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AFTER SIX MONTHS

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

NELSON LUMBER CREW
OKAYS NEW 25-MONTH CONTRACT

Members of Local 1-207
IWA employed at the Nelson
Lumber Company, Lloyd-
minster, Alberta, have won
a new contract package which
boosts their hourly wage by
55 cents an hour in the 25-
month agreement and also
provides a number of fringe
benefits.

The contract, negotiated by
Local President Arnie Christ-
ensen, International 2nd Vice-

President Keith Johnson.

and Committee Members Ed.
Henry, Don Jenkins and
George Bergman, calls for the
120-man crew to receive a
30 cent an hour increase retro-
active to April 1, 1969, and a

further 25 cents an hour ef-
fective May 1, 1970.

Other provisions of the
agreement:

e Increased the shift differ-
ential from three cents to five
cents an hour.

-e Provided for a complete
revision of the wage schedule.

© Increased the annual holi-
days to three weeks after ten
years service for the first year
of the contract and three
weeks after nine years in the
last half of the agreement,
based on six percent of total
earnings.

e Provided for an addition-
al statutory holiday in both
years of the contract which

TOP PAID CANADIANS ARE
DOCTORS AND SURGEONS

The tax returns for 1968

show that doctors and sur-
geons head the list of taxpay-
ers with highest average in-
come. The average income
for 16,509 self-employed doc-
tors and surgeons was $27,-
347.

Professionals who work as
salaried employees are not in-
cluded in the tabulation, but
show up in the large category
of employees.

Following the medicos came
consulting engineers and ar-
chitects, self-employed law-
yers, dentists and accountants.

Tax of $7,324

The medical men paid an
average tax of $7,324.

Consulting engineers and
architects had averaged in-
comes of $22,111 and paid
$5,349 in taxes.

Lawyers and notaries aver-
aged $22,014 and paid $5,623.
Dentists averaged $18,723 and
paid $4,208. Accountants aver-
aged $14,517 and paid $2,914.

In the general category of
employees, there were 5,788,-
100 taxpayers with average in-
come of $5,300 paying aver-
age taxes of $589 each.

Farmers were slightly above
the average with incomes of
$5,530 and tax payments of
$589.

Bottom of List

At the bottom of the list
were 161,267 pensioners. They
drew an average income of
$3,410 and paid an average
of $251.

Altogether there were
6,655,683 taxpayers. They paid
an average of $630 in income
taxes.

PNE LOGGING DATES

Japan’s two champion log
birlers will fly to PNE ’69
to participate in the Festival
Of Forestry Logging Show
competitions.

Mitsuo Hattori, 26, and
Hoshiaki Noda, 26—first and
second place winners respect-
ively in the July 20 All-Japan
Log Rolling competition
have entered the North
American Championship seg-
ment of the Festival of
Forestry competitions Aug.
24 to 29.

The two visitors will also
compete for a special Canada
vs. Japan Challenge’ Trophy
during the North American
Teams Relay Race on the final
three days of the fair, Aug. 30,
31 and Sept. 1.

Lovging shaw at PNE ’69

will be seen three times daily .

—l1 am. (except Sundays) ,
2 p.m. and 7 p.m.—during the
17 continuous days of Western
Canada’s largest exhibition.
This year’s Fair runs from
August 16 through Sept. 1,
jneluding Sundays. Festival of
Forestry will open with the
B.C. Closed Novice classes
Aug. 16 and 17 and will be
followed by the Closed com-
petition Aug. 18-23. Loggers

will compete for prize money
in seven events: Underhand
Chop, Hand Bucking, Log
Birling, Axe Throwing. Ob-
stacle Pole Bucking, Choker-
man’s Race and Speed Climb-
ing.
' A Forestry Film Festival
also will be held at PNE ’69.
The Film Festival, located in
the B.C. Building, is sponsor-
ed by the B.C. Division of the
Canadian Forestry Associa-
tion. There are two shows
daily, except Sunday, from
Aug. 16 through Sept. 1. Ad-
mission is free.

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will give the crew nine statu-
tory holidays in 1970.

° Set a five day work week
with time and one half after
eight hours in any one day,
and time and one half on
Saturdays regardless of the
number of days worked in
the previous week.

© Increased the amount of
life insurance to $5,000 and
the A.D.&D. policy to $5,000.

© Raised the weekly in-
demnity to $40 a week for
26 weeks with the employee
and the company contributing
on a fifty-fifty basis.

The contract which took six
months to negotiate was rati-
fied by the crew July 21.

THREE-YEAR
REVELSTOKE
AGREEMENT

Wage increases of 75 cents
an hour over three years have
been negotiated for the crew
of Revelstoke Building Mater-
ials Limited, Alberta, by Local
1-206 IWA.

The first increase of 25 cents
an hour is retroactive to Nov.
15, 1968, the second increase
of 25 cents is effective Nov.
15, 1969, and the final 25 cents
increase is effective Novem-
ber 15, 1970.

Other contract improve-
ments include:

© One extra statutory holi-
day.

e Three weeks vacation
after eight years based on six
percent of the employee’s
regular earnings.

© Medicare plan on a cost
sharing basis.

e Reduction in the weekly
work schedule to forty hours
a week.

The agreement ratified by
the crew July 25, was nego-
tiated by Regional 2nd Vice-
President Wyman _ Trineer,
Local President Tom Sprlak
and Committee member Jake
Verbaas.

AUGUST, 1969

THIS YEAR’S WINNER of Local 1-80’s annual bursary,
- Peter Fong, (left) is shown receiving the award from
Fernie Viala, Ist Vice-President of the Local and Chairman
of the Bursary Committee.

VICTORIA STUDENT WINS
LOCAL 1-80 BURSARY

A twenty-year old Chinese
student Peter Fong has won
the $400 bursary presented
annually by Local 1-80 IWA,
Duncan.

Peter, who came to Canada
from China 11 years ago, ach-
ieved an 89.5 percent average
in chemistry and mathematics,
the subjects judged for the
award.

He is the son of IWA mem-
ber G. C. Fong who lives in
Victoria and commutes daily
to work at B.C. Forest Prod-
ucts. Youbou.

Fernie Viala, Ist Vice-Pres-
ident of Local 1-80 who pre-
sented the award, stated that
the bursary applicants are
judged on their marks and
needs and interest in continu-
ing their education.

Peter, who graduated from
Victoria High School, plans
to attend the University of
Victoria this fall where he
will major in chemistry and
mathematics. He hopes event-
ually to attain his Bachelor of
Science degree.

NEW POSTAL NEGOTIATIONS

Canada’s postal workers will .

return to the bargaining table
this month with demands for
better working conditions and
higher pay near the top of
their list.

Representatives of the Let-
ter Carriers Union of Canada
and the Canadian Union of
Postal Workers have met sev-

eral times to prepare contract
proposals which will be pre-
sented to the treasury board.

No details of the demands
have been revealed, but one
spokesman indicated that
working conditions and pay
would receive extra attention.

The current agreement of
the postal unions expires Sept.
30.

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