2nd Issue November, 1966 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 1 } 1 IWA CAMP COMMITTEE at Pioneer Timber Company. Group left, standing: Gerry Betts, Ernie Fallis, Rick Bennet; front row: Emil Pazarena, Frank Millar, Mike Gerg. MEMBER REINSTATED Local 1-71’s camp commit- tee at Pioneer Timber Com- pany has been successful in winning reinstatement for a member fired by the Com- pany when mistakenly identi- fied as having participated in a camp fracas. The member, Fred Jorgen- son, was dismissed by the Company following a report by the RCMP that he had been involved in the fracas and was one of the trouble makers, Jorgenson laid a grievance with Frank Millar, chairman of the camp committee, when the Company rejected his story that he had not been present at the scene. The committee won the ad- mission from the Company that, with the exception of the RCMP report, most of the evidence against Jorgenson was purely circumstantial. The committee then de- manded that the RCMP of- ficer who had accused Jorgen- son be brought forward to make a positive identification. When this was done the offi- cer admitted that he had not seen Jorgenson that night. When asked why he had used Jorgenson’s name in his re- port, the officer stated that because the row had taken place in Jorgenson’s room he had presumed that he was involved. The committee then de- manded that the Company immediately reinstate Jorgen- son to his job and compen- sate him for his two weeks lost-time pay. ARBITRATION AWARD A member of Local 1-71 IWA employed by the Fleet- wood Logging Company who the Company failed to rehire in line with his seniority fol- lowing a layoff, has been awarded $1,145.83 by the Ar- bitration Board set up to hear the dispute. The $1,145.83 award was for lost time pay covering a period of two months, less in- come tax, Canada Pension, and other deductions. The member, Neale Ger- myn, was employed at the Company’s camp ‘O’, which shut down late in 1965. When the camp reopened in January 1966, the Company rehired another employee with less seniority Germyn protested the Com- pany’s action to Local 1-71, which took the dispute to ar- _ bitration. Local president _ Ernie Freer who presented the Union’s case, argued be- fore the Board that Germyn well qualified to perform the transfer is made within 30 Company then suggested that having made this decision in “sood faith and on proper consideration” the Board could not substitute the judg- ment and rule against the Company. Freer in rebuttle pointed out that the Company had failed to prove that the junior man was the more qualified and demanded compensation for Germyn’s period of unem- ployment. The Board concurred with Freer’s argument by ruling, in a majority decision, that the Company must reimburse Germyn for the lost time period. NOTICE The press and radio erro- neously left the suggestion that MSI was discontinuing all service plans. MSI is only discontinuing its open plan. MSI will continue to pro- vide coverage for those mem- bers whose MSA group cov- erage has or will terminate in the future. (This is called group conversion. It is important that employ- ees provide their employers with their home address when terminating. Uninterrupted coverage is provided if the seevieg the job FEDERATION STATEMENT In view of the public state- ments being made by a trade unionist castigating other trade unionists for allegedly working with the Security and Intelligence Branch of the RCMP and the hiring of pri- vate detectives resulting in the “bugging” of convention halls and, in view of the fact that a Royal Commission has been set up to investigate the whole situation and has not yet be- gun its hearings, and union bodies are also conducting in- vestigations, the Officers of the B.C. Federation of Labour wish to emphatically state their position. The B.C. Federation of La- bour is now and always has been opposed to the invasion of privacy and the use of elec- tronic devices for this pur- pose. The B.C. Federation of Labour officers are also op- posed to the principle used in ex parte injunctions, namely, that guilt is assumed without trial or hearings. The B.C. Federation of Labour will not comment on the guilt or inno- cence of any member of the labour movement until all evidence is heard and all sides have had their day in court. IN MEMORIAM Memorial to Tom Ainsley, a long-time member and offi- cer of Local 1-118, IWA, Vic- toria, who passed away on September 20, 1966. The late Bro. Ainsley was first employed in the lumber industry’s C.P.S. Lumber in the City of Victoria in the late 1920’s. He was employed for a number of years at Bloedel, Stewart and Welch at Port Alberni, and left there to work in the Yarrows ship- yard in the City of Victoria. In 1946, he was employed at B.C. Forest Products Ltd., Victoria Sawmill Division, and took an active part in rebuild- ing the Union in 1949. He was Safety Director for the Local Union from 1953 to 1955, inclusive, and was elected as a Local officer in 1958, a position he held until his death. He was Secretary of the B.C.F.P. Social Club for 18 years. The late Bro. Ainsley was well-known in all labour cir- cles in Victoria and the Prov- ince as he was a delegate from the Local Union to the Vic- toria Labour Council and many trade union conven- tions in the Province and else- where. LIFE’S TOO SHORT TO PLAY THE FOOL with Paris PROVEN Safety Boots OWNED AND OPERATED IN B.C. FOR OVER 50 YEARS PIERRE PARIS & SONS 51 West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C. 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