FROM PAGE ONE

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

“COAST WAGE DEMANDS” (2)

hour and an additional fifty
cents an hour shift differential
for graveyard shift employees
required to work an eight-
hour shift.

5—An overall revision of
seventy-five cents an hour for
all hourly paid logging cate-
gories.

6—A fifty cent an hour re-
vision for a number of manu-
facturing categories.

7—A fifty cent an hour re-
vision for Graders, Tallymen
and Lumber Inspectors, plus
an increase from the fifteen
cents to twenty-one cents for
a valid grading ticket plus a
number of other improve-
ments.

8—Re-negotiation of the
planerman’s agreement of
1965 to eliminate the restric-
tive and detrimental sections
plus the demand for trades-
man’s rates for all planermen.

9—An amendment to Arti-
cle IX — Rates of pay new
and revised jobs and equip-
ment — to add “and work
load” to Point 4 and to also

add a new Point 9 to include
speeding up of machinery.
10—Free protective cloth-
ing and safety equipment.
11—The company to pay to-
tal cost to obtain or retain
First Aid ‘Certificates, includ-
ing lost time wages while at-
tending First Aid classes.
12—Negotiate a new section
in the Collective Agreement
providing for one day sick
leave per month without loss
of pay and accumulative from
year to year up to a period of
thirty actual working days.

13—An industry-wide pen-
sion plan fully paid for by the
employers and controlled by
the Union. Contributions to be
based on an hourly contribu-
tion of fifteen cents per hour
for all employees for all hours
worked.

14—A training programme
for stationary. engineers.

15—D ouble time for all
overtime and provisions for

time off equivalent to the
overtime worked.

EMPLOYEES BENEFIT
UNDER MANITOBA PLAN

A provincially owned
company in Manitoba has had
an exceptionally good year and
has set up one of the most
progressive programs of
employee benefits in Canada.

A. E. MacKenzie Co. Ltd. of
Brandon, Man., Canada’s
largest packet seed company,
increased its profits last year
from $30,000 to $150,000. As a
result of this increase the
company has announced the
following employee benefit
program:

@ Life insurance coverage
for up to three times a
deceased employee’s salary in
_the event of natural death. .

@ Life insurance coverage
for up to six times a deceased
employee’s salary in the event
of accidental death.

@® Widow’s benefits
amounting to 50 percent of her
deceased husband’s salary for
20 years after his death.

@ Long term disability
insurance providing payments
at 60 percent of salary.

@ Total medical care, in-
cluding drugs for the employee
and his family.

@ Normal dental care for
the employee and his family.

The company came into

provincial ownership in 1945
when its founder’ and
president, Dr. A. E.
MacKenzie, willed it to the
province in return for a
government guarantee of
financial support to Brandon
College, now Brandon
University.

The seed company suffered a
total of $878,000 in losses
between 1966 and 1970, when it
recorded its first profit in
several years.

An American firm had of-
fered to purchase the company
while it was still operating in a
loss position, with the intention
of moving it out of Manitoba.
This move was blocked by the
provincial government.

In the past year, major
rebuilding and ‘expensive
programs have been un-
dertaken. Latest activity was
the purchase in November of
the retail packet seed sections
and garden seed section of
Maple Leaf Mills at a price
exceeding $2 million. This
division of Maple Leaf was
commonly known as Steele
Briggs. It will continue to
operate as a separate section
of MacKenzie Seed.

DUMARESQUE LOGGERS’ AGENCY
328 Carrall Street, Vancouver 3, B.C.

Telephone: 684-3931

NICK BRONTE

“The Loggers’ Favourite Job Centre”

16—All employees to be
paid double rate for Saturday
and/or Sunday regardless of
the number of hours worked
during the week.

17—All reference to casuals
to be deleted from the Collec-
tive Agreement.

18—A new section in the
Collective Agreement to de-
fine the work week.

19—Article V, Section 7 (a)
dealing with the Hours of

‘Work be amended by adding

“... Details of the shift will
be worked out between the
Plant Committee and the
Company and the Local Un-
ion.”

