REGIONAL 2nd vice-president Del Pratt talks to employ- ees of the Stave Lake Cedar operation at the emergency meeting held a few hours after they had walked off the job. Seated are Warren Buker and Clem McCormick, com- mittee members in the operation. FROM PAGE .|1 “WALK - OUT" against the manager. They charged that he never kept promises made to his employ- ees and promises made in meetings to Union committee members by head office offic- ials were ignored by the man- ager as soon as the head of- ficials had returned to Van- couver. They also stated that the’ manager took a perverse de- light in hounding both the crew and his supervisors. They alleged it was common practise on his part to tell the men to work harder or he would turn his dogs on them —meaning his supervisors. The employees point out that as contract workers they don’t need constant supervision. Like the fallers in the woods, if they don’t produce they don’t get paid. The Regional officers are working closely with the Lo- cal officers to resolve the dis- pute. No talks have yet been held with the company and there is no indication when discussions will take place. STEELWORKERS APPEAL QUEBEC COURT JUDGMENT The United Steelworkers of America has filed notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada against a judgment of the Quebec Court of -Queen’s Bench arising from a 1957 strike at the Murdoch- ville smelter of Gaspe Copper Mines Ltd. The Quebec Appeal Court in a 2-1 majority judgment upheld an earlier Quebec court ruling ordering the steel union to pay Gaspe Copper $1,646,000 in damages plus in- terest. The damages plus in- terest are estimated to total more than $2,000,000. The company had claimed that the seven-month strike at Murdochville was an illegal act and part of a conspiracy executed and financed by the executive of the international union. The union maintained that the strike was a spontaneous action by the smelter workers and that it was deliberately provoked by the company when it discharged Theo Gagne, president of the work- ers’ local at Murdochville. Gaspe Copper had original- ly sought more than $5,000,- 000 for damage to company property and loss of copper production during the 1957 walkout. Mr. Justice Miller Hyde who delivered the majority judgment of the appeals court with Mr. Justice Andre ‘las- chereau laid the whole blame in law on the Steelworkers and said any fault there may have been on the part of Gaspe Copper did not justify the unlawful acts to which the union was a party. But Mr. Justice Roger Brossard in a minority judg- ment found the company 25 per cent responsible for the strike and the union 75 per cent. The Quebec Superior Court in its original judgment in 1964 awarded Gaspe Cop- per $1,746,000, but this was reduced by $101,000 as the company was required to meet the costs of the appeal. Murray Cotterill, public re- lations director for the steel union, said the Steelworker appeal to the Supreme Court will be based on its contention that the company provoked the strike and on the minor- ity report of Mr. Justice Bros- sard. Cotterill welcomed the Brossard decision as a land- mark in Canadian judical his- tory in that he recognized that a company shared responsi- bility for its own misfortunes. THIS IS OURS And it's been good enough to win nineteen World Championships in competitive International Logging Sports Events. Need more proof?