~ y nit =e i) HR TIONG \ t Incorporating The é.Z. Lumberworker Official Publication of the Internattonal Woedworkers of pomertea Regional Council No. 1 — VOL. XXVIII, No. 19 aaa VANCOUVER, B.C. 5c PER COPY 1st Issue, October, 1961 Crown Life Company Awarded Insurance The Trustees of the IWA Health and Welfare Plan have awarded its in- surance to the Crown Life Insurance Co. of Canada. The choice was made « Negotiations Committee | Enlarged A Direct areolar by Sete from among highly competitive bids submitted by the leading insurance com- ‘ nions concern we ays panies of Canada, and was governed by the factors considered most favor- was provided in a resolution on the able to the insured. § subject adopted by the IWA Region- } al Annual Convention. This will be f accomplished by enlarging the Coast Negotiations Committee to ten with the inclusion of one representative The full details of the Plan are set forth on Pages 4 and 5 of this issue of the Western Canadian Lumber Worker. ' from each Local Unions. Local 1-424 Award { ‘aid policy outlined stated as follows: : i 1. The Regional Policy Com- U n lon Sets Precedent mittee will be constituted as follows: ‘ t Five Regional Officers. In Arbitration Case Two Internatoinal Board Mem- bers, Local 1-424 IWA, Prince George has established, through arbitration under the Northern Interior master agreement, that, when a statutory holiday falls on a Saturday, employees are entitled to pay for that day. The decision is regarded as an important pre- A representative from each of the Local Unions in the Regional Council. 2. Coast Negotiations (a) In order to expedite the con- duct of coast negotiations, and to allow a close liaison between the Negotiations Committee and the membership concerned in these negotiations, a ten-man committee will be set up as follows: The Regional President and a Regional Vice-President and one representative from each Local Union concerned in the negotiations, such representative to be a member of the Regional Executive Board (either in the capacity of Officer, In- ternational Board Member or Re- gional Board Member) and_ this Committee to be responsible for the conduct of negotiations. (b) Interior Negotiations The Interior Negotiating Com- mittee shall be comprised of one Regional Officer and a member of the Policy Committee of each of the Local Unions involved in the negotiations. (a) The Local Unions shall bear the cost of wages and per diem for their members on the Negotiating Committee. ) The cost of travel and hotel will be borne by the Regional Council. IWA_ Regional President Joe Morris is now well on the way to Convention, he required hospitalization for re- moval of a kidney stone. He has now been released from . WHAT'S INSIDE Editorial ........ 2 President ... 3 Health and Welfare 4-5 fo Dee tle 6 [ie ig a! iy a THIS PROVES THAT HE DID IT — IN 1916 — Be. ff Eee THE LATE W. T. (BILL) NORTON here makes the climb to top a spar tree with nothing but an axe, a rope, and two spring-boards. This settles the argument over a story told by old-time loggers. Bill, who in 1916 was Superintendent of the small Dahl & Salk Camp, Blind Channel, refused to await the arrival of climbing equipment by boat in order to start a new side. The practice is not recommended by Local 1-71 IWA Safety Committees now in the area. Bill later lost his life in a blasting accident. The photograph was supplied through the courtesy of his widow, Mrs. Mary Norton, Vancouver, who was present at the time. Genuine Effort Needed To Clear City Slums A larger market for B.C. lumber products and work for the unem- ployed stands waiting if munici- palities make a genuine effort to tackle the problem of slum clear- ance. The question now arises,— will this be made an important part of a winter works program? The “municipalities consider that the Federal Government has not been sufficiently generous in present plans. The Federal officials on the other hand complain that the muni- cipalities and provincial govern- ments are not. taking sufficient ad- vantage of existing legislation. The result is general inertia. The Canadian Federation of Mayors and Miunicipalities has issued a booklet “There is Work for Canadians”. They call for greater aid to cities in cleaning up down- town blight and decay. Blighted Areas Growing Canadian cities and towns suffer from “suburban sprawl” and “centre- town blight". The blighted areas show declining tax revenue, and suburban development calls for costly services, A review of Federal Government provisions will show whether muni- cipalities and the provincjal govern- ment are making a genuine effort to clean up slums. Linked with such projects are provisions for low- rental housing, a matter of vital im- portance to industrial workers. Official reports reveal the follow- ing facts: @ Ottawa will pay 75% of the costs of investigation into the state of buildings and services. Ottawa will pay up to 50% of the cost of buying up a blighted area and tearing down or reno- vating old buildings. @ The Federal Government will pay 75% of the cost of low- rental projects if the province and the municipality will be- tween them put up the remain- ing 25%. @ Where lack of serviced Iand is slowing down house-building, Ottawa will pay 75% of the cost of putting in sewer and water services, Low-Rental Housing Low-rental housing projects total- ling 110 with 10,906 housing units have already been approved. The projects will cost $118 million, with Ottawa putting up $18 million. A cost-sharing scheme for low- rental projects in British Columbia shows the total estimated expendi- ture to be $9.1 million with the Federal Government paying 75% and the municipalities and province sharing the balance fifty-fifty. When blighted areas are cleared, provision must made to house the evicted tenants in low-rental housing. Both projects must go hand in hand to avoid hardship. This work is waiting to be done. Trade unionists may well ask why faster progress is not planned in a time of unemployment. cedent for Interior Local Unions. A dispute arose when the North- ern Interior Lumbermen’s Associa- tion refused payment of wages for Dominion Day which was observed on a Saturday. The matter was _re- ferred to A. W. R. Carruthers, UBC Law Faculty, as sole Arbitrator. The Arbitrator rendered a decision in favor of the Union. Regional President Joe Morris and President Jacob Holst, Local 1-424, appeared for the Union. The employers’ association was _ repre- sented by R. J. Gallagher and T. R. Watt. The employers’ representatives contended that employees qualify for a paid statutory holiday only when such holiday falls within the “regu- lar work .schedule”, as in Section 2 (a). The Union’s advocates success- fully established the point that the qualifications for payment on a paid statutory holiday are clearly set forth in Section 2 (e) and (g), and should be held applicable to the day in question. As the ruling of the Arbitrator is binding upon both parties, the Local Union is now requesting employers in the Northern Interior to make the necessary wage adjustment for their employees. Seminars Draw Unionists Drafts of a proposed Constitu- tion and program for the New Democratic Party in British Col- umbia have provoked lively dis- cussions in the series of seminars now being held as preparatory to the Provincial Founding Con- vention which opens in Van- couver October 28th. Trade unionists have taken an active part in these discussions, indicating a special interest in the terms of affiliation and labour’s legislative aims. The various points of view ex- pressed will be correlated by the convention committees for sub- mission to the assembly. The NDP Founding Conven- tion will follow immediately after the convention of the B.C. Federation of Labour at the Bay- shore Inn, Vancouver. Barry MATHER OTTAWA—Increased pressure to locate nuclear weapons on Canadian soil is being exerted on Ottawa by Washington. (News Item.) There was this fellow, J. Canuck. His neighbours on one side were Uncle Sam, and on the other side Ivan Russian. Canuck was a quiet sort. All he wanted to do was to improve his lot. And he did this pretty well. And then something happened that upset Canuck and the whole neighbourhood. His neighbours’ chil- dren started throwing rocks. And twice Canuck was nearly hit by a rock, * x So he phoned Sam and he said: “Listen, Sam—please stop your kids from throwing stones. Also please stop them from daring Ivan’s kids to hit them. I have just been speaking to Ivan. I have asked him to stop his boys throwing stones at yours. But you speak the same Jan- guage I do so maybe you under- stand me better. WOW! a rock just hit my back porch, Sam.” And Sam said: “Listen, Canuck, I thought you were a friend of mine. What’s the idea of running my kids down like that? You anti-American or something?” And Canuck said: “Sam, I’m pro- American. That’s why I want you to- break your boys of rock-throwing. Between Ivan’s kids and yours there are enough rocks around here to rock us all out of this block.” So Sam said: “Well, if itll make you any happier I'll get my boys to give you a few rocks of your own. Hey, boys—dump some of them smaller rocks over the fence for old Canuck there. And Canuck said: “Sam—how is it going to help me, or you or Ivan, or the rest of the block if I get rocks? It won’t make any of us any safer. What we need is less rocks, not more.” So Sam said: “That sure sounds like anti-American talk to me.” But Canuck said: “Not anti- American Sam—anti-rock.” A GOOD EVENING TO everybody and especially to Howard Green. Courtesy Vancouver Sun LISTEN TO Green Gold—CJ0 7:00 p.m. t Thursday a CKPG Ist and Last Thursday 6:00 p.m.