20—Two fifteen minute rest
periods for all sections of the
industry.

21—Hot meal for all em-
ployees required to work two
or more hours beyond their
normal shift. -

22—One additional statu-
tory holiday, the elimination
of Section 3 of Article XI
from the Collective Agree-

ment dealing with the qualify-

ing shifts within a 60-day per-
iod and that when a statutory
holiday falls on Saturday or
Sunday it shall be observed
on Monday, and when Christ-
mas and Boxing Days fall on
Saturday and Sunday the two
holidays will be observed the
following Monday and Tues-
day. -

23—Increased vacation with
pay giving three weeks after
one year, four weeks after
four years, five weeks after
ten years, and an additional
one week’s holiday pay for
each additional five years of
service based on two and one-
half per cent of annual earn-
ings for each week of holiday
entitlement, with the excep-
tion of the first year which
calls for “From date of em-
ployment to one year’s service
—TL%.

24—Vacation pay to be paid
the employee upon request
within fourteen days after the
completion of the vacation
year.

25—Increased call time from
the present two hours to four
hours.

26—F are allowance for log-

FIRST MEMBER of Local 1-417 IWA to receive his 25-year
pin and scroll, Les McKenzie left, is shown with Local
President Sonny Alexandre during the presentation cere-
mony. Les was a member of the IWA af the coast for a num-

ber of years and is now employed as a Lathe Operator at the
H.K, Lumber plant, Canoe.

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gers including all logging
camps and the sawmills at
Tahsis and Telegraph Cove
and Prince Rupert.

27—Improved travel time
provision providing for
straight time rates in excess
of thirty minutes and double
time rate after ten hours.

28—Health and Welfare
costs to be fully paid for by
the employer, comprehensive
dental coverage, extended
health benefit coverage, life
insurance up to $10,000, week-
ly indemnity to 75% of base
rate, other improvements plus
the plan to be administered
by the Union.

29—Leave of Absence
clause to be amended to give
the employee reasonable time
to present medical certificate
if requested by the employer.

30—Article XVIII, Senior-
ity, be amended by deleting
the words “competency con-
sidered.”

31—Section 6 of Article
XVIII — Probationary Period
— be deleted from the con-
tract. :

32—Improving the Compas-
sionate Leave section to in-
clude such leave for the pur-
pose of extending vacations.

33—Extend the Jury Duty
clause to include crown and

coroner witnesses and coroner
jurors.

34—A comprehensive revi-
sion of the Job Security and
Technological change clause in
the Collective Agreement.

SELLS BROS. INTRODUCES

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52 EAST CORDOVA ST., VANCOUVER 4, B.C.

(SOME CHOICE DEALERSHIPS AVAILABLE)
DISTRIBUTORS FOR DOLMAR CHAIN SAWS AMD SABRE CHAIN

35—All contractors, sub-
contractors, and owner-opera-
tors and their employees be
covered by all terms and con-
ditions of the Master Agree-
ment including Safety and
Workmen’s Compensation.

36—A better plywood job
evaluation wage curve to
properly reflect production
speed-up in the plywood in-
dustry.

37—Red circle protection
used in plywood evaluation to
be altered to provide perman-
ent protection for the job
holder so as to maintain the
higher rate where the rate
has decreased.

38—The deletion of Sawmill
Evaluation from the Coast
Master Agreement.

39—F ree board and lodging
for loggers including those
working in the Queen Char-
lotte Islands, plus sawmills at
Tahsis and Telegraph Cove.

40—The right of members
to refuse to handle Hot Pro-
ducts.

41—Forestry crews to be
covered by the Collective
Agreement.

42—The fallers’ problems to
be included in negotiations if
they are not settled prior to
June 15.

43—The setting up of pollu-
tion control committees in the
camps and mills.

44—The prohibition of com-
panies under contract from
using non-union service or
contracting out to non-union
contractors.

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