THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

LOGGERS REJECT
EMPLOYER PROPOSALS

Loggers employed by the
North Western Pulp & Power
Company at Hinton, Alberta,
have voted by 92% to reject
the latest proposals advanced
by the company to settle their
contract dispute.

The 170 members of Local
1-207 IWA have been in nego-
tiations with the company
since July, 1967, attempting
to resolve their differences.
Early in June of this year
negotiations broke off and the
crew struck the operation on

-June 17.

The main item in dispute
is the method of scaling used
by the company in measuring
logs in the bush. The crew
charged that the company
was short changing them by
sealing three or four short
logs with one long one to esti-
mate the day’s cut.

The company has proposed
that 50% of the logs be scaled
and then multiplied by two.
The crew has rejected this
plan and is demanding that
all logs be scaled.

POSTAL WORKERS’
WAGE SETTLEMENT

Settlement of the 22-day
postal strike August 8th
brought the 24,000 strikers
wage increases that total 15.1
percent over 26 months.

Pay for the highest - rated,
non -supervisory clerks will
go from $5,735 to $6,549 a
year. Comparable letter car-
riers got increases raising
their old $5,485 rate to $6,299.

They will reach their top
rates after three years’ senior-
ity. Previous practice requir-
ed anywhere from four to 644
years’ service before the pos-
tal workers reached their top
pay category.

The hourly wage increases
are 21 cents an hour in the

14-month period retroactive -

to Aug. 1, 1967, and 18 cents
in the 12-month period follow-
ing Oct. 1, 1968.

The Council of Postal Un-
jons, representing the Cana-
dian Union of Postal Workers
and the Letter Carriers Union
of Canada, had originally ask-
ed for the 75-cent increase in
a 14-month contract. \

There were special adjust-
ments for some of the lower-
paid employees. The total
range in the last year of the
contract will be from $5,549
for some beginners to $6,741
for some supervisory classifi-
cations.

Government officials esti-
mated the total wage package
at $33,000,000 over the life of

the agreement — an average
of $1,375 per employee.

CUPW President William
Houle and LCUC President
Roger Decarie described the
settlement as “in essence pal-
atable and liveable,” in view
of many important non-mone-
tary gains.

One of the most important
was the provision allowing the
unions to grieve against any
job reclassifications. Arbitrary
management decisions that in
effect cut an employee’s wage
category had been a major
cause of the postal workers’
discontent.

The strikers also got Rand
Formula checkoff of union
dues, improved grievance pro-
cedures and a guarantee of
overtime at time-and-a-half
rates for all work beyond 40
hours a week.

Statutory holidays go to 11
from nine. Severance and

pension payments were im-
proved.

There was about a 60 per-
cent vote in favour of ratify-
ing the contract. The unions
did not release a breakdown
of the vote by areas, but un-
official reports indicated there
was an almost 50-50 split in
the big Toronto and Montreal
locals, a wide variety of re-
‘sults in centres from Quebec
to the West Coast and fairly

strong support for the settle-
ment in the Maritimes.

CHILDREN’S CAMP
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL

itor, Dear Sir:
eo behalf of the Children’s
Jubilee Summer Camp, we
would like to thank your
paper as well as other news
media for the excellent co-
operation in making our
camp and its activities known
to your readers.

Because of this, both boys’
sessions and the first one for
the girls are now full, and we
hope that the young guests
will fully enjoy themselves
swimming, hiking, boating,
fishing as well as the other
activities planned for them.

can call 433-5395, 936-5090,
298-8166.

We would also like to take
this opportunity of thanking
the many hundreds of volun-
teers both young and old who
have spent a lot of time get-
ting the camp ready for the

- children’s sessions in July and

August. This spirit is truly
heartening, and everyone who
has helped in this non-profit
venture can have a warm feel-
ing in their hearts, knowing
that they have contributed to-
wards making many children
happy this summer, learning
about the wonders of nature,
at Orlomah Beach, up scenic

It was more than a funeral procession. “This is a never-forgotten protest of 33,000
cab drivers demanding more police protection” said Local Secretary Thomas M.
landoli. Six cab drivers have been murdered in the city in the last two years. The

pallbearers are New York City Auxiliary Police, part of the 133 fellow members of the
Taxi Drivers Union who are now on the auxiliary police force.

IWA STUDENT MEMBER
WINS LOCAL 1-85 BURSARY

A student member of the
IWA, Balbinder Dodd, is this
year’s winner of Local 1-85’s
$500.00 Annual Bursary.

Dodd, whose father is also
a member of the IWA, was
second in the government ex-
aminations with an average
of 89.25 percent.

Besides being a bright stu-
dent, Balbinder has taken a
keen interest in other school
activities and was a represen-
tative from Alberni on “Reach
For The Top Club.” A mem-
ber of the United Nations As-
sociation in Canada, and copy-
right editor of the High School
Annual Magazine.

The following is Balbinder’s
application for the Bursary
which was submitted to the
Local Union Scholarship
Committee:

“I came to Canada at the
age of six and entered Lang-
ford Elementary School, on
the outskirts of Victoria.
When my family moved to
Port Alberni, I attended
Eighth Avenue Elementary
School. At my present school
(ADSS), I entered the local
“United Nations Contest,”
and was a runner-up. I was
also a member of the school’s
“Reach for Top” team, which
won the first game easily and
came close to winning the
second. In addition, I was
chosen to be the copyright
editor of the school’s ‘Annual.’

“Next September, I intend
to enter the faculty of Arts at

U.B.C. While I am not yet
certain of the major field of
study, it appears to me that I
will attempt to achieve a
Ph.D. degree (doctorate) in
combined honours history and

BALBINDER DODD

International Relations. This
will qualify me to either teach
as a professor in a university
or to enter the Federal Gov-
ernment in either civil or for-
eign branches; or perhaps find
a post in the United Nations.

“After completing my for-
mal education, I intend to
travel around the world and
observe at first-hand social,
political and economic condi-

TRANSIT UNIONS MERGE

70th Anniv.

ersary Celebration of the Amalgamated

Transit Union, Division 101, the oldest Local Union in
Canada in the public transit business (established in
1898), has just recently merged with Division 134 that
represented Transit Employees in the New Westminster

Union is Division 101-134.

and Fraser Valley Region. The new name of the merged

tions in various nations. As a

_ Ph.D. degree involves eight

years of intensive university
work, I will have to depend
heavily on both summer work
and scholarships to supply all
my financial needs.

“My interests include
sports, books, and politics (on
an International scale). Only
through international action
can we achieve a co-operative

society for all races and
classes.”

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