Ww em WwW “Interior: Union be established for the pur- pose of revising job rates, and wherever possible establishing Industry rates. 8. Travel Time To amend the Travel Time Ar- ticle by deleting all reference to the words, “Company property.” 9. Apprenticeship Program To provide for an apprentice- ship training program between the ILMA, the IWA and the De- partment of Education and Apprenticeship. Employer Demands The Southern Interior employers demand: An increase in board and lodging rates from $2.25 a day to $4.03 a day. This represents a cut in take- home pay of $1.78 a day for those employees who must board away from home while employed in the industry. An amendment to the Union Sec- urity Clause which will substitute thirty working days for thirty cal- endar days as the probationary per- iod for new employees. Under the circumstances of employment in the Interior lumber industry, this will have the effect of extending the pro- bationary period in a manner that may easily be determined by the employers. A requirement that no change can be made in the personnel of the Union’s camp or mill committees until all outstanding grievances are processed, As such committees are elected by the crews, this consti- tutes unnecessary interference with the Union’s internal administration. One rest period instead of two if the shift is less than seven hours. Evidently the employers want the power in their own hands to elimin- ate a rest period if they so desire. A contract amendment which will eliminate time and one-half for production workers unless on pro- duction work, if they have already worked an eight-hour day or a forty- hour week. This is regarded as a ruse to deprive production workers of overtime pay to which they are legitimately entitled. Straight time for those who work a night shift which extends three hours into a Saturday or a statutory holiday. Deletion of contract provisions for the negotiation of arrangements for travel time. Delay in the application of pro- visions previously negotiated with respect to job-posting and seniority. Employees on probation to be de- prived of seniority for days spent in firefighting on company property and company time. Deletion of a clause now in the contract which requires that man- agement shall give the legally estab- lished preference to new employees who have served in the Canadian Forces on active service. An extension of the period during which seniority provisions may be suspended in an emergency from three to five working days. Employees with less than one year’s service and who now hold seniority for eight months to be sub- ject to a rule which determines such seniority by the actual length of service. The deletion of a clause now in the contract which sets vacation pay at the rate of six per cent of yearly earnings instead of the statutory four per cent. Management to have the right to determine whether Good Friday or Easter Monday shall be the statu- tory Easter holiday observed. A clause which will deprive the employees of pay for a statutory holiday which falls on a Saturday. The naming of the employers’ association, as the bargaining agency for the employers in establishing provisions for a right of reference in the industry. A provision in the contract that will prevent the arbitrator named from acting as an arbitrator for in- dependent operators without the consent of the employers’ associa- tion. Restrictions with regard to per- sons who may be ‘named as mem- bers of an Arbitration Board in- tended to eliminate any member who may directly or indirectly have an interest in the issues under arbi- tration. The deletion of a contract pro- vision which now requires Union co-operation if, in an emergency, overtime is required. The deletion of a contract pro- vision which now provides that the Union may not take strike action until all the steps have been taken in the Grievance and Arbitration sections to resolve the issue, and unless the Company has refused to act in the matter as required in the Agreement. In place of this clause the employers are demanding a pro- hibition against any form of strike action under any circumstances dur- ing the term of the Agreement. If this is done the employers agree not to lock-out the employees for any cause during the terms of the Agree- ment, Said Union officials: “This summary of the employers’ proposals in the Southern Interior will indicate that they are making a determined effort to weaken an agreement which has stood the test of time. If the Union were to agree to their proposals, labour-manage- ment relations in the Interior would be gravely damaged. The Local Unions concerned, together with the Regional Council, are making a de- termined fight to prevent this. “We make the further point that the base rate in the Interior is lower that that which has been negotiated at the coast at present, $1.79 as com- pared to $1.92 an hour. The skills re- quired in both sections of the prov- ince’s industry are comparable, and should be awarded the same pay. Our Union is once more engaged in a determined: fight to wipe out the differential between the coast and the Interior, We recognize that sub- standard wages in the Interior present a constant threat to the chigher standards established in the coast region. This adds importance to the Interior negotiations now under way for the whole Union.” —eeee m ESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER See NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY supporters counting the over $5,000 contributed by the meeting held for New Democratic Party Leader T. C. (Tommy) Douglas in the Exhibition Forum June 13, in Vancouver. Vote Results In B.C. HOW B.C. VOTED 1962 (GONSEGVATIVES mucnsniceentoa, 6 eT Deal ad eamasianteuunccnaacer ts 4 INI DY 2 oe hess oar ee 10 Social Credit .. 22 A OVA ie inn etic etree 22 POPULAR VOTE IN B.C. 1962 PO ihe ane 10949 8763) ee Liberal .. 175,361(26.7) NDP . . 206,259(3 1.5) SG 93,515(14.2) Others .... 1,872( 0.3) TOTAL Ae see 656,505 Reds Gain LONDON (CDN) — Britain’s Communist party has 32,405 members after a net gain of 3,405 during “party building year.” Its goal is to bring member- ship to 35,000, the party’s gen- eral secretary, John Gollan, told a gathering of 320 delegates in London. TWO GOOD THINGS TO REMEMBER — CENTURY—21 DAY TON—64 DAYTON SHOE MFG. CO. 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