THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

i” it was felt that the following pictorial
wage would better revive some of the major
lights to our readers of this extremely im-
ant period in the history of the Union.

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IWA COAST REGIONAL NEGOTIATING COWMMITTEE. Group left, seated, Wyman
Trineer, President, Local 1-357; Jack MacKenzie, Regional Ist Vice-President and Com-
mittee Secretary; Jack Moore, Regional President and Committee Spokesman; Maurice
Corbeil, Financial Secretary, Local 1-85. Back row, left, Weldon Jubenville, President,
Local 1-80; Ernie Freer, President, Local 1-71; Syd Thompson, President, Local 1-217;
Murray Drew, President, Local 1-118; Art Corey, Financial Secretary, Local 1-367.
serted in picture is Max Salter, President, Local 1-363.

SETTLEMENT TERMS

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PUBLIC INTEREST — That a Standing Joint Committee be set up comprised of three
members from Labour and three from Management to study issues arising from chang-
ing conditions in the lumber industry and that the Department of Labour assist such
studies by the provisions of statistical services.

PLYWOOD JOB EVALUATION: (a) Female Rates: Elimination of female rate dif-
ferential over 2-year period: 7c, 1966; 6c, 1967.

(b) Spreaders and Hot Press Group: Introduction of a new Factor 4 which will produce
increases from 4c to 10c per hour, effective immediately.

(c) Re-weighing of the Plywood Evaluation Program which will produce an increase of
4c to 5c per hour for a number of additional skilled categories.

(d) These changes will affect over 40% of the workers in the Plywood industry.

SWING SHIFT: That Article V, Section 8(b) of the Coast Master Agreement be amended
as requested by the Union.

SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL: An increase of 4c per hour for afternoon and graveyard shifts,
effective June 15, 1966.

STATUTORY HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENT: That a new Section 9 be added to Article
IX of the Master Agreement to provide that in the event of a Statutory Holiday falling
on a Tuesday or Thursday, and where the Company and Plant or Camp Committee of
the Union mutually agree, the said holiday may be observed the preceding Monday
or following Friday respectively.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: That Article XVII, Section 2, be amended to provide for Leave
of Abence up to a maximum of six months without pay to employees for compassionate
reasons or for educational or training purposes.

SENIORITY — ARTICLE XVI: Forest Industrial Relations has undertaken to give the
Union a letter of intent dealing with the use of the word “competency.”

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE: Adoption in principle of the recommendations made to
the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers’ International Union and their employers on No-
vember 24, 1965. :

CONTRACTING OUT: Recommend that the employers extend their consultative and
remedial process in this connection in order to establish closer lines of communica-
tions with the Union with respect to giving reasonable notice of the employers’ intentions
and exploring ways and means of integrating senior employees into other jobs where
sub-contracting takes place.

TRAVEL TIME: (a) Effectiveon Monday following the signing of a new Collective Agree-
ment, the 10-hour period will be reduced to 912 hours.

(b) Effective June 15, 1967, the said period will be further reduced to 9 hours.

(c) Effective June 15, 1967, Article XIII will be amended to provide that employees
away from designated marshalling point in excess of 10 hours shall be paid at rate
and one-half for the period in excess of 10 hours.

TERM OF AGREEMENT: Term of Agreement shall be from June 15, 1966, to June
14, 1968.

GENERAL WAGE INCREASE: A general wage increase of 40c per hour to ke paid
over the term of the Agreement as follows:

(a) 20c effective June 15, 1966.

(b) 20c effective June 15, 1967.