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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

I.

2nd ed
April, 1964).

Highlights of Pulp Settlement .

The Wage Conference dele-
gates of the International Bro-
therhood of Pulp, Sulphite
and Paper Mill Workers and
the United Papermakers and
Paperworkers have reached
an agreement with the em-
ployers in seven coast pulp
and paper plants. The recom-
mended settlement must now
be ratified by vote of the
membership. Highlight of the
new agreement is a five per
cent wage increase which will

bring the base rate to $2.29
an hour in a one-year con-
tract. The value of the ‘‘pack-
age” is estimated as between
16-17 cents an hour.

An additional five cents an
hour is scheduled for “A” and
“A+” mechanics. Effective
July 1, mechanics’ rates will
be as follows:

“A” Mechanics $3,29 an hour
“B” Mechanics $2.79 an hour
“C+” Mechanics $2.63 an hr.
“C” Mechanics $2.45 an hour

“D” Mechanics $2.34 an hour

Special adjustments agreed
upon in mechanics’ rates are
to given effect before the fore-
going rates apply. Mechanics
form twenty per cent of the
usual plant crew.

The night shift differential
will be increased by two cents
an hour to bring the afternoon
shift differential to 12 cents
and the graveyard shift differ-
ential to fifteen cents an hour.

An Apprenticeship Training
Program will be written into
the agreement with a four-
year training period. Loss-
time pay and expenses will be
furnished jointly by the goy-
ernment and the employer
during attendance at voca-
tional school.

Apprentices will receive the
following rates:

2 month probationary
period

¢
'

ist Year Apprentice _. $2.34

2nd Year Apprentice — $2.45"
3rd Year Apprentice ... $2.63
4th Year Apprentice _. $2.79

The revised contract provi- ,”
sions provide for funeral leave \\
with pay in the case of the /
death of a near relative. Mem- |
bers called for jury duty will \
be compensated by the em- ™
ployer for the difference be- .
tween the standard jury pay Xi
and the regular job rate.

INDIAN CHIEFS OF THE

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

No.-6 of a unique series
of pioneer photographs by
PERCY ;BENTLEY, FeR:P.S.): of
Dominion Photo Co., Van-
couver, taken around the
early 1920's at one of the
rare tribal summit meetings
of that era. Only two sets
of these COPYRIGHT photo-
graphs are in existence, and
we are grateful to Mr.
Bentley for permitting us to

reproduce them.

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LAST BULL

MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS “LIGHT CRUISER,” WINNER OF 11 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS