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TWO-YEAR CONTRACT

1-217 SIGNS AGREEMENT
WITH STOLBERG COMPANY

Syd Thompson, President of
Local 1-217, reports that
agreement has been reached
with Stolberg Construction,
Industrial Mill Services and
B.C. Sawmill Construction on
the following terms of settle-
ments for a two-year agree-
ment regarding travelling
millwrights.
Construction Rates and
Allowances
Section 1—Definition

(a) New construction is de-
fined as follows:

(i) Construction of new
mills and/or complete new
buildings.

(ii) Construction in exist-
ing operations when orders
for such work are placed with
the above firms by the mill
operators and does not consti-
tute overload as referred to
in paragraph (b).

(b) Standard IWA Master
Agreement millwright rates
will be paid when millwrights
employed by the above noted
firms are engaged on a “casu-
al” or “overload” basis supple-
menting the operator’s regular
mill construction and/or main-
tenance crews.

Section 2—Wage Rates

On jobs situated beyond five
(5) road miles from such cen-
tres, the employee will receive
10 cents per mile each way for
distances beyond the said five
(5) mile point as a daily
travel allowance.

SYD THOMPSON

On jobs situated beyond 25
road miles from such centre
employees will be paid at a
rate of 20 cents per mile for
all mileage beyond the twenty-
five (25) mile point.

Overload

Sec. 1 (b)
June 15, 1966 __.. $3.27
June 15, 1967 _.... $3.47

Section 3—Transportation

(a) Out of Town ‘Travel.

Employees assigned to work
on out-of-town jobs shall re-
ceive at the cost of the em-
ployer first class transporta-
tion, including meals and
sleeper for night travel,- from
the transportation termi-
nal nearest his home or place
of domicile.

The employee shall receive
travelling time up to a maxi-
mum of eight (8) hours in
any 24-hour period.

When an employee quits
within fifteen (15) calendar
days on the job, the company
may deduct from the wages of
the said employee the cost of
meals, transportation and
travelling time.

When an employee quits

after being on the job more
than fifteen (15) but less than

thirty (30) calendar days, the
eompany shall not be required
pay the cost of return
tion, meals, or
travelling time.
‘b) Local Travel
i) Cities, Towns and Vil-

Ya all jobs situated within
(5) road miles of the cen-
of any municipal corpora-
except the Greater Van-

- area as defined in (ii)
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daily to and

Wage rates for millwrights shall be as follows:

The above rates are subject to a 21c per hour premium
to holders of qualification certificates granted pursuant
to the Apprenticeship Training Agreement dated January
20, 1966, and effective on the dates prescribed by the said
agrecment and appendices thereto.

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. New
Construction
Sec. 1 (a)
Sept. 1, 1966 _.____. $3.42
1967 _.___... $3.77

In the case of the Greater
Vancouver area, the ten cents
(10c) per mile and twenty
cents (20c) per mile will com-
mence at the boundary of the
area, and a point 20 miles be-
yond the boundary respective-

ly.

(ii) Greater Vancouver
Area

The Greater Vancouver
area shall be recognized as ex-
tending to the exterior boun-
daries of the District Munici-
palities of West Vancouver,
North Vancouver, Richmond,
Delta, Surrey and Coquitlam.

The Company shall pay to
each employee engaged in
overload work as referred to
in Section 1(b) the sum of 40c
for each working day as a
transportation allowance to
employees working in the said
area.

Section 4—Room and Board

Employees who are _ not
bona fide residents of the dis-
trict where the work is being
performed and cannot return
daily. shall be supplied the
cost of room and board by the
company.

Section 5—Effective Date
Travel, transportation and
room and board allowances
hereinbefore provided shall
become effective on the 1st

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LOCAL 1-363
ELECTS |
DELEGATES

A general membership
meeting of local 1-363 held in
Courtenay last August 7
heard reports by Local Union
President Max Salter and Fi-
nancial Secretary Karl Lid-
berg on:

(a) settlement of the recent
marshalling dispute at
MacMillan’s Menzies Bay
Logging division,

(b) extension of seniority for
employees of the Menzies
Bay division to include
Memekay and Iron River,

(c) a new principle of mar-
shalling points for “com-
muting” loggers.

The meeting elected the fol-
lowing four delegates to the

Lidberg, R. Williams, — E.
Thompson and W. Armstrong.

' W. Tinkham was elected as
alternate delegate.

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September, 1966

1966 Regional Convention: K. -