to contracti
out as proposed by the

and the Perenining unit, before mak-
ing their deci

B. Flexible scheduling

puehout | bis ero ae com-

gate makes refer to the
gro’ ane need for Bt cieaeeal flexibil
ity in shift scheduling. In fact he

believes that. scheduling not con-
tractin

dispute, We do not share that view,

specify the minimum standards for
shift scheduling within the indus-

lar operation should be developed
through co! onsulta ier with the
and the local w

Minimum stmilued for
Manufacturing Plants

(i) Production and maintenance
shifts up to ten hours per day,

eek on a
all option basis only.
(iii) ee kiln, plywood slant dryer

(i) Safety concerns require that the
current shift arrangement for
dale bucking and tower yard-

1g remain unchanged.

) For val other eee positions
(including mechanical harvest-

d
on the basis of 4 shifts per week,

circumstances which could aaa e
directly applied in the British Co-
lumbia industry.

°
Recommendations

ie companies should have the
right to establish add- -on compensa

(iii) Sunday premium should con-
tinue in the woods except for
those employees working seven
days on and seven days off.
(iv) Longer shifts should be condi-
tional on minimum annual guar-

We have no doubt not heard the end
of the Mackenzie Commission Report.

e ie existing compensation ae

Conclusion

We have no doubt not head ihe
end of the Mackenzie Commi:
Re

and ci
The provincial wages and COME

the report to see where it may be
appropriate to cover some of the

and power Plant eraplovegs

these moe pees a continuous

hift ai
(vi) Averaging Arent be limi ‘ited to
tinuous shift arrangements,
but could apply elsewhere by
agreement.

antees that employees will we
no fewer hours that they Sa
have worked hi ad the long er
i b

On the issue of job security it

appears to lean strongly in favow
the union. Commissioner Mack
summed up the spirit of the report
with

s
Bec: f timber supply con-
straints, the Commissioner stated

ork longer shitte if that schedule
ite in a shorter work year and
reduced income.

Add-on Compensation

ne it the inde) has abiracied
fair share of citi

wi e bai mn, ms use

western. Cxpression: This frai nity

does not t always interact well with
b

agers. The two groups may repre-
t dd 7

The Commissioner was not con-| worse, th i h oth
vinced that th has devel- the f i h
d at bj ti bet t se
ped a clear

2/LUMBERWORKER/MARCH, 1988